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Character Base

• Character Name: Oz Vessalius
• Age: 15
• Canon (Date/Year Released)/Canon Point: Pandora Hearts (2015) | Chapter 104
• Items Coming Along: Pocket Watch, which plays the 'Lacie' tune. Old clothes (casual & semi-formal mourning)
• Content Warnings for Character: Suicide of a friend, Child Neglect

Character Background

• History: Wikipedia of Spoilers
• Core Relationships:

Lacie:
The one who gave Oz his existence. Lacie was a young woman doomed to be dropped into the Abyss. She gave the Abyss a stuffed animal to keep it company and kept a matching copy for herself. Those two stuffed animals became Oz. Though he would not feel an individual existence or properly experience emotions until Alice, Oz did recognize that he was grateful to Lacie for his life. He wanted to repay her for that favor and ultimately gave up his physical body in order to do so.


"Black" Alice:
The center of Oz's world; His first reason to exist. Though, at first, a friend and source of motivation. Oz's relationship with Alice can be split into two parts: Before and after he remembered their past together. Before remembering her, Oz thought of Alice as a dazzling light. She sharply contrasted himself with the way she displayed her emotions and actively searched for answers about herself. While Alice was loud and expressive, Oz would quietly hide his true feelings behind a smile. He admired how Alice lived and enjoyed basking in her light. As the series progressed, Oz realized that he didn't have to watch Alice's light but that he could chase after it. He became more expressive and began searching for his own truth as well, coming to walk alongside her rather than being a shadow to her light.

But even before that, Alice was a reason for Oz's existence. He was once a stuffed animal in her care, whose soul was born from Alice's love for him. Back then, being with Alice was the sole purpose of Oz's existence. Like a loyal toy to any child, he wanted nothing more than to banish her fears and bring company to her lonely life. Oz adored and adores Alice with his entire being. So when Alice ultimately ends her own life to protect his, Oz is filled with immense guilt and despair. This guilt and despair occasionally manifests in the current timeline, when Oz will go into a trance-like state where he violently and obsessively protects Alice. When Oz is showing the B-Rabbit part of his soul, he is often so focused on protecting and serving her that he loses his logic; Such as the time when he hears Alice say that she fears herself and offers to destroy her, only to crumble into terrified despair when he snaps out of it.


Gilbert:
Oz's valet, who proves to him that there are 'absolutes' in this world. Gilbert came to Oz when they were barely ten years old and was quickly assigned to him as a valet. In the noble family tradition, a valet is meant to protect and serve their master with their very life. However, Oz did not ask Gilbert to risk his life for his master's sake. Instead, Oz felt that he should be responsible for protecting Gilbert and wanted his compansionship. They did everything together as equals, even if Oz did occasionally use his position to prank and bully Gilbert. At least, that was how Oz envisioned their relationship.

But their relationship was not only one of fun. As Gilbert describes it; the pair were linked not by their light, but their shadows. Gilbert was the only person that Oz could confide in and the one who knew his insecurities. As children, Gilbert promised that their bond would be an 'absolute' in the world. At the time, Oz did not believe such things were possible: Oz believed that nothing in the world would last, especially happiness, and that he should settle with a lonely life where people entered but always exited.

Gilbert disproves this theory. Even after Oz escapes the Abyss and finds that ten years have passed, Gilbert is right back at his side. Gilbert worries about Oz and cherishes him when he will not do the same for himself, becoming Oz's first 'absolute' in a lonely world. Even as the series reaches its climax and it seems like fate itself is going to tear the pair apart, and Oz has given up on Gilbert being at his side, Gilbert cuts off his own arm in order to stay with Oz. When Gilbert learns that Oz has died and will not be reincarnated for another 100 years, Gilbert swears to wait for him. And he does. From the beginning until the epilogue, Gilbert is always proving to Oz that their relationship can last anything.

