Guydust - Revision history

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	[[File:Guydust Portrait.jpg\|thumb\|Guydust LeGrock (oil painting)]]		[[File:Guydust Portrait.jpg\|thumb\|Guydust LeGrock (oil painting)]]One of the party members from [[The Wager - Chronological order of Events\|The Wager]].
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	* Charles "LeChuck" LeGrock (Father)		*Charles "LeChuck" LeGrock (Father)
	* Elizabeth Marley (Mother)		*Elizabeth Marley (Mother)
	* Kate "Capsize" LeGrock (Older Sister)		* Kate "Capsize" LeGrock (Older Sister)
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	\|'''Other Notable Proficiencies'''		\|'''Other Notable Proficiencies'''
	\|Banjo Dulcimer, Disguise Kit, Thieves' Tools		\|Banjo Dulcimer, Disguise Kit, Thieves' Tools
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			\|'''Party'''
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	== Character Summary ==		== Character Summary ==
	~~[[File:Guydust Portrait.jpg\|thumb\|Guydust LeGrock (oil painting)]]~~
	'''Guydust LeGrock''' is a player character originating from ''[[Threepwood Isle]]'', a region known for its playful piracy, tropical levity, and folkloric sea legends. Despite the island’s lighthearted reputation, Guydust’s early life was shaped by hardship and sacrifice. With strikingly androgynous features, a flamboyant sense of style, and a quicksilver wit, he became an object of unwanted attention at a young age—attention that would eventually determine the course of his adolescence.		'''Guydust LeGrock''' is a player character originating from ''[[Threepwood Isle]]'', a region known for its playful piracy, tropical levity, and folkloric sea legends. Despite the island’s lighthearted reputation, Guydust’s early life was shaped by hardship and sacrifice. With strikingly androgynous features, a flamboyant sense of style, and a quicksilver wit, he became an object of unwanted attention at a young age—attention that would eventually determine the course of his adolescence.

	'''<u><big>''(Trigger) Warning:''</big></u>'''		'''<u><big>''(Trigger) Warning:''</big></u>'''<blockquote>This character and their backstory are shaped by heavy themes: abuse, coercion, (sexual) exploitation and profoundly traumatic circumstances. '''The character will be role-played with respect for these themes, focusing on healing, resilience, and personal agency.''' While Guydust is a humorous character in his own right, the aim of role-playing this character is to address these issues with maturity, honesty, and yes, a healthy serving of levity, when needed. ''Should this '''ever''' feel like it turns the game night into a therapy session, please bring that to the attention of the character's player or the DM.''</blockquote>

	This character and their backstory are shaped by heavy themes: abuse, coercion, (sexual) exploitation and profoundly traumatic circumstances. '''The character will be role-played with respect for these themes, focusing on healing, resilience, and personal agency.''' While Guydust is a humorous character in his own right, the aim of role-playing this character is to address these issues with maturity, honesty, and yes, a healthy serving of levity, when needed. ''Should this '''ever''' feel like it turns the game night into a therapy session, please bring that to the attention of the character's player or the DM.''

	=== Early Life and Family ===		=== Early Life and Family ===

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	\|'''Race'''		\|'''Race'''
	\|Human (Sarodin / Variant)		\|Human ([[Sarodin Sea\|Sarodin]] / Variant)
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	\|'''Birthplace'''		\|'''Birthplace'''
	\|Threepwood Isle, Playa del ~~Banana~~		\|[[Threepwood Isle]], Playa del Bañano
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	\|'''Hometown'''		\|'''Hometown'''
	\|Avale		\|[[Avale]]
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	== Character Summary ==		== Character Summary ==
			[[File:Guydust Portrait.jpg\|thumb\|Guydust LeGrock (oil painting)]]
	'''Guydust LeGrock''' is a player character originating from ''[[Threepwood Isle]]'', a region known for its playful piracy, tropical levity, and folkloric sea legends. Despite the island’s lighthearted reputation, Guydust’s early life was shaped by hardship and sacrifice. With strikingly androgynous features, a flamboyant sense of style, and a quicksilver wit, he became an object of unwanted attention at a young age—attention that would eventually determine the course of his adolescence.		'''Guydust LeGrock''' is a player character originating from ''[[Threepwood Isle]]'', a region known for its playful piracy, tropical levity, and folkloric sea legends. Despite the island’s lighthearted reputation, Guydust’s early life was shaped by hardship and sacrifice. With strikingly androgynous features, a flamboyant sense of style, and a quicksilver wit, he became an object of unwanted attention at a young age—attention that would eventually determine the course of his adolescence.

