Nugh the Silent

== Personality ==
* Traits: Very loyal to the Firebreathing Kittens Guild
* Goals: Now that he has a voice, Nugh's goal is to help other constructs be free.
* Flaws: Fearful of fire
* Biggest Fear: He will always be thought of as only a "thing" and not as a person.
* Something I want: to be understood
* Pop Culture Influences: Lurch from The Addams Family
== Role in Society ==
* Social Class: Working class
* Occupation: Laborer
* Combat Class: Bard being misunderstood as a meat shield
* Where do they live/sleep: Firebreathing Kittens guild hall
==Background/Personal History==
* Created by Professor Spark as a laborer and lab experiment in animating the reconstructed flesh of the dead.
* Appeared at the Firebreathing Kittens guild hall one day holding out their left arm, tattoo in evidence, apparently asking for a job. No one knows who the arm used to belong to.
* The 2024 April Fools episode explores Nugh's backstory through the solo journaling game, "You, Beyond the Pale," an RPG where you are a monster, shunned by society, and how you interact with and relate to people as a result. You see more of Nugh's internal life here than in any other episode so far.
* The donor cadaver for his head/face was Algernon Jocelyn Sr., a young nobleman from a family of ill repute. The family left Niqamui shortly after Algernon's death, which was not publicized. Algernon did not have a funeral.
==Development==
* Acquired a voice synthesizer that can contain up to 3 words (programmable before each session.)
* Owns the guitar hero arcade game in the Firebreathing Kittens guild hall, which is set to free-play.
* Befriended two Melds, creatures made of nanites, which have autonomous properties and can possess both machines and beings, and which are deactivated in a strong electromagnetic field. They are named Jingle and Jangle, and Nugh is looking for small mechanical host bodies so they can perform as part of his backup band. So far, he's started experimenting with a clapping cymbal monkey toy, to totally-not-creepy results.
* Obtained a publishing contract for his poetry, thanks to frenemy Addam Shelley. Poetry books are gaining a following and will eventually make him a best-seller.
* In Your Twist Is My Command, a genie granted Nugh's wish for a working voice box, and he can now speak. He is still getting used to this.
* In Fight Of The Bumblebee, a kettle of boiling honey hit him in the face, causing severe burns and eventual scarring all over his face, head, and upper torso. He is truly monstrous in appearance now. 
* In Nod Again, Nugh learned that his soul originated in the Dreamland. He also may have committed to helping a mafioso escape the family business. (See also Mr. Business)
== Things I would like to explore in future episodes: ==
* themes of freedom and servitude/slavery, what it means to be "a person" and to have "personhood," especially when one is a constructed being.
* whether a being constructed of the physical parts of other beings is entitled to the same rights and life as those whose parts comprise him. Also, what responsibility such a being has to the legacy of those donor beings. These are the core questions about himself that he must answer. Nugh's FBK tattoo and place in the guild are inherited from whomever's arm he has.... but on a bigger metaphysical scale, his brain is *also* inherited. Are his poems and inner life even his own? Who owns his brain? Who owns his thoughts? Similarly, he has an emotional response when he encounters a young girl-- a feeling of familiarity, somewhat like an uncle? Did his heart/torso come from a beloved uncle? (This theme in general has been touched on in Trauma Poetry but there is more to explore-- see below list of Donor Parts.) The question of Nugh's soul has been resolved, in Nod Again-- his soul is original, having been created in the Dreamland.
* themes of being silenced and of having a voice.
* dichotomies between expectation (he looks like a bruiser) and reality (he has a deeply poetic inner life).
* The responsibility of an artist to the recipient or audience of art, and vice versa.
* As of Nod Again, Nugh has committed to helping a Safiosi crime family henchman nicknamed "Mr. Business" to escaping with his wife and kids. Nugh has an idea of how to do this with Anne's help.
