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   * **Nicknames or aliases:** Puugwol the Mutable   * **Nicknames or aliases:** Puugwol the Mutable
   * **Date of birth:** 80 [[history:cloud_era:|Cloud]] 6:19   * **Date of birth:** 80 [[history:cloud_era:|Cloud]] 6:19
-  * **Place of birth:** [[geography:Dunooma|[ɡ͡ǃɯ.ˈnɤː.ma]]]+  * **Place of birth:** [[geography:sekhaa:region:Dunooma|[ɡ͡ǃɯ.ˈnɤː.ma]]]
  
 ==== Gender and sexuality ==== ==== Gender and sexuality ====
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 ==== Virtues, vices, and flaws ==== ==== Virtues, vices, and flaws ====
 +Puugwol has unusually little prejudice and is tolerant of differences; unless she becomes aware that someone is engaging in one of the few behaviors she abhors, she will generally not have reason to find fault with them. She has a keen and genuine interest in the welfare of whoever she is paying attention to, for a given value of 'welfare'. On the other side, this indifference - or possibly blindness - to others' feelings on this particular matter can lead to friction.
  
 +She has a tendency to fixate on a particular thought, project, or conversation and to become vague toward nearly everything else - until she switches her focus. As a result, she can come across as disinterested or absentminded, or else intensely or even eerily interested and enthusiastic.
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 +Like many Kaeans, she can be untidy, and has a tendency to put down and store things wherever it seems most convenient at any given moment. This can be trying for those who must share her working space and who do not have her memory.
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 +As a follower of the [[mythology:mangukal:paagdil-shennai|Lords of Remaking]], her religious beliefs call for the use of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_drug|mind-altering substances]] to achieve unusual mental states. She avoids doing so while shaping beings with any significant capacity for pain, as she is aware that a mistake could have unintended consequences, but it means that there may be parts of her day when she is even more difficult to talk to than usual.
  
 ==== Intellectual characteristics ==== ==== Intellectual characteristics ====
 Puugwol is intelligent, but not always observant of things or people that are not the focus of her attention; she tends to get lost in her thoughts or in what she is doing. She has a preoccupation with how living beings might be different, and while she has intense interest in understanding what makes someone tick in a physical sense, this is in large part a vehicle for learning how to make them tick in some other way. She has relatively little interest in devices or machines that are not biologically-based, except to the extent that they are useful. Puugwol is intelligent, but not always observant of things or people that are not the focus of her attention; she tends to get lost in her thoughts or in what she is doing. She has a preoccupation with how living beings might be different, and while she has intense interest in understanding what makes someone tick in a physical sense, this is in large part a vehicle for learning how to make them tick in some other way. She has relatively little interest in devices or machines that are not biologically-based, except to the extent that they are useful.
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 +She has a good, if not quick, memory; if called upon to recall something, she will usually be able to do so in considerable detail, though not necessarily right away.
  
 ==== Morality and philosophy ==== ==== Morality and philosophy ====
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 ==== Religious views ==== ==== Religious views ====
-Puugwol is a devotee of the [[religion:mangukal:paagdil-shennai|[ˌk͜ʘaːq.diɬ.ʃen.ˈnaj]]], the [[extrinsic:chaos|Lords of Remaking]] of her [[religion:mangukal:|native faith]]. She believes that her ability to shift form brings her closer to her god(s) by allowing her, like it/them, different perspectives at will.+Puugwol is a devotee of the [[mythology:mangukal:paagdil-shennai|[ˌk͜ʘaːq.diɬ.ʃen.ˈnaj]]], the [[extrinsic:chaos|Lords of Remaking]] of her [[mythology:mangukal:|native faith]]. She believes that her ability to shift form brings her closer to her god(s) by allowing her, like it/them, different perspectives at will.
  
 ==== Social aptitude ==== ==== Social aptitude ====
 +Puugwol likes other people, but seems to have difficulty relating to them, or - if her mind is busy elsewhere - even noticing them. She is bad at recognizing emotional cues beyond the very obvious and rarely understands how others' minds work. This can be a source of frustration, especially if she is trying to convince someone to allow her to 'improve' them, though she has generally resigned herself to it. When in a mind-altered state she may find it easier to relate to people, but often not to communicate with them.
  
 +She has a tendency to view other people as //[[language:imperial:contemporary:vocabulary#social|thamar]]// while herself being silently regarded as //sayel// or //jurekol//, depending on how uncharitable one is being.
  
 ==== Likes, dislikes, and taboos ==== ==== Likes, dislikes, and taboos ====
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 ==== Habits, quirks, and mannerisms ==== ==== Habits, quirks, and mannerisms ====
 +Puugwol has a good command of [[language:imperial:contemporary:|Contemporary Imperial]], though she speaks it with a thick accent.
  
 +If currently paying attention to someone, particularly if meeting them for the first time, she will often try to examine them from various angles out of curiosity. This behavior may extend to slowly circling them, which most other takmar find to be an unnerving habit due to its resemblance to predatory or hostile intent.
  
-==== Traumas ====+Unless she is deep in concentration, she rarely goes more than an hour without making some temporary alteration to her form, whether small or large. If she comes across a feature she particularly likes, she may begin to incorporate it permanently into her 'default' form, so that even in the long term her appearance changes independently of age.
  
 +==== Traumas ====
 +A mentalist observing her mind would see evidence of past emotional upheaval, but mostly overwritten by extensive adaptation. What happened and how traumatic it was are no longer clear, and she appears to have moved past it in her own fashion.
  
 ===== Personal resources ===== ===== Personal resources =====
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 ==== Education ==== ==== Education ====
 +Puugwol's native tongue has no writing system, and her first exposure to writing came with her arrival in the Citadel. She appears to have at least a working knowledge of basic survival skills and crafts, but the only evidence pointing to any kind of schooling is her relationship with her religion. Anything she does with her magic, she learned to do on her own.
  
 ==== Occupation ==== ==== Occupation ====
 +She can be described roughly as a lifegiver-on-retainer for Dlyss. Before the start of the effort to modify animals for the Citadel's use, she spent most of her time exploring Oghiras, experimenting on its local life, and trying to improve the growth and yield of her [[species:bilaak-tesh|[ˌɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ.ˈtʰeʃ]]] fungi in Oghiras' conditions.
  
 ==== Wealth and possessions ==== ==== Wealth and possessions ====
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 ===== Relationships ===== ===== Relationships =====
 ==== Family ==== ==== Family ====
 +Puugwol has left her family behind, both physically and emotionally. She does not seem to regret doing so.
  
 ==== Other individuals ==== ==== Other individuals ====
 +Generally, her relationships since arriving at the Citadel have been of a purely professional nature; her oddities have made it difficult for her to make friends.
  
 +The most extended conversations she's had have been with [[person:Dlyss]], whose oracular abilities have allowed her to discern much of Puugwol's past. The Oracle is nonetheless uncommonly uncomfortable around her, finding her worldview fundamentally distasteful and her religion experiential in a way alien to Dlyss' sensibilities.
  
 ==== Affiliations ==== ==== Affiliations ====
 +Functionally, if not in any formal or ideological sense, she is a member of the [[organization:Hzataalar]] and allied to [[person:Dlyss]].
  
 ===== Inspirations ===== ===== Inspirations =====
 +==== Music ==== 
 +  * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0-7fg8oAO4|Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)]]", by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, //The First Edition// 
 +  * "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BgF7Y3q-as|Changes]]", by David Bowie, //Hunky Dory//
  
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