Solstice

Solstice depicted in Hero Forge

Xaigon (schizophrenic hallucination)

Memos (Father)

*"What am I?"*

Solstice is a Blade Soul that accompanies the party. He first appeared locked in a prison with Riku, who had been kidnapped by Bandits.

### Appearance

Solstice first starting out in the campaign had gray skin, accompanied with long dark hair put up into a bun with strands in the back falling down. He wore a long white lab coat with a stripped shirt and dark jeans. Around this time Solstice was a Druid; Unlike most he brandished a green elemental greatsword.

As of now Solstice's skin has a bit of colour, and his gem is slowly becoming brighter. His long dark hair is now styled in a ponytail to suit his new rusted crown. He now dawns fur armour to fight the cold weather, and is accompanied by his cat Mika. Solstice learning that druids don't normally use greatswords, spent time pouring effort into researching and learning about his own blade. This changed his class to a Blade Soul, and he now dawns a sword said to hold the power of the sun, forged by Solstice himself.

### Personality

Starting out, Solstice was cold, and blunt with his responses. Solstice did everything as he pleased and would leave the party on multiple occasions to do his own activities. As of now Solstice is slowly learning about emotion, and thus he tries to use this to his advantage. He is quite adept in deception since he himself has yet to feel proper emotion and has to empathy towards others.

### Abilities

#### Blade Soul

* Is very experienced with his own blade
* Can swing his sword to unleash a ranged sweep of energy
* Can imbue his sword with elemental energy to change the damage it does
* Has the ability to give "Soul Armour" to those who needs it.

### Background

**THIS BACKSTORY IS NOT YET LEARNED BY THE PARTY, THUS HAS BEEN EDITED TO HIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS FROM THE PARTY.**

Solstice was born in a bandit prison. To his knowledge this is always where he has been. Solstice was tortured daily, never given a break and always told he was a failure. He was almost there simply for the bandits amusement but for an unknown reason was kept alive. Solstice figured it was due to the gem imbedded in his chest.

A guard would always stay by his cell, the two we're distant and never held a conversation though Solstice had overheard his name, Memos.
A few days after he had learned of his name a new cellmate had joined him. A small girl with pink hair who the party knows now as Riku.

The two sat in silence the entire time. Riku was tortured after Solstice everyday, their screams would ring throughout the entire encampment, though when Solstice was tortured he wouldn't even make a sound.

Riku questioned Solstice every now and again, questions such as *"Why doesn't this bother you?"* and *"What am I feeling?"* though Solstice stayed silence. To Riku, this silence spoke volumes. One night when the two were alone, a different voice came from the child. Riku opened their mouth to ask *"Have you ever wondered if this was the life chosen for you? or if you simply happened to end up here?"* Solstice didn't answer immediately, having no answer to the question. Solstice thought about it for a while and only replied with *"I dont know."* To Riku this may have been a way to avoid answering, but Solstice soon realized he had no idea who he was.

Later that night, explosions rang from the stronghold. Riku's party had come to save them, and to his surprise, Solstice was rescued as well. The party went to escape the prison, though was stopped due to a Colossal being the stronghold held. The entire party became frightened and attempted to flee, though Solstice had fallen behind due to his lack of endurance. Solstice had never ran a day in his life, and not even going up a flight of stairs, became exhausted. The ground caved around Solstice and he collapsed, he was falling directly into the mouth of that *abomination*. Riku, in an attempt to save him threw a card from the Deck of Many Things. The card hit the titan, and a void opened up to swallow everything. Hundreds of people were killed, and Solstice lost his foot. Escaping the compound the party celebrated as they made it out alive, though for Solstice this was an entirely different story. Solstice came to the realization that his home was now just a crater, he had no idea how to live, and no idea where to go. The party offered to take him along, and Solstice accepted. When he did, his foot regrew, and the gem in his chest cracked.

### Trivia

* Solstice was one of the few members who were in a group before the current party
* Tyler Yanda, the creator of Solstice, has the most character deaths out of anyone in the campaign
* Solstice is Angel's partner in crime when Ray is not present.
* Solstices crown was obtained from a dream
	+ The dream actually took place in a realm called "The Nightmare Realm"