Yodel

***Spoiler warning:**
The following page may contain spoilers about the plot of the Hous SMP. It is also a roleplay page, so keep this in mind.*

## Yodel

* Casual Wear
* Formal Wear
* Under Cardigan

## Family & relationship(s)

### Sibling(s)

Karmic (adopted sister), Ria (adopted sister), Multi (adopted sister)

### Others

Sammy (adopted nephew), Rosie (adopted niece), Sunny (adopted niece), Danny (adopted nephew)

## Other information

### Builds

The dome, lakehouse

**Yodel** is one of the first members of the Flock and one of it's unofficial leaders.

They are a ram hybrid from afar whose belief in Friend stems from an incident involving their neighbor Kateis. While they have a house at the Village, most of their time is spent at the dome, which they are fiercely protective of.

Yodel has all three lives and doesn't intend on losing any anytime soon

## Appearance

Yodel is a 5'6 ram hybrid with a stocky build. They have wavy brown hair coming to their shoulders. Their outfit when they arrived on the smp was an unbuttoned pink hawaiian shirt over a white t. the shirt had yellow flowers with blue centers all over them, and one big flower on the lower back with a green leaf design coming out of it. Accompanying it they wore a blue wrap beach skirt with white lace and brown sandals. After the festival they switched their outfit to a blue cardigan over a white tank top. They wear lavender stockings and black boots. On their face is a scar from falling on the ground. Under the cardigan they have several scars from the debris of the explosion.

Their formal wear consists of a long blue dress. It has puffy sleeves, a gold sash above the waist, and a prismarine chest plate.

Their true form has more ram features such as floppy ears, a tail, hooves, body fur, and yellow eyes with horizontal pupils. They shift to look more human aside from the horns.

## Personality

### Main Personality

Yodel tries to be a fairly pleasant person. They are always eager to meet most new people, even if they eventually grow sour to them. They don't want conflict as a whole and tries to be on at least neutral terms with most people they meet. The people they straight out don't like they try to avoid all together at first. Yodel is very aware of their own abilities and limitations, including their physical weakness. With the people they know better, Yodel is more comfortable to be teasing or prank them. Their tone is more relaxed and snarky as opposed to the more polite face they put on when meeting new people. They try to repress a lot of their uglier feelings but as it comes out more and more over the course of the story. Yodel also has a deep competitive streak, wanting to outdo others in any way they can because of their insecurities about their own weakness. They can also become rather bitter and petty towards those they hold a grudge against, like when they pranked Fort Buscus with Khizuo.

They very much want to seem competent and approachable to others, whether that be as a leader, a builder, or a neighbor. They crave being liked and needed, especially by certain people. One of their biggest insecurities is that everyone around them is secretly looking down on them. They also tend to feel incredibly guilty when they feel they failed at something, like not being able to talk Kateis down from their tnt plan or being incompetent and a burden during the raid. Due to these incidents their frustration and exhaustion is coming out more.

They have a more whimsical and impulsive side that clashes with their need to be logical. They’d always been skeptical of their town’s folklore but also really wanted to believe it because it was something to take comfort in like everyone else could. Hence they picked up more superstitious overtime, using certain good luck charms and certain kinds of herbs for meanings. They were also thrilled to have proof of Friend’s existence because of this. They are in general enamored with the mystical and fantastical and would take any chance to see it for themselves and put any doubts they have to rest.

After a while their desire to help others turned bitter after dealing with so many of their friend's self destructive tendencies and finding none of their attempts to talk to them or help them worked. They felt overwhelmed by everyone's pain and shut down to cope, leaving the village for a while. When they came back, they adopted a self deprecating mentality that their help was both unwanted and would make things worse.

## Ideology

They were always a bit of a superstitious person all their life. Yodel is often insistent some things happen for a reason, though this doesn't apply to everything, particularly upsetting incidents. To them, the world seems to purposeful to be random. So once given convincing evidence, the idea of Friend's existence didn't seem so far fetched to them. While at first they wanted to share news of Friend, thinking other people could find solace in it, they quickly found out most people reacted with reluctance, condescension, or outright hostility. After the festival they try to avoid bringing up the Flock unless directly asked, and even then they step around choosing their words carefully. Internally they are more bitter than they seem about the attitudes and want to be defensive, but they shove that down to not turn people off.

