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Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII

2025-11-18T03:24:44Z

Kao: minor edits, the dude uses curtains for blankets, he has a strict guild curfew nau

Lieselotte Grimm

2025-07-02T16:08:48Z

Kao: actually edited this properly

{{Person
| Name = Lieselotte Grimm
| Image = [[File:Lieselotteplaceholder.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Lotti, Wicked Witch of The Wist(eria Tree)
| Species = Errant
| Height = 5'10
| Age = 42
| Zodiac = Loathsome Moth
| Family = Eisen Grimm (Brother)
}}<blockquote>"Etched in soot, spoken in ash, and writ inked in marrow! Come to bargain beneath the full moon, I see? Prophecy's pretty tricky, so is destiny, yet you wish to alter it, no? I've bottled everything that's ought to not be! For a nice little price, it can all be yours."</blockquote>Lieselotte Grimm is an errant woman from the renowned Grimm family. Affectionally called '''''Lotti''''' by acquaintances and repeat clients. Daughter to a renowned sorcerer, she often emanates a small green glow, flowing to her freakishly large weapons when held. People swear it that if she's in a bad mood the atmosphere turns heavier, the petals on her beloved tree falling when he's enraged.

She HATES genuine childlike glee like how one would hate gross bugs. She loves bugs, though.

== Appearance ==
Lotti stands tall, with her hands deviously held behind her back whenever greeting repeat visitors who visit her home by the tallest Wisteria Tree. Her limbs are strong, as expected of someone who spends all day toiling by a cauldron of thick substances and pounding questionable hard objects in a mortar. There is a strange and eerie grace to her gait.

Deep black hair spills long over her shoulders, to her back. She often ties it up.

Behind her right ear are three sharp spikes protruding, made from bone. When asked, she explains "Oh, it's some obscure family tradition. You wouldn't get it."

Lotti's eyes are usually a faded blue, yet they sparkle and glimmer when entertaining guests. Like glass by candlelight, secretive yet all too knowing.

She wears long robes of an alchemist's, hidden beneath are stainless steel armor sets that she never goes without, alongside thick leather belts with vials strapped side to side. She does not wear dresses in any circumstance.

== The Tale Told Over Tables ==
The time changes when someone asks her, sometimes it's years ago, sometimes it's last Wednesday. So mouths start running while jam is ladled onto rough scone.

"Don't mention her too loud, the Wisteria's in full bloom! A tinge darker and you'd know she's there."

Lieselotte Grimm, born under a strange eclipse and bathed in petals, as should any infant born by the Grimm lineage. An intelligent little thing she was, reading every forbidden rune and script that could stutter lesser minds into ruin.

The high mages warned her! That aether wasn't a toy she could brandish around. It was weight, and by the dragons' will, she was far too small!

Every potion she drank to study, every incense she inhaled, showing her lifetimes at once. Dreams were visions, and the smallest bead in her possession soon whispered into her ear.

Her smile was strange, like that of a painting's that moved when you weren't looking. Not wicked, just off. ''Wrong.'' "They say fishmongers ask her for favors, too! Ohoho!"

"Sanity for mastery, all for a tree that endlessly weeps leaves alongside every potion she brews. All that power for ultimately nothing! Magic, in the end takes."

"Especially when it gives."

"So do tell the small mages and witches that dream far too big. To watch the measure of their spoons and watch every drop to see if fire spills over the rim. For even as a Grimm, to bear the burden is to deal with an invisible, irreparable fracture."

"But anyway! The Grimms are old tales and older sorrows. Best we don't talk about them too much, it's bad luck!"

A few polite laughs come from the ladies, as the conversations about other things continue.

The light tinged Wisteria trees in the area sway and rustle, a small witch in the distance. It was quiet, and she was blessed by the winds to overhear. "Ah, no matter." She shrugs, her eyes glued to the wormwood nearby, it'd make a great ingredient for a potion. Gently, the basket of pastries were flung under the thickest Wisteria branch. Her fingers brush the earth, and the cakes are fed to the roots below.

"I did need worm-husks for a super-special brew!"

== Biography ==

''Everything she gives, works. The price being too fair.''

Trained in wizardry as soon as she could open her eyes as an infant, she was raised strictly alongside her brother, [[Eisen Grimm|Eisen]] and (other older brother in the works) to read archaic glyphs and spells. In the opulent halls of the Grimm Manor, where the ancestors' portraits' eyes followed you around, and the family grimoires made your eyes bleed if you read them past certain pages, her childhood was quite normal. Yet everything changed when her once confident and starry eyed little brother lost both hands in a magical accident.

He was meant to be the heir to lead the family. But what could she do? She took the responsibility almost immediately, leading how the Grimm family always led; law and terrifying order. The iron-clad family known far and wide came with debts, pacts, and long forgotten agreements. Lotti of course, had to collect them as the only one who can.

Picking through magical hotspots far and wide for forgotten tomes and heirlooms, traversing lost vaults to pick up more and more relics for the Grimm name, knocking on each and every door to know the potions people to maintain power over their hometown, she became some sort of collector. Not of money, never money. But material things that filled her palms and pockets of riches unimaginable. All for her family.

Soon she collected immeasurable things. Emotions. Memories. Flesh. Truths. Time. Things that were hard to put a price on.

Slowly she became a little too strange, maybe affecting her psyche. People who knew her from childhood would say that the extreme magic had took a toll. The dark and tall wisteria tree in the outskirts of Eversun is where she resides after the previous Grimms died out, keeping watch of who knows what.

Her potions are horrible yet effective. People don't just know her because she's a Grimm. They know her because she's Lotti.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Eisen Grimm]] ===
''"You call him "Grimes" now?...Careful of how you speak of a Grimm! Ah, but he's always been the smart, quiet type. Oh how the world adores clamoring in his ear!"''

* "You'd think losing both hands would humble a man. But ''nooooo.'' Eisen became a godsdamned teacher with his own fancy hands and started talking longer. Real dramatic, honestly."
* "It wouldn't kill him to learn some emotions! 'Tis why I give a lot of mine, even in a bottle at one point. It's like donating to a very emotionally stunted charity with no one taking anything."
* "Does it really count as "running away" when I know where he is?"
* "...I hope he continues the bloodline. Since I definitely can't!"

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===

* ''"Such a noble habit to be kind. Pity it doesn't suit everyone."''

=== [[Fenal Kalefaction]] ===
''"A pinch of rosemary, and a pinch of bloodroot! Cinnamon's a bit bitter. But it smells good, at the very least! Simple little things that'd make me see stars..."''

* Burrowed a hole from her potion shop to his shop.

*

=== [[Dez Méliès]] ===
''"Like afternoon's lavender and fermented honey, I know I should walk away, but a little more of a taste shouldn't hurt that much!"''

* Also burrowed a hole from her potion shop to his shop.

*

[[Category:Characters]]

Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII

2025-07-02T16:01:34Z

Kao: im going to clobber him

{{Person
| Name = Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII
| Image = [[File:asdafsdfdgasd.png]]
| Alternate Names = Amos
Carrion Leech (Guild's affectionate nickname)
| Pronouns = He/Him/Unholy/Thing
| Species = ??? Unknown, bit by Magic Beast Parasite
| Height = 6'5
| Age = Guild records say 53. Don't ask the mortician, they've lost count of the bones.
| Death Date = he can't seem to stay dead
| Division = Wayfarer's Division
| Zodiac = Gluttonous Siren
}}<blockquote>"If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out. If thy blood betrays thee...well, There's always a use for it, isn't there? Quetzalcoatl 9:47"</blockquote>

A man of the cloth with The Word preached everywhere he goes. His lips and teeth seldom stay clean.

A prisoner of the guild after a series of unfortunate events with his vampire coven, he stays obedient for whatever reason. Often seen with [[Chalice Aureate|Chalice]], who strictly keeps him in check (and accompanies him in monster hunting commissions). Sometimes hits him over the head with a comically large shiny weapon. The Guild lets him hold his masses every Sunday in a quaint little church by the town's cliffside.

== Appearance ==
His hair is an unruly black and seemingly singed, with the roots a wild yellow. It was obviously chopped off what with how it curls unnaturally at the ends. He neatly combs it at night, when there is less skin to be covered due to his aversion to the sun.
== Backstory ==
A famous carrier of the virus back in the day belonging to a well known cult as an elder, his name was given to him by the head after he passed. His real name is a current mystery.

His predecessors share the same name, seemingly to carry the name for eons to come but they all look the same, bringing up the theory that maybe they're all the same person with a ridiculously long lifespan.

In the past he bit a lot of people, not only from his past hunts, but also from the cult that he called his kin. Which caused him to have a particular taste for it. He was deemed a glutton even by their unholy standards for he consumed too much, thus he was cast out.

An exile wasn't the end of him, he was taken into by the guild to cage him from causing any more trouble after years of hunting. Weakened and frail, they collected what was left of him so the guild can study him and experiment as much as they wanted. He was as much of a prisoner as he was an asset, as a dangerous monster that could hunt monsters. Of course, kept in check constantly with the help of Chalice, his caretaker and friend.

He knows the guild keeps him on a leash, and for some reason he lets them. Maybe because his provided lounging area is quite cozy and the juiceboxes provided served enough for his diet. For deep down, despite every cruel and sacrilegious jest and lazy smirk, he knows something they don't; A leech doesn't need freedom to feed.

Yet as much as the guild is his prison, it's also his home.

== Church of The Ember Serpent (name wip) ==
he is here every Sunday c:

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Chalice Aureate]] ===
"No prayers, Little Cottonbud. We keep eyes on each other, dragons knows I have nothing better to do, anyway."

* She keeps Amos tethered to his humanity, she is his trusty friend through and through, especially in missions and really dangerous quests.
* Hits him with comically large weapon when he does something bad or gets a little too thirsty
* Holds his hand to cross the road when he's in his fur baby form.

=== [[Ulvultar Ballahast]] ===
"A saint wouldn't look at the devil this way. I should pray again to ask if the Dragons above are having a hearty laugh."

