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Regarding life,
the wisest men of all ages
have judged alike:
it is worthless.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Dr. H. M. H. Antonius
Grandmaster Alchemist

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A surgeon and scholar with a torturer's tools
and a comportment as cold as iron.He smells of musk, myrrh, and blood.⠀

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♪ MUZIK

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DEPLOYMENTS

AREAS OF STUDY

INTERIOR

◈ IMMUTABLE RESILIENCE
⠀⠀Herr Antonius does not respond normally to pain. Most often, he does not respond at all.◈ IMPERVIOUS CHEMISTRY
⠀⠀Herr Antonius must consume at least two times the regular dose of any imbibed substance for it to do anything to or for him.◈ INDOMITABLE INTELLECT
⠀⠀Herr Antonius possesses a will of iron. He is resistant towards all varieties of mental manipulation, including suggestion, control and thought reading.
⠀⠀(Individuals who attempt to communicate with him telepathically will recognize that he is also mind-mute, and can neither hear nor respond to them.)

◈ ALCHEMIST'S TONGUE
Of all the senses, Herr Antonius's most refined is that of taste. He can acquire a remarkable array of data from sampling any substance, and can identify thousands of reagents and alchemical concoctions by nothing but their gustatory character.◈ TRANSFIGURED FLESH
Herr Antonius has made several significant modifications to his physiological configuration. These alterations and mechanisms are too subtle to be apparent outside of specific circumstances.◈ RED ENGINE
HATEFUL FURNACE. ROARING CRUCIBLE.
COLLAPSING CITIES. MOURNING EPOCHS.

EXTERIOR

◈ PECULIAR LENSES
⠀⠀Herr Antonius is never without a unique pair of asymmetrical eyewear. They are made out of two brass barrels of differing diameter, with opaque white lenses that entirely obscure whatever lies on the other side.⠀⠀Each primary lens possesses a significant number of rotating, secondary lenses with varying interchangeable functions, including Truesight, multiple types of magic detection, and several artificer's enchantments which allow the wearer to perceive exact dimensions, the integrity of certain mechanisms, and other valuable data.⠀⠀The larger barrel has three closing vents on its side, and the narrower barrel can be rotated to adjust magnification.⠀⠀Spells or enchantments whose function is to reveal whatever lies on the other side of these lenses will consistently fail for an indiscernible reason as the lenses themselves do not appear to bear any sort of magical signature.◈ GLASS & KNIVES
⠀⠀Herr Antonius's clothing practically bristles with little alchemical implements at all times. He is never without a scalpel or vial, and generally has a full suite of useful brews in convenient doses at his disposal.◈ PERPETUAL RIGIDITY
⠀⠀Herr Antonius conducts himself with a very controlled, mechanical stiffness.◈ STOICISM
⠀⠀To an observer, Herr Antonius appears to feel little, and express less. His manner and affect are flat and stern at all times.◈ WICKED AURA
⠀⠀Magical beasts of good alignment and even normal animals instinctively avoid and revile this man.

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FOR YOUR SAFETY

21 years old and above only.

THE MAD ARCHITECT is a no consent character.This means that you are free to attempt any action upon him.
(Do not assume that it will automatically succeed, of course.)DO BE ADVISED:
Deliberately provoking him with acts of aggression
means that you forfeit your own right to the consent rule.Be careful. Have fun.

SCENES & HOOKS

Below are listed some specific potential scenarios or possibility for connection. Not all of them are suited to all characters or players. Use your best judgment.⠀⠀◈ BAD LUCK. You are caught, alone and out-of-sorts, by something that wants to take something important from you. You cannot scream, or if you do, no one hears you. When it is over, you find yourself incapable of describing what happened. You can only shudder in its presence.
⠀⠀Alt Scenario: You cry out, and someone does come to your aid. Instead, both of you suffer.⠀⠀◈ BOUNTY. This man is evil. You have been given a list of his sins, and will be paid well to dispatch him for the good of the world.⠀⠀◈ WITNESS TO THE LABYRINTH. You have come too close and seen too much. It haunts your nightmares and your waking moments. You know that Herr Antonius is a part of this, but you do not know how you know.⠀⠀◈ ANNIHILATION. This man has destroyed someone or something you loved or hated. You remember it by the sigil of the weeping eye within the triangle. Perhaps you seek to pay him back for what he has done.⠀⠀◈ HUNT THE HUNTER. You need to drink of those closely-guarded veins, if only to know whether the delicious scent of sweet blood disguised beneath the musk and myrrh is true, or just another layer of deception.⠀⠀◈ NEED THE MONEY. You are desperate. You answer an ad requesting subjects comfortable with parting with any or all of the following: flesh, nonessential organs, teeth, blood, and skin. You tick off the boxes for the things you think you won't miss. You will be treated well, and paid quite handsomely. What have you got to lose?⠀⠀◈ STRANGE CLIENT. You are called upon to provide what you expected to be a run-of-the-mill erotic service. It turns out to be something quite different altogether.

