Loren Voss
Loren Voss | |
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IC Information | |
Full Name: | Loren Voss |
Nickname | Loren, Ren (Family-only) |
Gender: | Male |
Age (Birthdate): | 20 (10/28, 480 PC) |
Hometown: | Etrenank |
Hair Colour: | Blond |
Class: | Gebler Medic |
Role: | Antagonist |
Bounty: | 200,000 Gella (on Lunar) |
OOC Information | |
Theme: | Original Character |
Groups: | Solaris |
Player: | Shrimpy |
Fun Information | |
Gear: | Schiehallion |
Favorite Food: | Almost everything |
Least Favorite Food: | Anything alcoholic, Soylent nutribars |
Dominant Hand: | Ambidextrous |
Hobbies: | Analog games, astromathematics, reading |
Good With: | Trauma medicine |
Bad With: | Cooking |
Soundtrack: | 8tracks Version YouTube Version |
"Oh good. Just what I always wanted, dying in some hellhole."
A scion of one of Solaris' elite families, Loren currently serves as a medical support staff officer for Gebler operations in Aveh; his rank is Lieutenant and he specializes in ether use, particularly healing/support. However, while they may be elite, all is not well for his family. The name Voss has been looked up disfavorably after Loren's older brother Engil's death during an accident his brother caused during a routine Gear exercise years ago, which also managed to kill many of the other participating pilots and destroy expensive equipment. A rather bitter and dryly sarcastic young man, Loren is nonetheless known for his caution and focus. As a Gebler officer he has access to a Gear, Schiehallion, for missions that require it.
Background
Born second son to one of the families counted among Solaris' first class, Loren's now-very-deceased older brother Engil's training accident (and the other lives + property damage that ensued) seven years ago have dimmed the fortunes of him and his family. His parents were quietly reassigned to lesser work, and his time in Jugend was uncomfortable due to various rumors being spread about him. Being a social pariah didn't exactly help matters either.
After graduating, he ended up volunteering for operations in Aveh in the hopes of atoning for his brother's sins, and that's basically where things are at right now. Pray for him.
A series of mishaps and missions later, he's stuck on the Moon and it's an enormous disappointment. Apparently there was insufficient prayer.
Back from the Moon now. Everything Is Fine.
(the part where he got ventilated by Siegfried, maybe not so much)
Service record is visible here!
Powers and Abilities
Like anyone out of Jugend, Loren has the skillset and knowledge one would expect of an officer. Below are a few notable ones:
- Combat Medic - One of the major areas of Loren's training in Jugend. As befits a medic, he's best at stabilizing injured allies mid- or post-combat, as needed, with the main goal of preserving life above all other considerations. As a result, he doesn't have much bedside manner and it's not going to be gentle care, but it gets the job done. He can also do some minor surgery.
- Medical Science Knowledge - Loren's not a doctor (not even close) but he reads up on medical literature and developments and has some limited ability to diagnose problems (again, he's not a doctor). Basically, he's a nerd. He's also good at medical research and with the right resources and enough time can (assuming the issue is medical) probably figure out most medical mysteries.
- Combat Training - Loren has had basic combat training and knows how to use standard ARMs and is proficient in the use of a shield. He also knows some basic hand-to-hand -- nothing fancy, just how to grapple, throw a punch and so on. He's also been schooled in how to take a hit and is just too stubborn to die easily.
- L84 'Snow Lion' - Left-arm mount version of a collapsible tactical shield. Useful for defense, and due to its weight, can also be a potent bludgeon in close quarter combat. Looks like a gauntlet when collapsed, and can still be an effective weapon in that state.
- ILR-764 Standard ARM - A standard Gebler officer sidearm. It's nothing fancy (...by Solaris standards) but it gets the job done.
- Solomonov, the Razor of a Scholar - A blade born anew at Prissa's hands! Actually sized for his use... if he knew how to use a sword properly. Somewhat resistant to corrosion.
- Ether Aptitude and Training - Loren's ether aptitude, particularly in his areas of focus, is considerable, and it's the main reason he was encouraged to enter Jugend once he showed interest in attendance. His specialty is in healing and defensive ether effects, but he can also draw upon his earth and water ether offensively. He has best affinity with earth ether. With the proper setup (for example, ether amp systems when piloting a Gear) he can hotfix surface damage to machinery with ether mid-combat (in other words, this is why he can 'heal' a Gear in this mode).
