Corrix
Corrix Pondskimmer
"Nothing in this life comes for free, you gotta work for your keep. But if you ever see someone who's drowning, someone needs to give them a boost for air. "Corrix is a water boatman Miinu. He's a fisherman and Aniso's adoptive father.
Physical Description
Body Features
Corrix appears as an olive green miinu with muted red eyes and dark brown hair that fades to golden yellow around his mutton chops. His toes and legs are webbed, allowing him to swim efficiently in the water.
APPAREL & ACCESSORIES
He dresses in a simple shirt, suspenders and trousers with a fisherman's cap adorning his head.Special abilities
Corrix can hold his breath for far longer underwater than most miinu. He also often carries a bubble of air to stock up on oxygen so he has to make fewer trips to the surface. His paddle-like arms allow him to easily navigate underwater. He's also capable of communicating underwater via a grinding sound he produces from rubbing his legs against his abdomen.
Specialized Equipment
Corrix carries with him a fishing hook tied to his waist by a line, similar to Aniso. He uses this primarily as a hunting weapon.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Corrix has lived in The Grotto all his life, though his grandparents were old enough to remember the old village and when everyone had to retreat deeper into the forest. It was them who built the cabin that he grew up in before passing away. He learned to fish from his father, who was always very proud of his contributions to the Grotto. Corrix always enjoyed spending time alone with his father.
However, during one of their fishing expeditions, his father would push him out of the way of a hungry fish and get eaten in his stead. He mourned his father for a long time after that, and in his depression, he isolated himself from the rest of the village. This changed when the ants found Aniso, and he gained the chance to be a father himself. Being the only one who could take care of a water bound nymph like Aniso, he built an underwater addition to the cabin for Aniso to live and grow up in.
He taught Aniso fishing and survival skills in much the same way his own father did, but was always more cautious, and always emphasized how dangerous the world was to the unprepared. Even if you think you are prepared, the world can take you out in a moments notice.
As soon as Aniso metamorphized as a teenager, he'd send him into town to make fish deliveries, where he'd meet the villagers and find a fondness for helping people.
Personality Characteristics
Likes & Dislikes
Corrix loves what he's always done: spending time in the water swimming and fishing. He spends a lot of his time alone, exactly how he likes it. His favorite foot is fish, and he'll go out of his way to hunt down big game to cook up. He particular like fried minnow. He's also known for hunting tadpoles in the spring. He's not super fond of dealing with large fish that pose a danger to him.
Personality
Corrix comes off as grumpy, brooding, and a little scary. He has a reputation for being a silent loner, living alone in a cabin just outside of the Grotto who only stops by to sell valuable fish and tadpoles to the market. However, he surprised everyone by adopting Aniso. He has a hidden nurturing side that only Aniso and Fours has seen first hand. Corrix is on the older side and is able to gave Aniso a lot of needed life advice, and taught him the value of hard work.Social
Family Ties
Corrix's family work is a dangerous one, so he doesn't really have any family left. He was completely alone after his father died, and he adopted Aniso out of a need to have a family of some kind. After all, the boy didn't have anyone else in the village who'd be able to take care of him.
Mannerisms
Corrix is a gruff man of few words. He's generally a quiet but often intimidating man with his regular resting grimace that makes people around him believe he is always angry. Most people are put off by his body language and leave him alone. He speak in a low-energy, graveling tone.
Relationships
History
Corrix adopted Aniso when he was just a little baby, and raised him in the pond by the The Grotto. He taught Ansio everything he knows about fishing, hunting, and foraging. His father was big in the idea that Aniso be prepared for the world, knowing full well the little damselfly boy would grow up to leave the water.
Relationship Reasoning
Corrix has always been supportive of Ansio exploring his identity and seeing the world. He deeply cares for the boy, even if he doesn't always make it obvious. Aniso will forever be grateful to his father for taking him in all those years ago, and has developed a close bond with him. Aniso often sees a side of Corrix that no one else in town sees and as a result is one of the few people to truly understand him.
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