Artemis Wolfbane

> "I will always be a killer, and I will always be guilty." - *Artemis Wolfbane*
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> ### Type
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> NPC
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> ### Player
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> Jo
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> Character Information
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> ### Age
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> 38
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> ### Height
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> 6'1"
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> ### Gender
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> Transmasc (He/they)
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> ### Sexuality
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> Grey-asexual
>  Biromantic
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> ### Species
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> Wolf-folk/Modified Lycanthrope (gray wolf)
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> ### Class
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> Fighter (Cavalier)
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> ### Languages
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> Common
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> Affiliations and Relationships
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> ### Family
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> Unnamed mother
>  Unnamed father
>  Unnamed daughter (deceased)
>  Tyoma "Ty" Wolfbane-Orion (son)
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> ### Connections
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> Vinny Orion (ex-wife, complicated)
>  Roe Buckley (deputy, friend?)
>  Yellow Sun (business partner, complicated)
>  Selene Nantucket (complicated)
>  Percy (complicated)
>  Eurydice Mephisto (complicated)
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> Unnamed law enforcement agency
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> Alive
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Artemis Wolfbane is the sheriff of Alexandria, and the father of Ty.

## Description

### Appearance

Artemis is a tall, bulky and broad-shouldered wolf-man with a darker russet-brown skin tone and gray/white/orange hair and fur. Most of their body is covered in this fur, and his arms, legs, and ears all resemble the features of a wolf to some degree; he also has large, fluffy tail. Their facial hair is specifically designed to mimic the fur of a wolf. His hair is curly, and usually kept fairly short. His face is square and angular, they have narrow, sharp eyes of a pale yellow/brown color, an arched nose (appearing to have been broken once), and thick eyebrows. They have asymmetrical fangs that stick out of his mouth, with an overbite on the right side, and an underbite on the left. Artemis also has a jagged scar across their face, starting from below his right eye, and going across his nose, down to their left cheek. Artemis has various scars across his entire body, though they don’t dress in a way that makes any of them very visible.

#### Arc 1:

In Arc 1 of Hourglass Artemis wears a blue shirt with the collar up, a washed-out orange poncho with lighter striped patterning, a belt with a buckle of two crescent moons with their backs to each other, brown pants, and his signature hat with a sheriff’s star in the center. Their hair is longer here, going just past his chin, with some of it partially tied back. He wears some plated armor- two arm guards, a shoulder plate, and leg plates. Artemis does not wear any shoes, and has wolf-like paws.

#### Arc 2:

Artemis’s design in Arc 2 is largely unchanged from his first design, only smaller details being changed and their color palette being updated. Artemis now wears a black shirt, and a blue poncho with white zig-zag stripe patterns. Their belt and pants are the same, with the colors changed to be slightly cooler. He no longer wears leg plates, but the rest of the armor is unchanged. Their hair much shorter, and he now has an undercut. He also has a silver necklace that says word “friends”, it is one half of a heart and it has a golden matching half that says “best”, which belongs to Yellow Sun. If they actually wear this necklace it is hidden somewhere beneath his shirt.

### Personality

If Artemis has a personality it is hidden behind a brick wall, and brother, you better hope you brought a sledgehammer.

Artemis Wolfbane is a strict, rigid, stubborn, angry, and bitter person who spends his time wallowing in misery or completely dissociating from their emotions. They don’t initiate conversation/social interactions outside of work purposes, and even then is prone to only giving one word replies or not saying anything at all. He’s incredibly reluctant to disclose any information about himself, even over the smallest things (i.e. refusing to tell Yellow Sun their favorite color.) They very visibly have some form of trust issues, and tend to push people away before they even have the chance to get close to him. Artemis doesn’t appear to care much for themself, engaging in various self-destructive behaviors similar to this, neglecting their health and appearance, and so on.

Artemis is rarely visibly expressive of any emotions, maintaining a straight and expressionless face, but is often betrayed by the wolf-like body language of his ears and tail (ears flattening, tail tucking, etc.) which is usually the giveaway to anyone what he’s actually feeling.

Despite this, he seems to have a deep sort-of care for people, especially those close to him. They often go out of their way to defend these people when necessary, and does what he can to keep them safe.

## History

### Prior to the events of Hourglass

If it’s not obvious, Artemis is not one to talk about their past much, so a lot about him is currently unknown.

He has some form of history with The Kings’ Card, and with the sheriff Yellow Sun, but a majority of it is undisclosed. According to Antony, Artemis is a very dangerous man and not exactly the greatest of friends with The Card.

At some point Artemis was married to a woman named Vinny Orion, somebody he had met through the both of them working in law enforcement, and they had two children together. Their oldest child, a young girl around eight years old, died around four years prior to the campaign. Artemis only says that she was murdered, not giving much detail otherwise. They say that Callahan, their former sheriff and mentor, and Antony are both in some way responsible. Artemis went on a personal quest of vengeance due to this event, not giving explicit details, but saying they killed a number of people who were also behind it. Including Andrew Callahan himself, and nearly killing Antony but deciding against it last minute, not wanting to leave Percy without a father.

Shortly after this Vinny and Artemis divorced. Vinny took their younger son, Ty, with Artemis only allowed to see him occasionally.

