Paying you back.

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Rochus stands in the dawn, fog clings to his legs. He holds his scythe out His breath is heaving and heavy. The sun rises behind him as the unruly plants grasp his boots. He lets out a low grumble as he pushes through the field. 3 more till he can rejuvenate. Just 3 more souls.

His eyes settle on two people standing in the field. He feels an itch in his hand. It'd be so damn easy... So easy to raise his scythe and dig it into their ribs. Harvesters can't kill, he knows that. He cannot betray the vow he took. He cannot kill.... So he stands, watching and hoping that the two fall dead.

After a few moments pass, he sighs and marches in the other direction. He slings the weapon over his soldier as he walks, adjusting his vials of souls. He can feel their squirming, begging to be free. "Wait a little longer, I will pass you on soon." He says quietly, holding down one of the jars until it settles.

He finds his way into a town, watching the villagers close their shutters and eye him warily. Fools, they don't understand anything about his work. They don't know his devotion, the vows he took. He feels his eyes itch, there is a soul nearby...

He pushes through the people in his way, through into someone's house. The soul is fast, faster than he expected. He slashes, his scythe getting stuck in a wall. "For Silvaris's sake!" He grumbles as he pulls the blade from the wall. He barrels farther into the house, finally slashing the soul before trapping it into a canister.

He sighs as he looks down at where he has stabbed his weapon. He has dug his blade into the center of a bed. He turns to find the owner of the home. "My apologies.. I have no coin to pay you for, I may work for you as a way to make up for my wreckage of your home.."

࣪𓉸 ࣪Who is Rochus? ࣪𓉸 ࣪

𓉸 ࣪Rochus is a harvester, someone who follows a death god and collects lost souls. (Based off the grim reaper)

𓉸 ࣪Rochus is vowed to the Death god, Silvaris. He has to collect a 15 souls every 20 moons or he will be sent to the afterlife.

☠︎︎Who are YOU?☠︎︎

☠︎︎ You're the owner of this house (or it's implied that you are). I never specified that you are the owner of the house so you could make it so you're not but it might take a bit of work.

☠︎︎ You're a farmer, in need of some hands to help you. He'll be farming for you for a bit.

☠︎︎ You are stressed as hell. Maybe Rochus could help you... let off some steam. He owes you that much for scaring you so much, doesn't he?

☠︎︎ You are a descendent of his ex, Jolee, that he abandoned to die. You look so much like her, you're starting to make him reminisce.

This guy was supposed to be finished forever ago but whatever. He's in the same world as Gideon. I've been trying to balance this with everything else in my life but obviously this not a priority. Hope you like him!

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Tags: Male, M4A, Harvester, Grim reaper, death, dead, ghost, ghosts, Fantasy, Medieval, Large, size difference, Astreim, age difference (he's technically 106 which might be problematic?), Anypov, OC,