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altairtalisman · 8 months ago

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Hugh's Bio

"That's right, I'm scared to fight! If that makes me Balwirk's enemy, then so be it!"

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Name: Hugh Netros

Age: 977

Height: 158.5 cm

Birthday: 22 Rexim 1045 (Hakha)

Orientation: Transgender Biromantic Demisexual Male

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Dullahan (formerly elf)

Title: The Seventh Dullahan

Country of Birth: Balwirk

Likes: Staying out of trouble, being in the background, hide and seek

Dislikes: Being involved in anything dangerous, being required to lead, cabbages

Hobbies: Nature walks, pottery

Personality: Cowardly and tends to stay in the background, he's never one to raise his opinion and would simply fade away from the social scene if he feels that it's not his scene... which is almost always. Despite that, he's self-aware of his flaws and takes it hard, hence the tendency to take responsibility as long it's nothing to do with taking a side

Style: Long sleeved uniforms accompanied with belts that have a hexagon-shaped buckle and a diamond metal piece attached at the end of the strap

Status: Alive

Abilities: Shadow manipulation, proficient with teleportation magic

Background: Growing up, Hugh experienced severe gender dysphoria which alienated him from his peers. Nonethless, his parents supported him and tried to help him by circumventing fashion norms in Balwirkian society such that he physically appeared to be male while still conforming to feminine fashion standards so that the backlash wouldn't be so harsh on a child. However, this barely helped as Hugh was still bullied by peers around his age, prompting him to fear getting involved with anything and opting to stay out of trouble in an attempt to protect himself

In 1093, he had an encounter with Hywel while the latter was busking Hugh quickly grew to admire due to their outright rejection of Balwirkian expectations and explicit comfort in being themselves regardless of what society says. This admiration soon became a crush which went unrequited after he learnt that Hywel identified as aromantic. Nonetheless, he managed to remain on cordial terms with the violinist and even learnt that Hywel was from Crex

In 1149, there were whispers of a radical group of elven researchers who sought ways to preserve life even after their heads had been severed from the neck. By Primna 1162, at least two thousand elves had been reported missing. While no bodies had been found, the general assumption was that those who went missing were dead. This scared Hugh, who feared that he would go missing and had his head cut off. His fear was realised when he was kidnapped by elven researchers and brought to the Soféinaiths' basement. While he tried to escape using his teleportation magic, he was caught before he could enter his portals and swiftly knocked out, awakening on an experimental table with him strapped down and tied in magic-draining restraints

After the researchers happily carved a number onto him while strangely expressing relief that he didn't seem to express pain throughout the experimentation, Hugh was then forced into the room Giselle was held in, the latter surprised at the sheer number of restraints he had and asked him about it. He responded that he could feel himself extremely drained of magic, eventually revealing that he could use teleportation magic when prompted. Giselle then shared her realisation that the restraints they had was to prevent them from using their magic, which meant that the researchers really didn't want them to escape and shut their experiment down

Soon, Hywel and Danielle were locked in the room with them. After sharing the numbers carved onto the back of their hands as well as their observations of the room outside theirs, it was discovered that between Giselle and Danielle, 13 years had passed which meant that they were locked inside for far longer than they thought. They were eventually freed by Aileen, who was in turn freed by Addyson due to her sound magic. Once they had made their escape, Hugh was prepared to teleport the survivors out of the Soféinaiths' basement but a good majority made it clear that they were willing to kill the elven researchers if it meant permanently ending the gruesome experiment. As such, a nauseous Hugh was forced to witness blood being shed across the basement as while he was afraid of blood and death, he didn't want to be seen as someone who was willing to let things be if it meant his safety. Hugh was then forced to defend himself by teleporting the researchers that came his way into the crossfire that the other dullahans were involved in, effectively causing the researchers' deaths and traumatising Hugh in the process

Once the dullahans had permanently ended the experiment, they kept the notes and studied it despite their distaste towards the entire act. Aileen was able to identify the flaws in the research notes, which cultivated in the alarmingly high mortality rate. Together with Eva, Hywel as well as Ilias' existing research on arcane magic, the trio was able to create a ritual that tapped onto Ratein's ley lines which made it safer to turn someone into a dullahan. Afterwards, they destroyed the original notes such that no one could ever attempt the cruel methods used to create dullahans again

