Character Awnry

[Awnry]

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AWNRY

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Homeworld	Dromund Kaas
Age	18
Rank	Student
Faction	Unaffiliated
Guardian	Braze / Avarice
Alias	Awnry, Difficult Stock
Former Role	Former market servant trained for etiquette, presentation, and courtly attendance
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Force Sensitive	Unconfirmed; currently untrained
Height	1.75 meters
Weight	61 kg
Hair Color	Copper Red
Eye Color	Blue
Skin Tone	Warm Brown
Build	Lean, long-limbed, recovering
Status	Freed young adult ward / student
Traits	Guarded, stubborn, watchful
Alignment	Survivor
Discord

OVERVIEW HISTORY STRENGTHS / WEAKNESSES STATS RELATIONS IMPORTANT NOTES COMBAT INVENTORY / GEAR THREADS

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  Personality
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Awnry was named for being difficult, and he has kept the name like a shard tucked in his sleeve.
  
  He is stubborn, sharp-eyed, and slow to trust. He understands rules, posture, silence, and careful speech. He knows how to lower his gaze, how to stand still, and how to read the mood of a room before stepping fully inside it.
  
  Beneath the trained manners is a young man with a long memory. He remembers faces, routes, small habits, loose keys, careless hands, and every voice that taught him caution.
  
  Freedom is new to him. Choice can make him hesitate. He may ask permission for ordinary things, then bristle when told the choice belongs to him. He hides food, keeps small gifts close, and prefers places where he can see the door.
  
  Awnry can be sharp, suspicious, and biting when frightened. He also notices gentleness in detail. He notices who asks instead of orders. He notices who waits before touching him. He notices who says his name like it belongs to him.
  
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  Backstory
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Awnry came from the slave markets of Kaas City.
  
  His handlers marked him for ornamental service and courtly attendance: an attendant trained to stand where placed, speak when permitted, carry himself well, and survive the attention of powerful people. They taught him posture, silence, etiquette, and presentation. They also taught him the cost of hesitation.
  
  They shaped his manners. They failed to take the stubbornness from him.
  
  Awnry became known as difficult stock: useful, striking, observant, and inconvenient. He learned the market's arithmetic early. Compliant stock moved quickly. Broken stock lost value. Defiant stock drew the interest of buyers who enjoyed a challenge.
  
  Braze, known to some as Avarice, found him there and freed him.
  
  Awnry was given shelter, food, clothing, education, and a place as a ward and student. Braze treats him as a person with a future, rather than a possession with a price. That change is simple to say and difficult to live.
  
  Open skies, clean rooms, ordinary laughter, and people walking freely through streets all feel strange to him. Lessons are easier when they have clear rules. Freedom asks more of him. A book can be opened. A meal can be eaten. A door can remain unlocked. Learning that those things belong to him may take longer than any lesson written on a page.
  
  He has left the market behind.
  
  Now he is learning how to belong to himself.
  
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  Strengths
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Watchful Survivor: Awnry reads shifts in tone, posture, mood, and routine quickly.
  • Stubborn: Fear can make him comply, but his sense of self remains guarded and intact.
  • Court-Trained Basics: Awnry knows formal posture, silence, presentation, and basic etiquette.
  • Good Memory: He remembers faces, routes, rules, habits, and small details others overlook.
  • Hard to Impress: Power by itself rarely awes him. He has seen cruelty dressed in fine clothing.
  
  Weaknesses
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Guarded Trust: Awnry studies kindness for a hidden cost before accepting it.
  • Conditioned Responses: Commands, raised voices, sudden movements, locked rooms, or inspection-like attention can make him freeze or comply before he thinks.
  • Defensive Anger: When frightened, he may become rude, cold, or deliberately difficult.
  • Choice Paralysis: Ordinary choices can overwhelm him, especially when several options are offered at once.
  • Shame Around Need: Hunger, exhaustion, fear, and comfort make him self-conscious. He may refuse help he wants.
  
  

  Preferences

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Quiet corners
  • Warm food
  • Books with clear answers
  • Being asked rather than ordered
  • Having something that belongs only to him
  • Open exits
  
  

  Boundaries

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Raised voices
  • Locked doors
  • Hands near his wrists, neck, jaw, or hair
  • Being inspected
  • Being pressured to act grateful
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  Narrative Attributes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Attribute	Score	Notes
  Strength	3 / 10	Lean and wiry.
  Agility	6 / 10	Quick hands, quick feet, skilled at slipping away.
  Endurance	5 / 10	Used to hardship and still recovering.
  Awareness	8 / 10	Reads exits, tone, posture, and danger quickly.
  Intellect	6 / 10	Clever, observant, and quick to learn patterns.
  Willpower	7 / 10	Holds onto himself beneath trained manners.
  Presence	6 / 10	Striking when cleaned up, though wary of attention.
  Social Grace	5 / 10	Knows etiquette and uses it like armor.
  Trust	1 / 10	Developing slowly under Braze's care.
  Self-Worth	2 / 10	Beginning to understand that his life belongs to him.

