Alvahet

## Álvar Hetoz

Álvar Hetoz, generally nicknamed Alvahet, is a character in the OkBuddyGenshin Roleplay.

## Appearance

Álvar is a scientist and researcher at the Fontaine research institute in the field of biology, and befitting his nature, not necessarily one of the rare flashy or flamboyant types.
His dark hair is styled in a classic undercut, short on the sides and longer on top, with a thin shaved line on one side at the transition area between short and long hair. He wears a pair of glasses in a fairly modern shape and a well-groomed three-day stubble.
His features can be considered attractive, albeit in a scholarly way, and he has rather pale skin and bright grey irises.

In the lab, he is always seen sporting a white labcoat with an assortment of pens in the breast pocket. His clothing style outside of the institute is not too flashy and fairly casual: he is often seen wearing a pair of dark jeans or beige brown chinos, with a relatively plain shirt in black, white or burgundy red and a dark brown wristband which was a gift from his sister.

## Background

Alvar is a still young researcher originating from Fontaine who started at the research institute with a hope of changing the world. Disillusion came fast when he saw what the other members and higher-ups were up to. With bold seriousness, scientific spirit and exasperation with the other members, he tries to keep the institute afloat and the focus strictly on science. With mixed results...

Coming from a middle-class family, Álvar's intelligence and potential was seen early in school, with his way into academia paved out at a young age. His childhood and youth went along without many tragedies or overly difficult situations. Instead, Álvar diligently made his way through his studies and finished his doctorate on the different phenotypes of Naku weed, applying their shapes to biomimetic drilling elements. His research made waves in his academia, and he was soon heralded as a great prodigy in his field. As a Post-Doc, he now works at the Fontaine Research Institute on various projects.

## Personality

Álvar is very polite, but quite aloof at first glance. He is an introvert and likes being alone working in the lab, but can be social in short bursts when it is needed.
A reliable and serious person, he often finds himself at odds with the puzzling decision making and haphazard behaviour of his colleagues. Still, he is usually open to help his peers if the job is not completely illegal.
He is known for his sarcastic and slightly cynical sense of humour and frequent use of wordplay, ranging from clever to worthy of a defeated sigh.
As an actual expert in his field, he is a stickler for proper scientific method, sometimes to the chagrin of his colleagues, leading to at times overly long discussions.

While not really emotionally expressive, Álvar is generally found in a friendly and cooperative mood, gladly providing explanations and help to people. As a naturally curious and interested person, he likes learning new things and listening to people and their interests. When stressed or currently working on a task though, he can be quite abrasive and impatient when someone interrupts him. This state only lasts for a short time though, and he usually apologizes later. Álvar has a low tolerance and miniscule patience for idiots and people that deliberately spread misinformation or talk big without properly understanding what they are talking about. In these cases, he can be easily riled up and start to turn passive aggressive with his sarcastic remarks.

He is generally prone to overthinking matters, often getting stuck in more and more averse scenarios instead of taking a risk and just starting a task, making him especially risk-averse. This can lead to small fights with some of the more hands-on characters in the roleplay that tend to act before they think. The only time this does not happen is in emergencies: he actually went to great lengths to resurrect Teakette by sucessfully transplanting an artificial heart he developed before into them, even though he had no formal medical education at the time. When there is a pressing reason to, Álvar can get over himself.

Additionally, Álvar is very honest and always provides in-depth and useful feedback, a quality often cherished by his friends. However, he can be overly honest at times and unintentionally hurt someone. As a consequence of his save upbringing, he has a tendency to be a bit naive, especially about the living conditions and experiences of people growing up in absolute poverty.

## Abilities and Skills

As a normal human without a vision and a scientist, his combat power is at most average. With expert knowledge in biology, medicine and engineering, he can be a useful asset and supporter to more heavy-hitting characters.

### Destin Écrit

Destin Écrit ("written destiny") is Álvar's pièce de resistance, a special pen with elemental abilities he developed himself. Not only able to write, it can be switched into 7 different "colours", each corresponding with one of the elements: blue (Hydro), white (Cryo), red (Pyro), green (Dendro), cyan (Anemo), orange (Geo) and purple (Electro). When one of the colours is activated, a scalpel emerges from the head of the pen, infused with the corresponding element. Álvar can use this scalpel to inflict this element on the enemy, doing minor physical damage and damage of the chosen element with a chance to inflict a bleeding effect on the enemy. Additionally, the stab applies the element to the enemy and can be used to produce elemental reactions with attacks from a more offensive character.

With this weapon, Álvar can set up every type of elemental reaction with the right partner, making him a very versatile support for all types of damage dealers.

### Exceptional Intelligence

As a prodigy in his field and great emphasis on logical thinking, Álvar is adept at strategy and puzzle-solving, being able to understand complex mechanisms and traps at a glance.

### Healing and Surgery

With a strong interest in medicine, Álvar can give basic medical care and can even do complicated surgery when the surgery is needed, just as he did to resurrect Teakette. However, he is no medical professional, and while he gives his very best, something might still go wrong...

After Teakette died in a different incident later, with Álvar unable to save them, he decided to more seriously pursue medicine in order to never let a situation like this occur again.

### Tracking

As a former field researcher and as a result of his biological knowledge, Álvar has learned to read animal and monster tracks and follow them to their source.

### Lack of Stealth

Unfortunately, Álvar's knee and other joints sometimes release a cracking noise when he moves, making him rather unreliable in stealth missions.