Brian

Shadowborn Empire Skin

Villager Farm

Potato Restaurant

Brian is the second member of SMP Proximity and the Shadowborn Empire, having founded it with alongside Ember.

## Appearance

Though Brian has the appearance of a Human, he is not entirely Human, also being part Zombie and part... something. He has tannish skin, and though his eyes are gray by default, they change color with his emotions (though that can not be shown in Minecraft, it is canon). There are twelve different colors they can shift to. While there are six base colors, each color has a dark and light variant. The six colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Brian wears the Shadowborn Empire uniform and a pair of black goggles with red lenses. The inner layer of the uniform consists of a dark gray shirt with the Shadowborn Empire flag on the left sleeve, dark gray pants held up with a black belt, and black boots with silver trim. The outer layer of the uniform is a black coat with silver trim, the flag in the same location as the flag on the shirt, and silver shoulder pads. The uniform also includes a pair of black, fingerless gloves.

## Personality

Brian's personality is a bit inconsistent, as, like his eyes, it can shift wildly with his emotion. He also has an alter ego known as Fish Man, which may as well be an entirely separate character. Each personality does not seem to remember what the other personalities do, except for Gray, all other personalities seem to remember what Gray does, but not vise versa.

### Gray

Gray is his default personality, where he helps others out and gets things done, also making a few jokes here and there, though preferring to stay neutral in terms of personality and conflict. It's easy to identify with Gray's monotone voice.

### Light Orange

When he is light orange, he seems to have the determination to be self-sufficient. Supposedly, when he went off to create ZomBria, he was light orange.

### Dark Red

Whenever he is dark red, he seems to be filled with anger, rage, or insanity. Supposedly, when he came back with sheep from the dark oak biome, he was dark red.

### Dark Blue

Whenever he is dark blue, he seems to do things that are considered "stupid," such as running into walls over and over.

### Fish Man

Fish Man seems to be a completely different character. Though he can walk on land, he seems to relate more to the fish, considering them to be one of his own kind. He has only appeared when other members of the SMP go fishing, in which case he will appear near the bobber of the fishing rod. The Fish Man spends a lot of time in the ocean and dislikes it when other people fish, claiming that it hurts his kind. As such, he does whatever he can to stop people from fishing, and he demands that any fish caught be released back into the ocean aside from pufferfish, which he doesn't like. When asked his opinion on squids by Ember, he stated that he thinks he is weird, but he is fine with them as long as they are in groups.

## History

### Before SMP Proximity

Not much is known about his life before SMP Proximity aside from the fact that he met Ember and Nic in their previous SMP. He also supposedly did some combat training with Ember.

### Rise of the Shadowborn Empire

Upon first joining the server, he and Ember formed the Shadowborn Empire together and worked together to create the Community House, and Brian created the farm. He tended to the farm and gathered resources until Caleb joined the server and the Empire. At that point in time, Caleb had grown an attachment to a couple of bees which he kept at the Sacred Bee Tree, but the bees died to a cactus that was placed at the entrance. It is still unclear whether Caleb or Brian was the one to place the cactus, but Ember, assuming that it was Caleb and he was just in denial, tried to comfort Caleb, with Brian joining. Caleb kept assuring it was not him and that Brian must have done it, so there was some tension between the two.

Shortly after, Brian decided to leave the Shadowborn Empire and form ZomBria. Before leaving, he told Ember, and the two agreed to form an alliance between the two nations. Brian supposedly went off into a savannah and survived there until he returned and rejoined the Shadowborn Empire, having no memories of ever leaving at all. Ember, having begun to figure out his personalities, tried to explain what she believed to have happened, but Brian was still mostly confused.

After rejoining, he tried helping Ember retrieve her belongings from the nether and also helped create a villager farm with Caleb, who he has restored relations with, and built the Potato Restaurant with Tyyuiss.

## Relationships

 Caleb | Positive
 Tyyuiss | Positive
 Niko | Neutral

## Quotes

"I finally broke my pickaxe. That's good." - January 17th, 2021

"I'm gonna kill- I'm gonna kill my relative. There we go, yay!" - January 17th, 2021, while killing a zombie.

"I just say random stuff and hope it's funny." - January 17th, 2021

## Trivia

* Brian is the only member so far to have formed multiple countries.
* Brian is the first person to have an alternate personality on the server.
* Brian is the only non-human on the server.
* Despite being Ember and Tyyuiss's step-brother in real life, he is not related to them in the SMP.