Percival King

**Percival "Percy" King** is a major character in *Epithet Erased*. She is a young inscribed police detective who spearheads the investigation over the theft of the Arsene Amulet, which leads her to the backwater town of Redwood Run.

## Physical Appearance

Percy is freckled non-binary woman with many chiseled features, as her epithet is related to architecture. She has blonde hair and eyebrows that heavily resemble lightning bolts, which could be related to her wizard towers.

As for clothes, she dons a police uniform with brick patterned gloves and tie, which references her abilities.

## Personality

Percy has an extremely strict moral code as a police officer and values order and safety, however, she doesn’t have many social skills and tends to speak in a flat monotone with a dry humor. She can often come off as straight-laced and insensitive as well, heavily underestimating and unknowingly talking down to mundies, despite her good intentions.

## Abilities and Powers

### Epithet

Percy's epithet allows her to instantly create small buildings with a variety of different effects, but the quality of the building depends on its foundation.

* **Apothecary:** Percy can create a little mushroom-hut apothecary that can heal injuries or calm someone within her range. However, it can not heal any mental injuries.
* **Wizard Tower:** Percy can create a tiny castle tower with electricity coming out from the top which she can fire at command. They also can exhibit electromagnetic fields capable of stopping bullets in the air, when used in a pair.
* **Forge:** Percy can create a small gazebo with an open flame in the middle. This apparently has a positive effect on defense, but it has yet to be shown.

### Weapons

Percy is shown to be incredibly skilled in wielding "real-ass goddamned sword".

### Miscellaneous Skills

Percy has a vast knowledge of architecture, hence explains why she takes architectural work as a side job.

## Relationships

### Ramsey Murdoch

At first, Percy didn't recognize Ramsey, and saw him as a mere common mundie criminal. But after being convinced that he'll help her catch all the Banzai Blasters lurking in Redwood Run, she hesitantly agrees to partner with him, oblivious to the fact that he's manipulating her into being his bodyguard from Zora.

Eventually, the duo encounter Zora, and Ramsey has no choice but to stop running once Percy cuffs both of them together in an attempt to draw out and challenge Zora. Thanks to their teamwork, Percy and Ramsey do end up surviving, and Ramsey even managed to retrieve the Arsene Amulet right from under Zora's nose.

Upon learning Ramsey's epithet, she instantly recognizes and later arrests him for his crimes of forgery and embezzlement. At first Ramsey is mad at her for this, but she offers to give him a comfortable cell and allows him to make up for his crimes by letting him use his appraisal skills in the future, he accepts her offer.

### Howie Honeyglow

Percy and Howie are rivals in the architectural business, and often find themselves applying for the same positions. Despite their rivalry, both hold great respect for each other, as Percy admires Howie's skill and Howie commends Percy's dedication to her job.

## Trivia

* In universe, she is Taiga-raced.
* Her epithet is actually based on a tower defense game, in which the player chooses from a pool different small towers and constructs one per "turn". This can explain her low stamina.
* Her name is likely a derivative of pierce, befitting her choice of being a sword wielder.
	+ It is also derived from the name of one of the Round Table Knights.
* Brendon Blaber believes that Percy is 29 but cannot confirm due to other crew members being her creators.
* Percy has been confirmed to be written as asexual, and may also be aromantic.
	+ Brendan also leaves fans to interpret her as trans, non-binary or even autistic whatsoever. He even admits that she is his first purposefully ambiguous character he has created.

## Reference Sources

1. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/jello\_apocalypse/clip/ArborealPlacidBananaDAESuppy
2. ↑ https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/189531710167/may-i-ask-the-ages-of-zora-percy-and-ramsey
3. ↑ [1]
4. ↑ https://jelloapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/190090771062/will-any-non-binary-characters-be-showing-up