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2024-05-18 01:33 am

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2024-05-17 07:14 pm

Smut Guide

Essek Thelyss
Age: 120 Gender: Male (cis) Orientation: Gay (demisexual)
Species: Drow
Availability Essek is reserved and his physical attraction to someone generally comes after intellectual interest and emotional intimacy. He prefers men, and given his guarded nature he can be difficult to get close to. Once he is intimate with someone, however, he becomes more open and affectionate.
Turn-Ons:Intelligence, wit, creativity, innovation
Turn-Offs:Invasive questions, presumptuous behavior
Other:Any attempts to change or challenge Essek's sense of modesty will be most unwelcome.
OOC:Most things on the Yes and Maybe lists really depend on the level of CR and comfort Essek has with a partner. I'm always open to discussing things on those lists or things that aren't listed at all.
Yes
(♥ Indicates fave.)
✔ aftercare
✔ anal sex
✔ begging
✔ biting ♥
✔ blindfolds
✔ bondage ♥
✔ clothed sex
✔ clothing play ♥
✔ D/s
✔ discipline
✔ dirty talk
✔ face fucking/sitting
✔ fingering
✔ frotting
✔ intercrural sex
✔ magic used during sex ♥
✔ masturbation ♥
✔ multiple orgasms
✔ oral sex
✔ orgasm control/denial
✔ size differences ♥
✔ teasing
✔ temperature play
✔ toys
✔ voyeurism ♥
✔ wax play
Maybe
◌ aphrodisiacs
◌ breathplay/breath control
◌ breeding (kink only)
◌ chastity play
◌ edging
◌ gags
◌ impact play
◌ monsters
◌ overstimulation
◌ rough sex
◌ pain
◌ sensory deprivation
◌ somnophilia
◌ spanking
◌ tentacles
No
✘ bathroom kinks
✘ characters under 18
✘ death
✘ emetophilia
✘ infantilism
✘ prolapse
✘ sounding
✘ vore
Code by Yuff
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2024-05-17 06:27 pm

Permissions/Info



Essek Thelyss
"My intentions were never good. They were important."


BASIC

NAME: Essek Thelyss
CANON: Critical Role, Campaign 2
AGE: 120
DOB:
GENDER: Male
SPECIES: Drow
ACTIVE: PSL, Memes

PLAYER: K
CONTACT: PM, happy to exchange discord or plurk info
APPEARANCE

VISUAL: Official Art; banner by Giulia Valentini
HEIGHT: 5'6"
BUILD: Lithe, elegant
HAIR: White
EYES: Blue-violet
FEATURES: Deep purple skin
DRESS: Modest; Essek frequently wears long robes and wears gloves. Regardless of silhouette, he is almost always covered from chin to toes in public.
VOICE: here; voiced by Matthew Mercer
STATS

CLASS: Wizard
STYLE: Dunamancy
STRENGTH: 9
DEXTERITY: 16
CONSTITUTION: 14
INTELLIGENCE: 22
WISDOM: 18
CHARISMA: 12
reference
CHARACTER

DEMEANOR: Quiet, reserved, aloof; his demeanor can change considerably once someone has earned some trust
LIKES: Detailed notes, organized libraries, hot drinks, knitting
DISLIKES: Boisterous crowds, excessive and unnecessary risk, rigid dogma
VIRTUES: Dedicated, intelligent, charming
VICES: Tendency to be guarded, obsessive, reclusive
EXTRAS

TAKEN: CANON POINT
ARRIVAL: DATE JOINED
RESIDENCE: STUFF
OCCUPATION: Arcanist, archivist
RELATIONSHIP: Depends on canon point
HMD: Link
IC MAILBOX: Link
PERMISSIONS

BACKTAGGING:
THREADHOPPING:
FOURTHWALLING:
ROMANCE: hard mode
MINDREADING:
MANIPULATION:
INJURY:
FIGHTING:
KILLING: let's talk
feel free to contact for details
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2024-05-17 06:20 pm

Newcomb App

Player Name: K
Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: PM or [plurk.com profile] givemedragons
Player Age: 25+

Character Name: Essek Thelyss
Canon: Critical Role Campaign 2
Canon Point:
Age: ~120 years old (canon age)
Species: drow elf
Journal: https://shadowedhand.dreamwidth.org/
Permissions: General Permissions/Smut Permissions

Goals: Though his life has become more complicated, Essek continues to pursue his goal to explore the limits of dunamancy, particularly not that he is free of the direct scrutiny of his culture. He believes there is more to the artifacts of his people (ostensibly pieces of a god) than they are willing to see. He wishes only for the freedom to know.

Morals: "My intentions were never good. They were important." He has never really wanted power, only answers. Or, at the very least, the freedom to pursue answers. Power allowed him access to resources he may not otherwise get his hands on.

Struggles: In the past, Essek saw relationships (platonic, professional, or otherwise) as an unnecessary risk to his ultimate goals. He was reclusive and tended to isolate himself. He says, "I have never really been trusted and so I did not trust. And I never let anyone close" when explaining his circumstances to another character and because of his isolation and his academic ambitions, he was taken in by someone who was ready to prey on his cynicism and desire for knowledge.

Position: Faculty

Explanation: Essek is an expert in his field - he has been actively studying and practicing for no less than 100 years. He's also pushed further into his area of research (dunamancy) than others in his culture, his knowledge and willingness to explore things considered "heretical" are key to that. All arcane schools require confidence and willpower, but dunamancy (which involves manipulating time and space) in particular - and the kinds of study and practice Essek in particular engages in - requires precision and commitment. Though relatively young for an elf, he's been practicing for longer than some species live. If we need to translate this into a more mundane/less magic-based field, he'd be a theoretical physicist. Essek is very passionate about his field... and he could absolutely become the professor that half his students fear and the other half find rigorous but worth it. Every college needs at least one prof with a reputation of "he will make you better at what you do but be ready to cry when you read his feedback."

Introspective Writing Sample:

Interactive Writing Sample: Discussing consecution; PSL