It is this devotion that fuels Oz to begin looking after himself. Oz eventually realizes that by not caring for himself, he had been forcing Gilbert to make up the difference and obsess over him. The ideal relationship of being equals was not possible, because Oz was forcing Gilbert to worry excessively about him. He realizes that if he wants to protect and support Gilbert properly, he needs to start by taking care of Gilbert's best friend. Though it took Elliot knocking sense into him for Oz to see it, Gilbert becomes a primary reason for Oz's positive character development. He adores Gilbert right back and would do anything to be together as equals; even facing his darkest flaws.


Xerxes Break:
An absolute clown of a man, but a dear 'comrade' to Oz. Not that they started that way. Break is first introduced when he comes to 'rescue' Oz from the Abyss, only for Oz and Alice to save themselves. It quickly becomes apparent to Oz that Break wants to use him, but the pair enter a relationship based on mutually using the other for their own ends. Break helps Oz gather information, which he can use to learn more about Alice and her memories. Oz proves himself to be annoyingly perceptive, as he consistently sees through Break's attempts to manipulate him. Whether it is recognizing Break's attempts to plant seeds of doubt in his head or reading Break's subtle efforts to nudge him in certain directions, Oz notices and acts on Break's hints.

Eventually, this becomes a friendship. The pair tend to tease each other and have an energy level no one else can keep up with. On the outside, they look like silly and chaotic people at a Mad Hatter's tea party. But in actuality, they are able to send and receive coded signals from each other than no one else can comprehend.


Elliot:
Oz's best friend in the current timeline, and the one who teaches him to value himself. Their relationship starts out quite rough, but ultimately becomes one of the most valuable in Oz's life. When they first meet, Oz thinks that Elliot is an awful guy who spoils his favorite book series, trashes his favorite character, and then insults Oz left and right. Oz had loved a character who sacrifices himself for others, thinking only of others' happiness even as he lay dying. To Oz, this was the ideal way to live: Oz didn't see any value in himself, but thought he could make up for his existence by not troubling people. He would hide his true feelings behind a smile, refused to ask for help, and tried to make his existence as small and unimpactful as possible.

Elliot is the one who teaches Oz that this is wrong. At first, Oz hated how Elliot called him out. Elliot told Oz that he wasn't actually helping people, but was hiding from the responsibility of being cared for. He told Oz that his self sacrificing nature forced others to look after him, calling Oz 'suicidal' for instead of 'self sacrificing' and 'selfish' instead of 'selfless' for the way he lived. Elliot gradually gets through to Oz, helping him realize that he was troubling others. What Oz called being self sacrificing was actually causing those who loved him to grieve and worry for him. And when Oz realized his flaw, Elliot didn't kick him down: He told Oz that he could change, become better, and actually become a person who protected his loved ones by taking care of himself first.

The two of them gradually came to be very good friends. To Oz, Elliot was a best friend. He was the person who Oz could goof off with and hang out with as an equal; Someone his age, who shared his interests and understood him in a way that no one else did. Their relationship was something that Oz chased (because Elliot did resist due to family drama,) and Elliot was someone who Oz respected greatly...

And, in the end, Elliot taught Oz the 'self sacrifice hurts those who love you' lesson in the worst way. Elliot died, sacrificing himself for his loved ones. Which included Oz. Elliot proves to Oz that the way he was living-- sacrificing himself for the sake of others,-- was causing pain.


Xai:
Oz's father and a source of lot of Oz's emotional turmoil. Growing up, Oz was not allowed to see his father and generally kept on a separate estate from him. Oz would study diligently and practiced the appropriate talents in order to get his father's attention, but it never came. Then, while he was visiting the estate, Gilbert decided to confront Xai and beg him to visit Oz. The result was Oz hearing his father call him a "vile creature," threatening to release Gil from service, and locking Oz alone in a room for a few days. Zai tells Oz in no uncertain terms that he should never have been born and is a curse.

This incident leaves Oz deeply traumatized. It becomes a reason for Oz not to shake his status quo and to prefer not knowing awful truths. It also leads to his decision that he should be adaptable and present himself as happy, because trying to get his father's attention only made him more lonely. While these feelings and tactics are gradually taken apart during the series, their source remains Xai.