	'''<u>Warning:</u>''' This character and their backstory are shaped by abuse, (sexual) exploitation and profoundly ~~complicated trauma~~. While Guydust is a humorous character in his own right, the aim of role-playing this character is to address these issues with maturity, honesty, and yes, a healthy serving of levity, when needed. ''Should this '''ever''' feel like it turns the game night into a therapy session, please bring that to the attention of the character's player or the DM.''		'''<u><big>''(Trigger) Warning:''</big></u>'''

			This character and their backstory are shaped by heavy themes: abuse, coercion, (sexual) exploitation and profoundly traumatic circumstances. '''The character will be role-played with respect for these themes, focusing on healing, resilience, and personal agency.''' While Guydust is a humorous character in his own right, the aim of role-playing this character is to address these issues with maturity, honesty, and yes, a healthy serving of levity, when needed. ''Should this '''ever''' feel like it turns the game night into a therapy session, please bring that to the attention of the character's player or the DM.''

	=== Early Life and Family ===		=== Early Life and Family ===

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	\|'''Relatives'''		\|'''Relatives'''
	\|Charles "LeChuck" LeGrock (Father)		\|
	Elizabeth Marley (Mother)		* Charles "LeChuck" LeGrock (Father)
	Kate "Capsize" LeGrock (Older Sister)		* Elizabeth Marley (Mother)
			* Kate "Capsize" LeGrock (Older Sister)
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	\|'''Languages'''		\|'''Languages'''

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	=== Early Life and Family ===		=== Early Life and Family ===
	Guydust was born to Charles “LeChuck” LeGrock and ~~Elisabeth~~ Marley, and grew up alongside his adventurous sister, Kate “Capsize” LeGrock. When Kate was nearly trapped into working for the '''Honey Trap Tavern'''—a notorious establishment disguised as a cabaret—Guydust intervened. To spare his sister, he entered into a binding arrangement with the tavern’s proprietors: '''Madame Groan''' and the trio of enigmatic madames who oversaw the internal operations of the Honey Trap.		Guydust was born to [[Charles “LeChuck” LeGrock]] and [[Elizabeth Marley]], and grew up alongside his adventurous sister, [[Kate “Capsize” LeGrock]]. When Kate was nearly trapped into working for the '''Honey Trap Tavern'''—a notorious establishment disguised as a cabaret—Guydust intervened. To spare his sister, he entered into a binding arrangement with the tavern’s proprietors: '''[[Madame Groan]]''' and the trio of enigmatic madames who oversaw the internal operations of the Honey Trap.

	He is one of the few who have deeper knowledge to the voodoo powers of the Triumvirate he served, yet he is convinced that if he ever speaks about it, his soul will get yanked out of his body to be creatively tortured for several eternities.		He is one of the few who have deeper knowledge to the voodoo powers of the ''[[Virulent Triumvirate\|Triumvirate]]'' he served, yet he is convinced that if he ever speaks about it, his soul will get yanked out of his body to be creatively tortured for several eternities.

	=== Honey Trapped ===		=== Honey Trapped ===
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	=== Personality and Themes ===		=== Personality and Themes ===
	Guydust is characterized by flamboyance, humor, theatricality, and a relentless use of affectionate nicknames. Beneath his showmanship lies a desire for freedom, emotional security, and the reclamation of his fractured sense of self. His defining ~~obsession—~~'''subverting heroic romanticism'''~~—leads~~ him to challenge traditional ideals of heroism by proving that irreverence, individuality, and self-invention can be just as powerful as valor or nobility.		Guydust is characterized by flamboyance, humor, theatricality, and a relentless use of affectionate nicknames. Beneath his showmanship lies a desire for freedom, emotional security, and the reclamation of his fractured sense of self. His defining obsession — '''subverting heroic romanticism''' — leads him to (almost constantly) challenge traditional ideals of heroism by proving that irreverence, individuality, and self-invention can be just as powerful as valor or nobility -- if not outright superior.

