Festus Greybraid

Festus side-eyes Theron

> That reminds me of a Castian play...
>
> -Festus Greybraid

Festus Greybraid is a mountain dwarf and a member of the Sanguine Saviors. He was originally a warlock under the patronage of Mortimer but has now transitioned into a bard. He is played by Maxwell Clizer.

## Description

### Appearance

Festus wears his halfplate most of the time on the road and only takes it off when planning to stay in the city for a while. The halfplate covers a dark leather coat with wide shoulders that goes down to Festus' knees. Over his shoulders he wears the Cape of the Mountebank covering his body in furs. Underneath is a faded and stained light tan shirt and a similar pair of light brown trousers tied with a rope around the waist. He also wears heavy boots with some elements of the plate also tied to the top of them. His face looks a little squashed with his nose obviously being broken at least once. His is bald with the only evidence of his last name being streaks of grey within his dark brown beard. His aforementioned beard goes down until about his midsection.

### Personality

Festus is notoriously stubborn and a little hard headed. These negative traits along with anger can be amplified by his closeness to the Blood Gem. Regardless of the Blood Gem, he is always a little grumpy and may choose to keep his softer emotions hidden underneath his stone face.

## Biography

### Before The Final Days of The Fifth Age

Festus was born as the heir to his father's mining camp. He took over the ownership of the camp and his father's strange red gem after his passing. A variety of factors caused Festus to start to ignore safety precautions in favor of greed which led to a cave in and him fleeing from his home. He pledged himself to Mortimer(identity not known at the time) while traveling up Wyrmscribe. At around the same time, he also ran into Nero Arctis and they decided to travel together to see the World Tree for answers.

### The Final Days of The Fifth Age

Notable character moments include:

* Pushing Orson Chanel off of a cliff and then saving him
* Not using newly purchased Cape of the Mountebank to save Nero
* Kneecapping Theron Cygnus for racist remarks
* Killing Mortimer with the Blood Gem
* Training a horse for weeks just to lose them
* Almost coming to blows with Aspen in the Aethel Ruins
* Being trustworthy and honest always
* Convincing Erven that pickles grew underwater
* Staying behind with Larx in the original timeline

## Relationships

### Nero

Nero was Festus' first relationship after he lost everything back home and as such they became very close. Almost a sort of brotherly dynamic. Nero's death devastated Festus and led him to slip down further than he had before at just a small chance that Nero would be brought back. Alternate timeline Nero helped assuage some of those dreams but it also felt just as bad to lose his close friend twice.

### Hiccup

Festus and Hiccup are the last surviving members of the original party(with Wabum's status being unknown.) They quickly got along due to both of their inclinations towards fuckery. If Festus needs to contact someone for a life heist or to reminisce about the good old times, he would talk to Hiccup.

### Erven

As opposed to Nero and Festus' brotherly dynamic, Festus viewed his relationship with Erven almost as a paternal one. Erven was naïve and often times just followed whatever influences were around but Festus always fought for him to be his own person and his best self. Erven's death may not have shown up as outwardly as other deaths to Festus but the sting that he failed to protect his boy still lasts to this day.

### Aspen

Aspen and Festus have always had a love hate relationship. Festus was suspicious of her from the start and when his paranoia was confirmed by her betrayal he became more set in it. However, after working with her for longer he has come to admire her passion and drive though he's not sure he will ever quite trust her completely.

### Theron

Theron and Festus met at a very weird time for Festus and initially Festus was mostly just annoyed at his behavior. That annoyance was amplified by the effect it was having on Erven, who Festus was very protective of at the time. However, this annoyance slowly lessened and Festus started to see some of Theron's more positive qualities like his leadership.

### Larx

Larx started out as a hired hand but transformed into more of an ally as time went on. Festus could tell that they were stuck in some sort of shell or husk so they sometimes tried to break them free of that. After they decided to be the only ones to stay behind, they grew closer and became partners.

## Quotations

* "We should do a life heist"
* "I'm not going to take the jar of piss, I'm going to take an empty jar of pickles."
* "I wouldn't want to stop myself from being redeemed."

## Trivia

* Festus had a crush on a member of the party!
* Festus came up with the nickname "Mongo"
* Festus has no idea who this Torveyn person is