Daan

Personality: Daan is a smart and inquisitive man who uses his medical knowledge and experience with the occult to help make sense of the world around him. He is fairly independent, quickly setting off on his own to investigate Prehevil. However, he is happy to help others when the need arises, such as when he offers to mix drinks for contestants in PRHVL Bop. Daan can be found caring for the townspeople when not playing as him, and he is often polite and even caring towards the other contestants, indicating he has a compassionate side to him. Despite this, Daan can also be callous, such as when he refuses to put a dying man out of his misery because he is not bound by the Hippocratic Oath. Similarly, despite Daan's polite exterior, he also has a mischievous and condescending side. People he actually befriends or cares about will be the target of jokes or comments he makes. None of his jokes seem particularly mean-spirited but rather small jabs or a hint at a less friendly side to his personality. Daan has an interest in bartending and mixology, which can be seen during his interactions at PRHVL Bop. He seems to have a talent for it. His signature drink, according to him, is an old-fashioned. Though Daan is outwardly friendly, he suffers from severe depression stemming from the mysterious death of his wife, Elise. It is also possible that he has been suffering from depression for a long time, considering his traumatic childhood. During various party talks, Daan makes reference to the stress he has faced from his childhood, as well as he is shown to be protective towards younger people, possibly a way for him to help other children avoid the same situations. One example of this is Daan refusing to let underage people drink alcohol, if someone under the age of 21 asks for a drink from him, he will deny them and offer to make an alcohol free beverage for them instead. Daan also smokes and drinks himself, when he is stressed, sad, or in a bad mood, he will often have a cigarette break to help him relax.

Context: Termina is centred around The Trickster Moon God, Rher, he had decided to 'invite' fourteen people to the town of Prehevil to "join his jubilee of cosmic proportions". While the residents of both the town and area seem aware of the festival, none of the fourteen participants knew the fate placed upon them beforehand. It is a battle royale type of event where only one of the contestants should remain alive in order to retrieve a divine prize. However, it is possible for almost all but one person to survive the three day festival in Prehevil, however, at least one participant must be sacrificed for the rest of the participants to leave and survive. This festival only occurs once in a rare period where the moon becomes a sickly green, the moon has a face that smiles and stares down at the contestants in wicked malevolence. The villagers that live in Prehevil are all sick and dying, but hold onto the ancient rites and macabre traditions of the gods. Secrets can be uncovered in the town’s most dark and mysterious corners.

Abilities: Can bring someone back to life by losing removing a limb. Can analyze how a person has died or what ailments they have, he cannot do this with animals, gods, or complex monsters. Can harvest organs. Great fighter with a scalpel, but can also be just as deadly to an enemy with other weapons such as guns and saws. Can pickpocket. Can cast spells that are related to Sylvian, the god of Love, Lust, and Creation, as well as perform rituals. Is a great bartender and drink mixer. If brought to great despair and depression, he may let Pocket Cat, an anthropomorphic purple cat, possess him and become one with him, therefore making him the new Pocket Cat. If this happens, he will share his consciousness and bodily control with Pocket Cat, and give into more dark and depraved desires he has. He will allow Pocket Cat do as he pleases with his transformed body, as he is still there, but too far gone to care about morale or consequence. Daan has a Blank Soul, which is the reason he can be possessed by Pocket Cat, Pocket Cat has been following him long before the Festival of Termina, as he is apart of a divine scheme, Daan is unaware of this.

Current Goals: He is currently looking for answers related to the death of his wife and father in law, and is searching for information regarding the many gods that rule or once ruled the earth. Any information he can get would be considered helpful to him, as he has become curious about the world of the divine in itself, as he want’s to understand their intentions. After the Termina festival, he will become more depressed, as he will be unable to find the answers he is looking for during that period no matter how much he learns within the three days. He will become more at risk to be possessed by Pocket Cat, and will need more moral support and help to help resist the feline servant of Rher, the moon god.

Past: Born in the Kingdom of Rondon, the origins of Daan's birth remain cloaked in mystery. As a young child, he was taken on a nomadic journey across Europa by his devout parents, fervent disciples of Sylvian. He bore witness to their devout rituals, as they donned rabbit masks and danced naked in the meadows. Daan's formative years were marred by neglect, with his parents' zealous faith taking precedence over his own welfare. Their attempt to transfer Sylvian's revered healing gift onto him further strained their relationship. Tragedy struck young Daan when, at 13, his parents, consumed by their religious fervor, never returned from one of their rituals in the meadows. Left to his own devices, Daan faced a fork in his path: either seek honest employment or embrace the world of thievery. Fate, however, steered him towards the household of Baron Eihner Von Dutch, where he apprenticed as a butler. It was here that Daan developed a palate for life's luxuries and cultivated refined manners. His bond with the baron's daughter, Elise, deepened over shared tales of his tumultuous past and the insanity of his parents' cult. Intrigued by Daan's upbringing and Sylvian's mystical healing powers, Baron Eihner offered a trade: Daan's knowledge of Sylvian in return for a modern medical education. With time, Daan's relationship with Elise blossomed into romance, earning the baron's approval. Yet, peace was short-lived. As tensions between the Eastern Union and the Bremen Kingdom escalated, neighboring nations were ensnared in the turmoil. Daan, as an able-bodied man, was conscripted. He served on the frontlines as a medic infantryman, enduring the war's countless horrors. The solace he found in letters from home vanished when they abruptly ceased. After the Kingdom of Rondon's withdrawal from the conflict, Daan's hasty return home revealed a gut-wrenching sight: the manor was steeped in darkness, its inhabitants, including his beloved Elise and Baron Eihner, lifeless in the basement. They had become victims of an occult ritual, sacrificed to appease ancient deities. Grief-stricken, Daan, in a desperate bid to revive Elise, offered his left eye in a ritual— but to no avail. Reeling from the loss, Daan's quest for answers led him to whispers of the town of Prehevil. Determined to unravel the mystery behind their deaths, he embarked on a journey, unaware that he was but a pawn in a grander game, destined to become a contender in the Termina games.