I don't have specific acts or actions in mind for this character, but rather some themes to explore as part of his arc. By mid-season, I want Nugh to have his self-expression more clearly understood. He has the heart of a poet, and the body of a linebacker, and that causes dissonance for many people encountering him, including the Firebreathing Kittens. (This has been nicely touched on in A Nod To Mother, but there's definitely more there to explore.)
===Donor Parts===
In case this is relevant, Nugh is comprised of the following body parts from different donors:
* Face and head - now confirmed to be from Algernon Jocelyn Jr.
* Left arm/hand - Donor unknown. Donor was a Firebreathing Kitten.
* Right arm/hand - Donor unknown. Definitely not the same donor as the left.
* Legs and Torso - Professor Spark found that in order to walk properly, a flesh golem needs to be crafted with legs and torso from the same donor. Donor unknown. (Note: Due to how Nugh emotionally reacts to young girls of about 6-9 years old, his torso or brain may have come from someone who was an uncle, possibly a father--though his feelings are not paternal. I like the idea that his torso-- where his heart is-- was an uncle to a young girl. The girl would now be about 20 years old....)
* Brain - Donor unknown. 
* Soul - Nugh's brain leads one to question how much of his mind is his own. How much of what he creates is his work, vs. someone else's? In Trauma Poetry, he insisted to Addam that his poems are "my words," but deep inside, Nugh questioned whether he was a new person, or a donor person, and whether he has a soul of his own. This was resolved in Nod Again, in which Nugh learned that his soul was created in the Dreamland and is original. He takes a lot of comfort in this knowledge, though he also has some even more conflicted feelings towards Professor Spark as a result.
Because of his height and stature, Nugh's donor parts all came from men who are roughly the same size.
==People They Know==
* Professor Spark, his creator
* Algernon Jocelyn Sr.
* Nightshade Lobo, Prof. Spark's henchman. We have a congenial relationship as former colleagues, though Nugh left without a word and Nightshade may not know that Nugh considers him the closest thing to "family" he has. They met again in Not Enough Duct Tape and Lobo asked how Nugh was doing, and vice versa. 
* Addam Shelley - an artist who Nugh has known since Addam's childhood. He now owns 15% of book sales from Nugh's poetry for having introduced him to a willing publisher. 
* Algernon Jocelyn Jr. - know him like I know my own face....
* Alicia Garrick: She confronted me in Trauma Poetry and was horrified to learn what had happened to Algernon. She fled. Later, in an epilogue scene, she read Nugh's poetry.
* Pearl in the Sea - met in Rolls Off The Tongue; she was our quest-giver.
* New Ramona Buckler - met in New Niqamui
* New Nightshade Lobo - met in New Niqamui
* New Professor Madeline Spark - met in New Niqamui. She's just as bad as the old.
* Nughbot-3000 - met in New Niqamui and freed him
* Honda Domeki Universe 2 - met in New Niqamui. Later in Wrestling with Cases, Nugh contacted him for sanctuary in the champion's dressing room at the New Niqamui Colosseum.
* Atlas Ai - met in New Niqamui
* Jesop Zahdoc - met in New Niqamui
* Mihai Abugoch (ferry employee)
* Raluca Tun (ferry employee)
* Neema Bojko (dancing person)
* Yaro Ostachuk (dancing person who embraced crabness)
* Sylvie Monteleone (eating contest participant)
* XiaoMao Shino (cannery supervisor / imposter crab)
* Xantho the VII - did not meet/interact directly
* Obsidianna la Caldere - did not interact in Not Enough Duct Tape, but did briefly meet her at a party in Trauma Poetry
* Various councilmembers in Untz Untz who Nugh did not interact with much.
** Councilmember Wowor
** Councilmember Behrendt
** Councilmember Hemmi
** Councilmember Qian
** Councilmember Galil
* Fuevo Strongmind: person who bought location of Brachyura's resting site from the council and destroyed the crab's heritage monument park.
