Enoki

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Human Magic

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## Overview

Enoki is a mycelian witch and adventurer who lives in and founded the town of Cloverpatch. She left her home island of Paraplu Isles to travel to the mainland to find her future.

## Personality

Enoki is very friendly, trusting and determined. Although, her unwavering determination can sometimes turn into stubbornness once she puts her mind to something. Because she grew up in a very isolated and tight knit community on the island, she is very quick to trust any person who is nice to her, a trait that Schlallas used to easily draw her into his cult. Enoki is also very empathetic to others, and so can be quick to let her guard down when she sees that someone is suffering. Nonetheless, Enoki is not afraid to use her fighting and magic skills when needed. She prefers to wait until it is strictly necessary, so she doesn't make a situation worse. She tries to keep a positive attitude and holds onto hope until the very end, even when she has been proven wrong. As a consequence, she struggles to accept when her faith in someone or something has been broken.

### Fears

Enoki is scared of the consequences of the imbalance of nature. She knows that everything has it's place in the never ending dance of life, and dreads what could happen if anything trips and starts to tumble...

Enoki has a fear of being despised. She is always the first to apologize or try and resolve conflicts, even when they aren't her fault. It takes awhile for her to accept when there is nothing she can do. Once she found out the dwarves looked down upon her for following Schlallas, she tries to do everything to gain their trust again. Everything but leave Schlallas. He's her friend, why could the dwarves hate such a charming fellow?

### Beliefs

Enoki does not see death as a negative. Myceilians are at peace with death, and recognize it's importance in the circle of life. This fact is why Enoki is so unbothered by sacrifices preformed in the Cult of Schlallas. She sees them as being done for the greater good, and is detached from reality in that way. She has been blinded that their life is being cut short, on account of Schlallas' manipulation.

Enoki is a very prominent member in the Cult of Schlallas. Along with The Astronaut, she is considered one of the closest members to Schlallas. She participates in sacrifices, rituals and does what Schallas says. Enoki views the cult as a way to bring people together and all help each others struggles by uniting and bonding in the forms of rituals. She is also actively trying to figure out a way so that Schlallas can return to godhood, mostly by doing research in any way she can. Although she does what Schallas says and he is a god, she does still consider him a friend and they often talk about Saros, godhood or even just their lives sometimes. It is unknown if this friendship is genuine to Schlallas.

All Mycelians are thankful to the goddess Shanti for creating their homes and species, but Enoki was never truly devout. She will often use expressions and sayings with her name such as: "Oh thank Shanti", and "Shanti be with you." However she never follows any rituals or goes to any temples to worship.

## Relationships

### Rain

Enoki and Rain are thick as thieves. They've helped each other train, told each other countless stories, built neighbouring civilizations aside each other and even slayed a dragon side by side. Enoki thinks of Rain as her confident, who she could trust with anything. She never feels the need to hide anything from her. When they first met, Rain is who inspired her desire to fly and who helped Enoki explore the world. Once Enoki finally got her wings, Rain taught her to fly (the best she could vsddsfnk) They talk a lot about experiences they've had, struggles and feelings, but also love to infodump about interests they have. Rain does it more than Enoki, but Enoki really enjoys listening. She loves to see how passionate her friend is. They like to meet on a cliff edge in between their villages and just talk about anything. One so steep you could only get up with wings. They also like flying around with each other. Rain was very happy when Enoki got wings, as she finally had someone she could share her love of flying with. They've definitely done the thing where you fly above a body of water and put your hand just on the surface of the water while gliding.

Unfortunately, once Enoki joined the cult things started to change. Slowly, Rain noticed little things changing in Enoki. Nothing big, things that only those closest could notice. She became a bit more... odd towards death. Enoki has always been neutral towards death. This fact Rain had learned earlier when one of Enoki's more elderly villagers had passed. Rain thought Enoki would be devastated, but it seemed after she buried them, she resumed relatively to normal. She was still a bit sad she may never see them again, but it was like they had moved away rather than died. Rain asked Enoki about this and she explained how on the island, death was not a negative. When a mycelian died, instead of mourning, mycelians recognized that in their death, their body would retreat back into the mycelium of the island where it would help the next generations of mushlets grow. However, after Schlallas, Rain noticed Enoki's perception of death start to shift more into the positives, rather then neutral. One day Enoki and Rain stumbled upon a corpse of a small animal, and Enoki started smiling! When questioned she simply said "Their body has been sacrificed for the greater good." She completely disregarded the fact that the animal was a living thing and had a life, instead focusing on how it was good it was dead! Because of this Rain really started looking into this Schlallas fellow.

