Astrophel Argentum

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"... Do you need something? If not then leave."

Astrophel Argentum
Alternate Names	Phel, Astro, Big Cat (Jaina), Argy (Lyna)
Pronouns	He/him
Species	Lesser Kindred
Subspecies	Snow Leopard
Division	Contingency Division
Role	On-Call Doctor
Height	6’11” / 211cm
Age	50 y.o
Birth Date	Crevasse 19, 1180
Zodiac	Melancholic Siren
Aspect	Ice (born)
Family	Biological Father & Mother (deceased) Sigvard Argentum (father, alive) Natasha Argentum (mother, alive) Jaina Ryder (daughter, alive)
Creator	Caffeekat

Astrophel Argentum is a Lesser Kindred originally from Tírr who works as an on-call doctor at the Contingency Division. A reliable man with a reserved nature, often told "he doesn't look like a doctor" due to his intimidating personality and looks. Much to his chagrin.

Appearance

Astrophel is a pretty intimidating figure, standing at 6'11" with broad shoulders and muscular build, not helped by the perpetual furrow to his brow, a scowl that always shows his lower fangs due to underbite and sharp eyes with heterochromia, right eye is hazel and left is green.

His dark skin is littered with scars big and small, both from his childhood and his time on the field. Tiny moles can be found in various places. Has long white hair with black tips that reaches around his ribs. As a snow leopard Kindred, Phel has some animal traits such as round fluffy ears, a particularly long fluffy tail, sharp claws and facial markings around his eyes.

If not wearing his work clothes you'll mostly see him wearing clothes appropriated for cold weather, things like sweaters, button up shirts, jackets, boots and furs in some way. Generally in neutral tones with few splashes of color. While not really vain, Astrophel takes care of his appearance, especially his hair and fur. Often changes hairstyles but always has braids in some way. Likes to use silver jewelry, has many piercings on his ears and a nose bridge one.

Personality

Astrophel is often regarded as unapproachable and intimidating due to his normally taciturn nature, he doesn’t feel the need to constantly fill the silence with chatter and generally keeps his thoughts to himself. On top of that, his frank approach and crass manner of speaking often make him seem more aggressive than he actually is. He's just very undersocialized, which makes him awkward and often unaware of social cues. Secretly, a bit lonely too.

Due to his particularly rough childhood living on the streets he has grown slightly wary of others at first, he often puts his walls up expecting people to have negative intentions towards him and slowly puts them down with time. His background has also made very resilient and self-sufficient; he’s not incapable of asking for help but he does try to refrain from doing so. While he hasn’t noticed yet, he’s very nurturing of other people and discreetly encourages anyone he sees potential in, wishing to give them the same chance of having someone to support them like his parents once gave him.

Under his parents' care he has grown to be a very hardworking and humble man who doesn’t take things for granted and respects even the most menial of works. This eventually leads him to be regarded as a particularly reliable person who fulfills whatever task is handed to him. To those close to him he is a fiercely loyal and protective companion, who shows his care through quiet action, unabashedly affectionate too.

When younger he used to have a quick temper and would quickly result to violence at the slightest provocation, he has since curbed this and is much more level-headed. But old habits die hard and he might still snap if pushed to his limits or if provoked just right.

Likes: plushies, stargazing, warmth (he is a cat), napping, hearty & spicy food, comfy things, coffee, silver jewelry, being useful, hairstyling, mead, his family.

Disikes: sudden or constant loud noises (sensitive ears), toothrotting sweet food, pungent scents & smoke (sensitive nose), liars, privileged people, authority figures who abuse their power, povetry, big & deep bodies of water.

Biography

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Abilities

After years of tutelage under his parents and studying medicine in the Education Division, Astrophel has become a phenomenal doctor whose expertise is greatly valued. His skills particularly shine when sent out on missions. While Phel might be a doctor he is not afraid of combat, he has enough grasp on how to fight and can easily be left to fend for himself on the field which makes him a valuable member to have on particularly difficult missions or emergencies. If worse comes to worst, Phel will defend his patients and teammates with fierce devotion.

Glacial Heart

Phel’s ice aspect, for some reason, makes his body temperature very cold. It has no impact on his health or anything just makes him a walking ice cube. For the longest time he wasn’t aware this was a thing and thought he was just particularly sensitive to the cold weather of Tírr, since leaving for Eversun he discovered that isn’t the case.

Frigid Touch

The main way he uses his aspect, to heal. Upon touching his patients wounds a layer of frost will cover the area to heal them, depending on how deep or serious the wounds are this layer of frost will vary in thickness. While greatly effective it is somewhat unpleasant; described as “akin to standing in snow for too long”; he tries not to overly rely on it for the sake of his patient’s comfort, they are always left with a slight chill afterwards. Also used to detect injuries on others by touching them with his hands and sending “waves” of coldness to find where it hurts. His hands also get colder after use.

He used not to have as much control over it when he was young and could easily cause frostbite. Has done so to himself by accident.

Boreal Barrier

If not able to put himself between danger and whoever he’s trying to protect in time Astrophel can use his aspect to create a shield in front of someone. It isn’t as strong as his shield but it works in a pinch until he can reach the other person. As the name suggests it looks a bit aurora borealis.

Glacial Claw

As a last resort, if Astrophel doesn’t have backup, his shield or can’t fight whatever is attacking him with his fists, he can create small daggers made of ice. They are very primitive in shape, looking more like icicles. This is a technique he made as a child and never refined so he’s likely to overexert himself and, often, hurts his hands. Only one can exist at a time.

Valuables

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"Icebreaker"

Astrophel's weapon of choice, a shield. It's a custom piece made of moonlight silver gifted to him by his parents when he finished his studies, very big and heavy with ice, stars and moon motifs. It’s a constant reminder to what he achieves to be – a shield ready to protect and help those in need. It's around 4'2" in height (idk about weight man). Yes, he also bashes people with it.

Thermal Pouch

Since healing leaves his patients cold, Phel carries around this pouch with warm drinks and simple snacks to give them just a little bit of comfort and replenish their strength. It's either filled with coffee, tea or different types of soup. Also has some simple medical supplies tucked in there.

"Marshmallow"

A unicorn plushie gifted to him by his parents; his first real gift, his first real possession; and the first plushie of his collection. The thing is big and surprisingly soft despite its years. It has a place of honor on his bed and brings him great comfort, especially when he misses his parents.

Trivia

• Voice claim: Kamran Nikhad as Wilberry Cookie (thank you GumdropChaos for the suggestion ♡).
• His playlist can be found here.
• Phel is ambidextrous.
• He's pan/demiromantic and terribly dense.
• Not a morning person. Has to have around 3 mugs of coffee before he's fully awake.
• Has a big spicy food tolerance.
• Takes good care of his hair and fur, tail is the softest thing ever and often changes his hair into complex styles. Likes styling other people's hair.
• Has a plushie collection. First one was a big unicorn plushie given to him by his parents. (thank you assbread for the suggestion ♡).
• While his expression generally remains the same, the tail is very expressive. Seems like it has a mind of his own sometimes.
• Can get very protective of his patients, if he thinks you’re enough of a threat he will start yowling and baring his teeth. Friend or foe.
• Gravitates towards warmth when sleeping, will snuggle anyone close enough. Holds his tail in his sleep.
• Has no mirrors in his dorm or office, doesn't look at them when he's by himself.
• Is secretly slightly self conscious about his handwriting. He feels it’s very blocky and ugly, but it’s readable so he shouldn’t care.
• Hates being called “kitty/kitten” with a passion. Don't call him that. Ever.