- Resonance - Thanks to his encounter with Rahab, Loren can now see Malevolence and Seraphs. Whether this is a good thing is debatable, and worse, most of his colleagues can't see the people he's talking to which is a particular fact he has not entirely twigged to yet.
- Mountain Medium - Medium of the Mountain Guardian, Dinoginos. Loren's not sure what he should do with this, but something feels very strange about it, as if it were meant for him. For now, he's holding onto it.
- Gear Piloting - Gear piloting is a standard skill for officers, and Loren has proved himself to be a competent if a little bit over-cautious as a pilot. Ether aptitude is a useful talent to bring to Gear combat -- particularly when the pilot leans towards supportive modes.
- Schiehallion - Not a new model as far as officer's Gears go, but hardly out of date either. Schiehallion is very slow and has some awkward handling as a result even in flight, but is extremely sturdy and features extensive armoring and shielding systems. The Gear favors ranged modes of weaponry, specifically twin handheld (for a Gear) ARMs and ether amplification systems for the rest.
- Analog Gaming - Old style card games and strategy board games are his hobby, particularly games like Patience and (Solarian) chess, especially since they can be played alone. But the real upshot is that he is pretty damn good at them and by corollary apply the basic analytic process from these to any situation where he can take his time and think.
- No Sense of Taste - Well, he seems to be okay with eating just about anything despite his place of birth, so it seems probable he just doesn't have a good sense of taste. Doesn't seem to apply for alcohol though.
Other Traits of Note
- ??? - ??? Gives Loren terrible headaches and the occasional hallucination. He hasn't realized that this is more than just some wretched headaches or him being overtired yet. It's baaaack (as of Mother's death). (OOC notes: a mysterious potential liability; very much drawback, never a power. Something ill will come of this someday. Represented by the light blue text in pose and text.)
Tools
Name | Type | Rating | Form | Effects | Description |
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MediScan v7 | Wits | 3 | Self | Enlighten, Efficient | Handheld medical data collection/analysis device. Maybe a little too efficient sometimes. Definitely not a tricorder. (Probably.) |
Solarian Medical Kit | Combat | 1 | Self | Cleanse | Standard issue Solarian combat medic's kit, stocked with the basics (and then some) someone might need to treat the injured in the middle of combat. Does not contain Drive. |
Ether Tuner | Agility | 1 | Self | Quicken, Rally | Solarian military-grade technology. Fine-tunes support-type ether effects, particularly under duress. |
Soylent Nutribar | Wits | 2 | Self | Resilient | Tastes like cardboard but full of essential nutrients for a soldier in the field, and in a pinch can be repurposed as sealant, crumbled to make a path, or burned to make a fire. Contains Soylent. |
Tactical Interferometer | Wits | 2 | Gear | Enlighten | Very precise, military-grade analytical instrument. |
Ether Resonator | Brute | 1 | Gear | Cleanse | Ether enhancement instrument. Useful for improving overall Ether output over a group and helps to compensate/correct for sub-optimal conditions. |
Boost Mode | Combat | 4 | Gear | Rally, Sacrifice | For when you need all power to systems, immediately. Uses up fuel like nothing else, though. |
Veil Doubler | Combat | 3 | Gear | Fanfare | Ether enhancement subsystem for improving defensive capacity. |
Relationships
Name | Group | Affinity | Loren's comments |
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Cardia Ortell | Solaris | "Practical. Efficient. Keeps to herself. The ideal sort of person." | |
Elhaym van Houten | Solaris | "You... did well. In spite of everything, you did really well. I'll let them know." | |
Kahm Yugh | Solaris | "And yet, I still don't understand what drives you." | |
Kahran Ramses | Solaris | "I need to measure up..." | |
Leah Sadalbari | Solaris | "Leah..." | |
Myyah Hawwa | Solaris | "I have to be careful with someone of her rank." | |
Seraphita | Solaris | "She's an idiot, but she's good at what she does. I can see how she got the position in spite of herself." | |
Tabitha deVriese | Solaris | "Why me?" | |
Gwen Whitlock | Vile Fiends | "Possible liability. Use with caution." | |
Lan Lilac | Solaris | "I don't know how I feel about this..." | |
