Character: Hex

Hex is a romanceable character option in the Mothcord Otome game "Mothcord"

#### Appearance

Main Game: Hex is a character with short stature, dark under eye bags, and masculine features including a poorly groomed dirt stache. Their sprite wears almost exclusively black clothing. Their hair is clearly dyed white with dark eyebrows that don't match. Their sprite can occasionally be seen wearing a "Greetings! To the Ebony Carnival" (A reference to My Chemical Romance's Welcome! To The Black Parade) t shirt that matches the same shirt worn by bri, implying that they both attended the same concert in the past. They wear spiked collars, black nail polish, and black jewlery. Hex has multiple facial and body piercings, and stretched ears.

DLC:

"The Form of H20": In the Form of H20 DLC, Hex is depicted as a merperson with a mouth filled by large needle sharp teeth, and their body below the hips being that of a Moray Eel, in a deep black coloration that fades into bright yellow where it meets their flesh. The tips of their fingers are blackened, fading up to their usual skin tone at the elbows. Their eyes are a bright yellow and upper body skin is heavily scarred. Hex is also seen wearing a tattered black cowl.

"Ballad in Wonderland": In the Ballad in Wonderland DLC Hex it depicted with a blue skin tone, milky white eyes, and their body below the hips that of an obscenely long caterpillar, although the legs resemble more that of a centipede.

#### Personality

Hex has an anxious and introverted disposition. Despite their prickly nature toward the player, Hex can be seen in different routes offering help to the other romanceable characters and using polite manners with other NPC's.

#### Additional Character Information

* Hex has an INTP personality type
* Hex's Blood type is A positive

#### Character Interactions

**Toward the player:** Hex is stand offish and will frequently be rude to the player. They often use deadpanned sarcasm or stare blankly during dialogue. When the player chooses romantic dialogue options he will respond by avoiding the comment, or become visibly uncomfortable.

#### Items

##### DLC:

"The Form of H20": In the Form of H20 DLC Hex's character can be given various shellfish to lower their hostility and raise their willingness to engage in dialogue, after gruesomely consuming them in front of the player with a loud "crunch" sound effect. After a point Hex will become visibly nauseated if gifted more than a certain number (10) of shellfish, and mention feeling 'seasick'.

"Ballad in Wonderland": In the Ballad in Wonderland DLC Hex's character will give the player a fist full of suspicious mushrooms in exchange for a cup of hot black tea to sooth their throat.

#### Side Quests:

##### "The Great Rat Detective":

The player is tasked with helping Hex expose Kenneth Applejack for bringing his Rats into the diner.

Good Ending - Kenneth is exposed for his crimes against sanitary diner practices and will no longer bring his pet rats to the diner. When the player interacts with him afterward he'll seem embarrassed by it.

Neutral Ending - Kenny is not exposed, however no further rumors spread about Kenneth and Hex. Hex will appreciate that the player at least believed him about Kenny's rats.

Bad Ending - When attempting to expose Kenneth the player and hex's shenanigans will instead accidentally start a rumor that Hex and Kenny are dating. This will be brought up by several NPC's during random dialogue afterward and Hex will become visibly irritated at the mention of it.

#### Trivia

* In Hex's bedroom the player can snoop on his computer screen and see it open to an online game of QuarryCraft. The game handle being displayed over the characters head is "SheepishInsomniac"
* An empty cardboard box on Hex's bedroom floor can be seen with a shipping label from "Odd Bed Buddies" in reference to the adult fantasy toy shop 'Strange Bedfellas'