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Phrygian's true form is the haunted Deck 7 and the inky, billowing ghost wandering it. Their envoy form for interacting with non-Branched people is made of writhing wires forming an "altogether convincing" humanoid figure.  
Phrygian's true form is the haunted Deck 7 and the inky, billowing ghost wandering it. Their envoy form for interacting with non-Branched people is made of writhing wires forming an "altogether convincing" humanoid figure.  


Their first war form, Diminished, is a worm-like humanoid mech with cables gaining and losing tension and snapping into place as it moves. Keith references [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZVw8 art by Benoit Godde].<ref>[[PARTIZAN 32: GLORY Arrives]]</ref>
Their first war form, Diminished, is a worm-like humanoid mech with cables gaining and losing tension and snapping into place as it moves. Keith references [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZVw8 art by Benoit Godde].<ref name="PZN32">[[PARTIZAN 32: GLORY Arrives]]</ref>


Their second war form, Gab or [the sound of G over a♭] is an almost loosened version of the previous form, its cables slack and wobbling.<ref>[[PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3: The Stories Told About the Things We Do]]</ref> During ''PALISADE'', they have a viridian "sac" for their Buccal Outpocket, a sniper rifle equivalent powered by air similar to that of Ikalgo from Hunter x Hunter.  
Their second war form, Gab or [the sound of G over a♭] is an almost loosened version of the previous form, its cables slack and wobbling.<ref name="PZN47">[[PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3: The Stories Told About the Things We Do]]</ref> During ''PALISADE'', they have a viridian "sac" for their Buccal Outpocket, a sniper rifle equivalent powered by air similar to that of Ikalgo from Hunter x Hunter.  


In ''PALISADE'', during downtime, they can become a bedroom for the crew of the ''[[Blue Channel (ship)|Blue Channel]]'' to use for whatever they'd like. The room has a modest library (whose books change according to Phrygian's mood) and a breakfast nook.<ref>[[PALISADE 01: Into the World Pt. 1]]</ref> They have a journal on one shelf that can relay their thoughts, but they can also open any orifice in the room to speak, like in ''The Brave Little Toaster''.<ref name=":0">[[PALISADE 04: I Would Like to Help You Pt. 1]]</ref>  
In ''PALISADE'', during downtime, they can become a bedroom for the crew of the ''[[Blue Channel (ship)|Blue Channel]]'' to use for whatever they'd like. The room has a modest library (whose books change according to Phrygian's mood) and a breakfast nook.<ref name="PAL01">[[PALISADE 01: Into the World Pt. 1]]</ref> They have a journal on one shelf that can relay their thoughts, but they can also open any orifice in the room to speak, like in ''The Brave Little Toaster''.<ref name="PAL04">[[PALISADE 04: I Would Like to Help You Pt. 1]]</ref> This is not the only way in which they become part of the ''Blue Channel''<nowiki/>'s layout: in their therapy session with [[Saffron Septet]], they are the therapy sofa. (Their face is still visible, but on the side of the sofa.)<ref name="PAL20" />  


During the [[PALISADE 06: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 1|masquerade party]], they wear a ruffled shirt (like Jerry Seinfeld's ruffled shirt in ''Seinfeld'' but even more ruffled) and black jeans with a belt. As a mask, they have grown their face wires into something like commemorative New Year's plastic glasses, which spell out "Phrygian" with each letter shaped like their own body. At one point, they grow out a hand from one of these bodies and use it to shake hands.<ref>[[PALISADE 06: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 1]]</ref> When they're surprised at the masquerade, all of the little Phrygians blink in a row.<ref>[[PALISADE 09: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 4]]</ref>
During the [[PALISADE 06: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 1|masquerade party]], they wear a ruffled shirt (like Jerry Seinfeld's ruffled shirt in ''Seinfeld'' but even more ruffled) and black jeans with a belt. As a mask, they have grown their face wires into something like commemorative New Year's plastic glasses, which spell out "Phrygian" with each letter shaped like their own body. At one point, they grow out a hand from one of these bodies and use it to shake hands.<ref name="PAL06">[[PALISADE 06: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 1]]</ref> When they're surprised at the masquerade, all of the little Phrygians blink in a row.<ref name="PAL09">[[PALISADE 09: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 4]]</ref>


