ABOUT

Timid and shy, Mercutio is a changeling cleric who used to be a member of the Watchers Over the Fallen. They’re very pensive, get distracted easily and have low social energy. They enjoy their job as a cleric as they like to help people, but do not waste time on pleasantries or comforting the injured — as they do not know how.

They usually prefer to be masked or shapeshifted as a different persona. When they take on a persona they fully lean into it and they seem more confident. In their original form, they are indifferent to how they are referred to, gender and name doesn’t matter beyond convenience.

They are currently trying to earn money to give to Jolyne's family, knowing full well that she was the main breadwinner and that they were struggling with the upkeep of the farm. Perhaps it is out of a sense of guilt or a way to wash their hands of the matter entirely by doing this last favour to the woman that overlooked most of their known life.

BACKGROUND

Jolyne found a changeling trapped in a magical briar patch and helped free them and gave them the name, Mercutio. Thinking they would be quite useful to their order, Jolyne invited Mercutio to join them and they became members of the same team. Not much was known about Mercutio prior to when Jolyne found them, they claim not to have remembered.

They appeared close; wherever Jolyne went, Mercutio would be close behind - like a moon drawn into the gravitational pull of its planet. This is despite their contrasting personalities, Jolyne was loud and boisterous, Mercutio was quiet and withdrawn. But together they complimented each other very well.

One day during a mountain rescue, Mercutio and Jolyne had a fight and Jolyne was killed. Shortly afterwards, Mercutio ran away, their eye lost to a stab wound that Jolyne had given them. Since then, they’ve been on the run, trying to escape their past and recreate a new life for themselves — but as the person they envied the most. They claim not to remember this incident at all.

No one in their team knows of this incident, all they knew was one day Jolyne and Mercutio vanished, perhaps both lost to the mountains. But perhaps somewhere back in Vilhon reach, a young tiefling boy wakes up from a bad dream and weeps.

RELATIONSHIPS

Waters of the Fallen Unit (no longer in contact):

• Captain Othello: strict but fair captain of their team. He's a handsome human male who cares about people to a fault. He cared for Mercutio like an older cousin who is concerned for their wellbeing.
• Vanya: surly female Aarakocra (secretary bird inspired). Dislikes Mercutio.
• Big Jeff: old gnomish male who likes to act like hes second in command despite the fact no one thinks so. Often lectures Mercutio about life despite the fact hes only 25.
• Crazy Eyed Geoff: tall elf man with a lazy eye. Talks to himself a lot. Rumoured to be half fey actually but no proof. Likes Mercutio as a person but Mercutio is scared of him.
• Gurdy: female minotaur who loves cooking and making recovery potions.
• Millicent: female human who is perpetually exhausted. Does the report and accounting for their team and is perpetually concerned over their antics. Finds Mercutio unnerving.
• Ulat: Orc with a loud voice and a big love for fermented mare's milk.

DESCRIPTION

150cm tall. No hair, grey eyes, their skin is marble white. Their body is lean and androgynous. They dress in violet field surgeon clothes and a marble white mask with an eye carved in silver covering over the left socket. Underneath their mask, they have a delicate looking face and their left eye is missing, revealing a scar tha looks like broken stone, a quartz crater that glints in the light. They can change everything about their body except this scar. Their main weapon of choice is a tschinke rifle which can be taken apart into smaller pieces and reassembled.

Art by Limb-O

EQUIPMENT

Ref: Wheel-lock rifle or 'Tschinke' with ramrod c.1630

INTERESTS