Ruggy Mutt

The Blacksmith

### Scars

Many scars the main ones being his burn scars he got from an accident handling lava in his forge, and the scars on his leg and injury he was found with by Iva.

### Unique Features

wolf like body parts, artic relating werewolf

## Relationships

### Kin

Iva (adoptive father), Greif (adoptive step father), Polaris (other adoptive father), Mana Hail (bio father{ded}), Styrmy Hail (bio mothers name), Toasty Mutt (bio son)

## OOC Information

### Discord Username

Ruggy Gaymer#8483

Ruggy Mutt the Blacksmith, Ruggy had spent years wandering aberrant learning the craft now using his skills to supply weaponry and armor to those who need it for an affordable price! Stop by his shop anytime he'll hook you up!

## **Overview-**

Ruggy is a snow bound artic werewolf, his white and grey fur proving this side of him. His lower legs and arms completely covered in fur and having characteristics similar to a wolves own body parts (his ears tail and fur are super fluffy btw :3). Overtime his body became littered with burn and battle scars most of which formed over his upper body rather then lower body. He is commonly found wearing his smithing apron but will occasionally leave it up in the shot when going out. His eyes are a very light shade of blue causing people to believe he was blind when he was younger they have darkened as he's gotten older. He also had 5 piercings in total 3 on one ear and 2 on the other.

## **Lore-**

### **Back Story-**

#### **Birth name**

Ruggy had been born in a place called Dewhurse, its name long forgotten by most but Ruggy. His day of birth took place in the year 15AAE, he had been the second to child to show signs of his mutations being developed to it fullest it could get naturally. Despite this wonderful news of mutation development in his colony, Ruggy was destined to be disgraced by his fellow werewolf. In this colony they followed a religion called Creed of the Moon, and in their religion the day Ruggy was born was the Full moons shadows(the night after a full moon) this was considered to be a cursed day. Determining him to be a curse his mother named him Moonrot so that he would never forget what she saw him as, bad luck. This concentration towards his supposed curse cause his mother to loose focus on the war they were in against a neighboring colony. She began to fuck up battle after battle loss after loss and the blame? pointed straight to her eldest child. Finally after one major defeat Moonrots father could no longer protect his son from his mother. His mother sought for his blood on her arrows tips, so he was forced to flee.

#### **Leaving home**

At the age of 17 he fled from the only home he new only slowing down when he had thought himself safe from his mother. He changed his name to Ruggy Mutt to try and keep his mother from recognizing his name and to start a new life from the one he was "leaving behind". He moved from settlement to settlement watching the different local blacksmiths and convincing some to teach him about the craft. At the age of 22 he managed to reconnect with his dad and keep in touch with him through letters behind his mothers back, his father giving updates on his younger siblings and their place in the war. They were still loosing badly.

#### **Ruggy's birthday letter-**

"To Ruggy,

Hey son it has been so long since I have seen you! I'm sure you have gotten bigger since the last time I saw you. I do miss you. Oh and happy birthday, I hope the gift made it with the letter. I know you've been really into blacksmithing as of late so I thought this make a great gift for you! Your siblings are doing fine, food rations have been low due to the war but we have been able to manage. Your mother has become obsessed with this war swearing that you are why we are loosing, unfortunately that is what is causing our downfall.. I'm sure we will get out of this soon. Love you son be sure to visit soon.

Signed -Dad"

With the letter his father gave him was a hammer made of the strongest material Ruggy had seen. It was made of netherite and plated with a thick layer of aeternium and seemed to be enfused with magic making it stronger but heavy.

Age 23 he grew fearful for his father and siblings safety so he used his hammer and began making and leaving weapons and supplies to try and help but this did not go unnoticed. His mother found the letter he had sent over the year and using his own weapons he gave to the colony she took some of the other colony members to hunt him down.

#### **Warning letter-**

Ruggy you need to run, your mother she found the letters and is coming for you. She blames you for the battles, I know its not your fault please I hope this gets to you in time you need to get out while you can run as fast as you- [the rest of the page seemed to be burned]

#### **Death**

Age 63 his mother found him. She tried to kill him, but his father took the arrow laced with poison intended to kill his son. In his dying moments he enchanted his sons Hammer with the last bit of magic he had in him infusing the hammer with his own soul in hopes to protect his last living son. And once again Ruggy was forced to flee with a bad injury to his leg that would leave permanent damage, he ran for days managing to loose the colony that hunted him. By the 8th day of his escape he became too weak from a mix of his injuries and starvation so he collapsed.

### **An Angelic Savior**

An angel by the name of Iva Valranto whom was passing by noticed Ruggy struggling to fend off a skeleton for food, he helped kill the skeleton and gave Ruggy the bones not having any other food on him at the time. Iva offered food and treatment to Ruggy if he followed and while hesitant he followed being at the point where he didn't have much of a choice. Later on Iva offers Ruggy a home where he gladly accepts and tries his hardest to repay Iva and his growing farm house, providing the strength to help with building and making weapons and armor to the people who took shelter at the farm house. A bunker was built to provide people who struggled elsewhere with a place to stay and grow as people. It was a place of a safety, and it gave Ruggy the chance he needed to just catch a breath and enjoy life. Well until the fire happened.

#### **Pestilence Town**

With the farmhouse people growing in numbers something was bound to happen. A fire forced the people of the house to leave, and despite replanting the surrounding forest, the pest whom once resided in Iva's home decided to move. They rebuilt the farm house and the bunker, but with the amount of people they had that was no longer enough. They built a town and named it after what Iva had decided to call their little group, Pestilence Town. They began a new, naming Iva their leader and making farms, barns, taverns, even an inn for passerby's to stay in. Their town grew larger and larger by the day as they grew as a community.