* Ozob Diputs : Goblin friend
* Colette De Winter
* Zahra Qiu - also heard about Duchess Mary of Placentia and Nimble from her, but did not actually meet either one
* Dai Lapetus: hired them to help find actors
* Bartok DuBrov: Not a fan of the guy(?) since he messed with the mechanics
* Sandy the Sand Golem: Friend
* Echo Woodwhite& Sundew Goldleaf: met with Maeve Dera Flame and Demyan Belov to recruit for theatre show
* Mysterious Hooded Figure: Fought in a theatre
* Maeve Dera Flame and Demyan Belov adventured together in The Show Must Go On
* Bartholomew Xalvador and Mervon the Stolid - adventured together into the Tower Of Nod in A Nod to Mother
* Bill Destatueman: We attended a party together in Trauma Poetry. He's also a construct, like me. We have exchanged journals of poetry and heroism essays, and have inspired each other and become good friends.
* Mary Elizabeth Stewart: We attended a party together in Trauma Poetry.
* Zidane Carmichael: He brought me along as muscle to Kasin's party in Trauma Poetry.
*Merryweather Jones: once upon a time (in Family Heirloom), the FBKs asked me to take him to jail.
*Kasin Zahdoc: Nugh stopped his guards from reaching him and protecting him from Zidane.
* Idrul the Genie: genie who hired the Kittens to cover his wishift in Your Twist Is My Command
* Mercy Dream: wisher 
* Harley Duststone: wisher
* Josselyn Woodleaf: wisher
* Harold Woodleaf: Josselyn's husband
* Seamus Silverkeeper: wisher
* Forthwind Montagu: wisher
* Atiel Orren: wisher - Nugh's heart went out to this little orphan girl.
* Carac Redstream: wisher
* Gianna Duca: wisher
* Winifred Ashglad: wisher - a Deaf girl who Nugh communicated with telepathically to help grant her wish-- to be understood-- which is the same as his.
* Edmund de Bolbec: wisher - Nugh suggested not actually granting a twisted wish to this young man, instead pretending we granted it so he would believe in himself enough to approach Margaret Cromwell.
* Margaret Cromwell: Edmund's crush
*Mr. Chen: Hired FBK to stop a car and seize a Case attached to a mysterious courier. Nugh does not like him-- he wanted to kidnap someone and probably double cross us in Wrestling With Cases.
*Oxy Tymoshenko: A mob boss, hired Mr. Chen on behalf of Mx. Helfer to stop the car and take The Case.
* Various drivers and guards in Wrestling with Cases:
**Kevin Hockney
**Stephen McManus
**Benecio Fenster
**Gabriel Keaton 
**Roger Verbal
*Mx. Helfer: A "benefactor" whose employer has an interest in making sure Hardingwood stays independent of The Bank of Niquimi. We did not meet them.
*Tess Fleetfur: A friend of Rusty's who we were supposed to kidnap.
*Kerilly Brightflitter: Contacted by Bill to help open The Case. Chased by stone golems sent by The Bank of Niqamui.
* Lady Elizabeth Featherbottom: mayor of Hardingwood. She has a poor opinion of me due to events in Trauma Poetry. He didn't even remember her, but does now, as we had another run-in in Hardingwood during Fight Of The Bumblebee.
* Edward Hardingwood: summoned Bill, Nugh, and Sadie to respond to a threat to the town of Hardingwood.
* Speaker Brigitte : Elder of the Beekeeper's Guild who has forgone their vow of silence and pushed through a dismissal/banishment of Bill.
* Misc members of the Beekeeper's Guild : Nugh interviewed several of them in connection with the murders of Richard and Sarah Jenkins and Elizabeth Wellings.
* Myzzrak - the proprietor of a shop that trades in souls, in the Dreamland.
* Kara Bassan - a dreamer herself, Kara was trapped in an orb and used to power Edward of Nod's grief dream. Nugh helped defeat her from opening a permanent portal between the dream world and reality. Nugh has some feelings about this-- Kara was terribly abused and deserves justice and healing.
* Émile Safiosi - helped rescue him from becoming a part of a portal between the waking world and the Dreamland.