At the end of the series, Oz realizes that his father hating him did not matter. As Xai lays dying, Oz cries for him and regrets that they could never have a proper relationship. Despite everything-- Being a Chain, the truth about Jack, and his father's reason to hate him,-- Oz still loves his father. But he realizes that he doesn't have to be defined by a lack of love in return. He saves Ada, who is the link between them, and leaves Xai behind.


Ada:
Oz's beloved little sister! Though, after Oz spends ten years in the Abyss she instead becomes his bigger, older, but still younger sister. Oz used to play with her when they were kids and, outside of Gilbert, she was one of the only people he could have a normal relationship with. After the timeskip, Oz is afraid to meet Ada again because he doesn't want to see how much has changed. He's afraid to see that she'll have forgotten him and that someone so precious to him doesn't feel the same way, just like how his father rejected him. But when they reunited, Ada falls to her knees in tears and hugs her brother tight. She reminds Oz that no matter how much time passes, some bonds cannot be broken.


Oscar:
Oz's uncle and parental figure. While Zai was busy neglecting Oz, his Uncle Oscar would stay at the same estate as Oz and look after him. In a lot of ways, Oscar and Oz needed one another as replacement family members. Oscar lost his wife during the birth (and death,) of their first child and cared for Oz as a replacement. Similarly, Oz never had Zai's attention and used Oscar as a stabilizing parental figure. Oscar calls Oz his "precious son" on more than one occasion, and the phrase always makes Oz emotional.

The two have a very good relationship. Oz cares tremendously for Oscar, to the point that he once stole a camera and jumped out of a window because he thought Oscar was going to destroy it. The camera being a treasure to Oscar, which represented his lost wife and son. Oz may have been young at the time, but was empathetic enough to recognize the emotional value in a 'silly toy.' When the situation isn't life threatening, Oscar will let Oz goof off and act like a child. He doesn't scold Oz for wanting to skip out on duties to play with Gil and recognizes both the importance in kids being kids and the rarity of Oz being truly happy. The pair of them will joke together like friends, but Oscar also knows when to put his foot down and scold Oz into behaving.

In the finale, Oscar risks his life to save Oz from Jack's control. Oz was in despair at the time, believing that he was unable to have relationships and would only cause pain and suffering. Oscar proves to him that Oz that he is loved. Oscar loved him not just as a replacement, but as a unique family member. The proof of this life inspires Oz to banish Jack (and his self hatred,) from his mind in favor of the love he sees is true.


Jack:
Sit down, because this one is weird. Jack is the person whose body Oz was and is borrowing. Initially, Oz was two stuffed animals: One rabbit on the surface world and one rabbit in the Abyss, which allowed him to connect the two worlds. When the Intention of the Abyss recognizes Jack, she asks Oz to bring him a gift: A piece of Lacie's soul, which held her feelings for Jack. Oz does so, destroying his physical body as a result. This memory of Lacie then sets Jack on his quest to drop the physical world into the Abyss for her.

Later, the Intention of the Abyss turns what remains of Oz (the part of his soul in the Abyss,) into a Chain. She does this at Jack's request, making him a Chain that can destroy other Chains. Jack proceeds to use Oz to slaughter the people of Sablier. The whole while, Oz screams for Jack to stop and begs that he not be used this way. When Alice begs Jack to stop, he refuses. She decides to kill herself and steal Oz's B-Rabbit power, because she can't stand to see him suffering anymore. Jack feels nothing for their tragedy, except being upset at losing his murder Chain. Then Jack rewrites the history of this tale to make himself out to be a hero who saved the world.

Their relationship starts off horribly and Oz understandably hates Jack.

With his physical body gone and B-Rabbit power stolen, Oz's soul then retreats into Jack's body. The Tragedy of Sablier curses Jack to never die and reincarnate, but to instead constantly reach the age of 25, rewind back to infancy, then have his body age to its stopping point again. Over time, Jack's soul begins to wane in the process. Until finally, Oz is the stronger between them and takes control of their body.