Yodel believes in order and stability, as it's what they're used to. They think that without any kind of guidance to look to, people would be lost, and while most people are kind you cannot rely on everyone to be like that or even for their kindness to come through. They do believe in having the freedom to chose as well though, not having had much of it in their own life. To them, the rules should be there to keep people safe and allow them to succeed in life, while not restricting their abilities to choose. They are okay with banning certain options if those options are dangerous or threatening, as that falls under the "keeping people safe" part of their ideology.

## History

### Pre SMP

Yodel was born to a family in a small rural town that, while not completely poor, wasn't exactly doing well. Showing academic knowledge from a young age, they began to be put under a lot of pressure to grow up and be successful to elevate their family. Yodel's hybrid nature also gave them a rather unique and jarring feature; yellow eyes with horizontal pupils. They were teased for them a lot, even by other ram hybrids who didn't have this feature, especially because they struggled with shifting at first. Their parents pushed them into university early, which they hated, but because of the money debts felt obligated to continue. It was right in the heart of the overwhelming city, far away from the rural home they'd known all their life. The stress was also too much to handle for them and they felt isolated as they didn't know anyone there. Their village had been mostly other ram hybrids. They began to resent their parents and the way education worked as a whole. Finally after an incident in which they attacked a teacher with a thick dictionary, they decided they didn't care about debts or parents or anything and ran away, taking a ship across the sea and ending up in soon to be settled lands; the Hous SMP.

### Joining the Flock

Yodel settled in the village and witnessed Kanny's trial. Soon after, they heard word of a sheep called Friend and people worshipping it. They sought it out and met Lani, who told them Friend sent signs of the future. Although they weren't totally on board yet, they thought the idea of not having to fly through life blind appealed to them. Then, tragedy struck when their neighbor Kateis' zombie piglin son Golden Child went missing. They tried to comfort Kateis at this, assuring him it wasn’t his fault. They grew angry at Wil, who questioned if the child’s disappearance was due to Kateis’ own incompetence. Kateis went to Friend to ask them what happened to their son. In response, a baby zombie piglin popped out of the nearby nether portal. This convinced Kateis that his son was dead and sent him into a depression, while Yodel was finally convinced Friend was real.

### The First Church

Between the trial and his words to Kateis, Yodel was getting bad vibes from Wil and decided to build a church for the Flock on top of the courthouse. During this time Yodel and Lani also recruited Alsius and Nym to the Flock. Lani recruited several more people on her own, including Multi and Logic.

Wil did not approve of the church, threatening Yodel with tnt to take it down. Yodel tried playing dumb but backed off when the physical threat came. Disheartened, they took it down, beating themselves up for thinking this was a good idea. They resolved to not be so directly antagonistic from now on.

**TW: DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE AHEAD**

When Kateis started expressing suicidal thoughts, Yodel and Lani tried desperately to talk him out of it. Unfortunately, Kateis went to Friend and interpreted the sheep turning away from them as Friend rejecting them and saying that yes, Kateis was awful. Yodel wasn't close enough to reach him in time and instead begged Order to find him. Unfortunately, she was too late and Kateis used Tnt to blow himself up and take his first life.

### The Festival

Yodel went to the festival to support Order, who'd told them they wanted to step up and make their position as de facto leader of the village official. When Order was nervous they encouraged her to go on stage and gave her a poppy for good luck. When people started challenging Order's claim, with quickly escalating arguments like leadership leading to ultimate control. Yodel argued with Wil, telling him he had no place to meddle in the Village's affairs. Wil accused them of being responsible for Kateis' death, which outraged them and made them very upset. They tried turning to Kateis to see his reaction, but as he was having a panic attack he said nothing. Yodel took this poorly as they were also panicking and wondered if Kateis agreed with Wil. Lani then tried accusing Wil of killing Golden Child, with Yodel frantically trying to get them to stop, knowing it would just escalate the situation. Then, Wil shot Order and the stage blew up before Yodel could even turn around. They were caught in the explosion and knocked to the ground.

