__________________QUICK STATSName Charlie or Chi (pronounced like Chai)
Age Deceased/Undead; mid 30s-40s (estimated)
Gender Male (fluid)
Sexuality Pansexual
Species Revenant; Human (formerly)
Ethnicity Edani
Height 6'2"
Occupation Guide and protector of souls
Residence Edanith (technically in his pocket dimension)
Voice Rob WiethoffThemesong The Islander__________________IN-DEPTH STUFFPhysical DescriptionWhile Charlie has largely maintained his original appearance from his lifetime in his afterlife, there are unmistakably some large differences that he is not fond of even to this day. What was once olive-tan skin has become a deep grayish-periwinkle, and his brown eyes have changed into eery, glowing white orbs. His hair has lost its dark brown hue and remains a mix of salt-and-pepper blacks and grays. His physique is the same--tall, with somewhat broad shoulders and a svelte frame with a swimmer's muscles.
By most standards he would very easily still be considered gorgeous, but these changes in his face feel unsettling to him even all these years later, thus he often wears a plague doctor mask to hide his features. He wears typical frontier-appropriate clothing: cowboy boots and hat, leather duster, belt, chaps over dark jeans and a cotton shirt with a single rosary around his neck, all in varying shades of gray and black. He's particular to leather fringe.
PersonalityCharlie is tired.
Worn out and absolutely done with people's shit, he wants nothing more than to finally rest in peace, but he knows that won't come for a long time. He can often come off as cold and aloof, mainly because he can't be bothered to really get to know people when they're all going to die and move on without him anyways. He most certainly views himself as being in a separate category from the living, even though he was once alive himself. At his core, he's a sad and lonely individual who's fed up with life and just wants to do his job well so he can get a good sleep one day.
Magic/AbilitiesCommunication Abilities
Because of his "job" Charlie needs to be able to communicate to any and all souls he comes across, thus he can. He doesn't speak multiple languages, rather he can communicate using thoughts and feelings with any sentient creature. He can't control anyone, only communicate and understand.
Teleportation Abilities
Charlie has an ability that allows him to teleport places. Generally, he can only jump as far as he can see, as he has to see where he's going in order to create the jump to it.
The way it works is relatively simple--when Charlie creates a portal, it's like a small black hole, though far more tame, and less deadly. He can create one or two portals at once, two with concentration. The portals can vary in size, but the larger it is, the harder it is for him to maintain, so it won't last as long. Currently, the absolute longest he can hold a small portal for one or two people open is five minutes, and that's with a lot of strain. They're best in short bursts, or as quick getaways. Anyone and anything can enter a portal and come out on the other side.
This also explains his ability to phase into other dimensions; in order to properly communicate with and guide souls he has to enter their dimension, a place of mist and fog and the vague shapes of what exists in reality there but non-corporeal. When Charlie enters this dimension he can only take other revenants, grim reapers or souls with him, not other people, and to the average person he simply seems to fade out of existence rather than walking into a set or defined "portal."
The Pocket Dimension
Charlie created a pocket dimension in space that only he has access to, to use as his own personal sanctuary and home of sorts. It only requires one portal to enter, as it's literally like stepping into another world. The catch is that upon exiting, no matter where he places the portal within his pocket dimension, he'll come out where he entered originally from the previous world. It isn't just some magical bubble that he can enter from Edanith and exit into Aedolis the next day; if he enters in Edanith, he will exit in the exact same spot in Edanith he entered in. It's a good hideaway, and it's usually where he stays the night, because it keeps him hidden and out of trouble. However, when he enters his pocket dimension, he has no idea where he's going to pop in, since he can't visualize where to go. Again, anyone and anything can enter this dimension through one of his portals.
The pocket dimension isn't entirely safe, however. Over the many years it's been used as many different things--a bunker, a garbage can, a backpack, a cage for wild animals. Currently, it's flooded by about twelve feet of water--it was originally some 10 acres of rolling plains with short grass and a few cacti. There's a shack built on the highest hill, currently safe from the water levels, that acts as a shoddy house. It has a bed, storage with food that doesn't expire any time soon, a small dining table. It was very obviously built by him, and he is very obviously not a carpenter by any means.
Random junk has settled at the bottom of the floodwater, and sometimes amasses into small piles of stuff that you can stand on, like tiny islands. The weather always stays the same, regardless if it's day or night: gray and cloudy with a light fog.
RelationshipsAll long dead.
HistoryMany many years ago Charlie was one of the original frontiersmen to step foot onto the Edanith surface and try to tame the land. Times back then were hard, nearly impossible, and survival was at the forefront of every person's mind. All you cared about was yourself and your family. Well, Charlie didn't have one.
Alone on the frontier he worked hard with a few other settlers to turn their land into
something. As the years went by their few cabins gave way to a tiny town, and at one point Charlie met a pretty lady who would end up being his death.
She was a sweet soul, if not a bit playful and mischievous. She was also very, very pretty, and quickly became known as the belle of the town not long after she'd settled in. But when you're considered the best at anything, jealousy and ill-wil is bound to follow.
While she and Charlie, who wasn't much of a socialite even back then, began to get to know and eventually court each other, there were plenty of other men who thought they had far more to offer. A late night altercation in an alleyway led to a stabbing of self defense, and Charlie came a moment too late; she was covered in the blood of a dead man and would be hanged for it.
Charlie had always been the type to put others before himself; he wasted no time in grabbing the bloody knife and smearing himself with it instead, and he told her to run. She left him with tears in her eyes and fled for her life, while Charlie admitted to the murder of a man he'd never touched.
The townspeople were satisfied with a confession despite the little sense it made, and were glad to be rid of what had come to be known as a" meddlesome homewrecker" of a woman.
When he was hanged the last thing he heard was his own choking and the spinning of the metal spurs on his boots.
When he was brought back from his unmarked grave, his summoner did little to mention who they were. All he had were vague thoughts and ideas in his head, implemented by an unknown master who had chosen him for the duty of being a ferryman. Charlie's duty is to guide souls, as well as protect them from the plethora of creatures out there eager to steal and devour them. He's become quite well known amongst other revenants over the years, because when you're as old as he is practice really does make perfect at some point or another.
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