Charlotte

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Charlotte is a character created by Xaquecchery for the POWER Campaign. She is currently an Oath of Rebellion (modified Oath of Watchers) Paladin.

## Character Details

Charlotte Miller stands at a towering 7'4". She has a thicc build, culminating mostly in her hips. She has a wild mane of voluminous, curly hair which is currently a dark gray with purple highlights. Her skin is an indigo shade of blue, with her lips and inner ear taking on a more purplish color. She has a broad, cow like nose typical of most firbolg, as well as floppy bovine ears and a tail ending in a puff of hair. While her body sports a comfortable layer of chub, she is also extremely muscular and able to carry weights far exceeding what one would expect.

Charlotte is a naturally optimistic young woman. Her ability to make friends with strangers is borderline supernatural. Charlotte always looks for the good in others, even when they can't see it in themselves. Her willingness to give others second chances, even when they don't deserve it, has gotten herself and her party in trouble occasionally. Most of the time though, it leads to the party acquiring allies in unlikely places. She would do anything to protect her friends, and isn't afraid of shouldering the pain if it means keeping them safe. Naivety and stubbornness aren't her only flaws though. Her education was cut off at 16 when the Blackout struck, so her intelligence necessarily a strong suit either. What she lacks in intelligence and wisdom, she makes up for in emotional maturity. Years of talking with others, and helping them work through problems big and small has made her an excellent person to turn to when life kicks you down. She never judges anyone for their past, believing that it's never to late to do the right thing.

## History

### Pre Blackout

Charlotte Miller was born April 21st, 2004 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Her early years were pretty much perfect. Her father had an excellent job running a paving company, roads always needed to be fixed in Wisconsin. Her mom worked part time for an insurance company, something she could do from home so she could look after Charlotte and her older brother Aaron. Despite their 7 year age gap, Charlotte and her brother got along very well. Aaron had been hoping for a brother the entire time his mom was pregnant, so when Charlotte was born his parents were a little concerned that he would be resentful and mean to his sister. Luckily for everyone, that wasn't the case. Aaron had just wanted someone to play with, and share his little fantasy worlds with. So when little Charlotte first expressed interest in watching her older brother play video games, he quickly took her under his wing. They spent all their time together, even when Aaron brought over friends from school to play. He made sure that if Charlotte wanted to be included in their games, she would be. They looked a lot alike too, if it weren't for the age difference they could have been mistaken for twins. Charlotte didn't always understand the stories they watched, or the games they played, but that didn't matter to her. She just loved spending time with her brother, and he loved spending time with her. And that happy part of their relationship lasted until around Aaron's junior year of high school.
When Charlotte was ten, she wandered into her brothers room one day looking for a game they used to play a lot. They hadn't hung out much this past year. He spent most of his time in his room, or with his new friends that Charlotte didn't like very much. She just wanted to relive a time when they were closer. She found the game, but inside the case where the disk should have been, she instead found small packets of white powder. She didn't know what she was looking at, but that's when her brother came home and found her holding his stash in confusion. Charlotte distinctly remembers how scared he looked in the moments before he got really scary. He demanded she give him what she had found, but knowing this was clearly something bad she refused. She tried to run, but he grabbed her and tried to wrestle the drugs away. Charlotte was small, but she was scrappy and determined, which is why Aaron felt he had no choice but to hit her. She remembers the sting on her face, and the feeling of hitting the ground. The last thing she remembered as she laid on the ground still clutching that videogame case, was her brother looming over her with tears in his eyes as he reared back to hit her again. When she woke up again, she had a headache and was in a hospital bed. She heard some doctor people telling her parents she had something called a concussion. She felt fine though and just wanted to know where her brother was. She had felt bad she made him so upset.

