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Male

Cal

Main character

His hair is as brown as the trunk of a towering pine, and as unruly as it's falling needles in a storm.

He has scars beneath his left eye, traveling up bridge of his nose, but she never notices them. He has whip lashes on his back, he doesn't like to talk about.

Lean. His arms are firm and strong, yet his callous hands are gentle and cautious. He wears the top of his shirt open, exposing his bare chest.

He's well tanned from his labor in the sun, and his hands are always covered in the dirt of his adventures and the ink of his quill. His skin is even and smooth with small freckles scattered about here and there on his tanned face.

5'7"

Human

His eyes are the color of dark driftwood, sanded down by the gentle waters of a calm stream. When he smiles, it's as if the sun's golden rays radiated through his eyes alone, and all else is dark.

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He has the beginnings of a mustache growing above his upper lip, outlining his alabaster teeth when he smiles.

His hair is always tousled with strands falling in his eyes, commanding his hand sweep them away.

Calyx is a strong swimmer, and a incredible story-teller (although he stretches the truth in the tales of his adventures).

Calyx's face rests in a smirk, he always seems to find amusement in the most ordinary things. He runs his hands through his hair when he's frustrated and bites the corner of his bottom lip when he's in thought. His voice is rich and full of life. He rolls his sleeves up to his elbows when he intends to show off, and laughs when Willow's stern.Tenses up, Sticks out under-bite when upset and raises his right eyebrow when amused.

Pursuing freedom, indulging curiosity, and the fear of entrapment into the mundane and mediocre.

Thoughtless, and head-strong. The scars on his face make him insecure and unsure of himself in important situations. He tend's to show off when he can, and blows off sound reason when he's upset.

Dislikes trappers (like his brother). He avoids going into town for any reason other than turning in his monthly quota. He prefers nature to people, knowing that people can be more dangerous than the wild.

Calyx was hired at 10 by the council of Calla to make maps for the town's trappers and traders; updating them on water levels, weather damage to the environment and evidence of wildlife.

Calyx was the second born of three. All father's were different and the same, as they all denounced the children while unborn. When Calyx was 5 he joined his older brother by 7 years, while setting traps in the woods for the night. Calyx fell behind and got lost. He was attacked by a wolf, leaving his face scarred. His brother violently punished him for scaring off the other animals with his crying. Two years later Calyx's mother died giving birth to his younger brother, Ash. After their mother's passing, his older brother, Forest, became increasingly abusive to Calyx and favored the newborn. Calyx ran away into the woods one night and happened upon Laurel and Willow counting the stars. They welcomed him and took him into their home. Having grown up side by side with Willow, they were the closest of friends. When Calyx came of age to take a trade he denounced trapping and became a map maker, always uncovering Calla's untouched beauty.

Calyx is self taught; It was through spending days lost he found his sense of direction. It was in failed fires in the rain he trained his hand to create a spark in any condition, he learned to climb trees to the sky, and swim the swift river. As a child he would doodle his journeys in the dirt with a stick, and as he grew older he began keeping scrolls and quills in his pack, marking his new discoveries.

When the rising action climbs, Will and Cal venture on their journey and Calyx leads them to a known spring to fill on water before finally leaving Calla's borders. Calyx is eager to replenish and runs to the spring and drinks deeply. When he looks up and scans the top of the water he sees a decomposing mind-addler floating in the water. (mind-addler is a snake who's venom turns a person mad) Horrified that he's been poisoned he sobs in Willow's arms. He beats himself up for being thoughtless, knowing now that his lifelong goal of exploring outside of Calla will never come to pass. He and Willow argue, he thinks he's foolish and worthless and she values him and sees him as more than he sees himself. They reconcile and say their goodbyes before he looses his grip on reality. They sleep next to each other under the stars, but upon waking up he's confused. He recognizes her, but not why they're at the spring. She reminds him of what happened and asks if he wants to be taken back to his brothers or to continue on the journey with her. He doesn't want to be with his abusive brother in his mentally deteriorating state, but doesn't want to burden her on the journey either. He panics and runs off to be be his own problem, as he runs he remembers their argument the night before out of context, thinking Willow believes him to be worthless. Distracted he looses his footing and falls, hitting his head on a stone and dying instantly. Willow running after him sees this happening ahead and collapses next to him sobbing. He never got to explore outside of Calla, he feared entrapment, and died trapped in his own mind, he was so loved, but died thinking he was hated. She wept and clung to his body, feeling his warmth fade from the world. She struggled dragging his body across boundary of Calla, she laid him to rest and buried him, in land not yet explored by man.