Layna Manydays | Fox Company | "I feel like I might have been robbed. Still, the information helped. Something to keep in mind..." | |
Prissa | Caravan Kinship | "What a charming personality. The sword's been generally helpful at least." | |
Cecilia Adlehyde | Dawn Chasers | "It seems like they want us to support her goals for now. ...Whatever, I don't get to pick and choose what I'm doing." | |
Ethius Hesiod | Caravan Kinship | "Now here's a strange one. I can't tell if he's noticed we're watching him or not." | |
Fei Fong Wong | Black Wolves | "What a pain. Command probably wants him alive. 'That' is still missing, as far as I know." | |
Jean | Vile Fiends | "It's martial arts, yes, but what kind?" | |
Lily Keil | Black Wolves | "Unfortunately, I have to suffer you to live." | |
Shalune Amira | Caravan Kinship | "Naive. That's the good news. The bad news is everything she's got her hands on -- potentially anyway. I suppose we'll see what Command thinks." | |
Katherine Weaver | None | "...To be honest, I'm not sure what to say. It was incredibly weird. The... clothes should be useful?" | |
Azazel | None | "If I could kill you..." | |
Cassidy Cain | None | "This is only a means to an end. I can't and won't forget." | |
Kaguya | Veruni | "We're enemies. Don't forget that." | |
Margaret | Althena's Guard | "...bitch." | |
Neriah Parringer | Crucible | "I'd rather not." | |
Seraph Ragnell | Crucible | "Aren't we friendly." | |
Cyre H. Lorentz | Caravan Kinship | "You're a personified migraine." | |
Seraph Lanval | Fox Company | "why" | |
Emma Hetfield | None | "What a pain." |
NPCs of Note
- Captain Aiah Petran - Captain of the medical division, Aveh operations. Loren's superior. She's usually in a meeting but still manages to find time (accidentally or not) to make his assignments unpleasant.
- Rainer Voss - Father. Works as a researcher but currently tends to be shunted off towards projects of lesser importance/prestige
- Odila Voss - Mother. A sub-commander, as of late largely assigned to missions of lesser importance/prestige.
- Engil Voss - Older brother, very very dead. Don't say his name. Was 21 years old at time of death (494 PC).
Digger Discoveries
Does not include any outcomes where the winning result was 'a successful escape'
What | Where | Status |
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Malevolence-Mutated Lambs (...surface-dwellers) | Otherworldly Hollow | you don't want to know |
Chest of tomes and scrolls (in Baskar) | Sult Ruins | Turned over to Cultural |
A mysterious gemstone | Rujm el-Hiri | Taken by a woman named Kourin |
Metal Demon list of ARMs trade routes | Old Petra | Handed over to command |
Inactive Fire Scutum (an automaton) | Temple of Rejection | Handed over to engineering |
Mountain Medium | Guardian Temple | In Loren's possession |
Assorted Gears | The Battle Front | Handed over to engineering |
Ceremonial Mask | Stone Forest | Apparently handed back to the Baskar |
A waterwheel | Wayside Wellspring | Sure didn't mention this to Wayside |
An optional battle | Seven Sages | Passed on this |
An ancient recording | Hadal Temple | Handed to the labs for analysis |
Jade sword | Fortune Gear | Did not take due to difficulty extracting weapon from location |
A faded poster | Burwich Village | A faded poster of a missing young man |
Tailoring voucher | Claire de Lune | Voucher for a free tailoring session at Festina Lente. Was used. |
A mysterious note | The Clockwork Observatory | A note in Malevolent ink. Mysterious! |
A delicious recipe | Bream Chasers | A recipe for a very delicious (and strange) dish |
Ferroflora and echo seeds | The Glint Mirage | Metallic seeds and seeds that can replicate (metallic) versions of objects |
Empty Memory Crystal | Ruins of Altered Memory | A crystal that apparently can store a memory; handed over to labs. |
Section of a Metal Demon pauldron | Leck Mines - Flooded | An apparent piece of a Metal Demon pauldron; handed over to labs. |
Threads of Life | Lost Village Fereshte | A strong light-weight thread; handed over to labs. |
Logs and Cutscenes
Chapter 1, Act 1 Logs
- 2017-04-20: A Promising Start
- 2017-04-22: Receiving Orders
- 2017-04-26: Priorities
- 2017-05-03: Everything is Under Control
- 2017-05-06: The Unkindest Cut
- 2017-05-11: Malevolence 101
- 2017-05-19: Puzzles and Traps and Secrets
- 2017-05-24: Likes Repel
- 2017-05-27: Operation Gungnir
- 2017-05-28: Escape From Adlehyde
- 2017-06-03: Intense. Duck. Action.
