Atticus

"'We are made of starstuff' -Carl Sagan ('Cosmos')"Atticus is a former raddish farmer and one of the 2 main characters of Cogito...

Appearance
Atticus stands at 6 feet and 6 inches, but don't let his height intimidate you, he's very gentle and incredibly conscious about his surroundings. He dons a long purple cloak, given to him when he was 8 years old, over a white t-shirt. He wears long dark trousers that go down to his boots.

He has long grey hair that drops down past his shoulders, but stays pushed away from his face. He has an eyepatch that covers his right eye socket, and a small gap between his upper front teeth...

Personality
Atticus is usually attentive unless he feels comfortable with his surroundings. Though he typically keeps to himself, he loves to talk to people he knows. When he was younger, he was a lot more open and lively, but gradually became more reclusive as a result of his parents not wanting him around other children...

Though he generally is careless in regards to his own safety, he's always concerned about the wellbeing of others...

Prelude
Atticus never knew his parents. Orphaned at a young age, he spent his early years trawling around the Enixian captial of Solace with stray animals. It wasn't until he was about the age of 6 where he was discovered by Vera while crawling through her dumpster. She would then take him in and raise him as her own.

Main Line
One night while camping in the mountains, Atticus witnesses a strange event where a massive glowing orb appears in a field and begins ejecting flaming debris in all directions. After it disappeared, he went to investigate and found an unconscious Karen. He took her back to his campsite, where he and Vera recessitated her, and find out that she's from an unknown starsystem. They decide to help her start a new life on Enix, and soon become friends...

Trivia

 * His original design was based on a character from a video called "A Story About The Forest..." by NotYourAveragePyro
 * The merchant in that video reappears in Cogito as Atticus' subconcious self
 * Before Cogito, he was planned to be a reoccurring villian in various works by Spacc
 * In his early stages, he was nicknamed radish man
 * He was once planned to be Finnish, and his name was Aatos
 * Early designs (post ASATF) had him use a platform with robotic tentacles to move around because at the time he had no legs