Beau
Name: BeauOccupation: Bard, Musician and Storyteller
Actual Age/Apparent Age: 67 (date wise is 127) looks about 28
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
Race/Species: Half Elf
Appearance: A slender young man with medium length pale blue hair that is usually messy but kept out of his face. His eyes are pale blue and have a deep sadness to them, tired and aged beyond his other features. He wears a tunic, long pants and shirt, tall boots and always seen with gloves covering his hands and a scarf that hides part of his face. While travelling he also wears a cloak that hides the rest of his head.
Personality: A gentle soul by heart Beau is soft spoken and not one to stand up for themselves, being more likely to give in and submit than fight. This is most likely from his years of slavery. But he has a genuine care for other people, wanting to learn what makes them happy and watch them achieve their dreams. He is always willing to listen and support in what ways he can.
However he is at heart a pacifist and will not cause harm to others, this can be detrimental to his own safety and others. He is also willing to give people a chance to change themselves even if the evidence says they are more likely to be dangerous than actually become good.
Abilities/Skills:
Music: A Musician by trade Beau can play a variety of instruments, but usually carries a Lute with him where ever he goes. He is also a trained singer, having a gentle and calming voice that suits his personality. He used to write his own songs and poems however due to the horrors he faced has lost that spark, though can still find joy in singing old songs and learning new ones.
Minor illusion magic: beau can conjure small lights and form them into shapes, using them to tell stories to children and entertain them.
Calming nature: Beau is a gentle soul, he prefers to speak calmly to angry people than get angry himself. He has little to no threat in his aura which can cause him to be a target to those who do evil and protected by those who prefer to do good.
Hoarder of tales: Beau loves stories, both fictional and non. He is fantastic at remembering stories he has heard from many years ago from multiple different places.
Other information:
What is that?: Those with the keenest of eyes and a strong understanding of Magic may be able to see the silver circlet he wears on his head, its hard to focus on, hard to acknowledge. But if you manage to focus one will see that its edges bore into Beau's skin, fused into his skull. It cannot be removed, it is part of him. Seeing it is hard enough, talking about it... talk about what? What we you looking at?
Old eyes: Although his face is young his eyes seem tired, there is a lost youth in them that shows a level of pain. Those who have the ability to read into minds or sense peoples past will not be able to miss the scar left by his years in hell.
History:
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Once part of a long standing powerful party many years ago he was dating the party fighter, the two were deeply in love. However in a bid for the ultimate power to defeat any foe he encountered the fighter made a deal with a powerful demon, the demon offered him a great weapon whos power would depend on the item sacrificed. The greater the item meant to the fighter, the more powerful the weapon. Convinced he would do great deeds and save so many people he sacrificed Beau, selling him to the demon to become his slave. Because of this level of sacrifice, of the mind body and soul of a lover, the weapon the fighter received was great. For Beau though time stood still, watching the man he love apologise as he was taken against his will to Hell.
His time in Hell was exactly that, used as a slave by the demon to do tasks within hell, violated, tortured and killed only to be brought back to life multiple times. He would slow time for Beau, twisting his mind, forcing him to watch himself die, or stay conscious as his mind was tortured along with his body. Over the time there Beau was certain he lost sense of who he really was, not even recalling if his name was Beau as it was something the Demon called him for being his pretty toy.
One of the most memorable things was the demon allowing him to see the life of the fighter who had sold him, who over the years became a great warrior, knight and then king. The man married, had children and was hailed as a mighty hero of the land he had saved from so many. Beau wondered if it was worth all the pain he was suffering and at many times he knew, his life was worth sacrificing for the ability to help so many. It was a realisation that frustrated the demon as he had wished it to stir in anger not acceptance. But Beau was a pacifist by nature with little rage or anger within him, the demon instead returning to causing pain and heartbreak.
After many decades trapped in a static body (not ageing or dying while the Demon had control of him in Hell) a group of paladins managed to save him from the prison of Hell however the demon put a curse on Beau, upon re-entering the surface world he found he was unable to let his skin touch another persons skin without feeling excruciating pain. The message was simple You belong to me and no one else will touch you ever.
He also found himself with a great fear of fire, as the large burst of flames was the signal his Master had returned. His nights were filled with nightmares and during waking hours he felt himself panicked by images and sounds that reminded him of his captivity. The realisation that he would never be the same confident person he once was, the time spent in the Hells capable of breaking any sane mind.
He found he was unable to tell anyone about the curse, causing a level of distress to himself and anyone else who found out about its effects. But he was not willing to let curse take away his gentle nature so he covered all parts of his skin, avoiding any close relationships but dedicating himself to helping other people find their loves with his music and kind nature. While he wishes to lift the curse he knows his pacifist nature is not one to confront a demon not would he ever bargain another's soul for his own freedom. His only freedom currently is the music he plays and the happiness he brings others with it
He is not sure how far he is willing to go for his freedom, although he wishes to confront the adult child of the man who betrayed him as she now holds the sacred weapon his soul was sold for. He does not wish to make her angry or guilty, simply that he wanted the cost of the weapon to be known by someone else as most who knew Beau have now died of old age. Although he acts like he is ok he does very much want for human company and has been in love since his escape however had to turn them away because of the curse.