The Spearmaster

The Spearmaster's appearance: The Spearmaster is a dark purple slugcat with white eyes. They are thin, and quite tall compared to other slugcats, standing at 4'1". Like all other slugcats, the Spearmaster has a smooth, slimy body, with wet skin that's hard to get a good grip on. They have a thick tail, large eyes and ears, thin but powerful arms, and thick thighs. They do not have any gender, nor do they have any genitals. The Spearmaster has no mouth, and thus can't talk. Their tail is riddled with white holes, out of which numerous white needles emerge.

The Spearmaster's backstory: The Spearmaster was created long ago by an Iterator named Seven Red Suns to act as a messenger to replace the steadily degrading communications systems of the Iterators. They are now on their second mission, and they have been tasked with sending a pearl buried within their chest to another Iterator named Five Pebbles. Over time, Seven Red Suns has become very fond of the Spearmaster, leading to the two developing a strange but very caring relationship.

The Spearmaster's personality: As the Spearmaster has spent practically no time with slugcats before, they have little knowledge of slugcat social norms. They also do not understand the language of slugcats. The Spearmaster is an intense person. They get very invested in arguments, and are generally quite passionate and animated. They are largely indifferent to other people, as the Spearmaster believes they are above the problems of common slugcats. Because of the pearl concealed in their chest, the Spearmaster is not inclined to animalistic behaviors. They are not indulgent, nor violent, and they have a practically nonexistent libido. They are quite practical, and is very focused on whatever task is at hand. In this way, they are also somewhat stubborn, as they deliberately try to resist distractions.

The Spearmaster's abilities: The Spearmaster is a master in fighting with spears. This is heavily aided by the fact that, at the expense of some of their energy, they can grow a white needle out of their tail for use as a spear. Besides combat, these needles can be used to drain nutrients out of creatures and into the Spearmaster through a thin red tube. This is primarily how the Spearmaster eats, as they don't have a mouth.

World backstory: The Spearmaster is on a massive, crumbling superstructure called Five Pebbles, which is home to a burgeoning ecosystem of plants and animals. Despite the advanced technology of the superstructure, most slugcats don't even know how to make a fire, and live in small tribes. The world the Spearmaster lives in is dominated by the Cycle. After death, every organism revives at the time and place that they last slept, with a dream-like memory of their death. Long ago, a race known as the Ancients created thousands of city-sized biomechanical computers called Iterators to find a method to easily and reliably Ascend all living creatures from the Cycle, effectively releasing the world from its grasp. Before the Iterators were able to accomplish this, however, the Ancients decided to Ascend themselves, leaving the Iterators to rot. Since then, the Iterators have become somewhat aimless, with some still trying fruitlessly to fulfill their original goals while others fill their time with meaningless drama and gossip. Periodically, bone-crushing rainstorms scour the land. The only way to survive these is to locate an underground shelter, which the Spearmaster is thankfully adept at.