Nugget

INTRODUCTION

Appearance
Nugget has two appearances - their human disguise, which is their preferred look in the Hoardlands, and their piglin appearance.

Their human appearance is 1.7 m (5"10), with curly greyish black hair. They wear a frog beanie, a oversized white sweater with a frog design, dark grey pants that are rolled up to near the knee, and green rainboots. Nugget has green eyes and has a remarkably 'soft' demeanour. Their nose turns up slightly, and their lower canines are elongated to poke out of the gap between their lips.

Nugget also has a bit of golden jewellery - a lip ring, and some earrings. They're very defensive of these items. In both forms, on their chest and back there are intricate tattoo designs, which Nugget gets extremely shy and protective of.

As a piglin, Nugget is 2.3 m (7"7). They wear the same sweater and pants. The pants are rolled up over their haunches, to act as shorts, and the front of the sweater is tucked into their belt to stop it getting in the way when they lean over. They have a scar the shape of an 'x' on their left ear. Their jewellery is limited to the rings around each of their tusks. They don't wear the beanie or the rainboots like this. Their hands have hard, hoof like fingers, but there are hooves for their feet.

Switching between these two appearances is something they're pretty private about. It does look like blue flame blossoms from the tattoos, then dissipates quickly, leaving the alternate appearance behind in it's wake.

Main Personality
Nugget is primarily eager to please.. They have selected a few others to be part of their 'clan' and are remarkably protective and careful with them. They're slow to anger, but quick to act, rushing in to defend Tin at any sign of trouble. Nugget is embarrassed easily, and doesn't quite understand social norms, something they're very ashamed of.

Nugget is prone to being sleepy, and will wait inside their house at night often. Despite their tendency to rush to defend others, their first instinct is to protect themselves when alone. Often time they run away from big fights unless they have back up. They're very materialistic.

Nugget is not smart, and has to work to soothe the primal instincts to protect and hoard. Has expressed a lack of knowledge on many basic things - 'what's a slug?'. He will build or work when stressed.

Ideology
Nugget is a follower of the Blood God, a piglin deity. He was less a 'god' and more a hero of legend. He was a piglin who rose to fight the overlord who had conquered the end and the overworld, and liberated the nether. Nugget claims that he was the one who instructed the construction of the bastions, and that his blood is golden. The golden nuggets you find around the nether are said to be sights where he fought the overlord and bled, but ultimately won.

Nugget routinely prays at a blackstone statue they build in Safehaven, and has placed a golden nugget named 'Blessing of the Blood God' on Tin's house. Nugget has expressed that the blood god is a patron of strength, war, resourcefulness, and life. Nugget has also remarked that many piglins cannot agree on the stories, hence why the bastions are so far apart and broken down as wars blossomed between clans.

Nugget has a strong sense of justice and trade, hence their love for the trading hall they constructed. Has confessed that they believe thievery is the worst crime possible to commit.

PRE-EXILE
Nugget was raised in a bastion. They were a brute, and protected the bastion with the other clan members. One day they got a call from scouts, and their battalion headed out to fight a Wither that Pheonix had created. Nugget's whole squad was wiped out, including his brother, Ingot. Nugget was put on trial for the murder of his brothers, as per Bastion rules. He was cast into the lava sea, but survived by climbing onto a strider. He managed to escape mostly whole, but does have an 'X' etched into his ear - the mark of a heretic.

EXILE
Nugget wandered the nether for a long time, and has remarked that they even eaten ghast to stay alive. They found their crown then, and eventually stumbled upon the nether hub of the overworld inhabitants. After a long period of observation, they used magic to hide themselves as a human, and slipped through a portal to try and live in the Hoard.

OVERWORLD
Nugget now lives in Safehaven, a town inhabited primarily by Tin and them. It's built in a sunflower meadow, and is home to Sunflower Stables. Nugget calls it 'their valley' and has remarked that if it came to it, they'd sacrifice themselves to save the valley without a second thought. Nugget now works as a builder, and has expressed that it brings him joy to be free like he is. He has allowed and accepted people into the valley, even striving to make houses for Weeper and Shy.

The Meeting
Nugget was not meant to attend to the meeting, as per Mads' orders, but went anyway out of fear for Tin. They vouched for Tin for the ritual, but recently has discovered that the ritual was a farce. At the meeting, before it begun, Tin also proposed to Nugget, much to his delight and surprise. Nugget currently wears his engagement ring constantly.

Poketto
Nugget was killed by Poketto for affiliating with Core. Nugget felt unable to help, and then raced over to try and defend his family, but he died in the process. He still shakes at the memory, as it was the first canon death. Puts on a brave face around Core and Shy. Has a new scar up along his chest, neck and jaw as a result. Will sit and imagine how he could have done better.

Pets
Harold - A pig that lives in Sunflower Stables.

Rattles - a skeleton horse that lives near their house. Nugget doesn't ride them out of fear they'll break.

Kisser & Treasure - a pair of llamas that were left by a travelling merchant. Tin named Kisser.

Quotes
"I'm a piglin, not a bastard."

"Laws were strict in the bastion."

"Say his fucking name." - At Pheonix when they came to safehaven.

Trivia
Oinks when they snore

Gets confused by day/night cycle

Speaks piglin when alone, or sleepy.