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i heard 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐘 singing the other night, though it didn’t sound like english. it’s so admirable that someone who’s only 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚-𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅 can sing latin so fluently ! i hear they hang out with the 𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍, but they’re also a 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 at 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔. when dusk falls, you can usually find them heading home to 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐋𝐘𝐍 by 𝐒𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐑𝐃.
BASIC INFORMATION
full name: ares godfrey. gender: nonbinary. pronouns: he/him. sexual orientation: bisexual.
date of birth: november twelfth. age: twenty-four. astrology: scorpio sun, cancer moon, libra rising.
eyes: green. hair: dark brown. height: 5′10″. build: lanky. faceclaim: timothée chalamet.
positive traits: charming, versatile, thoughtful, tactful, ambitious. neutral traits: sensitive, skeptical, enigmatic. negative traits: temperamental, stubborn, fickle, selfish.
mbti: isfp: the adventurer. enneagram: 8w7: the nonconformist. temperament: choleric. morals: chaotic neutral.
BACKGROUND
born to the leaders of the lux coven, ares godfrey is a founding family legacy.
he was raised alongside his twin brother, the two children shielded by their parents with nurture, selflessness, and teachings of light magic.
ares was attuned to his powers from a very young age, excelling in his training and learning every bit of magic he could pick up. but something was always off. he was still young when he began to yearn for more than the passive, defensive strain of magic the godfreys were used to, and though it was ingrained in him to stay away from dark magic and the noctis coven, ares couldn’t help but feel curious about what he was missing out on.
he was seventeen years old when he checked out his first book on dark magic, seeking out none other than simone durand at durand books for guidance. it became a habit, an after-school activity under the guise he was studying with a friend. it was hardly a lie — he was studying alright, but it was more nourishing than his usual academia. and of course, it wasn’t something his parents could ever know about.
this was only the initial spark of betrayal to a family who so graciously raised him, but ares had an insatiable hunger to learn more, and an ambitious drive to ensure he chased after it. the more he learned about the craft of dark magic, the more he felt tense in his family’s presence, and in the lux coven. he began to argue with his parents more often, ares becoming the black sheep of the family as he outcasted himself from the comfort and shelter he felt his parents were choking him with.
to ares’ parents, it was as if a switch had been flipped within their son. he was no longer the selfless, charming young child they raised him to be, but rather a temperamental wild card with dangerous impulse. a situation to be dealt with. though they worried for him, they didn’t fully acknowledge what was going on until it was too late. perhaps it was naivety — ignoring the signs for the sake of self-preservation. but ares’ years of learning chaos and dark magic manifested in the summer after his final year of university, in the days following his twenty-third birthday.
it happened after a particularly rough fight with his parents, the whole ordeal angering him enough that his powers were unleashed in a fit of emotion. it was like the legend they were always warned about as children, the legend written deep with their family’s lore. ares paralleled this, accidentally conjuring a fire in their brooklyn townhome. at this point, it was finally undeniable to his parents that he was practicing dark magic — but they didn’t have time to confront him before he escaped that same night, running away to the apartment of the person who became somewhat of a mentor to him — simone durand, who offered ares a place to stay until he could get on his own two feet. ares began to work as a bookseller at durand books to cover staying with simone.
a year later, he still hasn’t seen his parents, avoiding the inevitability of what a confrontation might look like. whilst he doesn’t regret leaving — he regrets losing his brother in the process. his brother, who is perhaps the only person who could have foreseen this. the night before ares left was the first time he confronted his brother about the internal turmoil he’d been facing, and though it wasn’t in blatant terms, it was enough for his brother to know something was wrong.
these days, ares still tries to seek out his brother in hopes of regaining his trust and mending their relationship. ares understands his brother might be afraid of understanding this new side to him, and he might be facing the aftermath of his abandonment — however, ares will do anything to be friends with his brother again. he misses him more than anything.
ares is still practicing dark magic, seeking to learn more and to get his powers under control. he hasn’t officially become a member of the noctis coven yet, though he hopes to earn their trust and integrate with them soon.
more recently, ares has been experiencing blackouts. when he wakes up, he typically doesn’t remember how he got where he is — however, he’s shrugging it off as a mix of stress, lack of rest, and the side effects of dark magic.
HEADCANONS
ares never had a good relationship with his parents, for he never felt he fit into the mold they expected him to adapt to. they’re never close — his parents are leaders, after all, and were kept fairly busy with their work in the lux circle and the high council. there’s love, of course, it’s just complicated. ares stayed closest to his twin brother — protective over him despite being the same age. the two were reliant on each other from a young age.
ares identifies as nonbinary — for as long as he can remember, dating back to elementary school days, he never felt concerned with conforming to masculinity or femininity. he wore what he was comfortable in, played with who he liked, and did what made him happy. traditional masculinity always felt like something he had to succeed at rather than something that came natural to him, the notion of being one of the boys feeling like an obligation. it’s in high school where he learns more about his identity, learning to accept himself for who he is rather than who he feels he has to be due to his assigned sex. ares uses he/him and they/them pronouns, with no preference toward either.
he faces a lot of inner turmoil, having been raised on light magic but feeling more aligned with dark magic. It’s hard for him to control and regulate his emotions, and he tends to take things very personally.
( drugs / addiction tw ) the euphoria ares experiences when practicing dark magic is similar to that of a drug — it draws him in, gives him a high, and he’s addicted. it’s had a negative effect on him, rendering ares more prone to rash, paranoid, temperamental behaviors with a tendency to lash out at the people he cares about. practicing dark magic has made him inclined toward self-isolation, often throwing himself into his work and studies
WANTED CONNECTIONS
his parents !!! more siblings, cousins !!
coworkers from durand books
friends from college, high school
childhood friends
best friend
confidant / cornerstone
bad influence / good influence
party / pub friends
friends with benefits
tinder matches
former lovers to good friends or enemies </3
first love / first kiss / first time
unrequited crush
something a lil toxic lol
summer luv a la august by t. swift
flings / ex flings
hook ups / ex hook ups
people who dislike him / people he dislikes
ex friends
break his heart lol
enemies
roommates / former roommates / neighbors
witches from noctis who either like and want to trust him, or greatly dislike him due to his ties with the lux circle and the fact that he’s a godfrey
