Archis

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This page is for the character Archis. To see the member who plays him, please see Leander.

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## Appearances

### Debut

November 20th, 2021

Archis, formerly known as Charlie, is a writer and staunch pacifist. After following a complicated path ultimately resulting in the murder of several friends, the destruction of New Kaspia and their own death, Archis has devoted his second chance at life to protecting creatures of all kind, whether good, evil or somewhere in between.

He lives in the forests bordering Kaspia and tries to avoid the city when necessary as he fears he is unwelcome, considering his past crimes.

## Physiology

### Appearance

Archis has no confirmed canonical appearance outside of his height, weight, and eye color.

### Biology

Archis is human, but this may be debatable.

## History

### New Kaspia

When travellers from Apherion and the Underbrunes began arriving in Kaspia, Charlie was afraid of the implications. As someone who had studied the histories extensively, they believed the arrival of new factions would ultimately lead to a civil war and the destruction of Kaspia. They fled Kaspia and created a new home in the wilderness, which they named New Kaspia. They attempted to convince other Kaspians to join them, accidentally resorting to fear-mongering in the process. Ultimately, they were joined by Moss, who quickly became their best and only friend.

### Investigation

After living in New Kaspia for some time, Charlie was forced to explore the surrounding areas. In doing so, they found the ruins of several villages. As Charlie began noticing a pattern to the destruction, they were approached by an anonymous group who called themselves the Orchids. The Orchids showed Charlie the ruins of a village very close to Kaspia, which Charlie believed meant the threat was approaching their old home.

### First Death

Disturbed by the implications of their discovery, Charlie returned to the village to investigate further, accompanied by their dog Sebastian. Whilst there, they found evidence that they had misjudged: the threat was headed toward New Kaspia. In the village, they were attacked by an unknown creature which wounded Charlie and killed Sebastian. They managed to escape and flee back to New Kaspia, pursued by the creature. Once home, Charlie buried Sebastian and sent their other dog, Amadeus, into Kaspia with a desperate call for help, whilst they attempted to defend New Kaspia long enough for help to arrive. Either Amadeus failed to deliver the message, or nobody was interested in helping. Charlie’s body was found in the ruins of New Kaspia a few days later.

### "Sheep"

Charlie explored Kaspia for some time as a ghost, and quickly realised that for whatever reason, the threat had no interest in their old home. They began to suspect that the destruction was actually the fault of someone in Kaspia, possibly explaining why nobody came to help. Whilst exploring, Charlie found the laboratory of Peri, who at the time was attempting to revive a sheep that died in a failed experiment. Instead of reviving the sheep, Peri accidentally created a connection with Charlie’s ghost, allowing the two to communicate. After speaking to Peri and doing some investigation together, Charlie resolved to track down whatever destroyed the villages and New Kaspia, and to defeat it…once they actually had a body.

### Calthira

Charlie heard rumours of a necromancer living in Calthira, and journeyed to the Calthiran Empire in order to track them down. Once there, they were manipulated into helping the necromancer break out of the imperial dungeons. The necromancer then offered Charlie a deal: revival, in exchange for completing a few tasks. Charlie accepted.

### Eko

The first task Charlie was asked to complete was to locate a rogue spirit, Eko, who had accepted the same offer from the necromancer however refused to complete it. After locating Eko and speaking to them, Charlie learned Eko, a devout imperialist, had been instructed to assassinate the emperor. Eko refused, turning in the necromancer who had subsequently been imprisoned until Charlie freed them. Still convinced the necromancer had good intentions and reassured by their promise not to harm the rogue, Charlie encouraged Eko to come with them to the necromancer instead of continuing to live in hiding. They watched as the necromancer killed Eko and destroyed their spirit for good, banishing them from any kind of afterlife.

### Orders

The necromancer instructed Charlie to kill everyone in Kaspia. Terrified of the consequences after seeing what happened to Eko, they agreed – reasoning that whoever they killed would still have a good afterlife, whereas if they refused Charlie would not have that luxury in eternity. However, they were too afraid to commit the murders themselves, instead raising a pack of wolves to do the dirty work for them.

### Moss

Afraid of Moss finding out what they had become, Charlie resolved to make Moss the second victim so that he would never have reason to think badly about them. The two reunited by the grave Moss had built for Charlie. Moss noticed that Charlie was acting strangely and avoiding answering a lot of questions, until Charlie asked, “would you die if it meant your friend could live?” When Moss eventually answered that they would, Charlie thanked him and commanded the wolves to attack. They removed their name from the tombstone, and replaced it with Moss’.

### Second Death

Devastated by their own actions, Charlie began to realise that securing their own eternity could never justify taking the lives of everyone in Kaspia. They returned to the necromancer and attempted to fight them, but was quickly defeated. Like Eko, their spirit was banished from all afterlives and left to dissolve into nothing.

### Rebirth

After an eternity of nothingness and non-existence, Charlie was suddenly reborn. They found themselves standing in a projection of New Kaspia before it was destroyed, with Moss and Eko beside them. Another eternity later, they stood in the ruins of New Kaspia in a living body once more. There, he changed his name to Archis and vowed never to harm or kill another living being, and to devote his existence to protecting life of all kinds.

## Quotes

* "You built a grave for the wrong person."

## Trivia

* Archis's dogs names are puns referring to the musicians Bach (Sebastian) and Wolfgang (Amadeus)