Pophin
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Description
He is a small weak man. He is very short, only stands at about five feet. However he seems to have absolutely no sound wile stepping and you can never sense that he is near you, unless you see him, he is clearly a man of extreme stealth. His stealth is his main advantage and the only reason he was able to last so long. He speaks in a slight French accent, but his voice is very soft, but can get much louder when he is angry or frightened.
When he was possessed by the spirit demon, he went through some physical changes. Immediately he grew demonic wings, his eyes bled over to a solid red and his skin paled. Also he gained a high skill in fire and demonic magic.
Bio
He was forced to join the Dark Empire under his own will, like Duilin was. However he was very loyal to the Dark Empire, mainly because he was homeless and near death before he join, but the Empire “helped” him. He earned enough trust that he was given the job of being a messenger and spy for the Dark Empire, and he gives a lot of information to them to. He is Veronika's right hand man. He doesn't talk much, mostly only to Veronika and his other generals. He's usually the one in the conversation that doesn't talk much, but that's just because he doesn’t have much to say. During his time in the Empire, he had a few encounters with Duilin. Duilin occasionally acted violently upon Pophin, mostly it wasn't about him, it is just Duilin was dealing with quite some rage and felt that he had to take it out on somebody. Altough it didn't seem like it, Pophin was indeed a member of the Talonscar.
Later it was revealed that he was the older brother of Duilin, who shared the same father, Abodahon, yet the demonic gene was not passed to him.
In Chapter 3
"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time..."
Him and Veronika were waiting, to arive to the Romme island on Retan's Vessel. He was wondering if one of the General who went there, by the name of Nex was still alive. Genma insured Pophin that he was not, yet Pophin didn't think so. As they arrived he accompanied Veronika on many recon missions. When they finally found the hidden cave were the remains of the Romme army were hiding, they were able to capture Duilin. They talked with him a bit, mostly about the location of Nex and why he left the Empire, however they were able to convice him the rejoin, or so they thought. As Pophin and Duilin were about to sneak into the cave, Duilin smacks Pophin over the head. Duilin tied Pophin up and puts him next to Nex's gave, and leaves a note. Pophin wakes up and in thrown into totally rage. He enventually escapes, and wanders about watching basically everything that was going on, but is too afraid to fight. Pophin eventually bumps into Qeni and Zev. He tells the two to leave him alone, yet they seem to follow him for quite a bit. Pophin eventually looses them and then arives back at Retan's Vessel. Only to witness the fights between Genma and Zeros', Duilin and Veronika and Seth and a very well trained Dark Empire officer. After the fights are over, the vessel is turned invisible by one of Retan's spells. He then talks with Seth, trying to convince him that joining the Dark Empire is a very wise choice. Soon he leaves the vessel, only to bump into Duilin again. As the two fistfight, the ghost of Nex possesses him. After a climatic fight, The possessed Pophin throws a large fireball at Duilin, yet the half demon counters the fireball and tosses it back at him, burning Pophin to a crisp.
In Chapter 9
"Oh my, people are here! Oh sorry I forgot to care!"
Pophin made a very brief appearance, when Valos, summoned the spirits of him and Nex. He was defeated with the combined efforts of Xenai and Ven. His spirit was then transfered back into Valos' body.
In Chapter 14
"It's all over for me now. My afterlife is over, no chance of bringing me back."
Pophin made his final appearance as a sort of ghost, in the form of a burnt corpse. He used an illusion spell, similar to a spell the Velkens use, so he could speak to Duilin. He told him that he escaped Hell by breaking through a small hell gate Nex created. He warned Duilin that the Talonscar cult has returned, and they'll likely want to kill him this time. He also gave one last apology, before his soul dissolved, ultimately ending his after life.