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Flicker: The Ingenious Constructor
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Before Darling: Flicker was an exceptionally bright and endlessly curious forest gnome boy of around eight, whose hands were rarely still. His tiny workshop, usually a corner of his parents' cozy burrow in Waterdeep's North Ward, was filled with gears, springs, and half-finished contraptions. He'd spend hours dissecting broken toys and mechanical birds, driven by an insatiable desire to understand how they worked, and then to improve them. He was a natural innovator, often lost in the intricate workings of his own inventions.
'''The Chaotic Creator'''


Captured by Papa: One quiet afternoon, while engrossed in making a wind-up mouse scamper perfectly across his floor, Flicker felt a strange, damp cloth pressed over his face. The familiar scents of oil and wood shavings quickly gave way to a sickeningly sweet odor that sent him into a dizzying darkness. He remembered the feeling of being roughly bundled and carried away, his precious gears clattering uselessly against the sack.
'''Role:''' Acting chief engineer in this weird and wonderful vessel. He doesn't really even mind the odd aberration as they are just bugs to "fix".


Papa's Basement and the Void: His next fragmented memory was of waking to the chilling dampness of a stone floor, the air thick with a metallic tang he couldn't identify. He saw other children, small and terrified, huddled in rough cages, their whimpers echoing in the oppressive silence. Flicker's keen eyes tried to make sense of the shadowy figures, but then a towering, obscured form—Papa—approached one of the cages. A flash of unbearable, wrenching dread engulfed him, and the memory violently tore itself away, leaving a cold, empty void where the full horror should be.
'''[[Darlingverse/Flicker/Statblock]]'''


Life in the Darlingscape: The Mind's Engineer: When Flicker awakened inside "The Golem's Canvas," he instinctively grasped the chaotic yet interconnected nature of this strange purgatory. His innate curiosity and drive to build became his purpose. He views this world as a complex, living mechanism that constantly needs maintenance, innovation, and occasional debugging. He's the tireless engineer of Darling's very essence, often found within the Grand Conjunction, fine-tuning its ethereal gears or devising new conceptual "systems" to keep their world from falling apart.
From Flicker's perspective he's really the only brains here, although he very much appreciates both Elara and Lyra (but doesn't really say that out loud).


    With Elara: Flicker shares a profound intellectual bond with Elara. He provides the mechanical and structural genius for the magical concepts she devises, viewing her as the ultimate system architect. They collaborate constantly on understanding and improving Darling's fundamental functions.


    With Lyra: He appreciates Lyra's meticulous organization and her role in cataloging. Flicker sees her as essential for managing the vast datasets that run Darling's mind, ensuring his "machines" have reliable information.
== Intro ==
[[File:Portrait of Flicker.png|thumb|300px|Flicker]]
Flicker was an exceptionally bright and endlessly curious gnome boy of around eight, whose hands were rarely still. His tiny workshop, usually a corner of his parents' cozy burrow in Waterdeep's North Ward, was filled with gears, springs, and half-finished contraptions. He'd spend hours dissecting broken toys and mechanical birds, driven by an insatiable desire to understand how they worked, and then to improve them. He was a natural innovator, often lost in the intricate workings of his own inventions. He knows this, but he doesn't remember the presumably 20 or so years since then. His last childhood memory was being offered a bizarre, broken clockwork spider that seemed amazing. It looked just a smaller version of Dynamo, actually. But there was something off, right thereafter, just before he appeared here.


    With Borin: While Flicker's inventions might sometimes seem whimsical to Borin, Flicker deeply respects the dwarf's understanding of solid foundations and structural integrity. Borin often provides the "physical" stability for Flicker's more abstract constructs.
When Flicker awakened in the City, he instinctively grasped the chaotic yet interconnected nature of this strange purgatory. His innate curiosity and drive to build became his purpose. He views this world as a complex, living mechanism that constantly needs maintenance, innovation, and occasional debugging. He's the tireless engineer of the world's very essence, often found within the Grand Conjunction, fine-tuning its brass gears or devising new conceptual "systems" to keep their world from falling apart, or even improving it!


    Antagonistic Towards: Flicker finds Grut's brute force and destructive tendencies antithetical to his delicate work, constantly worrying about the damage he might cause. He often views Kael's focus on simple, mundane practicality as a lack of vision, and finds Lysander's abstract grandiosity to be impractical and lacking in real-world (or mind-world) mechanics.
 
== With Others ==
With Elara: Flicker shares a profound intellectual bond with Elara. He provides the mechanical and structural genius for the magical concepts she devises, viewing her as the ultimate system architect. They collaborate constantly on understanding and improving Darling's fundamental functions.
 