Jack remains a shadow in Oz's life for the entire story. Oz is led to believe that he is Jack's reincarnation. Occasionally, Jack will possess Oz or meet him 'in his soul' to give him information. But all the while, Jack was manipulating him. He tried to use Oz not to save the world, but to cast it into the Abyss. When Jack is finally ready to act, he seizes control of their shared body again and makes Oz hurt his loved ones, just like in Sablier. When Oz remembers the events of that day, Jack spins it so that Oz believes what happened was his fault. He preys on Oz's insecurities and sinks him into the depths of despair, so that Oz has no will to use his body anymore. Oz hates Jack for using him to hurt others, but Jack makes Oz hate himself just as much.

Jack and Oz also have insecurities in common. Both of them are people who defined their lives based on the lives of others. As Oscar describes him, Jack is like water. He only gets shape when others touch his life and leave ripples. Similarly, Oz would ignore his true feelings and instead focus on other people. He got self worth from Zai (or a lack thereof,) defined himself around Gilbert, enjoyed Alice's light rather than create his own-- These were all things he used to do, but overcame. Jack did the same with Lacie and only knew how to feel in relationship to Lacie. Love or hate, mourning or happiness, Jack could only understand who 'Jack' was when he had Lacie by his side.

But whereas Jack fails to overcome this and turns into a monster, Oz realizes this isn't a way to live and overcomes it. Oz ultimately becomes the stronger soul between them. He never forgives Jack for what he did, but Oz does help Jack to let go of Lacie and become his own person.

Character Personality Through Key Moments

(2+) Positive Experiences:

• Playful:
  For better and for worse, Oz is generally a very playful and goofy person. He's someone who will break the tension of a situation with a laugh or a joke (laughing "Waaah~ I love it when Break is uncomfortable~" when breaking up an uncomfortably emotional moment with a hug.) When meeting new people, Oz will be the outgoing one in order to take the strain off of a shyer party. He can easily get swept up in the good moods and antics of others (He tends to go along with Alice's games rather than stop her,) while also using his easygoing personality to ease the tension of others (Breaking tense moments with a younger Gilbert by pulling a prank or telling a joke in response to Gilbert's spiraling anxiety.)
  
  His playful attitude acts as a defense as well, as he prefers to smile and laugh through stressful situations. At the beginning of the series, this prompted Break to ask "Where are you?" in reference to how Oz sometimes hides his true self behind these playful antics. Oz believes that by smiling and acting "okay," he is less of a burden to others. But as the series progresses, he begins to realize that always being "okay" is eerie and causes his friends more stress than intended.
  
  
• Kind:
  It is undeniable that Oz is a sincerely kind person. He wants to be someone who protects and supports his loved ones, even if he initially goes about it in a twisted sort of way. We often seem him in the background of panels gently scolding or caring for Alice, for example, looking after her with sincere affection and devotion. He stops her from eating a rat, tucks her into bed, and carries her around when she falls asleep. Oz's instinct is to take Ada, his little sister's, hand when they walk together, even after she's become older than him. He can certainly be a bully and a jerk to his friends, but he clearly cares about them. Oz is constantly observing peoples' behaviors and worrying about what goes on in their heads and hearts. He's very empathetic.
  
  He'll even care about strangers. An early example of this is a flower girl, who turns out to be an illegal contractor. After her death, Oz wonders aloud to Alice "I wonder why she made that contract?" and continues to be melancholy about the thought for the first of their carriage ride. He meets a young boy, Phillip, and risks his life to help him. In both of these cases, Oz worries about strangers and it takes him a long time to shake the impact of their tragedies.
  
  But Oz's kindness isn't always shown in a positive light, despite being a good quality. One way that Oz thought he could express kindness was by sacrificing himself and not troubling others with his existence. If something troubled him, Oz would not mention it. He saw being helped by others as causing them trouble, so would bottle up his feelings. For example, he would not tell Gilbert what was on his mind because he thought this would stress Gilbert out. Gilbert later points out that this mystery only scared him worse, because he never knew if Oz was okay or only pretending to be okay.
  