After finding out who he really was and what he was doing Rain was appalled and disgusted. This... god was corrupting her friend and she could not let that stand, but when confronted Enoki couldn't see why Rain was so upset.

"Do you even know who this Schlallas guy is?" Rain questioned Enoki. They were sitting on their cliff watching the sun set.

"Of course," Enoki started, "You really think I'd follow him if I didn't?"

"But you agree with all he does??"

"What do you mean 'all he does'?" Enoki started get a defensive tone in her voice.

"Sacrifices! Rituals! Fires! Murder! Animal abuse!??"

Enoki sighed. "Rain I've told you, everything he does is in the end for the greater good. Everyone who's sacrificed agreed to it. Completely consensual. And also the sheep hanging from trees... aren't being abused. They like it, it's fun for them. They bounce around." she giggles, "it's actually quite-"

Rain's feathers start fluffing up a bit in anger, and she stands up looking down at Enoki. "Enoki! Can't you see??? He's brainwashed you!! All of you! You're doing all of these things and for what? A greater good? What does that even mean?!"

Enoki gets up quickly. "To restore nature and balance Rain!!" Enoki raises her voice. "To restore Schlallas' godhood!!" Enoki pauses and realizes what she said. She was supposed to keep the last part a secret.

"You're helping restore his godhood?" Rain steps forward in anger. "Enoki do you see how he treats you?? How he treats everyone?! He acts all high and mighty and is constantly doing horrific things, and he somehow always ropes everyone else into his shit!"

Enoki furrows her brows "Rain don't say that! He's trying his best! Everyone deserves a chance and the help they need. That includes him!"

"No, it *doesn't* Enoki! All the decisions he makes are just creating problems and fucking everyone over. All he cares about is himself!! That is NOT the kind of person who deserves help!"

"You're wrong Rain! Anything that he's done has had a goal. In the chaos there is purpose! It's all for the greater-"

"Enoki do NOT start with the greater good shit again. Just because it's for the greater good doesn't change how awful it is!" she grabs Enoki's hands. "Please Enoki stop this. Stop defending him. Stop listening to him. All he does is create chaos everywhere he goes. He. Is. Evil."

Enoki rips her hands away from Rain. "HE IS NOT!"

Rain realizes that she can't be helped at this moment. She slowly sits back down on the cliff edge. Enoki has her back turned to Rain.

Rain slowly starts speaking. "Enoki... I'm sorry it's just.. I worry for you."

Enoki turns around. She sighs and sits down too. "... I know. I'm sorry too. Just... trust I know what I'm doing?"

Rain looks into her eyes, but says nothing. She smiles a little bit, which Enoki takes as a yes, but Rain knows... it was a smile of pity.

After that their relationship started getting more shaky. Rain sat and watched as Schlallas slowly got more and more of a hold over Enoki, and she devised a plan. (a PLAN that I DUNNO cuz DALLAS wont TELL ME aaa >:( ) They talked a bit less, but ultimately still remained friends. It just made Rain too sad to see what was happening to Enoki. That was.... until Rain died.

## Backstory

### On the Islands

Enoki sprouted on a sunny day in Paraplu Isles, a small cluster of mushroom islands to the north of the mainland. As a mushlett she quickly befriended Hedge, a rambunctious hedgehog mushroom that was born on the same day. They spent their days exploring the caves of the Isles, playing makeshift games and helping each other learn magic. As they grew however, Enoki felt the urge to explore beyond the island and see what was out in the world, while Hedge felt that they should stay where they were. Hedge felt comfortable where they were, and felt that leaving would be abandoning the community they loved. However, Enoki seized her chance when a human explorer ship stopped at the island one day, as they rarely do, and joined them back to the mainland. Hedge argued with Enoki and begged her to stay, but Enoki persisted, leaving their relationship on a sour note. She thinks of Hedge often, but is too scared to go back, lest Hedge refuse to reconnect.

### Arrival to the Mainland

Upon arriving at a small human village, Enoki was greeted with stares and looks of confusion. Mycelians rarely left their islands, and so only the scholars who could afford books on the elusive species even knew of them. Disappointed, Enoki left the village as the sun set, hoping to reach some friendly faces by morning.