	=== Role in Play ===		=== Role in Play ===
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	== Husk ==		== Husk ==
	If it werent for [[Husk]], Guydust would not be walking free today. The gambling man is an enigma to Guydust, with a constant push-and-pull that fascinates the performer.		If it werent for '''[[Husk]]''', Guydust would not be walking free today. The gambling man is an enigma to Guydust, with a constant push-and-pull that fascinates the performer.

	Guydust’s freedom came unexpectedly through a high-stakes gambling match involving an eccentric patron known as '''Husk'''. During a dramatic final wager, Guydust was offered up as collateral by the tavern’s proprietors. Husk won the game—and Guydust—effectively ending the latter’s indenture.		Guydust’s freedom came unexpectedly through a high-stakes gambling match involving an eccentric patron known as '''Husk'''. During a dramatic final wager, Guydust was offered up as collateral by the tavern’s proprietors. Husk won the game—and Guydust—effectively ending the latter’s indenture.
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	== Rumors ==		== Rumors ==
	~~"Guydust" is neither his birthname nor his stage-name. The moniker is something far more than just a persona he puts on - and something much darker.~~

	His Hand Crossbow is literally made from hand-bones and tanned human skin.		* "Guydust" is neither his birthname nor his stage-name. The moniker is something far more than just a persona he puts on - and something much darker.
			* His Hand Crossbow is literally made from hand-bones and tanned human skin.
	He was the most lucrative, highest-earning performer that the Honey Trap Tavern ever knew.		* He was the most lucrative, highest-earning performer that the Honey Trap Tavern ever knew.
			* He was once haunted by the ghosts of a pirate crew that perished, lost at sea, but he talked them into haunting someone else instead.
	He was once haunted by the ghosts of a pirate crew that perished, lost at sea, but he talked them into haunting someone else instead.		* Some of the songs he sings are from places where no mortal has ever been.
			* He once seduced a coven of witched by taking a bath in their cauldron - with their familiars.
	Some of the songs he sings are from places where no mortal has ever been.		* Two years ago, he challenged a siren to a singing contest - and won. That’s why one particular stretch of coastline is known as '''Treble Cove'''.
			* When he was a kid, he didn't sleep with a teddy bear. In fact, he still has the same rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle, with which he cuddles on the rare occasions when he sleeps alone.
	He once seduced a coven of witched by taking a bath in their cauldron - with their familiars.		* His family has relocated to the '''Arrya Shore'''.

	Two years ago, he challenged a siren to a singing contest - and won. That’s why one particular stretch of coastline is known as '''Treble Cove'''.

	When he was a kid, he didn't sleep with a teddy bear. In fact, he still has the same rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle, with which he cuddles on the rare occasions when he sleeps alone.

	His family has relocated to the '''Arrya Shore'''.

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{| class="wikitable"
|'''Name'''
|Guydust LeGrock
|-
|'''Race'''
|Human (Sarodin / Variant)
|-
|'''Age'''
|21
|-
|'''Class'''
|Rogue
|-
|'''Background'''
|Entertainer
|-
|'''Birthplace'''
|Threepwood Isle, Playa del Banana
|-
|'''Hometown'''
|Avale
|-
|'''Relatives'''
|Charles "LeChuck" LeGrock (Father)
Elizabeth Marley (Mother)
Kate "Capsize" LeGrock (Older Sister)
|-
|'''Languages'''
|Common, Pirate Jargon (Thieves's Cant), TBA
|-
|'''Notable Skills'''
|Acrobatics, '''Deception''', Perception, '''Performance''', Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Etiquette (Criminal Underworld)
|-
|'''Other Notable Proficiencies'''
|Banjo Dulcimer, Disguise Kit, Thieves' Tools
|}

== Character Summary ==
'''Guydust LeGrock''' is a player character originating from ''[[Threepwood Isle]]'', a region known for its playful piracy, tropical levity, and folkloric sea legends. Despite the island’s lighthearted reputation, Guydust’s early life was shaped by hardship and sacrifice. With strikingly androgynous features, a flamboyant sense of style, and a quicksilver wit, he became an object of unwanted attention at a young age—attention that would eventually determine the course of his adolescence.

