Oswin (SH)

Oswin is a guy with a God complex from an unamed story. He has no last name as is customary, but idk i might make it Isham or Lindsey. Ill jsut use Isham for now. Anyways hes just like some guy in a church. I lied, i did neither. Oswin Gilling is jsut some guy until he isnt and then he becomes a main character.

## Personal Attributes

### Physcial Appearance

#### Pre-institute

Before Oswin joins the institute that i have yet to name, he has hair that is liek kinda long (around chest-lentgh). its black and he wears it in a braid. Generally, he wears a salakot and a dark blue shirt and pants. He is barefoot when he is working in the paddy fields, otherwise he wears sandals.

#### Post-institute

After joining, Oswin is first given a white shirt and pants and a small cloak. After he is there for a bit he is given an upgrade!! he then wears a white robe with lace, removes the hat, and is given a dark pink stole to show his status. At this point he also dyes his hair pink. It is aorund elbow length.

### Personality

Oswin is a little obsessive freak. He has a superiority complex in which he beleives everything revolves aorund him/those he loves, and if it doesnt he will make it so it does. He is manipulative but polite and good at reading situations. Oswin appears to be a quite friendly and outspoken man but obviosuly hes like manipulative shawties. Saving face is his middle name istg, after "the chosen one" in Oswins opinion. Freak.

### Relationships

Previously, Oswin had a fiancee named Eden who he lived with for four years. After joining the institute, his is alone until years later a boy is brought in named Llewellyn Conwy. Oswin takes a liking to Llewellyn and decides to "mentor" him in the ways of the institute.

Thats his like sob story anyways. He actually joins the institue pretty much the same time as this other guy who Im jsut claling florian for now because its easy, idk if that will stay. Florian joined the institute because he waneted to help preserve history and work with the artefacts that they recive. Florian is relaly the closest thing Oswin has to a friend.

## Lore

### Backstory

Before joining the institute, Oswin was a rice farmer. he had been a rice farmer since the only time that is important, it could be all his life for all I care. Eventually while bringing in some of the crop from that season, Oswin met Eden Deywr, a girl who was primarily a writer and like made kites and stuff for festivals. they hang otu and stuff and they like slay and oswin is like i think i love you and Eden is like haha ok then. They move in together and live otetehr for around four years. Oswin wants to get married, but when he appeals his request for a recognized marriage from the insitute, theyr e like lol sure but only if you guys have a kid and give it to us becasue he are lwokey having an employee crisis and dont have enough like monks or whatver the institut e calls them. Oswin doesnt want to do that to Eden, but if he wants to keep dating her he will have to marry her in the next year (thatshwta her parents want), so he asks the institute if he can do anythign else and they say like ok bruv, if you serve under us for hmm around three years, then we will let you go and get married no problem, yeah? Oswin makes sure that Eden and her parents agree and when they do he packs up and kisses his woman wife girl fiancee goodbye for three years.

SUBHECT TO CHANGE :)

### The Three Years

the three years are when oswin is in training, so thsi is when he has like the veil and stuff. Honestly not much happens within the three years themselves. But then the three years is up and Oswin who has been like counting minutes fr goes to the council or whatver and is like aliright buddies, let me go. Adn they all arwe like oh yeah sorry you cant leave. Oswin is like bruh, yall literally said i could and the council is like, yeah but like our head priest is gonna die soon and we like how well you perform in the shrine instititue thing so like we are jsut goign to keep you around. Youre like the only other adult we have here anyways so it would make our lives easier. Oswin is like man what the heck and liek hits a wall or smth. He then send a letter to Eden informing her of the situation. She does not repsond.

### The Institute

Now officialy a part of the insittue, oswin begins training to become the next head shrine keeper priest man. In this, he is given hsi white robes, but he contiues to wear his old stole. He is also allowed to remove his veil at this time. Oswin trains for around three more years and then the institute is jsut like alright, you are priest now bud, hope you enjoy. He is given his stole but finds himself upset by its presence. He decides to dye his hair pink to match it and the institue is like dawg youre ruinign our aesthetic but they cant get rid of him since hes liek their only priest now so theyre jsut like fine >:(. He remains the only priest person for around two more years. He continues to write letters to Eden, he rarely gets replies.

