Avram Scotch

Alexandra Scotch (Elder Sister)

Audrey Scotch (Elder Sister)

Agatha Scotch (Elder Sister)

Cormac Scotch (Paternal 1st Cousin)

Earl Avram II Scotch (Paternal Grandfather)

Augustine Scotch (Paternal Grandmother)

Kikyo Kiryūin (Maternal Grandmother)

Goran Kiryūin (Maternal Grandfather/Deceased)

Sir Avram Scotch (Paternal Great-Grandfather/Deceased)

# Avram IV Kikyo Scotch

## Overview

### Summary

A student at Valerian Preparatory Institute, Avram Scotch serves as 1st Chair and head of the school Disciplinary Committee; an institution she resurrected along side the student council shortly after transferring. In her short time at Valerian Miss Scotch has become the bane to delinquent students and school faculty alike. With her student file, distributed by an outside force, revealing general reluctance to confront her on her activities unless absolutely necessary. In addition to her duties with the Disciplinary Committee, Avram has also taken command several school facilities, including the abandoned observatory (now renamed "Disciplinary Committee Tower") and the famed Special Collections section of the school library.

Avram is the youngest of four sisters; Alexandra, Audrey and Agatha. The children of Avram III Scotch, former Royal Marine and President/CEO of Scotch Defence Solutions, and Tomoae Scotch. Her paternal grandfather, Avram II Scotch Earl of Saltwood, serves as a UK ambassador, while his wife Augustine (“Grandma Scotch”) manages the Scotch family estate. Her maternal grandmother Kikyo Oda owns and manages a large number of business holdings from her home town in Saitama, Japan.

As a student Avram is a borderline straight A student, her only pitfalls being her B+ in Gymnastics and her vocal dislike for American English. In recent times she has developed a keen interest in the so called “Higher Mysteries” owing to her association with the Observatory tower and Special Collections library. One result of these connections is the unusual creature “Dwarf” an otherworldly creature shaped like an ink blot, who lives in a tank in Miss Scotch's room.

## Investigations

### The Floating Jellyfish

Early in her tenure as head of the Disciplinary Committee, Avram became embroiled in the outbreak of floating blue jellyfish on campus. While others looked for the source of the strange creatures, Avram — unsure of what was actually happening — took to netting the odd creatures and releasing them into the forest. What long term effects this will have have yet to be seen.

### The Observatory and the One Who Watches

Avram’s first real investigation into the mysteries of Valerian Prep came after Eleanor Black shared her discovery of the Old Observatory. Out of concern for her friend’s safety in the abandoned structure, Avram offered her help in inspecting the Observatory, joined willing volunteer Maddox Holmes. It was during this inspection that she discovered hints of the Observatory’s dark past, the research that had gone on there, and traces of those who had been foolish enough to use its facilities. It was only due to their powdered remains that Avram avoided looking into the facility’s telescope and sharing their fate.

It was while she was examining the upper levels of the Observatory that Avram made her mistake. By looking out of the Observatory from the inside she had been forced to accept the unnatural nature of the building and, in a moment of recklessness, decided to look into the top of the telescope that seemed to be at the centre of the building’s research. In doing so she unwittingly reversed the direction of the experiment and connected her mind and senses to those of the creature the telescope observed.

The One that Watches, a mindless entity that resides in a space beyond our reality where nothing exists. And, in connecting to it, Avram came to realise that the One that Watches is just that; it is nothing. A void of existence that creates itself through observing all life, in places, at every point on their existence with no regard for life, death or even the flow of time. Avram was forced to take in this infinite perspective in an unending moment that has left her permanently altered; unstuck from that natural path of reality.

In the aftermath of that night, Avram Scotch took over management of the observatory. The effects of her brief connection to the One that Watches remained with her, altering down to the very way she could interact with the world. Her *voice* now held a sway over things she want no part in.

The damage, however, was discovered to have gone in two directions. Where Avram has been thrust into the mind of an infinite being, the One that Watches gained an insight into what it meant to be finite. That aspect of the entity was separated from the One that Watches not long after, entering the world as the creature Dwarf who Avram took charge of.

### #BackroomsRescuePV

Avram became trapped in the Backrooms after an unknown force tripped the Tillinghast devices at the Observatory. As she was searching for a way out, she discovered that her experience with the "One Who Watches" and the gifts it left her with made her a soothing precence for many of the Backroom's more horrific entites. She resolved herself to remaining in the Backrooms for as long as it took for their connection our demention to dwindle -- thus protecting her frieends and the student's of Valerian from harm. This plan worked as intended until she attracted the attention of the creature now known as the "Crooked Man". While her abilities were sussessful in distracting the creature, it too was able to gain a hold on her mind. Eventually coming to influence her responces to her friends in the CRC community.

## Appearance

Avram is young woman of mixed British/Japanese heritage, best recognised by her long blood red hair, alabaster skin, and duel toned green eyes. She stands at a moderate height of five feet and seven inches, with a lean athletic build that contrasts to her pronounced and, in her eyes. embarrassingly buxom figure. A fact she has worked hard to conceal. Despite having the most western features among her siblings, Avram's features prominently display her Japanese heritage.

Since coming to Valerian, Avram has favoured the standard school blazer, tie and pleated skirt. This changed with the reintroduction of the Disciplinary Committee uniform, since which Miss Scotch has switched to the gold trimmed Valerian blue blazer and skirt as her primary uniform. She has also taken to wearing her fur lined cloak of office in place of a coat, and to carrying her ceremonial sword of office.

Having been raised in a highly traditional household, Avram has a strong aversion to wearing trousers/pants outside of special occasion or for practical reasons.

## Personality

Avram is notoriously strict in her dealings with other students, inclluding those she counts as friends.

## Trivia

* Traditionally the name Avram is given to the first born male child of the previous Avram, starting with Sir Avram "Redman" Scotch. Avram, the fourth of four daughters, was given the name after her mother refused to have more children. This makes her name technically a boys name, a fact that Avram is self-conscious of.
* Her contact with the "One that Watches" forced her to witness reality in the same manner the Watcher does for a brief yet infinitely long period. This has left its mark on her psyche, leaving her with a unique view on the shape of reality, while disassociated from her own fragile place in it. Her "*words*" now hold new power she is only starting to understand. While her own change in nature has made her a target for entities that desire her outlook.
* Dwarf, a piece of the One that Watches separated from the mindless whole, lives as Avram's pet and companion. In order to keep it in school Avram has registered it as a gerbil.
* Avram having huge boobs was originally a joke that, like a lot of parts off her character, became too fun not to continue with.
* She is the shortest member of the Scotch family with the sole exception of her mother, who is equal to her in height.

## Notable Quotes

* “I walked a path that never ended and stepped over my own bones.”
* "I am not amused."