who is iburen i love him did you start tgis.
We were in the vc where it originated, yes. We're not The One Responsible but we've been involved from the beginning. I'm not going to use the unreality tag on this post because I'm being very open about the true nature of the character here. But anyway here's a summary of what he's about and the general canon.
Iburen is a goncharov-type character for ISAT. He's a paper type jester who uses he/it/they pronouns and is absolutely devoted to the King. They speak in a very relaxed, casual way generally: "hey man, even if none of them understand I've got you, all right?" (Iburen is the #1 King apologist.)
It's originally from the island, and was very close to the King pre-retcon. Sometime after the retcon, he made a wish to recover something, anything important from the past he had forgotten, and through that it remembered just how much it loved and cared about the King. With that being the one and only part of their past they remembered, it quickly cemented itself as the center of their motivations—they would do anything for him, and they're willing to support him in any endeavor no matter what it is. It does not turn against him even, say, at the end of kingquest.
Allegedy, they're a secondary antagonist in ISAT who gives support to the King during that fight. We (the group) never explicitly decided on the canon of that, but general agreement was that he probably mainly gives the King stat buffs.
We (the system) were pushing for its ultimate fate to be frozen alongside the King, but what was eventually decided was that it is NOT frozen and cries about the King so much during act 6 before being taken into custody by the House. Or, possibly, escaping to be a future antagonist. Or even both in that order.
After several proposed designs and a vote, Iburen's official design is this one by @charmilyharmily. You're welcome to make your own interpretations too but this is the "canon" one!
That's all the canon I can think of but if anyone else remembers anything feel free to add on! (And for these purposes, "canon" refers to the things that have been actually agreed on.)
(Also a lot is open to interpretation! This stuff is just a starting point, and there's nothing wrong with putting bits of it aside for an "au" or whatever.)
