Faust
(#40206241)
A Visitor (He/Him)
Familiar
Wasteland Collector
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This dragon’s natural inborn element is Lightning.
Male Wildclaw
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Personal Style
Apparel
Skin
Scene
Measurements
Length
4.5 m
Wingspan
7.77 m
Weight
577.57 kg
Genetics
Copper
Wasp
Wasp
Copper
Bee
Bee
Copper
Glimmer
Glimmer
Hatchday
Breed
Eye Type
Level 1 Wildclaw
EXP: 0 / 245
STR
8
AGI
9
DEF
6
QCK
5
INT
5
VIT
6
MND
6
Biography
Traveler - Trader - Avatar of the Apocalypse
“What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: First Part
“What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: First Part
    
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Long ago Faust was sent to fight in a foreign land. He was young and curious, and had never ventured outside his hometown until he was called away to war. He was fascinated by the strangeness of the wider world, and terrified that he would soon leave it behind on the point of another dragon's sword. He couldn't bear the thought of dying having seen so little of the world, and so he found a way to live forever. Faust will not name the god he dealt with. Perhaps it had no name, or perhaps he does not want another dragon to repeat his mistake. Whatever entity Faust summoned, and however he summoned it, the nameless god gave him what he asked for: Faust was given the power to travel anywhere he wished, and the promise he would not die as long as there were places left he'd never seen. Faust thought this was a blessing, an eternity to explore at his own pace. But the wording was vague, and Faust soon realized the actual reality he faced. It was not a promise that he would live longer, but a prophecy that wherever he went, the world would crumble around him until he was all that remained. What he thought meant a limitless lifespan for himself became a ticking clock for everyone else. Faust, in his new state as the avatar of the apocalypse, became aware that there were actually many worlds, many universes. There are fewer now. Faust travels between them at will, always aware that he will soon have to choose the next one to fall. Like picking petals off a flower, one by one, until he's left alone with a barren stem to discard. He can no more fight the apocalyptic echoes of his presence than one could fight the appearance of their shadow in the presence of light. He can not control the extent of the destruction, only which direction he carries it. It's not that mountains quake and skies burn instantly at his approach. It takes time to dissolve a universe, and so he can spend most of his days exploring and travelling as promised. He has lived entire lifetimes in some universes before extinguishing their suns, spent mere days in others before he could feel the orbits of their planets unspooling. He picks up magic items here and there to extend his life, buying the universe extra years, extra decades, where he can. He visits worlds that worship him as a god, who hope to postpone their destruction by making offerings to his glory. He visits worlds that revile him as a demon, who hope to stop their destruction by fighting him off with magic and steel. He visits worlds that do not know him at all, where his power is felt but not understood. He visits worlds where the same person he just watched die two realities over now looks at him without recognition or fear. He visits worlds where other versions of himself did not make this deal, and sees the many places he could have lived and died and been buried by now. And he moves things, from one world to another, like a chess game he's playing against himself. He tries so hard to preserve something good from the worlds he chooses to end. He carries plants, animals, works of art, and even sentient life from one dying world to another, trying and save even a sliver of each universe. Flocks of beautiful exotic birds might suddenly appear in less soot-choked skies, while confused poets find themselves in countries where no one understands their words. (There are also rumors of generals and kings and warlords who suddenly find themselves abandoned in crumbling worlds, without an army to put between themselves and death, but of course there are no witnesses to that.) He has long dreamed of finding a way to bring all the good parts of each world together in a single place he can save for last, but there are often unforeseen consequences to his transplants. Works of great beauty in one world have become monstrous propaganda in a different context. Benevolent leaders taken from one world are sometimes destroyed or corrupted by their new peers. A rescued flock of songbirds could destroy an entire ecosystem. So what he moves he often moves again, searching for the best of all possible compromises, always painfully aware of what is lost in each transaction. He cannot save everything he loves, and he feels guilty about what he fails to save, and what he chooses not to. Those who meet him describe him as polite and curious, though he does always seem tired. He enjoys learning people's stories, trying local foods, and seeing the sites. He has a particular fondness for animals and for giving exotic gifts to those that serve as his guides to new lands. As an eternal wanderer, Faust has no true home, though he does have a room in the House of Echidna that he returns to whenever he visits this universe. When asked why he chose this House, of all places, to call home, Faust can only answer with great difficulty. "There is someone here who, in another life, held my hand as the stars went dark. There is another whose bones I could not bear to leave behind in a burning world. There is a third who I have killed a dozen times, and am prepared to kill again. There are two who I believe are unique among all the universes, and I do not know what it means that they are both here. And there is one...just one...who is my best chance at ending this nightmare I'm caught in." He will tell no one who is who.
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