Fruit of the Vine:Loto
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Loto, the Duke of Voice[edit]
Appearance: A boy of about nine with tan skin and curly brown hair. He wears simple clothing, typically a cotton t-shirt and pants in primary colors. He also usually wears some sort of gold necklace. Alternately, he may be a myna bird, typically the golden myna from his home of Papua New Guinea.
History: Loto is a young boy who was mute until he was given Voice. One day he followed a myna bird into the forest. The myna bird alighted on a man who told him a secret word which opened his soul. The myna bird flew into his soul, and Loto laughed, grew feathers and flew away with a joyous squak.
Affiliation: Code of Heaven
Attributes[edit]
- Aspect 2 Legendary 5 AMPs
- Domain 4 Duke 5 DMPs
- Realm 0 Citizen 5 RMPs
- Spirit 2 Incandescent 5 SMPs
Gifts[edit]
- Shapeshifter - Loto may change from a boy into a myna bird.
Handicaps[edit]
- Restriction: Bird/Boy - As a myna bird, any reflections or visual reproductions will show him in his boy form, and vice versa. Also, any echo or audio reproduction of his voice becomes the untrained squak of a myna bird.
- Restriction: Respectful of the Mute - Loto remembers his life as a mute boy, and cannot harm them unless they try to harm him first. He must be granted permission before granting Voice to a mute (Their first word is always some form of the word "Yes." ).
- Restriction: Youth - He's a boy, and sometimes that can be bothersome.
Bonds[edit]
- 5 Sanctity of his Estate.
- 3 Anita, his Anchor.
- 3 Myna birds.
- 3 The Ninth Hill, his Chancel.
- 3 Mutes.
- 2 Itertion IX, his Imperator.
- 1 Papua New Guinea, his mortal home.
Anchors[edit]
Anita Mehlinger - Loto created both of his anchors at the same time. Loto found Anita almost dead. He had sensed her pain through his Estate. A serial killer had captured her, and he had removed her vocal chords to enhance his sadistic pleasure. Loto pitied her greatly, and anchored her with his tears as he granted her back her voice. She now lives in her home in Germany, as an artist. She's recently had great success in her new medium, sound art.
Amadeus Nachtmann - Amadeus Nachtmann was the serial killer. He considered himself a god with the power to silence anyone, and had killed many people before Anita. Loto suspects a Power, or something worse, had helped Nachtmann remain under his notice until Anita. As Loto beat the disgusting serial killer, he spit some blood into his mouth, and anchored him. Amadeus, unfortunately like many serial killers, is an intelligent man, and was a successful marketing executive in Germany. Now he's been transplanted to the Chancel, and works as Loto's legal representative. Loto figured that Amadeus has the perfect skillset to excel in his new field.
Villa Loto: Loto's Garden[edit]
Loto's home is in a grove of trees in Virtus' garden. The trees in the garden have been meticulously braided together to create walkways and roofs that undulate through the grove. The rooms are hollows in the trees and braided branch enclosures. Loto builds bird feeders as a hobby. So far he's only made 700, but he has plans to have at least 10,000 before he moves on to another hobby. He also has collected some birds from across the world with especially interesting calls. Lately he's had a fascination with eerie human-like calls. This has caused people to think the grove is haunted. Of course there are hundreds of myna birds in the grove (each is trained to speak some sort of aphorism or koan from a myriad of languages).
The birds act as an alarm, and Loto knows the paths through the grove very well. Also, there are a couple of passageways that lead to underground escape routes, but they are hard to spot. The grove has modern conveniences, but they are generally tucked out of sight until needed.