### The Child

After these two years, Llewellyn is brought into the institute and does general chores around the shrine. Oswin decides he likes him, espeically since hes the only new kid theyve gotten sinc Oswin relaly became priest erson, so he decides to liek ahng otu and train him about how the monastary works. He has given up on writing to Eden. She has stopped repsonding and Oswin is only allowed into town for specific events. They keep him on a leash fr

#### The Dream

Oswin had gotten quite close to Llewellyn, so when Llewellyn has a nightmare one night, he goes and finds Oswin so he can talk about it. While Llewellyn is talkig about his dream, Oswin sees familiarity in aspects of it and realizes that Llewellyn is connected to Celestia. He is not quite sure how, but suspects that Llewellyn is being watched by Celestia and possibly even tethered to it. After Llewellyn shuts up and stops cyrring Oswin is like ok cool, uhh you can sleep in my bed tonight im goign to head to the library. He goes and gets scary illegal books from the institutes archive's.

### The Pilgrim

A little after Oswin begins his research, a pilgrim comes into the Basilica asking to see thier holy objects. While at thsis point, this would be Llewellyn's job, Oswin recognizes the pilgrim due to his notorious knowledge of theology and grows anxious. He decides to guide the traveler instead although he allows Llewellyn to follow. Oswin fears that the pilgrim will know what he has been doing due to his tampering of the religious items thoughout his research and procuring of specific items and he tries to subtley speed up the pilgrim's stay. The pilgrim begins to notice Oswin's anxiety and agrees to leave, and Oswin tells Llewellyn to show him to the door while he puts back the artefacts. While walking out, the pilgrim asks Llewellyn to keep an eye on Oswin for him and come into town to tell him if he starts gathering specific things.

### The Ritual

Oswin finsihes getting all the stuff he needs just fine, Llewellyn is kinda useless ngl and he isnt allowd out of the monastary so like he cant really tell the pilgirm is he notces somehitng off. One night, Llewellyn sees Oswin take the sacrifical knife kept within the shirne as well as the food offerings left there earlier that day. He does not dully now what is goign on and despite his trsut for Oswin, he feels the pilgrim should know what is happening if theres like a knife involved. Llewellyn tries to sneak otu and do something for once but Oswin catches him and asks if he will go to the shrine with him. He does and Llewellyn is like well if we jsut goign to the shrin then its not all bad. After organizing random shit on the floor and making a quick prayer, Oswin cuts Llewellyn's hand. llewellyn fuckingscream s and the pilgrim hears it cause hes jsut been camping close to the institute for a few days and he tries to go in. Bascially a red string comes out form Llewellyns cut and it points towrads tehe sky (its ore like there is already a stong connected to Llewellyn pointing towards the sky but the blood akes it visible) and as hes liek fucking crying and like freaking out Oswin just like grabs it and pulls on it as hard as he can and it effectively shatters the sky and like brings down celestia, or at least apsects of it. The pilgrim sees this and is like NNOOOOO YOU FUCKIGN IDIOT WHYYYY and he like runs in and stuff its all chaos rn.

### The Break

Oswin essentially creates like a stupid rift in the world because hes a selfish bitch. So like by making the worlds collide in this way it opens up what i jsut can call the Abyss , i wish i was good at naming things but im not. No one really knows what it is, it sort of just lurks, its pretty much the epitome of conciousness and most people think it wraps around the entirety fo the world but theres alot of other theories. Basically this also gets pulled in and Oswin pushes Florian in. Florian tries to cut Llewllyns blood string thing thats why, Florian does more stuff throughout the sotry i jsut dont feel like editting the wiki that much. Florian gets yoinked into Abyss land and is like forced to continue stringing like guzheng or smth like thhat. Krill man sews up the stupid rift that Oswin made ad is like what the fuck you idiot.