Demyan "Demy"

he/they | 5'3" (161cm) | demisexual | 22 yr

An unfortunate faun who was captured and sold as a house slave at a young age to a cruel house of humans who treated him like a bad omen while rendering him the housekeeper. Many of his scars are from screwing up chores from ill equipped knowledge or exhaustion, and most of them come from the hands of humans punishing him for those mistakes. He is insanely terrified of humans as a whole and has a lot of PTSD concerning them for how abusive his previous household was. Other fauns aren't as bad but he is incredibly shy and not ready to come out of his shell yet.

*He was recently recaptured by other fauns during a Northern raid on a village and was carried back due to how physically exhausted he was. He was told at a young age that other fauns would kill him for his association with humans so he learned to fear them just as much as he feared humans, but the kindness of other fauns and the one who found and saved him, Snezha, put into perspective for him of how he was lied to. It took him awhile to warm up to other fauns and not think about running away and back to the humans who would severely punish him anyway. 
*Still has a lot of trust issues and shivers any time voices are raised, even if it isn't aimed at him. He has no idea how to function during arguments and tends to fold rather easily, just begging not to be hurt or even squeezing himself into as small of a ball as possible to fit somewhere he may have issues getting back out of. 
*Reticent about sharing his thoughts or experiences, tends to still walk around with a cane and uses it to cling to when he gets scared. 
*He and Snezha are very close due to how much the larger faun protects him quietly, and Demy is slowly warming up to the idea of opening up more to him emotionally.