Gampa Pararain

Gampa Pararain is a Flydevin and the child of The Drizzler. They have a vendetta against Fractus Zhantom for knocking out their father, putting his life in serious danger doing so, and for taking over their home village. They're an adept in both Spark Winds and Droplet Winds, although they focus more on the former.
Although they were a minor character in the first half of Kicking Dust, they become Duster's main sidekick in the second half, helping her get used to the deserts of Silanex after she was exiled, before teaming up with her to knock Fractus out of her status as general. They are ultimately successful, with Fractus being sent to jail, and they are reunited with their father afterwards.
==Appearance==
Gampa is a tall light brown-skinned Flydevin with yellow hair that forms two points to the sides of their head. They are of relatively average musculature compared to most Flydevins, and wear a robe mostly similar to the one Spark Wind adepts wear, though it is longer than average and one half is darker in order to better mimic the look of Droplet Wind adept robes, considering they're an adept in both. They've also tattered the robe at the bottom in order to further imitate the Droplet Wind look. They also wear brown pants, which appear to be slightly oversized, and a pointy hat similar to a wizard hat.
==Personality==
Gampa may appear to have a stoic personality at first glance, especially when they are troubled. However, the rest of the time, they quickly turn out to be a dynamic, humorous person who is not afraid to lend a hand to others who need it. Gampa likes to organize parties and enjoys boasting about their achievements. Paradoxically, however, Gampa does not in fact go out of their way to make friends, and in fact is ultimately a rather solitary person in life, generally meeting people more so via happenstance than out of a desire to meet others. They're not afraid to publicly mock their enemies - and they generally form grudges and vendettas quickly. They show a disdain for traditional Flydevin culture, mainly due to its heavily gendered roles. 
==Powers and Abilities==
Gampa is both a Spark Winds adept and a Droplet Winds adept, being particularly skilled at Spark Winds. They also have an electric umbrella as a weapon, which both functions as a lightning rod and as an "amplifier", absorbing electricity created by Gampa and using it to unleash powerful beams of lightning. It can also shield them from water attacks. However, the umbrella has a major weakness to physical attacks. They usually use their own water simply for survival purposes, seeing as they like to wander alone in the deserts of Silanex. They've shown to also have generally good survival skills along with generally good intellect. They're also capable of the standard Flydevin flight and greater agility thanks to their natural wind manipulation.
==Relationships==
===Drizzley Pararain===
Drizzley and Gampa are father and child respectively, and they get along very well. Drizzley seemed to be concerned for Gampa's safely when Fractus's armies were arriving and asked them to flee. Fractus's subsequent beatdown on Drizzley caused Gampa to gain a deep grudge against her. Both were relieved to see the two were safe and healthy after Fractus was imprisoned. 
===Duster Zhantom===
Gampa and Duster got along fairly well after the former initially met the latter. They helped her learn survival lessons, and were quick to trust them and reveal their goal to topple Fractus - a goal they united upon. They were generally respectful to her, empathizing with her seeing as both have suffered from Fractus's wrath.
===Nimbus Zhantom===
Gampa and Nimbus generally get along quite well, even though the latter, in a reversal of the norm, likes to tease them in order to watch their reactions. She also enjoys their sense of humor, and their ability to know when to be serious in spite of said sense of humor.
===Fractus Zhantom===
Gampa and Fractus became enemies quickly - in Gampa's case, after Fractus knocked out and nearby killed their father. They quickly began following their movements and learning more information about them, until they met Duster, shortly after which they introduced themself to the general and exposed her secrets, thanks to information Duster told them. This caused Fractus to see them as an enemy as well, and they have fought twice, with both fights ending with Gampa unconscious.
==Development==
Gampa was a late addition to the cast of Kicking Dust, being created to serve as one of several "wanderers" that would discover Duster after she got exiled, a plot point that was thought off early during the planning of Kicking Dust. The original idea behind them was to explore the idea of a nonbinary Flydevin, seeing as the species's culture has rather gendered roles. Originally, they would have been accompagnied by a Kotomo nicknamed Dust Devil, whose true name was Marius Shift - he would have been a male Deseptin who subverted what you'd expect from the species by acting "macho". They were cut because they would not have added much to the story and would not have much development opportunities. The idea of Kotomo being in Kicking Dust, however, was recycled for the two raiders fought during Episode 6.
Gampa was originally known as "Brollie Pararain" rather than Gampa, the name being changed as it sounded too much like Beruli's. They would have left the kingdom due to its gendered roles, which they perceived as "laughably strict", as well as their desire to not participate in wars. Rather than just planning revenge on Fractus, they would have helped people prepare for her assaults while wandering Silanex, although this element did not end up included in the final version of Kicking Dust's script.
Despite their higher importance to the story, Gampa's design was actually made after The Drizzler's. The goal of the design was to mix the elements of Spark Winds and Droplet Winds, though Spark Winds were favorised seeing as The Drizzler's favorises Droplet Winds more. They were given the pointy hat Droplet Winds user have, but it was made pointier to make them look more eccentric and match the general look of Spark Winds more. Their hair is meant to evoke lightning bolts, and their general design was intended to look androgynous seeing as they are non-binary. They were given a tattered robe with baggy pants to emphasize their rebellious nature against Fractus, and they were given an umbrella in order to accentuate their eccentric look, give them personality and match their Droplet Winds usage, with the electric charging being added simply because it felt really neat and cool.
==Trivia==
*Gampa is the first named non-binary Flydevin to be revealed.
*Both of Gampa's names are inspired by umbrellas. Gamp comes from an old word for Umbrella, with an A added to make it sound more like a name - Gamp was also chosen due to including "Amp", which fits with their electric theme. Pararain is a pun on the french word for umbrella, "Parapluie", replacing "Pluie" with its english equivalent, "Rain".
*Gampa claims to have a "12 foot long lightning bolt-shaped ahoge" under their hat. Whether this is true or not is yet to be known.
Category:Flydevins
Category:Humans
Category:Poisonshot's Characters
Category:Non-binary Characters