He began working with Yellow Sun around this time as well, covering up his own tracks, and "investigating" murders he'd committed. After sweeping a number of crimes under the rug, Artemis became the sheriff of Alexandria.

The Kings' Card and Artemis have an unsteady agreement to stay out of each others' business. This is one of Artemis's major motivations for staying in this line of work, even if they now understand how corrupt it is. They believe without them in the sheriff's position, the deal will fall through, leading to more problems from The Card.

### Arc One

The beginning of Arc 1 opens with Artemis sending a letter to Yellow Sun, asking to meet with her at Old Man Cassidy’s right away. When they meet there, Artemis tells her that an unknown force is causing people to go missing in Alexandria. The townsfolk are relating the events to a folk tale about “The Sand Siren”, a snake-like monster that lures people to their deaths in the night. Artemis needs Yellow Sun to help him investigate these disappearances, and maybe stop the monster behind them.

The next evening, Yellow Sun arrives in Alexandria to help Artemis, and they set out that night to try and catch the Siren. Eventually, they do meet the Siren, who approaches them after they’ve set up camp. It attacks Yellow Sun, leaving her with a nasty bite, but Artemis is able to scare the creature off and takes Yellow Sun back to their house to patch her up. When she wakes up the next morning, he explains that they shouldn’t kill the Siren. The night before, it’d used its unique ability to conjure images of its victims’ pasts on Artemis, and showed him images of his daughter. Something human in the Siren trying to relay a feeling of grief that Artemis knew all too well, and they knew they could not kill this creature- this person. Yellow Sun, warily, agreed not to kill him for the time being.

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## Relationships

### Vinny Orion

> "I mean, I can't blame you. I still get nervous when I speak to her." - *Artemis to Yellow Sun, talking about Vinny.*
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Despite not seeing or speaking to each other often, Artemis talks about Vinny with an air of fondness. It's clear they still admire her, and regrets the way their relationship turned out, blaming himself for it. Although Artemis regrets having hurt her, they believe it to be for the best (not just for Vinny, but Ty as well) that their marriage ended.

Its unclear how aware Vinny is of Artemis's actions, them only saying "when you come home covered in blood enough times, they stop asking questions", and that it was a major contributor to her decision to leave him and leave her job. He agreed with her that she should take Ty, and thinks of her as a parent than them, and that Ty is safer with her.

Artemis still cares for Vinny, but believes that care is best from a distance.

### Tyoma "Ty" Wolfbane-Orion

> "The way I love him is unconditional, you know, I- he could do anything and I don't think I would ever lose that love for him." - *Artemis to Yellow Sun, talking about his love for Ty.*
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If there's anything on Olympus that Artemis loves, its his boy. Artemis has expressed multiple times that he'd do anything for him, and wishes they could be a better father to him.

He tries his best, but has expressed fear in losing Ty just as they lost their daughter. They also feel as though they are lying to him by trying to be good, that somebody like him has no right to have a child like Ty due to their crimes, yet fears ever telling him what they've done.

### Yellow Sun

> "I don't know who told you- some priest or prophet- told you that you were some chosen one sent to gain more followers or spread your religion- you're just one man." - *Artemis to Yellow Sun during an argument.*
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### Percy

> "I don't know what the hell's up with that boy. He's got a... dark look in his eye, like he's- like he's deeply haunted." - *Artemis to Yellow Sun, about Percy.*
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Artemis's relationship to Percy, whatever it is, is unclear and he has made no effort for it to be less so. Artemis has done his best to protect Percy from The Card, with the limited action he take within the deal he has with them. Artemis tends to avoid speaking to or connecting with Percy in any way. Artemis has expressed that they find it difficult to look at Percy, knowing that they nearly killed his father. Percy is the reason that Artemis chose not to kill Antony, not being able to bring himself to end the life of a man with a son.

### Eurydice Mephisto

> "quote (I'm sure thiws will come w girls trip. Bear w me)"
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### Lucile Mephisto

> "Lucile did a brave thing, and I'm just a coward." - *Artemis to Yellow Sun, in an argument.*
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### Selene Nantucket

> "Right now, Selene is one of very few friends that either of us has. Take it out on someone else." - *Artemis regarding Yellow Sun's anger towards Selene.*
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### Roe Buckley

> Tghere was something about him saying that he can confidently say roe cares about him because it's easier But I don't Remember and it was Before recordings and My brain isnt working rn. Bear w me
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### Sheriff Andrew Callahan

> "He was a good friend, um... could talk to him for- hours, and not get tired, or run out of things to say. He was not somebody you would think was up to shady shit. He- I always thought that he was honest, I was wrong about that." - *Artemis to Yellow Sun, telling her what Callahan was like.*
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Andrew Callahan was the previous sheriff of Alexandria, and mentor to Artemis. Artemis trusted Callahan deeply, and had believed him to be a good and honest man. Artemis had a deep care and strong bond with him, as both a friend and teacher.

Artemis hasn't given much detail as to the events that led to him choosing to kill Callahan, just saying he knew that Callahan was working with The Card, and was somehow complicit in his daughter's murder. He's stated that he killed Callahan because he deserved to die, but Callahan is one of the only people he truly regrets killing. He doesn't feel like he killed an evil person, but that he killed someone he loved. He doesn't think he did a good thing by killing Callahan, and constantly wonders if it worth it.