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Half-Stitch of the Broken Glass

Backstory:

About a month ago, I woke up beneath a tree. It was a beautiful day, without a cloud in the sky, most likely cos they was all in my head. See, I couldn’t remember a bloody thing. I freaked, alone and forgetting, but when I calmed a little, common sense took over. I saw a nearby river, and chose to follow it up stream, where I found a small village. They helped me get my things sorted, offering me fresh clothes, supplies, and a bit of coin to barter with. I mean, I assume they offered the coin; it was just lying there on the table… I took a road east, and have been passing through towns since.  

Occasionally I get flashes, dreams of possible memory, but they’re… confusing. I don’t really see anything I understand. I know how to use a sword, a bow, a lockpick, and a yarting. I can apparently speak both elvish and gnomish, as well as a bunch of nonsense words known as Thieves Cant. And when bandits thought to take what I’d rightfully stolen, I realised the book I had on me was filled with magical spells, including the ability to drop fire on my sword. I’ve spent a lot of time working on the book, and I think I’ve worked a few things out. It’s written in an arcane dialect using the Elvish alphabet, but some of it makes fuck all sense when translated. I think it’s in code.  

Between that and the wand with a raven’s head engraved on the end, I do have some remnant of my past, but I’m not really keen to look into it. I mean, anyone with a raven headed wand can’t be the best of fella’s, can they? What if I was an asshole, or something worse? Maybe not knowing who I was is a blessing. Maybe this is the gods way of giving me another chance at life, before I’m too old to enjoy it. I couldn’t give two fucks about the gods, but still… what if who I once was is nothing more than a horror story?

Yeah… better to move forward, I say. It’s a wide world out there, and I can be whoever the fuck I want to be now.  

Notes:

• Half-Stitch was written as an amnesiac, but one who’s story is actually that he’s a clone/creation that is only a little older than his memories. I’m hoping there’s a lot of potential ideas about his past, but I’ve considered the following possibilities when writing him:

• Half-Stitch is a creation designed to be the ultimate assassin. This could lead to more Half-Stitch’s being found, and would explain his stealth, sleight of hand, and weapon-based abilities.
• Half-Stitch was created as a tabaxi for their agility, but with the benefit of gnomish genetics. This could grant them long life, but for now has just given them enhanced intelligence, shorter stature, and for some reason they know gnomish, perhaps as one of their creators would have been a gnome?  

• Half-Stitch was a clone created by a powerful mage as a vessel in case of their death. He wasn’t finished (hence his size) when the mage died, but the spell intended to transfer his essence into the clone went wrong. The Mage’s memories now exist in Stitch, but are entirely inaccessible to the young Tabaxi outside of certain abilities.  
• Half-Stitch was the apprentice to a powerful mage, and when the time came he was expected to usurp him. The young tabaxi was too eager however, and tried to replace his master, but failed, barely escaping with his life. The damage and trauma has caused him to repress his memories.  
• Half-Stitch was an assassin who was sent on a mission that did not go well. He barely escaped with his life, but his memory was stolen from him (can mean that quite literally if wanted).  

• Half-Stitch isn’t interested in his past to start with, but he’ll be curious to anything dangled in front of him.  
• “The Broken Glass Clan” isn’t intended to be a real clan (though you can do that if you want to).

• Half-Stitch isn’t afraid of ‘procurement’, since if they wanted to keep it they should either have kept a better eye on it, or they should’ve taken it back.  
• As part of his Inheritor background, Stitch has an arcane book. I’m not planning on using this as my spell-book, as I know the act of writing a spell into the book is part of being a wizard, but I’ve suggested that it’s in code so I don’t know what’s in it.  
• The wand is going to be a mystery to me. I’d appreciate being able to upgrade it later on, but unless you’re willing to offer something special then I’d probably just ask for a normal wand for now. It’s going to be hidden on my person to begin with…
• Half-Stitch is going to have the following ideals:

• Pursuit of Happiness – one should be allowed to pursue the path of happiness in their lives, provided it’s not harming anyone. But happiness is a finite resource – not everyone can achieve it…

• Leave the ladder – climbing the rungs to success shouldn’t prevent others from following you, even if you’ve already helped yourself to what’s up the ladder.  
• Oppression is offensive – It takes something really harsh to deserve being locked up, but I will take special offence to any undeserved oppression…

Backstory

Timeline

Consent Form

Sexual Assault - Red

Explicit Sex - Red

Mental and Physical Health

• Cancer - Green
• Claustrophobia - Green
• Freezing to death - Green
• Gaslighting - Green
• Genocicde - Green
• Heatstroke - Green
• Natural Disasters - Green
• Paralysis/Physical restraint - Green
• Police, Police aggression - Green
• Pregnancy, Miscarriage, or abortion - Green
• Self-harm -= Green
• Severe Weather - Green
• Sexual Assault - RED
• Starvation - Green
• Terrorism - Green
• Torture - Green
• Thirst - Green
• Other - N/A

Horror

• Bugs - Green
• Blood - Green
• Demons - Green
• Eyeballs - Green
• Gore - Green
• Harm to Animals - Green
• Rats - Green
• Spiders - Green
• Other - N/A

Social and Cultural Issues

• Homophobia - Green
• Racism - Green
• Real-world religion - Green
• Sexism - Green
• Specific Cultural Issues - Green
• Other - N/A

Relationships

Explicit Sex - RED

• Romance
  • Fade to black - Green
  • Explicit - Green
  • Between PCs and NPCs - Green
  • Between PCs - Green
• Sex
  • Fade to black - Green
  • Explicit - RED
  • Between PCs and NPCs - Green
  • Between PCs - Green
• Other