Booker Elliot

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Booker Elliot
"The Road to Dance is a Road of Roses"

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Desired Position: Royal Tutor and Personal Advisor to Prince Tristan Thaddeus Sinclair, candidate for a position on the Council of Affairs
Country of Origin:] Greedo
Gender: Male
Age: 28, born on the 5th of Quercust (Chomae)
Hair color: Sandy blonde
Eye color: Golden brown
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 158 lb.
Other Distinguishing Traits: A writing callus on his left hand

Romance and Partners:
Booker is not interested in any romantic relationships at the moment, seeing as the Greedan court and the Sinclair line is currently going through a critical period of development. He has often danced as follower to the prince, but is also well trained in the leading role to better aid the prince and to keep up appearances as a moderately respected member of the court in his own right.

Position on the Rebellion:
Publicly, he conforms to the official stance taken by Greedo. Privately, he has mixed feelings on the matter. Born with an inquisitive nature, he has always been attracted to radical ideas and often reads works that can be considered mildly offensive at best and dangerously seditious at worst. As a result of his literary consumption, he is very much pro-arien rights, though he does not approve of their violent methods. This episode, however, has him questioning the viability of coexistence between humans and arie. He entertains the idea of an entirely separate arien society, and an end to human reliance on arien magic. Also a strong supporter of a Greedo and Rameria alliance.

Personality:
Ever cheerful, if the smile on his face is to be trusted. As his family is used to serving generations of royals, he is thick-skinned and used to dealing with those who are hard-to-handle. While his face would have you believe him to be a gentleman, he is the type to speak against those who cross him or his masters with some stray, biting remark later in a back room hidden from public view. He takes an almost childish pleasure in dismantling the characters of those he finds moral fault with; in fact he is the secret ghost writer of a humorous book titled "Recollections of a Tawdry Barmaid" satirizing the private and public lives of some the more widely-known corrupt nobles of the Greedan court.

Despite this little hobby of his, people who know him within the palace would scarcely describe him as a spirited young man. Outside of his duties, he is bookish, and often holes himself up in a corner of the palace library or within his living quarters. Still, even with his eccentricities, many ultimately see him as of upstanding character because of his loyalty to the crown and the prince. He conducts himself well at social events and makes for an interesting conversation partner due to his knowledge on a wide array of eclectic subjects.

Biography:
Raised by a single father amidst bustling palace life, Booker grew up with quill and paper in hand and academic authorities hovering nearby at every turn. Thus, the boundary between his private life and his duties has always been thin. His entire childhood served to train him solely for his future position as the next palace tutor, though he has never seen it that way. Upon being introduced to Tristan, his father's protege, he liked the younger boy well enough to occasionally help the other with his studies and give him commoner treats from the city. This endeared him to the prince. They grew closer when Booker's father finally retired from ailing health and Booker succeeded the position at the mere age of 21. With some help from his more experienced colleagues, he was able to transition smoothly into the job, though Tristan's cooperative nature was also to be thanked.

Dance Level: 3
His energy has always been directed towards academia. However, he has been taught well enough in the Viennese waltz to help Tristan on occasion. As for other dance styles, it's better that you don't ask him to demonstrate.

Last Year's Cendrillion Ball:
- Without Tristan's attendance, there was no reason for him to attend. Moreover, he has little time for balls and dances and the like.

Goal:
His attendance of this year's Cendrillion Ball was permitted in order to assuage King Bertrand of his worries over his son. However, he personally appealed to be the chaperone at Tristan's request.

Extra:
- It is quite possible that he never sleeps or eats, if the other servants are to be believed.
- Primarily specializes in government systems, but has secondary specialization in Greedan history.
- Learning about arien magic and Ramerian technological advancements is a hobby of his. There is nothing he wouldn't give to be able to see some blueprints in person. If only they weren't such closely guarded government secrets- !
- Also occasionally reads trashy romances and swashbuckling adventures that are so-called 'contraband' and 'corrupting to young minds.'