Faust

Faust (last name unknown) is a player character from Harkoth's Legacy. He is a former elf, now reborn bard played by Chris-tian Mothman. He is best known for being a rotting corpse, playing tunes, and his iconic roasts.
== Personality ==
Faust is a sorrowful man, thinking a lot about his mission to get his wife back, and not socializing well with others. He enjoys music, and is prone to roasting his opponents to lower morale, in reality, a projection of feelings he has about himself. Faust is usually polite otherwise. Since the incident with Chester, he has a crippling fear of treasure chests. and had had his fear of snakes for far longer. Faust is against racism, as seen when he sang a song to Kohtalo Paha to not be racist to a band of goblins.
== History ==
=== Greek Tragedy ===
Faust and Miriam were wed many centuries ago, though, due to an unfortunate series of events, Miriam was bitten by a snake, dying from its venom. Faust made a deal with The Ferryman to get his wife back, and The Ferryman accepted, on the condition that Faust kill (or play a hand in killing) 100 heroes. Faust accepted the seemingly impossible task. His first attempt at this, he died, with The Ferryman deciding to infinitely resurrect him until he succeeded.
=== Harkoth's Legacy ===
Faust joins the party in Theo's bar, not buying anything due to only having pocket change. He questions the box's contents before not remembering who Billy Ochard is. When Kohtalo asks the party if they are virgins, he acknowledges that Faust isn't, due to banging his wife. Faust asks Theo where the amulet of invisibility is, to which Theo responds that it is always on The Baroness' person. When Kohtalo suggests using disguises, Faust takes part in shutting him down due to Venzorwyn being too big and not remotely human, with himself being "green and smelly." In the end, Faust and Kohtalo are chosen to sneak in, due to Venzorwyn needing to keep Xotal under control.
When they get there, Venzorwyn tells Faust to use his lyre as a signal, and Faust begins tuning it when Kohtalo tells him to not drop it. Venzorwyn carried Faust to the building by holding him in his tail. Faust, along with Kohtalo, slid down the roof when Venzorwyn set them down. When they get in and a guard approaches, Faust hides behind the curtains, somehow duping the guard, with him noting the room's smell. Kohtalo later rejoins Faust in the parlor, before they both enter the study, getting immediately caught. The guard asks Faust if he is the source of the smell, Faust vehemently denies it, before the guard calls him out on his lie, calling him "the stinky one." Faust goes limp, in an attempt to play dead, and, when Kohtalo does the same, this again dupes the guard, with them both being dragged by him. When Kohtalo frees himself using Boogie Woogie, Faust reached for the amulet, though was too slow to get it before the guard dropped the Baroness. Faust begins giving the signal, being dropped by the guard when Kohtalo tackles the Baroness.
When the party returns to Theo's Kohtalo tries to raise the amulet's sell price by saying it's something Miriam would like, to which Faust reaffirms. As The Constable enters, Faust plays a suspenseful tune on his lyre, later flinging a stool at one of the guards with Mage Hand. That same guard fell victim to one of Faust's trademark roasts, with him saying that he "smells so foul that not even a corpse wouldn’t want to smell him, his mother wouldn’t want to smell him, and if she dies, she wouldn’t wanna smell him,” crippling his self-esteem. Faust ended the encounters by slapping one of the guards.
Knowing that they are fugitives, Faust agrees with Theo on the boat plan. While taking their last night's rest, Faust and Kohtalo relay the events of the day to Venzorwyn, before Faust stares off into space all night thinking about his wife. Xotal tells Faust he thinks Kohtalo is crazy, before Faust has to deal with Kohtalo's loud snoring for the next few hours.
After the party washes up on the shore, Faust retunes his waterlogged lyre to the tune of humming nearby, though also tilting his head to both sides to drain the water in his skull. When Netilla tells the party of her organ-harvesting habits, Faust looks around nervously, as she says she only harvests from dead people. Later, Faust, Venzorwyn, and Netilla hunt after a Forest Pearl, with Faust distorting the value of his pocket change to trick the gnomes into thinking it was Gnomecoin after calming them with a tune.
In Elmwood, Faust bought a map of the Isles. When Trokk the Red and The Red-Skull Raiders invade Elmwood, Faust restrained Trokk with Hold Person, which bought Kohtalo a huge opportunity to beat him to a bloody pulp. The party quickly considers fleeing, with Kohtalo telling Faust to cue him to Boogie Woogie Xotal with Netilla to get them out of there, leaving her. This never happened. Faust then roasts one of the Raiders, claiming that he has more maggots in his stomach than Faust does, eating what he does, claiming he likely eats shit, and that’s why women don’t love him. Faust tries breakdancing to distract the gnolls, failing miserably, though convincing a sniper to join him in the jig. Kohtalo joins Faust on top of the stand, with Faust instead playing a tune to enhance Kohtalo's boogie without a woogie. With the Raiders encroaching, Faust tried to convince Trokk to boogie with them, failing. Faust used Mage Hand to cause a stand to collapse on Trokk, prompting him to flee. Faust took one for the team to take out the gnolls, eating a Shatter from Xotal, before plunging his rapier into the last one's skull. 
When Xotal asks Faust why the Raiders do what they do, Faust turns it into a teaching moment about caring about others' feelings, with Kohtalo giving him a side-eye, blaming it on the smell. When trying to catch the big fish, Faust used illusory fish as bait, allowing Kohtalo to Boogie Woogie another fisherman with the fish. Xotal tries to give Faust 10 fishes, though Faust politely declines, letting Xotal eat them as Faust has no need to eat. 
