Cadaver

This Character is a stranger who arrived to the area alongside Lazz Chasm. Their origin is unclear, as are their motives- although they've recently become more active in interacting with others after recent events. They are called "Cadaver" as a placeholder name ooc only, and do not have a name yet ic.

## Player Information

### Appearance

Cadaver is a taller than average humanoid who's limbs are made of pumpkin from the elbow and knee down, with the rest of the body made from heavily rooted dirt and lacking a neck. Where their head would be is a pumpkin that is hollow on the inside, and there is a hole that opens up to the rest of their body where the neck would be, revealing that the body is hollow.

They appear to be dressed in some kind of suit, wearing a black front-laced corset over a grey shirt, with grey pants and a black tailcoat that has three belts on each sleeve, one on the forearm and two on the upper arm. They wear knee high black boots with thick grey laces, and the coat has various light orange buttons along it, with four buttons running vertically along both sides of the jacket's front, although the jacket is worn open.

They also wear a length of yellow fabric in the place where a tie would go, that runs in a thick solid band down to their corset and loops into their hollow body. They are never seen without it. Their pumpkin is carved with two sad looking eyes, and a sharply exaggerated frown that has three teeth on both the top and bottom edges, the top having two large and one small tooth while the bottom has two small and one large tooth.

### Personality

*"Do you love your neighbor? Is it in your nature? Do you love the sunset? Aren't you fed up yet? Do you have enough love in your heart to go and get your hands dirty?" [Excerpt from the song "Dirty," by grandson]*

Cadaver is an extremely quiet, private individual who spends most of their time alone. They do not speak much, and when they do it is in quiet tones, with a tendency to lack inflection. They prefer to listen to the conversations of others rather than engage themselves.

They are also hard working, and would rather do tasks personally instead of allowing anyone else to handle them. They work closely with various animals, the most beloved of which being their white horse Glorious. They don't speak often to their animals either, but seem comfortable in the fact that they are not expected to talk.

While they do tend towards quietness and privacy, they do not pay attention to things which they do not care about, sometimes leading to them being surprised to find out something is going on despite having been in close proximity to it. They also do not enjoy being seen as scary, and are generally friendly or neutral towards those they don't know.

Those that catch their attention negatively are rarely left alone, with Cadaver often keeping active tabs on people they do not trust. They do not see themselves as wrong in this, regardless of how invasive it may be, often simply determined to never be caught doing anything suspicious. They trust their instincts immeasurably, even if they often do not know where their feelings come from.

History: They do not remember.

They know that they must hide. That they cannot be seen by their enemies, whoever they may be.

They know the sound of vines breaking strikes a powerful fear in their heart. They know that the pumpkins are a sign of safety, and they ensure to place them in places they believe are safe.

They know they must keep the yellow fabric they hold close. That it must be protected at all costs, no matter what, always.

They do not remember.

All they can do is see what is directly in front of them.

Cadaver's currently known history is alongside Lazz Chasm, a professor who had initially found the strange pumpkin-faced person in a jungle clearing a few years ago. This meeting was promptly ended by Cadaver striking the professor hard enough to become unconscious in their surprise, before eventually deciding that they would follow Lazz to find out the other's intentions.

After that point, and after being stalked for multiple weeks by Cadaver, they decided the professor was someone they could trust, and revealed themselves to the professor who, while not remembering their first interaction, was rather shocked to suddenly see someone sitting in their house out of nowhere.

Luckily, the professor was perhaps concerningly easygoing and accepting of peculiar people, and after a few months together, Lazz went from introducing Cadaver as "my stalker" to introducing them as "my friend," never giving them a name and them never offering one themselves.

Now, after Lazz's arrival in the area, Cadaver has also returned, and while initially they intended to stay away from anyone else... Lazz discovering the last remnants of their friend and fellow researcher RX has prompted Cadaver to become much more active, realizing that Lazz would need more help from them than usual- and being deeply unsettled by the information they were told of where RX had last been. A temple that was deep in the jungle, with a path to a clearing full of pumpkins. The site of a great battle...

They don't trust it. They need to know more before they decide what they're going to do about it.

### Relationships

Lazz Chasm - Friend

A researcher who found Cadaver initially, they have been traveling together for a few years now. The two mutually trust each other and Cadaver tends to have some odd habits that have come from intentionally messing with Lazz in lighthearted ways.

Pink - ???

*that mask...*

*They know it.*

*But they can't remember.*