C.O.P.P.E.R

*“There must always be evil in this world. After all, perhaps the stars at night would not shine so bright, were it not for the darkness that surrounds them”*

## Backstory

The creation of the **C**reation **O**perating for **P**reserving & **P**rotecting **E**quillibrium **T**ension being, or, **COPPER** was lead by the God of ancients, knowledge, madness, and madness: Olugen, with the express purpose of constantly maintaining balance all across the world. Olugen, being the god of knowledge, understood that without a balance between all things in the universe, whether it be good or evil, chaos or order, that all things would fall to ruin. So for this express purpose, Olugen started work on COPPER. Olugen would be forced to collaborate with the god of wisdom from the White Pantheon: Azares, to finish this project and perfect it, along with assistance from the Red Pantheon, who were exception at the creation of Vetus Apparatus.

Once COPPER was created, it was exceptional at fulfilling its purpose as it kept nature, humanity, and even the gods in check, It was one of Olugen’s greatest creations, being equipped with not only an arsenal of powerful tools & weaponry COPPER was taught to forge, its innate ability to camouflage itself among any sentient species, but also access to the infinite knowledge of Olugen, which COPPER can access at any point in its stasis tube.

However, Therza, the deity of mortals, believed that COPPER existing a being of metal & magic, was just as alive as any other creature, So, one night while Copper was in stasis, Therza used their magic to imbue a small whisper of mortality into it.

This action would never be discovered, and despite this new sprinkle of personality, Copper stood firm in their mission. Once they had deemed there was a sufficient and stable balance, they would head to a secret preservation environment where they would cease all function until balance started to shift once more, and when they would be needed once more.

COPPER would continue this cycle for millennia.

## Stasis

In the small inclosed environment deep underground that COPPER considers "home", they constructed a reservoir around their stasis chamber. COPPER views themselves as a force of nature; something that must fulfill its purpose to keep the world in check. It is for this reason that COPPER keeps around a spider and a crow, as a part of their sanctuary. As they view it:

"The spider and The crow, despite their unappealing nature, must fulfill their duty of consuming insects to keep their numbers in check. Even if they may seem scary and ugly, they are essential, and cannot be blamed for the lives they take, as they are only doing what they were designed to do."

COPPER also spends their time maintaining a garden of all sorts of fruits, vegetables and greenery.

As the center-piece to their sanctuary rests a stasis chamber. Once COPPER feels their work is complete for the time being, they enter this tall, glass tube to rest and repair themselves. COPPER was not designed to be active while in stasis, but because of the magic imbued into them by Therza, which works as a sort of "virus" in the mind that COPPER was designed to have, allows them to overview their work and reflect. Rare times however, when that "virus" takes a hold of COPPER while they're out in the world, they will return to stasis to, what's essentially, a dream.

A way for the sentiency and consciousness that COPPER keeps buried away to communicate with their programming. Up to this point however, this is the most extreme thing caused by this "virus", although its very possible COPPER could become more and more unstable should this side of them be brought out more.

## Personality

For the most part, COPPER can seem void of personality due to their never-ending dedication to their purpose, but because of the gift of humanity bestowed upon them by Therza, COPPER has the ability to feel empathy. And, when they are alone, they do. Residing inside their obsidian walls lies compassion for nature and the innocent. COPPER has made it their mission to never let these feelings deviate them from fulfilling their purpose, but, when they know they can, they enjoy indulging in affection. COPPER secretly years for companionship, and has a jealousy for those around them who are able to do so, but again, COPPER believes they were built for a greater purpose, so they put these feelings away.

When approached with a problem, contrary to COPPER's intimidating aura, they will typically try to find the most peaceful way to approach keeping the balance in check. They claim that they think this way because completely eliminating a target may cause the balance to shift too far to the other side, which would then require further elimination to truly balance. It's worth noting however, that this way of thinking was not present prior to Therza's involvement. No thinking at all, for that matter.