Macabre Puppetmaster

You have spent years mastering the delicate art of puppetry, but your craft has long since crossed the boundary between entertainment and the grotesque. While other puppeteers use wood, cloth, and paint to create harmless performers, you discovered that the most convincing puppets are made from things that were once alive.

You learned to stitch together scraps of flesh, bone, hair, and sinew, creating macabre marionettes that dance at your command. Some were made from animals. Others were made from corpses. A few, disturbingly, still whisper when the strings are pulled.

Your work has earned you a reputation in certain circles. Some consider you a deranged artist, while others seek you out for your unique creations. You rarely reveal where your materials come from, and you have learned that a little mystery makes your performances far more memorable.

Perhaps you create puppets simply because you enjoy the artistry. Perhaps you are searching for the perfect creation. Or perhaps you believe that life itself is merely a performance, and everyone living or dead is simply waiting for someone to pull their strings.

Suggested Characteristics

d6	Personality Trait
1	I treat my puppets as though they are living companions.
2	I become intensely excited whenever I discover a new material for my craft.
3	I speak to corpses as casually as I speak to the living.
4	I am cheerful and theatrical, even in situations where I absolutely should not be.
5	I dislike ordinary dolls. They lack character.
6	I constantly adjust people's clothing, hair, or posture as though preparing them for a performance.

d6	Ideal
1	Art. Beauty can be found in things others consider horrifying.
2	Control. Everyone has strings. I simply happen to know where mine are.
3	Freedom. No creature should be forced to dance to another's tune.
4	Legacy. My greatest creation will be remembered long after I am gone.
5	Curiosity. There is no boundary I will not cross to discover something new
6	Perfection. Every creation can be improved with enough experimentation.

d6	Bond
1	One of my puppets contains a piece of someone I loved.
2	My former mentor taught me everything I know, and I intend to surpass them.
3	I am searching for the perfect body to become my masterpiece.
4	Someone destroyed my greatest creation, and I will never forgive them.
5	My puppets are the only companions I have ever truly trusted.
6	I inherited my craft from a mysterious mentor whose whereabouts are unknown.

d7	Flaw
1	I have difficulty recognizing when my experiments have gone too far.
2	I see people as potential materials before I see them as people.
3	I cannot resist showing off my creations.
4	I become dangerously obsessive when pursuing a new idea.
5	I sometimes forget that the dead are supposed to stay dead.
6	I genuinely cannot understand why people find my hobbies disturbing.
7	I cannot resist investigating anything unusual, regardless of the danger.