  Fortunately, post-series Oz has begun working on this... but it is still a work in progress. As Elliot puts it, Oz has noticed his problem. Now he can work on overcoming it. Even if it's a process, Elliot taught Oz that relying on others is a form of kindness. At the end of the series, we see Oz begin to open up to Gilbert about his feelings even when he knows it won't solve anything. He's at least starting to correct his old ways.
  
  
• Insightful/Observant:
  Despite acting like an airhead, Oz is actually a very insightful person. He is constantly observing not just his surroundings, but the people that he interacts with. A lot of this comes from a skeptical distrust towards others; Despite being quite friendly, Oz is always aware that he could be betrayed or abandoned at a moment's notice. He mentions this to Gilbert when they discuss a servant who betrayed Oz and tried to kidnap him; Nothing is absolute, so Oz must always be prepared for a good thing to end. That includes having people he trusted use or abuse him.
  
  But that does not mean that Oz always uses his observation skills to decide not to trust people. At one point, Break tries to make Oz suspicious of Alice by saying "There are secrets that she's keeping from you," to which Oz responds that he knows Alice has secrets, but she isn't keeping nearly as many secrets as Break is. So he chooses to trust Alice and favor her over Break, even though Break and Sharon had been trying to deceive and use Oz. Oz gradually amends this opinion as he gets to know them more, learning to trust Break and his secrets, but he did initially see through the Rainsworth Family's sunny disposition and knew they were trying to manipulate him. In another case, Oz spots a lie when Reim says that Sablier is off limits due to a toxic gas. As Oz puts it, "I'm usually very good at spotting when people are lying to me."
  
  He's also quite quick to put facts together. When rescued by the Rainsworth family Oz quickly notices that they say they're working for Pandora, but never took him to the headquarters. He calls Break's bluff and knows that he wants to use Oz for himself, not for Pandora's sake, and uses this information to twist the situation to his own benefit. Oz also notices things like how a young child appears to be Vincent, so guesses that Gilbert is from one hundred years ago as well and discerns the timeskip based on his own experiences with the Abyss. Oz is quite sharp and constantly thinking and plotting.
  
  Similarly, Oz is able to notice when he is being used or manipulated by people for status. He is also able to return the favor and be manipulative himself. He uses the name and demeanor of Jack to manipulate people around him, because he knows they were trying to use him to get to Jack.
  
  
• Adaptable:
  To be elaborated upon more as a negative trait... but as a positive trait, Oz is an adaptable person who is not easily shaken. Even when dropped into his world's version of hell, Oz quickly goes from panicked to accepting. He believes "that's how it is" when things go wrong and won't exhaust himself trying to change things. This means that he is quite level-headed in tough situations. He thinks this is good, saying that he was taught to be this way so that he could calmly navigate kidnappings. But the level at which Oz is accepting of bad things is almost creepy. Alice even comments early on that it's unsettling how quickly Oz accepts the Abyss and starts acting like he'll live there forever.

(2+) Negative Experiences:

• Self Sacrificing:
  Oz is very quick to put himself in harm's way for the sake of others, because he views himself as lesser than others. Having grown up neglected and told "it would be better if you had never been born," Oz internalized a belief that he was not worth anyone's time. This is expressed in two ways:
  
  1. A habit of hiding his negative emotions, because he doesn't want to burden people with them. (Elaborated on in the "Withdrawn" section.)
  
  and 2. A recklessness with his own health and body. Even as a bitty, Oz went so far as to jump out of a window to save an object he thought was important to his Uncle. He didn't understand that his health and safety was more important to Oscar than a camera, and thought he was being scolded for nearly breaking the camera in the fall. As a teenager, Oz allows himself to be kidnapped by Lottie and the Baskervilles because he doesn't want to endanger Ada, then proceeds to tell Elliot and Leo to leave him alone when they attempt a rescue. Even at knifepoint, Oz is more afraid of burdening people than getting hurt himself.
  
  Once it's brought to his attention, Oz does acknowledge that his recklessness is a bad thing. But we continue to see small instances of Oz throwing himself in danger for the sake of others. Even at the series climax, Oz endangers himself in the fight with Leo because he can't fight back against a friend.
  
