Friendsim Volume 11: Mallek Adalov & Lynera Skalbi
Guess: Mallek Adalov - Heir of Light
Here we have a troll whose characterization in their episode absolutely does NOT match their reputed sign's Aspect.
Mallek does not display Time cues. There is little to no language in his entire episode to even obliquely support Time as a meaningful motivator, to him, beyond a couple of throwaway mentions of how little time he has left. However, he is strongly signaled to belong somewhere on the Light - Void spectrum, through information (Light) technology vs his need to disconnect and get away from it (Void). There are repeated references to darkness, shadows, misinformation, lies, and water/liquid--all Void symbols--and also many mentions of knowledge, truth, information, publicity, and gleams of light, which are predictably Light-aligned.
Then there's his class. He shows every indication of being highly conscious of social hierarchy, tallies of owed favors, and a tit-for-tat mentality, all of which tend to be patterns found in the Courtier group (that is: Prince, Heir, Maid, or Bard). As well, I tend to guess any character who has such a strong apparent shadowing of both their Aspect and the opposing Aspect is displaying Prince or Bard cues. He seems fairly Active, at first glance and in his speech, and shows some attraction to the role of a "villain", though he isn't quite as oblivious to other's thoughts, feelings, or needs as the strongly-Active Prince can sometimes be, and acts on instinct to save the main character. With the strength and sheer frequency of the Void cues in his route, I'm actually inclined to peg him as a somewhat heavily inverted Heir of Light. He masks, superficially, as a Prince of Void, but he's not out to destroy misinformation or wreck anyone's shit with it, in the way a Prince would be. Instead, he fixates on new information and doesn't really question what he's told, as well as showing the very laid-back attitude more common to Heirs.
(So, wild headcanon time... how could a Heir of Light have ended up with a Time-linked symbol? Did someone stamp a grub's paperwork with the wrong sign? Did he 'inherit' a sign from someone else entirely? Does he know? How seriously am I willing to take the extended zodiac's Aspects, when they just don't fit someone specific--especially when it was such a well-written episode and not the fault of there just being zero data to interpret?)
Guess: Lynera Skalbi - Sylph of Rage
Her Rage Aspect seems to show in the form of emotional volatility and acute suspicion and mistrust about everything displayed to her. For her class, while at first she seems self-absorbed in a relatively Active way, she makes a comment about rule-breaking irritating her greatly that sounds very Sylph-like, as Sylphs are instinctively drawn to order and organization. Sylphs also share a focus on what they 'know' with Witches, Seers, and Mages, and tend to start by acting unwisely based on the knowledge they have, all of which fits Lynera to a T.