Afterwards, they quickly ran to Order and made sure their were okay, giving them their second poppy since they lost their first in the explosion. Afterwards, Lani and Yodel resolved to make a new church and prepare themselves for whatever Ancap would try next with Logic listening but not having much to say. They agreed to hide Friend out of fear. Yodel also made a point that they were too weak to stand up to Ancap and would only sabotage themselves if they tried. Despite this, Lani would try going after Wil and Tommy afterwards and lost a life. This would be the last time Yodel would see Lani, as she'd go into hibernation to heal after this. Despite their injuries from the explosion, Yodel would work tirelessly on their Dome. They eagerly showed it off to anyone they met.

### Kateis Aftermath

After hearing weird sounds from Kateis' house, Yodel went to explore and found their basement. Inside, Kateis had made a room of obsidian with a piglin child only called "Resurrected Child", words showing Kateis' descent into grief scribbled on the walls. The words revealed Kateis believed this child was Golden Child brought back from the dead. Disturbed and upset by this, they decided to confront Kateis about it. This went poorly. Kateis did not like that they snooped in their house and having to think about Golden Child's death sent them into another panic. Yodel asked him if Kateis blamed him for not stopping their suicide, to which Kateis said that was ridiculous. They ended the conversation with Kateis turning away and telling Yodel to stay away.

Yodel ended up running to Order's house, in which they started breaking down and crying about everything that had happened. They expressed their fear for Kateis, their anger at Wil, and their general feelings of helplessness. Order comforted them best they could, and while they were still unnerved by Order's willingness to forgive Wil and brush it aside, they allowed themself to be calm for now. They asked their neighbor Khizuo to keep an eye on Order and found that Khizuo shared much of their grievances with Wil. Feeling relieved they found an ally, Yodel felt a big more secure. After this, Yodel made a house on the lake next to the Dome to both be closer to the Dome and to get away from the Village for a bit. Order visited them often during this time, dropping off food as gifts. Yodel would return the favor with food gifts of their own. The two grew close, with Order liking having someone to put their energy into caring for and Yodel not wanting to leave Order to their own devices with their self sacrificial nature.

Yodel was also adopted by Kanny after being approached. Despite their past bad experiences with family, they reluctantly accepted. Despite Ria stealing their gifts from Kanny right off the bat, they figured it wasn't so bad.

They met several new, strange people on the server as well. They encountered the robot L, who told them that they had died before and what it was like. Yodel was miffed that L brushed aside the Flock and Friend but agreed with them that Order was dangerously self sacrificial. They didn't join Order in volunteering to work at his map church mostly because they got lost easily and figured they'd be no good for it. They also met the god of the server, Zak, who told them they sensed no other gods here. Yodel rationalizes this as thinking Friend might not be a full god. Zak also gave them and several other people "cocaine" as a gift. Yodel found it a strange experience and wrote about it in their journal. They also met Mc, someone new to the Village, who ended up eagerly joining the Flock. They told Yodel about nature spirits they'd encountered in the past and told Yodel they figured Friend was one of them. This made sense to Yodel and they quickly became close to Mc, finally finding someone who didn't treat their religion as a joke. They looked for a pink sheep together and worked on the Dome's basement together.

### The Wedding

Yodel was invited to Ria and Tommy's wedding. Despite their lingering bitterness, they decided to go for their new sister. They also thought it would be a chance to get revenge if they could fight Tommy after the wedding in the pit. They tried to get their new friend Evera in on this, asking her to throw weakness potions at him during the fight, but she refused, not wanting to lose her job and worried about the morality of it. They ended up asking Alsius and Logic, fellow Flock members, instead. However their plan fell through as it turned out the pit wasn't even done yet and they'd forgotten to make the potions splash potions. Although their plans were ruined, Yodel had a decent time at the wedding. They were one of the flower people alongisde Phoenix and made a scathing comment in front of everyone about Ria deserving better. They gave Ria amethyst shards and a pet sheep as a wedding gift. Ria would name the sheep Hyacinth and keep it in the Arctic affectionately. Afterwards, when they heard about Tommy and Lowkey dying to L, they weren't too surprised L ended up being sketchy and were suspicious he was really gone, since they'd heard him talk about how he'd cheated death before. While they joked about Tommy's death to Ria's face, they felt a bit bad for Lowkey. Despite him having done nothing but insult them, they knew he was a good friend of Ria and decided to check on him along with Mc. They managed to have a more civil meeting and all three were able to bond a bit over the piglin that came in from Lowkey's nether portal. Yodel slipped out a bit of their background here too, saying "sometimes people who care about you don't always do what's best for you," and talking vaguely about the place they were from.

