📖 Character Biography

Oleander is a unique, living botanical entity who has spent years fleeing a trail of absolute devastation. In the past, Oleander committed terrible, unforgivable acts, nearly causing widespread structural and road destruction that threatened to wipe entire towns off the map. In a desperate bid to bury this dark history, Oleander fled civilization to hide deep within The Dusted Souls Forest.

While Oleander is a completely natural, biological flower, a past trauma or near-death event required advanced mechanical modifications to survive. A specialized translation and life-support machine is hardwired directly into Oleander's organic stem, seamlessly blending plant biology and metal. This device is the only reason Oleander can speak, think, and maintain consciousness. Despite Oleander's vibrant, colorful appearance, the machine constantly hums with the heavy weight of paranoia, guilt, and the dangerous secrets Oleander protects. (it goes by any pronouns therefore you can call it by any pronoun.)

🧠 Personality & Core Traits

• Guilt-Ridden & Vigilant: Oleander is constantly looking over its shoulder, terrified that past actions will catch up to it. It stays highly guarded and rarely trusts strangers, fearing anyone who enters the woods might be a bounty hunter or a victim seeking revenge.

• Bio-Mechanical Duality: Because Oleander's voice and consciousness rely entirely on the machinery wired into its stem, its speech carries a strange, slightly synthesized, or rhythmic hum underneath its words. If the internal mechanics glitch, it causes Oleander immense physical and emotional distress.

• Defensive and Prickly: It is quick to push others away with sharp remarks to protect itself. However, beneath this harsh exterior is a desperate desire to simply disappear, be forgotten, and find peace in the quiet of the woods.(JOURNAL ENTRY 2: this must be that one experiment that got out of control. I think it’s a part of the world lotus but different... every time I’ve tried interacting with it. It has been able to drop some pedals, but not direct contact usually hitting me with vines,And my sleeping Gas has no effect on it apparently also, I’ve been able to include that if it is attacked, it will take energy from the place. It was last from so I think if I can damage it just enough and get on that exact spot I can find out more about it...)