Basalt

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## Character Info

### Likes

His jobSocial interaction

Power

Everyone who works for him

Almost anyone he meets

### Dislikes

AbuseBreaking the law

Any other ambitious Flaf who might take his job.

### Enemies

Any threats to him or his position of powerCriminals

### Quote

”I’ve had to work hard to get to where I am in life. Let someone else be in charge? Over my dead body.”

Basalt is a male Flaf of 12 or so years. He is of the Land type and Volcano subspecies.

## Personality Traits

Basalt is at glance a perfectly good guy. Hard-working, compassionate. He's on good terms with everyone who works for him. As the leader of the Volcano subspecies, he's worked hard to make sure everyone in his world is equal, or they get what they need. Equity is his main slogan, one that's carried him right to the top of the government. They couldn't have asked for a better leader, right?

Wrong. To be fair, he cares about his cause. But not as much as he cares about himself. In reality, he's power-hungry and greedy. Anyone who stands in his way is liable to get a snapped neck. He could tilt an election, murder a competitor if he had to. He hasn't accomplished any slaying yet, but he would do anything for power. The most twisted part is the fact that he thinks he’s right in this tactic. He keeps his conscience by telling himself he's doing the right thing. And that is the crooked existence of Basalt.

## Appearance

Basalt is a male Flaf with a solid build. His fur is dark red with orange highlights. He has dark eyes. His horns are bright red, and the right one is slightly chipped.

(I'll edit this once I'm able to fact-check colors and stuff, consider it non-canon for now.)

## Backstory

Basalt was born into a poor, working-class family. His mother was abusive and his father died when he was young. By the time he was old enough, he got a job and took his younger sister Dusk to live with him.

His mother died shortly after, leaving him with debt, debt, and an orphaned younger sister. The debt was to the government. Basalt got a job there, thinking it would be the best way to pay it off. After proving he was trustworthy, the government offered him an extended time to pay the loan if he accepted a promotion. He worked around the clock, paying of the loan in no time. He got promotion after promotion. Eventually, he found himself running for representative of the entire subspecies.

Unfortunately, this didn’t solve the issue of his sister. She had serious trauma after her mother’s abuse and her father’s death. He tried to help her, but it became more and more clear that he was traumatized too. Unfortunately, holding it in for that long created worse problems. Someone posted a video of him yelling at a counsellor. It threatened to effect his results in an election he was sure he would win. Panicking, he snuck into a building one night and changed the vote. He shockingly won by a landslide. No one questioned, trusting that his intellect and promising campaign did the job for him.

The power had clearly gone to his head. Working night and day, paperwork, assignments everywhere. He broke up with his boyfriend Harbour despite loving him dearly. He began to grow distant from his younger sister, who was engaged to someone else. He lived a sad life, with his job being his only solace.

## Relationships

### Dusk

Basalt would kill for his younger sister’s happiness. He has tried to shield her from the world despite the fact that she is 8 *and* engaged. He has begun to wonder if her life would be better if he wasn't a part of it.

### Harbour

Basalt has been in many meaningless relationships. But Harbour... Harbour was different. He was cute, funny, innocent. The exact opposite of Basalt. Basalt broke up with Harbour after a year, thinking he might be in danger due to Basalt’s political tactics. Both Flafs are still upset about the breakup.