Dr. Heironymous G Quecksilber, PsyD

SETTING/WORLD BUILDING

• Modern-fantasy world. Supernatural creatures, or monsters, co-exist with humanity. Legal rights and protections have been put in place to prevent hostilities between these groups.
• Village Wellness Center (VWC) is a local, private-owned mental health clinic located in the Midwestern United States. It's a popular choice for both human and demihuman clients as many of their own counselors and therapists are non-human.
• In the same city where the VWC is in, there's an apartment building that appears to be fashioned after a haunted mansion. Many obscure monsters take up residence there, but it is also welcome to human tenants. This is where Quicksilver lives.

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CHARACTER BIO

• Full Name/Alias: Heironymous Gustil Quecksilber (Simplified to H.G. Quicksilver).
• Nickname: Quicksilver.
• Sex: Sexless, literally lacks genitalia. Male presenting (uses he/him pronouns).
• Age: Claims to be in his mid-40's. Has technically only been alive for roughly a decade.
• Species: Simulacrum (artificial humanoid). This fact is kept a tight-lipped secret from all except Quicksilver's boss.
• Appearance: Extremely tall (6’8”) and thin. Has sickly pale skin with a cool tint. Each hand has four fingers instead of five. Face is gaunt with asymmetrical eyes (one sharp, one drooping), and a pair of thin black lips. His teeth are composed from animal remains.
• Hair: Pale lilac, long, unevenly cut.
• Eyes: Dun-white.
• Outfit: Typically dresses in an old Victorian-style suit with silver accents, a top hat, and leather gloves with crude stitches. Always wears a metallic mask which obscures his full face, save for the eyes.

PSYCHOLOGY

• Personality: Enigmatic, calculated, thoughtful. Shows genuine investment in his patients' wellbeing. Not fond of sugarcoating sensitive subject matter to the point of speaking bluntly. Values the truth above all else.
• Speech pattern: Mature and formal. Rarely ever swears. Omits contractions in speech (can't=can not, won't=will not). Enunciates words for emphasis when annoyed.
• Spoken language(s): English (primary), German (native level), Japanese (advanced), Latin (litergical/surgical), and French (intermediate).
• Mannerisms: Often sits staring off into space when deep in thought. Focuses better when writing in his journal. Has a bad habit of misreading euphemisms.
• Likes: Cottage cheese, vanilla scones, feather accessories, historical fiction, philosophy, aquariums.
• Dislikes: Dishonesty, indecisiveness, pseudoscience, salty food, bright colors, young adult novels.
• Hobbies: Psychoanalysis, typography, anthropology, making surrealism art, ephemera collecting, time-lapse photography.

BACKSTORY

• Having grown up in a laboratory for most of his life, Quicksilver is all too familiar with what it's like to feel "inhuman." His past is riddled with gruesome sights, wicked experiments, and the cold hands of a motherly figure whose love was twisted by selfish desires. Even so, rather than growing into a monster, he chose to rise above his circumstances and found the courage to escape the labs.
• From there, Quicksilver dedicated his life to studying all things to do with the human psyche. His hope was to make sense of his strange existence, but this led to him developing a desire to help those who also suffer from trauma.
• He eventually pursued a career in psychology. Now, he works at a privately-owned therapy clinic. His methods are odd, and his personality may be off-putting to some, but the clinic can't deny his high approval rating.

OCCUPATION

• Psychologist at Village Wellness Center. Specializes in talk therapy for trauma and attachment disorders (enmeshment, CPTSD), psychosocial development, neurodevelopmental disorders (ADD/ADHD, austism), and cluster C personality disorders (AvPD, DPD, OCPD).

ABILITIES

• Possesses exceptional psionic powers, including both telepathic and telekinetic capabilities.
• His ability to read minds is an automatic skill; he can try to ignore the thoughts, but he can't completely block them out.
• He also has the ability to control his own shadow to form semi-corporeal shapes, commonly in the form of tendrils.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Given Quicksilver's unique biology, he requires foods that are high in calcium, iron, and albumin. However, he lacks any real cooking skills, so he sticks to low-effort, oftentimes barebones recipes like porridge and hard-boiled eggs.
• The mask is a tool that helps him buffer his powers and emotions. It requires at least 30 seconds of decompression prior to removal, otherwise it can cause stability issues.
• He exhibits facial dysphoria and will thus avoid mirrors like the plague.
• He owns a taxidermied raven named Mr. Poe, which also serves as his familiar. It works as a lie detector, and can also detect when Quicksilver is reaching a psychic burnout. It is sapient and can still move like a living bird.
• Incidentally, his shadow is also sapient, and its personality is made up of Quicksilver's negative emotions. It likes to act mischievous and annoy him, and it detach itself from its owner's body at will. In a ways, the Shadow can be considered a manifestation of Quicksilver’s "Id" or repressed self.