The next few years were difficult for Charlotte. She didn't really understand everything that was happening. Her brother had gone away for a little bit, and her parents would spend a lot of late nights arguing in the kitchen when they thought Charlotte was asleep. Her family had always been extremely religious and involved in their Catholic church community. She had always loved that, everyone was so close and kind. God was great to her, because he always forgave you no matter what you did. That's what all these people always told her. Now though, when her family was hurting and her brother needed forgiveness the most, she found herself surrounded by cold gazes and hushed whispers. She didn't understand it, and felt betrayed by this community. Cracks formed in her previously solid faith, because what else had she been lied to about? Over the next couple years those cracks would completely destroy her remaining faith in the Catholic church, and even God itself. When her brother eventually came back home, he wouldn't even look at her. He spent his days either arguing with their parents or sleeping. When he did speak to Charlotte, he was like a different person. He was mean, he wanted nothing to do with her now, and he even went so far as to make fun of her when she got upset at his words. Her parents didn't help, not really. They would jump in and start yelling at Aaron, and the conversation would quickly devolve away from what Charlotte was feeling. She felt very alone. A year went by, and nothing ever seemed to get fixed or resolved. Everyone was always just so mean to each other now. Things weren't getting better, and Charlotte didn't know what to do.

At school Charlotte found it difficult to pay attention. Her mind was constantly wandering to her family. She couldn't stop thinking about how she could fix things, and how she just wished someone would tell her what was really going on. She found herself noticing little things with her classmates, how some kids would gossip about and tease other kids. How no teacher would actually step in and make things better. She was getting sick of that, of kids doing mean things and adults not doing anything to help. So at Recess one day, when she saw a boy getting picked on by some mean girl, she decided to do something. She marched right up to the bully, stepping between her and the boy, and told her to stop. A crowd began to gather around, laughing and jeering at Charlotte for defending the not very well liked boy, a kid named Bradly Kinsy. Brad was an easy target for bullies, he didn't have any friends because he was kind of rude and gross, preferring to make fart jokes and eat glue in the back of class. That didn't matter to Charlotte though, nobody deserved to be picked on like this. More importantly though, she needed to know how someone could be so mean. So as she brushed off the laughter and stared up at the much taller girl before her, she began asking a simple question: why? Why was this girl doing this to Brad. Why did she want to. At first, the bully simply laughed. Then she started saying because it was fun, because Brad was a loser. Charlotte didn't believe that though, so she kept asking why. The bully started getting frustrated, and the laughing crowd began to get confused. That's when the bully finally broke, and Charlotte got her answer. The bully's parents were getting a divorce, and every day as she sat waiting for either her mom or her dad to pick her up from school she'd watch Bradly Kinsy get picked up by his two loving dads. She didn't think it was fair, that he got to have that and she couldn't. It made her sad, and then it made her angry. So she took it out on Brad. The bully sat down, hugging her knees as she began to sob. The confused crowd of kids dispersed, Brad ran off without a word to go squish some bugs, but Charlotte stayed. She sat down next to the bully, and they started talking. At the end of the day, she had turned the meanest girl at school into her best friend. That was how Charlotte met Luna.

Charlotte spent the next couple years on a crusade. With Luna she had realized that behind every bully was just another victim hurting in some way. Any time she saw someone getting bullied now, she'd intercede. She'd ask them questions, try to get to the bottom of their aggression. Sometimes it worked really well, like with Luna. Most of the time though, it was a much longer process. Charlotte endured a lot of bullying over the years, and sometimes it got extremely personal. Aaron was now in and out of jail most of the time, his drug problem only getting worse, and once rumors of that began circulating the school the bullies really started to lay into Charlotte. She could take it though, she never let them see how much their words hurt her. Luna saw though, she was always there for Charlotte. Though Luna's days of bullying were behind her, she wasn't above occasionally teaching the particularly cruel students a lesson in what a real mean girl looked like. Charlotte didn't like it when Luna would do stuff like that though. However, she did learn that sometimes Luna's harsh words were the tough love needed to crack some of these bullies. They became a sort of dynamic duo, working over the school with a sort of "good cop bad cop" routine, and over the years they gained more friends. Others started joining in on the crusade against bullying, and as their numbers grew so did Charlotte's confidence and conviction. She was making a difference at school, maybe she could make a difference at home.