With Lyra: He appreciates Lyra's meticulous organization and her role in cataloging. Flicker sees her as essential for managing the vast datasets that run Darling's mind, ensuring his "machines" have reliable information.
 
With Borin: While Flicker's inventions might sometimes seem whimsical to Borin, Flicker deeply respects the dwarf's understanding of solid foundations and structural integrity. Borin often provides the "physical" stability for Flicker's more abstract constructs.
 
Antagonistic Towards: Flicker finds Grut's brute force and destructive tendencies antithetical to his delicate work, constantly worrying about the damage he might cause. He often views Kael's focus on simple, mundane practicality as a lack of vision, and finds Lysander's abstract grandiosity to be impractical and lacking in real-world (or mind-world) mechanics.
 
* '''Closer To''': Elara (shared core function in Darling's mind, respect for arcane knowledge), Lyra (appreciates her organizational logic for complex systems), Borin (values his understanding of structural integrity).
* '''Antagonistic Towards''': Grut (his brute force is anathema to delicate mechanisms), Kael (too focused on mundane practicality, lacks curiosity), Lysander (too focused on abstract glory, not the mechanics of how things work).

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Voices 1

Kael: The Steadfast Protector
Lyra: The Calculating Analyst
Borin: The Rock of Resolve
Pip: The Curious Explorer

Voices 2

Zee: The Silent Watcher
Flicker: The Chaotic Creator
Roric: The Swift Observer
Elara: The Arcane Seeker

Voices 3

Lysander: The Defiant Melancholy
Grut: The Raw Force
Skree: The Cacophonous Voice
Jinx: The Wild Card


The Chaotic Creator

Role: Acting chief engineer in this weird and wonderful vessel. He doesn't really even mind the odd aberration as they are just bugs to "fix".

Darlingverse/Flicker/Statblock

From Flicker's perspective he's really the only brains here, although he very much appreciates both Elara and Lyra (but doesn't really say that out loud).


Intro

Flicker

Flicker was an exceptionally bright and endlessly curious gnome boy of around eight, whose hands were rarely still. His tiny workshop, usually a corner of his parents' cozy burrow in Waterdeep's North Ward, was filled with gears, springs, and half-finished contraptions. He'd spend hours dissecting broken toys and mechanical birds, driven by an insatiable desire to understand how they worked, and then to improve them. He was a natural innovator, often lost in the intricate workings of his own inventions. He knows this, but he doesn't remember the presumably 20 or so years since then. His last childhood memory was being offered a bizarre, broken clockwork spider that seemed amazing. It looked just a smaller version of Dynamo, actually. But there was something off, right thereafter, just before he appeared here.

When Flicker awakened in the City, he instinctively grasped the chaotic yet interconnected nature of this strange purgatory. His innate curiosity and drive to build became his purpose. He views this world as a complex, living mechanism that constantly needs maintenance, innovation, and occasional debugging. He's the tireless engineer of the world's very essence, often found within the Grand Conjunction, fine-tuning its brass gears or devising new conceptual "systems" to keep their world from falling apart, or even improving it!


With Others

With Elara: Flicker shares a profound intellectual bond with Elara. He provides the mechanical and structural genius for the magical concepts she devises, viewing her as the ultimate system architect. They collaborate constantly on understanding and improving Darling's fundamental functions.

With Lyra: He appreciates Lyra's meticulous organization and her role in cataloging. Flicker sees her as essential for managing the vast datasets that run Darling's mind, ensuring his "machines" have reliable information.

With Borin: While Flicker's inventions might sometimes seem whimsical to Borin, Flicker deeply respects the dwarf's understanding of solid foundations and structural integrity. Borin often provides the "physical" stability for Flicker's more abstract constructs.

Antagonistic Towards: Flicker finds Grut's brute force and destructive tendencies antithetical to his delicate work, constantly worrying about the damage he might cause. He often views Kael's focus on simple, mundane practicality as a lack of vision, and finds Lysander's abstract grandiosity to be impractical and lacking in real-world (or mind-world) mechanics.

  • Closer To: Elara (shared core function in Darling's mind, respect for arcane knowledge), Lyra (appreciates her organizational logic for complex systems), Borin (values his understanding of structural integrity).
  • Antagonistic Towards: Grut (his brute force is anathema to delicate mechanisms), Kael (too focused on mundane practicality, lacks curiosity), Lysander (too focused on abstract glory, not the mechanics of how things work).
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