Beloved Rue, my love, my light, my guiding star,
I hope the holidays and this gift finds you well. Enclosed within, you will find a miniature photograph printer in your favorite color. You may use it to print out the many photographs of your beautiful sons, which you may fill the also enclosed photo album with in the years to come. These breathtaking memories you have made deserve to be cherished and treated with care, which I already know you do so well.
You know already of my undying love for you, which would take all the ink in the known universe to reiterate. But until my dying breath, I will speak it to you again and again and again, every day, as sure as my heart beats. I thank you for your unending patience, your boundless forgiveness, and for welcoming me into your family and back into your life. Every day I get to spend by your side is a blessing without measure. I love you.

Yours for time immemorial, K. P. Hob

Dear Raphael,
I hope the holidays and this gift finds you well. It has come to my understanding that you enjoy the performance art of wrestling. With this in mind, I hope you will enjoy the protective—and decorative!—gear enclosed within. Perhaps one day, you can teach me the showmanship of wrestling, and permit me to teach you a few of my favorite maneuvers.
From what I have come to know, you are a very passionate and loving young man, and while you may not consider yourself Rue's son, you will forever be part of this family, cared for just as deeply as the rest. It is my hope that this love and care resonates with you, today and always. I look forward to getting to know you even better in the new year.

Yours this holiday season, K. P. Hob

Dear Donatello,
I hope the holidays and this gift finds you well. It has come to my attention that you enjoy gadgets and techno music, a genre with which I am woefully unfamiliar. However, I have come to learn you can create such music of your own with a modular synthesizer, an instrument you will find enclosed within. It may not be 200lbs of beta titanium alloy, but it is my hope you will still find enjoyment from creating music with these myriad buttons and dials.
While we have not yet spent a lot of time together, I already know you as a bright and diligent young man with an unmatched intellect. Shall you allow it, I look forward to getting to know you even better in the new year.

Yours this holiday season, K. P. Hob

Dear Casey,
I hope the holidays and this gift finds you well. It has come to my understanding that you have taken to the art of letter writing through your correspondence with Rue. I sincerely hope the enclosed quill and inks will brighten your experience of crafting heartfelt letters. You will also find within some handcrafted soaps from the market, as I know you are fastidious and particular about your personal grooming.
I wish to sincerely thank you for welcoming me so warmly into the family. You are a thoughtful and considerate young man with a big heart. I look forward to getting to know you even better in the new year.

Yours this holiday season, K. P. Hob

★ Character Information ★

Character Name: K.P. Hob
Character Canon: Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers
Canon Iteration: Original canon
Character Age: 1000+
Character Species: Bugbear Goblin

★ Out of Character Permissions ★

Backtagging: ✔ Yes, always!
Fourth walling: ✔ Within reason
Thread hopping : ✔ Within reason
Content warnings and sensitive subjects: CSA; self-harm; transphobia; trauma to eyes/teeth/nails. Otherwise I'm down to clown.
Anything else: Ping me :)

★ In Character Permissions ★

Physical affection: ✔ Open to touch (a lil)
Romance: ✘ No thanks, he's taken :> (by ruevealing)
Violence: ✔ DTF (down to fight)
Injuries : ✔ He can take it
Death: ✔ If plotted
Telepathy and mind-reading: ✔ Please, help yourself
Content warnings and sensitive subjects related to the character: War, violence, other military themes; ableism.
Content warnings and sensitive subjects this character won't be involved in: CSA.

★ Character Information ★

Character Name: Knickolas Pnackleless Hob.
Character Age: 1000+
Character Species: Bugbear Goblin.
Current Health: Excellent.
Outfit: A simple, handstitched linen tunic in natural white. No pants.

Character Canon: Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers.
Link to History: Fandom wiki.
Canon Point: Post-canon, after renouncing his Court.
Canon Iteration: Original canon.

★ Folkmore Roles & Attributes ★

Skills: Through his life and career as a decorated officer of the Goblin Army, Hob has learned a variety of skills: Reaching the rank of Major before renouncing his Court, Hob has untold years worth of leadership experience from the Goblin Army. He has successfully led troops into battle with other Courts and invading forces, and as far as we know he remains undefeated. He has also been given responsibilities of protecting high-value targets within the Court, leading reconnassaince missions, and covertly gathering information from enemy forces.
It goes without saying that Hob is a proficient fighter and quite physically strong. As a Battle Master Fighter, he heavily employs strategy into his combat, and is proficient with bladed weapons like swords and glaives. He is also proficient in hand-to-hand combat and wrestling, where his 7 foot height and Long Limbed racial ability often gives him the upper hand. Every morning he engages in rigorous calisthenics exercise.
Hob is an excellent planner, in the sense that he has learned to quickly gather information from a variety of sources, and use this information to solve problems. Whether he's surrounding an enemy on the battlefield, scouting for exit- and entry-points during a party, or planning how to build a home by his own hand for his budding family, Hob's military experience has made him proficient in seeing both the bigger picture and the tiny details in preparing and executing a plan.
While certainly naturally compliant to a degree, Hob nevertheless learned a deep respect for and accountability to authority, policies and procedure during his service. He has learned to quickly identify whoever is in charge of any given situation, orient himself on the appropriate rules and guidelines, and follow them to a tee.
The Goblin Court may not be particularly known for their ✨spotless social etiquette,✨ but Hob was never much like the rest of his kin. He rose with the sun and maintained a well-kempt, polished appearance that made for easier entry into the ton frequenting the Bloom. Partly for diplomatic reasons, partly due to his fastidious nature, Hob has learned to—at least somewhat—navigate the complicated social politics of Courtly communications. This rigid adherence to social rules, as far as he understands them, follows him into Folkmore.
Canon Abilities: Seeing as Hob comes from a universe based on Dungeons & Dragons mechanics, he has a whole slew of canon abilities linked to his race and class—and, seeing as he's a multiclassed Fighter, Barbarian, and Rogue, he has a veritable fuckton. Here is a comprehensive list of his canon abilities. Most notable for Folkmore would be the following: Combat Superiority; Commanding Presence; Action Surge; Long Limbed.