* It's known that he drinks a potion to become much more subdued as a fluffy large fur baby to roam the streets of Eversun. Often visits the Ballahast Manor for food and other things.
* The elf was Amos's old flame decades ago. He's definitely over him.
* He's written a letter once folded in the deepest trenches of his dungeon addressed to Ulvultar. The first line says "No one loves you.". He 'accidentally' put a comma after 'no' and it's just there now as a smudged correction that still looks like a comma.

[[Category:Characters]]

Serenity Rosewood

2025-07-02T15:57:03Z

Kao: im scared of rereading her page but made a few edits haha #wrenupdate

<blockquote>"Why churn my marigold into fine butter! You have broke your arm? I know just the remedy! (''she's winding up her fist'') C'mere!" </blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Serenity Rosewood
| Image = [[File:Wrenplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Wren
| Pronouns = She/Her
| Species = Human
| Subspecies = Really just a human :(
| Height = 5'6 / 167 cm
| Age = 27
| Birth Date = Year of 1203
| Family = Mother

Father

Dolly (Friend Snake)

Grimes (Best friend)
}}
'''''Serenity,''''' more known as "Wren" is a human working in the Wayfarer's division. She is very passionate about gardening and keeping in touch with nature, so much so that she's set up her home near the forest to easily access new seedlings or saplings to cultivate.

== Appearance ==
Wren has long currant colored hair tied back into two ponytails with silk bows. Most notice her non functioning left eye and burn scar, but she doesn't let that bother her too much. Often she's seen carrying a basket full of strange looking fruits and spices for trading or gifting. She likes wearing bows and elegant clothing often covered with dirt, but makes sure her skirt isn't too long so it won't get dirty when she has to work in her garden. She wears black silk leggings under, so she can be warm and flexible at the same time.

== Personality ==
A loud and rambunctious woman always up for adventure equipped with her strangely formal speech and a heart of pure gold. Violently helpful, she often goes out of her way to make friends even with people who don't want to be. Wren has tri-daily tea parties in the garden near her house, where she always chatters to new people. If not, she's out frolicking in nearby meadows and fields or looking for new <s>victims</s> friends to pick flowers with. Wren could never see any fault in a person, but she's known to close her ears to criticism and negativity. She also has a love for reading obscure and outlandish "romance" books that no one usually likes.

Too trusting to a fault, she kinda also has a giant white snake following her around sometimes at night to keep her safe.

== Biography ==
Wren was from a humble family growing up. Her father and brothers were famous tanks, berserkers, and wrestlers among the guild. One day, she had beat them all in The Annual Rosewood's "One-Finger Death Match" when she was of age. Out of shame and to preserve their family's strength, the Rosewoods decided to had banish Wren from their household due to being way too strong and her parents not having any suitable candidates to marry her off with. Then, she ran away with fellow institution-mate and childhood friend, [[Eisen Grimm]], after finding out that he had been wandering around away from his parents' manor for a year now. She has gloves, kneepads, and boots enforced with specific technology to serve as her way of healing people. Violently. Her boundless energy cause aether imbalances that channel magic only if she forces it out of herself via her fists and feet.

Soon she makes herself known in the Wayfarer's Division party listings as the cheapest and quite the effective healer money could afford! Problem is, she is notorious for knocking out more party members rather than healing them.
== wren chan's love quest ==
She's a hopeful romantic! below anecdotes she's said once or twice before of some dates (gone wrong):

* She punched a hole in a guy who took her out once. She tried to fix it, and it ended up becoming two really bad dents.
* In another date in an all-you-can-eat pub she ate so much that the owners had to kick her out. her date ended up paying
* A man's lost his arm in an arm wrestling competition with her. she was banned from joining ever again.
* she's super gay and knows it

== Relationships ==
(will add later)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Errants]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-05-18T03:41:53Z

Kao: changed/ adjusted zodiac and birth date

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:puntsyouwithspongebobsharpshoes.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 32
| Birth Date = 15th Prism, 1198
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Vessel
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Lieselotte Grimm (Sister)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect. So long as you don't disappoint me."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He's been conducting famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry for years now, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight frown of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What and where they are precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress has always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He does not know how to lie. His weakness is in expressing himself (not in equations) for he's only known work all his life. When he does, he sputters or avoids it by talking his head off about unrelated things.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant, and he is. He's usually up his high horse and pompous in his engineering and blacksmithing knowledge. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements and (de)grading terms.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice the smallest details.

Bisexual, leans towards men. His preference has never been shaped towards gender, but he's always been drawn to intensity, being challenged, unnerved or questioned. He fumbles and fails a lot, but appreciates consistency.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to the proud Grimm family, a lineage of powerful and wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

His sister [[Lieselotte Grimm]] took over the family as the head.

He cut ties with his family shortly after they disowned him with, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division in his preteen years. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early. Also often seen spearheading or be one of the lead engineers around fixing stuff around town.

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===
''"Oblivious and unreasonably optimistic, yet I would be lost without her. My biggest headache whom I'd trust with my life. I have a promise to keep."''
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".
* Her injured eye was a product of him failing his magic test. A stray spark hit her when she was trying to help.

=== [[Lieselotte Grimm]] ===
''"Magic...hollowed her out and wore her like a skin. My sister does not know me any longer, only remembers me. That's different."''
* His voice shakes when he talks about her. Talking to her is a different story, he gets annoyed a lot by her.

* Grew up together, saw how she slowly lost her softness to madness.
* He had idolized her once.
* Age softened much of the resentment.

=== '''[[General Cassiopeia|Leo Eridanus]]''' ===
''"Acceptable competence. I hardly know you."''
* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===
''"I build machines, not rumors. Get back to class. Can that wait for after office hours?"''
* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* Grimes is seen lounging near the lecturer's faculty for a little too long at night due to reasons.
* Has been a constant face in his office at strange hours of the night.
* Calls Grimes by his real name from time to time. Grimes doesn't mind.

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===
''"Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."''
* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] ===
''"A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those."''
* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her scores, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.
* Gave her a total of two (2) head pats when she got a passing score.

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===
''"He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better."''
* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time. Eating egg sandwiches and tea (with Leit sometimes).

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it? Figures."''

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."''

=== [[Leit Hamlet]] ===
''"Possibly a remarkable statistic outlier. I would be inclined to argue, but the evidence is inconveniently in his favor."''

=== [[Fenal Kalefaction]] ===
''"In a thousand millennia, I had never intended to end up with someone who leaves soot and glass shards all around. He laughs like a malfunctioning engine. Hus–do not employ such a term! No such circular accessory fits on unsightly hands made by pure ingenuity and the brainpower that can power the entirety of Eversun's mechanical instruments! And...bracelet?"''

He chokes, moves the chalk aggressively against the board. Pulling his sleeves down as if to hide something. Then he bumps a table, stubs toe on a stool, drops a pen and hits his forehead over the edge of the table. His ink pot spills over his head.

''"He is akin to buzzing of a circuit. It's noise until it's silent and you want to go ho–ahem. Foolishness! Come back and ask proper questions when you can elucidate what a mechanical anomaly is!"''
* He marches out of the dodecaclassroom still fairly late, but not that late anymore.
* He's known Fenal for years, and Grimes had never failed to run his mouth.
* Lieselotte dragged Grimes by the foot to meet her friend. Rekindling and reunion ensued.
* Grimes gained an affinity for small glassware, and has been seen polishing them from time to time.
* Learned how to cook bland food because of him.

[[Category:Characters]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-05-12T14:28:41Z

Kao: added preference, large chunk of personality, lotti relation, overall relationship edits, tldr; he's bisexual and less of a robot now

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:puntsyouwithspongebobsharpshoes.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 32
| Birth Date = Prism 16th
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Lieselotte Grimm (Older Sister)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect. So long as you don't disappoint me."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He's been conducting famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry for years now, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight frown of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What and where they are precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress has always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He does not know how to lie. His weakness is in expressing himself (not in equations) for he's only known work all his life. When he does, he sputters or avoids it by talking his head off about unrelated things.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant, and he is. He's usually up his high horse and pompous in his engineering and blacksmithing knowledge. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements and (de)grading terms.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice the smallest details.

Bisexual, leans towards men. His preference has never been shaped towards gender, but he's always been drawn to intensity, being challenged, unnerved or questioned. He fumbles and fails a lot, but appreciates consistency.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to the proud Grimm family, a lineage of powerful and wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

His sister [[Lieselotte Grimm]] took over the family as the head.

He cut ties with his family shortly after they disowned him with, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division in his preteen years. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early. Also often seen spearheading or be one of the lead engineers around fixing stuff around town.

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===
''"Oblivious and unreasonably optimistic, yet I would be lost without her. My biggest headache whom I'd trust with my life. I have a promise to keep."''
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".
* Her injured eye was a product of him failing his magic test. A stray spark hit her when she was trying to help.

=== [[Lieselotte Grimm]] ===
''"Magic...hollowed her out and wore her like a skin. My sister does not know me any longer, only remembers me. That's different."''
* His voice shakes when he talks about her. Talking to her is a different story, he gets annoyed a lot by her.

* Grew up together, saw how she slowly lost her softness to madness.
* He had idolized her once.
* Age softened much of the resentment.

=== '''[[General Cassiopeia|Leo Eridanus]]''' ===
''"Acceptable competence. I hardly know you."''
* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===
''"I build machines, not rumors. Get back to class. Can that wait for after office hours?"''
* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* Grimes is seen lounging near the lecturer's faculty for a little too long at night due to reasons.
* Has been a constant face in his office at strange hours of the night.
* Calls Grimes by his real name from time to time. Grimes doesn't mind.

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===
''"Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."''
* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] ===
''"A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those."''
* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her scores, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.
* Gave her a total of two (2) head pats when she got a passing score.

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===
''"He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better."''
* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time. Eating egg sandwiches and tea (with Leit sometimes).

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it? Figures."''

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."''

=== [[Leit Hamlet]] ===
''"Possibly a remarkable statistic outlier. I would be inclined to argue, but the evidence is inconveniently in his favor."''

