Firenze Zacaria

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**Firenze Zacaria** is a human barbarian and the resident Dad. They are played by Caleb.

## Description

### Appearance

Firenze is a pale-skinned human with black hair and purple eyes. He stands at 6'3" tall. One of his most notable qualities is his mustache. Firenze typically wears a red button down shirt, black tie, black coat and black dress pants.

### Personality

Often described as the party dad, Firenze is an excellent listener, kind, responsible and empathetic. He makes dad jokes and support everyone, including strangers, in their endeavours. They consider most people younger than them to be their "kids" and considers their party as their family in the same way that they consider their daughter and ex-wife as family.

On more than one occasion, they have helped NPCs and player characters alike see the error of their ways and helped them become better people. He also has helped characters process their trauma and suggested healthier ways of coping. Despite their tall, intimidating appearance, Firenze does not indiscriminately attack others. Although he occasionally will use his stature to get answers out of reluctant NPCs, he does not cause harm unprovoked.

Secretly, Firenze holds a lot of guilt surrounding the reasons for his ex-wife Shelly's, and later his daughter Byron's, departure. They do not feel as if they are a good person, but they still strive to *do* good.

### Background

> I don’t follow many of the gods of this land, but something tells me, at some point in my storyline, you’re gonna be able to meet my ex-wife. (Kokiia: We have a mom?) No, no, she is not your mom, don’t let her tell you that.
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> Firenze discussing his ex-wife, C1E3, Freeze the Day

Firenze is from Viceldrin, has a redheaded ex-wife named Shelly, is good at carpentry, and he's searching for his missing daughter, Byron. Firenze typically prefers talking and helping others over talking about himself. Despite being close to the party, Firenze has confessed to Lim that finding Byron is his top priority.

#### SPOILERS FOR C1E6, CONTENT WARNINGS: ALCOHOLISM, DRUG USAGE, BAD PARENTING

After hitting their lowest, Firenze found a sponsor and got clean, saying that he hasn't had a drink in four years, hasn't done any drugs in five, and has not been to a gambling den in a long while. He is now looking for Byron, blaming himself for her departure, although she ran away after she and Shelly moved out, not when she was still living with Firenze.

## Quotes

* “My answer to life is real simple. We are here to love each other, ain’t nobody gonna stop us from doing that. You know? And so, out of what I do everyday when I wake up is, I start by asking how what I can do to best show that I love the people around me, and today, that’s fixing this door.” (C1E1)
* “I’m gonna use this situation to fully deflect from what I was about to say earlier, so don’t even ask about it.” (C1E3)
* “I don’t really judge you if you have a wanted poster, in truth, fuck the po-lice, you know?” (C1E3)
* “You’re not a burden, even when you need help reminding yourself that you are somebody that’s worthy of pride and worthy of love.” (C1E3)
* “If Steven keeps (…) asking for people to fall, we might have to give Steven a bath.” (C1E6)
* “I don’t want to kill them [bishops], I just want to chop off their legs. I’m tired of them moving diagonally at me. It’s annoying.” (C1E6)
* “When you have magic cast on you against your will, makes you a little groggy too sometimes. And sometimes my brain don’t do good with the word puns. Anyways, you see where my kids went?” (C1E8)
* “I take great defense to that!” (C1E8, after being called stupid)
* “Oh geez man, I don’t know. With my small brain and low intelligence, if I’d be even to recollect such accountings. Why don’t uh, you know I might be able to remember a little bit more if you remind me who you are again.” (C1E8)
* “You know, strong people don’t need to make fun of other people’s intelligence.” (C1E8)
* “It’s not very nice to cast spells without permission!” (C1E8)