Charlotte hosted the first family intervention when she was 13. Her brother was fresh out of a 5 month sentencing for possession, a much shorter sentencing than it should have been thanks to her dads money and connections. Aaron hadn't graduated high school, he couldn't hold a job, and he was now living in their parents basement. Charlotte had learned a lot about people in a very short amount of time. She had spent weeks talking over her plan with Luna and her other friends. She was confident that this was going to work, that all her family needed was just some honest and open communication. She gathered everyone in the living room, enticing her brother with the promise of cash she had saved up if he just listened to them all for an hour. Everything started off ok actually, while her parents had clearly only entertained this idea to appease Charlotte at first, after they saw how mature and well thought out Charlotte's questions were they got into it. They were digging deep, her dad was talking about his feelings for the first time in Charlotte's life, her mom was fighting back tears as she explained how scared she was for her son. Even Aaron started to open up, explaining how he couldn't deal with the pressure that had been put on him once he entered high school. Everything was going according to plan, until Charlotte's parents brought up how disappointed God was in Aaron. How he had failed to do his duty as a Catholic. The conversation quickly spiraled out of control, no longer were they expressing their feelings. Now all that was happening was yet another screaming match, where blame was being thrown around. Charlotte tried to save the conversation as best she could, but none of her tactics were working. Things just kept getting worse. The intervention ended with Charlotte's father banishing Aaron from their home, and their life. He disowned his son. The last time Charlotte saw her brother for a very long time, he was demanding that she pay him the money she promised as her father was wrestling him out of the house.

Three years passed since the intervention. In that time, Charlotte stopped going to church, which was a point of contention with her parents. Though, they never pressed her too hard about it. Charlotte believed they knew the mistakes they had made with Aaron and were doing everything in their power to not repeat that with Charlotte. They didn't want to lose both their children. So Charlotte's high school career was actually pretty laid back in terms of parent pressure. She wasn't the brightest kid, she struggled with math. But still, her report card was mostly A's and B's. She was a very involved student. Not only was she in almost every club imaginable, she even started her own. The Bully Busters, the most ambitious anti bullying group in student history where their mission was to bust up bullying through acts of kindness. Sappy and naive as it sounded, it was incredibly effective all thanks to Charlotte. Her super human ability to connect with almost anyone was infectious. Her biggest success came when she actually helped resolve an issue between teachers that had been known for being cruel to new staff. By her junior year, the school was quite possibly the happiest school in the world. It was no surprise when Charlotte was unanimously elected as Student Council president that year, a position that was usually reserved for seniors. To round out her impressive resume of extra curriculars, Charlotte also happened to be a talented volleyball player and track runner. Charlotte practically lived at the school, and when she wasn't there she was usually at one of her friends houses relaxing. She didn't spend much time at home, and she preferred it that way.

When she was 16, towards the end of her junior year, she found someone waiting by her car after volleyball practice. It took a moment for her to recognize that it was Aaron. She hadn't seen him in three years. He was so frail now, his face covered in scratches and breakouts. He was shivering in the pleasant 60 degree evening. Charlotte didn't really know what to do, she had come so far and grown so much in the years of his absence, but now she was once again a scared little girl with no idea what was happening. Aaron explained that he had messed up, how sorry he was for everything that had happened to them. He had missed her, and even their parents. He wanted to make things right, and he wanted to change. Looking her broken brother, she believed him. Even though there was something in the back of her mind telling her he was lying. She wanted to believe him, so badly. She took him home, and readied herself for round two of her family intervention plan. Their parents were out, doing something she couldn't remember, so she took Aaron up to her room and told him to wait there until she had explained things to their parents. He agreed, happy to do whatever she said. Their parents returned shortly, and Charlotte was surprised with how happy they were to hear Aaron was back. They had misguided ideals, but they were good people at their heart and truly regretted everything that had happened. Exhilarated, she ran back up to her room to find Aaron halfway out the window, clutching as much of her jewelry and other valuables he could carry. They were both frozen, looking at each other. A tear rolled down Charlotte's cheek as her brother sighed and began explaining that there was no going back for him. That's when the lights went out.