=== [[Fenal Kalefaction]] ===
''"In a thousand millennia, I had never intended to end up with someone who leaves soot and glass shards all around. He laughs like a malfunctioning engine. Hus–do not employ such a term! No such circular accessory fits on unsightly hands made by pure ingenuity and the brainpower that can power the entirety of Eversun's mechanical instruments! And...bracelet?"''

He chokes, moves the chalk aggressively against the board. Pulling his sleeves down as if to hide something. Then he bumps a table, stubs toe on a stool, drops a pen and hits his forehead over the edge of the table. His ink pot spills over his head.

''"He is akin to buzzing of a circuit. It's noise until it's silent and you want to go ho–ahem. Foolishness! Come back and ask proper questions when you can elucidate what a mechanical anomaly is!"''
* He marches out of the dodecaclassroom still fairly late, but not that late anymore.
* He's known Fenal for years, and Grimes had never failed to run his mouth.
* Lieselotte dragged Grimes by the foot to meet her friend. Rekindling and reunion ensued.
* Grimes gained an affinity for small glassware, and has been seen polishing them from time to time.
* Learned how to cook bland food because of him.

[[Category:Characters]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-05-08T15:46:19Z

Kao: grimes patch update im so slepy, minor update on personality, slightly tweaked existing relationships, added fenal

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:puntsyouwithspongebobsharpshoes.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 32
| Birth Date = Prism 16th
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Lieselotte Grimm (Older Sister)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect. So long as you don't disappoint me."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He's been conducting famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry for years now, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight frown of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is and where precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress has always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He does not know how to lie. His weakness is in expressing himself (not in equations) for he's only known work all his life.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements and (de)grading terms.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice the smallest details.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to the proud Grimm family, a lineage of powerful and wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

His sister [[Lieselotte Grimm]] took over the family as the head.

He cut ties with his family shortly after they disowned him with, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early. Also often seen spearheading or be one of the lead engineers around fixing stuff around town.

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===
''"Oblivious and unreasonably optimistic, yet I would be lost without her. My biggest headache whom I'd trust with my life. I have a promise to keep."''
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".
* Her injured eye was a product of him failing his magic test. A stray spark hit her when she was trying to help.

=== '''[[General Cassiopeia|Leo Eridanus]]''' ===
''"Look at all that competence. I hardly know you."''
* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===
''"I build machines, not rumors. Get back to class. Can that wait for after office hours?"''
* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* Grimes is seen lounging near the lecturer's faculty for a little too long at night due to reasons.
* Calls Grimes by his real name from time to time. Grimes doesn't mind.

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===
''"Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."''
* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] , ===
''"A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those."''
* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her scores, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.
* She reminds him of someone

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===
''"He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better."''
* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time. Eating egg sandwiches and tea (with Leit sometimes).

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it? Figures."''

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."''

=== [[Leit Hamlet]] ===
''"Possibly a remarkable statistic outlier. I would be inclined to argue, but the evidence is inconveniently in his favor."''

=== [[Fenal Kalefaction]] ===
''"In a thousand millennia, I had never intended to end up with someone who leaves soot and glass shards all around. He laughs like a malfunctioning engine. Hus–do not employ such a term! No such circular accessory fits on unsightly hands made by pure ingenuity and the brainpower that can power the entirety of Eversun's mechanical instruments! And...bracelet?"''

He chokes, moves the chalk aggressively against the board. Pulling his sleeves down as if to hide something. Then he bumps a table, stubs toe on a stool, drops a pen and hits his forehead over the edge of the table. His ink pot spills over his head.

''"He is akin to buzzing of a circuit. It's noise until it's silent and you want to go ho–ahem. Foolishness! Come back and ask proper questions when you can elucidate what a mechanical anomaly is!"''
* He marches out of the dodecaclassroom still fairly late, but not that late anymore.
* He's known Fenal for years, and Grimes had never failed to run his mouth.
* Lieselotte dragged Grimes by the foot to meet her friend. Rekindling and reunion ensued.
* Grimes gained an affinity for small glassware, and has been seen polishing them from time to time.

[[Category:Characters]]

File:Puntsyouwithspongebobsharpshoes.png

2025-05-08T15:42:01Z

Kao: grime pictor

== Summary ==
grime pictor

Lieselotte Grimm

2025-04-22T16:17:23Z

Kao: added Her Small Tale Told Over Tables and dez and fenal initial social links

{{Person
| Name = Lieselotte Grimm
| Image = [[File:Lieselotteplaceholder.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Lotti, Wicked Witch of The Wist(eria Tree)
| Species = Errant
| Height = 5'10
| Age = 42
| Zodiac = Loathsome Moth
| Family = Eisen Grimm (Brother)
}}<blockquote>"Etched in soot, spoken in ash, and writ inked in marrow! Come to bargain beneath the full moon, I see? Prophecy's pretty tricky, so is destiny, yet you wish to alter it, no? I've bottled everything that's ought to not be! For a price, it can all be yours."</blockquote>Lieselotte Grimm is an errant woman from the renowned Grimm family. Affectionally called '''''Lotti''''' by acquaintances and repeat clients. Daughter to a legendary sorcerer, she often emanates a small green glow, flowing to her freakishly large weapons when held. People swear it that if she's in a bad mood the atmosphere turns heavier, the petals on her beloved tree falling when he's enraged.

== Appearance ==
Lotti stands tall, with her hands deviously held behind her back whenever greeting repeat visitors who visit her home by the tallest Wisteria Tree. Her limbs are strong, as expected of someone who spends all day toiling by a cauldron of thick substances and pounding questionable hard objects in a mortar. There is a strange and eerie grace to her gait.

Deep black hair spills long over her shoulders, to her back. She often ties it up.

Behind her right ear are three sharp spikes protruding, made from bone. When asked, she explains "Oh, it's some obscure family tradition. You wouldn't get it."

Lotti's eyes are usually a faded blue, yet they sparkle and glimmer when entertaining guests. Like glass by candlelight, secretive yet all too knowing.

She wears long robes of an alchemist's, hidden beneath are stainless steel armor sets that she never goes without, alongside thick leather belts with vials strapped side to side. She does not wear dresses in any circumstance.

== The Tale Told Over Tables ==
The time changes when someone asks her, sometimes it's years ago, sometimes it's last Wednesday. So mouths start running while jam is ladled onto rough scone.

"Don't mention her too loud, the Wisteria's in full bloom! A tinge darker and you'd know she's there."

Lieselotte Grimm, born under a strange eclipse and bathed in petals, as should any infant born by the Grimm lineage. An intelligent little thing she was, reading every forbidden rune and script that could stutter lesser minds into ruin.

The high mages warned her! That aether wasn't a toy she could brandish around. It was weight, and by the dragons' will, she was far too small!

Every potion she drank to study, every incense she inhaled, showing her lifetimes at once. Dreams were visions, and the smallest bead soon whispered into her ear.

Her smile was strange, like that of a painting's that moved when you weren't looking. Not wicked, just off. ''Wrong.'' They say fishmongers ask her for favors, too! Ohoho!

Sanity for mastery, all for a tree that endlessly weeps leaves alongside every potion she brews. All that power for ultimately nothing! Magic, in the end takes. Especially when it gives.

So do tell the small mages and witches that dream far too big. To watch the measure of their spoons and watch every drop to see if fire spills over the rim. For they are no Grimm, to bear the burden is to deal with an invisible, irreparable fracture.

"But anyway! The Grimms are old tales and older sorrows. Best we don't talk about them too much, it's bad luck!"

A few polite laughs come from the ladies, as the conversations about other things continue.

The light tinged Wisteria trees in the area sway and rustle, a small witch in the distance. It was quiet, and she was blessed by the winds to overhear. "Ah, no matter." She shrugs, her eyes glued to the wormwood nearby, it'd make a great ingredient for a potion. Gently, the basket of pastries sit under the thickest Wisteria branch. Her fingers brush the earth, and the cakes are fed to the roots below.

"I did need worm-husks for a super-special brew!"

== Biography ==

''Everything she gives, works. The price being too fair is what makes it cruel.''

Trained in wizardry as soon as she could open her eyes as an infant, she was raised strictly alongside her brother, [[Eisen Grimm|Eisen]] to read archaic glyphs and spells. In the opulent halls of the Grimm Manor, where the ancestors' portraits' eyes followed you around, and the family grimoires made your eyes bleed if you read them past certain pages, her childhood was quite normal. Yet everything changed when her once confident and starry eyed little brother lost both hands in a magical accident.

He was meant to be the heir to lead the family. But what could she do? She took the responsibility almost immediately, leading how the Grimm family always led; law and terrifying order. The iron-clad family known far and wide came with debts, pacts, and long forgotten agreements. Lotti of course, had to collect them as the only one who can.

Picking through magical hotspots far and wide for forgotten tomes and heirlooms, traversing lost vaults to pick up more and more relics for the Grimm name, knocking on each and every door to know the potions people to maintain power over their hometown, she became some sort of collector. Not of money, never money. But material things that filled her palms and pockets of riches unimaginable. All for her family.

Soon she collected immeasurable things. Emotions. Memories. Flesh. Truths. Time. Things that were hard to put a price on.

Slowly she became a little too strange, maybe affecting her psyche. People who knew her from childhood would say that the extreme magic had took a toll. The dark and tall wisteria tree in the outskirts of Eversun is where she resides after the previous Grimms died out, keeping watch of who knows what.

Her potions are horrible yet potent and effective. People don't just know her because she's a Grimm. They know her because she's Lotti.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Eisen Grimm]] ===
''"You call him "Grimes" now?...Careful of how you speak of a Grimm! Ah, but he's always been the smart, quiet type. Oh how the world adores clamoring in his ear!"''

* "You'd think losing both hands would humble a man. But ''nooooo.'' Eisen became a godsdamned teacher with his own fancy hands and started talking longer. Real dramatic, honestly."
* "It wouldn't kill him to learn some emotions! 'Tis why I give a lot of mine, even in a bottle at one point. It's like donating to a very emotionally stunted charity with no one taking anything."
* "Does it really count as "running away" when I know where he is?"
* "...I hope he continues the bloodline. Since I definitely can't!"

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===

* ''"Such a noble habit to be kind. Pity it doesn't suit everyone."''