Brianna and Danielle then pointed out that the very notion of turning someone into a dullahan was unthinkable, and sought to get an unanimous consensus that under no circumstances should the 16 turn others into dullahans unless the individual in question was prepared to bear the curse of being one. Hugh immediately agreed, for turning others into dullahans had consequences that he was most definitely not keen about

Though his parents welcomed him back with open arms, Hugh experienced harsher bullying from his peers and occasionally had his head kicked around by them. On 23 Tivere 1208, Hywel informed him that he would be leaving Balwirk and move to the Mekalza Empire after learning about the empire's cruelty. The Tenth Dullahan then invited Hugh to travel to the Mekalza Empire together, but the latter refused as he was afraid to get involved with the empire. This disappointed Hywel, and he left a week later. For the next few centuries, Hugh worked at Relnivon's harbour and was responsible for overseeing shipments towards the Mekalza Empire, who was a staunch ally of the Unois Empire. He eventually saved enough to afford Corportus and by 1678, his physical appearance reflected his gender identity

On 6 Alstas 1694, news of Hywel's death reached the Unois Empire. He soon learnt from Eva, who had secretly assisted them during her time in the Mekalza Empire, that the shipments Hugh personally oversaw were supplies that the Mekalzan rebels received. Horrified that someone he considered a friend had risked his life, Hugh resigned from his job and decided to take odd jobs in Balwirk in a bid to distance himself from the dangers that the Unois Empire presented while remaining close to his parents

Three months after Finbar's death, the Balwirkian War started which threatened his efforts to stay out of danger. Even worse was his parents participating in the war effort, which worried him as he didn't want his loved ones to be in danger. In Vierum 1706, Danielle had approached him and begged him to use his teleportation magic to benefit the war effort. Hugh was reluctant but upon recalling that the Fourteenth Dullahan saved his parents in 1561, he felt indebted and thus agreed to transport potential survivors to Danielle

On 18 Rexim 1706, he had encountered Aileen and Brianna's corpses on the battlefield. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to do as he knew that Brianna was loved by everyone at the orphanage and Aileen was Danielle's lifelong friend and seeing xem dead would crush yon. He eventually decided to bring their bodies back to yon, who promptly informed him to find Emmet as while Eva was still breathing, she didn't have long to live and as such, wanted her husband to see her as quickly as possible. Hugh eventually found a wounded Emmet in a ditch and created a portal beneath him that transported him to where Eva was

After Danielle had informed Emmet about Eva's condition and left them alone, Hugh approached yon and promptly informed yon that he had repaid his debt and will no longer be involved in the Balwirkian War. Danielle agreed, admitting that the war would likely be over in less than a week due to the losses incurred on both sides. Together with yon, they oversaw the construction of Aocite Cemetery on the battlefield and ensured that all bodies were given labelled tombstones. Hugh then decided to take up the role as the cemetery's sole groundskeeper as a way to atone for the lives lost, though Danielle reassured him that he was valid for staying out of the war. In 1758, he was sought out by Berine who asked if she could stay with him as she knew that Hugh wanted to stay out of conflict, with the Seventh Dullahan agreeing as he understood that the Sixth Dullahan was tired of blood being shed

Berine proceeded to move out in Alstas 1772 after Giselle sought her out for her spying services. On 31 Dia'ae 1864, he was at a loss when Giselle's body was sent to the cemetery in pieces, and didn't know if she wanted to be buried in the cemetery. Hugh decided to ask Berine if she knew about the whereabouts of Giselle's daughter, the latter responding that her daughter had died several centuries prior and her son-in-law was in no position to handle the news that the mother of the woman he loved died recently. Hugh then decided to bury her in the cemetery with others who died during the rebellions, ensuring that her tombstone displayed her information clearly

On 4 Primna 1865, the Unois Empire officially fell and numerous bodies were brought to the cemetery, including The First and Eighth Dullahans'. Initially planning to bury Cain with everyone else despite knowing his position in the war, Addyson intervened and bitterly reminded him that Cain was the reason why so many of their friends died, imploring him to let his body rot elsewhere. Not wanting a decaying corpse near the cemetery but also wanting to respect Addyson's wishes, Hugh decided to sell what was left of Cain's body to interested dryads as they valued non-dryads as nutrients for the soil. The Bydroese dryads eventually bought Cain's body, though he was unnerved by how interested they were in Cain

From then till present day, Hugh remains as Aocite Cemetery's caretaker even though he knows that it is but a feeble attempt to alleviate his regrets and grief towards those who lost their lives in the fight for Balwirk's freedom...

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