### Post Blackout

The first thing Charlotte remembered feeling when the lights went out, was the burning sensation that seemed to emanate from her core. She doubled over in pain, crying out into the darkness as a wave negative energy pulsed out across the entire city. The sounds of screaming and windows crashing could be heard in the distance. Charlotte didn't know what was happening, she thought she was going to die there alone in the dark. Then a hand helped her up, and her brother leaned her pain racked body against himself. He supported her, and told her everything would be ok. He was there for her, he wouldn't leave her. They hobbled their way downstairs, where they were greeted with the horrifying and unreal sight of zombies devouring their parents. They hardly had time to process that though, as more zombies began entering their home and their own parents rose up to join the ranks of the undead. At this point, Charlotte also became aware that her body was changing. She was growing larger, and bluer, with each passing second. Aaron was doing his best to keep them safe, armed with only a baseball bat they made their way to their dad's truck. They tried to drive their way out, but the streets were overrun with crashed cars, screaming people, and hungry zombies. They had no where to go, and Charlotte was getting worse by the second. It was then that Aaron noticed the zombies appeared to be drawn to chaos and destruction. He knew what he needed to do. He loaded the truck up with every propane tank he could find, battled his way back into their house to turn on all the gas outlets he could find, and drove Charlotte as far away as he could which was a park near their house. He laid his transforming sister in a bush, and for the first time in a very long time he prayed. He prayed that she would make it out safely, and that she could have a life after this, a happy one. Charlotte watched in agony as her brother got back into the truck, and sped off. She couldn't even hear her own screams as the explosion burst her ear drums. The plan worked though, all the zombies charged toward the explosion. Using the last bit of her will power, Charlotte forced herself to run in the opposite direction. She ran as far as she could, for as long as she could. When she finally did crumble to the ground, hours later on the outskirts of her city, her transformation was finally complete. She was now some kind of large, blue cow person. She didn't look anything like her brother anymore.

For a whole day, Charlotte laid on the ground. Unable to move, trapped in a body that wasn't her own and drowning in grief. Her brother had spent his final moments in life redeeming himself, proving that there's always good in people no matter how much bad they've done. She took solace in that, and chalked her family intervention up to a win this time. As morning crested the hill she laid upon to mark the second day of the Blackout, she willed herself to rise. She wasn't going to waste her brothers gift, dying out of grief and misery. Especially not when there were so many people that surely needed help out there. First things first, she decided to save her best friend. She marched her way back into town, raiding stores for food, clothing and weapons as she went. She expected she'd have to fight off a whole army of undead, but as she made her way through the city she found that it was eerily abandoned. There were some zombie corpses in the street, but none of them were moving. When she arrived at Luna's house, she found it in ruins. Luna's room had the roof completely blown off, waves of destruction radiating out from it. It didn't take much for Charlotte to put together that Luna had been the source of whatever power caused the dead to rise and attack. Instead of anger, all Charlotte could feel was sadness for her friend. There was no doubt in her mind that Luna hadn't wished any of this to happen, just like she hadn't wished to become a 7 foot cow person. She must be so scared and alone. Charlotte made a vow then and there, that she would find her bestie and make sure she was ok. With a little bit of searching around, Charlotte was able to pick up the trail of a massive group leaving the city. Without looking back, Charlotte left home and began her adventure into this strange new world.

Charlotte's travels over the next ten years took her all over the Midwest. Luna proved to be much more difficult to track down than Charlotte could have imagined, and it's not like Charlotte had much experience in tracking through the wilderness to begin with. That, coupled with the fact that Charlotte would stop to help anyone she thought was in need, allowed Luna to slip far out of her reach. She would sometimes go years without any sign of her best friend. Bouncing from settlements and encampments, always having to explain that she was there to help and wasn't some monster. That part wore down on her a bit, but she never gave up her search. She never lost her conviction, and just like she had back in school, she spread her positive attitude and willingness to show forgiveness wherever she went. There were so many people out there like herself that were changed into monsters. Many of them began to think that they were monsters now, and acted like it. Charlotte was never afraid of them though, and no matter how many times she was beaten down, she continued to give them the benefit of the doubt. She believed it was never to late to do the right thing, something her brother proved to her. That belief gave her power, quite literally. She found she was capable of magic now, at least a little bit. Magic that was able to protect others, as well as persuade people to see the good in everyone. She never really did find out where that power came from, though she could tell it was strong because of her beliefs, she got the sense that it didn't really come from herself. She wasn't one to dwell on that though, she could use it to help people, and that's what mattered.

