Name: Gavin Etherwick

Gender: Male
Age: 16 (in appearance)
Race: Doll
Role: Doll 4 (Puppet Servant)

Orientation: Straight
Status: Single


Appearance: Gavin stands at approximately 5’9” with a weight of near 140lb - an unusual weight for a human of his build, but his body is made of lighter but durable porcelain and low-density gears. He has a pale complexion that contrasts with his dark hair. Due to an accident while serving the Puppet King, he ended up with a nasty crack across the surface of his face, which often earns him unappreciated attention. Another notable feature is the fact that his eyes differ in color – his left being blue, and the right being red. The blue eye is impaired, and sometimes has difficulty seeing, but externally there are no abnormalities. He always thought it was a mistake of some sort on the Puppet King’s part when his soul was forced into the body. The body provided by the puppet King was lean, but solid and sturdy. On the bare skin of his back, however, there are stitches that bite across several regular points along the clay flesh. Black strings are knotted into his skin, and the one who holds these strings can manipulate him against his will. Now that he’s escaped, Gavin tries his best to keep them hidden beneath his olden styled clothes.


Personality: Gavin is a quiet personality, reserved and generally keeping to himself. When prompted, he will give his opinion on a matter, but he prefers to just listen. However, when he does speak, he often says things of importance. He is very observant, and quietly takes in his surroundings – he has a keen memory as well, and will keep in mind what many others would easily forget. It is unknown whether this is the personality of his soul, or whether it is the one fashioned from ages of cruel servitude to the Puppet King. He is well-mannered by nature, and has yet to express rage or sorrow in front of others. Most people aren’t even sure if he has smiled before – but he does. It could be said that he has difficulty expressing his emotions. He rarely raises his voice to others, but always speaks articulately and understandably at a lower tone. Although it is rare in front of people, especially under his current circumstances, he does smile when satisfied, and it lights up his usually gloomy countenance. Despite joining Lace of his own will, he seems to be the most nervous of all of them about the persecution. He is constantly startled by suddenly approaching figures or shadows and the like – but thanks to this, he is always quick to react when they run into any puppets.


Hobbies
Viola – although it started as a task from the Puppet King, Gavin eventually grew to enjoy playing an instrument. He can play the violin just as well as a viola, but he prefers the richer tones of the latter to the higher pitches of the former. When he plays, he tries to forget about everything else, which is necessary to him more than ever as he sometimes needs to get away from the tension of the current situation.

Reading – when he had time, which is rare, Gavin would read what little books were available to him in the Puppet King’s realm. He greatly enjoyed the distraction from his predicament, and those sentiments follow him even now in the mortal realm.

Watching Others – some might find it a little uncomfortable or strange, but Gavin enjoys watching other people. He takes in their mannerisms, observe the way they go about their tasks, and just finds enjoyment and relaxation in observing them. However, if someone expresses distress and asks him to stop, he will immediately.

Strategy Games – he prefers quiet games, such as chess or solitaire. In the Puppet King’s realm, he often played such games alone. He doubts that there will be times for games on this journey, but thinks it might be interesting to try his skill against another person.


Dislikes:
Manipulation – in any form, but this specifically applies to the power the Puppet King has over him. He despises not being able to control his own actions.

The Other Puppet Servants - they're cruel ways and malicious actions don't appeal to Gavin. Perhaps once upon a time, he was like them as well... but he wanted to change and so he did.

His Abnormalities – he dislikes the attention he gets because of the crack on his face and the mismatched eyes. Although he is uncomfortable in most situations of attention, he particularly loathes that garnered by his strange qualities.

Noisy Sites – being a quiet person himself, Gavin finds it increasingly awkward and difficult to stay in noisy places. He also isn’t comfortable with the idea of not being able to hear what is important, especially when his left eye blurs on him occasionally.

Illegible Handwriting – this is an unusual pet peeve of Gavin’s in which he can’t stand the sight of obscure or messy handwriting. This would spark one of those rare incidents when Gavin his own opinion first, without prompting.


Likes:
Music – as a musician himself, he finds himself drawn to peaceful music, particularly that of string orchestras.

Books – as an aspiring reader, it makes sense that Gavin would have a fondness for books.

Relaxation – Gavin wishes there were more peaceful times to just lie down and forget about everything, but the importance and urgency of the current mission doesn’t allow for that.

Calm Rain – he didn’t get to see pleasant showers in the nightmare realm, so he finds them fascinating and inadvertently soothing.


History: Gavin doesn’t remember anything about his human past, and his first memory is from when the Puppet King forced his soul into the new body. He doesn’t remember how long he served the king, but he felt that it had been long enough. He initially had overheard Lace and Chilero's plot to escape, but upon being prompted to join them, he was reluctant. He didn’t consider the possibility that they would succeed, and only feared the wrath of the Puppet King for when they got caught. He tried to keep them from leaving, but a pull on the strings at his back reminded him of his endless servitude… it was enough to give him reason to follow them.

He is now, in his own quiet way, trying to help Lace reach the tombs to bring an end to the Puppet King’s reign of terror… and hopefully to be a puppet no more.