Character Concepts: The Clown Spider

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Ker’Velik, The Clown Spider:

*Arak’Fay. Indeterminate gender. 788yo.

*Main body spider-like. Light exoskeleton. Multijointed spider legs stemming from central thorax, abdomen behind. Humanoid torso stemming from front of thorax, with a large gash mouth near stomach area, four mandibles around it. Two scythe-like limbs halfway up and two overlong humanoid arms from shoulders. Oval head with only a short thin neck, totally bald but for the multitude of eyes that cover it. Whole body is mottled black and grey, exoskeleton and all. Eyes are purple and fluorescent. Venom and webs are translucent. TORSO WEARS GARISHLY COLOURED VEST, SHIRT AND HAT.

*Fast. Perfect memory. Learns languages incredibly fast. Neurotoxin. Hypnosis. Sensitive to vibrations, especially on his web or through water. Strong web (like sticky wire). Immune to psychological/mental pressure/interference, often backfiring on the psychic. Carries numerous spiderlings that repair and maintain Velik and his webs. Humanoid torso is not vital, easily repaired/replaced.

*Fragile. Large (chest height on a man). Severe weakness for interesting stories. Walking lie detector.

*No equipment. Garish clothes on the torso.

*Wants to learn about Earth and its inhabitants.

*Apparently good natured. Developed sense of humour. Does not appear to take joy in killing, doing so only to feed. Generally doesn’t kill entities he finds interesting, but if he does he does so with a kind of love and respect, often asking them how they would prefer to go and arranging it.

[Backstory: Ker’Velik is a member of a race of creatures that call themselves the Arak’Fay, Arach Fae or Fairy Spiders in Earth languages. Originating from a long forgotten planet, they now live on an artificial moon made entirely of web, where the young are raised and their library is kept.

An incredibly learned race and naturally inquisitive, the Fairy Spiders are renowned for having the most complete library known, with records and and information on almost any conceivable topic. Adult Arak’Fay leave their home world to drift through space, and sometimes time, to find new worlds and creatures to record. Though they are generally solitary, they are not averse to teaming up to trade information and help each other out when necessary.

Though fairly young by his race’s standards, Ker’Velik is one of the most widely known and well travelled of his race, by no means a small feat, and is recognised across countless worlds and planes as an accurate chronicler and source of wisdom. His trademark is the garish nature of clothes that he dresses his torso in, a habit unique to him as no other Arak’Fay uses clothing of any kind for any purpose.

He has come to Earth by piggy-backing on a friendly Messenger Ent taking information to Yggdrasil Galdur, the foremost Ent of Earth, in an attempt to find and study the Ravenous rumoured to be trapped there, and to study the inhabitants of that strange world that changes so fast].

Author's Note

This is a concept that I had had in my head for quite a while but it was never clear enough to work with. I finally got a workable form when I collaborated on a project with a small group of other writers. It was not used in our project, but I shaped him to be able to fit in a variety of different stories and worlds. As I see it, his main strength would be as a narrator/neutral third party type character, although that is just me.
The backstories of ALL character concepts are fully revisable or replaceable. They are simply examples.