As the tenth anniversary of the Blackout came and went, Charlotte had grown into a competent warrior. She had picked up the basics of swordplay, fashioned together a makeshift suit of armor from whatever she found that she could fit into, and had even taught herself a healthy arsenal of spells to assist herself and others. She'd also grown very comfortable in her large bovine body, learning to accept it for what it was to her: a powerful tool for helping others. She was durable enough to take a hit, and strong enough to hit back when she needed too. She'd even gotten to the point where she felt comfortable enough enjoying herself in the company of others. Though these relationships were nothing more than one night stands, and they never were with individuals smaller than herself. It had been three years since she had heard any rumors about Luna, and while she never gave up hope she couldn't help but be discouraged at how this was the longest she'd gone without any news. Then one day, after helping a nomadic caravan by battling off a pack of two headed devil dogs, she finally got her hope renewed. They had dealt with a woman that matched Luna's description in the far north of what used to be Michigan's upper peninsula. They remembered the woman well, as she had been traveling with an unsettling amount of undead. Not wasting a second, Charlotte ran off to the North. A few days latter, she found herself teleported into the middle of a battle with a strange looking giant somewhere in New York City.

## Relationships

### **Jacky**

Charlotte always liked Jacky. She loved the energy and life the tabaxi brought to the group. Hanging out with Jacky always made Charlotte feel like she was back in high school, and it didn't take much energy to imagine Jacky as one of Charlotte's close friends. She felt guilty about being unable to heal Jacky's voice after the battle against Lilith. Charlotte would have done everything in her power to make sure Jacky was healed one day, but then they died.

Post death, Charlotte was almost certain that Jacky was being possessed by someone else. She seemed way to different from the Jacky she knew and loved. For this reason, when Charlotte was at her lowest, she was fully ready to duel Jacky. If it weren't for Q's misguided, but well meaning, intervention there was a good chance she would have done something to her friend she would have never forgiven herself for. Currently, their relationship is still a little strained, at least to Charlotte. She understands that Jacky is different now and wishes to respect that, but can't help but miss her old friend.

### **Outlander**

Outlander was exactly the kind of person Charlotte was used to helping. It didn't take her long to see past his "bad boy" persona and appeal to his nerdy side with her limited knowledge of comic books. While she considers herself close friends with everyone in the POWER party, she's always felt an affinity to Outlander. He was burdened with guilt in a way that reminded her of Aaron. For this reason, she was the first person to show what she used to look like and tell the story of her brother too. She never cared what Outlander had done in the past, only caring about what he does in the present. She truly believes he's a super hero, but not because of his psychic abilities. Rather, it's his conviction to be better than who he was in the past she finds so heroic.

Post death Outlander was the first member of the POWER party that Charlotte reunited with. Charlotte quickly became aware that Outlander's mental state had drastically deteriorated, as he appeared to be riddled with guilt for what happened to the party. Currently, Charlotte has Outlander under close watch. With the help of Vesper's wisdom, and her encouragement, she hopes that Outlander will make it through these difficult times and come out stronger than he was before.

### **Quentin**

Charlotte was smitten with Quentin from the moment she laid eyes on him. She didn't expect their relationship to actually go anywhere at first, believing Q to be a stoic individual that had no room in his heart for anyone else. She was content to simply admire him from afar, nothing more than a school yard crush. While her first impressions of him weren't completely wrong, she soon found that he reciprocated her crush. She came to learn and love that he had a soft, tender side. If there was one red flag about Q that kept popping up for her, it was how devoutly catholic he was. It was never something she held against him though, understanding that for some people it's a great comfort. She was able to look past it, and continued to pursue their relationship. If it weren't for Jacky and Vesper's assistance though, they probably never would have started dating. During their time together on the boat, Charlotte got to finally have her first real romantic relationship. She was very close to falling in love with Q, before they died.