Unfortunately, she did not expect the heaps of mobs that crawl out at night on the mainland. Scared out of her mind, and with no combat skills whatsoever, she ran into the woods hoping to lose them. She ran for what felt like hours, pumping her little mushroom legs, but she soon tired out and could run no longer. As a last resort to survive she surrounded herself with a thick wall of mushrooms, and because of the exhaustion, quickly fell asleep.

When she awoke she climbed to the top of her makeshift fortress and admired the trees from above. Never in her life had she seen so much green. She watched the leaves rustle in the wind, the woodland creatures thriving. She closed her eyes, and listened to the sounds of the woods. It sounded as if the forest was breathing, swaying. Suddenly, Enoki hears a song. It's tune resembles that of the stone flutes they played on the islands. She opens her eyes to see a flock of birds rise through the trees. She cannot believe her eyes! A small creature soaring through the wind with large flat arms that resemble a cloak. Never had she seen anything like it before! The loons often nested around the island, but they were quite large and slow, but still graceful. But these small birds, were fast and agile. Enoki had never thought that there could be other kinds! At that moment she decided to stay. The birds are what convinced her, despite the suffering the night before. For that was when Enoki discovered flight in small creatures. It wasn't until she met Rain though, that she considered that she herself may be able to fly.

### First Friend

Enoki continued walking south, dreading what she would do once the sun set again. She made her way through the forest. It seemed to go on forever, only occasionally breaking up into small clearings. A couple times she stopped to observe the wonderful creatures the mainland was home to. She sat and watched a family of deer drinking from a stream, observed a mother bird bringing food to her babies, and she never felt more joy. Soon after, Enoki felt her legs starting to weaken once more when she spotted a dark figure in the distance. She quickly glanced at the sky. It was still light out, so this couldn't be another monster. It must be someone then, she decides silently. Maybe someone that can help! She jogs towards them hastily and yells out:

"Um..hello! I'm Enoki! Who are you?"

As she got closer Enoki could more clearly see their features. It was some sort of very tall humanoid creature, covered in a thin layer of fur with long black horns, one was broken. They wore a light shawl.

"Oh..." The creature turned around. "Hello.. I'm Rohan." Their voice was horse and gravely, but spoke with a calm weariness. They gripped a dark wooden cane nervously. "Are you... a kind of living mushroom?"

"Yeah, I suppose so! I'm a mycelian. What about you? I've never seen anything like you before." Enoki started walking around the creature with curiosity. His legs were strange, it appeared as if they had 2 joints, similar to the back legs of the deer she had watched earlier, but without a hoof. A long tail laid low along the ground, tired from many years of use, as the creature seemed quite old, probably in his late 70s. Enoki swivelled around from her circle and looked up. Their eyes were a striking bright purple.

"Augh..." Rohan looked almost in pain, as he immediately turned away. "Sorry," they said in a hushed voice. "I'm an enderman. We don't do well with, urm... eye contact." He turned back and looked to the side.

Enoki covered her mouth. "Oh, sorry. I'll look elsewhere." She craned her head straight up and looked at the sky. The clouds were starting to turn pink in some parts.

The enderman let out a hearty laugh, "It doesn't have to be that extreme, just my chin or chest is fine." Enoki smiled and did so. The weary tone in Rohan's voice was all but gone now. "Where are you from to have never heard of endermen before?" Rohan questioned.

Enoki hesitated and looked around for a bit. "Urrmmmmm...." She promptly pointed behind her. "That way! From Paraplu Isles, a mushroom island."

Rohan gazed into the trees in the direction Enoki pointed, with a glaze over his eyes as if he was imagining it from name alone. He had a look of understanding on his face. "Well, no wonder you've never seen an enderman. You see we're... allergic to water, you could say. It burns my skin." Enoki looked upon Rohan with a look of utter shock.

"That sounds awful!" She brought her hands to her chest in a clasp.

The elder looked up at the sky. It had now turned a deep magenta and orange. "We'd better get inside, the monsters will be out soon."

At the mention of monsters Enoki felt all her joints tense up. "No!! Not the monsters! I can't take another night of running from them." She was waving her hands around frantically.

Rohan used his cane for support as he bent down to be on Enoki's level. "Hey, don't you worry youngin. My home isn't too far from here, you can stay there with my family. "

"Is a house even strong enough to hold them off?"

