Quinton Carter

## Description

Quinton is a 5'5", brown-skinned, white-haired person with short-medium length hair. They are skinny with three white eyes and a triangular face. They often wear baggy clothes and are covered in bandages.

## Personality

Quinton is shy, scared to approach strangers or loose acquaintances. They are especially scared to be alone with men they don't know due to a history of abuse. They have severse depression along with PTSD and severe anxiety. They are kind and feel bad for Q's actions.

## Backstory

### First Wake

Anthony Carter was born to Timothy and Rose Carter in 2132 in a small town called Asheburrow. Timothy was a writer, 'weaving works of fiction from the tips of his fingers', though none ever became popular. Rose was a rancher at a small stable, caring for the horses. The family had 3 children including Anthony, who was the youngest. He was close to his mother, helping her at her job every chance he got. His sisters were close to his father, making a noticeable divide in the family. At age 10, Anthony drifted apart from his father and sisters, and soon his mother. He was going through puberty, but none of it felt right. He didn’t want a deep voice or a beard, or anything. None of that felt like him. They soon realized that they were non-binary, calling themself Quinton. Their family, upon hearing this news, promptly kicked them out. They don’t remember any of that, though. Only what happened next

A glowing orb made it’s way to a scared, cold, and depressed Quinton. It had an offer. House it’s spirit and share some of your time to it, and live for hundreds of years, in your ideal body, with powers strong enough to destroy your enemies. Quinton heard this, and immediately accepted. They only cared for having a body that they felt themself in, not destroying anyone or living so long. They had nothing to live for. Until, well, they met John.

500 years ago, 2152 Quinton was 20. A strange television head creature, combination of both Quinton, and the orb, “Q’s”, ideal forms was alone one night. Their floating metal hands shook in fear as thieves aimed to rob the little they had. At the last moment, John jumped in, driving the thieves away from the cowering thing. This creature turned out to be Quinton, vessel of Q. Quinton and John became quick friends, but Quinton struggled with the hate of Q. Q controlled their form and constantly got in their head, calling them worthless, horrible, and an onslaught of other things. Soon, John encountered a woman named Hazel. She had an attitude, but deep down was kind. They became quick friends, and soon Hazel and Quinton met. At first, they got along, but, as both grew more fond of John, they soon started to feud. John, however, attempted to keep the group together. Meanwhile, Quinton took in an anthropomorphic owl named Windbreaker and his adoptive brother, an anthropomorphic lizard named Breezeslicer. They loved them as their own, and named them with the prefixes 'Wind' and 'Breeze' to honor John, who trained them to fight.

After a while, just before Quinton intended to do so, Hazel confessed her feelings to John, and he felt the same. Quinton, having had their anxiety hold them back, was heartbroken, but didn't show it. They wanted John to be happy. John and Hazel eventually got married, starting the Dufflon family as we know it. John one day passed, and Quinton, being overcome with grief, went in to a long sleep as Q worked on a new world; the Oddlands. But, Quinton came back eventually. Even after all of their pain, the next few years may be the toughest they have faced.

### Second Wake

After over 200 years of sleep, Quinton woke up. They settled in to a big city and started to get accustomed. After around 2 years, they were regularly visiting bars and hooking up with people. They were beginning to be confident in their body and who they were. One night, they met a man named Adrian. After what was supposed to be a one time thing, they found that they really liked each other. They began officially dating around 2 months later, and moved in together just 4 months after that.

Quinton was happier than ever, but about a year after moving in, cracks started forming in the relationship. Adrian would yell at them for seemingly no reason, gaslighting them later in to thinking they did something wrong. They started depending solely on Adrian, drifting apart from all other friends. Eventually, Adrian hit them. The abuse one day escalated in to sexual abuse. Quinton refuses to go in to detail regarding what happened, but it was enough to scar them. Adrian would force them in to submission by threatening to assault them again. Eventually, after having a vase thrown at their face, they ran away, never seeing Adrian again.

Quinton gave control of their body completely to Q for the next 2 years, eventually reawakening to bring John back.