### The Raids

After making the Dome, Yodel felt restless and decided to open up their own construction business to get more projects. Local farmer Lua decided to hire them to make a hidden redstone door leading into a hill. Shortly after finishing this, Lua and Evera would get caught in a raid where Lua lost her first life. With bad timing, a raid would attack the village as well. Yodel was badly injured in the raid but alive. Mc came afterwards to bring them bandages and check up on them.

A bit after, Evera would come to Yodel fearing for Lua's mental welbeing. After going to her house and poking around, Yodel decided to show Evera the hidden door, not wanting a repeat of Kateis. Past the door was a room full of Ominous Banners from raids. This along with Lua's diaries showing their immense guilt sent Yodel into a panic attack, as they feared Lua would also try to kill herself. Evera tried to ask them what was wrong but Yodel couldn't bring themself to talk about it. Evera wanted to confront them but Yodel was convinced this would be bad. They decided to simply check up on Lua more often and make sure she was ok from a distance.

Yodel and Ria also became closer, with Ria inviting Yodel to their Arctic Commune with them. They heard many of their worries about not feeling fully welcome among their friends and feeling a bit left out, especially as Evera joined Ancapistan and other Ancap members joined the Commune when she originally made it to get away from Ancap.

Yodel would receive a book from Lua expressing her anger, since she found the door opened and assumed Yodel had broken in. While they had, Yodel was sure they'd closed it after. They expressed their worries to Lua's neighbor, Nouk. Yodel and Nouk would build a theater together called the Thanatos Theater. It was based on Yodel's own love of play from their village. One day, due to Lua having villagers at her farm, a raid accidentally started there. Yodel ran in to help, and stayed despite Evera yelling at them to go, even hitting them before accepting they weren't leaving. They nearly died to a ravager during the battle and felt bad for being more of a hindrance but ultimately stood by their decision to come. Lua was quietly grateful to them, writing them a letter to come by sometime and apologizing for their initial anger. Lua's dog, Popcorn, had also died during the raid, so she invited Yodel to the funeral. Yodel negatively doubted this and wondered if Lua really wanted them to come or was just writing this out of pity and obligation. This plus them sleeping in led to them missing the funeral, not even realizing until Lua came to confront them. Unbeknownst to them, Ria and Evera had also had a fight at the funeral, leaving Lua very upset. Yodel admitted they thought Lua didn't really want them their, to which Lua emotionally stated they really did want them there. Feeling guilty, the two left on neutral terms. Yodel left a last note for Lua and a rose.

### Vacation

After trying and failing to convince Ria to leave Ancap, Yodel had a mini breakdown realizing everything they did was useless as long as no one around them tried to work on their issues. They couldn't help someone who wanted to be helped. Yodel had a conversation with Khizuo, briefly discussing how Ancap had seemed quieter lately and ending in them cathartically pranking Fort Buscus together. Afterwards, they did what they found familiar and started helping Evera work on the casino entrance.

They had another encounter with the gods around this time, meeting Zero along with Zak. Unbeknownst to them, Zero had once snatched them up for their mining challenge, but Yodel forgot it as a dream. Mc and Yodel appreciated the gods, asking them questions about the world. Meanwhile Alsius freaked out and denied their existence. During the experience Mc and Yodel gave Alsius much grief, calling him catboy and attacking him after he insulted Mc. Zero and Zak showed them a portal to their dimension and explained how it worked to them. Zero also gave Yodel a dragon head and Alsius a Pigstep disc. Alsius rationalized this meeting as a dream, but freaked out when he found he had Pigstep and dumped it in Yodel's mailbox, wanting to forget it.

While working on the casino, Zero popped up to Yodel and Evera. Yodel was in a particularly bad mood, talking about how all their efforts were for naught and how nothing they did mattered. Zero said they seemed unnecessarily stressed and offered them a vacation. Yodel accepted, much to Evera's dismay. They ended up choosing to go to Zero's home realm, figuring it would be the most interesting. Zero also describing it as "shifting to fit you" also seemed ideal to them.