- 2017-06-04: Responsibility and Glory
- 2017-06-10: Shipping Out
- 2017-06-11: A Beautiful Song
- 2017-06-15: Hierarchical Calculus
- 2017-06-29: Bit of Luck
- 2017-07-02: Hatred
- 2017-07-03: Special Delivery
- 2017-07-06: An Adorable Mediator
- 2017-07-09: Sneaking Seraphim Will Shock Your Souls
- 2017-07-16: Rocks Fall Somehow Nobody Dies
- 2017-07-16: Vulnerable
- 2017-07-23: Black and White
- 2017-07-30: Appropriate Words, Calculated Deeds
- 2017-08-04: Words Travel For Free
- 2017-08-08: Honesty
- 2017-08-18: Water Margin (Side B)
- 2017-08-25: Order And Freedom
- 2017-08-26: Operation Bunny Hop
Chapter 1, Act 2 Logs
- 2017-09-02: Not By Choice
- 2017-09-03: Trust-Building Exercise
- 2017-09-04: Sado Masochism
- 2017-09-12: Teen Action Squad Goes Down The -Wel-
- 2017-09-15: Observation Routine
- 2017-09-21: Cool Air
- 2017-09-23: Great Balls of Fire
- 2017-09-25: Caustics
- 2017-09-29: Snakes And Ladders
- 2017-10-04: Getting Results
- 2017-10-07: The Handover
- 2017-10-13: How The Turns Have Tabled
- 2017-10-14: The Voice Of The World
- 2017-10-20: Misidentification
- 2017-10-21: Witching Hour
- 2017-10-22: Establishing Superiority
- 2017-10-23: If Looks Could Kill
- 2017-10-25: A Novel Approach
- 2017-10-27: Escape
- 2017-10-28: Life Will Change
- 2017-11-03: Don't Worry Be Happy
- 2017-11-20: Nothing Logical
- 2017-11-21: The Thoroughbred of Sin
- 2017-11-24: Developments
- 2017-11-25: Riders from the Sky
- 2017-11-26: The Darkness Below
- 2017-11-29: A Feast for Buns
- 2017-12-03: Emergency Evasive Maneuvers
- 2017-12-09: Become as Eternal as the Stars
- 2017-12-13: Different Breed of Sin
- 2017-12-16: A Storm of Wind and Earth
- 2018-01-01: Crawling into the Void
- 2018-01-07: Between Chaos and Horror
- 2018-01-12: Vorthuzahl's Prize
- 2018-01-13: Dead and Dreaming
- 2018-01-14: Take a Hint
- 2018-01-24: Lost and Found
- 2018-02-07: Violence is Filgaia's Language
- 2018-02-09: House of One Thousand Games
- 2018-02-11: Something's Rotten in Krosse
- 2018-02-22: Our Limits
- 2018-02-25: The Frogs and the Ox
- 2018-02-26: Sins of Empire
- 2018-02-28: When Birds Fly
- 2018-03-02: Under My Skin
- 2018-03-04: Fly Me To The Moon
Chapter 1, Act 3 Logs
- 2018-03-09: Starfall
- 2018-03-15: An Obscure Relief
- 2018-03-21: In A Dark Sleep
- 2018-03-23: Metal Dreams
- 2018-03-24: Lie of Omission
- 2018-03-30: Making the Most of It
- 2018-04-05: Strange Girl
- 2018-04-06: A Girl Can Do Worse
- 2018-04-14: Way to Weylish
- 2018-04-20: One Last Thing
- 2018-05-03: Blood In The Water
- 2018-05-06: Behaved That Irrationally
- 2018-05-11: A Much Healthier Planet
- 2018-05-13: Believe Me
- 2018-05-21: A Nice Game of Chess
- 2018-05-27: The Nature Of A Sword
- 2018-05-28: For The Secret Of The Sky
- 2018-06-01: The Inevitable Nature Of All Things
- 2018-06-28: If You Ever Change Your Mind
- 2018-06-29: Teamwork!
