Steward of Minor House Verdant; Baron of the Leaf, Major House Felis.
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Baron Basil
Basil is a former bodyguard of Misades. They retired from that position in May 2022 with the ascencion of Felis to Major. They've founded found a new, green House House Verdant, as a branch of House Felis. Basil is a Spirit Cat who is notably fluid in nature. Due to this semi-fluidity, they literally melt into fluorescent orange slime when sleeping or under duress. Before retiring from being a catguard of Queen Misa, they were called 'cotton' (shortened from their Twitch handle 'cottonspun'), and enjoy that their first Felis friends still use the nickname.
- Age
- indeterminate due to time as stray before finding Felis; not particularly spry - perhaps middle age
- Date of Birth
- unknown
- Gender
- neutral
- Eyes
- green cat eyes (right tends to wander)
- Hair
- tufty ectoplasmic furlike emanations
- Skin Tone/Pigmentation
- flourescent orange
- Height
- 5' on a good day
Appearance
Physical Description
Basil is a cat of poor constitution and variable size. Their fur is fluorescent orange, and their eyes (of which the right wanders) are green. They typically are seen in their mostly-solid form, which has a cat face, cat ears, cat legs, and cat paws, but human hands and no tail.
Facial Features
Baron Basil's visage perpetually presents a scowl due to their furrowed brow and ^ -shaped mouth. However, once folx get to know Basil, they realize it's just a case "resting beech face" that makes them seem wooden and forbidding to new aquaintance.
Apparel & Accessories
Basil has been known to compensate for any constitutional weakness with their impeccable sense of fashion. They are rarely seen without a waistcoat, long-sleeved shirt, and loose cat-pants that cuff just below their (cat) ankle.
They are commonly seen with a brown, belted hip satchel with a notebook and one particular fountain pen. They sometimes need a monocle to read fine print, and they have adopted a habit of wearing a straw hat and leather gardening gloves after their retirement from the Catguard (which has since been reformed into the Katze Ward).
Special abilities
Basil’s Literomantic strengths include analysis and alteration. Their complexly woven pattern-based spells are too slow to be suited for Combat Literomancy. Basil is also a shape shifter, having a solid and a goo form. Their solid form is, well, solid while their goo form takes on a non-Newtonian state.
Mentality
Employment
Basil was employed as the first and only Catguard of House Felis until their retirement at the end of April 2022. They passed on their Cool Cat Shades — the mark of the Catguard Captain — to Purry Allen.
Accomplishments & Achievements
During the Autumn of 2021, Basil came across a mysterious, ornate door in the attic of the Cat Castle. Through mistakes and consequent experiments, Basil figured out that the door can lead to multiple locations. This useful door is rarely utilized, however, due to its out-of-the-way location, and uncooperative temprament - it remains stuck shut unless its user wields sufficient focus. This artifact, dubbed “Jenkins door” for the inscription on its external mail-slot - was investigated by Felis literomancers, contributing to advances in Felis portalling practice. Collaboration between Aydan Nightshade and Basil led to development in both their areas of literomantic focus. Basil has developed literomancy which summons the Jenkins door for use outside the Attic in emergencies, though to do so is mentally taxing (and leads only to the Attic).
Personality
Motivation
Basil is very food-motivated. When not eating or hungry, they think about ways to ensure food security for themself and the folx they care about.
Social
Current Residence
The Cat Castle
Contacts & Relations
Basil has had very little contact with life beyond the Cat Castle since House Felis adopted it as headquarters in Sept 2021. They were involved in an organizational capacity for the reconstruction of the Cat Castle and reclamation/expansion of Kittering Village. During that time as Queen Misa's personal guard, Basil formed close friendships with Kitty leadership and made aquaintance with some of their allies, including Lapin and Chiroptera. Basil takes time to grow into new relationships with folx, and will remain a wallflower in anything like a crowd.
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Baron of the Leaf, Master Gardener
Family Ties
Though unrelated except through shared cat-ness, Basil considers everyone in House Felis to be extended family.
Social
Current Residence
The Cat Castle
Contacts & Relations
Basil has had very little contact with life beyond the Cat Castle since House Felis adopted it as headquarters in Sept 2021. They were involved in an organizational capacity for the reconstruction of the Cat Castle and reclamation/expansion of Kittering Village. During that time as Queen Misa's personal guard, Basil formed close friendships with Kitty leadership and made aquaintance with some of their allies, including Lapin and Chiroptera. Basil takes time to grow into new relationships with folx, and will remain a wallflower in anything like a crowd.
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Baron of the Leaf, Master Gardener
Family Ties
Though unrelated except through shared cat-ness, Basil considers everyone in House Felis to be extended family.