He is the flip side to Orpheanos physically but his personality is very similar. He is a good balance to Orpheanos to keep him balanced and to provide a good insight into the Iuse relationship on this trip. Two Iuse relationships will developed but having an established one will help explain it better I think. Both Orpheanos and Maximillos are not friended characters but they were named by my male best friend. Again, don't get too attached to this character. More formal characterization below the cut.
Maximillos
Class: Researcher (Sagittarius/Indigo)
Occupation: Wild Lands Expert
He is one of the two top researchers studying the Wild Lands, specifically the periodic changes. His focus is on predicting the cycles, but he also is interested in looking into the source of the changes. He has tracked the changes to coincide exactly with the moon even on the moon's odd periods. After recording for over 40 cycles and gathering information on cycles befor that, Maximillos can predict with about 95% ability what biome the next shift will incur. There are still periods of uncertainty that occur with the moon's odd periods but he asume that over a longer span of time, these points too will result in a pattern. He is a bit more reserved than Orpheanos but still speaks with a lot of flourishes upon his diction which sound haughty and highbrow. He easily comes across as pompous and arrogant. He does not carry any weapons.
Physical Description: Where Orpheanos is round, Maximillos is tall and skinny to the point of being guant. He has long dark hair with a natural wave to it that he keeps pulls back in a severe low ponytail. He has pointed ears and sharp teeth typical of his race. He has pale skin that looks slightly sickly due to the natural olive tone. He also wears his indigo masters robes a lot over stiff high quality tailored clothes.
This is another extra character than I needed to throw into the mix for the story to make a little more sense. Orpheanos is one of my flawed characters. I need to get better at mixing my solid characters and my flawed characters (aka I need to give the main heros more flaws and extra characters more good sides so that it's not very obvious who is who). But overall, he is one side of the obnoxious coin that I have tossed in. Maximillos will be the other side. Don't get too attached to this character. I have brought him aboard for one purpose. More characterization below the cut.
Orpheanos (Or-fee-an-os)
Class: Researcher (Sagittarius/Indigo)
Occupation: Wild Lands Expert
He is one of the two top researchers studying the Wild Lands, specificially the periodic changes. His focus is on the stability agains tthe changes and identifying the source of the change. He has several theoiries but none that have been proven or disproven yet. He is often found in his master robes as a symbol of his status that he will use as leverage over people. He is very loud and obnoxious and used to getting his way. He is somewhat bigotted towards the Rurum despite visiting the Wild lands several times. He does not carry any weapons on his person. He is Maximillos' Iuse, a competitor and partner in the field of Wild Land studies.
Physical Description: He is large and short, a very round figure. He has dark hair that is longish but usually kept brushed and neat unless he is working hard, then due to his habit of running his hands through his hair, it will become very poofy and unkempt. He has pointed ears and sharp teeth typical of his race. He is fairly pale but has a tendency to easily flush red. As mentioned, he wears his indigo master robes over comfortable but high quality tailored clothes.
Kolmos is based on my male best friend. My oldest friend really. Since fifth grade. I don't know how he's put up with me for this long. A miracle really. Anyways, I have his characterization nailed down. I summarized a couple scenes with his character in it and he reacted exactly as I described without prompting. And actually landing him as a military-esque body guard is fairly apt for what he is doing now. I am so freaking proud of him. I really hope he never finds this. More below the cut
Kolmos
Class: Honour (Libra/Teal)
Occupation: Body Guard
He has a high sense of justice, a little hot headed but can be talked down with logic. He is secretive and closed, but eventually opens up to close friends. He knows and follows rules closely, but is not against breaking them for the greater good. He is very proper and becomes only slightly flustered when proper manners are disregarded. He is very dutiful towards his job to the point of being overzealous which actually works if someone needs him to keep a secret... His weapon is an epee. He works for Calleis.
Physical Description: He has short, buzz cut dark hair. He has blue and gold flecked eyes. He has pale skin that tans easily and nicely. He has a very wiry frame with nicely toned muscles built for speed. He is taller than average but shorter than Theos. He is usually wearing his uniform, teal and white.
Ictina is based on one of my architecture friends that got me through those two years of hell. I like to think I helped her too. I probably helped her more once I got out of that awful program. She was my first college friend and eventually became my roommate. She has a spitfire personality that cannot be contained within her small form. We could hear whether or not she was home all the way down the hallways. She was the first of my friends to graduate college so she gets to be oldest character in Ayteaelle. And she is oldest by far. I need to write that in more. Anyways, more below the cut.
Ictina
Class: Maker (Taurus/Bronze)
Occupation: Architect
Usually the ones who choose the Maker CLass are the ones who want to build and construct with their own two hands and they look like they can. Ictina, however, is a small Taurus, but with such big vision. Her designs are the foundations for several outlying cities. Her pen is almost never still, always sketching and drawing her concepts in journals to be passed to her apprentices and fellow Makers. She is feisty and argumentative. She makes up in creativity and volume what she lacks in size. One can hear her from across a building (or two). She is passionate and exacting in details. She is armed with pens, pencils, small hammers, and a quick tongue.
Physical Characteristics: She is very petite in both height and build. She has about shoulder length hair that she usually keeps pulled back in a low ponytail to control the natural curl. She has orange and gold flecked eyes. She has a dark tan complexion with additional dark circles under her eyes because of her occupation. She is usually wearing a smock and loose pants combination with lots of pens and papers tucked into her belts.
This is a fun character. My brother is an interesting person. We have always gotten along (save for a few times that might have ended with a fist fight, but compared to other sibling pairs, we're ideal). He is the size of a monster so despite him being my younger brother, I can't call him little brother anymore. He is another one of my Taurus friends that I am writing into the story and is actually going for his mechanical engineering degree now. (I'm so proud of him!) I asked him what kind of character he wanted to be and he replied with "a crazy person who actually does stuff right, and invents shit like Leonardo DiVinci." Okay not exact quotes but it was a while ago but that was the gist. I haven't been able to write too much of the crazy into the story but I hope I've presented him as the genius he is. More on his actual character below the cut.
