#welcome to octopia character dump

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Residents of Octopia, meet your heroes - the Scavenger Team!

Millicent is the definition of the perfect soldier - powerful, determined, and hard working. She's also one of the strongest Elites left, only rivalled in strength by Felicia, her oldest friend. Although she seems cold at first, she soon warms up to people, though keeps a serious tone at all times. As the captain of this platoon, she leads the group through the deserted domes and makes the final decision on what scrap to take and what to leave behind.

Claire always puts fashion before everything, even commissioning a unique armour plate for her role in the team. She constantly tries new styles with the few materials she has access to, and is probably the most popular person in Octopia, aside from Four of course. You may think she's only been placed on the team just to boost its popularity, but underneath that cool exterior, she's a fierce warrior with deadly skills. Acting as Millicent's second in command (hence the singular seaweed on her goggles), she keeps morale high with her positive attitude.

Obi is one of the oldest Octosnipers, even having battled the original Agent 3 in Octo Valley. Though it was there that he discovered he had an irrational fear of inklings, and so he started training other Octosnipers for combat instead. When Four arrived, his phobia sparked up again, but he soon realised there was nothing to fear and now he's pretty good friends with her. Obi uses his goggles and his keen eyesight to spot intact technology within the darkness of the defunct domes, and also carries tools just in case.

Oona is an extremely rare Blue Ringed Octarian, which means she is smaller (but certainly not weaker) than other Octohurlers. DJ Octavio originally planned for a specific unit within the army just for Blue Ringed Octarians, which means she was constantly on standby for combat, but this never came to be as there was never enough Blue Ringed individuals. She studied technology in the meantime, and is now the smartest technician in Octopia - these skills certainly come in handy, as she examines scrap to work out what technology they need from the rubble.

And finally, Samuel, a humanoid Octarian like the Octo Samurai. Since there's no concrete lore for this subspecies - not even an official name - I've decided how this all works ':)

As a quick summary, instead of letting a cut off hair tentacle develop normally, it can be taken and genetically altered into a humanoid Octarian. This means that they're specifically designed for a purpose, like the Octo Samurai was created just to wield the Great Octoweapon - but Samuel doesn't know his purpose. In fact, no-one knows who designed him, with the only mark of his creator being the heart at the end of his tail. Obviously this has left him with a deep sense of inadequacy and he often questions why he was made.

Fortunately for him, he has found a purpose within the Scavenger Team. He's incredibly strong, which is useful for clearing a path through the rubble, and he also carries all the scrap they take in a backpack. For once, he doesn't feel like such an outcast - he's a hero.

Bonus: Millicent and Claire without their goggles ^_^

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Here's an introduction to some of the residents of Octopia! One of the main goals of Welcome To Octopia is to draw attention to how the Octarians are individuals and fully fleshed out people rather than just soldiers, so here's the appearances, personalities and struggles of some of the background characters!

-Odelia

An Octoball who hates the stereotypes that octoballs are small and helpless, so puts on a cool and independent persona to combat this. Also opts to walk around on her legs whenever she can, rather than rolling around or being carried, even if it's harder.

-Ollie

One of the very few babies in Octopia, since the birth rate is so low (this may be important information for future chapters *winks*). No-one really knows how to take care of him, since all the caretakers have already left the domes, so he just gets passed around from person to person so they can play with him and feed him.

-Oswald

An Octotrooper, usually an upbeat and friendly guy, but he's been feeling a bit depressed ever since he contracted a disease that makes his skin itchier and his tentacles droop. It's nothing too serious, but with almost no medical resources in Octopia, he is forced to live with it, so secretly he's desperate to escape to the surface in search of a cure.

-Oswin

A tentakook who is calm and contented, no longer skittish and fearful as he was when he was a soldier. Nowadays he works as a farmer, arguably the most important job in Octopia. Though he struggles sometimes with limited crops, he is much more cheerful now that he's not in the ranks of the army.

-Orion

An Octostamp who works as a waiter, he is old enough to have trained to be a soldier but too young to have actually fought against the New Squidbeak Splatoon. He is eager to learn about anything and everything, and always kicks up a friendly conversation with those he serves.

-Olga

One of only two Twintacle Octotroopers that isn't one of Four's bodyguards, as she's still only a teenager. Though she's too young to have ever been in a battle, she's just as grumpy and determined as any Twintacle, and is one of the only residents in Octopia to openly despise staying in the domes, wanting to leave and explore the surface.

-Oscar

A child Octocopter, who is so young that he hasn't had any combat training whatsoever, though he longs to fly like his older peers used to. Unfortunately for him, there's almost no flying technology left in Octopia, so he has to settle for his propellor hat.

-Olympia

A sassy Octotrooper who mainly hangs out with Odelia and Olga. Though her rebellious nature shines through, she is content to stay underground for a while longer as she's secretly afraid of leaving everything she's ever known and starting again in a completely unfamiliar place. She cut the tip of her tentacle off for a cool hairdo, though this did not turn into a child as this only happens when an Octoling cuts their hair. Olga looks up to her and cut her hair in a similar way to be more like her.

-Otto

One of only a few Octocommanders left, he is quiet and caring, and loves nothing more than hanging out with his friends. He desperately wants to leave the past behind, as he hated being a soldier and rejected the offer to work as a protector of Octopia. (Yes, this is the Octocommander that Neo Three sees which causes her to feel guilty about splatting the Octocommanders in Chapter 2 and crashes into the wall)

I even doodled that one scene in Chapter 5!

I may make some more Octoling characters in the future, but I wanted to focus on the Octarians as they're overshadowed more often.

Btw, you can do whatever you want with these characters, whether it's related to Welcome To Octopia or not! Just make sure to credit me if you do ^_^