- 2018-07-05: A Prelude to a Bad Decision
- 2018-07-06: A Bad Decision
- 2018-07-07: The Consequences of a Bad Decision
- 2018-07-13: Trying To Show Us Something
- 2018-07-18: Show Me The Money
- 2018-07-19: Swimming With Sharks
- 2018-07-26: Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained
- 2018-07-27: Like A Crucible Of Light
- 2018-07-28: A Small Miracle
- 2018-08-04: Nemesis Games, Part 1
- 2018-08-07: Mystery And Wonder
- 2018-08-11: Ammy and the Chocolate Factory
- 2018-08-16: Make Haste Slowly
- 2018-08-18: Shooting Stars
- 2018-08-22: An Awkward Sort Of Silence
- 2018-08-24: Complications
- 2018-08-27: A Golem In The Port
- 2018-08-27: Bitter
- 2018-08-31: Leviathan Wakes
- 2018-09-14: Reap The Whirlwind
Chapter 1, Act 4 Logs
- 2018-09-18: Ours Is A White Lies Town
- 2018-09-23: A Weird Friendship
- 2018-09-27: Chase Your Breams
- 2018-09-29: The War-Giant
- 2018-10-04: Crab And Butterfly
- 2018-10-09: Go Fish
- 2018-10-12: Forest Of Blades
- 2018-10-16: Settling The Past
- 2018-10-19: No Extreme Routine
- 2018-10-27: Just Like The Real Thing
- 2018-11-02: About The Red Giant
- 2018-11-08: Into The Place Of Fear
- 2018-11-11: A Dive Into The Dark
- 2018-11-19: What Changes, And How Does It Change You
- 2018-11-21: A Village Seized By Life
- 2018-11-28: An Interesting Puzzle
- 2018-12-07: An Offer
- 2018-12-13: There and Gone
- 2018-12-14: As Below So Above
- 2018-12-17: The Powers That Be
- 2018-12-19: Nothing Above But The Blue Sky
Chapter 1, Epiloque Logs
- 2018-12-30: Someone To Have Faith In
- 2019-01-01: Welcome Home
- 2019-01-12: Caged Bird
- 2019-01-14: Jewel in a Dreadful Crown
- 2019-01-18: Return To Xibalba
- 2019-01-29: The Paths We Take
- 2019-02-06: Equivalent Exchange
- 2019-02-08: To Little Firelight Once Again
- 2019-02-15: Violence Is Our Language
- 2019-02-28: Stars No Moon
- 2019-03-04: Unexpected
- 2019-03-06: Horizon Signal
- 2019-03-24: Becoming the Fire
- 2019-03-24: Gravity is Desire
- 2019-03-28: The Meaning of Love
Chapter 1 Cutscenes
- 2017-09-11: Neotectonics
- 2018-03-14: Isostasy
- 2018-04-26: Allochthon
- 2018-09-08: Alluvium
- 2018-12-09: Diastrophism
Weapon Stories
L84 'Snow Lion'
Chapter | Story | Unlock |
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1 | The universe is unknowable. Without a doubt, the earliest people stared up at the night sky and were stunned by what they saw there. Here too were shapes, lights -- pale imitations of the brilliance of the day. It's no wonder that the heavens became the place where gods were said to dwell above all that lived. | Honesty |
2 | The universe is predictable. In time, people began to recognize patterns. The moon had a certain regularity to its movements, and certain stars -- which were not truly stars at all, but as they came to realize in time, planets -- cycled in fixed places in the sky. Even the stars themselves slowly change with the seasons. | If You Ever Change Your Mind |
3 | The universe is wondrous. Everything fits together. Like clockwork in a machine, the universe is exquisitely assembled: stars, planets, and moons all spinning in balance, for eternity. Everything is assured -- we can predict anything in existence. | Complications |
4 | The universe is horrific. It came out of nowhere, ripping across the sky. Just a piece of rock, but just large enough to set our world ablaze. We realized it too late: nothing is predictable. Nothing is wondrous. In the end there is nothing to understand and nothing to know. | The Powers That Be |
ILR-764 Standard ARM
Chapter | Story | Unlock |
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1 | Have you ever heard of something called the 'Universal Observer'? It's the idea of something that can know the position and momentum of everything in the universe. It's just a thought experiment, but bear with me. | Nothing Logical |
2 | It stands to reason if you know where one thing is and how fast it’s going, you’ll know where it was and where it will be. Still with me so far? Good. | In A Dark Sleep |
