Aven Murphy

* Aven (Afterlife)
* Aven (Alive)
* Aven (Adam)
* Aven (Young)

*I know it won't solve all my problems, but you know... If I could just look in the mirror and think... "I love myself" even just for a second... That would be more than enough for me.* -Aven Murphy

Aven Murphy is one of the members of The Council in The Afterlife, doubling as both the BED and Dysphoria boss. Aven is a trans female and is typically characterized with low self-esteem and confidence but finds the strength to overcome struggles from her friends around her. Her best friend is Max Hawthorne, who has consistently been her biggest supporter. Aven is a binge eater, and often does it during times of stress or distress. She's also a compulsive exerciser to feel better about herself.

## Story

### Before Death

Aven was born in the late 1860s-early 1870s with the name Adam Murphy. Aven was born and raised as a man until she was 16. Throughout her early life she felt she failed as a man and would much rather be a woman. At that point, she was allowed by her parents to start presenting female, but only at home. Aven's father strongly disapproved but begrudgingly agreed to let her make her own choices; Aven's mother was highly supportive of her choices, secretly admitting she always wanted a daughter anyways.

Eventually, Aven would venture outside of the house with her mother on select occasions. During all of this, Aven would feel such stress from her everyday life that she would begin to develop the habit of binge eating. Her parents would take notice but not do anything about it until her father would get angry about it one night and kick her out of the house for good, throwing her onto the streets.

On the streets, Aven would receive subtle support from her mother until Max found her and would take her in with her husband, Reginald Hawthorne. While in her care, Aven would receive help with her binge eating, but be subjected to the torment and scorn of Beatrice Hawthorne, an offender from when she worked at a candy store. Aven would find out about Max's secret outings to the lab of Lucas DuCarmont and her affair with him and keep it secret for her, sometimes interacting with the people at the lab.

One day, Beatrice would find out about Max's affair and tell her brother, leading him to accidentally kill Max. After witnessing this, Aven would spiral further into her binge eating, be humiliated at Max's funeral by Beatrice, and end up at an all-time low. It would all culminate when Aven would binge so much that one night she ruptured her stomach lining. Aven would die before she could even be rushed to a hospital.

### Afterlife

After Aven's death, she would end up in The Afterlife, where she would reunite with Max and a few other people who she saw at the lab when they were alive. She would live there, not initially part of The Council, for many years, taking over for Rex when he became physically unable to work. In the aftermath, she would eventually be revealed to be the BED/Dysphoria Boss to The Council. After that, she would take minor part in fighting against Rian when he rebelled against The Council and tried to usurp Lucas' place.

After decades, Aven would eventually seek to medically transition into being a woman. She would eventually begin to take hormones and eventually schedule to undergo FFS (Facial Feminization Surgery) in her most recent ventures.

## Powers/Abilities

### Regular Powers

* Teleportation - Can teleport anywhere in The Afterlife.
* Fire Hair - Hair can ignite into flames.
* Mind-Reading - Can read minds, but thoughts are invasive in crowds or strong-minded people.

### True Form

Aven's true form is a phoenix, which is a mythical fiery bird. In this form, she's stronger and can generate fire to consume her. Aven rarely enters this form though, and prefers to remain human.

* Teleportation - Can teleport anywhere in The Afterlife.
* Mind-Reading - Can read minds, but thoughts are invasive in crowds or strong-minded people.
* Flight - Can fly with her new wings.
* Pyrokinesis - Can create and control fire.

## Appearances

### The Trio of Idiots

* The Trio of Idiots 57
* The Trio of Idiots 62
* The Trio of Idiots 70
* The Trio of Idiots 71
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* The Trio of Idiots 101
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* The Trio of Idiots 122
* The Trio of Idiots 123
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* The Trio of Idiots 194

### Videos

* The Village - ANIMATIC

## Trivia

* Aven was voted as the favorite character of The Council in a community discord poll.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Trio of Idiots 194
2. ↑ The Trio of Idiots 122