Kaevorn
Kaevorn Rothery (a.k.a. Kae)
Kaevorn keeps an enormous garden surrounding his quaint cottage in the center of the forest. He works hard to check all of it every day, but with his Gift it's possible for him to tend to anything that needs tending to during the day. He built canopies over those that needed more shade, he collects seeds regularly and replants them. His Gift makes it so he doesn't have to circulate the ground, either; everything around him brims with life. He's incredibly anxious for a man who lives alone in the middle of nowhere with only his plants to fret over, but he's also incredibly kind. I think I'll enjoy visiting him again when I bring back the profits from his goods.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Kaevorn is slender and fit. He gardens often, but also cares for his homestead on his own, so he has quite enough muscle to show for it. He's thin for his size. Kaevorn has green marks on his skin, which glow the more he uses his Gift.
Body Features
Kaevorn has pale skin and dark hair that reaches past his elbows when it's loose, though he often keeps it up in a loose bun at the base of his neck. He's got a long torso and long legs. His hands are quite calloused from working the earth, and keeping his homestead going smoothly.
Facial Features
Kaevorn has a square jaw and a perked nose. His eyes often look sleepy. Hair on his chin and jaw grows very slow, and he keeps it cleanly shaved away.
Identifying Characteristics
Kaevorn, like all Suplum, has marks that allow his Gift to travel easily outside of his body. It glows as he uses it. His marks are green, and curl with buds at the ends.
Special abilities
The Gift Kaevorn has is, put simply, a green thumb. His Gift makes the dirt around him more fertile, encourages plants to grow bigger, with more taste, and more effectiveness. He can instinctively tell when they need watering, weeding, fertilizer, more sun, more shade, when to harvest, etc. He can also nudge some plants that are old and have more of a "consciousness" to move themselves ever so slightly. Often he uses this to raise and lower trees' roots to keep people from finding his homestead.
Apparel & Accessories
Kaevorn likes a very earthy tone for his clothes. He often wears warmer clothes made of wool, and clothes made of cotton when it gets too hot in summer. He enjoys wearing layers, and the occasional splash of color.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Kaevorn was born in Winick Province, in a town called Lynwood. His parents were mortified they'd produced a Suplum, and used expensive makeup to hide his marks. Once he was a toddler, he glowed often, which wasn't well-hidden by the makeup, and was soon found out. His parents were confronted by the mayor of the town, who said Kaevorn would be allowed to live in the village if he did work for them.
Kaevorn grew up helping farmers, herbalists, and anyone who wanted their flowers to grow nicely. He had a few friends; mostly other children whose parents weren't completely wary of him. The town healer and apothecary took him under her wing to show him how to work with plants after they were done growing, and what they were useful for.
When Kaevorn was 16, a heavy drought caused most of the plants to die. A group of Grayscale heard rumors of Kaevorn's Gift, and attacked the village in order to get to him. Most of them tried to get him to end the drought, which he couldn't do. No one made a move to help him, even when he suffered a crossbow bolt to the shoulder. A stranger eventually came forward and warned the Grayscales off. Kaevorn recognized him as a Suplum, but soon passed out from bloodloss and pain.
When he woke, the stranger was gone, and no one in the village would speak to him. His parents merely told him he should leave, so the Grayscales didn't come back. Kaevorn obliged, and gathered what little he had and left.
He eventually set up his own place in the middle of a forest that no one would want to travel to due to heavy trees and there being virtually nothing. He lived in a tent for a year before the stranger reappeared, introducing himself as Diallo, a Suplum with the Gift to nudge the weather. Diallo was not responsible for the drought, but he had seen Kaevorn in trouble and had vowed to help any Suplum in need should he see them. Diallo ended up helping Kaevorn build a home, which took a year. Kaevorn soon began foraging and started a small garden. Once the house was built, Diallo left.
Kaevorn lived alone for another two years before Thaeri stumbled into his camp, ill and injured after being attacked with his trade caravan. Kaevorn nursed him back to health and Thaeri stayed for a while after he'd healed before leaving to find his trade caravan once more. After that, Thaeri continued to return to Kaevorn's home on his route, and convinced Kaevorn to trade him his apothecary remedies and herbal creations.
Gender Identity
Cisgender man (he/him)
Sexuality
Homosexual, homoromantic
Education
Kaevorn was taught by the Master Apothecary from his village, and has achieved Master Apothecary status himself.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Kaevorn is an excellent herbalist, extensive gardener, and master healer and apothecary. He's quite proud of himself for building a mostly self-sustaining homestead, with occasional help from merchants like Thaeri who bring him clothing and meats.
Failures & Embarrassments
Kaevorn has always felt he failed as a son to his parents. He failed to protect his village when the Grayscale attacked, and failed to keep them fed when the drought came.
Mental Trauma
The attack Kaevorn suffered when he was 16 by the Grayscale left a lasting effect on him. He has PTSD from it, though it's mostly under control now. He still suffers from nightmares, and occasionally gets phantom pains in his shoulder where the bolt was. He has anxiety about leaving his homestead, and extreme anxiety about new people. He's afraid he can't be good enough for anyone.
