Trixie Castor

**Trixie Castor** (Vichnist'av: *Triksyi Kastri*) is an ecclesionyx from the Ecclesion province, and a major antagonist in *Animals at Heart*. She was once a disciple of Nocturne's ruler, Seth, until her exposure to Death magic as a non-Elemental sent her to the universe's edge.

## Profile

### Personality

Although loyal to her fellow ecclesionyx, especially as a Messenger of the mythical Sanku, Trixie is rather impudent to the other inhabitants of Verenigde, especially the Silent demi-wolves. Her royal status gives her a slight messiah complex, in that she was imbued with a divine right by assigning Elementals their artifacts.

### Appearance

Trixie has curly ginger hair in a bob cut, and bangs that obscure her eyes. For clothing, she wears puffy pink vestments with the Ecclesion crest.

## Biography

Born in Year -8, Trixie was one of the earliest ecclesionyx to bear witness to Sydan's ascension in Year 0. Her uncle Mars believed it to be the work of Sanku, the supposed ancestor of all life on Verenigde who founded Paradise on the moon. Upon the demi-kinds' separation across the continent, Trixie was royally selected by Mars to be an envoy of Sanku, who would seek out the Elementals of Sydan in two decades. This left Trixie somewhat discouraged, as she wanted to be the bearer of Eccleion's artifact, Ere Lune, which would be bestowed unto the King and Queen's future child.

Two years later, an apparition of the king of Nocturne, Seth Insom, paid Trixie a visit in her dream and ordered her to meet him in the southern demi-wolf province, Nocturne. She woke up the next morning and obliged to Seth's wishes, and upon meeting him in Nocturne, was shocked to learn that he knew of her jealousy. Seth offered to teach her the magic of Death so she could usurp the Ecclesion throne, and prove her worth as Eccleion's true messiah. Happily taking Seth's offer, Trixie spent the next several years under his guidance, and soon learned how to communicate with dark spirits from the L'Enfer plane. At one point, she was caught conversing with the spirits by an ecclesionyx named Wasp, but he was poisoned before a report could be issued to the Dragontears family.

In Year 18, Trixie was not present for the birth of King Mars and Queen Calypso's first child, Cypress; instead, she was attending her "final" lesson with Seth, wherein he presented to her the Collar of Sud'ba, the artifact of Death. As it was placed around her neck, a surge of magic engulfed her body, sending both her physical and spiritual self to the universe's edge, and leaving the artifact behind. However, since she had been greatly exposed to Death magic, she found herself able to contact the Collar of Sud'ba as a powerful omnipotent being.

Trixie remained dormant at the universe's edge until Year 31, when the Elementals of Sydan arrived at Northern Territory, as King Mars had ordered them to investigate the unusual weather patterns occurring there. At nightfall, they encountered demi-kind who were exiled from Verenidge many years ago, all of whom had made alliances with Seth in the past. Trixie then became aware of Seth's demise in Year 29, in which his physical half was killed by Kamots using Silent's Amulet. Seeing an opportunity to annihilate Sydan's chosen, Trixie united her own Death magic with Phantom Insom, Seth's daughter and the Collar of Sud'ba's bearer, and used her body as a vessel. Phantom, under Trixie's control, unleashed her heightened abilities against the Elementals, with the demi-owl Shinki separating them by conjuring up a blizzard. The Elementals soon reunited and returned to Verenidge, putting Kamots into intensive care as he had nearly experienced fatal hypothermia the next morning. Strangely enough, the Nocturne province was still above the ocean, signifying that Phantom was still alive. During Kamots's weeks of slumber, he saw several premonitions of Phantom returning to the continent and terrorizing its people, though he remained unaware of Trixie's presence within her soul.

When Kamots awoke and subsequently left for the Silent wheat field, he astral projected through Sanku's Aurora and remained asleep for five years. Waking up again in Year 36, he realized Phantom had returned to Verenigde, seizing control of the Nocturne demi-wolves. Cypress informed Kamots that Phantom likely wished to harvest the Elementals' souls to unite Seth's physical and spirit halves, dubbing the event the "Battle of Four Hearts". Phoenix, Blue, and Kamots watched in horror as Phantom used Death magic to grab Cypress, then gave Kamots two options: either Cypress died and Phantom destroyed herself, or Phantom died and would bring everyone on Verenigde with her. Overwhelmed by the death of Terra, whose blood stained Kamots's hands in Year 29, he sliced Cypress's heart. Phantom went though with her deal, shattering the Collar of Sud'ba and summoning the Demon's Gate. Once Cypress completed her ascension to the moon, Kamots watched as Phantom descended into the Demon's Gate, with the spirit of Trixie separating from her body. Finally understanding the cause behind Phantom's insanity, Kamots ran to the Demon's Gate to save his friend, though he could not reach her in time, and was pulled into L'Enfer.

Three decades later in Year 66, Cypress recited the Prayer of Tomorrow from Paradise, a gift to her from Sanku, to restore herself, Kamots, and the fallen Verenidge provinces. However, Kamots was given an opportunity to rewrite history from the Overseer Maize, who sent him 39 years into the past. Teaming up with his younger self, dubbed Heart, Kamots killed the half of Seth that observed everything from the universe's edge. The demise of Seth allowed for the liberation of Rye from Kamots's heart, and also prevented the fated death of Terra, thereby ensuring the safety of all six Elementals until the end times. As for Trixie, she no longer had Seth to help guide her powers to Verenigde's plane. She remained lost between the universe and void, rid of Death magic, until she arrived in Maize's Corridor of Loss. To Trixie's surprise, Maize spared her life, and instead invited her to the Overseer's Garden where she could attain enlightenment through redemption.

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