CONTACT

▣ furcadia | ALCHEMIST

▣ discord | GRANDPA WITH CHAINSAW#7239

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DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS is a man with titles and distinctions as numerous as any decorated officer, and has committed as many crimes against humanity to earn them on subtler, though no less bloody, battlefields. In the art of medicine and the occult science of alchemy, few men have ever matched him in extraordinary insight and an unconscienced willingness to test the limits of mortality, and society's tolerance for such experiments thereby.Antonius achieved the lofty title of Grandmaster Alchemist at the respectable age of twenty-seven, an honor typically reserved for intellectuals whose work has spanned many more decades. The vehicle that delivered him to this academic zenith was his esoteric work, "Prinzipien des Fleisches," the later reputation and covert banning of which has rendered it a sought-after tome of hidden knowledge. The specific nature of his trial consisted of a private demonstration during which he would reveal the work's core assertion as "eine kleine Opus Magnum," that is "a little magnum opus," and support this claim with practical demonstrations and replications of his once-classified experiments, conducted in secrecy over a period of five years.*Since data has been made available to the public we have a clearer picture of the scope of inhumane scientific inquiry that lay behind Antonius's work, as well as the networks of complicit individuals who allowed it to take place. His research was conducted legally and with the blessing of officials, who saw fit to supply him with suitable test subjects in the form of numerous prisoners whose crimes had seen them sentenced to death. ¹ On the circumstances of this endorsement, Antonius has said that it was quite easily obtained: when he had presented the precise medical advancements that he claimed would derive from his work, personal interests quickly joined professional ones. In exchange for even a ghost of hope for the possibilities he promised, the lives of scum were, the reasoning went, a paltry price. *²Let there be no doubt: Herr Antonius kept those promises. Whether the miraculous ends justify the vile means used to achieve them is a burdensome question, whose nebulous answer will lay heavy upon the conscience of any who would presume to shape it.

-excerpted from "TRAUMA BONDING" by Ludwig Krause; unpublished

MY DEAR COMPANION,

I KNOW THAT WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY WITNESSED HAS NO DOUBT GIVEN YOU CAUSE FOR GREAT ALARM. DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED. IT WILL AVAIL YOU OF NOTHING BUT THE DULLING OF YOUR WITS, AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE AHEAD IS SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE.YOU MAY WONDER WHETHER THE OPTION OF TURNING BACK IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, AND BE TEMPTED TO CHOOSE IT. I TELL YOU FREELY THAT THERE IS NO OBSTACLE BETWEEN YOU AND THIS COWARD'S SOLUTION. NO HARM WILL BEFALL YOU. NO FURTHER HORRORS OF THIS KIND WILL ACCOST YOU.INSTEAD, YOU WILL LIVE THE REMAINDER OF YOUR LIFE IN A PURGATORY OF REGRET, FOREVER LAMENTING YOUR CHOICE TO AVOID THIS CHANCE AT ILLUMINATION. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE THE ANSWERS YOU CAME HERE SEEKING.UNCOMPREHENDING AS AN ANIMAL AT SLAUGHTER, YOU WILL BE CAPABLE ONLY OF WATCHING AS THE INEVITABLE WASHES OVER YOU. THE MEANING OF LIFE WILL EBB AWAY LIKE THE TIDE, AND WITH IT YOUR DESIRE TO LIVE. YOU WILL LONG FOR DEATH, AND IT WILL COME IN A SHAPE YOU NEVER WANTED.WHAT I OFFER TO YOU NOW IS A GIFT AND A PRIVILEGE.CHOOSE WISELY.

BEST REGARDS,
DR. H. M. H. ANTONIUS