Phoenix

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The following page may contain spoilers about the plot of the Hous SMP. It is also a roleplay page, so keep this in mind.*

## Other information

### Conflicts

ancapistan vs village, evera vs wil, ancapistan vs L

A wrathful and highly cunning individual, concerned with survival above all else. Member of both Ancapistan and the Arctic Commune. Was once manipulative and violent, now works desperately to better themself. Emotional intelligence of a young teenager. Very close with Evera.

## Appearance

    (All art done by the content creator Phoenix)

    Reference image 1 - appearance on joining the serverReference image 2 - appearance after being gifted clothes by EveraReference image 3 - Phoenix appearing in the thumbnail for the video Olive Branches, in which they begin manipulating Kateis

## Personality

Outwardly friendly, but holding an edge of self-gain. Always down to fuck around as long as it doesn't end in tragedy. Paranoid to a fault. Sarcasm is their second language.

On a more personal level, fiercely loyal and deeply caring. It's hard to truly gain their trust, but once you do you have it forever. Though they will constantly lie to themself and other about how much they truly care.

## Ideology

As far as life is concerned, all things die eventually. What that means to them personally changes over time. Regarding religion, they largely think it's stupid, but otherwise couldn't care less.

## History

### Backstory

Phoenix was born in a small village on a different server, raised by good people and had a nice childhood. One day, at only 8 years old, they wandered into a Nether portal. The portal was destroyed while they were inside, leaving them stranded.
For over a decade they wandered the burning wastes, dying time and time again to lava, mobs, starvation, and at times even suicide. This amount of respawns caused the Nether to become permanently infused into their very being, reconstructed by a magic not meant to be part of them. Eventually, they finally found a new portal and went through. They travelled for some time, one day coming across their own village. Time is distorted in the Nether, and as such their old home was long gone.

Abandoning the ashes of their past, Phoenix constructed a new portal, travelled in the Nether, and came out somewhere else. Their server was dying, and as such, they needed to be moved to a different server. Thus, they came out on the Hous SMP.

### Introduction

Upon entering the SMP, Phoenix was immediately swept up by Tommy as a member of Ancapistan. Despite (or perhaps because of) Phoenix's transparency with their plans to dominate the server with an iron fist, Tommy helped them get their first set of diamond armor within the hour.

### Plotting Begins

After much grinding and a stint of testificate trafficking with Ancapistan, there was a celebration of the server's one-week anniversary. At the party, Phoenix noticed Kateis brought TNT, and decided to confront him about it. They learned a lot about the Villager, and brought this information to the attention of Ria and Lowkey, suggesting they burn the Village to the ground in order to get the powerful Kateis on their side. Ria recognized that doing this would only get people mad at them, and instead something more sinister would be necessary. She went on to line out a plan to kill Order to get Kateis' itchy trigger finger to work for them.

Liking this plan, the next day Phoenix brought it up to the rest of the group. The plan was ironed out to be that Order's death would be pinned on the Flock so that the Village and Flock would fight each other, and possibly go to Ancapistan for support in their war. This was met with some ambivalence, and it was largely agreed that nobody would get in the way of their and Ria's plans despite the risk. Or so they thought.

### The Festival

A week later, Phoenix played nice and dumb with the entirety of the server during the festivities. However, when disaster struck from Wil and Tommy, Phoenix was as genuinely baffled as the rest. They first assured the Villagers that they had no part in this, and did not support these actions whatsoever. Once they were able to speak to the perpetrators in private, however, the mask was off. They were beyond livid, cussing out both Wil and Tommy for their stupidity.

Left with no one else to trust or turn to, betrayed and scared, Phoenix went to multiple people seeking both counsel and alliance. Eventually they found Evera seeking to take out Wil, having both a common "enemy" and common friend in Ria. Phoenix agreed to espionage, and clued in Evera on their plan to spy on both the Village and Ancapistan for the other so that they could come out on top of whatever conflict may arise, regardless of the winner. Lying directly to the faces of everyone on the server save Ria.

### Conflicted Feelings

Upon agreeing to help in her endeavors, Evera showed Phoenix where she and Ria currently resided outside of the main server area. A small tundra far away from everyone else, with little more than a shack to their name, Evera told Phoenix this is where their missives could be sent with information. She also let them know they were welcome to establish their own home here, and Phoenix obliged to create a "safe-house."

Later, Phoenix attempted to get back on Wil's favor, to spy for both the Village and Evera. Wil, however, didn't trust Phoenix at all, and criticized them for constantly changing sides. Phoenix's silver tongue was of no use- Wil was simply too stubborn. The conversation turned to a discussion of ideals, of what people fight for, which caused Phoenix to realize they had no idea what they believed in at all. This troubled them, and in a fit of confusion they wrote this much in their missive to Evera.

The next day Phoenix and Ria began construction on the cat-hybrid's arctic safe-house. During this, Ria gave Phoenix the gift of a Cat disk. Having no memory of hearing music, this excited Phoenix, and they listened to it on repeat. They swore they had heard it somewhere before, despite having never had access to such a thing. During construction, Evera gifted Phoenix with a brand new set of clothes to protect from the cold, as well as warm mushroom stew. This touched the hybrid greatly. Later, after their new house was finished, Phoenix found the reply to their missive to Evera. What the read troubled them greatly, causing them to question everything they thought before, wondering whether what they were doing was right. One thing was certain- Wil needed to die.

### Redemption

Discussion with Evera continued after a run-in with the god Zak, resulting in the two having a great number of cats to their name. The two talked about their plans on dealing with Wil, and Evera once again mentioned that Wil was a threat because he killed Order. Phoenix corrected her- they and Ria had actually been the ones planning to use Order, Wil just jumped the gun. Evera was outraged and betrayed at this revelation, and refused to speak to Phoenix again unless they apologized to Order.