Post death, Charlotte and Q hardly spoke to one another once they finally met back up. Their relationship became strained, as everything began happening so fast. The breaking point for Charlotte happened after Luna's death. It was then she realized that their relationship had ended with their death. She no longer feels they are the same people who were together on that boat, and there is currently far to much going on to even entertain the idea of a complex relationship right now. While she still feels a great many emotions for Q, she no longer holds him on a pedestal as the hyper attractive, Texan gunslinger that she first fell for. Post breakup, she still views Q as a good friend and of course would do anything to help him work through the trauma he's accumulated.

### **Vesper**

Charlotte has always held Vesper in very high regard. From the moment she met them, she could tell they were very intelligent and wise. She admired and looked up to them, much like she had with her brother. The time they spend together always reminds her of the good times she had with her family. She feels safe in their presence and will usually turn to them when contemplating difficult decisions. The time she spent with them on the boat only solidified these feelings, and after Vesper did her hair and made her a dress, she found herself overwhelmed with a familial love toward them. It also helps that they have the cutest little puppy too.

Post death Charlotte was happy to find that Vesper was, for the most part, unchanged. Her feelings of safety and security around them are still there. Though, now that she knows how much they sacrificed and how much they're hurting, she does feel a little more like their equal. She wishes to help them through these difficult times in any way she can.

### **Luna**

Luna and Charlotte were always an odd couple of best friends. They worked well together though, Luna appreciating how Charlotte was always able to see the best side of her while Charlotte always appreciated how direct and blunt Luna could be. They grew closer over the years, though halfway through high school Charlotte sensed something change about their relationship. Charlotte would notice Luna acting very possessively towards her. Whenever she'd address it though, Luna would blow it off or say that she was just looking out for her. Post Blackout Charlotte never doubted for a second that her friend needed help. She hung on to that friendship they shared, and spent ten years trying to find Luna.

Post death Charlotte was finally reunited with Luna in the Abyss. She was happy to find that Luna still seemed like the same person she always had been. She was concerned for her friend when she discovered the abusive relationship she had with her patron, the demon lord Orcus. Charlotte was overjoyed that Luna wanted to escape the Abyss with her, excited to finally have her best friend back. Once again in her firbolg form, Charlotte could sense that Luna was uneasy with the way she looked now, but was never able to place why. Luna's death at the hands of the phoenix left Charlotte completely broken. She had promised to keep her friend safe, and had completely failed. She would have done anything, made any deal, to bring Luna back. Especially now that she knew how possible it was, considering her own experience cheating death. Currently, Charlotte is extremely concerned for her bestie, but also pretty upset with her too. On one hand, Luna's disappearance could mean she is in grave danger which of course fills her with dread. On the other hand, there's a voice in her head that's saying she knows Luna walked away from this group on her own free will. If the latter happens to be true, Charlotte is concerned what that will mean for their friendship.

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## Trivia

* Charlotte's entire knowledge of comic books comes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which she used to watch with her brother
* Her favorite video game is Super Smash Bros, with her mains being Bowser and Zelda. She's terrible at it though
* She loves movies, not from a film critic/intellectual standpoint though. Some of her favorites are:
	+ Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
	+ Spider-Man: Homecoming
	+ About Time
	+ Jurassic Park
	+ Disney's Atlantis
	+ Disney's Tangled
	+ Kill Bill Vol. 1
	+ The Runaway Bride
* Charlotte is actually pretty good at skateboarding, or at least she was when she was a human
* Charlotte is on her third Paladin subclass. Previously she was:
	+ Oath of Redemption
	+ Oath of Devotion (devoted to Loki)
* She has had three one night stands, each with a person who had been transformed like her. In order they are:
	+ An orc
	+ A minotaur
	+ a dragonborn
* She hates pickles. Everything about them
* One of the reasons she was able to survive in the wilderness post Blackout was because her dad had taught her how to fish. It was something they did every summer together
* Her favorite animals are otters
* She never had a date to a high school dance even though she planned them all, most boys just thought she was too out of their league
	+ Luna also never had a date to any dance, so they would always go together
* The first month after she transformed, she was terrified she would pick up other bovine traits like craving grass or producing milk
* She currently as a few outstanding promises she intends to fulfill:
	+ Save the world
	+ Figure out how to free the ghost Maya Prince from her graveyard
	+ Keep Luna safe

## Quotes

"It's never to late to do the right thing."