  
  Skills
  
  

  Skill	Rating	Notes
  Insight	8 / 10	Very good at reading dangerous people.
  Stealth	6 / 10	Good at becoming overlooked.
  Etiquette	5 / 10	Trained for presentation, service, and formal silence.
  Deception	5 / 10	Can hide fear, pain, hunger, and intent.
  Sleight of Hand	5 / 10	Small thefts, hidden objects, quick fingers.
  Survival	4 / 10	Better in controlled urban spaces than wilderness.
  Presentation	4 / 10	Trained enough to serve, stand, and appear composed.
  Study	4 / 10	New to formal education, quick once a rule makes sense.
  Persuasion	3 / 10	Guarded and blunt.
  Combat	2 / 10	Untrained; relies on escape, improvised action, and survival instincts.

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  Relationships​
  
  

  Important Bonds	Notes
  Braze / Avarice	The one who freed him from the market. Braze treats him as a ward and student, giving him shelter, lessons, and room to become his own person.

  
  

  Possessions	Notes
  Munyip Plush	The first object given to him as something personal. He guards it fiercely.

  
  

  Former Connections	Notes
  Former Handlers	The people who taught him posture, silence, and the cost of disobedience.

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  Writing Notes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Awnry may say "yes" too quickly to direct commands, then resent the reflex.
  • He may hide food even when meals are promised.
  • He may sleep near a wall or close to a door during his first nights away from captivity.
  • He may flinch at praise, because praise once came with inspection.
  • He may keep the Munyip plush tucked under his arm or hidden beneath clothing.
  • He may stare longest at ordinary freedom: people laughing, arguing, buying food, or walking away from authority.
  • He may prefer lessons with firm structure, clear rules, and steady pacing.
  
  Core Conflict
  
  Awnry wants to believe he is free, but freedom feels too generous to trust.
  
  Braze has given him shelter, lessons, food, and the right to be a student. Awnry's body still remembers locked doors before it understands open ones. He is learning slowly: how to ask questions, how to keep something because it is his, how to sit at a table before being invited, and how to hear his name as a person rather than a label.
  
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  Combat Profile
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Awnry is a survivor first. He watches for openings, keeps himself small when danger fills a room, and moves when attention slips elsewhere. If cornered, he may bite, kick, scratch, grab for nearby objects, or aim for a chance to escape.
  
  His real danger is memory. He remembers which guard drinks too much, which door sticks, which corridor has poor lighting, and which key was left near the table's edge.
  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
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  Inventory / Gear​
  Munyip plush, black and white formal clothing, simple travel pack, basic personal effects, student materials, and former market records kept for legal or story purposes.

  
  

  Abilities​
  Observation, stealth, basic etiquette, memorization, quiet movement, reading dangerous social situations, hiding fear behind trained composure, and developing formal study habits under Braze's care.

  
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
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  ✦ Completed | ✧ Ongoing | ✫ Important
  
  
  • ✧ Freed from the market on Dromund Kaas
  • ✧ Learning the difference between obedience and safety
  • ✧ Beginning an education under Braze's care
  • ✧ Seeing the wider galaxy beyond Kaas
  • ✧ The Munyip plush as promise, test, and first possession
  
  
  
  Current Arc: Learning whether freedom is real, or only another room with a prettier door.
  
  
  

OVERVIEW

Currently: Living as Braze's freed ward and student, learning letters, history, manners, choice, and the shape of an ordinary life.

Physical Description

Awnry is lean and long-limbed, with the narrow, wary grace of someone still growing into a life that belongs to him. His skin is warm brown, his eyes are a clear, cutting blue, and his copper-red hair is usually drawn back in a low tie, with loose strands slipping around his face.

Cleaned and dressed properly, he can look almost elegant: black and white formal garments, fitted boots, careful lines, and a high-collared silhouette meant to make him seem composed. The illusion breaks in the little things. His jaw tightens too quickly. His shoulders carry old caution. His hands hover near his sides as if waiting for correction.

He looks polished because someone made him so.

He looks guarded because the lesson stayed.