Hickory

* Original Outfit
* Updated Outfit

A 'kalashtar', previously human, Time Domain Cleric, who shares a moment in time with her twin brother, Doc.

## Physical Appearance

Hic is 5' 10 and has sandy blonde hair which she wears down with a swooping bang covering part of the right side of her face. She has green eyes with gold encircling her pupil. Her face is freckled and on her forearm is a tattoo that represents her sword, The Moment. Hic has a fairly androgynous appearance and is visibly strong. She is also missing part of her left hand, which has been replaced with a robot hand.

## Life Pre-Campaign

Hickori was born in Iceholme along with her twin brother Doc, although she is the older of the two. There they grew up with their mother, who was an artificer, and father, who was head of the guard. Eventually, Hic decided to devote her life to Bahamut and begin training to be a cleric within the clergy of Iceholme.

Hic continued to live her life in Iceholme until one day bandits stole a prototype robot from Iceholme and Doc convinced her to go after the bandits with him. They thought that the robots still didn't work and assumed that the fight would not be too difficult and that the two of them could handle it on their own. This was not the case, because the robots did work and the fight did not go well. Their dad had followed them out of Iceholme and showed up during the fight. Towards the end of the fight Doc was shot through the chest by the robot with calibrated bullets and their dad was cut by the robot's chainsaw. Both died. Hic was forced to make a decision on which of the two to save, and she ultimately chose to save Doc. After returning to Iceholme they were exiled because leaving to fight the robots technically counted as deserting.

The twins got in a small boat and sailed to the nearest land mass, the Stonekeeper Empire. Once they arrived at the Empire the two became bounty hunters. While signing up to be bounty hunters Hickori's name was written in the paperwork as Hickory, hence changing the spelling of her name. When the Unreliables law went into affect they did not agree with it, and would use money from other bounties they had collected to help those deemed unreliable leave the Empire. Eventually they ended up traveling to Tiak in Shadesteppe. They were there when The Starlost came and kidnapped most of the citizens. This, unbeknownst to the twins at the time, caused them to begin sharing a moment in time and turned them into false Kalashtar. Hickory was the twin presented on the material plane immediately after this instance, and in the confusion of her missing brother she went to shelter in a local church with the rest of the remaining citizens of Tiak.

## Life During Campaign

Hic was first introduced when defending Twink from citizens of Tiak who did not understand what was happening, and did not like what Twink was saying. She then followed Twink back to the ship and joined the crew, From then on Hic (or Doc, depending on the day) continued to travel with the party.

It was during these travels that Hic discovered the actuality of her and her brothers' existence and that her connection with Bahamut was at the very least weakened, if not severed. Instead she begin gaining her clerical magics from a being known only as Time. Her sword, The Moment, which when not summoned appears as a tattoo on her forearm, is from Time's domain and Time claims that The Moment, along with her brother's sword, The Hour, were stolen from them and that they will stick by the twins until they get them back.

During the war in the Westwood, Gillian told Hic that her blood was "like Martins" as it was able to be used to create a specific magical item. This confused Hic until she was able to talk to Arlashnna after the battle who revealed that she and her brother were turned into false kalashtar when they were put in the same moment of time, with whichever twin that was not physically there at the moment operating as the quori. This also explained some of the mental powers that the twins had gained, such as being able to talk in other people's minds.

Hic lost part of her left hand after Doc had an altercation with a griffin on Twinktania, this was also when it was confirmed that the twins share permanent physical conditions.

While traveling Eubuea, Hic, and Doc, took the lead as bounty hunter's and used their prowess to get The Finest jobs.

During "Girl's Night" on the deck of the Starlost, Hic revealed that while Doc does not particularly enjoy hearing her thoughts about boys, she does not care at all about hearing his thoughts about girls. This conversation revealed that Hickory is bisexual, which has been confirmed by Noah (Hic's player), even if she is yet to realize it herself due to romance being out of the picture for her for a large portion of her life.

## Notable Items

* The Moment
* Religious Symbol of Bahamut
* Astrolabe

## Art Credits

* Original and Updated Outfits : Rei [@numuik]