( OLIVER JACKSON COHEN, PANSEXUAL, HE/HIM ) — by the grace of the gods, old and new, i present to you SKINNER the GRAND SORCERER of HOUSE REMES within the lands of VALTOLIA. the gods have blessed us with their presence for 185 years. many know them to be PEACIBLE, CHARMING, QUICK-WITTED, and while it is not always shown, it is said they can also be AMBIVALENT, VINDICTIVE, & HEDONISTIC. what will their tale in the story of metia be? only they can write it, so let’s see how their legend unfolds.
once upon a time, in the labyrinth of house mulciber, a child was born that stole the hearts of all who were present.
the problem was, he well and truly stole their hearts. their minds, their souls, their very beings, were twisted to serve the whims of one so recently brought into the world, who only knew hunger and fear.
when the solanis school came to take him away, it was before he was named; the way that the servants and his parents, even his mother after her rigors, were clawing at the mages who came? the babe was dubbed 'skinner', for how one particular midwife's nails raked down one of the guards' arms, digging deep enough to rend flesh, in her desperation to heed the newborn mage's cries.
an enchanter from his first breath, control was among the first lessons young skinner had to learn. to control himself, so he would not so casually control others. his grip on the power was infantile, unskilled and unhoned, swinging a club when he would need a finer point for the ability to have any use. any time spent on the other wonders was often in service of learning to better wrangle himself, wrangle his power, his influence, his capability. which led to an incredible amount of effort in developing that control, but also the casual assumption that he could always just get what he wanted from someone, if he didn't care enough about the consequences.
such an attitude eventually grew into something resembling a charming form of confidence.
at the time of assignment, skinner was claimed by the kingdom of noble courts and intrigue, valtolia. where his honey-sting tongue could have most effect. he's served the kingdom faithfully for years, bending ears and bending hearts and minds to his will. in war? his greatest weapon is the very soldiers that are brought against him. monsters are made tame, or held still as they're slain.
the one rule? skinner never sleeps with someone he's ever spelled.
yes:
topping, bottoming, oral (giving), oral (receiving), public/semi-public, somnophilia (pre-agreed), breeding, marathon, rough (receiving), use of power (other mages/witchers), noble/royal dalliances
no:
any degree of feminization (either side), femme pronouns (either side), infantilization (either side), humiliation (either side), implications of mind control, feet, scat