Phoenix, left adrift and befuddled once more, sought counsel with Tommy. They, of course, wanted to gain back Evera's trust, and wanted to apologize to Order. Tommy, however, brought up whether Phoenix was actually sorry or not. This gave them pause, but eventually they came to the conclusion that they really were sorry. Now more solid in their conviction, Phoenix apologized fully to Order. She accepted their apology readily and without rebuke. Phoenix didn't really believe it, but was happy for now.

They excitedly brought this news to Evera, who said she was proud of them. This was something else of great importance to Phoenix. They then discussed what they would do about Wil, and concluded they would try to resolve things peacefully.

### Confrontations

With great anxiety on Evera's part and fierce protectiveness on Phoenix's, the two set off to Ancapistan to meet with Wil. He greeted them nonchalantly, seemingly having absolutely no concern with the two. Phoenix took offence to this, and only asked that he not bother Evera. Wil agreed he had no bone to pick with her, but did have some contempt for them. Wil only elaborated when Evera left the conversation. The two argued fiercely, highlighting much of the same points they always disagreed on, until they both agreed they were dead to each other. Wil also hinted at Order's status of only having one life left, and then exited.

Troubled and angry, Phoenix sought out Order with Evera. The former grilled Order on her personal status while Evera tried to pull them back. This conversation didn't end very productively.

Some time later, Ria called Phoenix to check in on Lowkey, who was injured in the blast at the Festival. With a lot of trial and error and Ria mostly taking the reins, the two eventually coaxed Lowkey to visit the Arctic, offering him a place to live with them in safety.

Soon, a new face joined the SMP- L. Phoenix met with him, invited him to Ancapistan, and agreed to help with his map-making. During one such outing assisting him, they had a discussion of ideals that ended somewhat amicably, although not without some subtle threats. L had agreed to fix Lowkey's broken vision, and Phoenix held him to that promise under penalty of death.

### The Wedding

One Wednesday evening, Ria and Tommy invited Phoenix to be one of the flower-bearers at their wedding happening the next day. They happily agreed. The wedding itself went smoothly, although Wil and Phoenix bickered throughout. L had great news- he was ready to operate on Lowkey after the ceremony. Phoenix, busy with the bar, hung back with Wil for some time. Still bickering, the two eventually headed to catch up with the rest of Ancapistan.

Then, disaster. L killed Lowkey, and Ria rushed outside to get Phoenix and Wil's help. Tommy tried to avenge Lowkey, but was easily overpowered. Wil, furious and mute, took the lead while Phoenix was still confused, destroying the robot and blowing up his church. Phoenix, panicking, ran check that both Tommy and Lowkey were okay. Wil eventually caught up with them at Tommy's manor. After a long discussion, there was a group hug, and everyone was friends once more. Phoenix was relieved L was taken care of so quickly, but still wary someone would come after them. Only time will tell if their fears are unfounded.

## Personal Items

* Clothes made by Evera
* Tommy and Ria's wedding invitation
* Netherite armor made from the diamond armor Tommy helped them get on the first day
* Cat disk from Ria
* Netherite sword, Infernoblade
* Missives to/from Evera
* Note from Ria

## Pets

* Dog Army
* a hoard of unnamed cats (most are from Zak)

## Relationships

### Wil

Respects his tenacity, but also believes him to be foolhardy. Knows he cares deep down, just wishes he would show it more.

### Tommy

Likes Tommy a lot, even if he can be bullheaded. Still feels like they owe him for what he's given them in the past. Only criticizes him out of care.

### Ria

A fellow agent of chaos, but without any calculation. Unpredictable and infectiously feral. A joy to be around. Actually very nice. Probably one of the people they trust the most.

### Lowkey

A bit of a coward, but good-hearted. They will protect the bean.

### Order

Believe her to be too easy to win over and don't always trust her word, but still wish no harm to come to her. Still feel guilty for lying to her.

### Kateis

More conflicted feelings, but mostly respect. Strong and dependable, knows what he’s about. A little hotheaded as well, but gives a valuable new perspective.

### Khizuo

Agrees with a lot of their viewpoints. Unsure how trustworthy they are.

### Evera

Has never understood why she cares so much for them. Trusts her with their life. Cares deeply about her opinions and would do anything for her.

### L

A mysterious and dangerous individual. Showed no true care for anyone or anything, despite his wisdom. Glad he's dead.

## Quotes

“The only constant in life is chaos.”

“Don’t you dare assume the things you care about to always be secure. ‘Cause I know better."

“I’ll do you this favor, and you can pay me back later. One good turn deserves another, hm?”

“There’s no such thing as a good person, come on now. (...) Well, you can try, but there’s a difference between good and naive.”

“She could’ve just said we had a deal and been done with it. Why help me?”

"I don't understand. I just can't understand."

"I know I can be a bit callous, but... I do care."

## Trivia

* Water hurts their right side, and as such, their tears sizzle on the magmatic skin.
* Cold is also uncomfortable, but not as much as liquid water.
* They also hate the water because of their feline genetics. Their armor protects them from it.
* They don't remember how old they are or when their birthday is, but in meta they are around 20 years old.
* Their favorite song is Cat, and it's implied that it's because they listened to it a lot when they were a child in the overworld.
* They like flowers because they remind them of home.
* Their favorite color is orange because of the sunset.
* Originally their hat did not have holes in it for their ears, but since this was uncomfortable, they cut the holes themself. They're quite proud of this.
* Until Evera explained it better, Phoenix thought sex was "a weird hug."