Azure

Azure's QuillKingdoms character reference, commissioned from @P1n3appl3Island on Twitter.

### Affiliation

Hot Tub Trio (consists of Azure, Lynne, and Ala)

## Physical description

### Weight

?? lbs (formerly 180lbs, Azure is unsure how much weight they lost after skeletonization)

### Eye color

Left eye is blue with white sclera, right eye is missing

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

AzureDiamond51

*This is about the Quill Kingdoms character, NOT the player.*

***Content warning for: non-permanent death, mild body horror (non-graphic mention of exposed bones)***

AzureDiamond51, also known as Azure, joined the QuillKingdoms SMP on the second day (having been whitelisted for day 1 but however was busy).

### **Origin**

Azure currently has the True Wither Skeleton origin.

### **Appearance**

Azure is very short for a wither skeleton, having formerly been a human. Their body has partially decayed, exposing their bones which have turned black and remain mobile via magic. The right side of their face starting just below the scalp, going all the way down the face until the chin and starting to go onto the left side of their jawline is all exposed blackened bone. Their arms from elbows to hands, parts of their spine, most of their ribs, and legs from knees to feet are also exposed blackened bone. Their hair is short and brown, their remaining eye on the left is blue, and their skin is pale.

They tend to wear dark pants (usually tailored into shorts), light dress shirts, and a wide variety of suit vests. They used to own a rainbow scarf, but after it proved to be a hazard when climbing, they repurposed it into a belt. Their clothes hang loosely on their frame, having lost body mass due to decomposition and skeletonization. Their favourite vest is the brown vest they were given when they first joined the Nether Kingdom.

## **History**

### **Backstory**

Azure used to live in the overworld, in a small cabin in a birch forest just outside of a small town. In their town they helped their fellow townsfolk farm and weave clothing and tapestries, as well as ventured out to explore and gather resources. They're not a fighter, but they're decent enough with a sword to easily fend off common monsters on their travels.

One day, they went by themself into the nether to gather resources to make healing potions for their town's clerics. While exploring they found a nether fortress, and decided to go in for blaze rods. Inside the fortress however, they got cornered by a group of wither skeletons, and got badly injured by their swords, whose blades were laced with wither poison spread along the edges. They managed to drag themself away from the fortress and curled up in a corner under a netherrack overhang, fully expecting to meet an agonizing death. But.... they didn't die. They woke up an unknown amount of time later, feeling no longer unwell. As they stood up, they saw their hands and forearms now lacking their flesh, only being blackened bone. Blacked bone just like the wither skeletons that attacked them. Unbeknownst to them, the Wither God and the Blood God took pity on and revived them and made them a wither skeleton hybrid, feeling like they deserved a longer life.

Realizing they've been transformed into a hybrid, a *nether hybrid* at that, it dawned on them that they couldn't return home anymore. They spent days, possibly weeks, wandering aimlessly across the foreign and confusing landscape of the nether, until they stumbled upon a large settlement. The residents of the settlement eagerly introduced themselves, explaining that the area was the Nether Kingdom, and invited Azure to move into town. They accepted the kind strangers' offer, and eventually constructed a new house just outside of the main part of town. Now, they happily live in the Nether Kingdom, having made a new life for themself there. (and if they still miss the overworld and sometimes do things pretending that they're back in their original home? no one needs to know that).

### **Quill Kingdoms SMP Lore**

#### **The Wedding and The Discovery of Nether Stars**

At the wedding of Eli and the World Border, Azure held a nether star for the first time. They felt a comforting warmth and pulse from the nether star, and felt a desire to continue to hold onto this warmth. They had to give the nether star to those building the temples, but they managed to acquire another one in the fighting arena later that day. They held onto it for a while, enjoying it's warmth, before feeling the urge to put it into their now-empty chest cavity. They slid it into the space where their heart used to reside through their exposed ribs, and magic unknown to them held it in place. Once they did that, they experienced an increase in their bodily strength, and discovered they were now stronger and faster.

#### **Scientific Experimentation**

Azure's friend Lynne had the urge to do some scientific experimentation one day, and Azure was a willing candidate. They decided to see just how much of an impact Azure's nether star residing in their chest had, and did a series of tests involving Azure running around the Blaze Goddess Temple under various conditions. Hesitantly, they took the nether star out of their chest, and upon discovering that it had no ill effects on them, continued with the experiment. For the first three laps around the Temple (a 21x25 meter perimeter), they ran without their nether star or any potions, and averaged at 20 seconds per lap. Then they dropped a splash speed potion on their own head (as they're unable to drink potions, lacking a stomach), and averaged at 14 seconds per lap. After that, they put their nether star back into their chest, and averaged at 12 seconds per lap. Finally, after dropping another splash speed potion on their head, they managed to run around the temple in only 9 seconds.

After these tests, the pair decided to go to the hub islands, which they could access from the nether portal in their kingdom's community house, to see how water now affects Azure now that they're skeletal. Once they found a stream, they discovered that Azure can no longer swim, nor can they drown (as they now lack lungs). Lynne however *can* drown, despite being a ghast and able to phase through solid objects.

## **Gallery**

Azure's current QuillKingdoms skin.QK!Azure's character reference, commissioned from @P1n3appl3Island on Twitter.Art of QK!Azure, drawn by @al0phia on Twitter.Art of QK!Azure, representative of xem when xe lived in the overworld, and after xe died and came back as a wither skeleton hybrid, commissioned from @shiz\_lynne on Twitter.