Ayme, DubDub.

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DubDub & Ayme
The Fractured Soul

Dubub the Kobold

Ayme the Elemental

13 years old | Clarity of Mind

3 years old | Heart of Body

Wanderers from the Forgotten Realms. One soul, two bodies. Stronger as a team than they ever were as a whole.

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Stats

	Base	Items	Universal Abilities	Total
Robustness	5	0	0	2|5
Deftness	5	0	0	2|5
Vitality	10	0	0	5|10
Intelligence	5	0	0	5|2
Perspicacity	15	0	0	15|7
Appeal	5	0	0	5|2
Luck	0	0	0	0

DubDub: +5 to relevant stat when helping another
+2 to usage and creation of Makeshift Parachutes

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Inventory

SLOT	ITEM	STATS	EFFECTS / ABILITIES
Helmet	Tattered Hat
Shoulder Pads
Torso	Weathered Clothes
Belt	Ruined Apron
Gloves
Pants
Boots
Ring
Ring
Ring
Ring
Accessory
Accessory
Main Weapon	Sling
Secondary Weapon	Sharpened Stick

Other Possessions
Adamantium Cooking Pot
30x Sling rocks
Hunting Snare
Pouch of Spices
Ammo Pouch
2x Belt Pouches
4x Slings
Rusted Chef Knife
Dull Carving Knife
Firestarter Rocks

Left in Room
Shattered Wailing Stone - Used to be a three foot tall stone obelisk with gold symbols on it resembling a wave. It was used for receiving and sending out auditory communications with an interstellar range. It currently lies broken in three parts.

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Abilities

Active

N/A

Universals

Fractured Soul
You are a being of split souls; though you have two bodies, together you are whole as one. This fractured existence has kept you company in your darkest years, and may have saved your life. As a being with two bodies and one mind, your existence comes with peculiar strengths and terrifying weaknesses.
-You are two bodies in one soul. Your mind is inhabited by Dubdub the Kobold, and your body is Ayme the elemental. Consciousness is shared, and each is aware of the other's senses at all times. If DubDub dies, Ayme perishes shortly after, as the body cannot survive without the mind. If Ayme is destroyed, DubDub suffers immense mental trauma, but is capable of reconstructing his body over a one week period without rest.
-Stats are the essence of your soul, and have been fractured much the same. Ayme and DubDub share a stat pool; DubDub has the essence of your mind; he treats his Intelligence, Perspicacity, and Appeal as 1x their value. Consequently, he treats his Robustness, Deftness, and Vitality as 0.5x their value, rounding down. Ayme has the essence of your body, and has the reverse of this effect.
-As a creature of one mind and two bodies, initiative can only be rolled with DubDub's Perspicacity; both Dubdub and Ayme have separate interchangeable turns; only one may take a main action at a time.
-As the distance between both bodies grows, the soul weakens. For every 100 feet of distance between Dubdub and Ayme, all stats are decreased by 1. If any stat other than Luck is reduced to 0 by this effect, both bodies begin to sieze up and - if not reunited by external means - Dubdub and Ayme will both die. This death takes a number of minutes equal to the default value of the first stat reduced to 0 by this effect.
-As both bodies share the same soul, plenty of magic works adversely on Ayme and DubDub. All spells that target the soul of either of the pair affect both, for better or for worse. Having a shared soul comes with a horrific feedback loop. Any damage one body takes is mirrored on the other at 50% severity.

THE PATH OF UNEDITED STORY TELLING
Upon receiving of this mark on their story the receiver is reset to level 0, and blocked off from any of The Archive's systems that work by editing one's personal story.
-This means the user can not get any classes normally
-This means the user's starting universals will not level up through traditional means 
-This means the user will not receive racial points.
-This means that the user will not be brought back to life by Archive resources if they die while on a mission.

In Exchange for these detriments The Path of Unedited Story Telling's members were forced to also give two benefits with the mark
-The User gets to spend 35 points on STATS instead of the usual 15 at the start. (If this is taken after having already started then they get to redistribute the 15 points already spent.)
-The User will find that their actions result in personal growth at a rate slightly faster then normal.

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Makeshift Parachuter!
You had to think quickly on your feet to avoid a very nasty fall that could have put you in a full body cast! Luckily you had the items on hand to properly create a parachute substitute! - Gain +2 to rolls involving the making, and usage of Makeshift Parachutes!