==Personality==
==Personality==
Phrygian is a fan of mediocre comedy movies.<ref>[[PALISADE 12: Worth the Trouble Pt. 1]]</ref>
Phrygian is a scientist who has been forced to fight a war, and they approach the world as such. Their first priority is always to try to help the Branched by opposing the [[Divine Principality]]. They don't care about the liberation of the people in Principality space or the occupation of [[Palisade (planet)|Palisade]]; they fight for [[Millennium Break]] and the [[Cause (PALISADE)|Cause]] because of the common goal of fighting the Principality.<ref name="PAL20">[[PALISADE 20: In Their Fear Pt. 1]]</ref><ref group="note">Their priorities are brought up during their therapy session in "[[PALISADE 20: In Their Fear Pt. 1|In Their Fear Pt. 1]]" and confirmed more explicitly by Keith in episode 4 of ''[[Gathering Information]]''.</ref>
 
They are a fan of mediocre comedy movies. Because Branched culture is so different from that of the [[Divine Principality]] and other adjacent civilizations, the basic tropes and cliches of movies and other stories from Principality space work extremely well on Phrygian: they haven't built up any defenses to them.<ref name="PAL12">[[PALISADE 12: Worth the Trouble Pt. 1]]</ref>


===Drive (''[[Beam Saber]]'')===
===Drive (''[[Beam Saber]]'')===


*Deal a lasting blow in the war against the Principality.
*Deal a lasting blow in the war against the Principality.
===Hooks (''[[Armour Astir: Advent|Armour Astir]]'')===
*[[The Figure in Bismuth|Figure]] is precarious; however they steady themself, it must be on the side of Millennium Break.
*Success for Millennium Break means a reprieve for my home.
*I am a scientist who is meant to be researching a god, but instead I am fighting a war, which is a worse job.
===Burden (''Armour Astir'')===
*War-Weary<ref name="PAL17">[[PALISADE 17: Upon Our Grace Pt. 4]]</ref>


==History and Involvement==
==History and Involvement==
Phrygian is a member of the Branched who arrived on Partizan with a team of undercover researchers, seeking to understand [[True Divine|the God]] preached about by [[Gur Sevraq]]. While investigating, they and their team were captured and experimented on by [[Stel Apostolos]] and [[the Pact of Necessary Venture]]. Phrygian and [[Corrasion]] are the only remaining members of their team.


During ''PALISADE'', Phrygian fights for [[Cause (PALISADE)|the Cause]] as a member of the ''Blue Channel''<nowiki/>'s crew. [[Brnine]], as the captain, frequently picks Phrygian as backup for their side missions, like Phrygian is their ''de facto'' first mate or bestie.<ref>[[PALISADE 13: Worth the Trouble Pt. 2]]</ref>  
===''PARTIZAN''===
Phrygian is a member of the Branched who arrived on [[Partizan (moon)|Partizan]] with a team of undercover researchers, seeking to understand [[True Divine|the God]] preached about by [[Gur Sevraq]]. While investigating, they and their team were captured and experimented on by [[Stel Apostolos]] and [[the Pact of Necessary Venture]]. Phrygian and [[Corrasion]] are the only remaining members of their team.
 
===''PALISADE''===
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Phrygian fights for the Cause as a member of the ''Blue Channel''<nowiki/>'s crew. [[Brnine]], as the captain, frequently picks Phrygian as backup for their side missions, like Phrygian is their de facto first mate or bestie.<ref name="PAL13">[[PALISADE 13: Worth the Trouble Pt. 2]]</ref>
 
After a failed attempt to convince a conscripted [[Stel Kesh|Kesh]] prisoner, [[Free Fidelity]], to stop fighting for Kesh and let Phrygian free them, Phrygian becomes war-weary. They seek out therapy with Saffron Septet to try to begin addressing it. In the therapy session, they articulate that they think it's their job to stop the war between the Principality and the Branched, and that they gave themself that job—it was not externally imposed. They also struggle to reconcile their knowledge that [[Stargrave Elcessor]] detonating the [[Stellar combustor|Stellar Combustor]] would be obviously bad with the fact that, in the grand scheme of things, it would be good for the Branched, because the massive collateral damage would affect the Principality. Saffron encourages them to start re-conceptualizing their goals, starting with more immediate ones.<ref name="PAL20" />  


