Utility Fei

Utility Feng [they/them, or any other pronouns] is destined to be yet another fertility witch, one whose job is to help people conceive magically.

As a standard stock character, Utility was not granted a chance to study at Ever After. However, they hold quite an interest in the school, and makes an effort to know what the student body is up to. In particular, they’re known for running a fansite dedicated to the school.

Currently, they are a student at Wittenberg (Writtenberg?) University in Germany.

Personality
For starters, Utility is way too energetic for their own good. They talk too much, and always want to be doing something – whether it’s lying down on the floor thinking or climbing up the nearest piece of infrastructure.

I personally find it very awkward to discuss the personality of one’s persona, and this personality section is only on its second paragraph yet has become a complete struggle to write.

They are very parental, leaning on the paternal side. Definitely the sort of friend who would drag you out on a fishing trip or a visit to the hardware store. Utility also frequently reminds everyone to tidy up their rooms– oh, did I say rooms? I meant pages. Go tidy up your pages!

I’m just going to stop writing here – it’s too early to consider the philosophical implications of self.

Appearance
Typically, Utility appears as a human youth, with light brown skin and brightly dyed green hair. Of average height and on the slimmer side, they do give the appearance of physical weakness, which they try to balance out with “strong” stances and expressions.

Despite being a witch and showing no signs of non-human heritage, Utility is actually one of the fae. With their host kidnapped as a baby and replaced with them, Utility is a changeling.

In their changeling form, Utility has grey skin and wide, pronounced eyes. Their face is more gaunt and their skin is pulled tight. They also sport a pair of wings, which resemble grasshopper wings, but with fragmentation and holes.

Molhexcular and Spellular Biology

 * literally life
 * its their major at Wittenberg University

Hardware Stores

 * definitely carries a near-entire toolbox with them whereever they go
 * there's definitely an electric drill in there

Being a Dad

 * lots of dad jokes. all the dad jokes. they're all terrible.
 * see: hardware stores
 * you know the drill

Fandom
Utility runs a community dedicated to discussing Ever After High. It’s been awhile since Utility has heard any news from Ever After (the latest was some information about the past generation of students), and they’re beginning to worry.

Other

 * their broomstick is an unholy amalgam of a skateboard and a broom. They love their "broomskate" but can't do any tricks without falling off.
 * knows Latin

Folklore: Fertility Witches & Changelings
Fertility witches are often consulted in fairytales by women who fail again and again to conceive. Usually, in fairytales, the women end up conceiving happily – the resultant child just usually ends up cursed or in some other tragic predicament.

Changelings are fae babies who replace human kidnapped babies. I can’t recall any fairytales with them off the top of my head, but they are an essential part in folklore.

How does Utility come into this?
Yeah, they were a changeling whose friends decided to kidnap a baby one day and put a small Utility in that baby's place.

Utility never did end up returning to the faerie realm, and isn't entirely sure whether they want to. Their time living with humans, studying with humans, all of that – it's given them a deep appreciation for humanity and the good they can do. Although they have never forgotten their Changeling heritage, Utility is happy to adopt a completely human lifestyle and integrate among people.

Fertility witches is a learned art, and usually it's a trade that runs in the family. Utility is a minor exception – if they successfully complete their study, then they'll be the first fertility witch in their family. It's an odd honour, and they're not entirely sure if it's the path they want in life.

Parallels

 * Not particularly a parallel, more of an irony, but fertility witches grant children, while changelings replace children.
 * ”The duality of men!” - Utility Feng
 * Fertility witches help people conceive life, Utility is all about molspell bio! Life in a lab!
 * That said, that’s one of the reasons why they’re very very desperate to convince the Fairytale Authorities to assign them the Wagner destiny in Goethe’s Faust. They already make life in a lab – of course they’ll be able to create the homunculus in Part II.

Family
Utility does not talk much of their family. However, they mention how high a regard their family places on the fertility witch career, and how important it is to succeed.

Friends
Hmu with your eahsona info and we can be friends

Fairytale Authorities
Nevertheless, despite the lack of romance in their life, Utility still pursues someone - or rather, something - romantically. Yes, it's the Fairytale Authorities, who are ever so increasingly annoyed at the persistent demands of this young witch, who is demanding a better and more interesting destiny.

Although not strictly romantic, the Fairytale Authorities remain the only subject of any romantic(-like) endeavours from Utility. The Authorities have written back to Utility only once: “Please stop bothering us”, and Utility egged their nearest headquarters the next day. The only thing romantic about this is how Romantic-with-a-capital-R it is – it has all the drama of Romanticism.

Pet
"I don’t believe the cultivation and study of bacterial with magical qualities really qualifies as pets, does it?"

Witches traditionally keep cats, but Utility is allergic to cat hair. Nevertheless, they secretly yearn for cats -- perhaps a pair named after two eminent scientists.

Unfortunately, the only life they keep are bacterial samples – which get incinerated after study, and a few plants in their lab, neither of which are animals.

Other

 * Johann Wagner is one of their professors at Wittenberg and they think he's cool beans.

Trivia

 * When read surname first and fast: Feng Utility, sounds like fertility.
 * Utility also references the importance of hardware to their character.
 * Yes, much like Chanel Lee (the Sprite Butler), Utility is a changeling. I thought this would be a nice nod to how the Sprite Butler used to be my EAHsona, until she split off into her own character.
 * Utility usually keeps quiet about their Changeling status.
 * Making Utility a fae is a nod to one of Zena's other nicknames – Fairy.
 * For the record, Zena doesn't actually go to Wittenberg University. Neither do they know any German, so there's that.
 * However, like Utility, they are studying abroad.