Theo Thackeray

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NAME Theodore Thackeray HOMEWORLD Unknown ... Aeklianor (ask about your character knowing anything about such a place - if they have it will be through far flung old fairy tales, as the name of a mythical kingdom where people spontaneously burst into group song and musical mages could speak to animals)

SPECIES ??? Extradimensional Cosmic Entity An alien regardless of where he goes, a mortal fallen and a ghost reforged in the ashes of his world. A posthuman from another reality fused with the remnants of a living star, in realms with magic he is liable to be labeled as a 'celestial' due to the nature of his existence. RACE ??? Theo has been called a great many things from ghost to godling and is delighted to accept creative attempts: is particularly fond of 'space wizard'. While once of human ilk (Aeklianoran), he can now be fairly classified as a trickster spirit and agent of music, remembrance, and doorways.

ALIASES The Archivist The Historian Bard ... Chronicler Revelry World Walker Nine of Nine Professor Tonewood Elton Tron Stitch Stardust (countless more)

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COMPLEXION Pale HAIR Dirty Golden Blond EYES Cosmic HEIGHT 5'5 WEIGHT Approx. 210lbs BUILD chubby endomorph

GENDER Male AGE (apparent) 35-40 AGE (actual) Unknown

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Theo is of somewhat average and portly appearance, pear shaped and untoned with naturally soft and kindly features. These include a small mouth with notable jowling, a rather weak chin, and a prominent, wide-bridged nose. As a man on the shorter and heavier set side, he has narrow shoulders, wide hips, and well distributed fat. In tone he is pale and flush with warmth, clean shaven with wavy-curly dirty golden blond hair (somewhat thinning and with a mind of its own), accompanying sideburns, thick expressive eyebrows, and a receding hairline. Is partial to a wide variety of hairstyles as diverse as his attire. A pair of deep set smiling eyes with puffy lower eyelids are rarely seen due to the various eye concealment he hides them behind. They are often large round lenses, but eyewear varies as dramatically as the tone and print of his clothes, which seem to shift with his thought processes.

• Voice: A low and engaging baritenor with a persistent melodious tone. A very unclear dialect seems to shift depending on who is speaking to. Theo delivers his words with articulate confidence and a rich, energetic charisma. Is prone to falling in and out of verse during normal conversation. When it comes to his songs he delivers with an unnaturally powerful and on point singing voice - one might even call it otherworldly.
  
  
  
  (Star Trek: Discovery)
  
  
• Eyes: While he pulls off a very convincing guise, he cannot entirely hide the alien nature of his eyes, a feature that generally 'seeps' and fills sclera entirely. They swirl with brilliant ether, reflecting space and nebulae of intense color; changing with every blink like the most far reaching of crystal balls and ranging from as pitch as a starless night to as brilliant as the remains of an exploded star. While they look dark and sparkling from a distance, up close they are distinctly alien and likely unwise to look directly into for long. A glittering vapor of 'stardust' emanates from them at times, his true form leaking through the layers of deception.
  
  
• Theo doesn't need glasses and didn't as a human - he only wears them to conceal his eyes and collects all kinds of accessories to do so. It changes up frequently depending on what he can get away with in any given world.
  
  
• Aura

  A telling aura of surreal psychic presence: bright, blinding, inexplicable. It is something he tries to conceal, but isn't particularly good at aside from 'dimming' his intensity with effort. An individual with true sight may find it difficult or even painful to look at him for longer than a moment at a time.
  
  
• Age: Appears somewhere approaching to middle age, but it is remarkably difficult to tell for sure given his inexplicable state of perfect health and vitality.
  
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  It has been some time since he lost sight of his true age - Theo has a rough idea based on the most common forms of telling time, but this is considerably complicated by the paths he travels and the fact he does not quite experience time the same way others do. While not as old as some of his ilk, it's still been quite a while since he shed his mortal coil. A determined researcher with interdimensional traveling capability will be able to dig up references to figures resembling him across eras without rhyme or reason.
  
  
• Body: Is far less organic than he looks and behaves: beneath the layers of clothing, more than his eyes give him away. Underneath the skin what would be his heart glows, tones of purple and pink lighting up transparent ribcage. The same goes for the contents of his skull, not that the light there shows the thick crystalline layers of bone. The right individuals and technology will be able to tell that blood isn't running through his veins and he carries no scent save for the faint metallic tingle of cosmic dust and highly charged particles.
  
