Hedwidge
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Darkling Antiquarian Drudge |
|---|---|
| Court | North Court •• |
| Freehold | Bloom Town |
| Player | John Scott |
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Overview
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Alias(es): Unknown
Real Name: Franklin Beck (not known by most Changelings)
Current Mortal Identity: Unknown
Location: Bloomington, IN
Age: Appears to be in his mid-20s.
Seeming: Darkling
Kith: Antiquarian, Drudge
Court: North
Court Goodwill: Winter 1
Concept: Survivalist Recluse and Mystic
Physical description: A little over 5' tall, very scrawny. His most striking feature is his prominent nose - it covers the bottom half of his face, and he appears to have no mouth at all. His cracked spectacles and worm-ridden skin betray his affiliation with the College of Worms. He has not been seen without at least signs of minor injury (bruises, scars) since March of 2008, when he left the Winter Court and joined the North Court as its leader in Bloom Town.
Relevant Mechanics:
Character Livejournal:
History
Basic Timeline:
1960- Born in Bloomington, Indiana.
1978 to 1979- Married his high school sweetheart at age 19. They had twins within the year, suspiciously early in their marriage.
1979- Wandered into the Hedge along a local trod, where he was captured by an agent of his Keeper Enki and spirited away to Arcadia.
1979 to 1996- Enslaved as a sort of museum docent, librarian, custodian and manager of rarified possessions collected by his Keeper Enki. His mouth appears to have been removed in order to keep it quiet in those dusty halls.
Winter 1996- Escaped from The Hedge, radically transformed and barely aged.
1997 to 1998- He was first spotted by other Lost in Bloom Town, IN. For his first year out, it is presumed that he explored his options at returning to a normal mortal life, but he was probably hindered by being mute.
1998 to February 2008-Though reclusive, he is known to frequent Bloom Town, IN, where he held the Freehold office of Solstitial Equinoctarian for several years until February 2008.
March 2008- He stepped up as leader of the North Court in the new Directional Court system of Bloom Town.
Background:
More coming later.
After a spat with his young wife, he went to a bar, expressing that he never wanted to argue with his wife again. The bartender, a charming and persuasive man, encouraged him to take a stroll on some old abandoned railroad tracks out toward Ellettsville. Though he was spirited away to Faerie from those tracks, no one at home was ever the wiser...
If you are interested in ties, either in Arcadia or afterwards, please feel free to e-mail me.
Associations & Associates
Groups:
People:
- The spitfire and sensitive soul know as The Sleeping Beauty
- The Chef
- His colleague Mr. Book of Oakhurst Gardens in Muncie, Indiana
- He is reluctantly pestered by Zahn
- The beautiful and fragrant Ellora Phyfe of Oakhurst Gardens in Muncie, Indiana
- The poised and charming Briar Rose of Oakhurst Gardens in Muncie, Indiana
- He is known to be acquainted with Speedy G, who speaks enough for both of them
- Bao Lóng, The Dragon Lady, his peer in the Imperial Courts of Bloom Town
- Doctor Houx, The Red Wizard, with whom he snorts tea
- Strider, another long-time resident of Bloom Town familiar with the Hedge
Character Inspirations
- Fairies, illustrated by Brian Froud (Kilmoulis)
- Gollum from Lord of the Rings
- Tom Bombadil from The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Soundtrack
Quotes
He has no mouth...
- On a crumpled piece of paper attributed to him: "Not quiet. Must listen." Thought to be in response to a question from Zahn.
- "Have you ever heard it said that someone is 'all nose?' Well, with Hedwidge it's literally true." -The Sleeping Beauty, Sheriff of Bloom Town
- When Bao Lóng asked Hedwidge how much he gets out into town rather than staying home in his Hollow, he wrote, "I have to check my mail and mail my mail for a check. Then check my check at the door and pour my nibbles in a bag and write a mail and mail the mail and check for a check in the mail."
- "Hedwidge? He's darling, I adore him. Just... don't watch him eat." -Ellora_Phyfe
Rumors
- Hedwidge sold his mouth for his freedom.
- Hedwidge's own Keeper eliminated his Fetch for him as part of a contract.
- Hedwidge is suspected to own Indiana's largest collection of smelly cheese.
- Zahn blames Hedwidge for the socks that go missing from the drier.
- Hedwidge has a hollow hidden somewhere that he has never shown to anyone.
- Hedwidge has truck with the many Goblins around Bloom Town.
- Hedwidge is the leading authority on the history of Bloom Town.
- Hedwidge eats through his nose. It's painful to watch.
- Hedwidge is more than a little cracked.
- Hedwidge has a sinister secret agenda he was acting upon when hiding behind the throne of the Autumn Queen during the Hunt of Leaves, even as the Hunt encountered the Gentry in the Hedge.
- Hedwidge doesn't like to be thanked for things.
- Hedwidge's time in Enki's library exposed him not only to mysteries of the past and present, but also knowledge of the future, which affords him the talent (or curse) of prophecy. Perhaps he silently suffers from a special familiarity with sorrow that arises from his knowledge of tragic events that have not yet occurred...
- Hedwidge might have had a stronger association with the Winter Court, which he was formerly a member of, but ironically he spent so much time hiding according to its precepts that other Winter Court members were unaware of him.
- Hedwidge now runs the North Court of Bloom Town.
- The size of Hedwidge's nose is directly correlated to the size of something more private...
- Hedwidge once tried to make the moves on Briar Rose when she visited Bloom Town in late 2007. He was apparently drunk.
- Hedwidge has feelings for Ellora Phyfe of Oakhurst Gardens. It's been said that he has penned intensely pain-oriented poetry inspired in some way by her, and that she has read it.
- Hedwidge claims to get insight from conversations with his left sock. Perhaps not the oddest part about this is that he is almost always barefoot.
OOC Information
Played By: John Scott, US2002023603.