## Personal Items

* Their Netherite armor, all lovingly named
* their sword Bellwether
* pickaxe named Pick Astley
* A map with an image that say "go ahead. pee"
* "official papers" of when they adopted Multi

## Pets

Yodel has several sheep (General, Soot, Archibald III, Nikolai, Blue Cow, Meow Meow Dictator, Bob, Bee's Knees, and Borderline Romantic), two llamas, one bee (Sir Jonathan Buzzworth), two cats (Neil Banging Out the Tunes and Patchy Bitch), and an arctic fox (Hyssop).

 Neil Banging Out the Tunes, Patchy Bitch
 Gerard

## Relationships

### Lani

Lani was the one that brought Yodel into the Flock. They began to collaborate as de facto co leaders. Yodel thought Lani could be too pushy and zealous with the Flock speeches, especially after it brought the Flock nothing but trouble. As they are now absent due to injuries, Yodel feels the weight of the responsibility of being the sole leader put on their shoulders, and despite their disagreements, misses their guidance.

### Kateis

Kateis is Yodel's neighbor. When they first joined the village, Kateis was welcoming and friendly. Yodel comforted them when Golden Child died and tried to "avenge their honor" by messing with Wil. After failing to talk them down from their tnt plan, Yodel felt immensely guilty, even wondering if it really was their fault after the festival. When they overheard noises from Kateis' house, they checked out of worry and found Kateis' obsidian room for Resurrected Child. Horrified, they confronted Kateis about it, who reacted negatively and told them off. Yodel has heard Kateis is doing better since then but hasn't had the courage to interact with them more.

### Order

At first, Yodel thought Order would make a good leader and supported them during the festival. After their death and seeing their apathy towards it, Yodel became immensely protective of her. However, her opinion of them also dropped slightly. Yodel does not think Order will stand up for herself or the village because of their self sacrificing nature. Yodel ultimately wants Order to accept help from them and others. She does truly enjoy Order's company though and finds them to be one of the people they're closest too on the server. After the debaucle with Kateis, it was Order they went too for comfort. Order and Yodel began to depend on each other more post festival, Order finding someone to take care of in Yodel and Yodel wanting to protect her due to the festival and Order's general self sacrificing tendencies. However, after a time, Yodel grew disillusioned with the idea they could help Order in any way.

### Wil

Yodel's first proper encounter with Wil was them insulting Kateis' parenting after his son died. Needless to say, they did not hit it off. Yodel originally built the sky church on top of the courthouse to piss Wil off, but backed down after it was clear he was dangerous and was willing to use force. Yodel also doesn't like that they're running the courthouse, as they think Wil isn't very fit to be judge due to his callous nature. During the festival, Wil and Yodel started arguing about Order becoming leader. Yodel said they thought village matters were none of Wil's business and that he should stay out of this. Wil accuses Yodel of being responsible for Kateis' death, infuriating them greatly. Order being shot and killed didn't help matters either. They recognize they physically can't do anything about him and decides to be passive aggressive instead.

### Ria

Yodel's new sibling, they've been an only child all their life, but took to the sibling role rather well. They get annoyed at Ria taking the items their mom, Kanny was meant to give to Yodel. They also feel a bit competitive with Ria, telling them they'll plan a better wedding that hers. Ultimately, Yodel likes Ria and was more upset when her wedding didn't go well with the deaths that happened there. Yodel managed to get Ria to open up to her a bit about feeling left out among her friends. She grew worried for her and even encouraged her to leave Ancapistan for her own wellbeing. When she denied anything was wrong, Yodel went on a tirade about how everyone on the server always acts like they're okay when they're really not and are just going to become consumed by their own sadness and misery. Ria was confused by their words, but Yodel had already made up their mind that trying to help was useless and returned to somewhat more lighthearted conversation with Ria.

### Khizuo

Khizuo is also Yodel's neighbor. They see them as reliable and once asked them to look after Order. They share a common goal in disliking Wil and wanting to protect Order. They were the one who asked Khizuo to protect Order in the first place, and before they disappeared into Zero's home, shared many of their concerns about the Village. They also share a distaste for Fort Buscus and pranked it together with joke signs.

