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Name: Bartleby DOB: Unknown Type: Goblin Hometown: The Goblin Kingdom Abilities: Shadow walking, he can hide and move in shadows without being detected

Bartleby was born in a different world and surrounded by brothers and sisters. He grew up in a goblin culture where power was admired and terror ruled. The title of Goblin King was never handed down, it was taken and earned and kept by way of terror. Goblins who opposed the King were made example of if they failed through cruel punishments and Goblin Kings were were de-throned were either killed in the fray or executed by the new Goblin King. No one ever gave up the title willingly, no one ever tried to sneak away in the middle of the night.

Bartleby had been the leader of one of the largest goblin armies and lived well, a high court life with all the benefits. He had a wife and seven children. He was the Goblin King's trusted advisor and ally... or at least the Goblin King thought he was. But Bartleby was ambitious and had his eyes set on the title of Goblin King for himself. Though he was ambitious and all together selfish, he wanted to bring a different sort of rule to the land of Goblins. His brother's had always picked on him for being too nice or not bloody thirsty enough. In truth, Bartleby was an idealist, he wanted to bring peace to the scorched land but not by peaceable means. He was the commander of a fierce army and mightily skilled in battle.

With his own forces Bartleby lead a revolt against the Goblin King that ended in devastation. They struck swiftly but it was not enough to deter the Goblin King and his forces. The conflict stretched from one midnight storming to a month long battle. By the end of the first month Bartleby's forces had dwindled dramatically, they were going to loose unless Bartleby could convince the King otherwise but seeing as though diplomacy was not an option, Bartleby and his forces lost. They were captured and their families were rounded up.

First the families were put to death and the soldiers were forced to watch as their wives, husbands, and children were executed. Bartleby lost everything. It was in that moment of pure loss that Bartleby's youngest child who was dying in a pyre used all her magic to transport her father to another land. One second he was staring in hopelessness at the burning corpses before him, hearing the screams of the innocent and the next he was standing in front of a Taxi in America whose horn was blaring.

The culture shock was enough to set Bartleby into flight mode. He ran as fast as he could, trying to dodge people and cars (he of course didn't learn the proper terminology until much later). He found himself tumbling into an abandoned house in a ghost town called Charlaine. There were few souls there and it seemed safe and away from all the chaos. He hid himself away for years until a small part-human creature crawled into his building and started bugging him with questions. The child reminded him of his youngest daughter who has saved him from death and he couldn't help but begrudgingly love the little girl, even with her weird human-type ears. It wasn't long before the little girl, Cam (as he soon learned) began dragging him out into their small, peculiar world. He learned of the other residents of the seeming ghost town and even babysits Cam from time to time.

Bartleby is a somewhat cranky and not particularly sociable but he's still reeling over the guilt and burning with regret, his past is haunted and try as he might, he could never let it go.