Murklin

## History

### Early Life

Murklin lives on the fourth level of Hell with his two mothers and their Imp Bluster. His mothers are a somewhat rare pairing of a mid and high-class Demon (Ch 301). His Mom runs a batch of farms while his Mama owns a tailoring shop and their house is located about equal distance between the two (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 5). Murklin seems to have a close relationship with his parents, especially his Mama. He even fondly remembers her cuddling him as she embroidered and taught him how to do it himself (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 4). Since he is a child Murklin was also required to attend school with the other young Demons. There he had a small friend group consisting of Fisher. Cnidar and Sana, who is his best friend (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 1).

When he was eleven years old Murklin's friends dared him to do a tunnel run to the Surface, a common childhood dare in Hell. By pure luck Murklin accidentally makes it all the way to the Surface, exiting into the forests of England. Murklin quickly became lost in the wilderness, wandering around for weeks. To make things worse he experienced a strange drop of magical power soon after arriving on the Surface, dropping his magical abilities almost to nothing. One day, after being chased by her family dog, Murklin literally ran into Leila Seraphine, who was visiting family that lived nearby. Despite his fears and suspicions of the Angel girl Lei quickly began helping and attempting to befriend Murklin. She brought him food, introducing him to Surface food like honey and various types of fruit, and provided some comfort to him. However, Murklin's powers continued to cause issues to the point that one day he fully turned incorporeal for a while and phased through his clothes. Murklin quickly ran away to hide and calm down from this event. Meanwhile, Lei washed the clothes he phased through and finally saw Murklin's child symbol. She quickly reported him to Isaac, who sent guardian Angels down to handle things one rainy night when Lei had convinced Murklin to sleep in the shed to avoid the bad weather. The combination of the storm and the increased Angel presence scared Murklin, who ran off into the forest to hide. Unfortunately, he accidentally hid in a badger burrow, leading to the territorial animal attacking and injuring the young Demon. The Angels quickly found him and brought him back to Lei's house to begin treating his injuries. Murklin spent a few days resting and recovering. Eventually, Abby and Isaac Angel came personally to see to the situation and, after getting medical approval from Abby, was brought to a rendezvous point by Isaac and Lei. He was then passed off to a Demon envoy and transported back home, where he happily reunited with his mothers (Inky Extras Series Part 13).

It was later discovered that the stress of getting lost on the Surface started Murklin's fledgling stage early, which is what caused the drop in magical ability. He soon became apprenticed under Prince Stolas, since her magic was well suited to handling if he went beastly, and began his fledgling training. While Murklin has yet to go beastly he has had close calls and he was so unstable during his last spike in magical power that Stolas didn't want to risk him being around the other fledglings (Ch 301).

## Character Description

### Relationships

* Leila Seraphine - Friend
* Bendy - Friend
* Stolas - Demon Master
* Mama - Mother
* Mom - Mother
* Bluster - House Imp
* Sana - Best Friend

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Murklin's normal body temperature runs at 114.2 °F (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 5)
* As mentioned above, Murklin's Mama taught him how to embroider. Specifically, she taught him the tambour/aari form of embroidery (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 4)
* Based on the amount of time he was on the Surface to Leila celebrating her birthday Murklin first accidentally arrived on the Surface in April

### Notes

* Murklin is written primarily by SpectorOdyssey