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Because Comfrey originated with a somewhat species non-specific body, they had a difficult time finding refuge anywhere before they joined their magic commune. While there, they met Tally, and shortly after initiated a formal relationship with zem.

One evening while sitting a short distance from the main commune alone, Comfrey was attacked by another group of magic-practicers. They believed that they could use the magic-rich parts of Void's Children in order to perform more powerful magic, and left Comfrey to bleed out once harvesting their eyes and some of their blood.

Tally finds their body some time later, and attempts to perform an incredibly difficult and magic-intensive spell to revive them. While it works in that aspect, it also leaves their wounds leaking magic instead of being fully healed. In order to make others more comfortable around xem, xey began to wear a mask to hide their uncannily magic-bleeding eyes.

As a result of the whole affair, Comfrey is very distrusting of others who aren't close to them. They adopt a fight-first-ask-questions-later approach to weapons, routinely destroying anything that they aren't warned about the presence of beforehand. They continue to search for a solution to their and Tally's desire to return to the immaterial plane.