lachrymal | (no subject)

full name [roughly translates to he who illumes for a thousand thousand years, which sounds like a string of trumpeted notes with an otherworldly echo to most ears]

(current) alias blaise

age millennia

d o b august 29

zodiac virgo (currently)

pronouns currently he/him

hometown somewhere in the carpathian mountains

species phoenix

department/job knowledge / archivist & translator

connections sandy. husband, his heart's eternal flame, muse, the only person worth staying mainly terrestrial for. hyacinthe. fellow ancient immortal being and connoisseur of old, old forests.

BLAISE NYGARD

► ancient phoenix would like to peruse the society's archives in peace.

► immediately assumes most people have bad vibes; when they don't, he's pleasantly surprised.

► borderline frazzled librarian vibes. if he drops the 'please', you know you're in trouble.

► 'nygard' is just a name that he picked with his husband to put on the paperwork.

personality

intelligent • unbreakably loyal (to one person) • (dry) sense of humour • when he commits, he c o m m i t s • protective (borderline feral)

direct (can be interpreted as blunt) • fastidious • obsessive • high maintenance • honourable (often to a fault)

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judgmental • aloof • prone to spitefulness • mistrustful of most other supernaturals • ulterior motives (undisclosed)

appearance

elfin features in a face that looks simultaneously youthful and ancient. eyes are a brilliant shade of blue and are quick to dart around, with distinctly dark pupils that constrict or dilate according to his mood. soft, floppy hair that becomes silver-grey as he matures. he favours natural textures and well made cashmere and merino knits, but all the stylish choices are left to sandy; he simply looks like he thrifted at a nice shop and has run a hand through his hair 50 times since brushing it.

in his phoenix form, he weighs about 30kg, with a wingspan of roughly 6m. at the peak of a lifespan, his plumage is a vibrant, fiery scarlet and gold, with a crest of violet and indigo feathers arising from his nape, and a long tail in similar hues. as blaise approaches the latter centuries of a cycle, his colour gradually transforms into something more ashen.

height 5'8"

build birdlike

eyes blue

hair like a pastel grey

abilities

species-related abilities

like many ancient cryptids, at his core, blaise is a wild creature with an inherent distrust of mortals. in terms of magical currency, he is valuable, and he has absolutely no intention of being held in thrall (again) to someone who sees him as being composed of priceless, magical ingredients.

tears

that

wants to

feathers

immortal

~~technically~~

other abilities

how do you overpower or kill a phoenix? supremely dark magic and/or steal/destroy their ashes during the regeneration cycle. a regeneration can be induced by powerful, malicious means and grievous injury from which there's no coming back.

bonus ability

thoughtography the ability to "burn" images from one's mind onto surfaces such as photographic film by psychic means.

mundane abilities

polyglot and an excellent mimic of voices; perfect sense of direction; an okay swimmer; can quite happily consume raw meat (the exception being patsy the pine marten, which he learned the hard way).

background

🔥 there was once a young-old phoenix who in the course of his fourth life-cycle found himself on the run from a sorcerer who wished to keep him. the phoenix, who did not love this idea, managed to escape, injuring himself in the process of freeing himself from his magical bonds. he flew and he flew and he flew until coming to a spectacularly fiery stop over a place known as the minch. and that is how he met the blue man who stole his heart.

🔥 they have been nigh on inseperable ever since. blaise was prepared to love sandy and then lose him, but then sandy went and did a deal with a devil to win himself immortality. on one level: very cool, extremely romantic, swoon. on various others: now they had to associate with demons and their capricious ways. but ultimately: sandy was his forever, and that? was worth everything and more.

🔥 together, they have lived a multitude of lives. some on sandy's whim, others on his, and a few very notable instances of dancing to the tune of sandy's demonic patron. blaise loathes this and over time, trying to figure out a way to break sandy's bond to the devil without endangering his husband has become the only project worth pursuing.

🔥 the adventure society presents an excellent opportunity to do just that. it's no great library of alexandria, but blaise hopes that there will be something or someone there who will have the answer, and that he can find it before his husband can work out the true reason why they're there.

miscellaneous trivia

🔥 loves opera and classical music.

🔥 also: poetry, of (almost) all forms.

🔥 on a whim, memorised the entire pantone library of colours. always has very strong opinions on the colour of the year (peach fuzz? why).

🔥 trained archivist and art conservator.

player gia (she/her)

pb swann arlaud

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