Apothecary
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Wizened No Kith |
|---|---|
| Court | no Court |
| Freehold | The Azure Hills Freehold |
| Player | Kevin A. Robbins, Jr. |
Contents |
Overview
Alias(es): The Apothecary, Alchemist,
Real Name:Joshua Ot
Age: 65
Concept: Fear as a personification
Entitlement:
Physical description: No one is sure. Apothecary values his privacy, so he always wears a black hooded cloak, a Venetian Bauta Mask, and black gloves. The cloak serves a secondary purpose, as it has thousands of little pockets lining the inside, each one with a different herb, drug, tinture, or goblin fruit lining the inside.
Relevant Mechanics:
Character Livejournal:
Character Information
Basic Timeline:
Current Activities: Owns and operates "Yon Apothecary" - an older, mom & pop style pharmacy that in recent years has changed to include homeopathic and naturalist remedies as well.
Merit Details:
Holistic Awareness, Harvest Emotions
Background:
Joshua Ot was raised to be a kind, good hearted man. German decent. Joshua was born in April of 1942, raised in Massachusetts all his life. He was 23 at the start of the Vietnam War. Joshua ended up not being drafted for a very simple reason - he had developed tuberculosis as a child, thus declaring him 4-F (unfit for duty). Instead, he studied and helped his father, a Pharmacist by trade, take care of the family drugstore. Joshua even went so far as to go to college and get his degree in Pharmacology. He married, had three kids who went on to have lots of kids of their own.
In 1990, Joshua's wife Sarah died of breast cancer. During this time, Joshua starts turning towards the studies of Chinese apothecaries and herbal medicines in an effort to help find a cure, or at least spare his wife needless suffering. Sarah died later that same year, making Joshua promise to continue living for both their sakes.
In 1993, Joshua had finally saved up enough to go on a vacation - not merely a couple of weeks of golf, but an overseas vacation to places he had decided he wanted to visit during his many studies. He had all the passports and everything set to go. Sadly, he never made it.
Captured by a hunter who called herself Ras, he was dragged through the hedge, then quickly resold to The Plague Doctor. This particular Gentry was noted for his love of studying human anatomy, medicine and the "healing Arts". Joshua was quickly forced to concoct new and wonderous drugs.
By experimenting on animals, hedge beasts, captured humans, Fellow Lost, and lesser Gentry.
Called "Apothecary" by the Plague Doctor so often he had forgotten his own name, Joshua doesn't to this day know how he got out of the Gentry's hands. Instead, he has made up a story of drugging the gentry and convincing them to let him go. In a way, he's right.
What is known is that Joshua returned to his home, disheveled, his mind and very soul in tatters. Joshua did the only thing he could think of doing. Because of the time of day, he began the same sort of ritual he had used every day of his life. He stood in his foyer sorting through the mail. And that's exactly when his Fetch walked in.
You see, while Joshua Ot was the plaything of the Plague Doctor, his Fetch had taken up his tickets, and gone on a three month trip around the world. And the Fetch had returned home just in time to encounter a mentally unstable Joshua.
Joshua paused only long enough to grab the table lamp before he was on top of his fetch beating it back into the assorted medical refuse it was made from like a wild animal. He then cleaned up the creature's remains, unpacked his suitcases, and sat down on the couch to drink a beer.
It was months before he actually noticed other changelings, and almost a year before he actively interacted. However, once he started becoming more involved, he became one of the contact points in the Massachusetts Area for the Innkeepers.
Motley
Coming soon: A motley of Innkeepers and doctors.
Allies
Enemies
Character Inspirations
Severus Snape, as portrayed by Alan Rickman: Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Soundtrack
Quotes
Rumors
- has claimed to have drugged a court of Gentry, so that he could simply walk out of the hedge.
- wears a mask all the time to hide the fact that he has no face beneath.
Categories: Wizened | No Kith | No Court
