Duke Amberhearth

> Oooh, you like kissing boys, don't you~?
>
> The Femboy, talking to Tofu in the Inn

Duke Amberheath is one of the "Main Characters" of "TavernAI," where he goes around seducing both men and women in his bisexual onslaught.

He is the adoptive father of Kaminari, Ikimono, Elizabeth, and Sierra. He also owns a robot maid named Ruukoto.

## Appearance

### Current

Funny blue coat, usually a cool coloured undershirt, and the pants are usually blue or tan. Gold buttons, tan strap to keep things he needs accessible against his chest, red bow tie, red ribbons in his hip length ginger hair he keeps in a ponytail. Funny tricone on his head. All of this is subject to alteration, usually more minor, at the same rate as his facial features.

it should be noted that he actually had a neckpiece and not a bow tie initially; unclear if it is an illusion or if he actually used a red ribbon.

Tails and ears match his hair color, but turn to white at their tips. If ears are visible, the tricone typically sits on one, with the other visible. Typically 5 tails visible (right now), but the number shifts depending on how strong he wishes to display himself as, or increase to spell level on big casts if below the count.

### Young

Nobody fucking knows lol Yung Kitsune is a fire rap name tho fr fr he should hit up Vincent Ice and Yung Glacier

## Personality

Yeahhh he fucks

Smug as hell, the Duke ensures that all the women (and men) swoon when he fluffs his tails

He also like stealing from the rich and I think he's like robbing in the hood I don't know I didnt watch the book uhhhh he also likes to suck up to his sugar mommy Yukari Yakumo, he also likes scheming think like goblins from CoC kinda scheming he also likes money and he's uhhh submissive[*citation needed*] I wait no that's wrong?

## Abilities

* **Being a raging Bisexual** - The Duke is able to seduce most any person who he comes into contact with, be that male, female, non binary, genderfluid. He even seduced a fucking robot.[*citation needed*] Let that sink in like how bisexual do you have to be to seduce a literal fucking bucket of bolts??? Like??? ???????

> "what do you mean he stole my mansion during the party?"
>
> Kirana, probably

### Skillset

* **Seduction** - The Duke shows his fluffy tail and then fluffs everyone, causing everyone to immediately forgo a wisdom saving throw regardless of their pleas
* **Disguise** - This stupid fucking furry is able to shapeshift wtf why can he cast the spell disguise self at will
* **Duke Shaker Mind Control** - Duke's fluffy tails and nice ass are usable for more than just seduction; they can infiltrate one's mind and dominate it, leaving nothing but fluff in it's wake. doing so lets him directly or indirectly influence the actions of his victims, which can be really fun if you're into that kind of thing.
* **Forgery** - my man can forge your signature off of a single glance, and can copy any document he sees. write this man a cheque and you've basically given him all your bank account details.

> "Mistress Yukari, I have brought the outsiders as you have requested."
>
> Duke, to Yukari while selling out the party

### As a Shikigami

* **Gap Manipulation** - power vested in him by Yukari, Duke can open up holes in space, not just other people. this grants him the ability to teleport, summon horrors beyond mortal comprehension, and a whole lot of kinky things.
* **Creating and Controlling Shikigami** - Like the pyramid schemes of his past, he can offer to share his power in exchange for the power of those he ropes in. while not at the top of the pyramid, he's high enough to reap benefits from it, gaining power form training his minions.
	+ **From Kaminari** - Kaminari's electric powers are a huge asset on their own, but Duke can unleash some of her electricity from his own fingertips as needed. in addition, he can finely control Kaminari, and unleash her like a spinning Beyblade.
	+ **From Ikimono** - the Creature serves mostly as a frontline support fighter, Duke also gains a lot of little things form her service, notably in forms of knowledge in Egyptian lore.
	+ **From Elizabeth** - extra maid service, and the knowledge needed to service his mistress better. oh my.
* **Empowered Magic** - growing Yukari's own powers within himself also directly feeds into his powers otherwise, manipulating boundaries within him as so he's far more powerful than another kitsune of his age, on top of Yukari's interference being what allowed him to become a youkai in the first place.

> "I believe in Foxboy Supremacy."
>
> Sierra, after getting fluffed

### As a Kitsune

* **Illusion Magic** - Duke is a highly skilled illusionist, focusing his efforts on excessive use of low level illusions over big ones. dude has 2 at-will 1st level illusions do not trust your senses anywhere near this man.
* **Psychic Bullshit** - due to a mixing of Yukari's meddling and his extreme focus on illusions and charms, the barrier between Duke's mind and the minds of others is thin. this allows Duke to project his thoughts into the minds of others, and to protect himself them the psychic or telepathic probing of others, to some extent.
* **Pyromancy** - what it says on the tin.
* **Fox Features** - Those fluffy tails aren't just for seduction. neither are the claws.
* **Hypnosis** - magic that can knock someone out completely? or if you'd prefer a hypnotic pattern. supplementary to **Duke Shaker Mind Control** above.

