Because Cain is the head curator of the Healing guild, he's often tasked with the medical check ups of the other head curators! He has mixed feelings about this wasdfgfd
These poems are hard wasdfggf More stuff with Ishmael and Cain! Maybe it's because he's a curator of Life but Cain is very aware of his age and the fact he'll die before Ishmael, leaving him to wonder if pursuing something that will end so soon will even be worth it :]
The masters!! They're in the same order as their apprentices :]
More on them under the cut! (+ some relationship stuff because I think about the curators sooo much more then I do the apprentices asdgfd)
(Also if you want to humor me and hear me talk about design details then just ask because I have some THOUGHTS asdfghgf)
Giles Finchetti: Many like to characterize Giles as cold or antisocial, mostly because it's usually Cain telling them these things. But Giles at his core is caring and fatherly. Although, Cain isn't entirely wrong, as Giles is indeed also selfish, vain, and strict. But close friends and colleagues find it easy to look over these traits seeing how much of a hard worker he is and how willing to help others he proves to be. He holds high standards for his apprentice and adoptive son Luka, sometimes not realizing how crushing his expectations can be.
Cain Conroy: Being the oldest of the curators (by only a few years), Cain has taken this to mean that he's the one in charge. Cocky and stuck up and always open to a good fight of either swords or words, Cain thinks very highly of himself and takes his title of healing curator incredibly seriously. He's not above sneaky tricks and straight up murder to get what he thinks he rightly deserves. When he's not bragging or doing actual work, his favorite pastime is bothering Giles.
Olive Emers Lovestein: Some question how a lady like Olive Emers could ever become the textile curator, but her strange and eccentric tastes always seem to be incredibly popular. She values people feeling good in the clothes they wear and believes that clothing is a huge part of self expression. She's often nicknamed the Aunty of the curators seeing how she treats everyone as if they were a long lost friend. When she was younger, she was quite popular for her beauty, but nowadays she doesn't have too much care about beauty.
Bubba Cherdae: If any of the youngsters of the city wondered why it seemed like the Cooking Guild was so ubiquitous, they quickly understood after meeting Curator Cherdae. Bubba is very social and loves sharing the teachings of his guild to anyone who will listen. He thrives off of community and loves socializing. He takes it upon himself to look out for the other curators (cough cough Giles and Ishmael cough cough) but sometimes he feels a bit awkward around them considering that he, like his apprentice Bedelia, is largely just a normal guy. Regardless, he's a highly respected and skilled curator (no matter how much he may deny it).
Ishmael Newbon: The master seen as more animal then man. No one knows what exactly turned Ishmael to live so ferally, but all they know is that they can't stop him now. He rarely speaks actual words and instead communicates with growling or other gestures. There are also a good amount of people who claim to have been bitten by the curator. Ishmael lives deep in the surrounding woods of the city, surviving off of whatever he can use. The only time he's ever indoors is when Giles drags him inside for the winter Offing. Although he lives an extreme lifestyle, he actually doesn't require his apprentice to do so as well (instead letting her live with Anthea and Apollo). He admittedly has a soft spot for her.
Derse La Delphinium: A terrifyingly cold blooded and mysterious person. They're one of the only head curators that people actively try not to apprentice under based off an old rumor that they killed their apprentices. The only thing they show any care for are their plants (and some select people). Not much is known about Derse other then the fact an injury caused complete blindness in both of their eyes and that they always seem to be smiling.
Claudia Goswell: If you're not talking to her about work, then you're likely to not get an answer at all. Claudia is aloof and (according to some people) completely emotionless. In reality, she just doesn't really see the need to fake a personality in order to interact with people. She's hard working and independent, no load is too heavy for her to carry. Her sense of duty is usually interpreted as old fashioned, with her having a thing for dainty ladies, but everyone in the city knows that if they have a problem, they can always depend on Curator Goswell.
Anthea Bellerophon: The golden child of the curators and the youngest person to ever become a curator. Her father was her master and he was able to get her to become head curator quicker than she should've. Anthea is heroic and protective of her community to a fault. She was raised to believe that whatever the Bellerophon family believed in was correct and anyone who disagreed would need to be kindly enlightened to the correct way. Some of the curators find her a bit annoying and some are upset with the fact she barely had to work for her curator stance. But Anthea is none the wiser, continuing to stay her irritatingly optimistic self.
[ADDITIONAL RELATIONSHIP STUFF]
The main reason Giles forces Ishmael indoors for the winter is because he's seen countless instances of Frost Rot and he knows he would have to deal with Ishmael's corpse if he died (which, he really does not want to deal with) Giles survives keeping Ishmael inside by taking his coyote pelt as Ishmael feels significantly less comfortable/more exposed without it so he tends to be more reserved. Ishmael actually considers Giles a close friend even if Giles is a little scared of him
Olive-Emers and Giles are super close! Mostly because their curators were married when they were apprentices. So more often then not they can be found gossiping with each other or spending their breaks together
Cain has been in love with Olive-Emers since practically the day they met. Unfortunately, Olive-Emers knows exactly how much of a bastard he is towards Giles so she refuses to ever even consider his courtship offers
Derse and Bubba are courting each other! But the only reason they aren't married yet is because both of them are (secretly) deeply insecure about themselves. Derse thinks of themself as "imperfect" or not as good of a curator as Bubba (who is a highly revered curator) because they got injured while doing their job and Bubba has a lot of anxiety over the fact that Derse has never seen him. (Bubba is sure that if Derse saw him then they would leave because in Bubba's mind, Derse is a beautiful young person who shouldn't be wasting their time with him) (Dw, once they open up to each other and talk this out, they get married because they do indeed love each other)
