Elliot Anthurium

Elliot Anthurium is the middle child of Ebony and Carpus Anthurium. His older sister is Helen Paris, and his younger is Iris Anthurium. He used to live in Fasithe, but left with his niece Lacy Anthurium and now resides on Loburn as an assistant carpenter.

## Appearance

Gold blonde hair and brown eyes, wears a torque.

## Personality

Elliot is a quietly nervous man, who manages to exude that he might have an idea what he’s doing. He doesn’t half the time, mostly due to lack of confidence rather than skill. He wants to do the right thing, but doesn’t always know if he’s got the guts for it.

## History

Elliot is the middle child of Ebony and Carpus, with Helen as his older sister and Iris as his younger sister. He is 5 years younger than Helen, and was more or less raised by her. He was a timid child, but was forced to overcome some of his fears if he wanted to survive. He joined Helen when she went to learn numbers and letters from Alice Sprewaith when he was 9.

Helen left when he was 11, and he was left alone with Iris relying on him, and his angry parents. His parents disowned Helen when it became clear that she wasn’t coming back. Although, their treatment of him and Iris did improve when it became clear how much Helen had done.

He continued to take himself and Iris to see Alice in secret until their parents found out and banned them from going a year later. This combination of events made Elliot start to see the cult for what it was, but was too scared to leave. It was all he knew! The forest was dangerous! He loved his family despite the flaws.

He made his deal under pressure, his deal being for his sister to be happy. He was given a torque by his parents one birthday, which he thought was a nice gift, especially with how much it must have cost. It was something of a manipulation tactic, giving him reasons to stay, as people had picked up his unease. His family loved him and gave him nice things, so he had to stay.

His sister got married and began to have children, and Elliot loved his nieces and nephews, and it slowly broke his heart to see them join the cult. Iris taught them letters and numbers, and Elliot’s parents doted on them, which made him jealous. They had never treated their own children with this level of tenderness!

In the middle of this, a Fae showed up for Elliot’s soul. He panicked, but managed to think quickly. He reasoned that he never specified which sister, then it technically wasn’t time. He knew that Iris wasn’t really happy, as much as it hurt him to know and use that. The Fae conceded that and left, but it gave Elliot hope because he knew Helen must be alive and happy.

One evening he was watching his youngest niece and nephews, listening to them talking about the Fae, and something just snapped. He heard the youngest, Lacy, talking about how she had met a Fae and how nice they were and she wanted to be a Fae, and Elliot couldn’t take it.

In the middle of the night he kidnapped Lacy and ran through the Forest. She woke up before morning and was understandably scared and angry. She demanded that they go home, but Elliot didn’t dare turn around. There was a secondary reason for taking Lacy; Elliot knew Iris loved her children, and if she lost one, well, she might not recover.

He hated himself for it, but he had convinced himself that it was too late now. He just had to find Helen, and it would work out. Find Helen, and it would all be okay.

Lacy continued to be difficult, again, understandably, adding more stress to Elliot as she refused to eat unless they turned around. They got caught in a three day downpour, making them both ill, but Lacy got it worse, being young and having not eaten.

They stumbled into Loburn, and coincidentally, into Dr Paris’s home and practice. It took a little bit for him to click that he was with his brother in law, and then learned that Helen had passed 10 years previously.

It nearly broke his heart to hear that. After everything, he couldn’t see his sister again and tell her he was sorry and how much she meant to him. Still, Lacy still needed tending to.

His niece woke up angry and scared, and it took time for her to even want to be in the same room as him, let alone talk to him without shouting.

Elliot took up a job with the town carpenter, having made wooden charms and figures back in Fasithe. At the moment he’s still living with Cyril and Lacy. They managed to agree to let Lacy go back to Fasithe if she still wanted to go when it was safe to travel.