Shítou

"You don't want to go through what I have been through. We Avgin are only seen for one thing and that one thing alone. But with you…with you, I can just let my mind slip and be…free and at home."

Shítou confessing to Yànquè

Name: Shítou

Kanji: 石头

Former Name: Vasha

Age: 735 years

Birthday: after becoming immortal he forgot it

Gender: Trans-Male (born AFAB)

Species: Sigonian

Weapons: The Rasher (Claws)

Home: Xianzhou Luofu

Alliances:

• Piercing Shop/Tattoo Designer
• Street Performer/Dancers (not anymore, was to stressful for him)
• High-Cloud Quintet (not officially)

Pathstrider: Preservation

Follower: The Hunt

Element: Fire

Relationships:

• Yànquè (Husband)
• Dan Heng (High-Cloud Quintet, Close Friend)
• Jing Yuan (High-Cloud Quintet, Friend)
• Yingxing (High-Cloud Quintet, Friend)
• Xian Nari (High-Cloud Quintet, Friend)
• Long (Fire Vidyadhara, Tattoo Artist & Coworker, Close Friend)
• Nuan (Xianzhou Native, Tattoo Shop Owner, Close Friend)

Appearance:

Overall

Shítou is a tall man with relatively light skin.

Eyes

He has the typical eyes that the Sigonian Tribe named Avgin is known for. He has central heterochromia and his eyes consist of the center being a bright neon green while the other part is an equally bright neon blue.

Hair Color and Style

He has blonde middle-long hair that ends at his shoulders. The color fades to an orange gradient at the tips. He wears multiple small braids in his hair, two being on the right side in front of his ear, and one on the left side that is near his neck. A part of the right side of his hair is longer and lies over his chest.

Accessories and Jewelry

Shítou is practically covered in many different jewelry items. He is wearing the peacock-feather-inspired earring that symbolizes his marriage to the one wearing the other pair. His earring is on his right ear. He also wears a golden collar around his neck that is inlaid with green gems. A bracelet on his biceps and a belt of the same fashion around his hip. The belt tilts from left to right. He also wears another bracelet on his thigh. He also has some guard claws on his left hand, the last two fingers are covered by a green and blue gradient guard claw.

Clothing

Shítou wears Hanfu that covers nearly his entire body, except for his left arm. At the end of the Hanfu, two long parts branch out, also representing peacock feathers, while one longer strap is between his legs. On the chest and the back, there are peacocks embroidered into it. He wears simple black pants and shoes that are comfortable to walk in.

Tattoos, Piercings, scars & brand mark

• Shítou has a large tattoo on the left side of thigh traveling up his hip, consisting of two large peacock feathers and the Inteyvat (Khaenri’ah's national flower).
• He also sports a good number of piercings. A tongue piercing with a blue stone, two nipple piercings, and a belly button piercing. On the left side of his neck, he has a brand mark with the #84 (a mark of his past).
• Scars right under his breast from a top surgery.

Personality:

Shítou is a very outgoing personality and often smiles. He is hiding his true face a lot and rarely shows weakness. His weak self is only seen by those he's very close with.

Weapons:

The Rasher (Claws): the guard claws he wears on his left hand extend and they become a deadly weapon that can shred enemies to pieces. Infused with his fire Element they can cause internal burns.

Abilities:

Shields: Shítou is capable with the snap of his fingers to create a powerful shield that is hard to penetrate. He can concentrate the shield either on one person or multiple people at a time to his own desires.

Backstory:

Shítou was born as the child of the current High Priest belonging to the Avgin Tribe living on Sigonia. At the moment of his birth, the Aeon of Preservation also gazed upon him and was made the Emanator of Preservation at that time. Yet Shítou didn't know about it until he once lost control of his power and killed a group of the other tribe. To reconcile with the other Tribe he was supposed to become the next Priest for their Tribe and to be married. Yet upon reaching a certain age, Shítou noticed that he didn't feel comfortable in his current body. Taking medication and doing surgery to change helped him feel comfortable with who he's supposed to be.