### MC

A fellow member of the Flock and the Village, MC and Yodel first bonded over getting a pink sheep back into the village. Yodel finds MC a friendly and helpful person. They decorated the cave under the church together, getting to bond more. They respect MC's skills and appreciate their help. MC also rushed to them after they were injured in a raid to give them bandages and make sure they were okay. They've grown apart since MC began associated with Ancapistan more.

### Evera

Evera and Yodel both share a distaste for Wil and complain about him together. Evera also recruited Yodel for the Ravine Hotel project. Yodel once asked Evera to help them fight Tommy, but Evera refused under fear they'd get fired. Evera went to Yodel out of concern for their friend Lua. Yodel felt reluctant to confront Lua after seeing their panic room, which is what Evera wanted to do. They agreed to just try and support her instead of potentially overwhelming her. When Evera joined Ancapistan and seemed to revise their opinion of Wil, they were bothered by it internally but didn't let it show, acting happy for them. The fact that they were still miffed at Ancap claiming the hotel and determined to continue their own vision reassured Yodel that things would be the same, and they helped Evera with the building of the casino entrance before they went away.

### Tommy

Yodel knows Tommy was the one who set off the tnt, earning him Yodel's ire. They helped prank Tommy's fort, causing Tommy to non canonically kill Yodel. At the wedding, Yodel made a remark that Ria could do better and wanted to fight him in the pit until they actually saw that the pit wasn't finished and Tommy left early anyway. They were apathetic towards their death, even making light of it in front of Ria.

### Lowkey

Yodel once approached Lowkey enthusiastically because they were excited to meet another sheep person, but were quickly shot down by Lowkey's hatred of religion. Lowkey's insulted them a few other times so they just try to stay away. They expressed their frustration to Ria who said Lowkey was one of their closest friends, so when they heard about his death, they felt worse than they did about Tommy's, but still mostly to the extent of "damn that sucks I guess". They came to check up on him after with MC, where he was friendlier than he had been previously. They had some disagreements like Lowkey thinking sheep should roam free and Yodel having a strict no mutton policy Lowkey was slightly looser about, but overall they got along when not bringing up religion.

### Karmic

Yodel's other adopted sibling. They don't know each other too well but Yodel thinks she seems nice. During the bakery feud they sided with Mill because of "the Cain instinct", saying they couldn't be nice to their sibling of all people. This is lighthearted teasing for the most part.

### Logic

A member of the Flock, Yodel can see it's very obvious Logic has her doubts about Friend and the Flock. She thinks that once the church is opened and she can see Friend for herself it'll all be good and she'll be convinced. Yodel helped Mill put up signs insulting their bakery and is fully willing to throw themselves into friendly competition with Logic.

### Alsius

Another member of the Flock, so far Yodel doesn't think much of Alsius. They think it's flattering they put fake horns on because they also like their own horns. They also once asked Alsius to help them sabotage Tommy but it didn't pan through, so they trust them a little. They think they're foolish for not believing in gods even when face to face with two of them and teasingly call him catboy. They also don't appreciate him mocking Mc's beliefs.

### Multi

The youngest member of the Flock, Yodel often confused but entertained by their antics and finds them slightly endearing. They hope she doesn't get into *too* much trouble and often comes to her aid when she needs something. They got a bit jealous when they saw Multi calling Evera their older sister figure and tried to give Multi stuff to make them the "favorite". They also adopted Multi legally as their sister (note: is not technically related to Kanny, Ria, and Karmic through this) and then chased them through the casino trying to get them not to gamble.

### Kanny

Yodel was originally very resistant to being adopted as they thought it weird when their parents were still alive, albeit off somewhere. Yodel relented when Kanny gave them the "go ahead. pee" sign because they thought it was funny and signed the adoption papers. Kanny is a chill mom who lets Yodel borrow some of their items (if Ria doesn't take them first).

## Quotes

"Well if Friend said so it must be true"

"*Moooooooom* Ria stole my redstone!"

"I dunno, I cant help them, so it's better not to do anything."

## Trivia

* The name of their sword, Bellwether, is a sheep that leads the rest of the flock and has a bell around it's neck to let the others follow the sound.
* They can and do eat grass
* Yodel doesn't eat mutton because they liken it to cannibalism. They'd be physically able to and will eat other kinds of meat but do not on principle and get distressed when others eat it around them too.
* They named most of the golems in the village and hold a special affection for them because of this. They'll often wave at the golems and say good morning to them.