==Relationships==
==Relationships==
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*[[Kal'mera Broun|Broun]]: My allies have been killed by their weapon designs.
*[[Kal'mera Broun|Broun]]: My allies have been killed by their weapon designs.
*[[Kalar Anakalar|Kalar]] seems dedicated to their work, and Millennium Break.
*[[Kalar Anakalar|Kalar]] seems dedicated to their work, and Millennium Break.
*[[Ver'million Blue|Millie]] started as I ended up: an Apostolisian experiment.
*[[Ver'million Blue|Millie]] started as I ended up: an [[Stel Apostolos|Apostolosian]] experiment.
*[[Kalar Anakalar|Kalar]] is new to this crew like I am new to this crew and we'll either fit in or fit out together.
*[[Kalar Anakalar|Kalar]] is new to this crew like I am new to this crew and we'll either fit in or fit out together.
*[[Sovereign Immunity]] is a hero against the Principality.
*[[Sovereign Immunity]] is a hero against the Principality.
*[[The Figure in Bismuth|Figure]] helped save the people in Millennium Break, and would help us again if we need it.
*[[The Figure in Bismuth|Figure]] helped save the people in Millennium Break, and would help us again if we need it.
===Hooks (''[[Armour Astir: Advent|Armour Astir]]'')===
*Figure is precarious; however they steady themself, it must be on the side of Millennium Break.
*Success for Millennium Break means a reprieve for my home.
*I am a scientist who is meant to be researching a god, but instead I am fighting a war, which is a worse job.


===Gravity clocks (''Armour Astir'')===
===Gravity clocks (''Armour Astir'')===


*Figure's acts of contrition will control them until [[The Witch in Glass|the Witch]] is gone.<ref>[[PALISADE 12: Worth the Trouble Pt. 1]]</ref>
*Figure's acts of contrition will control them until [[The Witch in Glass|the Witch]] is gone.<ref name="PAL12">[[PALISADE 12: Worth the Trouble Pt. 1]]</ref>
*Own self be clock.<ref name=":0" />  
*Own self be clock.<ref name="PAL04" />


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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*[[wikipedia:Semitone|G over a♭]] is a minor second interval (among other possible realizations).
*[[wikipedia:Semitone|G over a♭]] is a minor second interval (among other possible realizations).


== Gallery ==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:Phrygian Si F Sweetman.png|alt=Phrygian in muted colours, cables waving|Phrygian fanart by [https://cohost.org/SiFSweetman/post/1177524-final-one-of-the-set Si F Sweetman]
File:Phrygian Si F Sweetman.png|alt=Phrygian in muted colours, cables waving|Phrygian fanart by [https://cohost.org/SiFSweetman/post/1177524-final-one-of-the-set Si F Sweetman]
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Footnotes==
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==References==
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Revision as of 21:05, 8 October 2023

Phrygian is a Branched scientist and a player character in PARTIZAN and PALISADE.

Appearance

Phrygian's true form is the haunted Deck 7 and the inky, billowing ghost wandering it. Their envoy form for interacting with non-Branched people is made of writhing wires forming an "altogether convincing" humanoid figure.

Their first war form, Diminished, is a worm-like humanoid mech with cables gaining and losing tension and snapping into place as it moves. Keith references art by Benoit Godde.[1]

Their second war form, Gab or [the sound of G over a♭] is an almost loosened version of the previous form, its cables slack and wobbling.[2] During PALISADE, they have a viridian "sac" for their Buccal Outpocket, a sniper rifle equivalent powered by air similar to that of Ikalgo from Hunter x Hunter.