Not long after those changes he was captured by some unknown outworlders and brought to another planet. Those branded him with a hot iron and made him work in the pleasure house as a prostitute. This went on for a good portion of years till Shítou was 35 something changed. He was ordered to take a special pill for the next year and a half. To not be beaten for disobeying he took them. Shítou noticed the gradient change in his hair after the year and a half was over but didn't pay much mind to it. Only after 100 over 100 and more years passed did he realize that he was not dying. Shìtou had been deliberately turned immortal to serve the pleasure house through generation after generation.

At the age of 535, the pleasure house was raided by a combined effort of the Galaxy Rangers with the Xianzhou Luofu and he was rescued by Yànquè. After he was brought to the Luofu itself and medically checked. Physically and mentally he was exhausted and barely talked.

It took a long while until Shítou started to open up and become friends with the people on the Luofu. He eventually started to work as a piercer and Tattoo designer for a workshop on the Luofu. Growing closer to Yànquè they eventually started to live together as roommates and then confessed their love as well.

Following Luofu customs they let Yingxing make a special pair of earrings for them that they now wear. Shítou’s first tattoo was designed by himself for his union with Yànquè.

Likes

• Enjoys drawing a lot
• Learning new recipes to cook
• Taking long baths with Yànquè
• Hanging out with the High-Cloud Quintet

Dislikes

• Sudden, unannounced touches of strangers
• Being mispronounced by others
• To crowded places
• Specific scents but he doesn't want to elaborate on it

Trivia:

• Shítou was originally born female but eventually felt like being born in the wrong body. It made him decide to undergo treatment to become more masculine and have his chest removed through surgery.
  • Shítou always had a rather deep voice even for a woman
• Kept his female anatomy, so he's still capable of bearing children naturally
  • Medical checks indicated that he had birthed a child during his serving in the pleasure house, the whereabouts regarding that child are unknown.
• Goes preferred by He/Him pronounce but doesn't mind They/Them.
  • Absolutely despised being called She/Her
• Was originally a short-life Species before turning immortal for the selfish gains of the pleasure house he had to work at.
  • Was born on Sigonia as part of the Avgin Tribe
• Originally was named Vasha, but changed his name to Shítou which means Lapis.
• He trusted Dan Heng as one of the first people on the Luofu as it was the Vidyadhara High Elder treating him.
  • Yànquè was the second person he trusted fully
• Doesn't hide the fact that he's not a virgin anymore or Sigonian.
  • Does flirt playfully with random people as a means of Intel gain for the High-Cloud Quintet, yet it's not meant sincere
• Shítou apparently drew the gaze of the Aeon of Preservation before he was born, making him an Emanator at the moment of birth, yet Shítou wasn't aware of it until an accident that made him lose control of his element and drew out a different form connected to his Emanator powers
  • Shítou is unable to control his Emanator powers, which is why he decided to fully stay out of fights in fear of killing people he cares too much about
  • The orange gradient in his hair is believed to be from his Emanator status as well as the effect of the drug that turned him immortal and his fire element
  • He possesses a form that changes him and makes him extremely dangerous. This form has only been witnessed once and it was when he lost control for the first time

Emanator Appearance

Shítou’s Emanator form changes his appearance quite a bit. His clothing starts to resemble those of phoenix feathers and his hair grows long till it's at his waist. The colors of his eyes change to red and orange while his sclera turns black. A mark on his forehead appears that resembles a third eye of the same color as his eyes changed when he takes his emanator.

He gains additional guard claws on his right hand where the last two fingers also change to a red-orange gradient color. His clothing turns back free and he's having 6 amber spears floating around himself when in this form. The jewelry he wears will also take on flame colors and the heat of his flames as well as the strength of his Shields increase drastically.