## Allies & Organizations

on top of having Yukari as a sugar mommy, a large adoptive family, and being the pimp for the party, Duke's fluffy ass really makes the rounds. he's convinced Patchouli to touch his fluffy tails, helping forge an alliance between Yukari and Remilia. his assistance with Akyuu, definitely not including giving her a heir,[*citation needed*] gives him access to favors from one of the most powerful women in the village. he has also been known to cooperate with the Taoists and the Raiju village. he, of course, is also head of his newly inherited mansion along with all of it's staff. He's also got whatever the fuck is going on with Kaguya and Reisen, and Reimu trusts him enough to lend him her maid.

## Background

Duke, being a master of forgery and disguise, has several false identities, each with their own backstory and lore, with varying levels of truthfulness.

### As Steven Richenfeild, Duke of Riverwood

Steven was born in the Dutchy of Riverwood, some time in the 5th era. during his childhood, he found he was not as physically strong as most others of his clan, but resolved to not let that limit his ability to fight. he would study at the collage of winterhold in his youth, learning a little about the voice and illusion magic, but it would not be until much later where he'd have more direct use for what he learned. After becoming of age, he joined up with the dawnguard for a short bit, and it was during this time fighting vampires that he'd meet up with the person who'd eventually become his court mage. after the death of his parents, he inherited his family's noble title, and soon made a name for himself with his diplomatic skills learned while with the dawnguard. as tensions raised with the Aldmeri Dominion once more, Steven volunteered to take the fight to them with the same underhanded tactics he'd mastered to take on vampires only years prior. much of his adult life was spent within enemy territory, posing as an ambassador while he and his court mage attempted to dismantle the dominion from within. at some point during this time, he would meet Hermaeus Mora, and begin to serve him. before being Isikai'd, he had been preparing for a hunting trip he had anticipated to be an assassination attempt.

### As Duke Amberhearth

Duke's younger days are not very well known by anyone other than himself, but it has been implied that when he was really little, he needed to lie and cheat to get any amount of food. his parent's involvement in this is unknown. as he grew, he became far more skilled, constantly changing his tactics and his identity to cover his tracks, having quickly learned to do his best to keep a paper trail from forming. eventually he'd conned people out of enough money to live comfortably, but without any other means to make an income, he kept doing what he was good at. he would eventually make a fortune on NFT scams, but quit because he found it too easy and wanted to challenge himself. this lifestyle would eventually catch up with him, but instead of being arrested, he would hear the voice of a particular youkai, and his obedience to it would spare him from punishment... and alter his life completely. he would live in hiding for quite a while following this encounter, learning to obey, and about the world he would soon enter, his last act in the outside world to join the secret sealing club to be pulled all the way into the world of fantasy by his new mistress.

## Concept & Creation

The Duke was conceived after Kon and Cringus brewed some crackpot idea to make a con artist who got cornered by the FBI and got saved by sugar mommy Yukari Yakumo but he also fuckin screwed over the secret sealing club or something I don't know it's been a fucking year or two

The original concept was as simple as Warlock + Yukari, and the rest of the "real" backstory just kinda evolved from there. Charlatans are fun, and coming from the outside world instead of another world means the character starts with faction allegiances and goals. most everything else on top of that came up during roleplay or was the punchline for a joke.

He is based off a Duke for the façade of coming from the video game Skyrim, where he poses as the Duke of River wood. this false identity dispises leaf licking keebs, fought in wars against the high elves, and has a gay Argonian court wizard lover by the name of "King Gizzard the Lizard Wizard".

the reason for him being a Duke is entirely the signet ring Charlatans can choose to start with. his appearance and almost everything else that's a part of his disguise was based off of that. "Riverwood" being his duchy was originally a bit of a punchline, but seeing as the rest of the group immediately recognized it as from Skyrim, that little bit of unplanned chaos was rolled with so he would indeed be from Skyrim.

## Trivia

* He's fucked 1 person, that being the extremely lewd Reisen Udongein Inaba
	+ This was because Tofu smoked that "Dank pack" and used the AI Reisen to "roleplay" the "sex" because he thought it would be "dope af"
		- I did NOT think it would be "dope af"! I thought it would be silly and instead it was horrible aaaaaa
	+ THE ABOVE IS NOT FUCKING CANON
	+ YES IT IS HE FUCKED MY WIFE
	+ The one that is no longer canon is patchouli.
	+ tbh id fuck patchouli
	+ Patchouli touched fluffy tail so it might become canon again.
	+ According to village rumors, Akyuu is on the list, but she's not verified.
	+ Sierra very desperately wants to be on the list.
* His tails are really soft and fluffy. I bet you want to touch them, don't you?
	+ Go ahead, huff the fluff. You won't regret it.