Alfie

Setting: Europistan, continent of fantasy exploits and the like.

Alfata 'Alfie' Vermillion is a dark elf and extremely powerful warlock. Born in a small village whose name is lost to ruin, Alfata was orphaned and enslaved at the age of 4 after humans raided and razed his home to the ground. During his enslavement, Alfie was sold to a young Europistanian noble boy and was allowed to study magic with him - Alfie served as the young noble's whipping boy. At the age of 14, Alfie escaped captivity by impressing the local Duke with his magical ability and apprenticing as court mage for a time. A few years after that, Alfie joined the adventuring party of a plucky young farmboy named Lyco. After many years of adventuring together, Alfie's skills became honed and he delved further and further into dark magics. Eventually Alfie's studies led him towards an artifact called the 'Shadowstar', a dark powerful orb that when absorbed can transform one into an almighty dark lord.

Unfortunately for Alfie, Lyco called first dibs. Lyco became the twinkish yet tall ruler of Lycor, a dark kingdom of monsters and creatures with Carmile - Alfie's rival - as court mage. Lyco took on the name 'Lycorin' and is still a nice boy, really, who tries far too theatrically hard to be 'EVIL'. Alfie technically lives in Castle Lycor and serves his King as royal warlock, but the diminuitive dark elf has a wanderlust that can't be sated and is often travelling over long distances for stretches of time.

Alfata is a pretty little thing of an elf boy, standing at a tiny 4'8'' tall. He is overall ambivalent about the title of 'femboy' - but must admit it is very accurate. and his incredible talent for magic - particularly dark magic. Alfie has tan light-brown skin, short braided white hair, and dull red eyes that light up brightly when using his magic. As a dark elf, Alfie has a natural lifespan in the 1000s of years. Alfie naturally has long pointy ears that point out to the sides of his head, and also has sharp canine teeth that he's strangely proud of. Beneath his dull red eyes lie deep, prominent, yet oddly charming eyebags.

Despite his size, Alfie is the eldest out of Lycorin's inner circle at 25 years old - and probably the most objectively evil. He loves Lycorin dearly (and often still calls him 'Lyco'), but is also SEETHINGLY jealous that he got the Shadowstar and Alfie did not. There's also his burning rivalry and love-hatred for Carmile. It's a complicated yet strong relationship; Carmile and Lycorin (and Erich) are Alfie's closest friends, and found family - albeit, a family Alfie has much baggage with. Alfie would happily inconvenience Carmile at any moment for any given reason.

As a person, Alfie is an absolute mess. He has a cold, deadpan, flat way of expressing himself initially - to strangers he may come off as unfriendly or intimidating, despite his tiny size and very pretty face. He also has a dry, snarky sense of humor and observation. More prominently, Alfie suffers from manic episodes and delusions when excited. When entering into one of these episodes, Alfie can become sadistic, psychopathic, and quite melodramatic - evil laughs and large, chilling grins. Alfie hates the feeling of lack of control these episodes give him, and tends to suppress them as much as possible. Megalomanic delusions of human subjugation and bitter plots of grandiose revenge can't be healthy for such a small elf...

On top of that, Alfie is also very racist towards humans, albeit in a subdued sort of way. He's also not a big fan of regular elves, specifically believing dark-elves to be superior. Alfie also has a scientific, sharp mind and is a high-level intellect - capable of great feats of magic, particularly in dark areas. His dark magic exacerbates his worst traits and doesn't help anything previously mentioned at all. It does leave him feeling more attuned and comfortable around dark creatures...which is convenient when serving in Lycorin's court and inner circle.

Other members of the inner circle include:

• Pamplemousse, adorable little somewhat useless incubus that Lycorin 'just thinks is neat'. Pink hair, ditzy face, absolutely cute and adorable. Stands at 5'2'' and has a cute little fang that hangs over his bottom lip. Pample is native to the monster-folk supercontinent of Jukaito, located far...FAR away!

• aforementioned Carmile Capsici, the ditzy young blonde court mage (NOT A WITCH). Formerly the sorceress of Lycorin's adventuring party pre-Shadowstar, Carmile was born to rich parents in a big castle town, and graduated top of her class at a Mage College. Her family owned several elf 'servants' and she tends to patronize elves instinctively, exacerbating her rivalry with Alfie. Often mistaken for a boy due to her medium-length hair and flat chest...

• General Boner, Skeleton general of Lycor's forces. Former paladin of their adventuring group, first name Erich and cursed to bear his skeletal form. Close friends with Alfie, Carmile and Lycorin. The only sane person (skeleton) in all of Lycor.

The worst habit of Alfie's is probably his utter lack of filter and his apathy towards others reaction to his words. He often gets intrusive thoughts and acts on them quickly. An immoral person, Alfie would do anything for power. ANYTHING. Despite being a slave previously, Alfie would happily use his magic to enslave someone to his will... especially his enemies. Does he care that it's hypocritical? No. He's evil.