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The Vessel
"I'd rather sit on a tack, thank you."
An unpleasant musician who sold his soul to the devil (literally) for a taste of fame, Silas is an unkind young man way out of his depth. By day he uses his newly gifted magic in an effort to charm the masses into dropping their coins into his pocket and their praise into his lap, and by night his body is used as a vessel for a demon from another realm to experiences all the hedonistic pleasures that the mortal realm has to offer.
Sthrearturth has come to the mortal realm with the goal of starting his own cult and amassing followers. He and Silas' goals are not terribly dissimilar, though they have... different ways of going about it. Sthrearturth takes over Silas' body for months at a time sometimes, leaving the young man disjointed and back at step zero in his own ambition of becoming a famous musician.
Likes
- quiet
- sweet food
- the adoration of the masses... hypothetically
- solitude
Dislikes
- physical contact
- bars/taverns
- alcohol
- people
Personality
uptight
Silas is an extremely anxious man and this anxiety has led to him being controlling and constantly tense about everything in his life. He's extremely high-strung and he doesn't like to joke around or take it easy, and he's unable to just go with the flow of anything. Everything needs to be planned and has to go perfectly, and he's prone to bouts of anger and lashing out (whether things go according to his plan or not). He has a long list of things he will not tolerate.
bitter
A lifetime of feeling ignored and looked down upon has embittered Silas. He's a pessimist at the best of times and he refuses to look on the bright side or try to see the best in any situation, supposedly too accustomed to disappointment to let himself hope. He's resentful of those who are able to find joy in their life, and he finds it an extremely foolish and naive thing to do. To him, life is not for enjoying -- it's for achieving.
ambitious
Silas has always been driven to succeed. Goal-oriented and extremely single-minded, nothing matters more to Silas than his legacy and his 'life's work' and he's not afraid of putting in hard work in his determination to succeed. He may complain and lament about how people don't recognize his genius, but he'll put his nose to the grindstone and find a way to the fame he believes he's entitled to.
passionate
While Silas has many things he doesn't like, the few interests he has are things that he's incredibly passionate about. Music and the arts are what drives Silas' soul, and he's knowledgable and dfjsf about them. He can be a snob and he does look down on people that don't see the beauty and importance of what he does, but he's also more than willing to help educate others. Playing and composing music is just about the only time Silas' mind is at rest.
prudish
Concerned with decorum thanks to his very traditional and prim elven upbringing, Silas was shocked and appalled upon arriving in human society. He remains uncomfortable with any kind of sexuality or nudity, or even just the talk of it -- he's easily embarrassed by anything regarded as improper, and he has no idea how to act around it. Taverns seem to be a cesspool for this kind of behavior, and there's sure to be a lot of scorning and scoffing if he finds himself in such an environment.
vain
Silas has lived his life with a sense of entitlement. He has an excessively high opinion of himself, believing that he is better than the regular person and so that he is owed more. He's not quite an egomaniac as he does not believe himself to be "The Best", just... better. To this end he is borderline obsessive with how he comes across, both in appearance and in his abilities. He's not shy about this value of himself compared to the others around him and will openly express it. Needless to say he doesn't have any friends.
Skills
• playing music
• composing
• charm and enchantment magic
Trivia
• Has mild rosacia.
• His front teeth have a small gap in them.
• When Silas has control of his body, his eyes are a soft violet shade. When Turth is in control his eyes turn yellow and the pupils become a slit, similar to a cat's eye.
• His hair is original a dark chestnut brown but he dyes it to lighten it almost compulsively. He usually can tell how long Turth has been in control by how grown in his roots are.
• Smokes cigarettes like a chimney. Hates the taste and actively hates doing it but Sthrearturth started when in control of his body and now he has terrible cravings and withdrawl.
• Although he possess several different instruments, Silas' main instrument is small lever harp for the convenience of being able to tote it around from place to place. It was a parting gift from his old teacher in The Pale Grove.
• While his musical ability has always been impressive, it wasn't magical until Sthrearturth came along. Using Sthrearturth's magic Silas is able to charm, captivate and enthrall audiences by performing his music. His magic is almost entirely charm and illusion based, used to endear people towards him.
Background
Born in the elf community in the Pale Grove, Silas grew up in the idyllic forests of Taura. From a young age Silas showed an aptitude for music and creativity, though he was also an exceptionally bratty and difficult child who was prone to bouts of melancholy very early on. His childhood was terribly boring, and when he was a teenager Silas left The Pale Grove to travel to Din in order to make his name known as a harp player and composer against his parents' wishes; they did not want to see their only son in a human community.
As his parents predicted, the city chewed him up and spat him out -- Silas was lost in the crowd of the rich and famous, though he was nothing if not determined. He played shows in cheap taverns for meager pay to make ends meet, though it was far from what he had been idealizing... after a few years of barely scraping by and getting constantly overlooked, Silas turned to a different means of getting noticed. Fed up and willing to try anything, Silas made a pact with a demon named Sthrearturth, offering his body for possession in a last-ditch effort to capture the demon's attention.
Things improved for a time. Silas freely used Sthrearturth's magic when playing music and audiences were captivated and enchanted. He has started to garner interest and appreciation from those he so craved it from, though the downside is that Sthrearturth is more than happy to take over his body and use it for things that Silas is not a fan of. He often wakes up extremely hungover, surrounded by people he does not know, in cities he has never been to. He goes months in these black-out phases sometimes, depending on Sthrearturth's whims.
Relationships
pain in the ass Silas and Sthrearturth's relationship is a little complicated. On one hand, Silas is only gaining popularity because of Sthrearturth's magic, but on the other hand Sthrearturth is kind of ruining his life by taking over his body and using it to start a cult. Silas thinks of Sthrearturth as less of a demon who has possessed him and more of a 'friend' with questionable taste who gets him into trouble. He knows that Sthrearturth is dangerous, but he's more annoyed by him than he is threatened and he has begrudgingly come to almost enjoy the constant company of Sthrearturth in his head, though he would never admit it.