=== [[Fenal Kalefaction]] ===
''"A pinch of rosemary, and a pinch of bloodroot! Cinnamon's a bit bitter. But it smells good, at the very least! Simple little things that'd make me see stars..."''

* Burrowed a hole from her potion shop to his shop.

*

=== [[Dez Méliès]] ===
''"Like afternoon's lavender and fermented honey, I know I should walk away, but a little more of a taste shouldn't hurt that much!"''

* Also burrowed a hole from her potion shop to his shop.

*

[[Category:Characters]]

Lieselotte Grimm

2025-04-18T20:31:41Z

Kao: she begins

File:Lieselotteplaceholder.jpg

2025-04-18T19:04:38Z

Kao: its her

== Summary ==
its her

Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII

2025-03-23T09:50:36Z

Kao: spacing changes

{{Person
| Name = Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII
| Image = [[File:asdafsdfdgasd.png]]
| Alternate Names = Amos
Carrion Leech (Guild's affectionate nickname)
| Pronouns = He/Him/Unholy/Thing
| Species = ??? Unknown, bit by Magic Beast Parasite
| Height = 6'5
| Age = Guild records say 53. Don't ask the mortician, they've lost count of the bones.
| Death Date = he can't seem to stay dead
| Division = Wayfarer's Division
| Zodiac = Gluttonous Siren
}}<blockquote>"'''"'''If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out. If thy blood betrays thee...well, There's always a use for it, isn't there? Quetzalcoatl 9:47"</blockquote>

A man of the cloth with The Word preached everywhere he goes. His lips and teeth seldom stay clean.

A prisoner of the guild after a series of unfortunate events with his vampire coven, he stays obedient for whatever reason. Often seen with [[Chalice Aureate|Chalice]], who strictly keeps him in check (and accompanies him in monster hunting commissions). Sometimes hits him over the head with a comically large shiny weapon. The Guild lets him hold his masses every Sunday in a quaint little church by the town's cliffside.

== Appearance ==
His hair is an unruly black and seemingly singed, with the roots a wild yellow. It was obviously chopped off what with how it curls unnaturally at the ends. He neatly combs it at night, when there is less skin to be covered due to his aversion to the sun.

The coats and robes he wears are long, tall and tattered along the edges always swaying as if shadows cling to the hem. His smile is the worse of it, deceptively charming when his fangs are retracted. When hungry they're unnaturally sharp enough to be a warning miles away, but stretched enough to be mocking and playful. His long fingers hold a strange elegance, despite being clawed with veins that pulse a gradient of black and grey.

Then the way he moves is as if he's sliding is a little too eager. A little too weightless. He was made for lies and confessions, for scripture and sin all in the same breath.

The lenses to his circle glasses are a deep wine red. Perched on his nose always, like a devil's halo soaking up all the light and making him see red. They sit slightly crooked, the frames a dirty golden that glint in the candlelight, as if they've been pushed askew many times already.

His pupils burn. The color of fire and inflamed wound, they glow in the dark. Especially in the dark. When he tilts his head just right under his umbrella as he takes his morning stroll his blaring red glasses look horrifying for those who know him.

== The Legacy ==
A famous binge-eater back in the day belonging to a well known vampire cult (to be fleshed out later), his name incites fear. His predecessors share the same name, seemingly to carry the name for eons to come but they all look the same, bringing up the theory that maybe they're all the same person with a ridiculously long lifespan. In the past he drank a lot, not only from his past hunts, but also from the cult that he called his kin. Which caused him to have a particular taste for it. He was deemed a glutton even by their unholy standards for he consumed too much, thus he was cast out.

An exile wasn't the end of him, he was taken into by the guild to cage him from causing any more trouble after years of hunting. Weakened and frail, they collected what was left of him so the guild can study him and experiment as much as they wanted. He was as much of a prisoner as he was an asset, as a dangerous monster that could hunt monsters. Of course, kept in check constantly with the help of Chalice, his caretaker and friend.

He knows the guild keeps him on a leash, and for some reason he lets them. Maybe because his provided lounging area is quite cozy and the juiceboxes provided served enough for his diet. For deep down, despite every cruel and sacrilegious jest and lazy smirk, he knows something they don't; A leech doesn't need freedom to feed.

Yet as much as the guild is his prison, it's also his home. If only because he has nothing else to run to.

== Church of The Ember Serpent (name wip) ==
he is here every Sunday c:

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Chalice Aureate]] ===
"No prayers, Little Cottonbud. We keep eyes on each other, lord knows I have nothing better to do, anyway."

* She keeps Amos tethered to his humanity, she is his trusty friend through and through, especially in missions and really dangerous quests.
* Hits him with comically large weapon when he does something bad or gets a little too thirsty
* Holds his hand to cross the road when he's in his fur baby form.

=== [[Ulvultar Ballahast]] ===
"A saint wouldn't look at the devil this way. I should pray again to ask if the Dragons above are having a hearty laugh."

* It's known that he drinks a potion to become much more subdued as a fluffy large fur baby to roam the streets of Eversun. Often visits the Ballahast Manor for food and other things.
* The elf was Amos's old flame decades ago. He's definitely over him.
* He's written a letter once folded in the deepest trenches of his dungeon addressed to Ulvultar. The first line says "No one loves you.". He 'accidentally' put a comma after 'no' and it's just there now as a smudged correction that still looks like a comma.

[[Category:Characters]]

Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII

2025-03-23T09:48:02Z

Kao:

{{Person
| Name = Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII
| Image = [[File:asdafsdfdgasd.png]]
| Alternate Names = Amos
Carrion Leech (Guild's affectionate nickname)
| Pronouns = He/Him/Unholy/Thing
| Species = ??? Unknown, bit by Magic Beast Parasite
| Height = 6'5
| Age = Guild records say 53. Don't ask the mortician, they've lost count of the bones.
| Death Date = he can't seem to stay dead
| Division = Wayfarer's Division
| Zodiac = Gluttonous Siren
}}<blockquote>"'''"'''If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out. If thy blood betrays thee...well, There's always a use for it, isn't there? Quetzalcoatl 9:47"</blockquote>

A man of the cloth with The Word preached everywhere he goes. His lips and teeth seldom stay clean.

A prisoner of the guild after a series of unfortunate events with his vampire coven, he stays obedient for whatever reason. Often seen with [[Chalice Aureate|Chalice]], who strictly keeps him in check (and accompanies him in monster hunting commissions). Sometimes hits him over the head with a comically large shiny weapon. The Guild lets him hold his masses every Sunday in a quaint little church by the town's cliffside.

== Appearance ==
His hair is an unruly black and seemingly singed, with the roots a wild yellow. It was obviously chopped off what with how it curls unnaturally at the ends. He neatly combs it at night, when there is less skin to be covered due to his aversion to the sun.

The coats and robes he wears are long, tall and tattered along the edges always swaying as if shadows cling to the hem. His smile is the worse of it, deceptively charming when his fangs are retracted. When hungry they're unnaturally sharp enough to be a warning miles away, but stretched enough to be mocking and playful. His long fingers hold a strange elegance, despite being clawed with veins that pulse a gradient of black and grey.

Then the way he moves is as if he's sliding is a little too eager. A little too weightless. He was made for lies and confessions, for scripture and sin all in the same breath.

The lenses to his circle glasses are a deep wine red. Perched on his nose always, like a devil's halo soaking up all the light and making him see red. They sit slightly crooked, the frames a dirty golden that glint in the candlelight, as if they've been pushed askew many times already.

His pupils burn. The color of fire and inflamed wound, they glow in the dark. Especially in the dark. When he tilts his head just right under his umbrella as he takes his morning stroll his blaring red glasses look horrifying for those who know him.

== The Legacy ==
A famous binge-eater back in the day belonging to a well known vampire cult (to be fleshed out later), his name incites fear. His predecessors share the same name, seemingly to carry the name for eons to come but they all look the same, bringing up the theory that maybe they're all the same person with a ridiculously long lifespan. In the past he drank a lot, not only from his past hunts, but also from the cult that he called his kin. Which caused him to have a particular taste for it. He was deemed a glutton even by their unholy standards for he consumed too much, thus he was cast out.

An exile wasn't the end of him, he was taken into by the guild to cage him from causing any more trouble after years of hunting. Weakened and frail, they collected what was left of him so the guild can study him and experiment as much as they wanted. He was as much of a prisoner as he was an asset, as a dangerous monster that could hunt monsters. Of course, kept in check constantly with the help of Chalice, his caretaker and friend.

He knows the guild keeps him on a leash, and for some reason he lets them. Maybe because his provided lounging area is quite cozy and the juiceboxes provided served enough for his diet. For deep down, despite every cruel and sacrilegious jest and lazy smirk, he knows something they don't; A leech doesn't need freedom to feed.

Yet as much as the guild is his prison, it's also his home. If only because he has nothing else to run to.

== Church of The Ember Serpent (name wip) ==
he is here every Sunday c:

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Chalice Aureate]] ===
"No prayers, Little Cottonbud. We keep eyes on each other, lord knows I have nothing better to do, anyway."

* She keeps Amos tethered to his humanity, she is his trusty friend through and through, especially in missions and really dangerous quests.
* Hits him with comically large weapon when he does something bad or gets a little too thirsty
* Holds his hand to cross the road when he's in his fur baby form.

=== [[Ulvultar Ballahast]] ===
"A saint wouldn't look at the devil this way. I should pray again to ask if the Dragons above are having a hearty laugh."

* It's known that he drinks a potion to become much more subdued as a fluffy large fur baby to roam the streets of Eversun without Chalice's supervision.
* Often visits the Ballahast Manor for food and other things.
* The elf was Amos's old flame decades ago. He's definitely over him.
* He's written a letter once folded in the deepest trenches of his dungeon addressed to Ulvultar. The first line says "No one loves you.". He 'accidentally' put a comma after 'no' and it's just there now as a smudged correction that still looks like a comma.

