Gideon Damaris

Official portrait of Gideon by Jacklyn Treuer

**Gideon Damaris** is an eladrin artificer. He is played by Kamy Goruk.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Gideon is a 5'10", slim man with golden skin and paler blonde hair. His eyes are of an emerald green colouration, and he tends to wear form-fitting, heavy duty clothing fit for smithing in the workshop when he's not wearing his uniform.

His mechanical arm is comprised of an initial ball and socket joint directly attached to the shoulder where his left arm should have been, with a built-in shoulder guard. The arm has a secondary ball and socket joint at the elbow, where Gideon can slot in numerous attachments, making the arm multi-functional.

### **Personality**

Gideon is a focused individual, with a deep understanding about how mechanics and arcane-powered constructs function. However, he has proven to be somewhat socially inept, unsure of how to understand his feelings of attraction toward Drazhomir Yarnask. He approaches beginning his relationship with the minotaur with a logical mind, giving gifts as seen in "A Proper Introduction" (1x03) and "Romance & Reassurance" (1x05), despite not being one to gift things to people.

## **Biography**

### **First Year Studies**

Aside from studying, Gideon worked on a side project, unknown to the rest of the characters.

## **Relationships**

### **Drazhomir Yarnask**

Drazhomir is Gideon's roommate and source of affection. The two have exchanged gifts and poetry, and are in a working relationship.

## **Character information**

### **Proficiencies**

* **Skills**: [Placeholder]
* **Tools**: [Placeholder]

### **Notable items**

#### **Current items**

* Mechanical Left Arm (attachments are as follows)
	+ Standard grasping hand
	+ Sandwich-holding apparatus
	+ Sample-collecting device
	+ Welding attachment
	+ Frying pan attachment
* Quandrix Strixhaven Penant (obtained from orientation)
* Fractal Plushie (obtained from orientation)
* Taxidermy Mimic head
* +1 All Purpose Tool (gifted by Drazhomir)

### **Abilities**

#### **Eladrin abilities**

* Darkvision
* Trance
* Fey Ancestry
* Fey Step

#### **Artificer abilities**

* Magical Tinkering
* Spellcasting (1st Level)
	+ Cantrips: [Placeholder]

#### **From Strixhaven Initiate**

As a prospective Quandrix student, Gideon has access to a few spells

* Mending
* Druidcraft
* [Placeholder] (1/day)

## **Appearances and mentions**

* Strixhaven: A Campaign of Chaos (every episode)

## **Quotations**

* "That's a fine name." (after being introduced to Odessa)
* "Just be careful, I have no arm."
* "So, uh ... you come 'round here often?" (To Urzmaktok during orientation)
* "I was thinking about you, so I got you something."
* "I'm a gift-giver, what can I say..." (To Drazhomir after giving him flowers)
* "I decided to turn something useless into something useful."
* "I'll build you something if you help me out." (to the Twins after asking them to taxidermy his Mimic Head)

## **Trivia**

* As opposed to other characters, Gideon's name was generated by a Steampunk Name Generator Jacklyn sent to Kamy.
	+ Jacklyn also promised that if Kamy named him Gideon, she was allowed to make *Elden Ring* jokes, referencing Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing.
* Some elements of Gideon's character were inspired by Kazuichi Soda, a character from the *Danganronpa* franchise.
* Gideon has the highest Intelligence of the party, tied with Arianae at 16.
* There were multiple mispronunciations of Gideon's name in the first few sessions, including Giddin, Gibeon, Giddy, and Gibby.
	+ Gideon named the frog they trained in "An Amphibious Altercation" (1x06) Gibby.
* Gideon got the first *How Do You Want To Do This?* of the campaign, by slaying a mimic after being knocked unconscious by it beforehand.
* Gideon was born without a left arm, as opposed to have lost it.
* [Gideon's favourite colours?]
* A running joke outside of the game included Gideon figuring out how to construct nuclear weapons, then travelling to 1930s Earth after graduation to change his name to J. Robert Oppenheimer and start the Manhattan Project.
* The flowers Gideon gifted Drazhomir were Delphiniums, a flower that Kamy plants every year.
* Upon being introduced to Drazhomir as a character, Kamy stated that it would take her two weeks to seduce him. In in-game time, Gideon and Drazhomir began their relationship after almost one week.
* Due to some incorrect information, the YouTube overlay for the first six episodes listed incorrect ability scores for Gideon, listing his strength at 11, his dexterity at 14, and his intelligence at 17. This was later fixed for all of Gideon's future appearances.