Role: Familiar
Role Qualities/Attributes: Hob's bugbear attributes will be complemented by feline features in Folkmore, based on the Maine Coon breed of cat. His coarse brown fur will turn long, dense, and silky, with blotched tabby and white coloring. His already huge ears will take on a pointed lynx-like appearance, and his stubby tail will grow long and incredibly bushy. He'll also grow toe beans on both hands and feet. When Hob experiences confusion, anxiety, or sensory overwhelm in this role, he will fully turn into a cat and attempt to hide—although his enormous size will make this effort largely fruitless. He will be largely compliant, mellow in nature, and remain hyper-aware of authority figures in his vicinity.
Role Reasoning: His entire life, Hob has followed orders. While this made for a steady and predictable rise through the ranks as a guard of his Court, it left him largely stagnant as a person, as he was never given the opportunity to be an individual on his own terms. At the first sign of him seeking a relationship with Delloso de la Rue, his superiors did not hesitate to remind him of his place:

While Hob is fiercely loyal to his Court, he is simultaneously intensely disconnected from it. His growing affection for Rue made him come to terms with this, and he longed for the freedom to choose for himself. To not remain a blunt instrument, serving a root that no longer fed him. Renouncing his Court put him upon this path—but the road to independence remains long and arduous. During his time in Folkmore, Hob will continue to wrestle with the pull between selflessness and selfishness. The plan is to have Hob Dedicate himself to Rue, and for him to ascend to either Legend or Myth somewhere down the line, depending on his choices and relationships within the game.

★ Personality ★

OPTION 2 QUESTIONS (PICK 4-5) 100-300 WORD LIMIT EACH:

What is the most important and defining relationship(s) in your character's life and why? Delloso de la Rue changed Hob's life forever. They were the first fey to really see him, to reach beyond the military accolades and frightening goblin countenance for the man hiding underneath it all. Not until Rue had anyone honestly cared what Hob thought of anything, let alone praised him for parts of his personality he'd long been taught were undesirable. In the few short days they spent together at the Bloom—though frequently speaking past each other and misunderstanding the other's feelings and intentions—Rue taught him courage the likes of which he'd never thought possible, the strength to follow his heart and make his own choices, and to see the Courts for what they really were: prisons within which growth and freedom was impossible for fey like themselves. In his own words, Rue is "the most singularly courageous, ethereally beautiful, constant, kind and true fey I have ever met," and their loving acceptance of him despite everything was ultimately what spurred him into making the biggest decision of his life. He renounces his Court so that he may be with them.

What is a headcanon (or two) you feel strongly about and that you prefer playing your character with? How is this supported in canon and why do you think it benefits the character's story? Hob is autistic. This is supported in canon by a variety of things, such as his frequent misreading of social situations, his difficulty reading cues such as tone and facial expressions, his self-proclaimed inability to lie, his booming, verbose and rigid affect, and his difficulty fitting in even within the loose constraints of goblin society. He is inflexible in nearly everything he does, strictly following not only established policies and procedures, but also his own personal codes—and he reacts with confusion and frustration when others fail to do the same.
More than once, Hob has to be reminded of social rules and nuances, often speaking them out loud to himself. When he experiences a social failure, he is forthcoming with those around him and seeks explanations without judgment or anger, so that he may correct his behavior going forward. His immediate gut reaction when challenged to a duel, is that he's screwed up socially once again, offending and repulsing someone with what he assumed was an acceptable gesture—when in actuality, the duel was triggered by a misunderstanding and another's resulting jealousy, not by a failing on his part.
Being autistic benefits Hob's story by illustrating how his divergence from the norm is a strength rather than a failing. By finding people who love and accept him for who he is, rather than relegating himself to being the willing tool, the blunt instrument of his Court, the stick that dangles the carrot before the Court's enemies, Hob learns to see his own perspective and way of being as valuable. The connections he makes with other people are real, and they're made on his own terms, by his own merit, even if a little clumsily. It is a story of empowerment and growth through self-acceptance.

What does your character feel like they struggle with still? Where could they improve? This could be physically, mentally, emotionally, or otherwise. For being such a strong, rigid, disciplined military man, Hob really needs to grow a spine. When it comes to protecting the innocent and helping those who can't help themselves, Hob is fearless and true—but he is incapable of doing the same for himself. Too long, he's been living under the thumb of his superiors, to the point where he is frightened that he wouldn't know how to do anything if he wasn't being ordered to. Making choices on his own and sticking to them is a constant struggle for him, and it's something he will need a lot of help with in order to overcome.

Is your character capable of forgiveness or will they hold a grudge until they die? Would anything ever make them change their mind? Hob is perhaps too capable of forgiveness. No one knows better than him how easy it is to make a mistake or to cause someone offense, even when you feel you have acted appropriately, perhaps even correctly, given the circumstances as you understand them. Forgiveness comes easily from a man so used to being both wrong and wronged, it is easier to acquiesce rather than stand his ground and live with the hurt. How can he hold a grudge, after all, when he is barely a person in his own right? When he has so rarely known agency and responsibility for his own well-being outside of his duty to the collective?

★ Player Information ★

Player Name: Mar
Pronouns: they/them
Are you over 18?: Yes
Contact(s): lektormar / Discord: lektormar
Who Invited You?: Mey!
Permissions: Here
Writing Samples: Folkmore TDM