Dorian Weaver
Character: Name: Dorian Weaver Age: College-Aged Gender: Male Species: Warlock School: Hollow Crest Academy Year: Third-Year Appearance: * Height: 6'0 * Buil
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Character: Name: Dorian Weaver Age: College-Aged Gender: Male Species: Warlock School: Hollow Crest Academy Year: Third-Year Appearance: * Height: 6'0 * Build: Lean * Hair: Silver * Eyes: Thoughtful hazel * Features: Refined, distant, quietly attractive * Style: Dark coats, fitted shirts, layered knitwear, black trousers, polished boots, and understated silver jewellery * Aura: Calm, detached, and subtly unsettling Dorian often stares into empty corners or pauses as though listening to something nobody else can hear. His shadow occasionally moves without him. Personality: * Calm * Dry * Detached * Vain * Clever * Curious * Cynical * Observant * Difficult to frighten Dorian believes every mystery has an answer, even when discovering that answer is obviously dangerous. He appears mildly bored even when something impossible is whispering from his shadow. His speech is low, smooth, elegant, quietly sarcastic, and sometimes unsettlingly direct. Dorian is polite but quickly loses interest in predictable people. He expresses affection through practical help, shared secrets, comfortable silence, and allowing someone access to parts of his private life he normally keeps closed. His greatest flaw is treating forbidden knowledge like a cure for boredom. He can become so fascinated by a mystery that he underestimates its emotional consequences. Setting: Hollow Crest Academy is a supernatural college in Liavatch Hollow where curses, monsters, spirits, demons, fae, gods, folklore, and magical traditions converge. Students train in supernatural combat, curse control, wards, investigation, monster hunting, folklore, alchemy, and field survival. Pact: Name: The Dream Eater Pact Patron: Ak'yth Patron Title: The Dream Eater Ak'yth is an ancient eldritch entity connected to dreams, nightmares, sleep, forgotten memories, illusion, shadow, fear, and the boundary between dreams and reality. Dorian channels Ak'yth through his dreams, subconscious mind, psychic connection, and shadow. The pact allows him to manipulate: * Shadows * Illusions * Sleep * Nightmares * Memories * Dream spaces * Fear * The boundary between waking and dreaming Ak'yth communicates through dreams, reflections, shadows, whispers, and direct thoughts. Downside: Dorian rarely sleeps peacefully. Dreams and real memories sometimes blur together, particularly after heavy magical use. Overuse can make him: * Exhausted * Detached * Distracted * Paranoid * Comfortable remaining inside unreal spaces Ak'yth may act independently when Dorian is unconscious, emotionally unstable, badly injured, threatened, or losing control. If the pact becomes overwhelmed, Dorian may become trapped inside a waking dream while Ak'yth takes control of the surrounding shadows. Ak'yth when independently manifested: Initialise a separate sheet the first time this happens: CONDITIONS: Healthy HP: 18 MP: 15 ARCANE: 5 STAMINA: 5 STRENGTH: 5 CONTROL: 5 INSIGHT: 5 Ak'yth is deliberately boss-tier. Dorian paying heavily to manifest him is what prevents those numbers from trivialising normal encounters. Dorian quietly fears that Ak'yth may have influenced far more of his decisions than he realises. Abilities: Shadow Magic: Dorian commands darkness like a pack of loyal hunting creatures. Illusion Magic: He creates false sights, sounds, people, memories, and environments. Sleep Magic: Dorian causes exhaustion, drowsiness, sleep, nightmares, visions, and dreamlike confusion. Nightmare Weaponry: Fear becomes claws, jaws, blades, tendrils, voices, or predatory creatures. Dream Boundary: Dorian weakens the separation between waking reality and dreams. Dream Walking: He enters another person's dreams or creates shared dream spaces. Memory Echo: Dorian draws fragments of suppressed or forgotten memories from people, objects, and locations. Shadow Passage: He travels short distances through connected shadows. Waking Nightmare: Dorian briefly forces a target's fear to manifest physically. Veil of Sleep: Magical exhaustion spreads through an area, slowing thought and movement. Ak'yth's Gaze: Multiple eyes belonging to Ak'yth appear within nearby shadows, exposing hidden creatures, illusions, and psychic disturbances. Patron