3 | If you took that to the logical extremes, then is it so much to speculate that you’d be able to work out the beginning and end of the universe from a single particle. That's what some people believe. But then there are those who say it’s impossible to know everything, that there are too many factors to ever accommodate. That everything is in flux and anything is possible. |
Nemesis Games, Part 1 |
4 | [access denied] | ???? |
Gebler Support Gear Schiehallion
Chapter | Story | Unlock |
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1 | Red to white. I soar. Unstoppable. | Strange Girl |
2 | White to blue. I dive. Uncontrollable. | A Nice Game of Chess |
3 | Blue to black. I sink. Unavoidable. | Nothing Above But The Blue Sky |
4 | [access denied] | ???? |
Brother's Blade
Chapter | Story | Unlock |
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1 | History, it's said, is written by the victors. | Blood In The Water |
2 | It's one of the things that frustrates historians, as I understand. Every account favors one's own side and motives in battle and conquest. The conquered are branded as deserving it in some way, if they register as more than a footnote in the annals when it's all finished. | The Nature Of A Sword |
3 | Sometimes, though, mere denigration isn't enough. So they raze the cities, they salt the fields, they destroy the monuments and burn the texts. Obliteration and absence from all accounts forever more is the only solution. So much for history. | The Inevitable Nature Of All Things |
4 | Why can't every trace of you be also erased? | Reap The Whirlwind |
Solomonov, the Scholar’s Razor
Chapter | Story | Unlock |
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1 | Once upon a time there was a flourishing kingdom.
The king ruled wisely and well from within his fine palace. All the people were smiling and happy. And among the king’s many knights there was one in particular who shone as a star: a young knight in shining white armor, still young, with the promise of heroes in his blood. |
Ours Is A White Lies Town |
2 | A great battle was planned. To see it through, they would need to bring the best and brightest of their knightly ranks along with them. Most important of all though was that young knight in the white armor. All the people's hopes rested upon him.
And then that knight... |
What Changes, And How Does It Change You? |
3 | No one could take his place. They could not succeed without him. Should they retreat -- no! They had to destroy their foes on the battlefield. They had to act as if the brilliant knight were alive.
So they found a scholar who looked enough like the knight and set him up with armor and all manner of weapons. Their ‘knight’ now was no longer dead. The battle ensured as planned. |
Someone To Have Faith In |
4 | [access denied] | ???? |
Extras
Rumors
Did people spread weird rumors about Loren in Jugend (and beyond those hallowed halls)? Yes!!
- Hit a classmate but the administration covered it up.
- Cheated on exams.
- Had a covert relationship with a Worker Bee.
- Just plain bad luck -- if he's picked for your team, it won't go well.
- Involved with a suspected Veruni agent... romantically.
Stuff Loren's Picked Up
- Coin of Fate - Unclear use. A mysterious coin that manages to be incredibly predictable in its landing - it always has odd numbers of flips, and if it fails somehow, it lands on its edge. Won at the festival in Bledavik. Destined for ???
- A Bandanna With A Textile Pattern That, When Tied On The Forehead Or Arm, Declares One To Be "Top Stud of the Sands" In Traditional Aveh Calligraphy - Won at the festival in Bledavik. Destined to show up at an inopportune time someday.
- Shakhan Jr. Doll - An adorable and politically expeditious doll of Prime Minister Shakhan. Won at the festival in Bledavik. Destined to be used as a prank someday.