* Edward Of Nod - Helped save Edward from himself and prevented a mob from killing him. Later, in Nod Again, Nugh helped Edward stop a permanent gate from opening between the real world and dream world.
* Mr. Business - Promised to help Mr. Business escape the Safiosi crime family.
* Clifford the Beagle - met at Edward's house in Niqamui when Anne summoned the giant beagle. 
* Mx Helfer: Hired the FBK in routing the invading Swarm that was laying siege to the town of Hardingwood.
* Alec Brome: The Firebreathing Kittens made sure Alec finally faced a fair trial for his crimes. 
* Lady Elizabeth Featherbottom: mayor of Hardingwood; offers thanks to the FBK for their efforts in saving the town.
* Edward Hardingwood: protector of Hardingwood through powerful arcane magics. During the siege by the Swarm, Hardingwood greatly depleted himself by maintaining multiple enchantments to help preserve the people of Hardingwood. Grateful and proud of what his son Bill has achieved, both for the town of Hardingwood, and in his pursuit of learning to be a hero.
* Speaker Brigitte : Elder of the Beekeeper's Guild who has forgone their vow of silence. Offers thanks to the FBK for their efforts in saving the town.
==List of Adventures==
* Rolls Off The Tongue - Helped free Nughbot-3000, saved the multiverse, and acquired an arcade game and voice synthesizer.
* Not Enough Duct Tape - turned almost entirely into a crab while trying to save the residents of Untz Untz island.
* Family Heirloom - GM for this episode. Nugh and Nightshade Lobo made cameo appearances.
* We Carry Stuff And Get Paid - Helped acquire relics, including the Rod of Retskcrit for Ozob Diputs. Acquired 2 friendly Meld creatures made of nanites.
* The Show Must Go On - shared his poetry with Sandy the Sand Golem, in hopes that she might read it and someday yearn for her own freedom
* April Fools Day Episode - Nugh's private thoughts and journal are documented in this episode,
* Niqamui Frequency - GM for this episode.
* A Nod To Mother - in the dreamlands, was accepted and loved by a found-family, and had a working voice. Both of which he had to reject in order to return to the waking world and not lose himself. Losing those dreams... will be hard on Nugh. He also, when the village mob turned on Edward Of Nod, stopped and insisted that the wizard is not a monster, either. That mercy is a part of Nugh that doesn't often get expression. 
* Drinking Your Feelings - GM for this episode. No cameo.
* Trauma Poetry - Attended a party at Zadoc's house. Was summoned to meet Alicia Garrick and was confronted with the true identity of the man who used to have my face. Broke Alicia's heart with the truth. Ran into Addam who took my poetry to have published by a publisher, for a 15% cut (unfair, but Nugh doesn't have any contacts at a publisher yet otherwise, so he was willing to make the deal this time.)
* The Involuntary Time Detectives - GM for this episode. No cameo.
* Old Cases New Faces - GM for this episode. No cameo.
* Your Twist Is My Command - Nugh, Sadie, and Ailbh filled in as temp genies to grant wishes, being scored on how twisted the wishes were. As a result of a genie's untwisted wish in this episode, Nugh now has a functioning voice box.
* Wrestling With Cases - Nugh, now able to speak, is able to express his discomfort with kidnapping during a heist job. 
* Fight Of The Bumblebee - In the course of trying to solve the mystery of some deaths possibly related to a bee cult in Hardingwood, Nugh had a kettle of boiling honey thrown in his face and his face is now hideously scarred.
* Nod Again - Nod discovered new abilities in the Dreamland and now knows the source of his own soul. Also, he is committed to helping Mr. Business escape the Safiosi family (and has an idea of one way to do that, with Anne Jopling's help....)
* Agent Bee: Without Nugh's emotional support, Bill probably would have killed Alec Brome. Instead, Bill made sure Alec finally got a fair trial for his crimes, in the court system of Hardingwood. Also, they saved the town from giant extradimensional hornets. 
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