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Umbral-Calamity — Marrow 2021 ref sheet

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Published: 2021-06-21 17:09:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1783; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 1
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Description I LOVE MY SPOOKY SON AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 
He needed a nice new ref with how much I like using him. Also tweeked some info about his powers, he's a blood magic user now instead of poison. I feel like it's more spooky, but also fits his wendigo nature much better. Now that this is finished, I'm actually gonna spend some proper time playing with csp... 
But first, have some info on my spooky best boy- 

Name: Marrow (previously Atohi)
Gender: Male
Species: Wendigo
Ability: Blood magic 

Likes: Meat, being isolated, the forest, winter and snow, the quiet, destroying and tormenting his enemies, eating, fear
Dislikes: The city and civilization, mankind, modern technology, being hungry, those who trespass into his forest

Personality: Greedy, malevolent, isolated, selfish, savage, violent, sadistic, hostile, manipulative

Facts: Is actually centuries old and has become ageless ever since becoming a wendigo, due to his icy heart he is unable to feel any truly positive emotions, he is utterly useless when dealing with any form of modern technology and tends to get frustrated before giving up completely when trying to figure it out, has lost any hope and love for mankind after being betrayed by his own people and family and left to suffer his fate

Bio: Centuries ago, Marrow was actually a mortal wolf named Atohi. Atohi was a part of a tribe that lived in the northern forests where it was almost always snowy and cold, making the winters particularly harsh and difficult. Atohi was very kind as a mortal, caring deeply for his friends, family, and tribe. He had a strong desire to protect his tribe and become a great warrior and hunter for them. He was selfless and his tribe seemed to love and appreciate him as much as he did them. However, during one particularly harsh and cold winter, food was more scarce then usual, and as a result many of those in the tribe were starting to go hungry. Atohi felt utterly helpless as he watched those he loved suffer from hunger. He tried that much harder to hunt for food, but to no avail. Feeling defeated, Atohi began to sink into a depression, wishing with all his might that he could do something to save his tribe from starvation. That evening, Atohi was visited in a dream by a strange spirit that was extremely thin and had a bone face with long antlers. The spirit claimed that it saw how Atohi's heart was weeping for his people and offered a solution that could save them. Eager and desperate, Atohi pleaded with the spirit to tell him what to do. To his horror, the spirit told Atohi that he must sacrifice the weak and sickly for the healthy and strong, otherwise they would all starve. Initially, Atohi ignored the spirit from his dreams, still believing that such drastic measures didn't need to be taken and that he, or the other hunters, would find the tribe some food. His dreams of the spirit didn't let up however, and it wasn't until the first of his tribe actually starved to death did Atohi finally give in to what the spirit wanted.

In the middle of the night, Atohi snuck in to one of the houses that held the elderly in and successfully kidnapped them and brought them into the forest where Atohi carefully and quietly slit the elderly's throat. His deeds were discovered when one of the others in the tribe, a close friend of Atohi, saw him leaving the tribe suspiciously and decided to follow only to stumble upon what Atohi had done. Panicked, Atohi tried to explain himself but his friend was too shocked to listen. He immediately went to the elders of the tribe and the outraged leaders called for a meeting right then. Atohi was brought before the elders and was a bubbling, nervous mess. He explained to the elders about his dreams of the spirit who wouldn't leave him alone unless this deed was done, for the spirit claimed it was the only way. The elders were horrified of Atohi's claims and the village shamin claimed the spirit in his dreams had been a wendigo and also claimed that Atohi was cursed for being touched by the dark creature and banished him to live out the rest of his days in isolation in the wilderness.

Confused, betrayed, and crestfallen, Atohi couldn't believe or understand what had just happened. Outraged, he protested and claimed that he had just made the first step toward saving the whole tribe. But the elders were having none of it, motioning for the warriors to gather him and send him out. Atohi protested every moment of it, looking up at his own mother to help him in any way. What he saw in return was fear and heartbreak in his mother's eyes. This was enough to make Atohi stop struggling and accepted his fate. He left the tribe and wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of the northern forests during that harsh winter, finding little food to keep him going. As time passed, food became harder to come by than it already was and Atohi began to starve. His heart grew more bitter towards his tribe, his family. Feeling so betrayed and hurt and confused when he was only trying to help them as he always has wanted to help. The bitterness grew strong alongside his hunger and the wendigo spirit returned again to haunt Atohi's dreams. At first, the spirit was somewhat simple to ignore, until the wendigo began to haunt him in both his dreams and waking hours.

The wendigo taunted Atohi relentlessly, wearing down on what little strength he had left. The spirit saw the spite and bitterness Atohi had for his tribe and how it was growing with every hour of the day and decided to tempt him to accept the monster within him and exact his revenge. Atohi was at the brink of starvation when his spite could no longer be contained and gave in to the wendigo's temptations. It was at this moment that Atohi was transformed by the darkness within him and became the wendigo beast he is now. Strengthened by his new powers and body, Atohi went back to his tribe and slaughtered them all and even feasted on a few of them to satisfy his hunger from starving shortly before. The tribe was wiped out and left in ruins and Atohi, still horridly bitter and angry towards his tribe, renounced his name and decided to call himself Marrow instead. Marrow has since moved even deeper in the frozen forests and has lived in isolation ever since.

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