Hi, I want to make a post to introduce my Fear and Hunger Termina OC!
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Her name is Edith Benonette, and she possesses the Ancient Soul. She's 40 years old.
Gameplay:
[Starts with a permanent -15% accuracy and foggy view (the latter removed by wearing glasses), incurable by Sylvan ring]
Skills:
Composure - Passive skill, ignores tension caused by enemies and slows mind loss in overworld (twice the time needed)
Prayer - Active skill [Regain 20 mind, remove a stage of fear and phobia stat effects, on self, but inflict bleeding, requires an Alll-mer sigil, increases affinity with Alll-mer "A ritual nuns often perform at churches, inflicting harm to themselves to forget about impure and unbecoming thoughts."
Libriographic insight - [At the cost of mind is able to select any* desired book from bookshelves that haven't been checked before] *The books Pocketcat sells, the mind price of books is 20 times the heads price of Pocketcat.
Appraisal - An active skill, [costs 35 mind] which allows to appraise an item, giving a bit of lore behind it and adds [+50%] of the stat buffs and effects of any equipment (except Beheaded Wizard [special dialogue between Edith and Nas'hrah if done]).
Entrepreneurial spirit - Passive skill, can sell items back to the vendors that sell it too [-20% of the buying price]. Can haggle to buy items cheaper [by 20% off the price] from vendors, the success of that is determined by a coin flip.
Starting items:
Coin Purse [+10 M. Defense, 75% Otherworldly] - "A small, round pounch with a long, beaded string securing it on its wearer. It allows the wearer to store as much coin on them as they can find." [If worn no coin limit]
Lotus Hat [+1 M. Defense 80% Otherworldly] - "An antique luxurious wool hat, with a decorative, sewn, lotus flower. It is said the white lotus represents peace and spiritual perfection"
Shirtwaist dress [+2 M. Defense +1 P. Defense 75% Slashing 70% Otherworldly] - "An old but luxurious and expensive emerald wool dress"
Broken Eyeglasses
As THE chosen character:
Story:
[An animation of Edith smoking by an open window, followed by:]
The soothing sound of the railtracks... You are not used to such peaceful and tramquil atmosphere. You were born in a prestigious noble family from Rondon, both your mother and father coming from old dynasties.
As the oldest child of theirs you were afforded no time for childhood innocence,
you were not allowed to play or go outside without supervision neither to talk with anyone your parents didn't see fit.
Your father hired a dozen of tutors that taught you subjects ranging from playing the violin to economics.
You hated it,
each day felt like you were trapped in a maze, walking the corridors of your family's estate while looking outside, seeing the commoners' children enjoying life made you jealous.
You have begged your mother and father to allow you to go outside, even only to attend a prestigious school.
After years of convincing, at your 14th birthday, you were given a choice.
You either went to a nun covent or at a prestigious boarding school. You chose the...
Nun covent [You learned Prayer]
Boarding school [You learned Composure]
After finishing your studies you returned home.
You would've missed the place if you weren't expected to follow the old rules.
And if your parents didn't arrange a marriage for you,
your future husband was a brash, ignorant and old factory owner. Your family prospered from the shared income while you moved in with him.
By comparison the years spend in the estate were a holiday. You were to attend endless balls, ceremonies, speeches with your husband.
While at home, you endure his violent lash-outs. You couldn't do much to stop it,
not only you had a reputation to maintain but also, you had nobody to rely on. The only distraction from reality was:
Burying yourself in books [You learned Libriographic insight]
Collecting relics of the past [You learned Appraisal]
However, your relief didn't come without a price.
As you spend nights, collecting the few things that brought you comfort, you could see more and more a weird fog surrounding you.
A visit to the doctor revealed that your sight was deteriorating due to stress. You began wearing glasses.
As the war started, your nation was dragged into it and so the economy took a big hit,
your husband's business was failing, and he was never good at holding his anger down,
your life became hell, you couldn't even rely on your past activities anymore. You were thinking to end it all one night,
you went to the housekeeper's area and looked for any poison,
your search was stopped by the housekeeper,
your excuses didn't stand a chance as tears rolled explaining your situation.
She hugged you and showed were the poison was, before giving it to you, telling you a better way of using it.
You waited for the opportunity, and it came,
your husband has invited serval potential investors at your place, a big dinner was supposed to be happening.
You were forbidden to participate but that only gave you a better alibi.
You asked the housekeeper to show you his goblet, and poured the poison in the drink.
The next morning, your husband was found dead, chocked in his own vomit. Since the death cause was asphyxiation, you were off the hooks of suspicion.
And so, you were saved,
you had to pretend you mourned, but the tears you rolled at his funeral, were tears of joy, and pain, for all the years wasted on him.
But now you had to decide on the fate of, now your, business...
You decided to sell it [You gain 200 shillings]
You decided to keep it [You learn Entrepreneurial spirit]
No matter your decision you were decided to begin anew.
You knew your freedom in society was limited to your status, so like before you were stuck in a golden birdcage.
Economical competition is a cruel and unjust game, one you had to shove your sentimentality aside to keep playing in.
You have heard of the war's end, and of the recent rumors of a peace deal between the Bremen Army and the Eastern Union,
this opened a opportunity,
Bohemia was known to be rather undeveloped,
and with the war over, no local enterprises were strong enough to suffice a bigger economy.
If you bought assets from it, it would be a long-term investment. How did you prepare for the trip?