[[Category:Characters]]

Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII

2025-03-23T09:45:12Z

Kao: amos major patch update eugyhhg I hate this edgy writing shoot him punch him kick him

{{Person
| Name = Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII
| Image = [[File:asdafsdfdgasd.png]]
| Alternate Names = Amos
Carrion Leech (Guild's affectionate nickname)
| Pronouns = He/Him/Unholy/Thing
| Species = ??? Unknown, bit by Magic Beast Parasite
| Height = 6'5
| Age = Guild records say 53. Don't ask the mortician, they've lost count of the bones.
| Death Date = he can't seem to stay dead
| Division = Wayfarer's Division
| Zodiac = Gluttonous Siren
}}<blockquote>"'''"'''If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out. If thy blood betrays thee...well, There's always a use for it, isn't there? Quetzalcoatl 9:47"</blockquote>

A man of the cloth with The Word preached everywhere he goes. His lips and teeth seldom stay clean.

A prisoner of the guild after a series of unfortunate events with his vampire coven, he stays obedient for whatever reason. Often seen with [[Chalice Aureate|Chalice]], who strictly keeps him in check (and accompanies him in monster hunting commissions). Sometimes hits him over the head with a comically large shiny weapon. The Guild lets him hold his masses every Sunday in a quaint little church by the town's cliffside.

== Appearance ==
His hair is an unruly black and seemingly singed, with the roots a wild yellow. It was obviously chopped off what with how it curls unnaturally at the ends. He neatly combs it at night, when there is less skin to be covered due to his aversion to the sun.

The coats and robes he wears are long, tall and tattered along the edges always swaying as if shadows cling to the hem. His smile is the worse of it, deceptively charming when his fangs are retracted. When hungry they're unnaturally sharp enough to be a warning miles away, but stretched enough to be mocking and playful. His long fingers hold a strange elegance, despite being clawed with veins that pulse a gradient of black and grey.

Then the way he moves is as if he's sliding is a little too eager. A little too weightless. He was made for lies and confessions, for scripture and sin all in the same breath.

The lenses to his circle glasses are a deep wine red. Perched on his nose always, like a devil's halo soaking up all the light and making him see red. They sit slightly crooked, the frames a dirty golden that glint in the candlelight, as if they've been pushed askew many times already.

His pupils burn. The color of fire and inflamed wound, they glow in the dark. Especially in the dark. When he tilts his head just right under his umbrella as he takes his morning stroll his blaring red glasses look horrifying for those who know him.

== The Legacy ==
A famous binge-eater back in the day belonging to a well known vampire cult (to be fleshed out later), his name incites fear. His predecessors share the same name, seemingly to carry the name for eons to come but they all look the same, bringing up the theory that maybe they're all the same person with a ridiculously long lifespan. In the past he drank a lot, not only from his past hunts, but also from the cult that he called his kin. Which caused him to have a particular taste for it. He was deemed a glutton even by their unholy standards for he consumed too much, thus he was cast out.

An exile wasn't the end of him, he was taken into by the guild to cage him from causing any more trouble after years of hunting. Weakened and frail, they collected what was left of him so the guild can study him and experiment as much as they wanted. He was as much of a prisoner as he was an asset, as a dangerous monster that could hunt monsters. Of course, kept in check constantly with the help of Chalice, his caretaker and friend.

He knows the guild keeps him on a leash, and for some reason he lets them. Maybe because his provided lounging area is quite cozy and the juiceboxes provided served enough for his diet. For deep down, despite every cruel and sacrilegious jest and lazy smirk, he knows something they don't; A leech doesn't need freedom to feed.

Yet, as much as the guild is his prison, it's also his home. If only because he has nothing else to run to.

== Church of The Ember Serpent (name wip) ==
he is here every Sunday c:

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Chalice Aureate]] ===
"No prayers, Little Cottonbud. We keep eyes on each other, lord knows I have nothing better to do, anyway."

* She keeps Amos tethered to his humanity, she is his trusty friend through and through, especially in missions and really dangerous quests.
* Hits him with comically large weapon when he does something bad or gets a little too thirsty
* Holds his hand to cross the road when he's in his fur baby form.

=== [[Ulvultar Ballahast]] ===
"A saint wouldn't look at the devil this way. I should pray again to ask if the Dragons above are having a hearty laugh."

* It's known that he drinks a potion to become much more subdued as a fluffy large fur baby to roam the streets of Eversun without Chalice's supervision.
* Often visits the Ballahast Manor for food and other things.
* The elf was Amos's old flame decades ago. He's definitely over him.
* He's written a letter once folded in the deepest trenches of his dungeon addressed to Ulvultar. The first line says "No one loves you.". He 'accidentally' put a comma after 'no' and it's just there now as a smudged correction that still looks like a comma.

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-03-23T07:52:51Z

Kao: smol edits (birf day)

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = Prism 16th, 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect. So long as you don't disappoint me."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He's been conducting famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry for years now, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight frown of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is and where precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress has always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements and (de)grading terms.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice the smallest details.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to the proud Grimm family, a lineage of powerful and wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

He cut ties with his family shortly after they disowned him with, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early. Also often seen spearheading or be one of the lead engineers around fixing stuff around town.

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to an old mage so harshly they actually quit magic. He works at the local butcher's now.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===
''"Oblivious and unreasonably optimistic, yet I would be lost without her. My biggest headache whom I'd trust with my life."''
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".

=== '''[[General Cassiopeia|Leo Eridanus]]''' ===
''"Look at all that competence. I hardly know you."''
* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===
''"I build machines, not rumors. Get back to class."''
* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* oh boy where do I even start

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===
''"Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."''
* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] ===
''"A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those."''
* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her score, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.
* She reminds him of someone

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===
''"He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better."''
* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time. Eating egg sandwiches and tea (with Leit sometimes).

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it? Figures."''

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."''

=== [[Leit Hamlet]] ===
''"Possibly a remarkable statistic outlier. I would be inclined to argue, but the evidence is inconveniently in his favor."''
[[Category:Characters]]

Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII

2025-02-27T04:13:26Z

Kao: added to character page, added small phrase related to his lil bnuy buddy pal chalice

Amos Dominus Maledicta XIII

2025-02-26T15:17:07Z

Kao: ive been watching too much hellsing

File:Asdafsdfdgasd.png

2025-02-26T14:49:12Z

Kao: Amos concept sketch *insert vampire and mosquito emoji*

== Summary ==
Amos concept sketch *insert vampire and mosquito emoji*

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-25T16:09:16Z

Kao: grammar edits

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He's been conducting famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry for years now, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight, wry smile of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice small details.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to powerful wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

He cut ties with his family after they disowned him, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early.

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to an old mage so harshly they actually quit magic. He works at the local butcher's now.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===
''"Oblivious and unreasonably optimistic, yet I would be lost without her. My biggest headache whom I'd trust with my life."''
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".

=== '''[[General Cassiopeia|Leo Eridanus]]''' ===
''"Look at all that competence. I hardly know you."''
* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===
''"I build machines, not rumors. Get back to class."''
* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* oh boy where do I even start

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===
''"Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."''
* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] ===
''"A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those."''
* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her score, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.
* She reminds him of someone

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===
''"He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better."''
* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time. Eating egg sandwiches and tea (with Leit sometimes).

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it? Figures."''

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."''

=== [[Leit Hamlet]] ===
''"Possibly a remarkable statistic outlier. I would be inclined to argue, but the evidence is inconveniently in his favor."''
[[Category:Characters]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-25T16:07:36Z

Kao: Grimes patch update: relationship edits/additions, chopped off unnecessary stuff, grammar etc

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He's been conducting famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry for years now, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight, wry smile of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice small details.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to powerful wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

He cut ties with his family after they disowned him, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early.

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to an old mage so harshly they actually quit magic. He works at the local butcher's now.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===
''"Annoying. Oblivious. Unreasonably optimistic. Yet I would be lost without her. My biggest headache, I'd trust her with my life."''
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".

=== '''[[General Cassiopeia|Leo Eridanus]]''' ===
''"Look at all that competence. I hardly know you."''
* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===
''"I build machines, not rumors. Get back to class."''
* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* oh boy where do I even start

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===
''"Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."''
* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] ===
''"A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those."''
* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her score, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.
* She reminds him of someone

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===
''"He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better."''
* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time. Eating egg sandwiches and tea (with Leit sometimes).

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it? Figures."''

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."''

=== [[Leit Hamlet]] ===
''"Possibly a remarkable statistic outlier. I would be inclined to argue, but the evidence is inconveniently in his favor."''
[[Category:Characters]]

Serenity Rosewood

2025-02-14T14:53:49Z

Kao: grammar edits

<blockquote>"By the marigolds! You have a broken arm? Worry not, my dearest friend! I know just the remedy! (''she's winding up her fist'') It always hurts before it helps." </blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Serenity Rosewood
| Image = [[File:Wrenplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Wren
| Pronouns = She/Her
| Species = Human
| Subspecies = Really just a human :(
| Height = 5'6 / 167 cm
| Age = 27
| Birth Date = Year of 1203
| Family = Mother

Father

Dolly (Friend Snake)

Grimes (Best friend)
}}
'''''Serenity,''''' more known as "Wren" is a human working in the Wayfarer's division. She is very passionate about gardening and keeping in touch with nature, so much so that she's set up her home near the forest to easily access new seedlings or saplings to cultivate.

== Appearance ==
Wren has long currant colored hair tied back into two ponytails with silk bows. Most notice her non functioning left eye and burn scar, but she doesn't let that bother her too much. Often she's seen carrying a basket full of strange looking fruits and spices for trading or gifting. She likes wearing bows and elegant clothing, but makes sure her skirt isn't too long so it won't get dirty when she has to work in her garden. She wears black silk leggings under, so she can be warm and flexible at the same time.

== Personality ==
A loud and rambunctious woman always up for adventure equipped with her strangely formal speech and a heart of pure gold. Violently helpful, she often goes out of her way to make friends even with people who don't want to be. Wren has tri-weekly tea parties in the garden near her house, where she always chatters to new people. If not, she's out frolicking in nearby meadows and fields or looking for new <s>victims</s> friends to pick flowers with. Wren could never see any fault in a person, but she's known to close her ears to criticism and negativity. She also has a love for reading obscure and outlandish "romance" books that no one usually likes.

Too trusting to a fault, she kinda also has a giant white snake following her around sometimes at night to keep her safe.

