ORIGIN - Profile of Wightbeard

CYCLE 138 — Current time: Oct 24 2026, 10:11 AM

Wightbeard

Inactive

Full Name: Captain Steve Wightbeard

Alias: n/a

Gender: Male

Age: 41 Cycles

Species: Ooze

Magicka: ʡ 220

Postlog: n/a

ACHIEVEMENTS

ENCHANTED ITEMS

Activity Log — View Postlog

10/06/26 — Aged up to 41 cycles.
09/06/26 — Aged up to 40 cycles.
08/07/26 — Aged up to 39 cycles.
07/08/26 — Aged up to 38 cycles.
06/08/26 — Aged up to 37 cycles.
05/09/26 — Aged up to 36 cycles.
04/09/26 — Aged up to 35 cycles.
03/09/26 — Aged up to 34 cycles.
02/07/26 — Aged up to 33 cycles.
01/08/26 — Aged up to 32 cycles.
12/09/25 — Aged up to 31 cycles.
11/09/25 — Aged up to 30 cycles.
10/10/25 — Aged up to 29 cycles.
09/10/25 — Aged up to 28 cycles.
08/11/25 — Aged up to 27 cycles.
07/12/25 — Aged up to 26 cycles.
06/12/25 — Aged up to 25 cycles.
05/13/25 — Aged up to 24 cycles.
04/13/25 — Aged up to 23 cycles.
03/14/25 — Aged up to 22 cycles.
01/20/25 — Aged up to 21 cycles.
12/21/24 — Aged up to 20 cycles.
11/21/24 — Aged up to 19 cycles.
10/22/24 — Aged up to 18 cycles.
09/22/24 — Aged up to 17 cycles.
08/23/24 — Aged up to 16 cycles.
07/23/24 — Aged up to 15 cycles.
06/23/24 — Aged up to 14 cycles.
05/24/24 — Aged up to 13 cycles.
04/24/24 — Aged up to 12 cycles.
03/24/24 — Aged up to 11 cycles.
02/21/24 — Aged up to 10 cycles.
01/22/24 — Aged up to 9 cycles.
12/23/23 — Aged up to 8 cycles.
11/23/23 — Aged up to 7 cycles.
10/24/23 — Aged up to 6 cycles.
09/24/23 — Aged up to 5 cycles.
08/25/23 — Aged up to 4 cycles.
08/10/23 — Attempted to Cast Bubble (Successful!) in Enrollment
07/26/23 — Aged up to 3 cycles.
07/02/23 — Ascended to Pupil magic level.
07/02/23 — Learned the spell Mist Cover
07/02/23 — Received ʡ 120 from Game Master Dark
06/26/23 — Aged up to 2 cycles.
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Retention (Successful!) in Enrollment
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Retention (Successful!) in Enrollment
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Retention (Barely Successful!) in Enrollment
06/11/23 — Created a thread Enrollment in Cepheus
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Bubble (Critical Failure!) in Enrollment
06/11/23 — Was taught spell Gust by Origin Cave
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Retention (Successful!) in A Very Tiny Man
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Retention (Failure!) in A Very Tiny Man
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Cold Snap (Barely Successful!) in A Very Tiny Man
06/11/23 — Learned the spell Retention
06/11/23 — Attempted to Cast Bubble (Successful!) in A Very Tiny Man
06/11/23 — Learned the spell Low Spell Borrow
06/11/23 — Learned the spell Cold Snap
06/11/23 — Received ʡ 500 from V-Onyx-Two
05/28/23 — Created a thread A Very Tiny Man in Fornax
05/28/23 — Attempted to Cast Bubble (Barely Successful!) in A Very Tiny Man
05/28/23 — Was taught spell Bubble by Origin Cave

Appearance

An ooze in the shape of an ancient mariner. As a child, he is not a child in appearance but rather, a miniature mariner: an old, bearded soldier two feet high. It's a little weird.

Overview. Wightbeard is an ooze-like conglomeration of mostly unspecialized cells that weighs around one hundred eighty pounds. Generally, he takes the shape (and persona) of a six foot tall sea captain, with cell densities and natural phosphorescence helping to create the illusion of layers of beard, elaborate clothing, and various (often changing according to his preference at the time) accessories. When deeply stressed, however, Wightbeard has a tendency to melt into a puddle of still-sentient goop, which can be alarming (or comical) to those who don't expect it. This ooze is slightly less dense than water so he can float, but not dive. Being an ooze, he's not very capable of fast, strong movements, instead sort of sliming his way around.

Biological Details. Biologically, his body is made of generalized cells: rather than having specialized organs, they are all able to perform most functions individually. There is still a brain--a core of slightly brighter glowing cells around a dark green pearl usually situated in his 'head'--and other cells can specialize over time to serve the function of eyes, ears, and so on. Wightbeard's body absorbs energy by engulfing algae, molds and bacteria that surround him, and supplements this with magical absorption; he is also able to simply ingest organic matter and slowly digest it on a cellular level (in which case the food is visible within his translucent body, just... sitting there). Alcohol and other toxins affect him in generally the same way they would any Gembound, but the mechanism is somewhat different, affecting each and every cell to a minor extent rather than targetting specialized systems that he does not possess.

'Ghostly' Possession. Lastly, Wightbeard is capable of spreading to an inanimate object of choice, like a slime mold: extending tens of thousands of cells (over the course of careful hours) into a network along the object, forming it into an extension of his own body. While he can break physical contact with the object (ex. tools, weapons, or... a ship) for short periods, prolonged separation will degrade the physical and magical link, severing him and killing the integrated cells.

Personality

Captain Wightbeard hatches in Fornax with a complete obsession with all things nautical. Whether he was designed by a Master for this purpose or comes up with the idea himself, he quickly grows quite obsessed with serving as a sea captain of a ship to ferry Gembounds back and forth from the shores to Lacerta.

This informs the rest of his personality: for some reason, even as a child, he seems to think of himself as a grizzled and salty old sea dog despite having never sailed upon the sea. He will seek out knowledge--books in the library of Cepheus, primarily, and perhaps aid from the Blacksmith, Collector or others--to learn how to sail. That doesn't mean he won't constantly mix up port and starboard, but his general personality will be helpful, mysteriously stare-off-into-the-distance telling-tall-tales Captain, though that mysterious and ocean-saga history he'd like to embrace simply does not exist. It's his identity. Challenging him on it is liable to see him grow distressed or even melt away to avoid the confrontation, at least until he actually has experience in sailing to back up his words. He enjoys drama, though: fantastic stories and ominous warnings, ocean storms and sea monsters. He's at his happiest when immersing himself in such things--or the fantasy that surrounds the concepts.

History

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