Auguste

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Early History

Pre-Game

Auguste was born overseas in the States. At a young age, hir parents returned home to England, settling in a small town some distance from Yharnam. Auguste resides in Yharnam for schooling until hir late 20s, when ze returned to hir parents' home to take care of them when they fell ill with Ashen Blood. Several years later, hir parents have passed on and the pandemic has taken most of the town. Auguste finds hirself sick, though not with ashen blood but some new strain of beasthood, and returns to Yharnam to seek blood ministration, as nothing that was being done in hir home worked but to prolong inevitable death.

Byrgenwerth

Pre-Game

During hir time at Byrgenwerth, the school of Mensis is just beginning to form in secret; some students start to form their own faction with theories and ideas that deviate from Byrgenwerth's teachings. Thus, Auguste knows of the ideas and theories of Mensis scholars, even though ze is not around for the school's formation and eventual demise.

Ze meets Micolash here as classmates, they study together and she becomes used to Micolash's quirks and eccentric behavior. He is often neurotic, prone to staying up for nights on end (as most scholars do), and is particular about physical contact with others. Now close friends, they often stay up late in an unused small classroom to study, theorize, and put into practice their discoveries. Micolash first summons Ebrietas here, quite possibly the first scholar to do so. They've spent so many sleepless nights here past curfew, there is a pile of cushions and blankets stowed for waiting out the sunrise. Their relationship is fairly close but still professional as classmates; there are moments where they could be much closer but nothing every happens. They are definitely more intimate as friends right before Auguste leaves the school.

The Hunt

Start of the in-game story

Upon returning, Auguste finds Yharnam to be in a state of panic and disarray. There is a limitation on blood ministration in place, and the easiest/only way ze is able is through the minister, who is of course tricking foreigners into becoming hunters. Ze is currently in her mid 30s.

[Unsure if Auguste would need to kill Vicar Amelia or not. I haven't decided if Laurence's split from Byrgenwerth would occur during or after hir time there, and either way, if 'fear the old blood' would have been a known phrase in hir time. Additionally, I'm not sure when the path to the forbidden forest was sealed up in canon.]

Upon entering the chamber where the Mensis scholars performed their ritual to seek audience with Mergo, ze approaches the center figure, a long dead mummified corpse shackled to its chair. Auguste notices the laces are untied and the clothes are unkempt, and has a dawning realization that this is Micolash's corpse.

The Nightmare

Diverges from the in-game story

Knowing that ze is dying and will most likely never find a cure, and that Micolash is dead in the dream, Auguste chooses to remain in the Nightmare. In Yahar'gul, hir body rots away, crumpled against the chair, to be discovered by future hunters. It never gets the chance to become a beast.

Prolonged exposure to the Nightmare causes a sort of sickness in Auguste, similar to frenzy but more subdued; dizziness, blurred vision, headaches, and an inability to perceive hir surroundings properly. At first, ze remedies this with sedatives, but as the spells become more frequent, Micolash concludes that ze must begin wearing a cage. While the cages initially served as an antennae for making contact with the Great Ones, they also work to stabilize the mind and allow the wearer to perceive the profane world, and thus makes focusing upon the Nightmare easier.