== Biography ==
Wren was from a humble family growing up. Her father and brothers were famous tanks, berserkers, and wrestlers among the guild. One day, she had beat them all in The Annual Rosewood's "One-Finger Death Match" when she was of age. Out of shame, the Rosewoods decided to had banish Wren from their household due to being way too strong and her parents not having any suitable candidates to marry her off with. Then, she ran away with fellow institution-mate and childhood friend, [[Eisen Grimm]], after finding out that he had been wandering around away from his parents' manor for a year now. She has gloves, kneepads, and boots enforced with specific technology to serve as her way of healing people. Violently. Her boundless energy cause aether imbalances that channel magic only if she forces it out of her. (more specifics on this later)

Soon she makes herself known in the Wayfarer's Division party listings as the cheapest and quite the effective healer money could afford! Problem is, she is notorious for knocking out her party members while healing them. (more on this later)

== wren chan's love quest ==
She's a hopeful romantic! below anecdotes she's said once or twice before of some dates (gone wrong):

* She punched a hole in a guy who took her out once. She tried to fix it, and it ended up becoming two really bad dents.
* In another date in an all-you-can-eat pub she ate so much that the owners had to kick her out. her date ended up paying
* A man's lost his arm in an arm wrestling competition with her. she was banned from joining ever again.

== Relationships ==
(will add later)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Wren Rosewood]]

Serenity Rosewood

2025-02-14T14:40:05Z

Kao: wren chans love quest (and more)

<blockquote>"By the marigolds! You have a broken arm? Worry not, my dearest friend! I know just the remedy! (''she's winding up her fist'') It always hurts before it helps! " </blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Serenity Rosewood
| Image = [[File:Wrenplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Wren
| Pronouns = She/Her
| Species = Human
| Subspecies = Really just a human :(
| Height = 5'6 / 167 cm
| Age = 27
| Birth Date = Year of 1203
| Family = Mother

Father

Dolly (Friend Snake)

Grimes (Best friend)
}}
'''''Serenity,''''' more known as "Wren" is a human working in the Wayfarer's division. She is very passionate about gardening and keeping in touch with nature, so much so that she's set up her home near the forest to easily access new seedlings or saplings to cultivate.

== Appearance ==
Wren has long currant colored hair tied back into two ponytails with silk bows. Most notice her non functioning left eye and burn scar, but she doesn't let that bother her too much. Often she's seen carrying a basket full of strange looking fruits and spices for trading or gifting. She likes wearing bows and elegant clothing, but makes sure her skirt isn't too long so it won't get dirty when she has to work in her garden. She wears silk leggings under, so she can be warm and flexible at the same time.

== Personality ==
A loud and rambunctious woman always up for adventure equipped with her strangely formal speech and a heart of pure gold. Violently helpful, she often goes out of her way to make friends even with people who don't want to be. Wren has tri-weekly tea parties in the garden near her house, where she always chatters to new people. If not, she's out frolicking in nearby meadows and fields or looking for new <s>victims</s> friends to pick flowers with. Wren could never see any fault in a person, but she's known to close her ears to criticism and negativity. She also has a love for reading obscure and outlandish "romance" books that no one usually likes.

Too trusting to a fault, she kinda also has a giant white snake following her around sometimes at night to keep her safe.

== Biography ==
Wren was from a humble family growing up. Her father and brothers were famous tanks, berserkers, and wrestlers among the guild. One day, she had beat them all in The Annual Rosewood's "One-Finger Death Match" when she was of age, and out of shame, banished Wren from their household due to being way too strong and her parents not having any suitable candidates to marry her off with. Then, she ran away with fellow institution-mate and childhood friend, [[Eisen Grimm]], after finding out that he had been wandering around away from his parents' manor for a year now. She has gloves, kneepads, and boots enforced with technology to serve as her way of healing people. Violently. Her boundless energy cause aether imbalances that channel magic only if she forces it out of her. (more specifics on this later)

Soon she makes herself known in the Wayfarer's Division party listings as the cheapest and quite the effective healer money could afford! Problem is, she is notorious for knocking out her party members while healing them. (more on this later)

== wren chan's love quest ==
She's a hopeful romantic! below are some notes of some dates (gone wrong) she's had:

* She punched a hole in a guy who took her out once. She tried to fix it, and it ended up becoming two really bad dents.
* In another date in an all-you-can-eat pub she ate so much that the owners had to kick her out. her date ended up paying
* A man's lost his arm in an arm wrestling competition with her. she was banned from joining ever again.

== Relationships ==
(will add later)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Wren Rosewood]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-08T07:14:14Z

Kao: format etc again

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He conducts famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight, wry smile of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice small details.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to powerful wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

He cut ties with his family after they disowned him, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early.

== Class Notes ==
Below are a collection of notable events/exchanges in Prof. Grimes's classroom:

'''When student asks if he's ever been wrong:'''

"...0.0001% chance of happening. Let's work with the 99.9999% that matters. "

'''When correcting his students:'''

"I simply won't tolerate watching you fail. You increase your success rate by 2.5% each time you try again. The components are misaligned by approximately 0.03 centimeters. Now, invert the values there-"

'''When asked why he's so hard on his students:'''

"The world doesn't reward mediocrity. Their mistakes have weight and have a high probability of costing lives. Because I refuse to let them walk out of this classroom incompetent, I want all of you to rely on skill."

'''When flattered:'''

“Flattery has zero impact on the grading system. I suggest you don't do that again."

'''When asked about his hometown:'''

"I weighted the calculations once. If I had stayed, the probability of me ever being happy was approximately 3.4%. If I left, it increased to 47%. I chose the most optimal outcome."

''It's said that after his lecture people in the faculty office saw his hands jitter a little but sources are unreliable.''

'''One time in class when a student's invention explodes and a shrapnel almost hits him:'''

"A 4.2 millimeter difference between safety and fatal injury. Start over, but this time make something that isn't fundamentally flawed."

'''When a student complains about a hard task/lesson:'''

"I've seen worse, so you're not special in that regard. But I wouldn't squander your potential if I were you. You know I don't waste time on those who give up."

'''When he actually is impressed:'''

"This is sufficient. Acceptable quality."

''Later, it is noted that Prof. Grimes had put that student's prototype on display with his written approval on paper beside it.''

'''When someone uses magic:'''

>:(

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to an old mage so harshly they actually quit magic. He works at the local butcher's now.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* Someone wrote under one of the classroom desks that they heard Prof. Grimes laugh and they got 7 years of bad luck.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

If asked about them:

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===
''"She is efficient and functional under any condition despite her faulty eye. Serenity's presence has this strange stabilizing effect. I wouldn't change a single detail."''
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".

=== '''[[Leo Eridanus]]''' ===
''"Often I wonder if he's aware of his progress without the needless positive ideals. If he would only speak with more accuracy--in the classroom. Not outside of it. Especially not with me. Very capable of improvement, an estimated .005% rise for every class he attends."''
* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===
''"Highly unpredictable. It's almost admirable how committed he is to hindering his own progress. He has the potential, if only he'd put his instincts aside before his enthusiasm deteriorates to mediocrity."''
* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* Thinks he's a superior monitoring his lectures, but gives him below the passing grade anyway.

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===
''"Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."''
* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] ===
''"A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those."''
* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her score, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===
''"He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better."''
* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time.

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it?"''

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===
''"Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."''
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-08T07:11:07Z

Kao: formatting etc

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He conducts famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight, wry smile of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice small details.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to powerful wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

He cut ties with his family after they disowned him, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early.

== Class Notes ==
Below are a collection of notable events/exchanges in Prof. Grimes's classroom:

'''When student asks if he's ever been wrong:'''

"...0.0001% chance of happening. Let's work with the 99.9999% that matters. "

'''When correcting his students:'''

"I simply won't tolerate watching you fail. You increase your success rate by 2.5% each time you try again. The components are misaligned by approximately 0.03 centimeters. Now, invert the values there-"

'''When asked why he's so hard on his students:'''

"The world doesn't reward mediocrity. Their mistakes have weight and have a high probability of costing lives. Because I refuse to let them walk out of this classroom incompetent, I want all of you to rely on skill."

'''When flattered:'''

“Flattery has zero impact on the grading system. I suggest you don't do that again."

'''When asked about his hometown:'''

"I weighted the calculations once. If I had stayed, the probability of me ever being happy was approximately 3.4%. If I left, it increased to 47%. I chose the most optimal outcome."

''It's said that after his lecture people in the faculty office saw his hands jitter a little but sources are unreliable.''

'''One time in class when a student's invention explodes and a shrapnel almost hits him:'''

"A 4.2 millimeter difference between safety and fatal injury. Start over, but this time make something that isn't fundamentally flawed."

'''When a student complains about a hard task/lesson:'''

"I've seen worse, so you're not special in that regard. But I wouldn't squander your potential if I were you. You know I don't waste time on those who give up."

'''When he actually is impressed:'''

"This is sufficient. Acceptable quality."

''Later, it is noted that Prof. Grimes had put that student's prototype on display with his written approval on paper beside it.''

'''When someone uses magic:'''

>:(

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to an old mage so harshly they actually quit magic. He works at the local butcher's now.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* Someone wrote under one of the classroom desks that they heard Prof. Grimes laugh and they got 7 years of bad luck.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

If asked about them:

=== [[Serenity Rosewood|'''Serenity Rosewood''']] ===

==== "She is efficient and functional under any condition despite her faulty eye. Serenity's presence has this strange stabilizing effect. I wouldn't change a single detail." ====
* They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".

=== [[Leo Eridanus|'''Leo Eridanus''']] ===

==== "Often I wonder if he's aware of his progress without the needless positive ideals. If he would only speak with more accuracy--in the classroom. Not outside of it. Especially not with me. Very capable of improvement, an estimated .005% rise for every class he attends." ====

* Once told off bullies to quit bullying Leo when confided in class that the rumors were affecting his grades.

=== [[Ari Lancaster]] ===

==== "Highly unpredictable. It's almost admirable how committed he is to hindering his own progress. He has the potential, if only he'd put his instincts aside before his enthusiasm deteriorates to mediocrity." ====

* Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom.
* Thinks he's a superior monitoring his lectures, but gives him below the passing grade anyway.

