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  1. Characters

Dolly

597-189, The Toymaker
NPC

Once a friendly Doll, now a vengeful toymaker.

Personality

Mannerism
Dolly has a very melancholic personality to her. Due to the fragments of her memory, she doesn't comprehend emotion like most others. She has no sympathy, no empathy, and doesn't seem to quite understand morality.

She understands what she wants and she will ensure that she will see through to make sure she gets it disregarding any consequence.

Appearance

After her modifications, Dolly stands at about 5'7. She has long curly platinum blond hair that just reaches past her shoulders. Her skin is a pale complexion, often deemed to be porcelain like, much like her parts. Her large blue eyes are decorated with long fake eyelashes to give her the doll like appearance. However, across her face is a mask that hides her lower jaw made out of iron. Originally the mask was used to silence her voice, but has since been modified.

Dolly's arms and legs are made out of iron and porcelain powered by symbols etched into them. As the new castor, she is able to modify these parts as she deems necessary. Most of her torso is from her original body, while components of it are made out of iron. This does allow Dolly to not require food for energy, but she does require to magic infused stones or plants to consume for fuel. 

Dolly tends to dress in large frilly dresses of chocolate brown and cream colors with hats to match. She keeps up her appearance as doll as a means to trick those who try to do her wrong.

The Past

Many years ago, a toymaker worked with an individual of advanced magic and technology to create a new doll for his daughter. A robotic android like doll was created made out of porcelain and a surplus of magical runic seals that held her pieces together. The construct being came to life with the magical seals at the command of the daughter and her father.

Overtime as the daughter grew, so did Dolly. Dolly began to learn and developed new ways of processing and thinking. Eventually she utilized the tools and resources she had access to develop different types of skills. One of these skills was toymaking, like her creator. When the daughter was asleep, she began assisting the father in the toy shop making various toys and figurines.

A toymaker worked with an individual of advanced magic and technology to create a new doll for his daughter. A robotic android like doll was created made out of porcelain, a surplus of magical runic seals, and some unique parts he had acquired. The construct being came to life with the magical seals at the command of the inventor, the daughter, and her father.

Overtime as the daughter grew, so did Dolly. Dolly began to learn and developed new ways of processing and thinking. Eventually she utilized the tools and resources she had access to develop different types of skills such as painting. One of these skills was also toymaking, like her creator. When the daughter was asleep, she began assisting the father in the toy shop making various toys and figurines.

When Dolly would need servicing, the inventor who assisted the father would come and provide maintenance to her. During one of the routine maintenances, the inventor had left behind one of his magical runic books. Dolly had collected the book and begun to read through the seals that made her. She was able to comprehend some of the intricate detailing of the symbols and eventually came to learn the means of magic awareness.

Through this awareness, Dolly began to develop a melancholic personality with emotions of her own. As she was showing higher forms of artificial intelligence and awareness, the family began to grow weary of her. The father began to fear of what she may be capable of considering how she was learning at an incredible rate.

When the discussion came about to shut Dolly down and dismantle her, Dolly didn’t like that idea. She devised a plan that resulted in the death of the father and the inventor. The daughter saw the events that took place fearing her companion now covered in blood. Taking her father’s side in that moment was what caused her to end. Dolly retaliated against the daughter who tried to escape and killed her too.

With the only ones capable of shutting her down, no longer living themselves, Dolly was free. She continued to live within the house and workshop, creating small animatronics using the same methods that were used on her. In doing so she had a small gathering of aware constructs that followed her wills and abided her words.

With her newfound freedom Dolly was able to learn more about her creation from the inventor’s journal. She realized that the seals that were on her body we not only to keep the parts of her running, but to suppress her former memories as well.

One by one, she began to remove some of the seals and slowly began to regain parts of her memory that she had lost. Although they were severely fragmented, she was able to remember living in a prison cell amongst others of her kind. Beings of celestial blood experimented on and tortured. She remembered wearing a porcelain mask and watching someone with a similar mask being with her constantly. She remembered her husband but began to fear what he may think of her now.  

Overtime, Dolly started to grow vengeful of those who did her wrong. She needed to put more of the pieces together and find ways to take out her revenge. She learned, she grew stronger and let her hatred for those who wronged her to fester. 

Trivia

  • The mask that lines Dolly's face is a Mask of Nyla. It was used as a silencer for her until the magic was broken and modified. Now it silences her voice to those around her but does not inhibit her ability to cast spells or for her to hear her own voice. 
  • Dolly's Inspiration Board