A1ver

Appearance, Description, and Alliances
Alex, IGN A1ver, has long black hair and brown eyes. Alex uses he/him pronouns. He wears a signature pair of goggles regardless of his outfit, which protect his eyes while building or fighting. His current skin features a jacket with the Neolympian flower symbol on the back, a blue, buttoned shirt, boots, and brown trousers. In he carries on his person strength potions, invisibility potions, firework rockets, a camera, and a device of his own making that allows him to quickly go invisible at any time. Alex is most adept as a builder and architect, designing grand projects such as Neolympus, the Patchworkfam mansion, the Builder's Guild Hall (never built), and Bookedup. He is also incredibly skilled at redstone machinery. Alex is a mediocre fighter and prefers to solve disputes without violence. Despite this, he will do anything to protect his family - Patchworkfam - and his people - the Neolympians. He is allied with Stars and her revolution, but only to keep his family safe. He respects Palm and sees her as an equal, despite being on Stars' side.

History
Alex has been a player on the Surpher since day one. Alex built the Patchworkfam mansion and is the founder and "father" of Patchworkfam. The mansion was originally his house, which he built when he joined the server. Shortly after, he met Soulienart, VlinderLynder, and Air58. Soul and Lyn moved into his house, and the three dubbed themselves Patchworkfam. Air also moved in. Alex met Addyelf22, and she did as well. He also met cheasecakes, or Julia, who joined the family as well. Alex and Julia spent two weeks creating Bookedup (/warp bookedup), a fully automated enchanted book store. Bookedup was passed down to Bxttersticks, who then apathetically passed it down to Addyelf22. Alex and Julia are still the official owners, and advise Addy when necessary, but it is mostly run by her.

Alex was an active participant in the server after founding Patchworkfam and co-founding Bookedup, but did not do much else of particular note until the Third Age. He was in the Builder's Guild and briefly helped to work on the design and building for it. Canonically, he was abroad for the second age, after passing Bookedup on to Bxttersticks.

Recent History
In the Third Age, Alex returned to the server and founded the religion and city of Neolympus. He built the warp (/warp Neolympus) and the temple there. Not long after, Addy returned to the server and joined Neolympus, becoming his right-hand man. After discovering the current standings of the server's factions, Alex pledged allegiance to Stars and her rebellion against the Nether. He did this in an attempt to keep Patchworkfam and Neolympus safe, seeing Stars as the most powerful force he could side with, and thus the safest bet to throw his lot in. He did not necessarily side with her motives or intentions, but sided with her for protection for his people. He did not at this time know how Palm became a demon, and thought she was a puppet of Hades.

On the eleventh of February, Alex had his first canon interaction with Palm. She confronted him in the Neolympus temple, sheltered from the rain of a thunderstorm, about his choice to side with Stars. He told her the decision was made out of dedication to protecting his family. Palm demanded to know why he would oppose her and Hades, when they had done nothing to him. She warned him he had made the wrong choice, and that he would be swept under Stars' plots, doomed to be overwhelmed. Alex told her he still held respect for her, despite their opposition. He began to bid her farewell, declaring he would next see her on a battlefield, regardless of which side of it he was on. Palm stopped him, asking why he thought a battle would come, and what Stars was planning. Alex explained he hoped the battle would be a metaphorical one, but couldn't be sure what Stars had planned. Palm acknowledged that she wouldn't put it past Stars to plan a legitimate fight, and Alex agreed. Palm asked him if he wanted her dead. Alex admitted that he didn't, but would do what he had to to ensure his people's safety, even if it meant taking on a god, a demon, or even a god slayer. Palm told him to do what he saw as right, and not follow someone like Stars, who would lead him astray. She also told him she respected his position of partial neutrality, and Alex thanked her. Palm told him she had once been neutral, but that position was taken from her when Stars declared opposition to the rulers of the nether. Alex stated that he didn't see himself as a neutral party, but chose to side with Stars rather than let chance decide whether he would be on the losing or winning side. He explained that he saw Palm and Stars as two sides of the same coin, both with good and bad stories told about them. Upset by this, Palm asked Alex if he even knew who Stars is or what she has done. She told him that people ought to look to Stars if they wanted to see evil, rather than at Palm. Alex told her he'd done so, and saw Stars as the lesser evil. As the storm blustered, he asked her what she wanted to hear from him. She said she'd already heard it, but had wanted to know how Alex could possibly decide to side with her enemy. He told her she took a chance, and as Palm looked at him, she said she didn't think they were too different from each other. Alex agreed, and Palm advised him to remember that in the coming days. He said he would, and Palm expressed that she respected his choice and, to some extent, understood it. They bade each other farewell as the sun rose and the storm calmed.

After this interaction, Alex saw Palm as an equal, and both shared a mutual respect for each other. Outside of roleplay or canon, Alex wrote a lore update about their interaction and posted it to Surph's Discord server.

For the next two days Alex worked with Addy on inviting people to Neolympus and spreading the word of their city. On the thirteenth of February, he noticed that the statue of Bxttersticks - God of Wealth and Greed - had been altered. In the book at its base, listing followers of the god, someone had written /warp Descension in graceful cursive. He visited the warp and discovered a large black pit edged with gold, tentacles reaching from deep within. He heard rumors that a cult surrounded the pit. The same day Alex also visited the Gardeners, caretakers of the Mothergrowth, to ask after their charge and the budding Nethergrowth. They knew nothing of the Nethergrowth, only the dormant Mothergrowth they tend. He also asked about Palm, but they couldn't tell him much about her history or how she became a demon, only that it had something to do with an election and a failed grasp for power. Alex revealed all of this, outside of roleplay or canon, in a lore post in the Discord that day.