=== [[Clover Blyss]] ===

==== "Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it." ====

* Clover cut off Grimes's mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Grimes does not seem to mind much since it gives him the opportunity to figure out how to enforce his arms better.

=== [[Deirdre Silva]] ===

==== "A constant morale-booster in the lecture room. I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. I don't actually consume those." ====

* Deirdre seemed often displeased with her score, so Grimes gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it.

=== [[Hanzekihel Oulieus]] ===

==== "He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium.I could have taught him how to be better." ====

* Grimes' nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned.
* He taped Hanzekihel to a chair to listen to him once. Hanzekihel trapped him in an ice cage to watch a coven perform/spar once.
* They are only nice to each other during lunch time.

=== [[Bellona Salvia]] ===

==== "Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it?" ====

=== [[Keldwyn Flannery]] ===

==== "Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern." ====
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-08T06:58:05Z

Kao: added a "what he would say if asked about x" under relationships. oh no he's becoming a real character now

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He conducts famous classes related to a revolutionary type of Blacksmithing and Weaponry, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight, wry smile of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
Progress always comes first and foremost. In his head it is ingrained that having a human's longevity was a huge disadvantage already compared to Elvaari and other species, what more with not having magic? He constantly seeks to push the boundaries of technology and engineering, believing that his greatest contribution to uplift society with his short lifetime would be the knowledge he spreads. Grimes has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech, causing him to suffer with his relationships a lot. The engineer has no idea when to differentiate work and his personal relationships.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence and always opts to correct it with harsh logical statements.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and near-none traces of approval, it's clear that he cares for those who notice small details.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to powerful wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own ambition.

He cut ties with his family after they disowned him, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early.

== Class Notes ==
Below are a collection of notable events/exchanges in Prof. Grimes's classroom:

'''When student asks if he's ever been wrong:'''

"...0.0001% chance of happening. Let's work with the 99.9999% that matters. "

'''When correcting his students:'''

"I simply won't tolerate watching you fail. You increase your success rate by 2.5% each time you try again. The components are misaligned by approximately 0.03 centimeters. Now, invert the values there-"

'''When asked why he's so hard on his students:'''

"The world doesn't reward mediocrity. Their mistakes have weight and have a high probability of costing lives. Because I refuse to let them walk out of this classroom incompetent, I want all of you to rely on skill."

'''When flattered:'''

“Flattery has zero impact on the grading system. I suggest you don't do that again."

'''When asked about his hometown:'''

"I weighted the calculations once. If I had stayed, the probability of me ever being happy was approximately 3.4%. If I left, it increased to 47%. I chose the most optimal outcome."

''It's said that after his lecture people in the faculty office saw his hands jitter a little but sources are unreliable.''

'''One time in class when a student's invention explodes and a shrapnel almost hits him:'''

"A 4.2 millimeter difference between safety and fatal injury. Start over, but this time make something that isn't fundamentally flawed."

'''When a student complains about a hard task/lesson:'''

"I've seen worse, so you're not special in that regard. But I wouldn't squander your potential if I were you. You know I don't waste time on those who give up."

'''When he actually is impressed:'''

"This is sufficient. Acceptable quality."

''Later, it is noted that Prof. Grimes had put that student's prototype on display with his written approval on paper beside it.''

'''When someone uses magic:'''

>:(

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to an old mage so harshly they actually quit magic. He works at the local butcher's now.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* Someone wrote under one of the classroom desks that they heard Prof. Grimes laugh and they got 7 years of bad luck.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.
* A faculty member heard him apologize '''''once'''''. They say all the lights in the offices went out for a solid 5.5 minutes right after.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)

If asked about them:
* Serenity Rosewood - "She is efficient and functional under any condition despite her faulty eye. Serenity's presence has this strange stabilizing effect. I wouldn't change a single detail." They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're childhood best friends, with Wren being the only one known to comfortably call Eisen by his name or "Eis" rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her "Serenity" instead of "Wren".
* Leo Eridanus - "Often I wonder if he's aware of his progress without the needless positive ideals. If he would only speak with more accuracy--in the classroom. Not outside of it. Especially not with me. Very capable of improvement, an estimated .005% rise for every class he attends."
* Ari Lancaster - "Highly unpredictable. It's almost admirable how committed he is to hindering his own progress. He has the potential, if only he'd put his instincts aside before his enthusiasm deteriorates to mediocrity." Grimes never keeps his gaze for more than 4.2 seconds with Ari in the classroom. Thinks he's a superior monitoring his lectures, but gives him below the passing grade anyway.
* Clover Blyss - "Mental note to not allow her to carry weaponry. She has cut off my mechanical arm a total of 13 times over a single week. Her optimism is encouraged so long as she's willing to learn because of it."
* Deirdre Silva - "A constant morale-booster in the lecture room.I advised her to stop bringing me bolts and stray wires in a sandwich bag. She seemed quite displeased with her grades, so I gave her a cog with a safety pin glued behind it."
* Hanzekihel Oulieus - "He could have been brilliant. His faulty choices led him to prefer magic, an unreliable medium." his nose scrunches up whenever Hanze is mentioned. "I could have taught him how to be better."
* Bellona Salvia - "Ari Lancaster's colleague. Mentioned they had relationship together but often kicks each others' backs literally. "Girlfriend", was it?"
* Keldwyn Flannery - "Ari Lancaster and Bellona Salvia's colleague. I observe they're friends, but they exchange words that say otherwise. I'm sensing a pattern."

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-06T16:29:42Z

Kao: added more rumors bc I hate him

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He conducts well-received classes related to Weaponry, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight, wry smile of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
He rarely laughs outright unless out of courtesy, and he has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence, but he doesn't say his feelings outright. He's pretty passive with everything else, doesn't quite directly insult or compliment people. His non-confrontational habits cause him to suffer with his relationships a lot, not knowing when to differentiate work and his personal life.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and rare approval, it's clear that he cares.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to powerful wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own vision.

He cut ties with his family after they disowned him, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early.

== Class Notes ==
Below are a collection of notable events/exchanges in Prof. Grimes's classroom:

'''When student asks if he's ever been wrong:'''

"...0.0001% chance of happening. Let's work with the 99.9999% that matters. "

'''When correcting his students:'''

"I simply won't tolerate watching you fail. You increase your success rate by 2.5% each time you try again. The components are misaligned by approximately 0.03 centimeters. Now, invert the values there-"

'''When asked why he's so hard on his students:'''

"The world doesn't reward mediocrity. Their mistakes have weight and have a high probability of costing lives. Because I refuse to let them walk out of this classroom incompetent, I want all of you to rely on skill."

'''When flattered:'''

“Flattery has zero impact on the grading system. I suggest you don't do that again."

'''When asked about his hometown:'''

"I weighted the calculations once. If I had stayed, the probability of me ever being happy was approximately 3.4%. If I left, it increased to 47%. I chose the most optimal outcome."

''It's said that after his lecture people in the faculty office saw his hands jitter a little but sources are unreliable.''

'''One time in class when a student's invention explodes and a shrapnel almost hits him:'''

"A 4.2 millimeter difference between safety and fatal injury. Start over, but this time make something that isn't fundamentally flawed."

'''When a student complains about a hard task/lesson:'''

"I've seen worse, so you're not special in that regard. But I wouldn't squander your potential if I were you. You know I don't waste time on those who give up."

'''When he actually is impressed:'''

"This is sufficient. Acceptable quality."

''Later, it is noted that Prof. Grimes had put that student's prototype on display with his written approval on paper beside it.''

'''When someone uses magic:'''

>:(

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to a mage so harshly they actually quit magic. No one knew what happened to them.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.
* Someone wrote under one of the classroom desks that they heard Prof. Grimes laugh and they got 7 years of bad luck.
* They say when you poke one of his three beauty marks in a certain pattern his face unhinges in a mess of mechanics and will show a little critter piloting his body.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)
* Serenity Rosewood - "She is efficient and functional under any condition despite her faulty eye. Serenity's presence has this strange stabilizing effect. I wouldn't change a single detail." They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're best friends, with Wren being the only one known to call Eisen by his name rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her by her actual name.

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-06T14:27:56Z

Kao: grimes patch update: added a rumors section

{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:grimes headshot.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Division = Education Division
| Zodiac = Prideful Moth
| Aspect = Dark (Expired...?)
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than any arcane aspect."</blockquote>Eisen Grimm is a human commonly seen wearing long robes or coats covering the many inventions he keeps. He teaches at the Education Division, affectionately called '''''Professor Grimes''''' by the way pupils' or acquaintances' hands distinctly smell of oil after shaking his. He conducts well-received classes related to Weaponry, but they say his true brilliance shines through in his passion for by-the-books engineering and his pursuit for progress ''no matter the cost.'' All without the help of Magitech or the Arcane itself.

He's known to '''never''' cut corners or rely on guesswork. He's a genius, but very known to be difficult. It shows on his face if not in his words.

== Appearance ==
Often seen with a tight, wry smile of greeting before walking past you through the corridors. He wears billowing coats and loose long sleeves, accompanied by fur or leather gloves when outside. He peruses tailor shops in his spare time. His hands, when not gloved, are the most obvious thing about him, a precise mix of cogs, wires, and metals constructed from scratch to make a fully functional mechanical hand.

His walnut colored hair is spiky, but is always kept short. Sometimes he uses a headband to push it back when he has to concentrate for work. When his coats are set aside, students & accomplices would always catch a glint of metal hiding. What it is precisely is a mystery.

== Personality ==
He rarely laughs outright unless out of courtesy, and he has a habit of using dry sarcasm in his speech. His smile never seems to reach his eyes, but a gleam does go to them when he's impressed. He doesn't waste any words, his sentences brief and methodical, often sounding robotic and integrating unnecessary measurements into his speech.

