Artemiy Artemiyevich Pinker, better known as Chenya, is a student of Royal Sword Academy. He is a childhood friend of Riddle Rosehearts and Trey Clover.
Appearance
Chenya has chin-length, choppy purple hair with light purple accents and curved bangs, as well as three bobby pins pinned to the bangs on the sides of his face. He has a pair of purple cat ears with a piercing of a speech bubble containing the word "up" in his right ear, as well as three arrow-shaped piercings facing different directions in his left ear. He has angled yellow eyes with slitted pupils and wears purple eyeliner. He also has a long and bushy purple tail that has purple stripes and fades to white at the tip. He often has a mischievous smile on his face.
Chenya wears a baggy white buttoned shirt over a striped purple t-shirt, blue pants with patches and a purple belt, and purple combat boots adorned with gold chains. His belt has the phrase "Can you stand on your head?" printed on it, and the chains on his right and left boots have small charms that say "this way" and "that way," respectively. He has purple painted nails and wears a ring of the Cheshire Cat on his left hand.
Personality
Chenya is a cheerful and mischievous individual who enjoys pulling pranks for the sake of seeing people's frightened faces. He seems to be rather carefree, and isn't afraid of NRC students who hold hatred for Royal Sword Academy and their students, sometimes visiting Heartslabyul to see Trey and Riddle, despite being a student of Royal Sword Academy.
Background
Chenya and Trey have known each other since they were young. One day, as they were playing near Riddle's house, they spot him and ask him to play croquet with them, even though he was in the middle of self-studying. The three became friends and Riddle would use his self-studying hour to sneak out and play with them. However, when Riddle's mother found out, she forbade him from playing with them again.[1] Years later, Chenya would attend Royal Sword Academy.
Chenya has a brief but significant role in Book 1, where he suggests to Grim, Ace, Deuce, and Grim that they go talk to Trey if they wanted to find out about Riddle and his attitude. He reappears again at the end of Book 1 during the unbirthday party. However, he leaves almost immediately when the other members find out that he is a student at their rival school, Royal Sword Academy.
He appears again during the Song & Dance Championship, directing Gran, Dominic, and Snick to their dwarf friends. He later has a brief conversation with Trey and Riddle where Chenya points out that they have not seen or heard from each other since the unbirthday party. Since Trey and Riddle are busy, however, they postpone meeting later. [2]
Chenya is one of the participants of the field trip to Noble Bell College in Fleur City. He plays a supportive role for the boys of Night Raven College.[3]
Signature Spell
Most everyone's mad here. You may have noticed that I'm... Not All There.
Artemiy Artemiyevich Pinker (Book 7, Chapter 259)
Chenya can make parts of his body disappear and reappear at will. However, it depends on his mood when using it. [4] This also prevents him from being collared by Off With Your Head.
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Trivia
- Chenya shares many similarities with the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland (1951).
- His name may be a combination of the first 3 letters of Cheshire, and nya, the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat meowing.
- He frequently replaces words with cat-like equivalents, such as "right meow" in place of "right now."