One x One ye old test thread

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basically i really need to remember how to code / test things beforehand​

 

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ALEXANDER MARSEILLE​

BASICS:
name; alexander marseille
-nickname(s); alex, allie (by his sister)
-title(s); prince marseille, your highness, prince of grastela
age; twenty-three
gender; male
sexuality; gay / demisexual

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faceclaim; Alexander stands at around 5'11, mostly lean and lanky with the posture of someone who has spent their entire life scruitinized by their peers. His mother in particular has always made him very conscious of his appearance, though he doesn't really care to think so hard over it. He doesn't think he's very attractive to girls but finds it probably best so there's no ill feelings on either side. He has pale, almost white hair, though both his parents have dark locks -- supposedly a by-product of the curse placed on him as an infant. Sunkissed skin and freckles from spending hours outside reading. Undergoes changes as the curse advances! ;-)

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key traits; While Alex has always been sweet and considerate to the people around him, even as a child, his passionate personality and loud attitude has definitely faded over the years. Uncertain of what sort of future lies ahead for him, excitement has been replaced by worry and anxiety. He really doesn't know what to expect from his future -- whether or not he will be the proper heir and take the throne, marry someone he doesn't really love, expected to have children he doesn't want. He used to spend hours dreaming and wanting to explore pretend the world, countries and kingdoms he'd only read about in stories but as the years passed he's grown almost resentful of the curse, of magic.

He doesn't hate it in the way that most humans hate it, but he thinks magic is selfish, a short-cut. He thinks magic is destructive, is dangerous in the hands of most people. He thinks it has too much of a chance of ruining lives that it was better off being restricted, but in the truth of it, he really wishes someone or something would prove him wrong. He is very much afraid of not having control of his life, since that is very much what it's come down to and in his eyes, magic is the least of all controlled things. Alexander wants to genuinely believe in the good of the world, but has only been disappointed over the years. It's how he sort of lives these days, disappointed and listless. When the curse actually begins to take hold of him, he's more fearful and angry than anything else, thinking it's just ruining his life in the stead of things his family has done, even though he was just a babe when it happened.

subdued, kind, considerate, curious, quirky, passionate

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family;
KING AESON MARSEILLE (60)
King Aeson is a glutton in most ways, for money, for power, for food and luxury. He has a strong knack for planning alliances and political advantages in advanced, having been a general before he took the throne from his own father after he passed. He was raised knowing he would have it, being the oldest of three and has an extreme determination to get what he wants. The Marseille family have strong ties with banks and the flow of gold from kingdom to kingdom and he well-known for using blackmail and bribery to swing things the way he wants them.

Hates magic and magic folk -- the hatred is mostly masked fear, paranoia that everything could be ripped away from him and his family if they were overpowered, so he is constantly monitoring, constantly trying to stay informed by his advisors and other noblemen as to what is going on outside of the city of Grastela. In his mind, he lost his son when he was a baby. He does not view Alexander as a proper heir, does not hold onto the believe that he could ever have the throne. He holds him at an arm's distance, even though he does still offer him luxury, it is without opportunity. He'd rather his son live spoiled and alone, stuck inside the palace, rather than outside and with political power.

QUEEN NARILLA MARSEILLE (formerly RISCION) (43)
Married off at a young age from her noble family, Narilla is an expert of the 'keep quiet and nod your head'. She adores her children with all her might and wants the best for them but doesn't have more power than her husband and often falls short, even when she has the best intentions. Alex loves his mother, but has a little bit of an awkward relationship with her now into his adulthood, especially after the birth of his sister. She tries to understand politics as much as she can but is more deft in socializing and keeping up appearances, since that is always what she's had to do.

PRINCESS NAERA MARSEILLE (5)
Naera is rambunctious, loud and beloved by everyone. She is rowdy and easily excitable. Despite her father's views on where power should lie and her own position in the family, not even he can avoid bending to her cute disposition. She's allowed to go where she wants in the palace as long as her maids are with her and one of the king's guard. Endeared by just about anything, it's very rare to see her without a grin on her face or to hear her giggling madly down the halls, running from her servants.

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other details;
- a sucker for pastries and smooth chocolate
- his room is full of candles because he often stays up late reading & has a horrible habit of letting them sit
- doesn't use his primary bedroom because the light and access to the gardens is better from the lower floor guest rooms
- mostly allowed to do as he pleases, so he's a little bit of a ghost, kind of wandering around the palace without purpose
- he once kissed a stableboy he thought liked him and never saw him again afterwards
- the crest of the marseille family is a knight sending a spear through a dragon -- hence the curse & the idea of the family killing itself from the inside

Spoiler: dragon form / curse features insp