Barsh (retired)

A shy but easily riled whale-like person for the Dieselverse Discord RP group.

Name: Barsh (Barsch)
Age: 23
Race: Koll (Atlantic-type Kolprulka)
Gender: Cis female but often called he/him by clueless humanoids
Occupation: Demolition mostly, tends to get tangled up being muscle for shady business now that they know her and know she'll take money for that.
Equipment: Many layers of clothing, leather satchel around neck full of the usual random junk you'd expect to find in someone's travel purse, a cardboard picture book, plus various "treasures" such as bottlecaps and matchboxes with interesting pictures. Often has a leather belt with a sledgehammer holstered.

APPEARANCE
Height: ~1.9m
Build: Robust, typical Koll build, other Kolprulka may perceive her as somewhat round and short
Hair: None
Eyes: Dark grey, nearly black
Skin: Mottled dark grey, slightly lighter underside
Other: Barsh is typically covered in several layers of loose damp clothing under a large ash grey overcoat/poncho of crude cut, which covers everything but her face when she stands. The coat has a hood, which she is prone to pulling even further down her snout so that not even her eyes are visible. Even for a Kolprulka her posture is usually quite hunched. Her tusk adornments are unusually sparse, just some faded red string wrapped near the base of each. Barsh smells of old seawater and slightly of fish.

Personality: Barsh is like a mirror; when people are calm and quiet so is she, and when people are aggressive or alarmed she reflects that in turn. She gets scared of dangerous situations easily (especially if guns are involved) and fight or flight kicks in fast. If Barsh were a human and the world a more caring place, she would probably be diagnosed with some type of anxiety. But she isn't, and the world is not, so instead what people see is a Cowfish who is either "don't look at me" shy, a grumpy loner, or terribly reactive. Really though, all she wants in life is to peacefully collect interesting little pictures and maybe settle down with a nice family one day, but the world keeps Happening, especially when you're as big and obvious as she is.

Skills: The usual Koll aquatic abilities. Stronk. Good with a hammer. Slowly teaching herself to read.

Background: Left her parents probably a little too early thanks to their re-employment on a whaling ship, leaving no space for an untrained teenage Cowfish. Has bounced from job to job ever since, mixing with shady businesses mostly thanks to gullibility and cluelessness.

Misc.: She really Does Not Like Guns, in an almost "FIRE BAD!" way if they actually go off.