† full name : lorenzo gian de cavalcanti
† date of birth : august thirteenth
† time of birth : right as the sun shifted to mid-day, in the brilliant light and scorching sun of an itialian summer
† place of birth : florence, italy
† hometown : born and raised in florence, spent some time in Rome for schooling
† ethnicity : his father is florentino/ itialian, his mother is spanish
† appearance : with strong, sharp and typically serious features lorenzo is a striking man. he has deep chestnut brown eyes and short raven black hair that waves neatly. he keeps his facial hair trimmed and nicely shaped. he has a very defined build with a slight pudgyness to his stomach, he has the most kind and warm smile,a smile that is deceptively trustworthy.
† fashion sense : noble, the finest fabrics and furs when he's in court, embellished with gold and a few jewels, he always has a cross around his neck to show his devotion to his faith, he is incredibly masculine, his goal is to seem more powerful and with more influence than he truly has.
† accent : well versed in several languages including itialian, spanish, french, english and hebrew his accent is hard to place at times.
† personality : lorenzo is a scholarly passionate man at heart, he is hard working with a strategic mind that always thinks four or five steps ahead. he is incredibly personable and charming, though seemingly genuine he tends to pry into others thoughts while keeping his own strictly to himself, he is incredibly religious. though he may never admit it the thing that drives him is his intense need to be loved, affirmed and trusted. he is loyal to a fault and will do anything for the ones he loves. he wants to be seen as a hero but often agendas that are forced upon him get in the way.
† strengths : public speaking, sword play, strategy games, raised to be a man of god and the arts he is skilled at dancing and the mandayln, gaining people's trust, he is gifted at gathering information people would rather keep hidden.
† weaknesses : often dishonest on the surface, quite the yes man and people pleaser, can have a tendency to be close minded or fear what he does not understand, archery
the cavalcanti family made their way into itialian hierarchy when lorenzo's great great grandfather became cardinal to the pope, as did his grandfather and now father. he his the eldest of three having a younger brother and a younger sister. his mother was a noblewoman who cared about nothing more than her status and continual social climbing, his father was very similar. being the eldest lorenzo was sent to school in rome to study everything from the teachings of god to music and sword play to arithmetic to poetry, language and art.
his father was incredibly hard on him his entire life and often sought to use his son(s) as pawns in his plans to gain more power for the cavalcanti family name. this was abundantly clear to young lorenzo from a young age and drove a large wedge between him and any of the other members of his family. he pushed himself to be the absolute best that he could be in hopes to gain his parent's approval, maybe even their love.
his brother, cosimo, and him have very little in common, they act like distant relatives rather than blood brothers, this is largely due to the fact that lotenzo put his studies and parents ambitions above everything. his relationship to his sister sanica is similar though she keeps a very soft spot in his heart.
one of the earliest memories lorenzo has comes from hiding outside his fathers study when he was five years old, he was in a business meeting and was discussing certain volatile parts of politics a young boy should not have heard, his mother caught him, grabbed him by the ear and tugged him away, she crouched down and grabbed his face in her hands and told him, "Si vas a escuchar, haz que valga la pena" meaning, if you're going to listen, make it worth our while. as a boy he was never hugged or rewarded unless it was in public in front of the eyes of the other cardinals and or the people who voted for them or if he prestened valuable information.
when he was sent away to school he found himself honing his skills, everyone adored him without ever truly knowing him. women fawned over him, men befriended him when they needed help. his elders we're harsh to him due to his undeniable potential. in all his years of schooling he made one friend, peiro, a young man about his age, he was terrible at maths, could hardly speak anything but itialian, but when given raw clay his hands seemed possessed by god. after discovering some of peiro's more risqué pieces the headmasters of the school threw him out, lorenzo never heard from him again and was once again all alone.
after completing his schooling and arriving back to florence his father approached him with a very crucial mission, he was to infiltrate the scottish court, gain their trust and father whatever information he could that might help the itialian-spanish alliance in their partnership with england. seeing it as an opportunity to finally prove his worthyness to his parents he agreed, packed his things and headed for the highlands.
† secrets : his true intentions at court, that he likes boys, many horrible things that his father has done
† likes : summer rain, the views from the palace, sailing, sword play, dancing though no one knows quite how much he loves it, reading, fashion, star gazing, artist and or other soft boys, the seers eyes when he laughs// in general, he has a major sweet tooth, the safety he finds in religion
† dislikes : feeling like he's never going to be enough for his parents, small spaces, pagans because he was taught to fear them, most french people, not having absolute control of a situation, surprises
† possessions : the gold and sapphire cross he wears, it was the only true "gift" he had ever gotten from his father
† sexual orientation : deeply closeted gay
