King

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**King** is a character from the Compass Project series, first appearing in Gregale. King is a Diamond ranked Elite of 5-6 years from Jakarta in Indonesia.

## Appearance

King is one of the older Avios, being close to thirty in age, which means he is an illusive '*pre standardisation*' Type-4 Avio. He has brown hair that matches his feathers, brown skin, and tawny brown eyes, as well as thickly feathered ear tufts and feather across his shoulders and neck.

He has a beard which grows very fast and partially covers burn scars across the left side of his jaw and neck which he itches when he's anxious. In concept art, King isn't much taller than Griffin

#### **Synth Features**

Aside from being covered in chestnut brown feathers that are marked with white and black 'spangles', King has asymmetrically damaged broad wings. He still retains his tail feathers which he twitches when he's happy or angry. The bionics that he has have individual flight feathers with a yellow coloured smartfabric membrane covering the frames.

Like most Hawk and Eagle based Avios, King has talons.

## Personality

King is a passive and reliable man, doing his best to please people and keep everyone happy and together. He grows attached to people very quickly and becomes very protective of them all, and tries to make light of situations but does not always acheive this in the correct way but is happy to be educated on how to do things better. He has had previous troubles at some point with Hasekura and Rioteers pretending to be ARCDA personnel and is so very suspicious of unplanned things.

He also shows PTSD behaviours with going into a panic attack with sudden loud noises, and has a deep sense of loyalty and sensitivity to betrayal.

## History

**Pre-Gregale**

Pre-Gregale, King was a Diamond in Jakarta, Indonesia, part of a Diamond team that got harmed in an explosion caused by an IED. Because of this, he is very sensitive to sounds and noises.

#### **Gregale**

During Gregale, King is happy to work in a team and does his best to maintain peace, growing close and fond of everyone very quickly. He doesn't try to take leadership as a given right being a Diamond, often allowing Griffin to take the lead, but is pleased enough to be told to look after the team as an older and more experienced Synth. He grows quickly attached to the team, becoming close and flirtatious with Imrie who often instigates the flirting, to the point he is distraught when Imrie gets hurt.

## Abilities

**Low Light Vision**

King is able to see in low light, better than most Avios. It is not complete total darkvision but he has a better sense of distinguishing colours and shapes.

**Echolocation**

King reveals that he has a limited amount of echolocation and is very sound sensitive. This results in him flinching at loud noises.

## Relationships

Griffin

* King and Griffin get along very well, neither fight each other for complete control over the team and cooperate well together. King trusts and respects Griffin enough to tell her the truth about what he thinks and feels, though he still wishes to try and keep the peace.

Cinta

* King knew Cinta in passing back at Jakarta. They get on well together and are comfortable with one another. Cinta is aware of what upsets King and is very cautious to not upset him.

Immortal

* King is quickly fond of Immortal, amazed by his enthusiastic personality. He tries his best to flirt with him, however as a former Ruby, his social skills are lacking somewhat as Westwind has to educate him on what is good interactions. Still, he cares deeply about Immortal, worried for him and trying his best to remember that Immortal can only speak with his hands.
* King's name for Immortal is Imrie.

Westwind

* Westwind and King have a strong friendship, with King seeking help from Westwind and her better understanding of relationships and cooperation. He worries for her when she's stressed, and listens when she speaks.

Faraday

* With knowing what happened to Faraday, King made it his place to be the one that Faraday can rely on and go to when distressed, doing his best to work with him whenever he was needed. This is from King having been in a similar situation with loosing his own team, and knowing what Faraday is going through.

Sweet

* Sweet clings to King whenever she can, pleading with him and making demands of him rather than the entire group, knowing he will try to keep everyone happy and please everyone.

## Gallery

King BannerBody Reference - Damage ExtentMissing Parts

## Trivia

* King is based upon a Little Eagle.
* King's wings feature on the cover of Gregale behind Faraday's wings.

## References

 Storm Series
 Synths
 Other