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  While described as an 'energy being' it may be more accurate to call his native form living plasma - he is certainly made out of some kind of luminous matter. In true appearance is an amorphous creature akin to a surreal amoeba, a glittering nebula floating through the confines of a ghostly soap bubble in full defiance of gravity. Is capable of extreme speed and fluid malleability in this form if often taking vaguely humanoid shapes or showcasing a more skeletal ghostly nature when reconstructing a body, but is limited in his ability to interact with others and even harmful for most to look at too long.
  
  
• Fashion: A man who dresses well enough (if often quirky and in garish candy colors and/or absurd and inexplicable prints), but for comfort and travel - yet next to never wears shoes unless he has to, preferring to go barefoot. However, will occasionally wear decorative foot wraps akin to toeless grip socks or 'shoeless spats'. When he must and still has a choice is accepting enough of any form of kick off sandals.
  
  
• In general he tries to blend into local culture and has a wardrobe extensive enough to be considered its own library. The only difference between the Rock Star and the Bard is a matter of costume and alias dependant on where and when he is.
  
  
• Is hiding tattooed arms under long sleeves most of the time. The majority of both forearms are covered in complex networks of interlocking geometric shapes and lines, making up what appears to be some kind of interstellar or perhaps even interdimensional 'star map'. It is his left wrist that is of the most interest, showcasing the boldest colors and most complex details, tapering design on both sides and circle in the middle bringing to mind an astrolabe or compass. This navigational marking moves and has portions that glow as if projected. It also shows up on his body regardless of what form he takes.

Demeanor: A colorful, enthusiastic man who tends to come across as incessantly cheerful and witty; but not always nice and most of the time downright odd. While he does not seem to carry ill intent or maliciousness, his thought processes and perspectives are not quite normal and as a result he often forgets certain social graces, boundaries, and expectations. It is often he is incredibly irreverent and even at times dismissive, seemingly removed from the ability to relate particularly well, everyday empathy lost in the chaos of his experiences (and the sight of a much larger picture). It is increasingly difficult for him feel too strongly in regards to individual lives, their existences fleeting and precious as they are unimportant in the grand scheme. The primary range of his emotions run from unimpressed and bored to manically delighted and childishly carefree, based on what opportunities to experience and document are present. Theo is either bored and petulant or preoccupied and engaged, rarely if ever too sad, angry, jealous, etc. That is to say he may have lost a significant amount of marbles during his travels, his often self-centered nature informed by increasing distance from normality.
Aesthetic: blue and purple nebula, pastel rainbow iridescence, retro space meets fairytales
Style: a balance between comfort and fashion, where bare feet contrast with a wide variety of eye concealing accessories and silly clothing prints
Likes: music, exploring, watching, reading, telling stories, hearing stories, playing pranks, just about everyone (rather indiscriminate about whom he interacts with), extremely sour candy
Dislikes: unnecessary destruction, barriers to creatures of his nature, being pulled away from events of interest, boredom, anyone looking at him as a desirable assistant, collectible, or power source
Deeper Fears: ???
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
(with a healthy dose of blue and orange morality)
(chaotic good when it comes to the preservation of worlds)

When you've lived this long and experienced so much, a great many things begin to lose their impact while others take greater precedence. It is often difficult for him to focus on the smaller picture of individual lives, but simultaneously he seems to harbor an almost childlike sense of wonder and curiosity that makes the most arguably meaningless things delightful. There are also times in which he seems to thrive on the thrill of discovery and danger, sometimes to the point of outright madness (arguably an adrenaline junkie). While often focused on a given task to an obsessive degree, he is otherwise easily bored or distracted - on occasion even allows himself to be lazy or led astray by questionable thinking. Theo is always attracted to new experiences and can be bribed by them to a fault, as such a thing becomes increasingly rare with each world he visits; as is such, he can be remarkably difficult to impress and seems to have minimal interest in lasting relationships, keeping most at a cordial distance and perhaps too long adapted to the acceptance of loss and change.

• In mannerisms is as easy going as his personality, generally steady and calm. Theo is not prone to any sort of habitual twitchiness and can stay still as a statue for unreasonable amounts of time if he chooses to, entirely in control. This is not to say he isn't animated - when speaking and especially when singing, he is quite full of gesture and expression.
  
  
• Is adventure and knowledge driven, but can be remarkably careless.
  
  
• Is unlikely to forget you, a creature with outstanding recall and more than likely a photographic memory.
  
  
• Is responsible enough to take best efforts not to wear or have anything on him too out of time and place when traveling between realms. That being said it's somehow easier for him to withhold information than to remember he accidentally left an anachronism in his travel bag.

Some of the rumors and observations that might exist about him out in the multiverse, particularly among other world travelers and celestial beings: