Axi

Axi is an off-planet exchange student at Dystopolis University on the planet Earth. As a member of the amphibious Axolwisp race, Axi can breathe both on land and in water, and she requires frequent hydration to remain healthy. Her interests include writing and editing, Japanese Anime, video games and cosplay, and stress-eating. She currently shares a house with her off-and-on boyfriend Griff, and is unemployed, making occasional money through odd editing jobs and scholarships.

Appearance
Axi's defining features are her flexible pink skin and her thick antennae, which resemble the external gills of the Axolotl salamander that is native to both Earth and Lotl. Though these antennae seem similar to those of an Axolotl, they do not in fact serve as gills, with Axi's real gills hidden beneath her scarf. Instead, her antennae help increase Axi's sensory abilities both on land and in water, with her hearing being particularly pristine. Though many Axolwisp have been known to pursue successful music careers due to this advanced hearing, Axi seems mostly uninterested in music, claiming that Earth sounds are boring and unpleasant.

Axi's typical cozy mode of dress serves a practical function in keeping her sensitive skin safe during cold months. She is known to wear her scarf even when indoors as a comfort object, and to avoid drawing attention to her gills. Axi's cap is based off a popular anime character known as Mimu, who is also amphibious.

Axi is classified as obese by the standards of her own race, but some interested Axolwisp scholars claim that this is an unfair assessment due to her abnormal height and bone size. As she is practically a giant compared to other Axolwisp, research conducted into her physiology suggests that while she is certainly overweight, her extra padding may in fact be important in allowing her to regulate such things as moisture and temperature in her own body. Axi herself refuses to comment on this topic as a whole.

Biography
Axi was born to wealthy parents on the planet Lotl. Upon exiting her larval form and gaining full mobility, Axi began to eat constantly (she claims it functions as a form of stress relief) and soon, even her family's generous finances were put in jeopardy by Axi's appetite. Unwilling to sacrifice their wealth, Axi's parents sent her to Earth to complete her high school degree and enter Dystopolis University on scholarship money. This move soured the already rocky relationship between Axi and her parents, and she generally avoids communicating with them unless it is absolutely necessary.

In the two years of high school education that she received on Earth, Axi became fast friends with Tess Turner, a bovid woman. Tess would hold the distinction of being Axi's only friend up to her first year of University, at which point Axi became close to her residence roommate Rosalyn Stoker, who identifies as human. Axi and Tess remained friends after this point, and it was through Tess that Axi was introduced to her eventual boyfriend Jack 'Griff' Griffin, or just Griff. Through Tess, Axi also made the acquaintance of feline sisters Sketch and Doodle, and eventually became friends with outgoing lagomorph April DeCoi and her boyfriend Jake Burnett. Axi has remained close with this circle of friends even after moving into a house off-campus with Griff.

On Earth, Axi's appetite has become somewhat legendary, even among her own gluttonous group of friends. Though Axi herself despises the attention her foodie behaviour attracts, it has earned her the admiration of many, and she has become something of a tourist attraction at local buffets, which use the interest garnered by the hungry pink girl to keep themselves afloat financially.

Relationships
Axi claims she has only ever dated Griff, and generally has little interest in men and women alike. Her relationship with Griff is best characterized as tumultuous due to Axi's frequent low mood and lack of interpersonal skills, but also to Griff's intense attraction to Axi, which she often classifies as perverted. Despite this shaky relationship, Axi herself admits a level of affection for Griff that keeps the two together in the end. For Griff's part, he claims that Axi is far from chaste, but he refuses to elaborate on just what sorts of fantasies she might possess.

Future
In Axiworld's Future Canon, Axi and Griff are a married couple, and have an adopted daughter named Aylene. Little else is known about the two in this canon. Many believe that Axi is in fact the successful Opera star Axara due to the similarities in name, appearance, and appetite between the two, but this relationship has yet to be confirmed, and just how Axi would go from an English major to an Opera singer remains to be seen.

Notable Appearances

 * Axi is the protagonist of the non-canon fangame Axugaem1.
 * Axi has appeared in various comics and stories, and is the mascot of Axlwisp's DeviantArt page.