Lalli Hotakainen

Player
Name: KM
Preferred Pronoun: te/ter/terself, or they/their/themselves
Contact: preciousidiot, or thatlovingrainbow [at] gmail [dot] com

Character
Name: Lalli Hotakainen
Canon: Stand Still Stay Silent

Pull-point: The end of Book 1

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Age: 19

Gender/Sex: Male

Appearance: On the short side, though with lanky limbs for his body, skinny (some would say scrawny), white-blonde hair and grey-blue eyes. Very distinct cheekbones. body type, height compared to canonmates, most of uniform

History: Lalli was born in Finland after a world disaster almost a hundred years before (ie modern day) where a disease killed off most of the population and turned many people and other creatures into monsters, called Beasts and Trolls. The remaining population in the area (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland) settled in small, often isolated settlements and cities. Lalli spent his life with his cousins Tuuri and Onni, moving with them to a military settlement when he was 8 years old. Once he was old enough, he worked as a night scout in the Silent World - the unsafe area outside the settlement he lived in, keeping an eye out for Beasts or Trolls coming too close to the walls.

At some point, his cousin Tuuri signed the two of them up to join an expedition into the Silent World that was being put together by a quartet of people who had interest in not only exploring the long-abandoned cities in the Silent World but in collecting books, which would fetch a very high price due to the rarity of books from before, and the potential lost history and knowledge contained in them. Lalli and Tuuri left the settlement, and Finland entirely, to go on said expedition, which was a great adventure for Tuuri and not really too different to Lalli, who would still be performing night scout duties, just in a different place.

Personality: Lalli is a very quiet person. Extremely quiet, even. He doesn't talk much, and isn't particularly good at socialization even when he does. He's a lot like a cat (both in movement and temperament), but is at heart a good kid whose instincts are to help people when he can. He often seems a little spacy or possibly even "touched"/"not all there" because he often tunes out unimportant conversation and happenings, only really paying attention to things that he must or that catch his attention. He's perfectly intelligent when he wants to be, though. Also, he can be a little unsettling due to his propensity to perch places and just stare at people.

And he's easily bought with cookies.

Abilities:

• As a Noita, a Finnish mage, he can see spirits and "control elements of nature". What that's panned out as so far has been he has cast spells for protection from the moon against attacks during the night on the train they took at one point, and clearing the static (and I think evil spirits of some sort?) from the radio lines so they could contact their sponsors. He can also sense the presence of nearby Trolls and Beasts sometimes, as well as contact/encounter fellow mages while dreaming.
  
• As a night scout, Lalli has learned to remember the terrain he's covered, and has a good sense of direction. Show him where to go on a map, and he can find and patrol that area, then come back and point out areas of trouble or note on the map.
  
• He's pretty good with the rifle he carries for protection, not that he has it with him.

Inventory: Just his clothes, for the moment

Anything else: Not that I can think of at the moment.