During the encounter with The Ashen Hand, Faust turned invisible, vaulting the gate and hiding in a tent, before summoning an illusion of a fire elemental. When fighting Kenji, he used Heat Metal on his armor.
Faust and Kohtalo look at the map, with the latter deciding to return to Elmwood. Faust and Kohtalo are thrown by Venzorwyn over the bridge the Red-Skull Raiders tried to blow up. Faust hypes up Kohtalo, earning his Sanguine Slinger as a reward.
Faust was a big help in the Hall of the Crimson Furies, getting one of the first two chests, unfortunately finding a mimic, of which Venzorwyn takes as a pet. Venzorwyn, as compensation, hands the gold found inside the mimic to Faust. Faust, for the second route, took charge, willing to facetank any of the traps, as he always comes back. 
When the party finds Rollin' Bones Faust questions what Wonderwall is after Kohtalo asks them to play it.
At The Shambling Manor, Faust opened the door using Knock, and joined Xotal in investigating the furniture. Faust slowly opens the door to the next room, finding the Thrashers inside. In the encounter with the Conjoined, Faust heated the monster's shears, forcing him to drop them. Faust roasts the beast telling it that he could use his own maw as the shears, throwing in an ugly for good measure. Faust grabs the shears and continues to cut open the path through the remaining rooms, letting Xotal open a treasure chest due to his newly-gained crippling fear of them. After enjoying Venzorwyn's Hasselback potatoes, Faust joins Netilla in the bathroom, being made uncomfortable by the prospect of her needing a good bath, before taking the pocket watch from behind the mirror.
When The Ashen Hand were found in the Boreal Ridge, Faust inspired Fenrir and healed Toshiro after he was knocked down.
When entering Imitra, Faust held back when Kohtalo tried to bully The Wanderers. He later bought a new bedazzled rapier from the shopkeep, selling his old one for a minor profit. Faust witnessed Abel's reunion with Netilla, and later joined in fighting off the Arcane Guardsmen defending the Spire's first floor. Faust didn't get an opportunity to explore the portal floor, only following everyone else when the puzzle was solved. He later helped fight off the Pagemaster, and on the floor of magic schools, Faust correctly guessed the golden egg and candle for the Conjuration and Evocation troughs respectively.
In the laboratory under the Spire, Faust held Experiment 307 in place long enough for Kohtalo to finish him off. After this, Faust reminded the party to buy Sylas some potatoes. When Von Arthach's soul repossessed his own body, Faust tried to stop the fight before protecting Abel by stabbing Kohtalo.
Faust joined the party on their return trip to Imitra, engaging in combat with the Guardsmen, before the Hunters try to go to the cave nearby. Faust's fear of snakes causes him to be hesitant about entering the cave with warning signs about snakes, though Kohtalo comforts him. When Kohtalo starts mistreating the goblins, Faust busts out into song to Kohtalo, trying to prevent him from being racist with an iteration of "Don't Be Racist, I Am A Building," ultimately to no avail. When Xotal finds the Thunderous Orb and discards it, Kohtalo gives it to Faust, who takes it without question. Faust is quickly paralyzed (in fear not by the venom) by the Voltaic Viper, though inspiration from Fenrir's licks helps him put his fear aside for the moment. After firing multiple ineffective shots at the Viper, Billy gives him his Riftwalker's Boots, before Faust uses his bardic inspiration to boost the soon-to-be-unparalyzed Venzorwyn, who kills the Viper. Faust is a vocal proponent of breaking its eggs, but aside from Xotal, no one else listens to him. After the battle, Kohtalo used his Cursed Storage to give Faust the Golden Mask of Beauty, of which he gives Abel to clean almost immediately after.
Faust shot an insult at the Corrupted Fistwalker, telling him he had more worms in his brain than he did. However, due to using a similar insult on a member of the Red-Skull Raiders, it had little punch, literally and metaphorically. Faust later erroneously heals Kohtalo instead of the Billy who needs it more than he does. When the party reaches Stonefall, Faust is among the people trapped between the wall and the army of Corrupted, personally summoning the Red-Skull Raiders using the horn they had given him. Faust didn't do anything of note in that encounter afterwards, though joined those who snuck inside, personally turning invisible to gain intel. He hears Thaddeus Coldstone grilling the king, rallying the party to come in and kill the king while it was just the two of them. but due to poor timing, Thaddeus kills the king and gets away with it, pinning it on the Hunters, before Kohtalo correctly pins the blame.
== Notable Moments ==
* Getting cucked by Death himself
* Making a deal with The Ferryman
* Being green and smelly
* Roasting various people
* Getting attacked by a mimic and getting PTSD from it
* Gaslighting gnomes for cryptocurrency
* Questioning Wonderwall
* Gaining an Orb
* Conquering his fear of snakes
* Singing "Don't Be Racist, They Are Just Goblins"
== Trivia ==
* Faust is based on the Greek myth of Orpheus, a man who lost his wife to a snake and lost her again in a rigged deal by Hades. The interpretation seen in Hades was a big inspiration for him.
* Faust bears a visual resemblance to Murdoc Niccals of Gorillaz, which is intentional.
** Murdoc's nickname is "Faust," which is actually a coincidence.
*Faust's name references Faustian bargains, which are deals with devils.
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