Dezi

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Paranoia, Death, Blood and Murder

An extremely shy and anxious phantom-hybrid, Desiderium (Dezi, for short) longs for a home where he can finally feel safe. He settled in Midnight, building himself a large estate with his riches. Dezi has not joined Astral SMP yet.

## Biography

### Appearance

Phantom hybrid, with pale purple-grey skin. An extra set of green eyes sit on his cheeks, though these ones don’t have pupils and serve to help with night vision. Pointed ears and striking green eyes that glow, along with glowing insides (ex. if he were to get a cut, it would glow green, just as his mouth does when open). Long dark purple hair with green ends to flyaways, pulled into a bun. Small horns, hands, and legs all fade into darker purple, nearly black. Naturally clawed hands are painted green as if to be normal nails. His legs are more shaped like a horse’s, and end in sharp points. Has a tail, transparent green with visible bones in it.

He wears more business-professional and casual clothes, usually in a beige sweater pulled over a white undershirt and dark brown tie with dark brown dress pants to match. May also be seen in a standard suit and tie.

## Personality

He is extremely introverted and shy. He’s extremely paranoid, and will jump/startle at a slightly loud noise. Dezi is scared extremely easily, and is very quick to panic in even the simplest conflicts/situations.

He never usually lashes out, and if he does, it’s out of pure fear rather than any other emotion. He’d never attack someone, even in the face of a threat, only in self-defense. He’s very rich- extremely so, thanks to Dealmaker- but he doesn’t use that to his advantage or act rude as is stereotypical. He’d help anyone who needed it and asked for it, but more in a “silently leaves money at doorstep” kind of way rather than actually verbally talking to whoever he’s helping.

### Background

Dezi grew up in a happy home with his parents and sister, Calypso. His sister was chronically ill (with an unknown disease, as not to be named and possibly misinterpreting or disrespecting people IRL with an actual named illness). He worked very hard to support his family and sister, but it never seemed to be enough with medical expenses and his lack of physical strength to do many laboring jobs.

That was when he met Deal Maker, who offered to give him endless riches in exchange for whatever meant most to Dezi. Automatically assuming this meant an item, Dezi offers Deal Maker his most prized possessions for the deal. He gains the riches that he needs, and all goes well for a few days. That is, until he arrives home to an empty house. In his sister’s room, Deal Maker stands in a small puddle of blood smiling.

Dezi flees, when he realizes his mistake. DM had come back to claim their true prize. The items had not been what Dezi held closest, it had been his family, his sister. Though her body was never found, Dezi automatically assumes that Deal Maker had murdered her. Out of shame and fear of Deal Maker, Dezi runs away with nothing but the money he’d gained from Deal Maker’s deal. Deal Maker follows him for a while, tormenting him, until either Dezi finally outruns them, or they decide to give up the chase. Dezi flees for years, staying in hotels during his travels. Now, having arrived at Astral, he paid for an estate of his own to be built, deciding that this place was far enough away and that he’d be safe. He runs several small businesses, managing them without having to be present. He lives alone, and is constantly plagued with hallucinations, nightmares, and anxieties about Deal Maker still following him.

## Trivia

* His second set of eyes are practically useless in the liYou might think because of the way his legs are shaped that he has immaculate balance. And while yes, he probably has better balance than most, he also doesn’t put his full weight down when he walks. As a phantom hybrid without wings, he can’t fly, but he can hover. When he walks, he does a half-walk, half-hover.
* He can rearrange some of the bones in his body due to being a phantom hybrid. This also includes having exposed ribs on the outside of his chest, hidden beneath his shirt that can “open” in order to fit into other clothes.
* His blood and insides glow bright green.
* Since they don’t have pupils, the second set of eyes work more for night vision and sensing thermal radiation, similar to a snake.
* During his travels he helped to remotely manage a few small businesses in other towns. He still does, even in Astral, but does not stand in a position with any of the companies to gain access to their items in large amounts.
* His full first name, Desideria, is a homage to the word desiderium.’ This word means the eternal longing for something, referencing Dezi’s longing for peace and a reprieve from his paranoia.
* Despite being a phantom hybrid himself, Dezi is still prone to being attacked by the real things.
* Dezi does not need as much sleep as an average person.
* In a world with normal day and night cycles, Dezi would be more of a night owl because of his nocturnal lineage.
* Dezi reads a lot of books, and is familiar with all the ‘classics.’ He has a lot of free time to himself to be able to do so.
* Dezi is a fan of whiskey and bourbon. He is not a heavy drinker by any means, but certainly can be found having a fancy glass of it at times.