Professor Robbyn Banckes Tomten

Robbyn Banckes Tomten

Professor of Music & Drama

"I may be small, but I've got giant plans to shine as brightly as the sun."

General

Name: Robbyn Banckes Tomten
Age: 528-543 years old (He’s lost track of the exact date.)
Gender: He/Him (normally, but genderfluid as a shapeshifter.)
Sexuality: Pansexual
Birthdate: Unknown
Race: Fae
Role: Staff member of NRC
Subject: 🎭 Music and Drama 🎭
Height: 157 cm (about 5’2”)
Twist of Puck from Gargoyles✧Physical appearance:✧
When in his regular, non-transformed state, Robbyn has long, pointed ears that poke out from either side of his green mane. He keeps his hair long, and somewhat messy, and a striking gradient of pale green. Although, when the mood strikes him, Robbyn will occasionally braid it or put it into a loose bun. He leaves his bangs out, though, to hide the small scar on his right eyebrow and forehead.
Robbyn is quite thin, not muscular at all. He has a long, thin face and narrow jaw. He has sectoral heterochromia, which means one third of each iris is an ostentatious orange-red. The rest is a vibrant violet-red. Robbyn wears a near-constant smile on his face, a smirk that often stretches from ear-to-ear.

Personality

Professor Tomten is outgoing, obnoxious, and tends to over enunciate when he speaks. He speaks with a posh accent and likes to be melodramatic about everything -- especially his entrances. He loves pranks and tricks. Worse still, he likes to encourage others to be troublesome as he is. If he hears that a student is up to hijinks, he will absolutely look the other way -- metaphorically, of course, he wants to see the trouble firsthand! If Crowley has plans to push the students into a dramatic situation, guarantee Robbyn is right behind him with a mischievous grin from one pointy ear to the next.He also likes to try to push others out of their comfort zones. Of course, nothing Robbyn does is malicious, and he'd never put a student in danger, he just adores being as dramatic as possible -- he enjoys teasing those around him to see how they react. He'd never force anyone into doing anything that they didn't want, but he does always offer incentives. Being the age he is, Robbyn has a multitude of bargaining tools. Mostly it's just asking people and giving them an annoying monologue about the joys of personal growth and development. Although he seems to have acquired many rare items to trade.Finally, Robbyn is not a fighter, although if forced he can utilize his UM to change his form. He mostly uses the spell in his acting, often becoming the mental image he has for the character to demonstrate how the role should be performed. Mind you, Robbyn thinks it's incredibly bad manners to impersonate another living person, however, he can do so if needed. But Robbyn requires consent ahead of becoming them, as it disturbs his concentration and cancels the spell otherwise.

History

Robbyn does not like to speak about times prior to becoming an actor. He will, however, go on at length about stories of being an actor, a traveling minstrel, and his time "abroad."Long before he was an actor, Robbyn was loyal to the Fae of Briar Valley. He has always been an adamant pacifist, and when the fighting between humans and fae grew increasingly violent, he attempted to abstain from the conflict. This should have been an issue, but the fae decided that he could participate by using his talents. Between his love of mimicry and his UM, Changeling’s Charm, Robbyn was put into the role of a spy. The other Fae could easily capture a human and convince them to allow Robbyn to mimic them and slip into the human settlements to gather intel.However, Robbyn becomes a bit forgetful when he employs his UM. After a few days in a new identity with a new face and form, trying to immerse himself into a new identity, he would get a bit too into character. This seemed to be just a mistake and was overlooked by the others for several missions. Until one day, Robbyn simply forgot what he was doing while impersonating a traveling human merchant. He ended up wandering far from the conflict. After several months, he shifted back into his fae form, but had ended up in a completely different country. Having already traveled so far from his home, he simply decided that he would take a break from all of that horrid “war” stuff and go on an adventure! He ended up wandering around the world for a few centuries before returning to Briar Valley, having missed the entire rest of the war.Of course, in the eyes of many Fae, Robbyn was a traitor and scoundrel. He tried to defend himself and was even pardoned due to his own incompetence. But in the end, he grew frustrated with explaining himself and simply left home again. During his travels, he developed a love of art, music, and drama. Robbyn has since mastered nearly all instruments during the last two centuries. He prefers the pan flute and woodwinds in general. He also has a number of talents related to the stage, can throw his voice, make shadow puppets, and a host of other skills.

Unique Magic

Changeling's CharmIncantation:
     "Form of wind, twist and bend,
     Shape and essence now transcend."Although Robbyn does not think this short of an incantation is properly dramatic enough and has taken to adding more words to the spell for dramatic effect when casting in front of others:     "From form to form, I freely roam,
     In my hands, transformation's home.
     Grant me now this power, I plea,
     To change my shape, so I decree!"Drawback:
     The larger and less humanoid the form, the more blot he acquires. Additionally, the longer he holds the form, the more blot is acquired.
     Finally, the longer he holds the form of someone or something other than some version of himself, the more he starts to forget his intent and purpose as he immerses himself into this “role.” Since holding the spell is like flexing a muscle, he eventually does stop when it becomes uncomfortable, or if he is forced to end the spell. At this point, his memory returns.