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History

Weiss was born to his parents Gisela and Friedrich Lorentz on a cold Christmas Eve. From birth, he was obviously a very sickly child. He dealt with many health complications, which made caring for him very difficult and expensive. Money was far from a concern for his parents. They were very rich, and they put the utmost care into keeping him safe and trying to treat his various conditions. He was constantly in and out of doctors' care, traveling all over to try to find a doctor who could actively help him. Whenever he wasn't in a doctor's office, he was kept inside at all times. He lived in very sterile environments with very little contact to anyone else. The only people he really ever saw were his parents and his doctors, alongside an online tutor for his schooling. He was often very smothered and restricted by his parents. They were very worried for him, and sheltered him. They didn't allow him to do or see much of anything, and essentially kept him in a little bubble. While their efforts helped him to survive, he wasn't really improving in his condition.

His parents, running out of options, eventually got desperate. They began seeking out less legal forms of assistance to try to find an answer. Eventually, they found out about a research facility. They were told that the facility could help cure Weiss's issues. They debated their options, but after a spell of illness so severe it nearly killed Weiss, they made their decision. His parents sent him to the facility with heavy hearts. Once there, Weiss began undergoing brutal experiments to attempt to cure him. These included tests of all sorts of drugs, therapies, and other treatments. They took a significant toll on his body, making him even weaker than he was before. On one of the experiments, however, the researchers figured out about his powers. From then on, their goal shifted. Instead of trying to cure his illness (like they told his parents they were continuing to do), they started experimenting with his abilities instead. Weiss underwent that treatment for years on end with no hope for escape... until a miracle found him.

One day after his experiments, Weiss's wall was suddenly caved in. On the other side was a short person with green hair: Wednesday. They had just gained sentience and decided to escape. They extended a helping hand to Weiss, offering to take him with them if he would be their friend. He agreed, and the two ran. They found an abandoned hideaway to call their own, and began to make a life anew with one another. In order to support them both, Weiss resorted to thievery to get what they needed. He keeps up with this to this day, and the two live their life on the run as best friends.

Design Notes

• He wears glasses! Please keep this in mind! He can either wear regular glasses (as pictured on his ref) or sunglasses!
• He is pretty short and lithe, but he is VERY much still an adult (a pretty sickly one) and looks like one! Please don't draw him looking too young despite his height or stature (ESPECIALLY be careful of this with mature themes!!)
• Please pay attention to his coat design! It has a wing-like appearance, as well as eye marks here and there! It is also technically a modified lab coat, if that helps with the cut of it at all!
• His hat is not optional! Please draw him in it! You can draw him with the brim of it covering one eye if you wish, that's fine.
• You can draw him using his powers if you want! That would be super cool haha.
• You can draw him with Wednesday if you want! That would be very epic, let the buds be together haha.
• He has very long eyelashes! These can either be drawn white (like his hair color), or black (like he's wearing mascara, as he will often do that!)
• He has a slit through his left eyebrow! Please keep that in mind!
• He also has a cartilage piercing on his left ear! It is ONLY on the left one!!
• His nails are long and painted gold! Please keep this in mind! They are also rather brittle, and can be drawn broken if you want!
• You can draw him basically however you want, scenario-wise! So long as it's in character, then it's fine! Gore and mild NSFW are okay!
• Please keep his colors consistent! You can pick from his palette to do that! I don't mind mild differences due to stylistic preference, but otherwise keep him similar at least.
• If you have any questions, please ask!

Trivia

• He collects knives. He is very proficient in using them, especially for throwing them, and has learned a lot of knife tricks.
• He is a huge lover of sweets. He eats them quite casually in fact, and his absolute favorites are macarons. He also adores spicy food. He isn't nearly as sensitive to capsaicin as other people, and he just likes the taste.
• He always wanted to be a figure skater, and definitely still does if he's to be honest. He used to get in his exercise by doing pretend figure skating, and he would love to actually get out on the ice one day.
• He adores winter a TON. It's definitely his favorite season, mainly because it's the easiest for him to regulate his temperature in. He is definitely more heat-sensitive than he is cold-sensitive. He also loves snow a lot, and adores doing activities in it, even if he's very prone to catching colds.
• He loves reading a lot. He especially likes nonfiction books, as they allow him to learn. However, he's not picky.
• He loves peppermint a ton. He especially loves peppermint hot chocolate. Even if he can't really tell the temperature of it, the taste of it definitely gives him a "warm" feeling that he just adores. He often gets chastised for drinking hot beverages without being careful for his high risk of overheating, but he just doesn't care all that much.
• He also absolutely LOVES vanilla! Combining peppermint and vanilla into one especially is great to him. All of his hygiene products smell like peppermint and vanilla, so by extension he does to.
• While he knows he has numerous health issues, he just... doesn't seem to care all that much? He does what he can to stay alive and relatively unharmed of course, but aside from that he doesn't like much attention being drawn to them. He hates being doted on when his issues come up, mainly due to how smothered he was in his past. The only person he allows to really "dote" on him is Wednesday, and their version of doting is vastly different than most.
• He is honestly quite a kleptomaniac. He has an eye for shiny things, and struggles to leave them alone. This, coupled with his small stature, makes him a fantastic thief.
• His coat is a modified lab coat. He put it on while escaping to hide the original clothes he had been put in by the facility, and has since changed it around to his liking.
• He is a huge fan of orchestral and classical music. It's mainly because it's some of the only music he's ever listened to, but he also just finds it appealing on an emotional level. Every song tells a story in his mind, and he loves visualizing and piecing said story together. He could go on for days about his interpretation behind every single note.
• He is REALLY bad around large groups of people. He has only ever experienced being around one or two people at a time, and five at maximum. He gets really anxious around crowds, and will really only engage with groups when he has to for a theft, which he tries to make as rare of an event as possible.
• Naturally, he does really love Christmas. He adores that his birthday is right before it, and he just likes getting in the holiday spirit.
• He absolutely LOVES anything that resembles a living being in some way. Plushies, dolls, puppets, mannequins, you name it. He has a bit of an obsession with dolls and puppets especially, but he collects them all as well as he can.
• His hair is very fluffy. He takes great care of it, to say the least.
• To some extent, he's mildly germaphobic. He has always lived in very sterile areas, and the idea of dirt and grime have never really been something he's thought about. Thus, when confronted with them, he gets really squeamish and uncomfortable.
• He absolutely LOVES birds. It doesn't matter what kind, he just loves them all. He is the same way with moths; he adores all of them a ton.
• Much like a moth, he gets very attracted to lights. He could stare at a cool lamp for hours at a time if it didn't strain his eyes as badly as it does.
• He is very proud of his eyelashes. They tend to be very light, but he also really likes wearing mascara on them to make them darker.
• He really loves fashion. He will sometimes obsessively look at fashion magazines and figure out ways to get the outfits he sees.
• More later!