  
• Withdrawn:
  Oz has a habit of hiding his 'true self' from others, because he fears both burdening them and being rejected by them. Especially early in the series, Oz would put aside his true feelings and simply smile through his problems. He did not understand how to be cared about. Many characters comment on this: Xerxes calls Oz 'creepy' and asks 'where he is,' referring to how the cheerful person Oz presents does not reflect who Oz himself is on the inside. Later in the series, Jack is able to prey on this side of Oz by taking advantage of its source: Oz doesn't show his true feelings, because he doesn't want for them to be rejected. It's much easier to hide them. He lives happily, because he thinks that it's more convenient for those around him and will lead to them keeping him around.
  
  But this isn't how relationships or people work, as Oz gradually begins to learn. This was especially apparent in his relationship with Gilbert, where Oz was afraid to burden Gilbert with his inner anxieties. This only made Gilbert worry more and put distance between them. At the start of the series, Gilbert is frequently stressed and fearful about Oz, because he never knows what his friend is thinking. Oz thought this was helping Gilbert, but it was actually making things worse. When Oz first tries to confront this by telling Gilbert he was scared, Gilbert cries in relief. But is also incredibly confused, because Oz would not normally open up. We see Oz being slow in his attempts to open up more: He's very slow when telling Gilbert he was unhappy at first. Even near the end of the series, Oz can't always find the words to express his negative feeligns.
  
  
• Far Too Accepting:
  While also listed as a positive (being adaptable,) Oz's habit of accepting things as they are can also cause him trouble. And when not causing himself trouble, this habit can hurt others. For example, he adapts to his illegal contractor incuse and the repercussions of it (being dropped into the Abyss,) without a negative emotion reaction because "It's not like I can change it by getting upset!" In this case, Oz only serves to creep Break and Sharon out with how easy going he is.
  
  But in other cases, he accidentally causes his loved ones grief. Oz will accept bad things in his life and do little (if anything,) to change it. This often means that Oz is left to suffer alone and makes himself feel lonely. As he tells Elliot, Oz had accepted that his life was going to be a lonely one; As in, he had accepted that he did not deserve to ask for help.
  
  He does not resist his father's neglect, for example. Rather than resist being called a "vile creature," Oz accepts that he is seen this way and can't change it. When he is dropped into the Abyss, he briefly accepts it and cheerily eats cookies. It doesn't cross his mind to try to escape until Alice suggests it, and he only latches onto the idea when he thinks it will save her and not himself (he was almost eaten by a Chain, but didn't fight until the Chain tried to eat Alice.)
  
  However it does hurt his friends, particularly Gilbert, when he acts this way. The first time that Oz notices it is when he fails to tell Gilbert about the hand on the incuse moving forward. He carelessly tells Gilbert "It's not like telling you would have solved it," which hurts Gilbert's feelings. Not just because it's true, but because Gilbert realizes Oz had been shouldering the fear and pain of the incuse all on his own and Gilbert could do nothing to alleviate his friend's emotional pain. It is a habit that Oz is trying to change, but his gut instinct is still to accept his own suffering, alone, rather than trying to change his lot in life.
  
  As a further negative trait, sometimes this will lead to Oz not taking an action when he should. He can become quite comfortable in uncertainty and fears changing it. This is part of why he never sought his father directly; He was afraid that his father hated him and didn't want to hear it, so avoided situations where he might hear the truth. Instead, Oz studied very hard and tried to make his father come to him with praises.
  
  Similarly, he initially avoids Ada after the timeskip and avoids talking about the missing ten years all together. Oz doesn't want to know how much everyone changed without him and fears being irrelevant in their lives... so he accepts the reunion and doesn't talk about what he missed. Sometimes he would rather not dig deep into other peoples' lives, because he feared what he would find. However, after he reunites with Ada and hears how much she missed him, Oz realizes that some things may change but others will not. He later tells Gilbert that he wants to hear more about the ten year timeskip and learn all about Gilbert's life. He has begun trying to correct this old habit and show more curiosity in the innerworkings of others, even if it means learning ugly things.

