Appearance

Physical Description

Joseph is definitely not the strongest, although quite lean and dextrous.

Body Features

Joseph has a scar to the left of his stomach. The symbol was carved onto his flesh after a nasty run-in with a gang in the Feywild.

Facial Features

Joseph has had a rough year, and it shows. He always has some unshaven stubble on his face, and is often seen with the marks of human exhaustion under his eyes.

Identifying Characteristics

In his Feywild form, the veins on Joseph's neck and arms glow a purple hue.

Apparel & Accessories

Joseph is often seen with his leather duster, elven leaf armour underneath, and the red bandana around his neck.

Specialized Equipment

Joseph had to master quite a few weapons to survive the new realm. He became very skilled with the longbow and fairly skilled with daggers, but he is hopeless with a longsword.

Special abilities

Joseph has been cursed with strange new abilities, which he is still trying to understand. However, when he shifts between planes, it takes a toll on his emotional state.

Mentality

Personal history

Joseph is not of the Minerath Vale. He appeared in the Feywild a year before, and spent eight months living with Eos. He then shifted into the Shadowfell and spent four months in hell, before falling from the sky into the Vale. Joseph has also mentioned that his father Arthur went missing when he was seven, and that he had a brother named Gabriel.

Education

Joseph studied in anthropology and history during his time at university. However, he spent most of his time pouring over his late father's research, preserved in his many journals. Still, this education has proved most useful during his adventures.

Employment

Joseph has had extensive experience in the field of anthropology, although he didn't have much time to flesh out a career before his life was turned upside down.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Joseph successfully slew the man who had killed his draconic friend Dovarax. However, this didn't relieve his grief.

Failures & Embarrassments

Joseph, being new to the ways of the vale, has been known to miss regularly when firing from his longbow. This is not from lack of skill, simply bad luck.
One thing that wracked his brain with confusion was an impulse kiss from his long-time friend. Being his first proper kiss, he didn't know what to do from there, and after her explanation, he's even more confused.

Mental Trauma

Joseph's journey has been arduous and emotionally taxing. He has watched both of his friends Gaia and Dovarax die, the latter of which permanently. He was also the last one to see Reka before their disappearance. On top of all of that, Joseph also has to deal with the spirit advisor's proclamation that he is an abomination in the eyes of Min. Not to mention his newfound crush...

Intellectual Characteristics

Joseph is quite rational and optimistic. He has a large vocabulary and can easily pick up a language after a single day. When Dovarax was alive, Joseph used his linguistic skills to teach him the Elvish language.

Morality & Philosophy

Joseph ultimately believes in what’s right for the common folk. Fairness and kindness should come above all. He also believes that self-discovery is the fulfilment of one’s life. If Joseph had the choice between chasing down an enemy or protecting his friends, especially Eos, he would choose the latter.

person.sexuality

Heterosexual

person.gender_identity

Cisgendered male

Known Languages

Common, Draconic, Druidic, Elvish, Orcish, Sylvan

Personality

Motivation

Joseph wants to understand what brought him into the Feywild, and then to the Minerath Vale. However, his main priority is finding out where he fits in within this strange new world.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Joseph's main strengths stem from his intellect, while his physical strength, or rather lack thereof, is a key ineptitude. Additionally, despite having no training in this particular field, Joseph makes the most incredible campfires.

Likes & Dislikes

Joseph enjoyed anthropology because it allowed him to understand different people and cultures and explore new ways of life that he was unfamiliar with.

Virtues & Personality perks

Joseph holds the virtues of fairness and kindness highest. He doesn't like to see powerful and cruel people lord over common folk. People like Circe, Nikriin and Jay Belfort

Vices & Personality flaws

Joseph has often fallen victim to the Faerie Fireball, an alcoholic beverage in the Feywild. He is quite the lightweight, and any time he orders the drink, bad things happen.

Personality Quirks

When Joseph panics, he tends to become lost in his own mind and hyperventilate. While he doesn't panic much, it has come up many times. That'll happen when you're in the Vale... or the Feywild... or the Shadowfell. So yeah, it happens a lot.

Hygiene

There's not much time for personal health when you're stranded in a brand new world. That being said, Joseph still somehow maintains his personal hygiene, even if he is terrible at shaving.

Social

Birthplace

Australia

Current Residence

Sacrilegio, Outer Ring, Feywild

Contacts & Relations

Since arriving in the Vale, Joseph has been travelling with an odd band of individuals. They include a half-orcish warrior, a druid with great potential, a kobold revolutionary, and his closest companion Eos, who has more beauty and bravery than she'll ever know.
Other companions haven't lasted the journey. They include a fallen dragon knight, a missing river spirit, and a traitorous weasel.

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Joseph has no real titles. Unless you count "elf with weird ears."

Wealth & Financial state

Now that he has left his own civilisation, Joseph is in a world where he has no need for currency. While the Fey and Dragonkin both have their own currency, Joseph has never come across more than 10 gold pieces.

Family Ties

Joseph lost his nerdy father, Arthur Hewmont, at the age of seven. He lived with his mother Andrea for his whole childhood. He also has an older brother Gabriel who followed the pursuit of science. However, Joseph assumes that all of them are long gone now.

Religious Views

Joseph is aware of the existence of Min, god of the Vale, but he has never seen real proof of Min's existence.

Social Aptitude

Joseph isn't the greatest with people, but can understand them and their behaviours through his educational studies. He is working on becoming more assertive through his voyages with the party.

Mannerisms

Joseph's mannerisms are most subtle in his Shadowfell state, while he is more frantic in his Feywild state. In his true state, his body language is very indicative of his reserved manner.

Hobbies & Pets

Joseph has begun to journal frequently after Dovarax's death, as he doesn't want his own legacy to be lost to the sands of time.

Speech

Joseph has a soft voice when in his neutral state. However, his speech becomes monotone in the Shadowfell state, or loud and rage-filled in the Feywild state.