Buta
Buta (a.k.a. The Outsider)
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Fairly weak looking as far as bugbears go. Looks as if he hasn't slept well in a very long time. He can often be seen grinning and chuckling to himself. Very fidgety and will move his around often scanning the room and taking a note of the area and individuals.
Social
Contacts & Relations
Buta is a Member of the Kisjan. Buta hasnt ever really trusted anyone. But he trusts Sventisko and beleives in the cause. He mmight not be nicest person but will ddo anything forr the Kisjan.
Family Ties
Biological Family unknown. Holds a lot of hate for those who mistreated him at the Abbey. He has made a promise to return one day when hes stronger in order to mkae sure that what was done unto him will never happen again.
Religious Views
Buta is very close to the Jester. However he does not always enjoy its company and will sometimes ddisagree with its influence. But sometimes it has shown the path best followed to punish those who would pick on those weaker then themselves.
Social Aptitude
Buta is a very odd person. He acts as if he is always on alert and is quite introverted tommost until they become much better acquanted
Hobbies & Pets
Ever since joining the KIsjan Buta has been working on improving himself physically to not be as weak as he once was. Asking for self defence training from his fellow peers and learning all he can about combat magic.
Speech
When Buta speaks he often sounds very shy and timid. Unless he feels he must protect someone close to him than his voice will echo across the halls with rage and fury.
Wealth & Financial state
None
An outcast banished from the Abbey at youth.
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Age
14
Birthplace
Unknown (Raised in the Stone Abbey)
Children
Current Residence
Ioth Academy
Gender
Male
Eyes
pale green/yellow
Hair
brown
Height
6'6"
Weight
170
Quiet
Its quiet now.
The laughers stopped.
I can hear the river coming.
May it take me gently.
A note In a Drawer
To my Friends
Hopefully you wont ever have to read this but I'm leaving this here in hopes it finds you all in the event of my passing. I've been feeling my control weakening in these passing months and I'm not sure what would happen if I were too lose control fully.
I should explain my self first. You see I was born outside the walls and was left at the doors of the Stone Abbey. They took me in and raised me. They tried at least. They didn't take to outsiders very well and that created complications. In the end I was cast out by a certain unsavory individual. Thinking back I don't know if anyone else knew what they had done or if they acted on their own accord.
I was left to wander with no sense of direction or means of gaining food or water. I got lost in the desert and my time was running out. That's when the voice came. They called themselves the Jester. It promised to get me out to keep me alive. I just had to agree . Which I did. What a stupid mistake. That's when the laughter started and it never stopped. I eventually got to Ioth I don't even remember how I got there. The first years were hard the Jester was relentless and would sometimes make me do things that didn't want to do.
But eventually I met all of you. So please if my fate ends here soon do not be sad. Do not blame yourselves or anyone else. Blame me for making an agreement with the Jester and Blame the Jester for taking advantage of a desperate child. I should have been lost a long time ago but you all saved me more times than you will ever know.
If any of you need a friend to talk just speak to me and I will be there listening always.
Your friend - Buta
till yth tafiaf tenamalo
Out
I can't be here anymore I need out! Why couldn't the Bull see past it. He above anyone else should have been able to. I should've stopped it before it was too late. My friends better be okay. Please let them be okay. If any of them get hurt because I... They are strong they will be ok. They have to be. I just have to get out.
Come on Buta you fool! Break free of this!
aghhhh!
I wont let you use me to hurt them! You hear me! Once I'm out I'll make sure this happens again!
You HEAR ME! YOU WONT HURT THEM!
I won't hurt them. I can't hurt them. I cant... I just need to get out.
An Unsent Letter
To R
I Forgive you
-Buta
Sleep
I need to stay awake. I think I might be losing control... Again. But this time it's different. Normally I'd have at least some recollection of what happened. But these past few nights I've woken with scratches and holes in walls I don't remember making. I can feel myself slipping further each night and the Jesters force strengthening. If I can stay awake long enough maybe it will stop trying for awhile. Heh funny I guess those days in the pits will help me out after all. Guess I got you to thank for that R.
