Cupcake the Pixie

> *"I LIKE BREAD."* (Cupcake the Pixie, shortly after meeting the party)
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**Cupcake the Pixie** (pronounced /kʌp-keɪk/ *KUHP-kayk*) is a pixie who was formerly an imp and the familiar of Tribula Cochlea. They currently reside with Tri in the Awning Portal.

## **Description**

Cupcake is a pixie with reddish skin, pointed ears, large yellow eyes and butterfly wings resembling the wings of a Red Admiral Butterfly sprouting from their back. Their hair is shorn close to their head, cut so short that you can barely see its dark red hue. They have unusually sharp teeth for a pixie, and they are slightly shorter and stockier than most. They wear a white suit tailored specifically for them with golden accents.

Cupcake used to look like the typical infernal imp, being a short-statured, red-skinned humanoid creature with small black horns, bat wings and a scorpion tail. They were slightly shorter and slightly heavier than the average imp. Aside from this, however, their appearance did not at all deviate from their kin.

## **Personality**

Cupcake is avaricious and hedonistic, and takes great pleasure in three things: stuff, food and their best friend Tri. This nature reveals itself in their interactions with other Awning Portal residents; they've made fun of people, stolen Mariss D'Marothek's belongings and eaten more than their fair share of bread, baked goods and other things.

Surprisingly, however, their mischief does not extend to Tribula Cochlea. Cupcake sees Tri as their best friend and would never do anything to hurt Tri. They respect Tri's property and feelings and treat Tri very well. Similarly, Tri's hurt feelings affect them too- if Cupcake does something to hurt Tri's friends and it makes Tri sad, Cupcake displays regret and adjusts their behavior. Cupcake denied their nature as an imp to keep Tri happy, and it manifested in their physical form changing forever.

Cupcake's earnest desire for all of the nice things in life superceded their former loyalty to the Nine Hells. By making a contract with Tri, Cupcake turned their back on the chance to return to the Lower Planes, instead opting to stay with Tri for the rest of their life. Cupcake would rather be happy than loyal, and it showed in their actions and ultimately freed them from their bonds to the Nine Hells.

## **Abilities**

### Natural Weapons

Cupcake, as a pixie, is able to use their body to do a variety of things. Most notably, the pixie is able to fly using their large butterfly wings. They are also able to use their sharp teeth in battle as natural weapons.

### Fae Magic

Cupcake has access to a limited amount of magic. They typically use it to turn invisible and conceal themself from plain view, hiding in Tri's hair or on their shoulders. They also can create some type of fairy dust, which can make a victim drowsy.

## **Possessions**

Cupcake has a stash of several hundred gold which they scrounged off the ground during the party's mad dash to split up a gold reward.

Cupcake has to their name two 1gp pearls, which they found themself, a tailored suit and a tiny bed.

## **History**

Cupcake was originally a nameless imp of many thousands that served in the Blood War against the Demonic Abyss for many thousands of years, until they were summoned to the Prime Material by the Hand of Nessus sometime in the 1400s FR. They were kept by an imp keeper, Jimmy John, who also kept several of their peers, in birdcages. Eventually, in July 1492, they were sent as surveillance to Renear Neverember's home and were captured in Izora de'Xvim's iron pot, unwillingly brought along to the very cult they served.

However, Tri befriended them, and Cupcake made the decision to turn their back on the cult and pursue something they lacked, but desired greatly: a friend. They made a contract with the sea elf and became their familiar, opting to stay with them for the rest of their life. Eventually, this contract manifested in their alignment changing, which prompted a metamorphosis: they betrayed their nature as an imp, and as such, became a pixie. This ultimate manifestation of their loyalty truly solidified their bond to Tri and freed them from the Nine Hells.

## **Relationships**

### Tribula Cochlea

Cupcake considers Tri to be their only, and best, friend, and has made a contract with the sea elf, serving as their familiar and their eternal companion for the rest of time. Unlike most people, Cupcake treats Tri with respect and kindness, and heeds their requests and feelings as if they were the pixie's own.

### Mariss D'Marothek, Noonan Lockheed and Reverence

Cupcake, not bound to "friendship" to the party as they are to Tri, continually irritates, vexes and thieves from the party at their own discretion. The party views this with varying amounts of disdain; Noonan and Rev find them to be silly and funky, whilst Mariss takes this with mild annoyance. However, as a friend of Tri's, Cupcake unwittingly finds themself as a friend of the party, whether they like that or not.