For the next while, Alex spent his days helping people settle in Neolympus and meeting those newer to the server or who he hadn't met yet. He met Cadmium_Yellow and attended her and Meancanine's wedding. He also became a regular at her bar, the Sanctuary Inn at /warp SanctuaryInn.

Alex's next major canon interaction, or lack thereof, was with Palm at the inn. She visited one evening, on karaoke night. Wanting to avoid her, he downed a potion of invisibility before she came in, and stayed invisible as Addy spoke with Palm. When they warped to Olympus, Alex followed and listened to Palm explain her death and resurrection to Addy. He stayed invisible, hiding in a tree above them when the potion wore off. After listening to the story, he drank another potion and flew away unseen with his elytra wings.

After this, Alex became determined to find out everything which took place while he was gone, during the Second Age. He also realized he couldn't trust Stars any more than he could trust Palm - perhaps even less - and began building a secret base beneath Neolympus for his base of operations. Addy and Cadmium helped to build the base and join his team of Neolympians working to discover the truth and prepare for war. Addy and Cadmium are the only other people with a key to the base, but everyone in Patchworkfam is allowed in. The base is a headquarters for Alex, his family, and Neolympus.

One day as the base was being built, Alex snuck into Manberg to look for answers. He searched Jae's old base and found a compass in her attic, which lead to their secret base. He also, while invisible, saw Sarah stuck in a tall wooden tower in Manberg and unable to leave it. Kal was trying to help, but seemed unable to do so. During this time Palm visited the inn and spent time casually with Addy there, participating in karaoke night and relaxing. A few days after Alex's visit to Manberg, Addy visited Palm in her pub in the nether. Palm told her to watch out for Alex, and was startled when Addy mentioned Jae while explaining their search for clues about the past. Palm also asked Addy for her and Alex to stop poking into Palm's past or private life. Addy asked him to do so, but he refused to give up his search for hidden truths, asserting nothing should be secret.

Alex continued construction on the secret Neolympus headquarters, visiting the inn with Addy some evenings. Both befriended the patrons there, many family friends and Neolympians. Palm visited the inn sometimes too. She and Alex acknowledged each other with mutual respect, and spoke occasionally. On the nineteenth of February, Alex and Addy followed the compass he'd found in Jae's base to their secret hideout. The two approached the door, knocked, and asked Jae to talk. She allowed them inside, but said she'd only give answers about her own past. Alex and Addy listened as they explained they had been the vice president of Manberg when Fox was president. Back then it had been called L'Manberg. Palm, Coffee, Fox, Sarah, and Jae had all lived there. Coffee had accused Fox of killing his horse and slain Fox. Jae had found them, dead, and Coffee declared himself president, renaming the country Manberg. He banished Jae, and she'd been living in banishment ever since. They refused to tell the Neolympians anything more about Palm or anyone else, and escorted them out of Jae's house. Alex and Addy bade her farewell and flew to a nearby hill, where they drank invisibility potions. Jae left the house shortly after and the two snuck inside, but found no more answers, and left shortly after.

A few days later, Alex received an invitation to the yearly celebration of Hades and Persephone, where they would renew their wedding vows and then throw a huge party. Everyone on the server was invited. Alex decided to take Stars as his date, hoping to get on her good side and find out more of her plans. Both attended the celebration and sat through the vows, then partook in the wild revelry afterwards, with cake and vodka and dancing and games. Stars joked about looking for a partner to marry throughout the evening, and Alex began to hope he could use this as leverage over her - to take her hand in marriage and thus have some influence over her. At one point, he saw Palm, who had just officiated the ceremony in a handsome suit and red tie. Catching her eye, he decided to ask her for a dance. The dance turned into several, and after exhausting themselves, demon and Neolympian rested in a nearby gazebo. Alex joked that he'd enjoyed "dancing with the devil," and didn't understand why it was so taboo to do so. As they sat there Alex realized he could actually see Palm as something more than an equal. He had always respected her, and understood why she did what she did, but now he saw her as more than a respected peer. A friend, not an enemy.

Right then, Stars spotted them. She had noticed their dances, and seeing them speaking amicably, her heart grew foul. She'd been talking with Bxtter, who had brought his book of contracts to the party and roamed the crowds chatting people up and offering them his famous deal. Seeing her most valuable ally dancing with her greatest enemy, she was livid. Stars took Bxtter's offer and signed away her love for anything and everything, anyone and everyone. This was fortunate for Bxtter, but terrifying to Alex. He'd sought to marry her and weaken her power, but had only strengthen it. This, on top of realizing he no longer saw Palm as an enemy, was overwhelming. He broke down to Palm, ranting about Stars, then left the party and returned to the old Patchworkfam mansion in warp village for the night. Addy had been called away from the party beforehand on Bookedup business, but returned after the party and found the shaken Alex in the Patchworkfam house. He told her what happened, horrified that he'd messed up and that a loveless Stars would be even more of a threat to him and his family - and Palm. After calming down, Alex went to bed, and Addy returned to Neolympus to sleep as well.

The next day Alex got up and composed himself. He asked Palm if they could meet. She came to warp village, and he gave her a tour of the beloved Patchworkfam house which he had built and filled with memories of his family. They sat on the tallest tower of the house, Alex showing Palm the beautiful view, sharing with her the vista of the server which was home to them both. They conversed and afterwards he gave her a note with coordinates for a safe place they could meet again in the future, unbeknownst to Stars, as allies. He also told her he'd like to hang out with her again, and she invited him to visit Hades' Castle sometime.

Since this event Alex has been finalizing the Neolympus headquarters. He has plans to build an elaborate redstone system within, which would allow you to create a unique maze for sparring with the press of a few buttons.