Character Profile -- Brekken Grimmod

Name: Brekken Grimmod
Age: 13 years from his death, at age 26
Gender: Male
Race: Hylian (now a spirit)
Location: Shadow Realm (previously Tyria, member of the house of Grimmod)

Appearance: Brekken's appearance now, as a resident of the Shadow Realm, is unchanged in features, but markedly different in every other way. He once possessed the dark good looks of the House of Grimmod: sharp, prominent nose, strong jaw and chin. Now he appears to the Light Realm in mostly gray hues and blank expression.

Background: House of Grimmod -- in the words of the lower class, a house that "reproduced like rabbits." Daphnes Grimmod, after all, had four different wives, twice as many mistresses, and his sons followed suit. What resulted from this is more sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters of the House of Grimmod than had any other houses in Hyrule. Brekken was one such grandson, though through which exact Grimmod line people had long lost track of. He merely appeared one day on the scene with letters of introduction from Lord Grimmod; promptly established his household as a bachelor; and began to socialize among the elite. During his lifetime, Brekken was a charmer, merry-maker extraordinaire. He was notorious for going to the nobleman's public houses and buying rounds for everyone present. The quintessential debonair fellow, Brekken threw the most lavish parties, was known by everyone and knew everyone in return. He wore always upon his person a very prestigious ring -- a diamond held in the jaws of a serpent on each side of it. When asked about it, he always told that it was an old family heirloom.

It wasn't until his death that it was realized how little anyone actually knew him. One evening after dinner, he told his servants he was going to take a short ride on his horse, known to be a very well-trained white mare. Hours later, the horse returned without a rider.

The oddest part was how no one from the House of Grimmod seemed to notice. A couple of weak inquiries were sent out from Daphnes in attempts to locate him, but after awhile, all the other nobles took for granted that Brekken had taken his sense of adventure elsewhere, perhaps to the expanding west. Life went on, and soon, he was all but forgotten.

It wasn't until the aftermath of a horrible storm ten years later that a small group of children wandered through a wooded area and saw an object sticking up out of the dirt -- a diamond, held in the jaws of serpents. Attached was a skeletal hand. Someone had finally found Brekken Grimmod. With his bones was found an arrow that had struck him in the chest, and his skull was cracked from behind.

The Grimmod family's immediate reaction was puzzling. As the famous ring was still intact, and plenty of money found stashed in a pocket, it was accepted that whomever had killed Brekken did not do so with the intent to steal from him. However, the Grimmod family did not seek justice or seem very troubled about the murder in the least. This lead to rumors that the murder was committed from inside the family.

The hauntings began shortly after he was reburied. Possessing a short tolerance for the supernatural, Lord Grimmod arranged to purchase a Light Parcel as quickly as possible, hiring a young woman with the strange name of Garden to send Brekken off into the afterlife. Exhumed for yet a third time from his grave, Brekken had the amulet placed over his chest, and Garden was the last to see his spirit for awhile, as, warmed by his Light Parcel, he gave a modest smile, and turning to walk away to the Shadow Realm.

But now, something's happened.  For the last few months, Brekken has been appearing once again, without his amulet, which presumably had been stolen or he had tossed away. This was an unfortunate common occurrence these days, given the bleeding together of the various realms of the world -- but Brekken seems to follow Garden exclusively. He shows up at unexpected places, leaning against a wall, standing right in front of her, or even sitting on a surface, each time with a blank, confused expression on his face as he stares off. Despite Garden's efforts to engage him and find out what he wants, he seems not to hear her, with the exception of two times when he suddenly looked at her as though he were seeing her for the first time, and began shouting frantically. His words were impossible to discern, however, as they sound to the human ear as distant, haunting echoes.

Caught between realms in substance, Brekken's mind and emotions are caught in a limbo of their own. What will stir him from his odd trance? Is Garden doomed to have his spirit attached to her -- which she assumes is because hers was the last face he saw with his own mind and emotions still in tact? Are those of both the Realm of Light and the Realm of Shadow without hope of having their own separate worlds restored? Who can bear the cost if they aren't?