Tommy Mudbound
Fisherman
Tommy Mudbound
Species
Tortle
Appearance
Tommy resembles a painted-shell turtle, about four feet tall when standing upright. His carapace is a patchwork of faded reds, river-silt tans, and sky-blue swirls, layered like weathered enamel over ridged plates. Fishing hooks, lengths of braided line, tins, and a bent lantern are braided into leather straps across his shell so they jingle faintly when he moves. His skin is mottled olive and sand, textured like damp canyon stone, and his fingers end in blunt, callused claws. He walks with surprising nimbleness, a low crouch and a soft, deliberate gait. Contradiction: though he is slow to anger and usually gentle, his left eye has a thin white scar across the iris and the horn of his shell behind it bears a single deep gouge arranged like a claw mark, reminders that he can be fierce when pushed.
“Southern rural drawl; slow and lilting with occasional playful malapropisms.”
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Distinguishing Features
Painted, weathered carapace with braided fishing gear
Thin white scar across left iris
Deep gouge in the rear-right rim of his shell
Voice
“Slow, warm, and singsong with punctuated laugh; strong hill-country accent”
Clothing
Tommy wears no clothes but decorates his shell with braided fishing lines, rusted hooks, a patched oilskin lantern, and a string of smoothing glass beads he calls "pond stars."
Body Language
Moves with a low, rolling gait. When telling stories his hands sketch slow, wide arcs like casting a net. He tucks his chin and draws his shoulders in when uneasy, retreating slightly into the curve of his shell as if to listen to its echoes.
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