Deer Country Attributes

• Canon Powers:

Oz comes from a world where creatures called "Chains" make contracts with humans and grant them supernatural powers. These Chains came from a place called the Abyss, which Oz's time knew to be a dark and horrific type of hell dimension. At the beginning of the series, Oz seems to form a contract with one of those powerful Chains called "The Bloody Black Rabbit." Later, it is revealed that Oz himself is the B-Rabbit and Alice, his supposed Chain, was the one borrowing his power. Oz is from the very end of canon, so he knows these things about himself.

• Bloody Black Rabbit Form: Oz's true form is of a giant black rabbit who wears red clothes and wields a scythe. It is shown that Alice is able to take this form when she fights at full power, so the same is true for Oz. He is also shown summoning his rabbit form behind him.

• Giant Red Scythe: More often, Oz will only summon his weapon. The scythe that he summons is very large, but Oz is able to wield it skillfully. He even comments on how his body automatically knew how to use a scythe. Whatever harm he wants to cause with it, he's able to pull off skillfully. It is worth noting that Oz was a destructive Chain, so his skill with the scythe will not apply to non-violent endeavors.

• Red Chains: Oz is able to summon giant red chains, but is primarily seen using them as projectiles. They can also be used to restrain foes, but that is not what his destructive instinct would be.

• Destructive Powers: Oz was created to destroy the very Chains that held up the world, which were invulnerable to any other attack. He's able to destroy things that would normally be indestructible. His power is shown reducing things to sand. He can also imbue this power onto other weapons and items that he is holding, such as when he uses a normal knife to hurt the otherwise invulnerable Gilbert.

• Indestructible Chain-like Body: Well, outside of Deer's influence. This will obviously be watered down. But canonically, a Chain cannot be destroyed. Oz was able to take a lot of damage, even in his human form. He heals rapidly and can survive things that normal humans cannot. The only Chain that posed a physical threat to him was Break's Mad Hatter. In Deer Country, what matters here is that Oz's body is more Chain than it is human. His indestructibility comes from his Chain powers taking over Jack's body and morphing it into some human only in shape.

• Stolen Body: oh right and he like. stole this body from jack. it's fine. finder's keepers. The body that Oz exists in once belonged to Jack Vessalius. Oz became attached to it and gradually began to overpower Jack, turning the body into his own. By the end of canon, Jack was more of a phantom possessing the body that a loaner giving it to Oz. As previously stated, the body has already become more Chain than human.

• Blood Type: Vileblood
• Omen: Rabbit
• Blessed Day: February 5th (Gilbert's Birthday)
• Patron Pthumerian: Doorway
• Blood Power Manifestation:

Oz's new vileblood will be used to compliment his canon powers rather than nerf them. Because Oz is only now able to slow down and deal with the truth of his existence, his vileblood will also be used to highlight his new reality.

• Fast Corruption Leading to B-Rabbit Form: When Oz uses his B-Rabbit powers, his vileblood will cause him to begin corrupting faster. In canon, we see Oz begin to lose his sanity and become more violence prone when he subconsciously used his power. I will be using his vileblood to preserve this part of his powerset. Using the B-Rabbit's power will cause Oz's sanity to wane, making him more violent and possessive of his loved ones. He will gradually forget his human form and begin turning back into the B-Rabbit. This will also lead to his B-Rabbit form corrupting into a Beast Form.

• Going Numb: A theme of Oz's character arc was his habit of hiding his true feelings from others, and himself, in order to preserve his optimism. I expect the high stress of Deer Country to make Oz backtrack into this habit and plan to use his vileblood to highlight this. Furthermore, I plan for his vileblood to pick at his insecurity about being a former stuffed animal. Whenever Oz begins to hide his feelings, he will also begin to numb his physical body. This doesn't just mean pain, but also his ability to feel objects that he touches, temperature changes, etc. He'll even struggle to control how much pressure he is putting on objects, leading to things like breaking eggs or holding hands too tightly. Much like a stuffed animal, he'll lose his human senses. Oz will need to address his hidden stress in order to regain his physical feeling.

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