Rohan slowly stands up and offers his free hand to Enoki. "Yes, they're not \*that\* strong." Enoki takes it and they start walking.

"I don't knoow, are you sure?"

Rohan smirks, " If you think they're that strong you really need to take some combat lessons."

Enoki looks starry eyed at Rohan's chin "Can you teach me?"

The old enderman laughs. He sounds like an owl this time. "I'm a bit past my prime youngin. But I may be able to convince my son to help you."

A smile spreads across Enoki's face. She's found where she belongs.

### A New Life

A two story cottage made of stone and wood soon appeared in the woods. As the darkness crept in, the windows shined brightly. The moment as she saw it, Enoki urged Rohan to hurry in, lest the monsters come and devour them all. They entered, and Enoki felt a wash of relief wash over her. She was finally safe. Enoki looked around the cottage. The warm atmosphere was very welcoming, and it seemed to be bigger on the inside than the outside. However, despite only consisting of a few rooms many family members were around doing various tasks, each seemingly in their own little world. They didn't even notice the strange mushroom walking into their house.

Near to the centre of the room was a large round table, where one enderman was surrounded by paper and scrolls, writing in a strange language Enoki had never seen before. However, this enderman seemed slightly different than Rohan. The hair across his body was finer, and a lighter colour, except for a large mass of hair above his upper lip, which was a striking white. Since he seemed to be the oldest in the room other than Rohan, Enoki assumed this was the son Rohan mentioned. To the right of the table was a warm fireplace, where another person was hanging up herbs and such to dry over the fire. They were noticeably shorter, and once again lighter in colour, she was almost a brown. Her horns curved back around her head instead of straight up, and their ears were a bit flatter. She wore thick gloves, but after finishing tying the string to the herbs, she hung them on a hook by the fireplace.

A ladder was on the back wall in the centre of the room, and there was a pair of doors, one on either side. The one on the right was closed, but the left one was open revealing a small room that seemed to be the bathroom. Inside was to Enoki's surprise, a human! He seemed to be looking at the wall and moving his hair around, but Enoki assumed that he was actually looking at a mirror. He gave his reflection a little kissy face, and Enoki decided she didn't like him very much. Finally glancing over to her left, she noticed someone on a little couch. A little child, however she was very much brown, and it seemed that she had no hair other than the ones atop her head. Her horns were but little nubs, and her feet seemed not like paws, but incredibly human, except they seemed to not lay flat, and instead looked like she wore high heels for too long. She was nose deep inside an incredibly thick book for her age. Enoki realized why all the people were so different at that moment. They were ender-human hybrids. Enoki wondered how that would work, but decided that was too personal to ask when you just met someone. Rohan stood beside her and took off his cloak and hung it on a wooden peg on the wall, revealing a loose chemise beneath.

He stepped forward and rasied a fist to his mouth, and forced a cough, directing everyone's attention to him. Everyone's eyes immediately darted to Enoki, and she suddenly felt very nervous. There were so many eyes to avoid looking at, Enoki just decided to stare at her feet.

"Everyone, this is Enoki. She's a mycelian from a mushroom island who has just arrived to the mainland. She is still getting used to it here, so I offered to let her stay with us while she adjusts." Enoki looked up at Rohan and he was smiling at her. It made her a bit less tense. After a few awkward beats of silence, the first to speak was the woman with the curved horns by the fireplace.

"Well welcome Enoki!" She walked excitingly towards her and Rohan. "If Gramps trusts you to stay with us then so do I! Now let me introduce everyone. My name is Eylissa." She spun around and pointed at each of the people as she talked. "The fellow surrounded by his papers is my father, Remus." Remus smiled. At least Enoki thought he did, it was hard to tell under his moustache. "The man in the bathroom is my husband, Judas."

"Helloo." Judas proclaimed a bit too loudly. After he said it he grimaced. Once Eylissa moved to the next person he shut the bathroom door slowly.

"And this is my daughter, Clarabella, but we just call her Clara." She gestured to the small child on the couch. Enoki noticed that Clara had been staring daggers at her the moment Rohan had coughed. Right into her eyes. I guess she isn't affected by eye contact, Enoki thought nervously. Clara's gaze felt like it pierced her soul. Enoki was broken out of her thought when Rohan spoke beside her.

"My wife, Marilla is in our room. I believe she's sleeping."