Harold Bircher

### Family

Emuna Bircher (Husband), Loralai Bircher (Daughter), Walter Bircher (Son), Robert Bircher (Son), Daisy Larfrae (Daughter), Poppy Bircher (Daughter), Luca Bircher (Adoptive Son)

### Friends/Allies

Rune Marrow, Adaleide Marrow, Marie Marrow, Arielle Lafrae, Noelle Emsworth, Frederick Emsworth, Claire DeCruorem, Jacob DeCruorem

## Personal Characteristics

### Education

Automation And Robotics, Biology And Medicine

### Dislikes

Taking Medication, Bitter And Spicy Foods

## Physical Appearance

### Nationality

Nataurian

The founder of Brich Industries, a nature elf with a passion for altruism and robotics, sometimes his selflessness borders more on self-sacrificial.

## Relationships

### Emuna Bircher

Meeting in university, he and Emuna bonded over a passion for robotics. Emuna was one of the few that never seemed to mind his lack of empathy, showing him that he was still a person without it. It was through his relationship with Emuna that Harold was able to see he was not a cold and soulless monster, that he did care for others in his own way.

The two lost contact after graduation, both leaving Nataura to follow their own respective dreams. After putting an advertisement out for a lab assistant, Harold was overjoyed to see Emuna among the applicants. The two enjoyed reconnecting, but Harold soon took notice of Emuna's degrading health, confronting him and learning of the other's damaged mana core. He searched for a way to help him, the only answer he found being mentions of crystalized energy stones, but he was unable to find any in time.

After the raid on Brich, Harold became lost with grief, left with only his robots to help him rebuild his company. With his mind still hazy, Harold began building a new robot intended to bring Emuna back from the dead, Leslie. At first, Leslie acted like the others had, robotic and empty, simply doing what she was programmed to. Harold felt his hope fading as Leslie showed no signs of possession for months. Months turned to years, but Harold desperately held on to that small glimmer of hope, until one day he saw a change in Leslie's eyes, an emotion. Harold waited for Emuna to make his presence known, and when another month passed with no sign his confidence dwindled once more, believing another soul had taken residence inside Leslie. Emuna broke his silence, the guilt of watching Harold grieve for him while just in arms reach becoming too much to bare. They reunited at last, both deciding to stop pushing their feelings away and being honest with each other.

## History

Growing up, Harold struggled to read the emotions of others, and was unable to understand his own. Eventually he began to believe himself a monster, unable to feel the way his peers all seemed to. Young Harold found himself relating to machines, emotionless and cold, making it his life's goal to build himself a robotic family that would understand him. His obsession with robotics caused him to ignore most other things, including his childhood friend, Cecelia, whose affections went right over his head. His family agreed to send him to Forasif's University of Art and Science, where he studied machinery, adding courses in health care as well as a few in the arts as well. It was in one of his robotics classes that he met Emuna, a man who shared his passion for technology.

After graduating Forasif's university, Harold travelled across the border into Yorella to take business classes at one of their local colleges, founding his own company to manufacture medical equipment and robots. Keeping to his childhood dream, Harold built Walter, Robert, and Loralai. While at first they were normal bots, but over time Harold began to notice little changes, shifts in their behaviors that he knew he hadn't programed. One night, while doing a routine maintenance check-up, he discovered mana energy inside Walter, realizing he had been possessed by a wandering spirit.

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