Bryce Arvero is an NPC played by Pancakei within Arcadia Complex, serving as the frequent antagonist of the plot.

Bryce Arvero
Gender	Male
Race:	Arcadian-Human Hybrid
Age:	34 Years Active (Unknown Inactive)
Faction:	Arcandum Union
Occupation:	Librarian, Leader, Minor Political Figure
Rank:	Captain

Bryce Arvero is a tall (6' 5“) Arcadian-Human hybrid, one of a considered long-extinct species. His skin is a pale olive tone, with tawny-patterned hair that has been neatly cut with hard parts and a lanky bang that tends to fall over the head or nose. Bryce has bushy eyebrows with stark yellow eyes, a sharp nose, a triangular chin, and two large- if undergrown- wings of a same color as his hair. Bryce is lacking a left forearm, it often being replaced by a set of gauntlets or other automated prosthetics.

Bryce is often seen wearing sharp clothing, with his day job bringing a green jacket over top of a pale mint and blue undershirt with black shoes. When doing representative work with the Union, he is often seen in a larger set of black robes or overcoat and hat with matching teal accents- weather dependent. Sometimes acting as a party representative under the New Incipere Courthouse, Bryce Arvero wears a porcelain court mask depicting the tragedy-comedy duo.

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Bryce Arvero is a smug, self-absorbed individual who has a very theatrical and bombastic personality. While he can be quite friendly, particularly with those he must frequent with, he is known to be a very manipulative and questionably moral individual. He is a very talkative individual, often dumping his troubles on others without their consent- or care. As the possible leader of the Arcandum Union, he holds his ego and his work highly, citing the importance of his mission loudly. While not hard to aggravate, Bryce tends to show his aggression through taunts, smartassery, and passive-aggressiveness- almost playing with his enemies as if they were friends.

Despite his self-absorbed and possibly psychotic personality, there are things in the world Bryce cares deeply about. He firmly believes that the return of the Schism is coming to finish the job, and is doing everything in his power to put himself in a position to stop it. Whether he is doing this for altruistic purposes, or for personal gain and vengeance is up for debate. He believes the denizens of the ISS Downrider to be the ones who will unleash destruction upon the world, falling from Alioth's visions of the apocalypse.

Despite being an Arcadian, Bryce Arvero's ability to manipulate echyllis is fairly weak. Still, he is uncommonly capable of forming solid and primitive shapes within a confined radius around them, taking the form of orange crystals. The weakness of this ability is only further shown in comparison to their partner in crime.

Following their unionization of a scouting patrol of the Biechelon Collective, Bryce has gained an in with the organization and obtained a driver- a device capable of channeling echyllis in specific formats. The Theater-type key he uses grants the ability to create illusions ranging from crude sock puppets and props to full life-like visages of people who aren't there and mirrors of those who are.

It may also be able to conjure spotlights.

• Several outfits.
• A ceramic and metal mask depicting the comedy-tragedy duo.
• A compact ATES HSR-5L Revolver loaded with .410-equivelant shells.
• A modular metal gauntlet loaded with communication equipment.
• A modified driver with the Theater key.
• The Arcandum Union

• Of all the NPCs and plot elements in Arcadia Complex, Bryce Arvero has changed the least since their initial inception.

This page was originally created by Pancakei on Wed 25-08-21.