Morality & Philosophy
Kaevorn tries to find good in most things, and he would never intentionally harm someone that didn't deserve it. He believes in fighting back and not taking shit from others, and if someone does something bad enough he believes in punishment. Kaevorn thinks that once someone does something bad, they can't really come back from it, and it stains them forever.
Taboos
As with all Suplum, he is afraid to approach the Borders, and he refuses to get too close to them. He also believes in plants offering some magic to the world, and will use jars of mixed, dried herbs to bring certain effects to his home.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Kaevorn biggest driving force is to continuously learn about new plants, new ways to heal people, and new herbal products to create. He's quite content staying in his homestead, though he does eventually want to gather up the courage to travel Winick.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Excellent with plants, apothecary work, and herbal crafts (candles, soaps, body scrubs, etc.). He's good at cooking, and is decent enough at sewing. Kaevorn is awful at any type of combat, and has trouble even chopping wood. His aim is terrible. He's very awkward when meeting new people and tends to come off as either aggressively annoyed or so shy he can't manage a word.
Likes & Dislikes
Kaevorn loves cinnamon bread, rainy days, warm blankets, gardening, creating soaps, making and burning candles, and learning about new plants. He likes lavender bread, the smell of vanilla, warm days, honey, and bees. He dislikes heavy snow, ice, loud noises, and celery. He hates the Grayscale, meeting new people, crowds, anything to do with lemon, and fighting.
Virtues & Personality perks
Very kind once he knows you, eager to learn, giving.
Vices & Personality flaws
Doesn't forgive easily, painfully shy, bad under pressure.
Hygiene
Kaevorn keeps his house clean and organized as possible, but drying loads of herbs inside constantly tends to lead to a lot of leaves on the floor, and when making soap, candles, teas, poultices, and potions, it's difficult to keep the table completely cleaned off. He knows where everything is though, he swears.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Thaeri Robitaille; boyfriend, only merchant contact, friend.
Diallo Safara;; mentor, friend.
Family Ties
He has no contact with his parents, who still live in Lynwood.
Religious Views
Kaevorn practices Savonism as a Savonite, and like most other growers, Kaevorn chose Rosiv the Thorned as his patron divine, though he also worships Aulia the Masked. He keeps a full shrine to Rosiv, and a Savon Box for Aulia.
Social Aptitude
Incredibly introverted, painfully shy, and hard to get words out of. Kaevorn is awkward around people he's just met, if not frightened of them.
Hobbies & Pets
Kaevorn's hobbies are generally plant-related, such as going foraging. He keeps a notebook where he sketches his plants and makes notes about them. His only "pets" are chickens that he keeps for their eggs.
Speech
Tends to stammer and squeak excessively when he's nervous or frightened. Voice is smooth and tone strong when he's confident or comfortable.
Relationships
History
Thaeri and Kaevorn met when Thaeri was badly injured after being attacked by bandits in Winick. Kaevorn sensed through the plants that Thaeri was bleeding out and unconscious nearby, and would die if he didn't get help. Kaevorn fought his agoraphobia in order to retrieve Thaeri and nurse him back to health. Thaeri stayed while he healed and they became friends, though Thaeri had an intense crush on Kaevorn from the moment he saw him. When Thaeri had healed, retrieved Haaku, and repaired his wagon, he left with what goods Kaevorn had managed to make and returned two months later to visit him and pay back the profits. Thaeri returned to Kaevorn's homestead five or six times a year, passing through whenever he got close enough to have the excuse. On a rainy day they ended up sleeping together, but immediately afterwards Kaevorn shied away from the relationship entirely due to Thaeri's travelling and the fear he would die without Kaevorn ever knowing where, how, or why. Thaeri left, and Kaevorn was an emotional mess for two weeks. Then Thaeri showed back up with one of Winick's crystals, created into a necklace with a leather chain that matched a choker that Thaeri wore. The crystal would glow as long as the necklace could feel Thaeri's heartbeat. He gave Kaevorn the maps of his routes and his plans, and one of a pair of Borderless birds that could carry letters between them both. He promise Kaevorn he would make it work, and Kaevorn couldn't deny himself any longer and they began dating. Thaeri now returns to Kaevorn's homestead every two months once he finishes his route, and then stays for one month before setting off again. During Winick's winter, he remains with Kaevorn until it's warm enough to travel again. One day he wants to be able to take Kaevorn travelling with him at least around Winick, but for now he helps him with small steps to overcome his agoraphobia, like walking around the edges of the homestead and walking out onto the small path leading from the forest up to it.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Both of them are interested in the stories of people, as well as provinces with extreme laws. Thaeri finds Kaevorn's skills at apothecary and herbal crafts fascinating, while Kaevorn enjoys Thaeri's cartography and ukulele skills.
Shared Secrets
The location of Kaevorn's homestead is a well-kept secret between the both of them.
Wealth & Financial state
Kaevorn lives alone on a self-sufficient homestead, so he has just enough to be content on. He trades his apothecary goods in order to get things like meats, tallow, some spices, fabrics, books, and other things he'd rather just buy instead of make.
Species
Date of Birth
7th of Volnur
Year of Birth
973 AB
24 Years old
Birthplace
Lynwood, Winick
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Charbonnet Forest, Winick
Eyes
Light green
Hair
Long, dark brown
Height
5'8"
Weight
150 lbs
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