Medical goods [gain 2 light blue vials and 4 cloth fragments]
Food [gain 9 Mushroom stew and 6 meatpie]
Luxury items [gain 1 Pipe, 5 Tobacco and 3 wine vial]
[SKIPPED TILL HERE, if skipped traits received: Prayer, Libiographic Insight, Entrepreneurial spirit and Luxury items]
[An animation would happen where the glasses would drop down and Edith would pick them up]
The lenses shattered. With luck, you'll be able to buy new ones in town."
As NOT the chosen character:
Day 1
She is one of the few characters who do not appear at the gathering outside the train. Instead, the player finds her smoking by the window of the first carriage from the exit. When interacting with her before the gathering, she would have a short dialogue where she dismisses the player, telling them to go outside at the gathering. Once the player does get out to the gathering, no matter if she was interacted with or not, she would be standing right by the door, still smoking. She will not introduce herself but leave right after the dialogue. Talking with her as she leaves let's the player hear her mumble about Tanaka calling him a "competitor" and walking a shorter path than him.
Next time the player meets her is at the mayor's mansion. She would be in the library, there, she is found reading a book. The player can choose to either talk or attack her. Attacking her would lead to a battle, with The Avare scoffing at the player character. If she is not killed or both of her legs are intact after one turn, however, she would run away. You can catch her, but if she exits the manor, she disappears for now. If talked with, she would complain about the poor state the books are kept, commenting on the amount of bent corners and indentations on covers. She also asks the player for a random non-tutorial or functional book. If the player finds it or has it, they can offer it to her, in return she would join the party. If Henryk isn't saved or the Dark priest gets aggroed and she isn't recruited or killed, she would disappear from the mansion.
From Day 2
In the morning till the afternoon, she can be found at Dr. Kefer's store, at the side, reading, talking with her there she implies that she made some under the table deals with them. When asked to be recruited again, she passive aggressively rejects, stating that she can manage on her own from now on. If you had attacked her in the Mayor's Mansion, and she escaped, she would give the player a cold shoulder.
If the player character has aggroed the Dark Priest or The Gentleman appeared before she could be recruited, she would be found instead in the Church of Alll-mer, in the first room sitting in the left-front pew. Her dialogue here is different, she tells the player that she was forced to believe in Alll-mer, but he only pretended to, until this day, she tells the player that there cannot be a logical or optimistic explanation to anything happening in this town. If the player places an effigy on the stand with her alive and present in the room, next time the player enters the room, she will be found inspecting them, talking with her will reveal the origin of these effigies. If the player places all 3 of them, she says she impressed with their feat and propose to become part of the party. If the player refuses or has no available party slots, she says she will be waiting here if they change their mind. She will stay here until Day 2 Night, being available for (free) recruiting.
Here, the player can attack her. If attacked in the Mayor's Mansion or here, she would run in the right room of the Church, if the player doesn't catch to her, she would be gone, if the Chandelier hasn't been dropped or the gate to the basement is locked she will lock herself in the confessional pew, the player won't be able to open the confessional, if O'saa happens to be I'm the confessional too, interacting with his side of the pew will lead to O'saa berating the player for being such a careless hunter, his door too, not opening. If the gate to the basement is opened, she would be gone, but if only the chandelier was drooped she would be hiding in the confessional booth, until the player interacts with the hole caused by the chandelier, upon doing so a cutscene would be triggered of Edith stepping out the confessional and pushing the player down the hole.
MOONSCORCHED FORM
If not killed before Day 2 Night, Edith will become Moonscorched. Her moonscorched form is called:
The Caged Magpie
In this form, she transforms into a grotesque anthropomorphic magpie, alike the Valkyre.
Her entire body is encased, however, in a golden birdcage, where she can only stand with her head hunched forward. Her arms become long, bare wings, her palm still exists though deformed, it tightly holds onto the bars of the cage, as if trying to break them. Her head is shadowed in the cage, however two, piercing green lights can be seen from where the eyes should be, and a big golden beak that pokes out of the enclosure menacingly. Her legs seem the only part of the body partialy out the cage, with two holes letting half of her, now, bird legs out. The birdcage itself seems to be out of lead, with gold paint that peels off it, the cage has no door handle or any forms of exit, only a broken hook on top. At the bottom of the cage, a pile of artifacts, trinkets, and coins shimmer.
The Caged Magpie prefers to stalk parts of towns near shops and vendors. Once in the same location of her, a flavor text: "You hear a metal rustle" and sounds of Eurasian magpie calls while there. If you dont leave the screen, enter a shop or talk to a vendor she will slowly approach the player, it will hop, stalking them and will steal one item the player has equiped if they stand unmoving for more than 7 seconds, after that she will promptly fly away, if the player instead tries to approach it, Magpie will run away alike a scared chicken. If you enter a shop or talk to a vendor as soon as you exit the shop/conversation, the Magpie will fly towards you initiating a fight.
In the fight, the Magpie's body parts do one attack each:
Her legs do a one-character powerful hit called "Digging the dirt", however, this attack is only performed every 2nd turn.
Her arms do a weak one-character attack called "Slap on the wrist", however, there is a 5% chance the Magpie, instead of attacking does a "Acquire" action, which steals one of a character's equipment.
Her beak performs a coinflip attack called "Peck", which is a reference to Crow Mauler's iconic attack. The player will be warned 1 turned before it with a flavor text: "The Magpie seems to shift its head in the cage"
The player can attack the aforementioned body parts and break them. However, her body is protected by a birdcage, which has a lot of HP. Once all the other body parts have been broken, the Magpie will have only one attack "Shove", which deals little damage.
Upon defeating her in combat, you can loot her corpse to get all your lost equipment to her, be it outside or during the fight, alongside a Coin Purse and 99 shillings.
I might make more posts about her, like other character interactions and more about her Moonscorched form!
