Topher Arius

Topher Arius, the Curator

Topher Arius is an enigma as far as anyone else knows. What's known, is they are Easton's contact regarding the Stranger's taxidermy crimes, and are a relatively new End avatar. He recently picked up a job as a curator in the Round File Museum.

## About

**General Information**

* **Sexuality:** Bi/Ace
* **Pronouns:** He/They
* **Star Signs:** Sun Sagittarius, Moon Leo, Rising Cancer
* **Tarot Card:** XIII - Death
* **Pronouns:** He/They
* **Age:** 32
* **Fear:** Avatar of The End, Touched by The Eye
* **Job:** Curator at the Round File Museum
* **Character Tag:**topherarius
* **Player:** Raye
* **Playlist:**The Codex's Cadaver

## Friends and Allies

* **Contacts**
	+ Easton Wilde
* **Canaries**
	+ Junior
	+ Francis Wood
	+ Angela Narvaez
	+ Poppy
	+ Serp
	+ Nancy-J
	+ Carli
* Lux Rescue Squad
	+ J3zab3l
	+ Damon Kent
	+ Dr. Frederick Chapman
	+ Lux
	+ Ainsley McKinnon
	+ Alistair Gweledydd

## Notable Events

* Topher made their first appearance in a short story written by Easton.
	+ A Day at the Taxidermist
* The Canaries were hired as guards for the [1]. Topher didn't do much, besides watching everything from the sidelines, until Lux was killed and kidnapped, where he tracked them down as much as he could, and promised to track them down after getting the correct information and preparation. Afterwards, they teamed up with the Lux Rescue Team to, well, rescue Lux. He mainly worked as protection and distraction. In the end, Lux was recovered, and Topher offered for payback for the rescue to be a bit of schooling on the whole being dead thing.
* Topher did not partake in the attack on the Institute, in fear that Elias may recognize them and be able to trace him back to the Canaries.
* **STATEMENT ENDS:** [2]

## Powers

* Exhilarated Object Aging
	+ When channeling the abilities of the End, Topher is able to destroy an object they touch, by making the age of the item increase, until it crumbles. This manifests a dark, brackish fuzz that will spread over and crack the object in question, which soon after shatters. If one were to recover a piece that has been destroyed, it would date as thousands of years old.
* Immortality
	+ Topher died 6 years ago, and hasn't been able to since. He is aware of this, like that of Oliver Banks. They have also found themself no longer needing to sleep or eat. But he still does, trying to hold to a bit of his humanity.
* Dreams of Terminus
	+ Topher, while no longer needing sleep, will enter into the realm of Terminus in their sleep state. This world is a mirror of our own, showing lines and flashes of death related to someone that Topher chooses to focus on. If there is no focus to the dream, they will walk around in a world like that which is described in MAG 11.
* Scent of Death
	+ Topher is able to tell when someone has died, simply by sent. A regular death will smell like iron and blood, while an avatar death will smell of blood and freshly pressed books. If the Avatar just so happens to be an End avatar, their guillotine scar will start to bleed painlessly. They are able to track down where the body is by sent alone.

## Backstory

A light. A sharp, harsh light that pieces the mind. That was the move for Topher. It was something clairvoyant, almost akin to the freedom he felt in his dreams. They were born and raised in the capital of New Zealand. Part of him wanted stay in Wellington for the film industry, but in 2010 they moved to London, England with their mother and father. Shortly after, he got a job as a practical researcher in artifact storage. They're certain now, that if they had continued working at the institute, they most certainly would have been claimed by the Eye. The job was like a cold, acute sense of reality for him. There was an ever constant sense of death around the artifacts, no matter the entity. He was never aware of the Entities' existence until he found an unassuming book in storage. The book was named *The Codex of Cadaver*, an old, dull teal book with silver accents. It reads of a man named Joseph Cadaver, an executioner who gives into his own lunacy and sends the guillotine onto his own head, laughing along the way and far after his beheading. By the end of the book, you're save if you never flip the last page. Topher did. A pain. A sharp, harsh pain that cuts clean through the neck. That was the guillotine for Topher. It was something unbiased, almost akin to the world he visited in his dreams. They don't know this, but upon opening the last page of the book, a guillotine blade will shoot out, killing the reader instantly. His body was found in artifact storage, and was quietly disposed of. A few hours later, they awoke in bin. A deep, completely healed scar encircled his neck, right where the guillotine had cut his head off. They began to, over the next 6 years, come to learn and know their powers. He traveled often, even eventually finding his way to Cambridge, and a young taxidermist's shop. They'd traveled all over Europe, even to parts of America and Canada, but always came back home to London. Especially when Isla passed away. Currently, he lives in London, same house as he lived in before. They also started working with Junior, as a curator for the museum, leading tours and keep track of artifacts.

## Trivia

* Topher's last name, Arius, means deathless
* Topher is a worshiper of Hades. Yes he knows how ironic it is. No they did not start worship after they died.
* Topher was on his way to becoming an Eye avatar, but the End had other plans.
* Topher is a CODA, and knows BSL.
* Topher has a pet amazon parrot named Dorian.
* Raye is very open to plot with anyone with Topher.