Man I never thought I'd be writing to myself. But it keeps me concentrated on something other than how tired I am. We are starting our newspaper soon. That will give me something to focus on...
Hopefully the others don't notice. I don't want to worry them. I requested a room to myself just be safe. I'll get through this there is no way I'm letting Sventisko down....
Hahahaha
Yep you too buddy
To Sventisko
To the Daughter of Copper
The next year we move to the ring. Putting us one step closer to the top of the tower and the Demon lord moving one step forward to destroying yet another town, yet another family. This will be the best chance we have had to convince these so-called all-powerful mages to stop cowering behind their sphere of safety and help the people on the outside. I understand this also means that we need will need to take more risks. Risks we must take but we cannot risk losing you. For you are the daughter of copper, the bane of the infernals, the savior of Anacra. We are at war and you are our general. If there comes a time where we have to do something dangerous I beg you to send me or one of the others but not yourself. If one of us falls we will live on with the hope of the Kisjan. But if you die so will the Kisjan and as long as the Kisjan lives we have a chance to prevail. I understand your decision to not send me up the tower after I shared the roommate that has been bunking in my skull. But I promise I will die before I let that thing hurt anyone I care about least of all you. Without you, the Jester would have destroyed me a long time ago. You saved me and you will save many more like me but you have to endure. We are not kids anymore. We haven't been for a while now. We lost our childhoods the moment our dreams have been replaced with memories of fire and blood. But I guess you already knew that.
Whatever you ask of me is yours.
Your loyal follower and friend - Buta
Butas First Year
Buta first arrived at the academy in a haze not remembering how he got here only knowing that he was guided and this is where he must be. He knew he wanted to leave that wretched place behind along with all those people who judged him and hurt him for not being one of them. Being cursed they said. A heart of black was another. And a trip to the pits was the only way to clear this "sickness". They must have felt very righteous putting a child through that again and again. In the end they cast him out saying he was unredeemable. That was fine since he was never supposed to be there to begin with being left at doorsteps as an infant and all.
It wasn't long after getting cast out he was approached by a mysterious force promising all Butas worries and troubles would disappear and it would help make those who had done him wrong pay. He foolishly accepted and voice just laughed. It laughed for a while it laughed all the way to steps of Ioth Academy where Butas first Year would begin.
Butas first year was hard. He was not very accustomed to the outside world and was very untrusting of new people. He got placed in the Cove presumably because he looked quite unwell and perhaps it was thought that he could release some of his pent up anger through physical exertion. That worked for a while.
A while but people would not JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE. So there may have been a few minor injuries caused on Butas behalf to other students. Often at the laughing voices command. He sometimes would resist but more often than not he was not strong enough to resist. This also impacted his academic work a lot. Between his constant torment from the voice who just would not let him get one nights good rest. And the frequent scuffles with other students he was not able to focus on his academics as much as would be needed. Some teachers talked to him about a possible transfer to a different area of Ioth. Maybe a change of scenery would do him some good.
And good it did in his future years. He met some friends which took a looong time for him to warm up to. But now he would help any of them no matter the ask without any question. But above anyone else he had met Sventisko. The daughter of copper. She showed him he was not the only one from the outside who was treated poorly and there is plenty who are worse off than him. She taught him that he can resist this laughing devil in his mind. How to be strong so he can protect those he cares about. How to focus his anger at something worthwhile so he can actually make a difference in the world. He would make sure all the other would be Butas that still live outside the walls of Ioth academy will at least be given a glimmer of hope.
For the first time he was not an outsider he was a Kisjan and a proud one at that.
FIRST YEAR SUMMARY
* Academics: Quite horrible
* Social: Extremely awful
* Craft: Woodcarving
* End of year project: A carving of a willow tree. Strong and lively at the top and it slowly withers and looks more decayed as it goes to the bottom. Meant to signify the cycle of life.
Post First year summary
Better!