In PALISADE, during downtime, they can become a bedroom for the crew of the Blue Channel to use for whatever they'd like. The room has a modest library (whose books change according to Phrygian's mood) and a breakfast nook.[3] They have a journal on one shelf that can relay their thoughts, but they can also open any orifice in the room to speak, like in The Brave Little Toaster.[4] This is not the only way in which they become part of the Blue Channel's layout: in their therapy session with Saffron Septet, they are the therapy sofa. (Their face is still visible, but on the side of the sofa.)[5]

During the masquerade party, they wear a ruffled shirt (like Jerry Seinfeld's ruffled shirt in Seinfeld but even more ruffled) and black jeans with a belt. As a mask, they have grown their face wires into something like commemorative New Year's plastic glasses, which spell out "Phrygian" with each letter shaped like their own body. At one point, they grow out a hand from one of these bodies and use it to shake hands.[6] When they're surprised at the masquerade, all of the little Phrygians blink in a row.[7]

Personality

Phrygian is a scientist who has been forced to fight a war, and they approach the world as such. Their first priority is always to try to help the Branched by opposing the Divine Principality. They don't care about the liberation of the people in Principality space or the occupation of Palisade; they fight for Millennium Break and the Cause because of the common goal of fighting the Principality.[5][note 1]

They are a fan of mediocre comedy movies. Because Branched culture is so different from that of the Divine Principality and other adjacent civilizations, the basic tropes and cliches of movies and other stories from Principality space work extremely well on Phrygian: they haven't built up any defenses to them.[8]

Drive (Beam Saber)

  • Deal a lasting blow in the war against the Principality.

Hooks (Armour Astir)

  • Figure is precarious; however they steady themself, it must be on the side of Millennium Break.
  • Success for Millennium Break means a reprieve for my home.
  • I am a scientist who is meant to be researching a god, but instead I am fighting a war, which is a worse job.

Burden (Armour Astir)

History and Involvement

PARTIZAN

Phrygian is a member of the Branched who arrived on Partizan with a team of undercover researchers, seeking to understand the God preached about by Gur Sevraq. While investigating, they and their team were captured and experimented on by Stel Apostolos and the Pact of Necessary Venture. Phrygian and Corrasion are the only remaining members of their team.

PALISADE

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Phrygian fights for the Cause as a member of the Blue Channel's crew. Brnine, as the captain, frequently picks Phrygian as backup for their side missions, like Phrygian is their de facto first mate or bestie.[10]

After a failed attempt to convince a conscripted Kesh prisoner, Free Fidelity, to stop fighting for Kesh and let Phrygian free them, Phrygian becomes war-weary. They seek out therapy with Saffron Septet to try to begin addressing it. In the therapy session, they articulate that they think it's their job to stop the war between the Principality and the Branched, and that they gave themself that job—it was not externally imposed. They also struggle to reconcile their knowledge that Stargrave Elcessor detonating the Stellar Combustor would be obviously bad with the fact that, in the grand scheme of things, it would be good for the Branched, because the massive collateral damage would affect the Principality. Saffron encourages them to start re-conceptualizing their goals, starting with more immediate ones.[5]

Relationships

Beliefs (Beam Saber)

  • Broun: My allies have been killed by their weapon designs.
  • Kalar seems dedicated to their work, and Millennium Break.
  • Millie started as I ended up: an Apostolosian experiment.
  • Kalar is new to this crew like I am new to this crew and we'll either fit in or fit out together.
  • Sovereign Immunity is a hero against the Principality.
  • Figure helped save the people in Millennium Break, and would help us again if we need it.

Gravity clocks (Armour Astir)

  • Figure's acts of contrition will control them until the Witch is gone.[8]
  • Own self be clock.[4]

Trivia

  • Phrygian mode is the name of various musical modes.
  • A diminished interval is a type of modification to a musical interval.
  • G over a♭ is a minor second interval (among other possible realizations).

Gallery

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Their priorities are brought up during their therapy session in "In Their Fear Pt. 1" and confirmed more explicitly by Keith in episode 4 of Gathering Information.

References

  1. ↑ PARTIZAN 32: GLORY Arrives
  2. ↑ PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3: The Stories Told About the Things We Do
  3. ↑ PALISADE 01: Into the World Pt. 1
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 PALISADE 04: I Would Like to Help You Pt. 1
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 PALISADE 20: In Their Fear Pt. 1
  6. ↑ PALISADE 06: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 1
  7. ↑ PALISADE 09: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 4
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 PALISADE 12: Worth the Trouble Pt. 1
  9. ↑ PALISADE 17: Upon Our Grace Pt. 4
  10. ↑ PALISADE 13: Worth the Trouble Pt. 2
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