'''<u>Warning:</u>''' This character and their backstory are shaped by abuse, (sexual) exploitation and profoundly complicated trauma. While Guydust is a humorous character in his own right, the aim of role-playing this character is to address these issues with maturity, honesty, and yes, a healthy serving of levity, when needed. ''Should this '''ever''' feel like it turns the game night into a therapy session, please bring that to the attention of the character's player or the DM.''

=== Early Life and Family ===
Guydust was born to Charles “LeChuck” LeGrock and Elisabeth Marley, and grew up alongside his adventurous sister, Kate “Capsize” LeGrock. When Kate was nearly trapped into working for the '''Honey Trap Tavern'''—a notorious establishment disguised as a cabaret—Guydust intervened. To spare his sister, he entered into a binding arrangement with the tavern’s proprietors: '''Madame Groan''' and the trio of enigmatic madames who oversaw the internal operations of the Honey Trap.

He is one of the few who have deeper knowledge to the voodoo powers of the Triumvirate he served, yet he is convinced that if he ever speaks about it, his soul will get yanked out of his body to be creatively tortured for several eternities.

=== Honey Trapped ===
Over the following four years, Guydust worked under coercive conditions, performing roles that exploited his charm, talent, and appearance. His experience at the Honey Trap shaped both his flamboyant persona and the masked vulnerability beneath it. This period also honed his skills as a performer, conversationalist, and opportunist—traits that would define him in later adventures.

=== Personality and Themes ===
Guydust is characterized by flamboyance, humor, theatricality, and a relentless use of affectionate nicknames. Beneath his showmanship lies a desire for freedom, emotional security, and the reclamation of his fractured sense of self. His defining obsession—'''subverting heroic romanticism'''—leads him to challenge traditional ideals of heroism by proving that irreverence, individuality, and self-invention can be just as powerful as valor or nobility.

=== Role in Play ===
As an adventurer, Guydust combines performative flair, streetwise competence, and emotional depth. His narrative explores themes of survival, self-reinvention, found family, and the tension between persona and authenticity, while maintaining a comedic, flamboyant, and high-energy presence at the table.

== Husk ==
If it werent for [[Husk]], Guydust would not be walking free today. The gambling man is an enigma to Guydust, with a constant push-and-pull that fascinates the performer.

Guydust’s freedom came unexpectedly through a high-stakes gambling match involving an eccentric patron known as '''Husk'''. During a dramatic final wager, Guydust was offered up as collateral by the tavern’s proprietors. Husk won the game—and Guydust—effectively ending the latter’s indenture.

Publicly, Husk claims to keep Guydust as a “high-value gambling chip,” but their traveling companionship suggests a deeper, if complicated, bond. Guydust views Husk as the first authentic hero he has encountered, while Husk tolerates, protects, and occasionally begrudgingly relies on him. Their relationship forms a central emotional axis of the character’s story.

== Rumors ==
"Guydust" is neither his birthname nor his stage-name. The moniker is something far more than just a persona he puts on - and something much darker.

His Hand Crossbow is literally made from hand-bones and tanned human skin.

He was the most lucrative, highest-earning performer that the Honey Trap Tavern ever knew.

He was once haunted by the ghosts of a pirate crew that perished, lost at sea, but he talked them into haunting someone else instead.

Some of the songs he sings are from places where no mortal has ever been.

He once seduced a coven of witched by taking a bath in their cauldron - with their familiars.

Two years ago, he challenged a siren to a singing contest - and won. That’s why one particular stretch of coastline is known as '''Treble Cove'''.

When he was a kid, he didn't sleep with a teddy bear. In fact, he still has the same rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle, with which he cuddles on the rare occasions when he sleeps alone.

His family has relocated to the '''Arrya Shore'''.