Mantari

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Mentions of **Mild violence** and **evil doctor stuff**

*“I left on my own!~”*
— Mantari to Sileek after meeting in the caves.

Mantari joined the Astral SMP on the 11/04/2023. He is an avian man with little understanding of society and a salty personality.

## **Biography**

### **Appearance**

Stout upper human frame, lean with small muscle. Knee downwards replaced with bird feet limbs with sharp talons.

Inspired by the Widowbird, Mantari has a pretty long feathered tail and cool-toned wings that can appear slightly blue or purple under moonlight. Feathers protrude from the head, cheek bones, spine and arms.

Face is round and soft with little to no visible jawline. Eyes are near black.

Clothes made for warmth during flight, a woolly sweater with a patterned capelet that has openings for the wings to sprout out from. Wears shorts to better move the bird legs and has buttoned holes to give his tail freedom, same as his cape and sweater.

## **Personality**

**Pros:**

Quick-thinking

Clever

Willing to learn

Determined

Brave

Honest

**Cons:**

Rude

Easily confused

Impolite

Jumps to conclusions

Hot headed

A liiittle stupid but that’s ok

### Background

Mantari was born in the wilds with his large family as the first child of the Eyks. They knew very little about technology or modern mechanisms due to their way of life living rural and free. Instead of crossbows and metal armour they chose spears and used leather for protection, ran from strangers and spoke in a native tongue.

One night, Mantari met Wattson. He had been camping out with Winston and their fire had drew in the attention of the avian. Winston was away so Wattson was afraid at first of the giant-winged man approaching from the darkness yet his curiosity was stronger. Mantari was curious of the fire (An electrical fire, much different to their usual one with wood) and demanded Wattson show him how, squeezing him as if he would dispense the fire himself.

Wattson gives Mantari a shell whistle to call him from should he ever be around.

Time passes on, Mantari and his dad do not see eye to eye on the rules as Manti craves to go out when it’s dark, explore outside their territory and make friends. When Sileek finds out about Wattson he exaggerates how he cannot be trusted.

Mantari ignores his father and explores outside of the territory, learning about Wattson’s town. Before he has a chance to meet him again, he’s shot in the back and wakes up in a labratory room with wires and tubes attached to him. His blood was being sampled for Chimaera fluids and had multiple treatments tested on him before eventually escaping after rouge Chimaera’s breached the security. There, after losing a life inside of the lab, he was rescued by Schnoob who mistook him for another Chimaera.

Schnoob and the rouge group they were with promised to take Mantari home. Schnoob saw potential in Manti, was impressed by his speed and strategic understanding, and offered to train him.

They travelled for a few months before Manti was safely returned home to his family. Sileek was relieved by his son's return, apologised for not finding him, and welcomed him back to the nest. However, the rules were stricter than ever.

Enter Wattson.

Manti used the shell whistle when his family were in danger, seeing no way out other than to call for help. Wattson, armed with a flare, scares off the danger. Manti swooned, but Sileek was none too eager.

Wattson and Winston were weak yet smart while the Ekys were their muscle. Wattson and Winston were kept an eye on by Sileek yet Wattson would slip away to spend time with Manti.

Eventually, the Ekys embraced the way of technology and Sileek no longer minded the relationship between his son and the upcoming scientist, they were enjoying a larger family.

Until the fateful day of Winston’s death.

Leading up to this point Mantari and Wattson were tense and they hardly saw one another. Mantari has no idea who the killer was, visiting Wattson after a few days of grieving, hoping to see how he was doing.

This is when Manti discovered what Chimaera.co had done to him. He could hear truths behind lies. Wattson was lying to him more and more.

Angry, he took important components of the World Hopper in hopes of forcing Wattson to be honest. After a heart-wrenching argument and a small scuffle, Manti leaves, understanding now that Wattson only cares for his machines and his family behind a portal rather than the family he has right in front of him.

It has been multiple years, the Ekys forget Wattson ever existed and grieve Winston, visiting the grave Wattson had made. Mantari eventually leaves the family to start his own adventure, finding Dawn and hoping to start anew. Unaware to him, he would meet some familiar faces he never wanted to see again.

**Eyks Family**

Mantari got on well with one another, living by the rules created by family before them.

You know about Mantari, but not about the family.

**Sileek**

A tall, lean man with soft stubble and long face. He aims to keep his family safe and obeys the rules to the letter:

No going out after dark

No talking with strangers

No hunting alone

So on so on

Mantari did not appreciate the rules much and opted to do things his way, leading to some tension between the two. They of course loved one another to pieces and Sileek was incredibly protective when he first met Wattson, intimidating the scientist while Mantari remained embarrassed.

**Acciel**

A kind, short and muscular woman. Mantari looks just like her save for the colour of his hair as hers is a lighter grey as opposed to his dark bluish-black. She played as a mediator when her eldest son and husband argued, understanding where both sides came from. She was a force to be reckoned with, a great mother, and had the same vibes as a soccer mom.

**Ari and Tonku**

As every older sibling usually was, Mantari found them annoying but loved them to pieces. Tonku is the middle child, about 9 years younger, and Mantari used to enjoy play-fighting and hunting with him. Ari was only a newborn and appeared in his life after he returned from his lab escape but it was very clear he didn’t know how to handle children, especially one as bold and feral as Ari was.

**Kokatsu and Krees**

Kokatsu and Krees and Acciel’s parents who live in the nest with the family. Kokatsu lost his wings to poachers who wanted to sell them and taught the family to fear anyone who was not an avian. Mantari didn’t pay him too much mind as he was old and senile, but he enjoyed his grandmothers' company. She was much like his mother, except snappy and rude to Sileek. While Sileek and Krees always threw insults and death threats to one another the entire family knew they would die for each other if it was needed. Krees was the first one to accept Wattson and Winston and was the literal wingman of Mantari during his crush period.

## Relationships

  Wattson | Negative
  Schnoob | Positive

## Items

 N/A

## Pets

 N/A

## Trivia

* Preening feathers can take up to an hour or two.
* Similar to bird behaviour, Mantari creates nests all over the place. Of course, he’s smart enough to make these “nests” more like treehouses. He will fly between them depending on which one is safest/more convenient for what/where he is at the time.
* He CANNOT see glass and has broken multiple windows.
* Wings ruffle and puff up when angry or scared.
* Sometimes if he’s surprised, injured or flustered he will tweet/chirp.
* His ability can cause overstimulation. He doesn't see this ability as a gift but rather a curse and tries not to let it sway his perspective on other people.