Arty "Effegium" Mattrick

> *"Bartender and Businessman"*
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**Arty "Effegium" Mattrick** is a player-character in Another Church.

Arty is the best bartender in the world. He owns and operates the Solem Umbra Speakeasy, which uses Luna Lux Tattoos as a cover. He doesn't coordinate with the tattoo artists who use the ground level of his store, mostly renting it out as a space for them to use.

## Appearance

### Normal

Arty is very tall but stands slouched over. He appears gangly but has more muscle than he lets on under the baggy clothes from acting as his own establishment’s bouncer. He has sharp teeth, silver/white hair (which he dyes dark red), green eyes. When not in use, hidden under Arty's hood are bases for horns (which he can screw on different makes and models of horns as he wishes). He has tattoos of circuits that go from his cheeks, all across his neck, and stop half-way down his torso/mid-arms/halfway down his back, but these are only visible under blacklight. He also has a tramp stamp of a sun and moon above his lower back dimples, representing his establishments. Piercings on tongue, both eyebrows, collarbone, nose, and up and down his ears.

### Betting Skins

When wearing Beginner’s Luck, Effegium’s appearance changes. He has ink black hair and bright red eyes, and his blacklight circuit tattoos glow red like neon no matter the lighting. Only stand users can see the mask.

## Personality

Arty is a laid-back trickster. He enjoys pestering and enabling people and pushing people to see how far they will go. He gets in a lot of fights.

Arty experiences dysphoria about being human, and while he is able to shrug this off in most conversations, he sometimes becomes violent and aggressive with people who push the point. The only person to-date who has gotten around this is his demon husband, Lucretia Saint-Saëns.

Arty is often contradictory. His convictions (with the exception of his goal to be the greatest bartender) change often and his logic is flawed at best and nonexistent at worst. This is related to his dysphoria about being human, as he perceives humans as beings which exist outside of logic.

## Abilities

#### Stand

*Main article: Beginner's Luck*

Arty's stand, Beginner's Luck, gives him a limited ability to manipulate the luck of others as well as alter his physical appearance.

#### Skills

* A Rank - Charisma
* B Rank - Deception, Combat
* C Rank - Construction, Survival, Empathy
* D Rank - Resources, Athletics, Menacing, Contacts

Stunts

* When mixing drinks, Arty can use charisma instead of construction because he's convinced people he's the best bartender in the world whether it's true or not
* Fakes disengaging/ pretends to deescalate fights for element of surprise on a sucker punch. (+3 to aspects created using Deception)

## History

Arty prefers to not dwell on the past. This is partially related to his dysphoria about being human, but he also simply cannot remember a great deal of it. The walk along the Pacific Ocean floor permanently damaged parts of his memory store, and he has difficulty remembering much of what happened in the years leading up to the events of Another Church.

## Relationships

### Amadi J. Temitope

Frequents Arty's bar. Arty is pretty sure his days are numbered until Amadi tries to kill him. He likes that in a woman, though, and often tries to give her a free drink in exchange for small talk.

### Cereza Eden

Frequents Arty's bar. Arty thinks the guy's hilarious and has mentioned on a couple of occasions that he'd happily take the chance to get the guy a little messy.

### Erzabet Aksel

Frequents Arty's bar. Arty considers himself to be pretty close with Aksel, or at least to know the guy pretty well. Whether Aksel feels the same--especially sober--is yet to be determined.

### Jezebel Domani

Regular barfly #4. Jezebel gets around town in a lot of ways, and Arty respects the hell out of her for it. He offers her a couple free drinks to try and get her to refer people to the bar. If she actually does it, no one's ever mentioned it. Sometimes it's more about the gesture than the return.

### Johnny Morita

Another frequent face in Arty's bar. Arty keeps a close eye on Morita when he's in, both because the man's very attractive and also because Arty knows (or at least thinks he knows) the violent drunk type when he sees it.

### Katherine Krane

The most secretive barfly Arty regularly tends to. He can't quite get a read on her, which fascinates him. He knows better than to let her buy people drinks, though.

### Lucretia Saint-Saëns

At the beginning of their relationship, Arty's mocking personality resulted in Lucretia beating the shit out of him. According to demon customs, this caused for Arty to become Lucretia's wife. Arty found this to be hilarious and leaned into his new title. Eventually, the two became close enough that Arty shared his true status as a robot, something he is deeply ashamed of. Lucretia lets only Arty call her "Luke", and she is the only person who gets to make references to Arty's inhuman nature.

### Stefano Dumont

Arty and Stefano slept together one time. If asked about the event, Arty will shrug and simply say he thought Russians were supposed to be better kickers. He will not clarify what this means.