Moddeus Hulix

**Moddeus Hulix** is a human noble with a passion of guns and his own ego.

Moddeus is a heinously handsome devil with a flair for the dramatic.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Moddeus is the third (and middlest) child of the Hulix family, and the ever outstanding black sheep of said family. Amid his siblings constant overachieving Moddeus was a constant disappointment in all the areas his parents cared about; failing to attain a place at even the capital's lowest rated arcane college and with little mind at all for politics. What he did excel at
however was combat, especially archery and maintenance of arms. His talent led him down a pathway to the secret and esoteric world of firearms, putting him in contact with the many untoward types of the city. Some time in his early adulthood his parents took a distinct interest in his skills due to the growing fashion amid the nobility to partake in firearms as a sport, looking to use his knowledge to produce arms to sell to their contacts for vast profits.

Moddeus has always had an influencial way with words for those outside of his family, and was much a much pursued bachelor in his younger years. He was set to marry a young woman named Carolia Stance from a prosperous family but the pairing was sabotaged by outside forces when someone let slip that he had been having an affair with a woman by the name of Sygnes Ambers, wife of the famed ice mage Septinel Ambers who challenged Moddeus to a duel.

**Prior to Chapter 1**

After the duel Moddeus was granted a task by The Charmament at the behest of his father, as a way of getting Moddeus out of the city and out of the public eye. This task involved collecting the signatures of the reeves of the outer counties of Pridain on a document pledging allegiance to the crown despite their current tensions, known by many in the nobility to be a desperate last attempt to snuff the spark of the coming war.

### **Chapter 1**

Moddeus arrived in Pebblefoot on the first day of the year 1642 with Persondrew and found Galius Morn and Penerence Aster climbing out of their rowing boat after their long voyage.

## **Relationships**

### **Amylia Jowne**

Moddeus' longest, and in many ways most meaningful, romantic relationship is with Amylia Jowne, the high botanist to the crown. He did not get a chance to say goodbye to her before he was rushed off on his mission.

### **Keth Vergilm**

Moddeus flirted with Keth in attempt to distract her and get information from her. He ended up sleeping with her, giving her the wrong impression about his intentions for their future. Moddeus had intended however to take Keth with them when they fled Scampley but Persondrew acted first and knocked her out.

### **Persondrew Spid**

Moddeus probably doesn't remember a time when Persondrew wasn't around. However, Persondrew hasn't always been his man servant. Persondrew was Leorix Hulix's personal staff for all of Moddeus' life until he set out on his journey, when Persondrew was seemingly sent along with him to keep an eye out and make sure he was doing his duty correctly. Moddeus often expresses exasperation at Persondrew for the smallest things, even things that the poor thing is not remotely related to.

### **Septinel Ambers**

Septinel Ambers is the husband of a woman who Moddeus had a short affair with prior to his soft banishment. Septinel 'defeated' Moddeus in a duel after Moddeus fled the scene, but rumours say that Septinel is less than satisfied with this result.

## **Abilities**

### **Adept Marksman**

Moddeus is a crack shot with firearms of all kinds, but doesn't seem to comprehend the heresy of his love for them. Of course, he brings a showman's panache to his art, relishing in taking ridiculous shots and doing so in equally ridiculous circumstances.

## **Possessions**

###  **Notable Items**

* Unnamed Pistol
* A Knockhill pistol (previously belonging to Tokara)