Flicker Lulling

**Flicker Lulling** is a Fallen Aasimar Blood Hunter played by Dusty.

## Description

### Appearance

Flicker is a short, lithe person with light brown skin. They have cropped Champaign-colored hair and bangs, that looks like it was cut with an unsteady hand. They have silvery freckles, and their eyes are split top-bottom brown and green. Their casual wear consists of a short green cloak that covers some of their studded leather armor. They have a long sleeved shirt they keep tucked into their leather gloves. They wear tight pants and scuffed up boots. Their collar-bone and upper chest are covered in moderately deep slashing scars, some newer than others, the oldest being from years ago. Flicker also wears an amulet with a hidden blade in it, which they use to cast magic. The panel was previously scuffed beyond recognition, but now has a symbol of Corellon on it. Since receiving it, they haven't been seen without their Cloak of Many Fashions, which they'll change the style of to reflect the places they visit, or the people they're with. They have also been known to combine the styles of clothing of other members of the party to re-design the cloak.

### Personality

Flicker appears sheltered. They have a seemingly unending curiosity for the world around them and how it works. They've shown an affinity to mirroring others actions back to them, and quickly pick up on the mannerisms of others without instruction. They tend to stay quiet, with periods of intense emotion in between. They have proven themselves to be anxious, and nervous when speaking about themselves, yet brazen and unrelenting when interrogating others. Recently, they seem to be taking a more compassionate form of badgering others. Flicker has shown that, despite their naiveite, they pick up new information quickly and make inferences about behavior from it. They are frank and honest when talking about their opinions of others, despite how cagey they are regarding details about themselves.

## Biography

### Background

Flicker has claimed that they were born in mud.

Flicker is from a forest that they do not know the name of, where they were brought by their mother to keep them and their brother safe. They claimed that they came from a family of grave-diggers who follow Corellon, but have revealed this is entirely false. During their time in the forest, they were trained with weapons.

Flicker has killed people before, and has implied it was for ritualistic purposes. They also clarified that they never had to seek out people to kill - their village would kill anyone who came too close, instead of actively taking travelers. They also claim that they have met a cult following Lolth, and that people died in their village when the cult visited, though they have clarified that no one who died was a member of the Lolth cult, or their village.

Flicker has talked about having a best friend in the village, who left a number of years before they did, named Kharis. Kharis ran away, and Flicker assumes she made it out alive because she was never brought back to be executed. It has been implied that she's alive when Nothing Good found a list of living missing cult members, and both Kharis and Flicker were uncrossed on the list. They seem to regret not helping her, but admitted they feared punishment at the time.

They said that they left after a fight with their brother, Anton, which caused them to realize it was time to leave, and have clarified that they didn't tell anyone that they were leaving before taking off. Just before leaving, their brother died, and they left before the funeral was completed. They have since clarified that they were the one to kill their brother in a ritual, with Flicker being the one to kill Anton because they were "the special one."

They claim to have left three weeks prior to meeting the party, but have admitted that was a lie, and they only traveled for two. They then spent a few days on the city outskirts, afraid they'd be killed by the first people to see them. The night before they met the party, they locked themselves in their room to get drunk in peace.

### Current Arc

Flicker joined the party by following them after Ullabark bought the bar a free round of drinks. From there it was revealed that they did not know what money was, they hadn't heard of maps before, and that they'd been warned by their family that their magic (Eldritch Blast) would make people angry when the party fought rats. They also claimed to worship Corellon.

They continued to follow the party, showing distress at injured people in a temple to Corellon, and helping heal an injured miner. Flicker followed the party into the mines, where they pressed Harland for information on his state as alive, revealing that they plan on finding a way to revive their recently deceased brother. When they retrieved their amulet, now with imagery of Corellon on it, they seemed like they were about to cry, but brushed the party off.

When delving further into the mines, Flicker sang what they claimed was a hymn in Celestial to pass the time. Once they made it to the final fight in the mine, Flicker was shown an illusion by the enemy of them standing over their brother with a dagger in their hands. They were extremely disturbed by this, and immediately checked that no one in the party had seen what they'd seen. They said they wanted to go home, but immediately declined Harland's offer to take them back there.

The next day, they prayed in a temple to Corellon, and rejoined the rest of the party later. On the trip south, a man came across the party and spent the night at their camp. Flicker seemed enamored by the candy that he left behind. Flicker had a conversation with Harland on watch where they mentioned that they get dreams with signs in them sometimes, and confided that they wouldn't be welcomed home if they turned back now. They seemed disturbed that a vampire appeared when they were informed about his visit the day after.

Once in Port Damali, Flicker seemed scared of the sheer amount of people. They became even more scared once Ullabark mentioned that they could be kidnapped if they weren't careful. They helped search for a lost dog with the rest of the party, and seemed concerned for its safety when they returned it to its owner.

The next day, Flicker went shopping with Leo and Harland, and danced with Harland later that day. The day after that, they fished, and left Harland and Leo alone to talk, finding a fighting pit in the meantime. The group fought in the pit, and afterwards had a serious talk with Harland. When Flicker found out some things about Harland's history, they seemed accepting, and managed to put together Harland's connection to Lolth. They didn't seem particularly bothered by this, so much as they were concerned.

During the search for Ullabark, Flicker checked with the stable the party's mules were stationed at, and while they were sad when it was revealed that Ullabark had run away, they didn't seem excessively emotionally affected. Once on the boat, Flicker's first action was to pester Harland about if he was looking for anyone. They seemed frustrated by the conversation. Later, Flicker disclosed to Leo that they'd met followers of Lolth before, and that people died when they came to Flicker's village. They made an agreement with Leo that they'd go to him first if they noticed any signs of Lolth, which they claimed to know how to find.

Once the party arrived on the island, Flicker traveled with the party around the island, going through various misadventures that culminated in using a grappling hook to scale a cliff. Once on top, the party was confronted by harpies, and was almost very badly beaten. During this fight, it was revealed that Leo had signed a warlock pact. During the next day of travel, Flicker asked Leo if the two of them were the same, citing that they both had pacts with deities, and affirming that their pact was with Corellon. They also offered to help Leo figure out who his pact was with.

Flicker helped search the in-cave bunker, staying by Harland when he seemed emotionally effected by killing one of the harpies. They followed behind the party as they explored the hideout.