He refuses to work with anyone else with his models and schematics, especially in the labs, unless it's really important or highly conditional. Because of this, he's regarded as arrogant. Offers his expertise to the Wayfarer's Division openly though if they need handy dandy tools. He's often frustrated with incompetence, but he doesn't say his feelings outright. He's pretty passive with everything else, doesn't quite directly insult or compliment people. His non-confrontational habits cause him to suffer with his relationships a lot, not knowing when to differentiate work and his personal life.

He does take pride in students who try their best in his class, deeply invested in improvement. He's strict, but never cruel, wholeheartedly believing that they leave better. In the precision of his words and rare approval, it's clear that he cares.

== Biography ==
Son and destined heir to powerful wealthy sorcerers, Eisen had a decent and privileged childhood. Ranking as one of the best up and coming sorcerers in his coven at such a young age, he had a promising future. During a risky test to see if he could finally balance the coveted Light Aspect for full control of his Dark Aspect, he failed to account for the difficulty that came with achieving such greatness. Instead of casting at the target without a wand for the very first time, he had casted it on ''himself.'' The unexpected splash of darkness wrapped around his hands as its unstable conduit, and rotted both of his hands to the bone.

And in the midst of ugly tragedy that could've knocked anyone unconscious, Eisen was wide awake. He had watched as he crumbled under the weight of his own vision.

He cut ties with his family after they disowned him, keeping himself busy by getting into engineering books and slowly building back his hands. First they were mini-stilts made of wood and tied together with copper wire, then they were fork-like mechanisms made of scrap metal. Eventually, he was able to create fully functional hands with a few months of studying and a lot of elbow grease. His ingenuity caused his reputation to spread by word-of-mouth, and he soon gets a job in the Education Division. There he never seems to stay in one place, going home particularly late carrying new blueprints and arriving stupidly early.

== Class Notes ==
Below are a collection of notable events/exchanges in Prof. Grimes's classroom:

'''When student asks if he's ever been wrong:'''

"...0.0001% chance of happening. Let's work with the 99.9999% that matters. "

'''When correcting his students:'''

"I simply won't tolerate watching you fail. You increase your success rate by 2.5% each time you try again. The components are misaligned by approximately 0.03 centimeters. Now, invert the values there-"

'''When asked why he's so hard on his students:'''

"The world doesn't reward mediocrity. Their mistakes have weight and have a high probability of costing lives. Because I refuse to let them walk out of this classroom incompetent, I want all of you to rely on skill."

'''When flattered:'''

“Flattery has zero impact on the grading system. I suggest you don't do that again."

'''When asked about his hometown:'''

"I weighted the calculations once. If I had stayed, the probability of me ever being happy was approximately 3.4%. If I left, it increased to 47%. I chose the most optimal outcome."

''It's said that after his lecture people in the faculty office saw his hands jitter a little but sources are unreliable.''

'''One time in class when a student's invention explodes and a shrapnel almost hits him:'''

"A 4.2 millimeter difference between safety and fatal injury. Start over, but this time make something that isn't fundamentally flawed."

'''When a student complains about a hard task/lesson:'''

"I've seen worse, so you're not special in that regard. But I wouldn't squander your potential if I were you. You know I don't waste time on those who give up."

'''When he actually is impressed:'''

"This is sufficient. Acceptable quality."

''Later, it is noted that Prof. Grimes had put that student's prototype on display with his written approval on paper beside it.''

'''When someone uses magic:'''

>:(

== Rumors ==
''Whisper, whisper.'' Some think he actually encourages this. Some claim he gets a kick out of watching people scramble to find out the truth. He'd never outright confirm or deny any of these:

* He once offhandedly mentioned in one classroom that he was 65% metal. He didn't specify where.
* He built a coffee machine in the guild's common room that's said to brew coffee that can wake anyone from the dead. What the hell did he put in it?
* He once talked down to a mage so harshly they actually quit magic. No one knew what happened to them.
* Students think he gets his lunch from eating cogs and wires. No one's ever seen him eat.
* He once said a joke to a fellow faculty member and it was so unfunny they resigned.

== Relationships ==
(feel free to talk to me if you want oc interactions teehee)
* Serenity Rosewood - "She is efficient and functional under any condition despite her faulty eye. Serenity's presence has this strange stabilizing effect. I wouldn't change a single detail." They lived in the same town and he accompanied her travels. They're best friends, with Wren being the only one known to call Eisen by his name rather than "Grimes", and Eisen being the only one to call her by her actual name.

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-05T16:45:49Z

Kao: grammar checks again im restless

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-05T16:15:30Z

Kao: added one last line in class notes and some grammar checks again whoops

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-05T11:13:52Z

Kao: added one more line and grammar checks

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-05T10:44:57Z

Kao: grammar pains

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-05T10:43:32Z

Kao: added class notes

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-05T08:55:03Z

Kao: added his weird mechanical speech patterns for future interaction reference and a dialogue sample in his relationships

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-04T14:22:45Z

Kao: edited prism to prideful ouo

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-04T13:57:08Z

Kao: lore ;0;

File:Grimes headshot.png

2025-02-04T12:09:07Z

Kao: Grimes' updated headshot

== Summary ==
Grimes' updated headshot

Eisen Grimm

2025-02-03T17:25:05Z

Kao: just changed his quote

<blockquote>"I can make you better permanently. Stronger than a spell, smarter than a sorcerer, and way more reliable than an arcane alignment."</blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:Grimesplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}

== Appearance ==
(tba)

== Biography ==
(tba)

== Relationships ==
he has no friends except wren (get it? she's his f'''''WREN'''''d)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-01-29T15:11:52Z

Kao:

<blockquote>"Wizards whisper to the gods for a power-up, but I'd rather take precision over praying any day. So, need a better leg?"</blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:Grimesplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}

== Appearance ==
(tba)

== Biography ==
(tba)

== Relationships ==
he has no friends except wren (get it? she's his f'''''WREN'''''d)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-01-29T14:27:38Z

Kao: lil heehee haha

<blockquote>"Wizards whisper to the stars for a power-up, but I'd rather take precision over praying any day. So, need a better leg?"</blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:Grimesplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}

== Appearance ==
(tba)

== Biography ==
(tba)

== Relationships ==
he has no friends except wren (get it? she's his f'''''WREN'''''d)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-01-29T14:26:08Z

Kao: added to character page

<blockquote>"Wizards whisper to the stars for a power-up, but I'd rather take precision over praying any day. So, need a better leg?"</blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:Grimesplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}

== Appearance ==
(tba)

== Biography ==
(tba)

== Relationships ==
(tba)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Eisen Grimm]]

Serenity Rosewood

2025-01-29T13:34:57Z

Kao: added to character page..(?)

<blockquote>"A garden doesn't need to be seen to be felt. Regardless if a plant has one leaf or ten, give it some love and it'll grow either way!" </blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Serenity Rosewood
| Image = [[File:Wrenplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Wren
| Pronouns = She/Her
| Species = Human
| Subspecies = Really just a human :(
| Height = 5'6 / 167 cm
| Age = 27
| Birth Date = Year of 1203
| Family = Mother

Father

Dolly (Friend Snake)

Grimes (Best friend)
}}
'''''Serenity,''''' more known as "Wren" is a human working in the ______ division. She is very passionate about gardening and keeping in touch with nature, so much so that she's set up her home near the forest to easily access new seedlings or saplings to cultivate.

== Appearance ==
Wren has long currant colored hair tied back into two ponytails with silk bows. Most notice her non functioning left eye and burn scar, but she doesn't let that bother her too much.Often she's seen carrying a basket full of strange looking fruits and spices for trading or gifting. She likes wearing bows and elegant clothing, but makes sure her skirt isn't too long so it won't get dirty when she has to work in her garden.

== Personality ==
A soft-spoken woman who tries her best to brighten everyone's day. Too much of a pushover. (will add more later)

== Biography ==
Wren was

== Abilities ==
(will add later)

== Relationships ==
(will add later)
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Wren Rosewood]]

Eisen Grimm

2025-01-26T19:09:44Z

Kao: set down the skeleton of Grimes' page

<blockquote></blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Eisen Grimm
| Image = [[File:Grimesplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Grimes
| Pronouns = He/Him
| Species = Human
| Height = 6'3 / 192 cm
| Age = 28
| Birth Date = 1202
| Family = Mother (Disowned)

Father (Disowned)

Dolly (Wren's Snake, his worst enemy)

Wren (Best Friend)
}}

== Appearance ==
(tba)

== Biography ==
(tba)

== Relationships ==
(tba)

File:Grimesplaceholder.png

2025-01-26T19:04:41Z

Kao: its him [:

== Summary ==
its him [:

Serenity Rosewood

2025-01-26T18:57:28Z

Kao: wren things 2

Serenity Rosewood

2025-01-26T18:56:10Z

Kao: wren things

= Wren =
<blockquote>"A garden doesn't need to be seen to be felt. Regardless if a plant has one leaf or ten, give it some love and it'll grow either way!" </blockquote>{{Person
| Name = Serenity Rosewood
| Image = [[File:Wrenplaceholder.png|200px|thumb|left|Caption]]
| Alternate Names = Wren
| Pronouns = She/Her
| Species = Human
| Subspecies = Really just a human :(
| Height = 5'6 / 167 cm
| Age = 27
| Birth Date = Year of 1203
| Family = Mother

Father

Dolly (Friend Snake)

Grimes (Best friend)
}}
'''''Serenity,''''' more known as "Wren" is a human working in the ______ division. She is very passionate about gardening and keeping in touch with nature, so much so that she's set up her home near the forest to easily access new seedlings or saplings to cultivate.

== Appearance ==
Wren has long currant colored hair tied back into two ponytails with silk bows. Most notice her non functioning left eye and burn scar, but she doesn't let that bother her too much.Often she's seen carrying a basket full of strange looking fruits and spices for trading or gifting. She likes wearing bows and elegant clothing, but makes sure her skirt isn't too long so it won't get dirty when she has to work in her garden.

== Personality ==
A soft-spoken woman who tries her best to brighten everyone's day. Too much of a pushover. (will add more later)

== Biography ==
Wren was

== Abilities ==
(will add later)

== Relationships ==
(will add later)

File:Wrenplaceholder.png

2025-01-26T18:14:08Z

Kao: its her teehee

== Summary ==
its her teehee