PERSONALITY
Fungal Blade is a bold and witty man who may appear to be cheery and dumb to an ignorant eye but is actually quite intelligent. He's flexible and a survivalist at heart, so there is rarely a situation he can't weasel his way out of. He has a rebellious attitude and a strong desire to be liked; the two sides of him often clash against one another.
TRIVIA
His joys include sparring, tricking others, and eating.
He loved fire, often burning the ends of his 'stache from sitting too close to it.
HISTORY
Fungal Blade was a misbehaving child with a bottomless stomach. He was thrown out of his tribe at the mere age of 13 for stealing the majority of their rations for several weeks in a row. Forced to survive in the wild, Fungal Blade grew up by nomadically living off the land. He fought various Fungal Plain creatures, including wandering Stem Slimes, for food and water; it wasn't long before he became a natural survivalist.
Hungry for some proper food, Fungal Blade snuck from tribe camp to tribe camp, gaining infamy across Stem Island as a thief who had incredible stealth abilities, unrivaled swordplay, and a monstrous appetite.
Caught during one of his many attempts at stealing a camp's stored rations, the tribal rams planned to burn Fungal Blade for his treachery. Pleading with them, he promised he'd rid them of the notorious Hive Malfunction, a beast he had evaded many times and killed dozens of her kin; all he would need to do this was the loyalty of their men.
Allowing this course of action out of desperation to get rid of the beast roaming the plains, the tribesmen cautiously followed Fungal Blade's lead. Together, they took down the beast using Fungal Blade's slime hunting experience. Submerging it in water to melt its feet, flaming arrows hardened the beast's body and boiled its brain.
This celebration was not made to last, sadly. The Fungal Core's Stems village began their raid; they came in like a tsunami, taking Hive Malfunction's slime for themselves and taking several injured villagers back to their home underneath the Grand Shroom in the Fungal Core.
A decision must be taken against the Stems cult for the greater Fungal Plains people to thrive, Fungal Blade made a plan with the tribe's chief.
Fungal Blade carted the hardened body of Hive Malfunction around the Fungal Plains, attempting to convince other tribes to join his adoptive tribe in obtaining their freedom from the Stems' tyranny. Though it took a year for the disgruntled and hungry people of the Fungal Plains to all agree, the bloody attacks from the Stems cult became far too much. One-by-one, the 12 major tribe's elders came to the previously criminal Fungal Blade for a war plan.
A plan was set into action. When the Stems' raid bell rang around the Fungal Plains and their soldiers went to go pillage, Fungal Blade and an army of tribal men, women, and children stormed the center of Stem Island. A bloody battle took place, with the vengeful Stem Ram tribesmen slaughtering the Stems cult people mercilessly as an act of generational revenge. As the Stems' raiding parties returned with piles of loot from the empty villages, the battle escalated in size and bloodshed.
A 25-year-old Fungal Blade met with Sister Concordia in the giant church of Stems. They shared a small conversation about what life, death, the past, and the future all meant in the grand scheme of things. By the way she spoke, he got the feeling that she didn't realize the lunacy of her own words.
Stem Origin was beckoned from underneath the church depths. Fungal Blade skipped through the blood covered Stems roads to avoid the beast. Thinking quick, he set the town's alleyways ablaze, using his small size to roll under burning debris to escape Stem Origin. He watched as the mushroom beast roasted in an attempt to crawl over collapsing buildings.
The remaining Stems citizens watched as the invaders beheaded Sister Concordia. Fungal Blade oversaw the remaining Stems people swear off their previous deity and the horrific practices she advocated for. The Fungal Plains tribe leaders, all wishing to keep a sense of unity, wanted Stems to be rebuilt as a neutral ground. Fungal Blade was elected as leader, a role that he humbly took. The Council of 12 was officially formed.
Fungal Blade personally oversaw the reconstruction of Stems, helping the previously violent group find a more peaceful and inclusive outlook on life. The warrior personally dealt with anyone who wished to keep their old violent ways. He met his ex-Sister Conkrillen during this time, and the two of them hit it off with their equally infectious personalities. They had several children within the next year. These children would be raised to advocate for unity among all of Stem Island.
Fungal Blade contracted an unknown disease 30 years after the Battle of Stems had ended, and the new neutral city of Stems was erected in its ashes. He died as a hero to most. In his last moments, he was happily surrounded by his wife and nine children.
LOYALTY
RELATIONS
Sister Conkrillen - His teacher and closest ally.
Hive Malfunction - A beast he knew was strong... Yet he knew flexibility beat strength any day.
Stem Origin - A beast who was ever so large and brutal. Though, like with Hive Malfunction, he knew any goliath could be beat with a proper tactic.
Sister Concordia - A woman that he could tell was disillusioned by something greater than them both. It was not his choice to have her killed.
Sister Conkrillen - His teacher and closest ally.
Sister Conkrillen - His teacher and closest ally.