Theos (theseus + minos)
Class: Maker (Taurus/Bronze/ORANGE)
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer/Mad Inventor
With a creative mind and the skills of the Maker Class, he builds amazing contraptions and gizmos and machines that may or may not blow up on initiation. When given a task/challenge, he will produce a horde of solutions until the perfect one is built. It usually only takes him a week for any major project plus build time. Whatever ideas he doesn't have time to build are written and sketched out in a notebook and delivered to his apprentices or other Makers to be examined. He is responsible for a lot of recent transportation and research breakthroughs. He is always complaining of all of the ideas running through his head. When he starts a project he sometimes forgets to eat or sleep or communicate with the rest of the world except to pass on a notebook with a side idea. Between projects he is very open and friendly. He has a lot of admirers but a few close friends. He is strong from building most of his designs by himself. He wields a long handled sledge hammer. He is Sotaria's Liaimore.
Physical Description: He has very curly hair with an average length of about 2 inches but it's very volumous. If it grows out too long, it looks like an afro, but Sotaria takes care of it before that happens. He has green and brown flecked eyes. He has the usual sharp teeth and pointed ears. He is very tall and very broad with a lot of muscles built up from exercise and handling his own machines. He's large even for typical Makers. He's pretty tan despite being stuck in his studio often (again, probably Sotaria's or his Serut's doing/fault). He wears comfortable clothes under either his studio smock or a long trench coat (tailor made for his size).
Gelos is based off a good friend in college. We had to tweak his astrological sign a little because he is definitely not a Libra by any definition. He was actually born early so it makes sense that he doesn't match. So instead I shifted him to Leo, which suits him much better, but is still close enough to Libra to keep the other stricter side of my brain happy. And then I go and screw with his class a little more by making him play the Traveller/Cancer. Yea, I can't really explain that one beyond I really wanted him on board and it would be easier this way. Anyways, actual characterization below the cut.
Gelos (Gayl-os)
Class: Fighting (Leo/Olive)
Occupation: Travelling Mercenary/Caravan Guard
Adventurous and wandering, he will accept any quest that is offered. He is nice and fun to be around. He is extremely helpful and actually enjoys the chores of cooking and go-for-ing. He doesn't want to settle down though and is constatly looking for new places to see and visit. He has a variety of people who know him, particularly close to the Wild Lands, and he is friendly to anyone he meets, but he only has a select few that he would call close due to his travelling nature. He gets along with animals and can tame ferocious beasts most of the time. He doesn't use a weapons, but instead brawls with his fists. But don't discount him, he's really badass and kinda feral when he does end up fighting.
Physical Description: He has short dark hair that is straight so it goes sorta spiky when not cut short enough. He is big and brawny, but only slightly taller than average. He wears a set of armor that he had crafted by a Maker friend from designs given to him by his mentor. Under that, he wears very utilitarian and practical clothes like a simple t-shirt and loose pants. If it weren't so impractical, he would wear the armor all the time, even to sleep in.
Ermes is also loosely based on one of my brother's friends. But I really like this friend. He helped me out one panicky 3 am, so I am obliquely honoring him with a character. Travellers are an interesting bunch. Usually grumpy/angry they manage any trips across the land. Ermes is not a typical Traveller and makes the most of that. Unfortunately while he is one of my favorite characters to write (accents are fun) he is actually the only named character that doesn't travel with the group. He stays behind to let a closer friend make sense with the story. Anyways, more below.
Ermes
Class: Traveller (Cancer/Green)
Occupation: Logistics Manager
Always in a strangely cheerful mood for Traveller Class, he swears by a zen found on the roads and the patterns they make. Other Travellers swears that this mood is only because he is so young. He is in charge of the dragon beasts and most Wild Lands news. He knows how to brush off the attitude of other Travellers to get the best and most efficient plans for his clients. He is itching to travel but has been moved to an administrative position due to his expertise.
Physical Description: He has short curly dark hair and a thick wiry beard that he keeps trimmed to a wide chin strap style. He is an average height and average build. His hands are callused from a heavy hands on attitude during his travels but they are fading as he sits behind his desk. He wears the usual green tunic of the Traveller class. Very casual.
Sotaria is kinda interesting because she is modeled after my brother's girlfriend but very loosely because I don't get to hang out with her very often. So I've sorta had to make up a characterization that goes well with my brother's character. (I'll be posting Theos later.) She part of the Honour class which made it easy to insert her into the story as a body guard. I don't have many interesting scenes with her yet. Maybe I'll get to do something in the Wild Lands...
More details below.
Sotaria
Class: Honour (Libra/Teal)
Occupation: Personal Guard
Happy and cheerful, she always has a smile and a nice thing to say when she is in a good mood. Thankfully her good moods occur often and are fairly robust. She is slightly naive and tends to believe the best of a person. She is fairly professional but her personality shines through sometimes. She has been trained by some of the most respected Honour Masters of her time and is fully capable of handling herself in a variety of situations. Her combat usually relies on her epee but she tends to try to resolve things without violence, sometimes getting injured in the process. She is employed by Calleis and is Theos' Liaimore.
Physical Description: She is average height and build with a fair amount of muscle from rigorous training. She has dark long hair usually kept pulled back into a low ponytail. She has pointed ears and sharp teeth. She is kinda pale but tans easily. She is usually on guard and so is often seen in her teal and white uniform. When she is in casual clothes they tend to be practical outfits with the occasional flowing skirt.
