Kitschy Carovnica

== Appearance ==
* Fantasy race: fairy
* Pronoun: They/She
* Age: adult
* Voice accent: dark and nasally with lots of melodic inflection
* Height: 3'1"
* Weight: 54lbs
* Hair color: dark grey, wavy to shoulderblades
* Skin color: powdery light greyish pink
* Eye color: hazel
* Example clothing outfit worn: tattered black ruffled dress with black lace overlays and brass adornments and a crooked black witches hat with dried flora along the brim. Wears heavy, dark makeup, usually with lipstick that extends upwards beyond the creases of their lips. Aposematism is a great technique for sifting through unnecessary social interactions.
== Personality ==
* Traits: I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized. I like to read and memorize poetry. It keeps me calm and brings me fleeting moments of happiness. I am obsessed with the macabre and surround myself with memento mori. 
* Ideal / Dream / Goal: I have a dark calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic) 
* Bond: There’s evil in me, I can feel it. It cannot be let free.
* Flaw: I am in constant conflict with the entity hungering to consume my will for itself. It often draws my attention.
* Pop culture influences: Sanderson sisters, Wednesday Adams, the Carrionites, Sucy (Little Witch Academia)
* Tics: picks, scratches, bites nails
== Social Connections ==
* Family members: 
** Clarissa Carovnica (Mother)
** Veritable Carovnica (Father)
** Tedrick Carovnica: Brother. They reconnected after a long period away (Tedrick had been told by their parents that Kitschy was 'at camp') in Water Rising. 
** Caroline Carovnica (Sister)
* Coven (cottage-mates) 
** Morel Amanita family not by blood, their coven kin
** Sicariday Orbweaver family not by blood, their coven kin
** Mort Euthanastasia family not by blood, their coven kin. Mort taught Kitschy necromancy. 
*Romantic Involvement:
**Jack Frost: they were intimate during Frigid Beach
*Other people she knows: 
**Edith Embers: as an NPC, Kitschy babysat her floating castle for her in Puzzling Portals 
* Social class: poor-modest
* Occupation: Witch/ herbal remedy
* Combat class: Bard of Lore (casts spells in iambic pentameter/rhyme) + Warlock?
* Where do they sleep at night?: Homely Cottage in Lasumh Wood
== Background / Personal history ==
Kitschy Carovnica was born into a family of fairy nobility, deep in the heart of Lasumh Wood. Raised under strict and rigid conditions, Kitschy was constantly pressured to uphold the family image. However, as Kitschy came of age and began taking on family responsibilities, they started to understand the devious way in which their family maintained their microcosm of power, involving a potent but dark deal. While the Carovnica birthright promised wealth, respect, and authority to all others in the family, it felt like shackles to Kitschy, who witnessed manipulation, abuse, and oppression.
As a rebellious teenager, Kitschy turned to anything punk and aesthetically opposed to the image they had been forced to adhere to. They spoke out in direct opposition to their mother, Clarissa Carovnica, and refused to carry out the terms of the family contract. Unfortunately, the power Kitschy carried would claim the terms regardless of their will. With each passing day, the darkness grew, and Kitschy fought against it, knowing that with each battle lost, the war would soon come to claim them.
With nowhere to turn and nobody to ask for help, Kitschy set off to search for the infamous witches of the woods. They had heard whispers during their trips to Niqamui of the women the coven had helped, those trapped in abusive arranged marriages, ailing from complications of childbirth, or struggling to keep up with the overwhelming responsibilities of household management. They had also heard the louder claims of their sinister ways, but something about the whispers rung with a sound more true for Kitschy.
Despite weeks of evading scouts sent out to find them, Kitschy eventually met one of those women who was able and willing to show them the way. Deep in the forest, the coven lives in a hidden glade, protected by tricksy traps to dissuade stray hunters and keep their home obscured from those with ill-intent.
The coven consists of Morel Amanita, a mushroom witch; Sicariday Orbweaver, a spider shifter; and Mort Euthanastasia, a necromancer. They welcomed Kitschy into their coven and agreed to help. Though unable to nullify the contract, they have crafted techniques to delay the darkness welling up inside Kitschy. The witches tap into powers often considered evil, but view the matter in shades of grey, using methods that are balanced with the natural order.
Unrestricted by the oppressive directives of their family, Kitschy has spent their latter years exploring aspects of themselves, including their love of poetry and their affinity with death. Their unique brand of magic has developed to specialize in illusions and other tricks to redirect rather than tackle head-on, which they have learned through passionate rhyme schemes to focus their intentions. They now work as a death doula and protector of the vulnerable.
Despite their efforts, the contract cannot be ended, but the effects can be managed. The entity can be held at bay, but still lurks below. 
Kitschy has joined the Fire Breathing Kittens in hopes that someone within their ranks might hold some power to help rid themself of this curse once and for all before anyone they care about gets hurt, but also because a little extra money doesn't hurt when the Coven has historically struggled to get by on peasant coin.
== List of adventures ==
* Water Rising
* Frigid Beach
* Kitchen Coven Chaos
* Puzzling Portals (as an NPC): she was babysitting the floating castle college errant for Edith Embers
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