#### **Famine Town**

With the growing population the farms of Pestilence Town could not keep up with the peoples need for food. Fights broke out between members of the town splitting them into smaller groups. Thing were harsh, the days were rough as people woke and things just seemed to get worse and worse. Soon Pestilence town split up some people moving away, others staying with or close to their once great town. This movement of the people did not stop the fighting and bickering. Soon enough everything would be lost if it had not been for the birth of Famine Town. The people who had moved away built new better farms gaining more people to their own town. The Leader of the new town, Molddman, did not forget him old home. So when his farms were strong enough he sent food over to Pestilence Town officially stopping the fighting between the people there.

#### **War Town**

In celebration of the stop of the fighting War Town was created as a sign of the fights coming to an end. With the arrival of the third town a vote was put into place for the new leader of War Town. Despite having planned to stay in Pestilence and work along side Iva, Ruggy was voted in as the new leader. Ruggy took his new role very seriously, quickly building up his town and its people building it right next to its sister town Pestilence. They built up the blacksmith, added homes, a meeting room and even a place called the pit to act as a form of punishment if the towns people were to do something despicable enough. It also acted as a form of entertainment.\

#### Death Town

Even with the celebration of the new towns the people would not forget what had happened so a final town was made, Death Town. This town was made to symbolize that they would never forget what had happened, and how they would not allow it to happen again. Gus, took on leadership of this town and started building libraries, a court house and even made weapons of mass destruction as a last minute defense for the 4 towns. Death Town became known for its knowledge and power within the towns. This final town had also been built farther away from Pestilence just as Famine had been. Life in the towns became peaceful once again.

#### **Ruggy's gift**

A gift created by Ruggy to Iva as a thank you for saving him so many years ago. He used special lava from his now long gone home Dewhurse to melt down the some aeturnium he had saved. He spent many sleepless days and nights crafting and shaping the metal into the perfect axe. As an extra measure to keep Iva safe and strenthen the axe even more he had infused his soul into the weapon during enchanting so that he may always be able to protect Iva even when we was not near. (more to be written on this later)

### **The War**

War had broken out on Aberrant as the rise of the Blights began. People who had wanted to fight against these Blights declared themselves to be called the Keepers. During this time of war, people began choosing sides, Ruggy had joined the side of the keepers, supplying as much weapons and armor as he could make during the short time he had to prepare. In this time he got into an accident in his blacksmith, the fiery lava from his old home Dewhurse had spilt and badly burned him. This injury was bad enough to make Iva force him to stay home during the day of battle. While he did not want to stay he did, bound to follow Iva's orders as long as Iva had his soul. Ruggywatched over the towns War and Pestilence awaiting for those who left to fight to return. After a few days everyone had come back except Iva, this drove Ruggy very worried about him. Some believed Iva to be dead but Ruggy refused to accept that, he knew Iva was alive he could feel it. Until Iva's return Ruggy would continue to take over leadership duties in Pestilence Town taking care of the people of Pestilence and War. Ruggy allowed those who had betrayed the towns to return to their home, making sure they stayed under his supervision encase they had tried anything again. Some people in higher positions were not granted their positions back, being told that they would need to earn them back. Havamal couldn't go back to being the second in command for Pestilence and new second in command was not placed since Iva was not back, Molddman was also not granted his place back as the leader of Famine Town and instead it was taken over by Mira his second in command. Ruggy had not know of "Griefs" place in the war so Grief kept his position as second in command at War Town.

### The Rack

Weeks had gone by there was still no word about Iva, until Gri-Rackman came back to town. He delivered the news to Ruggy, he had found Iva dead in the process nearly losing is own life finding his corpse. This broke Ruggy, he couldn't be dead right? He knew Iva couldn't be dead. But Grief would not lie to him. And to Ruggy this person in front of him was not Rackman, he saw Grief. He knew Grief wouldn't lie, he knew what Grief said must be true. Iva was dead. Grief told Ruggy he was here to take him away, somewhere safe under the protection of The Rack. He promised to Ruggy that The Rack would protect them cuz it was not safe in Pestilence or War Town. Rackman is a liar, The Rack is a liar. They are not safe, but it's to late. Ruggy just wants Grief and Iva, to go home and be happy.

   It hadn't taken long after Ruggy's Rackification ceremony, where he was renamed by The Rack to The Beast, to find out that Rackman was not Grief. After the ceremony Rackman, The Beast and The Bird visited Ophelia and Ruggy's other adoptive father Polaris. Polaris tried his best to get a chance to talk with The Beast but Rackman kept getting in the way, and even tried to send The Beast home. Concerned for Polaris however he tried to hide instead but was quickly caught when Polaris tried to once again talk with him. This led to Rackman giving The Beast quite the beating for disobeying before Polaris summoned a banishing spell on Rackman.

Polaris finally got the chance to talk with The Beast trying to tell him "Ruggy you dont have to go with Rackman, you can stay here where you will be safe." The Beast could not leave Rackman tho, especially with the letter from Grief Ophelia made him read he definitely could not leave. He needed to keep Grief safe, he needed to get Rackman out of Grief's head. So he returned with Rackman, but this little bit of insubordination did not go without consequence. As Punishment from The Rack, Rackman locked The Beast up in a small room called The Dog House for a week. The room was cold, stuffy and so small Ruggy could barely move. The Dog House was not a good place, but that was his punishment.