Zdzichu (Polish Series)

**Zdzisław Brzmisław Stanisław Kolesław Kurkisław "Zdzichu" Biżuriowski Poniatowski** *(1872-1922)* is a ghost of an aristocrat from the 1920s from Dominowojo's Polish version of Ghosts.

## Personality

Zdzichu is quite passionate about his life and the tales he experienced throughout it. He was always quite the adventurer, though he didn't look much like it. He had much wealth, so he could provide himself with a trip to different continents whenever he wanted which was frankly quite often. Zdzichu also had and still has as a ghost a side-hobby of bird watching, even though he wasn't that much of an expert, which unfortunately his lack of experience on birds and his poor eye sight lead to his death. He also has moments where he behaves childish, such as trying to understand some concepts of the modern world and interacting with his cousin, Beata.

## Appearance

Zdzichu liked to wear bowler hats, top hats or fedoras and pleasant suits of many nice colours. He also fancied wearing bowties, a piece of neckwear he was quite partial to. He like leather belts and long trousers which always matched the colour of his suit. Under said suit, he'd wear a white button-up shirt. Zdzichu made sure that his shoes were always well polished and his laces were tied up sturdily.

As a ghost, Zdzichu wears a sort of beige fedora, with a beige suit and beige trousers. He has a polkadot bowtie and wears spectacles on his head which didn't even work for him. His shoes are a type of short Wellington boots which are as always well tied. He also has a leather belt with a circular gold decoration on it.

Zdzichu also has greyish-light blond hair and a decently large handlebar moustache. His face has some tiny wrinkles.

## Life

Zdzichu spent much of his youth exploring the world with the help of his family's wealth. He met many, many friends on his expeditions, as well as having a few aristocratic mates back in Poland who he stayed in contact with until his death, sometimes having them joining him to explore the seven continents. Overtime, as well as his passion for adventuring, Zdzichu developed a side-hobby of (very) amateur bird watching, but also overtime, Zdzichu's eyesight worsened making him not able to even differentiate certain birds and having him be pickpocketed in different countries more often.

In 1920, Zdzichu heard the tragic news of his cousin Beata's death which had him inherit the House Of The Poniatowski Family from her. Zdzichu was deeply touched by the untimely death of Beata, as he was very close with her, especially as kids. Zdzichu had to cancel his holiday to Mexico to mourn.

One day in late 1921 Zdzichu visited China where he found a stall with a person selling things. Zdzichu was interested in a batch of eggs the man had on sale. Having bad eyesight plus rubbish glasses, Zdzichu was entranced by these eggs because of his high fondness of birds. The Chinese man selling these eggs, realising how blind Zdzichu was, tricked him and told Zdzichu that they were from an eagle. Zdzichu was not a professional on birds so he naturally believed the man. He bought one of the eggs for a stupendous amount of money.

Later in 1922 the egg hatched and revealed that the bird inside was in fact a chicken, not an eagle. Zdzichu was so proud of being able to take care of his "eagle" so well and loved it like a friend. A few months later, when the chick grew feathers, Zdzichu thought it was time to teach the bird how to fly so he brought the chicken up to the roof of the house he inherited from his late cousin. He flapped his arms enthusiastically and ran around the whole roof in order for the so-called eagle to copy him and fly itself. Like a bolt from the blue Zdzichu's poor eyesight proved itself very bad when it caused Zdzichu to slip of the roof to fall down and die.

## Relationships

### Beata

Beata Poniatowska I is the cousin of Zdzichu and also his predecessor whom he inherited the House Of The Poniatowski Family after her death. When they were alive and young they were practically like siblings, constantly playing and laughing together. When Zdzichu grew up they saw each other less often as he started to visit many countries. They reunited for good when Zdzichu died because they were now both ghosts haunting the House Of The Poniatowski Family. Nowadays they get on fine, but Beata has grew up a bit more than Zdzichu. They still appreciate each others company respectively, but they're no stranger to arguements, which when they happen just feel like kids bickering.

## Notes

* The closest way to pronounce his name, "Zdzichu", would be "Zee-jee-who".
* One of Zdzichu's names, "Kurkisław", is a pun on the Polish word for chicken, the cause of his death.
* Another one of his names, "Kolesław", literally means coleslaw.
* His original surname, "Biżuriowski", comes from the word "Biżuteria", meaning jewelry. He shares this surname with his cousin Beata.