DubDub Only	Ayme Only
Kobold psychology Kobolds are tribal creatures by nature. They are known for working together to overcome all odds, regardless of what fate may befall themselves. As a Kobold, your short stature and communal nature provide some benefits. -When performing an action to help another player, gain +5 in the relevant stat for the roll	Elemental Physiology Ayme is an Elemental creature - A Volcano turtle, born of the land and mothered by flames. Being such a creature grants you some unique abilities. >You can devour dirt, rocks, melted metal, and non-magical flames as sustenance without adverse affects. >You can move at half speed to burrow through unworked stone or dirt

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The Time Before

DubDub's first year of living was perhaps the happiest time in his life. He grew up in a warren in service to Fengalon, an Ancient White Dragon; in return for tribute and protecting the Dragon's horde, the dragon in turn protected the Kobolds. It was a mutual relationship, and DubDub's tribe grew plentiful and strong. Adventurers were felled by their traps by the dozens, and their home grew infamous. It was seen as an impenetrable fortress with an unobtainable treasure.

Of course, with such infamy eventually comes the downfall. While DubDub was growing up and learning how to be a contributing member of his society, the forces of greed plotted. The Ancient Dragon was lured out of it's home - and with Fengalon gone, the orcs struck. Seven clans banded together to destroy the warren and ransack the treasure. Seven clans united - and, together, crushed the Warren under their heel and looted every last gold piece. They covered the secret exits and passages, slaughtering all who tried to escape out the myriad of back doors. Every last kobold was murdered, and the Warren's culture was wiped out.

DubDub was the sole survivor.

In a last bid effort to ensure more of his friends survived, DubDub went to face the orcs head on. He merely meant to be a heroic sacrifice - To be a distraction and activate all the traps so the rest of the tribe could retreat. Instead, the orcs viewed his recklessness as bravery, and took him as part of their conquest. He became the unofficial mascot of the warband. The Orcs amused themselves with teaching DubDub - a meek, minuscule creature - how to defend himself with weapons he could barely hold. Plenty of chores were pushed on the Kobold, leading him to eventually become a trusted cook. 

DubDub worked under the guise of one of the more respected Rockgut shamans for two years. Alongside cooking and cleaning, the Shaman taught him the importance of his soul. He taught him how it's a powerful life force that reverberates with the echos of the universe - how the bonds of community enrich the souls of all, and how the soul of the land kept watch over their warband. DubDub took all these lessons to heart, and devoted himself to enriching his soul by helping the orcs however he could.

And then Fengalon found the orcish warband. Furious that his home was destroyed and servants were killed, he had hunted the nomadic orcs down with ruthless efficiency. In the dead of night, he struck, killing most of the orcs before they could arm themselves. Once more, DubDub found himself the sole survivor of his community.

Unwilling to take back a 'tainted' servant, Fengalon abandoned DubDub in the wilderness. Most of Fengalon's treasures were reclaimed, but DubDub managed to smuggle a single item out as he was abandoned. Armed with little more than the knowledge of the Rockgut Shaman and his Adamantium Cooking Pot, DubDub was truly alone in an unforgiving world.

For seven years, DubDub survived his own personal hell. He dug a small personal burrow and lived off the land, hunting small game with the few traps he remembered to build. Most Adventurers who stumbled upon the kobold left him alone - A wild Kobold, living on his own, had no treasure, and wasn't even enough of a pest to bother dealing with. It was a lonely existence - One that drove DubDub insane. He let both of his tribes down, got kobold and orc alike slaughtered, and this was his Atonement. 

Every day, DubDub took more and more risks. He attacked bigger beasts with unnatural ferocity, began to menace Adventurers instead of avoid them. There were many close calls with death - and every time, it eluded DubDub and rejected him. The Kobold had set down a dangerous path, and had fully embraced his death wish.

Until the fateful day of the eclipse. The Fire in the sky went out, and the Land saved DubDub's life. His intense loneliness tore his own soul asunder; the Land built a vessel, and reunited DubDub with his other half. Ayme was born that day - 10 years after his birth, 9 years after Fengalon's Warren was ransacked, 7 years after the Orcish Warband was slaughtered. Once more, DubDub had a community - even if it was just himself. But it was enough. DubDub calmed down; his deathwish slowly faded and was forgotten. 

For two years, DubDub and Ayme worked together, mending DubDub's fragile psyche. They learned to make the most of their shared existence, until they were ready.


Today, Thirteen years after his birth, ten years after the Orcish Warband was destroyed, DubDub sets out in search of a new tribe. He had finally forgiven himself - And so began his quest to build a strong tribe, one that would never falter under his careful guidance!