King Hodges

King is pretty tall, standing at five-foot-eleven, and has a bad case of resting sad face. His brown hair is cut short at the sides of his head, but is long and curly at the top, flowing passed his ears. He has dark hazel eyes and a sharp, square jaw. His shoulders are broad, and he's decently muscled, but not impressively so. He used to be an emo kid and you can *tell* - he refuses to wear any other color but black, except for *maybe* grays and white, and sticks to wearing hoodies, jackets (which now get stolen from him by Mary), dark jeans, and boots. He used to have an impressive set of chains to wear on his pants, but he's lost track of most of them and rarely ever wears them anymore.

## Personality

King is a pretty closed-off person - it takes him a bit to adjust to someone else being in his space, and he has some struggles to communicate what he's thinking or feeling. He doesn't talk all that much, either, even if he's just fine with the company of other people; he'd just rather sit and chill in a crowd and listen to their conversation than constantly be adding in his own points, and if he felt like adding in his own points or starting his own conversation then he would. He doesn't really know what to do with himself when it comes to people, even when he's surrounded by them - he can be a bit socially awkward, at times, but can mostly manage to fend for himself. In general, he prefers observing to participating - an example being how much he loves to people-watch - though he can, at times, find himself dragged into participation when he doesn't necessarily want to be. He's perfectly polite, most of the time, but if he doesn't like a person he's known to grace them with passive-agressive comments that may fly over the head of the less-intelligent recipient. He's got a habit of being a bit judge-y when it comes to other people, though, and will sometimes snark about them behind their back if he *really* finds them to be that annoying. He's a very curious person, and it's not uncommon for him to fall down rabbit holes if he finds something that catches his attention and he wants to look into. His curiosity is also the reason why he wanted to travel: he wanted to see the rest of the world, so he headed out to do just that. He also has a problem with simply zoning out or getting off track of whatever he's meant to actually be focusing on, as he's easily distracted by his surroundings. As opposed to Mary, he's an introvert, and will often spend some time on his own to recuperate after any kind of outing. He views Mary as the little sister he never had, and enjoys helping her get used to the world outside the one she grew up in - since he's full of fun facts about various things he's learned, he often finds himself sharing them with her, even if she doesn't ask for them. In general, he's not all that great with social ques, not paying all that much attention to if he's overstepping his bounds or not; which can and has caused problems in the past, but he doesn't really care what those people think, especially since he's not really one for making too many friends and anyone who manages to be one should accept that he'll sometimes say stupid things. He's got a good memory, and is great at navigation.

## Dæmon

Tuatha. Egyptian Mau. Female.

Most of Tuatha's fur is silver, but it's covered in black spots, but on her tail, legs, chest, and face, the spots turn into stripes. Her eyes are round and bright amber, her ears are large and are positioned high up on her head, her body's thin, and her tail is long - even for a cat's.

Tuatha is a less social than her human is, but that doesn't make her any less curious. She loves taking trips and finding new things, whether it means going to a new place or just learning about something that's caught her attention. She tends to talk a bit more than King does (however, that's not saying all that much, as neither of them are big conversationalists), but she's willing to speak to anyone around her, not just her human. While she's easily distracted, too, she also tends to remember what they're meant to actually be doing sooner than King does and pushes them back on track. She sees herself as the most responsible figure in King's life - and Mary's now, too, since Ocean doesn't exactly give her the impression of *responsibility* - and takes the position seriously.

## History

He was born in the Republic, but had always wanted to travel and see the rest of the world. Once he graduated college and was armed with a masters in engineering (his top interest at the time, and something that seemed like a good way to get himself money), he went off to Beringland to celebrate, where he met Mary. She invited him to one of her cult's "services", and he decided to go because he was curious. Instead of finding a new religion (which he wasn't expecting to do at all; the group just rubbed him the wrong way), he found a friend in Mary. He was mostly unaware of all the internal politics going on until after she was kicked out and she spilled it all to him through tears. He wasn't sure how he was supposed to react to that, but knew that she had nowhere else to go, so he offered for her to come and travel with him, which she agreed to. He watched as she adjusted to life outside the cult - things like making her own choices and getting a job were brand new to her. She shared with him that she hadn't even gone to a public school going up, as all children born into the cult were schooled by them, too, and he realized that she was far from ready to start fending for herself, so he offered for her to come stay with him for a while while she continued to adjust, which she agreed to. Since coming back to the Republic, he's found himself a job as an engineer, and has been helping Mary catch up on enough of the real world so that she can find herself a job or maybe even go to college one day.