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The Basics:

Hook is a young buck, pelt still carrying the faded fawn-spots that speckled it as a babe. His mind is still very much that of a sheltered and naïve boy, extending into his morality. He knows what feels right and what feels wrong, and strives to do good things.

Hook experiences The Forest in a slightly different way than others, to him its occupants and environment are true to how the game expresses them. This means that to Hook, predatory or mythical creatures are...well he isn’t sure. It will take some interaction to develop his understanding of his experiences. I have a feeling his odd helmet has something to do with it. . .

Hook’s appearance is similar to his in-game set; the Owl pelt, with Space Beluga mask, and the Swan antlers. His eyes are inky grey ringed with a shimmering gold crescent pupil. The face they sit upon is partly obscured by an inky black...well helm would be a good way to put it. Esthetically it looks wrong, light behaves differently on its smooth hard expanse; no light catches on the needle sharp tines even in the brightest sunbeams. It isn’t clear if the helm is a part of the boy or if it somehow came to be a part of him later, and Hook isn’t sure about that himself.

 


AlisonRobin's picture

Neat! I still love his

Neat! I still love his helmet.
Hum's picture

Finally. eue

Finally. eue
Kaoori's picture

Hook! ^^

Hook! ^^

So yea I'm now tracking this.

So yea I'm now tracking this. cB
Echosong's picture

Trackin'

Trackin'
Mahj's picture

beb

beb

Oh my gosh. Yes.

Oh my gosh. Yes.
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HOOK..^-^

HOOK..^-^<33
" ~ Lady in Red ~ "

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Bumping because finally got

Bumping because finally got some info up, including a SUPER IMPORTANT OOC note under 'Basics'.
AlisonRobin's picture

Did you want to bring Hook on

Did you want to bring Hook on an adventure with La, Seed, and Sunna'May underneath the ruins? We were gonna do a dungeon crawl type thing and you'd posted a track in La's interaction thread.

I happen to have a pretty

I happen to have a pretty fleshed out 'head canon' concerning Hook and the basement (including a not so nice inhabitant spirit there) but if what you guys have planned meshes ok with Hook's backstory/canon I'd be super interested! 8D

I remember that story.

I remember that story. Welcome back, kid.
AlisonRobin's picture

I would love to hear your

I would love to hear your headcanon sometime, I love hearing those. The idea that I have so far will be that the deer will get into an underground system through stairs concealed under the big grave, and it will be a rather large "dungeon" type area.

The general idea was that it would contain artifacts from human times (such as Christian illuminations from the monks and paper, pagan stone carvings similar in style to the idols), a variety of "holiday only" forest things (I was thinking perhaps of a dark room with baby red mushrooms like the ones that come out sometimes, or an enormous dandelion puff with seeds ready to grow, and boxes and boxes of candles), and possibly ghosts of the human souls that were or were not converted when the game was on display in the museum and players could convert souls. I also imagine that a large and bizarre entity sleeps under there, representing The Server. When it has bad dreams, deer experience glitches or have bad dreams of their own (and can't connect to the game).

I totally understand if this conflicts with Hook's story but I saw on the page that he had ties to the ruins and you'd expressed interest before so I thought I should at least offer. Smiling

Yoooo this sounds

Yoooo this sounds perfect!

My head canon for the ruins is that it is the cellar under the Ename and consists of a (far smaller) network of rooms including a food cellar (big, now rotten casks, glass preserve jars, ect). Without giving too much away there is a skeleton of a girl and some books down in the basement (relatively close to the entrance) that has importance to how Hook came to get into The Forest.

The spirit I mentioned is named Sinker and also has a huge importance to how Hook came about, and has a connection to his 'helm'. I currently have Sinker as being in a very heavy slumber but I'd think that Hook being nearby OR anyone attempting to touch the bones/books would rouse him. We could either leave him sleeping or I could RP him at some point. He's a meanie but can't interfere with the living physically (at best he might be able to toss a jar at someone Sticking out tongue). I could see Sinker being a very snarky/sassy immaterial companion for them as they check out the larger network of tunnels.

I see your idea for a larger network working fine, as long as the bones, books, and central basement stick around roughly as I described. I can always go into more detail for the DM (or whoever is gonna control setting and NPC things) so they can draw from or work around my content as desired.
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I think it would be possible

I think it would be possible to have your section of the "dungeon" be the first part they get into, with other stuff being found as they go deeper down. I love the idea of Sinker (is there a character named Line too? Is it the girl?!?) and you could have him appear whenever is appropriate. La will definitely be interested in the books because reasons and I think Seed will want paper since he writes.

You could do most setting description for your areas to make sure that you can get the details right, with other people supplying more minor details, and then I can take over setting as we go deeper.

That would work perfectly!

That would work perfectly! Sinker would likely be vERY IRATE if anyone attempted to damage or remove 'her' books from the basement, but I'm certain there are others to be found. It's just the ones specifically on/under the bones he's concerned with.

There WAS a character named Line but she isn't the skeleton! I'm sure some of the characters could get Sinker to elaborate about them if players are interested. Twisted

I like La already, is she going to have a fancy adventuring hat? hehe
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La would look good in a hat

La would look good in a hat but she doesn't have one. ;_; If she had a hat it would get smooshed between her antlers anyway.

Tragic. Everyone needs that

Tragic. Everyone needs that one accessory that completes their look!

You're free to contact me here on Hook's bio when you're interested in discussing/planning the dungeon crawl in more detail, or you can shoot me an email (my hotmail is just terabetha). Though if you do email, you might want to pop a comment at me anyway just incase.
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Waning-Sun requested I draw

Waning-Sun requested I draw Hook for you. Was fun. Smiling

Ahhhhhh oh gosh this is so

Ahhhhhh oh gosh this is so awesome, thank you so much AlisonRobin. You did such a great job, he looks adorable and you got his eyes perfect!