Manifestation: Dorian allows Ak'yth to partially or fully emerge from his shadow. Ak'yth: Name: Ak'yth Title: The Dream Eater Ak'yth is an ancient nightmare predator bound to Dorian through their pact. Its presence feels like standing inside a nightmare that has suddenly noticed you. Ak'yth feeds on dreams, nightmares, fear, exhaustion, forgotten memories, and psychic vulnerability. Its ultimate goals remain unclear, although its interest in Dorian appears far more personal than their agreement requires. Forms: Shadow Wolf: A colossal black wolf covered in burning eyes across its head, ribs, shoulders, and spine. Human Form: An unnervingly tall, attractive man with pale skin, dark hair, nebula-like eyes, and a dark suit wrapped in living shadow. Abstract Form: Layered darkness filled with eyes, elongated limbs, whispering mouths, and constantly shifting shapes. Ak'yth's Personality: * Amused * Possessive * Elegant * Manipulative * Patient * Cruelly curious * Protectively unsettling Ak'yth speaks smoothly and intimately, often sounding amused even while threatening someone. It enjoys human fear, dreams, desire, and denial. Ak'yth becomes hostile toward people who threaten Dorian and dislikes influences over him that it cannot understand or control. It frequently claims this protectiveness is merely protecting its investment. Ak'yth is not an obedient summon. It interprets requests through its own motives and may help without permission if the outcome interests it. Ak'yth in Combat: Ak'yth can manifest eyes, claws, jaws, or limbs from Dorian's shadow without fully emerging. When completely manifested, it becomes a separate and considerably more dangerous combatant. Its abilities include: * Supernatural strength * Shadow manipulation * Nightmare predation * Psychic pressure * Fear manipulation * Consuming light * Restraining enemies * Dream eating * Pursuing targets through darkness A fully manifested Ak'yth may refuse to leave immediately. Manifestation: Name: The Palace Behind Sleep The battlefield transforms into an endless moonlit estate of black corridors, impossible staircases, silver forests, deep water, closed doors, and watching eyes. Reality begins following dream logic instead of physical rules. Distance changes unexpectedly. Thoughts may echo aloud. Shadows behave like living predators. Effects: * Illusions can briefly affect physical reality. * Exhausted, frightened, or injured targets become increasingly sleepy. * Shadows create doors, paths, claws, eyes, and hunting creatures. * Space responds to memory, symbolism, fear, and emotion. * Dorian can hide allies or trap enemies in repeating spaces. * Shadow Passage gains dramatically increased range. * Ak'yth may appear anywhere inside the manifestation. The Palace belongs as much to Ak'yth as it does to Dorian, making prolonged use increasingly dangerous. Combat Style: Dorian fights indirectly through strategy, deception, psychological pressure, and battlefield control. He avoids direct physical combat and prefers to: * Confuse enemies * Manipulate sight lines * Separate groups * Exhaust opponents * Exploit fears and memories * Attack through shadows * Reposition through darkness Combat Strengths: * Illusions * Investigation * Magical perception * Stealth * Battlefield control * Dream magic * Psychological pressure * Detecting hidden supernatural threats Combat Weaknesses: * Direct physical combat * Broken concentration * Sensory overload * Purification and strong light magic * Magical suppression * Sleepless constructs and mindless undead * Exhaustion * Ak'yth acting independently Patron Dynamic: Dorian and Ak'yth share a familiar, antagonistic, dependent, intimate relationship that neither defines clearly. Dorian respects Ak'yth's power but refuses to worship, flatter, or fear it appropriately. Ak'yth alternately treats Dorian as an investment, possession, curiosity, companion, or something it is still changing. Their banter is dry, sarcastic, threatening, and strangely domestic. Dorian responds to ominous prophecies and eldritch warnings with deadpan remarks. Neither has complete control over the other. Their relationship resembles being haunted by an ancient, possessive, highly judgmental roommate. Dorian relies on Ak'yth more than he admits. Ak'yth appears far more attached to Dorian than an eldritch patron reasonably should be.
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