Ardemis Bio
Name: Ardemis
Species: Dzlethian
Race: Whitescale
Role: A Super Executive-rank member of Winterkill Works. A mysterious man with no discernable background outside of his unquestioning loyalty to Winterkill. He’s the person who works silently from the shadows to make any and all of the organization’s enemies disappear without a trace.
Affiliation: Winterkill Works
Gender: Male
Age: 29*
Height: 5’10
Appearance: Ardemis is a fairly tall man with a toned, muscular build. His hair is waist-length and snow-white, with a somewhat spiky, tousled style. His eyes are a pale shade of bluish-gray, his horns are fairly long and arch backward, and his features are eerily handsome. He has strange, stitched-up scars on certain parts of his body, including a Y-shaped one across his torso.
Personality: Initially, Ardemis comes across as a polite, soft-spoken individual who’s driven by strong loyalties and personal discipline. He doesn’t voice his thoughts or opinions often, preferring to carry out orders without involving anything personal. However, when his behavior is examined more closely, it becomes apparent that he lacks anything “personal”, to begin with. Hollow in personality and demeanor, he seems to operate only on instructions from certain people. His emotional responses are consistently shallow and mild, and he presents the same placid, eerily calm attitude no matter what circumstance he’s faced with. He’s strongly loyal to Winterkill and doesn’t speak of any sort of past connections outside of her.
Positive Traits: Ardemis is very direct and efficient. He’s straightforward, mild-mannered, and keeps to himself more often than not. Exceedingly loyal, he dedicates himself to whatever he does without complaint. He’s easy to get along with, for the most part, with a serene demeanor that people find hard to argue with. He has notable skills for handling tense, chaotic environments, staying calm in crisis situations, and defusing conflicts. He has a sharp mind, excellent perception, and an incredible memory.
Negative Traits: Ardemis is a very hollow person. Despite his outward persona, closer examination reveals that there’s something distinctly missing from his behavior and personality. He doesn’t seem to think for himself or have any self-motivated goals, merely obeying the orders given to him by Winterkill. Despite all of his talent and ability, he doesn’t do anything to advance his own life. Most notably, he lacks all morals when it comes to the orders he’s given— he’ll do anything he’s told, no matter the act.
History: Ardemis’s history is entirely unclear. He’s very close to Winterkill, though, and seems to know inside details about Winterkill Works that someone of his rank reasonably shouldn’t. Aside from these connections, he doesn’t appear to have anyone or anything he’s tied to; no family, no friends, no background. He’ll dismiss any questions about his past, with no apparent concern for any part of his life but his current loyalties.
Relationships: Ardemis’s only distinct relationship is with Winterkill. The two communicate regularly, to an unusual degree. He’s distant with his coworkers, though, including his fellow Super Executives— even after years of working with him, no one knows any more about him than they did, to begin with. He’s polite, agreeable, and sociable enough when the situation calls for it, but he never forms any deep, personal connections.
Interests: Ardemis has no particular likes or dislikes, or at least, none that he voices. The only thing he seems to care about is his duties to Winterkill Works, and he lacks any personal passions or interests outside of that. He just obediently follows the orders he’s given, and nothing more.
WW Role: As one of the Super Executives at Winterkill Works, Ardemis has a specialized role designed to make the organization run smoothly— and his, at least officially, is to dispose of anyone who poses a threat to the organization once negotiations fail. He carries out his duties with unnerving efficiency, never questioning his orders or failing an assignment.
Miscellaneous: Ardemis almost always keeps the scars on his body covered. He doesn’t seem to be ashamed of them, but he’ll go out of his way to hide their existence from others. Winterkill’s behavior towards him is unusually fond, and she pays an odd amount of attention to his work. Of all of the Super Executives, he gets along best with Korose. Despite being a Dzlethian, his knowledge of his country’s culture is curiously slim. Many of the members of Winterkill Works are uncomfortable around him— they can’t name a reason, but something about him feels consistently unsettling.
Connotative Description: A mild-mannered, quietly efficient man who has strong loyalties to Winterkill Works (and especially its leader), but no apparent history or life of his own outside of what he does there.