Final Project y4
For Butas final project he would be figuring out how to use and make use of a recently required feat Pact Of Blade
To start he would practice summoning and desummmoning a simple kitchen knife. If that goes well than he would move onto slightly larger blades. Once he feels he has a pretty good handle on that he would probably be searching for some bladed weapons training from some of his peers. Most likely Sventisko or possibly someone from the dunestriders because it seems alot of them have some interesting looking blades. For the actual demonstration itself he would be attempting to perform a magic Kata(a term used in karate where you do many different martial arts move in a specific order) of sorts. Utilizing the summoning desummoning of different types of blades and executing prober blade strikes.
That was the plan. In practice however when trying to summon the blade he just couldn't quite his mind enough with the Jester constantly whispering his whims in and desires in his head. The best he could get was a short fizzle and than nothing. He just couldn't get the blade to form in his mind to summon it. After trying to figure out the problem Buta realized he couldn't form the blade in his so he spent days drawing out how the blade should look, the diameter of the blade, the point, the hilt and the guard. He even tried making a woodcarving of one so he could feel it in his hand. The second attempt of conjuring a blade he was able to get a blade to come out fairly consistently but it didn't come out as a good blade. It was either too small, dull or rusted or the grip didn't hold up good. But it was a blade. Luckily for step two Buta was able to get a hand from Cuan with training his melee fighting against one of his Steel Defenders. Which went fairly well Buta was able to learn the basics of sword fighting and begin on slightly more advanced teachings. It took him a lot longer to get a handle on those however and don't always perform those completely accurate. Buta spent many months preparing his Kata for his performance and felt pretty confident when the time came for his demonstration. But when it was time for him to perform his act. He couldn't stop noticing all the eyes on him. What if he made a mistake what if they didn't like his act. What if they made fun of him like at the Abbey. What if they hurt him again. What if he got put back in the pits. What if, what if, what if... Than when opened his eyes he saw the straw dummy he was using to demonstrate completely destroyed and beaten clearly in a non elegant fashion and the Jesters horrible laugh echoing in his mind. Turns out he did show he can use a sword just wasn't as subtle as he had hoped.
Buta didn't feel to great about how his project went. He was more concerned about his ability to perform for the Kisjan when they needed him. So even after his project he kept working on being able to execute this ability more effectively. He also would keep practicing his bladed weapon fighting whenever able.
Struggle
Buta's fourth year has been hard. Since joining the Kisjan he has people he cares about for the first time in his life. He doesn't want to let them down. He wants to be useful and has decided that he no longer will be the pathetic weak child that was cast out from the Abbey. With the help off his peers he has been training to learn of magical and non magical combat. To be sure when the time comes he will be ready.
As the year has progressed as has his hatred for the Jester. All it wants is chaos and bloodshed even to those who don't deserve it. Buta has been getting better at resisting the Jesters wishes. But the Jester always wins eventually. But with his new found friends he has hope for the future. A future where only the deserving are punished and the Jesters will no longer haunts him.
Personality
Buta comes across as a very odd individual. He is very alert and is often scanning his surroundings. He looks quite unwell very malnourished and looks like he hasn't had a good nights rest in a very very long time. Talking to Buta can be tough going until he warms up to you. But once you have gained his trust you will have a hard time finding a more loyal individual. He can seem like a different person sometimes wanting to hurt and cause others pain. These evil streaks can last a while or not long at all.
The Outsider
Growing up Buta was seen as an outsider being called names and being told he would corrupt the Abbey and that an outsider should have never been allowed in. After some time the young bugbear had become infatuated with the idea of Jokes. He would often perform his jokes for the local elders who would lock him in the pits for being too "curious" about the outside world, finding their missing deceased pets delivered to their door at the dead of night was one of his favorites. Funnier still when one of the other children who would pick and beat on him had an accident in alchemy class. His jokes would progress further until it was decided by the council that he was to be cast out for the sake of the sanctity of the Abbey. That is when the Grey Jester the source of the ideas for his jokes, Pointed him towards Ioth Academy saying this is where the grandest of Jokes would be performed.
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