Tonnie

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Mentions of  **character death**

*“I really like all the gold you put around the place.”*
— Tonnie to Fake!Adder at The Dreamworld Party

**Tonnie** officially joined the Astral SMP around 01/10/2021 and solely stays on Dawn, aware that traveling to Midnight would be the end of him.

He was born and raised in the Nether, and layers up to keep warm in the Overworld. Taking the back seat in most conflicts, Tonnie only very rarely becomes directly involved in major events. He finds the repetitiveness in potato farming comforting, so he prefers to spend most of his time at the Spud Club.

## Biography

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As of now, other characters do not know about **Tonnies** status as a piglin.
They can have their suspicions though.

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### Appearance

Tonnie is a piglin of short stature. Due to a mutation he was born with, he has a thick head of hair. Otherwise, his appearance is mostly hidden by the layers he wears- an orange rabbit mask, a black bandana, a baggy green striped sweater, and equally baggy black pants. He is constantly wearing gold boots.

Beneath his mask, he has green eyes and otherwise looks like a regular piglin.

### Drawn Reference

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qFllFHKhRSxYkSOMdhbY-etRWdxhpqFO/view?usp=sharing

## Personality

Tonnie is generally a very quiet person who is always looking out for danger. He often keeps to himself in most situations, preferring to watch instead. While mostly compliant to anything that’s asked of him, he has rare bursts of confidence that usually end badly for him because of the recklessness that comes with it. This pushes him further in his shell. He’s also very insecure about his appearance due to being ridiculed for it in the past. This was part of the reason he covers up so much, and the sole reason he wears a mask- he wants to give everyone the assumption that he is human.

Tonnie is a homebody who does not like to travel very far from where he lives. He likes routine and any unexpected deviation from it makes his already bad anxiety worse. He doesn’t mind doing the same thing over and over again, usually using repetitive tasks as a coping mechanism to distract himself from difficult times.

Tonnie likes to collect things, especially hoarding gold as he was raised to value it. That being said, gold is the key to his heart and anyone who offers him some in any amount will immediately become his friend.

However, easy as it is to gain Tonnie’s trust, it’s just as easy to lose it. Being arguably over-vigilant, he is quick to become suspicious of or even dislike another person for various reasons. He takes it very personally when someone hurts him or someone he cares about.

### Background

Tonnie was born in the Nether with a mutation that causes him to grow hair. After a bad encounter with a ghast, Tonnie escapes to the Overworld through an abandoned but already lit portal. He slowly learns how the strange new world he lives in works, and now lives at the Spud Club where the rest is history.

### Piglins

A widely accepted rumor among piglins is that anyone who enters the overworld becomes a zombie, causing no piglins to enter the overworld out of fear. Trust is a huge deal in the Nether. Many piglins choose to use gold as a symbol of trust and that anyone donning it means no harm. As a result, stealing gold is seen as a heinous act.

When a piglin dies, their family and friends throw a gold ingot into lava as a sort of tribute to their loved ones.

As Hoglins are scared of warped mushrooms, Piglin groups will line their bases with them to ward off charging hoglins when staying in crimson forests.

## Major Events

### The Dreamworld Party

Tonnie attends the Dreamworld party, thinking it was a dream (as the name implies). Fascinated by the gold decorating the palace, Tonnie can’t stop complimenting Fake!Adder about it. However, he was suspicious of her and formed a group with four other attendees- a sort of buddy system so they could keep each other safe if Fake!Adder did anything. Tonnie finds out during the party that South is the ghost of the then recently-deceased North. During hide and seek, Tonnie hid with Pastel and South but the three of them were found by Fake!Adder.

### The battle against Streamless

The final battle against Streamless took place in an icy biome surrounded by water. Tonnie decided that these two factors would make him more of a liability than a help, so he stayed behind to watch over the emergency stasis chambers the team set up in case things went haywire.

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**October 8th, 2021**

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While modifying a house in the Spud Club, Tonnie was confronted by Streamless and Wallflower, making it very blunt they were going to rob him. He asked what would happen if he didn't hand anything over, prompting Streamless to threaten summoning a Wither. Not wanting to risk his then-new project being destroyed by a wither, Tonnie quickly emptied his ender chest of everything he had, which was mainly his growing hoard of gold. He also offered potatoes to try and keep Streamless and Wallflower from wrecking his work. After they left, Tonnie fled, abandoning the Spud Club for a long time out of fear of Streamless coming back.

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**October 10th, 2021**

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While trying to gather wood, Tonnie gets caught up in a conflict between Streamless and Skye. Streamless comes to threaten Tonnie, and Tonnie threatens him back, albeit with a shaky voice, saying that he has lava. After a brief chase, Tonnie is trapped by Daxi and he watches a fight occur in front of him. He’s frozen in fear for a while, but comes to his senses long enough to break out of his prison. In a burst of fury, he attacks Streamless but loses his second canon life in the encounter.

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**January 2nd, 2022**

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Tonnie was taken back to the Dreamworld by Fake!Adder so they could talk about his unique behavior during the party. She cited that Tonnie was the only attendee who spoke directly to her and made eye contact. Fake!Adder proceeds to interrogate Tonnie about himself, his life, connections, and where he can go. It’s revealed that Tonnie can’t go to Midnight because he has a fatal sensitivity to low temperatures, which would result in him freezing to death. In the end, the two of them ended up bonding before Tonnie eventually woke up.

## Items

  Lucky Gold Nugget
  Gold Boots
  Lava Bucket
* if it’s raining
* if he’s in a snowy place
* if he’s underground

## Pets

  Chip

## Trivia

* The main inspiration for Tonnie’s characterization is the song Mercury by Sleeping At Last.
* If given gold, Tonnie will become very flustered and offer a random item in his inventory in return. This is a direct reference to the piglin bartering system. Tonnie will also instantly become attached to whoever gave him gold.
* Tonnie was raised on the concept that gold is a sign of trust. As such, he only gives it to people he trusts. He isn’t aware that nobody else knows what the meaning behind the gesture is.
* Tonnie does not know how to swim.
* Tonnie is aromantic and asexual.
* As a kid in the Nether, Tonnie ate hoglin pork like the other piglins. However, after he grew older in the overworld, he thought a little bit too hard about piglins eating pork. He’s sworn off eating pork as a result.