I've seen a sudden streak of new followers here in the past days, mostly because of Osmund. Maybe it would be interesting if I provided more context behind his character for the newcomers, since he's the result of a constant development of two other characters named Orly and Beast. So I'll talk more about them, separately.
Beast: The shapeshifting spirit
Beast is an evil entity that can take over the bodies of living beings. When the possession happens, he gains the ability of changing the appearance of his host in almost unlimited ways. At the early stages of possession, he shared mixed visual traits with Orly, but as their connection deepened, Beast became the dominant force of the union and started to change his appearance even more, showing no more resemblance to his human host, becoming fully himself.
Orly : The Human vessel
Orly is probably the most important character in all of this, but you won't see him much since he's being possessed and transformed all the time. He's the human that Beast has chosen to inhabit permanently. The reason? He's a kind, innocent young guy, to Beast, he was the perfect being to corrupt. Chronologically, he's the second human host Beast ever had.
Osmund: the first host and definitely self.
The possession was complete, Beast was in control of Orly for a good while. To Beast, everything was perfect, until he started to remember the previous life he had with his first host from decades before Orly. For some reason, they were sealed deep inside his mind, but once they started coming back, everything changed. Osmund returned and became the true dominant force of the possession.
It is revealed that Osmund fused his soul with Beast during a ritual that initially killed him at some point in the past. He lost his sense of identity and got suppressed by Beast for decades, until his human memories were accidentally reawakened after spending some time as Orly.
Now, he's fully reborn and is powerful as ever. Being half-human and half-spirit granted him full access to the living world, while maintaining some skills he has as a spirit, like shapeshifting, which he used to rebuild his old body from Orly (with some "minor" upgrades, of course).
And this is what happened so far. Osmund is reborn and absolutely loves his improved self. His main goal is complete, what he will do from now on is a mystery, but he doesn't mind that, he'll have all the time in the world to figure that out.
(You can always ask me specific details about these characters as well, I'll happily answer, if possible!)
