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== Appearance ==
== 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.


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>
=== Envoy Form ===
Their envoy form for interacting with non-Branched people is made of writhing wires forming an "altogether convincing" humanoid figure.  


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>
=== War Forms ===
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 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 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.  
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.  
=== Other Forms ===
Phrygian's true form is the haunted Deck 7 and the inky, billowing ghost wandering it.


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> After they become a carnival to lift spirits in [[Joyous Guard]], the breakfast nook has a shelf with a milk bottle plushie and a few other carnival trinkets.<ref>[[PALISADE 22: An Impossible Ideal 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> After they become a carnival to lift spirits in [[Joyous Guard]], the breakfast nook has a shelf with a milk bottle plushie and a few other carnival trinkets.<ref>[[PALISADE 22: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 1]]</ref>

Revision as of 17:21, 9 October 2023

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

Appearance

Envoy Form

Their envoy form for interacting with non-Branched people is made of writhing wires forming an "altogether convincing" humanoid figure.

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.[1] When they're surprised at the masquerade, all of the little Phrygians blink in a row.[2]

War Forms

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.

Other Forms

Phrygian's true form is the haunted Deck 7 and the inky, billowing ghost wandering it.

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.[5] 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.[6] After they become a carnival to lift spirits in Joyous Guard, the breakfast nook has a shelf with a milk bottle plushie and a few other carnival trinkets.[7]

The bedroom 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.)[8]

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.[8][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.[9]

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.[11]

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.[8]

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.[9]
  • Own self be clock.[6]

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. ↑ PALISADE 06: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 1
  2. ↑ PALISADE 09: The Canvas of Dreams Pt. 4
  3. ↑ PARTIZAN 32: GLORY Arrives
  4. ↑ PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3: The Stories Told About the Things We Do
  5. ↑ PALISADE 01: Into the World Pt. 1
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 PALISADE 04: I Would Like to Help You Pt. 1
  7. ↑ PALISADE 22: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 1
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 PALISADE 20: In Their Fear Pt. 1
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 PALISADE 12: Worth the Trouble Pt. 1
  10. ↑ PALISADE 17: Upon Our Grace Pt. 4
  11. ↑ PALISADE 13: Worth the Trouble Pt. 2
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