Dirk

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**Dirk** is a Blazeborn, and a former member of BaiKal. Currently, he is employed by DiVari, though his motivation for getting hired by them remains a mystery.

## Biology

Dirk is a blazeborn, giving him complete immunity to poison, hunger, and fire. This poison immunity extends to poisonous substances, like gases and bombs, making him incredibly effective against poisonous gases. He is 6"3', and has a rather slim, almost human-like build. He has blonde hair and orange eyes, as well as a tail that constantly glows, colored in black and purple, to symbolize his representation of death. He usually wears sunglasses, his reason being that they "make [him] look cool". His blood is observed to be lava. His tears, oddly enough, appear to be dry ash, or at the very least, his tears are dry whenever someone touches them.

## Personality

Dirk is very quiet and reserved. He hardly, if ever, draws attention to himself, and he prefers to be left to do his occult science in peace. He's also annoyingly stubborn, refusing to disclose any information about who he is or where he's from. His only motivation for joining BaiKal in the first place was them providing him resources to get on his feet after a disastrous landing on Preservation, not really caring much about BaiKal's members, aside from a few who were nice to him. Being from the Nether, Dirk believes that kindness is a debt that needs to be repaid, which is why he's joined BaiKal to begin with. He despises governments, as well as anything that even resembles one. His views are very anarchist, in that people cannot be happy if a government is in place. Dirk is also incredibly loyal, his loyalty currently on Aeron, since Aeron was nice to him without expecting anything out of him in return. Overall, it's very easy to win Dirk's loyalty, due to the harsh conditions of the Nether weakening his self-esteem.

## History

Dirk was a blaze residing in a Nether fortress with his tribe, known as the Zet tribe. As the son of Zet's current chief, Dirk was due to inherit the "throne" of the tribe and become its new chief once he had the leadership skills he was in need of. However, he was unable to take charge and as a result, Dirk was disavowed by the tribe and set to wander aimlessly through the Nether for years, growing lonelier and more depressed. As he was about to finally give in to his depression and let a Ghast that had attacked him fireball him to death, he saw a Nether portal pop up out of nowhere. His survival instincts kicking in, he ran through the portal just before the Ghast did him in and ended up at BaiKal, where he was approached by BaiKal's members. They spoke to him, but whatever words they may have uttered were lost to the static in Dirk's head as he lost consciousness then and there. Upon waking up, he found his injuries were bandaged and he was in a tent. One member of BaiKal, known as Aeron, approached him, and offered him resources to get back on his feet. Dirk, cautious, asked Aeron what they wanted in exchange, and was shocked that Aeron wanted nothing from him. Dirk remained loyal to Aeron while they were both employed by BaiKal, but they soon parted ways after Aeron rebelled against BaiKal and quit their job. For unknown reasons, Dirk quit his job, and was later hired by DiVari.

## Relationships

### Aeron

Dirk would both kill and die for Aeron, due to Aeron helping them unrequited. Dirk somehow gets even quieter near Aeron, hinting he might feel affection for them. Dirk has straight-out admitted his crush on Aeron on numerous occasions. He respects that Aeron does not reciprocate his feelings, and does not try to make himself more appealing, instead opting to just be shy and quiet around Aeron and hoping it stays a secret between them.

### Swift

Dirk thinks Swift is cool, but doesn't really think of them otherwise outside of working with them on a few projects from time to time. After Dirk aligned himself with DiVari, however, Swift expressed her concern for him, which strengthened their friendship.

### Maniac

Dirk thinks Maniac is a genius, and reads their poison report as if it's a recipe book. Do not let these two in the kitchen together, it will not end well. Dirk also received Maniac as his target during a Secret Santa event, and gifted them things he thought they would like, such as meat and poison. He also gifted them things he knew they wouldn't like, such as mushrooms.

### Rabbit

Dirk likes Rabbit, and views them as an equal, despite their factional differences. Dirk respects him as a fellow man of science, his respect extended higher due to Rabbit being a fellow Netherborn. He's very interested in doing a scientific collaboration with them, if given the opportunity.

## His gear

### Bone Scythe

His main weapon, a highly enchanted bone scythe. He always has it with him, and he's always ready to use it if he needs to.

### Bow of Lost Souls

His main ranged weapon, a strongly enchanted bow. He doesn't use this as often, as he's not the best at a range, and he regularly forgets arrows.

## Trivia

* If it wasn’t obvious, his skin and name was taken from Homestuck.
* He taps his fingers on whatever surface he can access (mainly desks and clipboards, given his job) as a nervous stim.
* His lungs are adjusted to breathing in things that would usually be considered toxic; he is immune to poisonous gas, such as mustard gas, tear gas, and ammonia. His strongest reaction is towards tear gas, which causes his nose to bleed.
* Dirk is not aware that other people are not fireproof and gets very confused when people panic when they're on fire or have fallen in lava.
* Dirk plays Team Fortress 2 instead of doing his job.
	+ He is a Medic/Engineer main.
* He has written a report regarding the perils of the Nether.
* Dirk has a morbid fascination with the strange, namely otherworldly entities, eldritch abominations, and mutants.
* He possesses 4 arms, the bottom two being mostly retractable. They come out involuntarily whenever Dirk feels scared, threatened, or hostility, and he cannot retract them until the feeling goes away.
* He does not know how to sleep, since he never had to in the Nether.
	+ He does know what beds are, but views them as explosives.