( cis male / park jimin / he/him ) HANUEL JI is a SHADOW KNIGHT hailing from the kingdom of WHELDRAKE. The TWENTY FIVE year old is travelling to the council summit because they believe in PEACE. They HAVE NOT lost their magic and possess the ability of SHADOW MAGIC. HE is CONFIDENT, GENEROUS but also PARANOID. i wonder if they’ll get what they want at the summit?
born far wheldrake’s capitol in the freshwater marshes. parents were soldiers and occasional fishermen — they lost their shadow magic before he was born, but were devout in respecting ancestors and communicating with the dead. war came in waves, and when his parents decided to join ranks again he was sent into the city to live with his uncle
his uncle hadn’t lost his magic, and served as a low-ranked and poor military advisor. hanuel found better company in the slums. magic-less users who got by wit and brawn led by a court sorcerer fallen from grace after his powers vanished. long story short — when hanuel came into his own powers, his new “family” recruited him into a thieving guild and bam, hanuel’s getting a slew of lessons in magic, deception, and stealth.
of course they’re busted, and by this time hanuel’s old enough to receive some punishment. salvation comes in the dwindling number of magic users in wheldrake, and hanuel trades a service in chains for a service in arms. after several years, he’s proven useful enough to move up the ranks into the elite squad of shadow knights. a relatively fresh recruit, he’s eager to prove he’s worth keeping.
WANTS : true community , friendship without strings , personal glory , affirmation .
DESIRES : visit other foreign lands , keep his magic , learn to read / write more fluently
POWERS : ability to create a companion shadow for a short period of time , dark-vision , communicate with the dead , can create a small shadow blade
CONNECTIONS :
past, established : someone he’s stolen from in the past , enemies of his former guild , asks him to communicate with a passed relative , mentor in shadow magic , a former meet-cute lover ( any gender or location ) , “friend” he betrayed and they meet again ( friends - enemies - ? ) , he definitely “got rid of” someone they loved OR hated , shadow magic mentor
new experiences : he hears gossip about them and they catch him , someone who seems fishy , academic mentors , playmates ( he likes games ! theater ! costumes ! all those delights he never experienced growing up ) , new sparring partner , he’s got a crushhhh ( and it probably won’t lead anywhere but pls ) , he misjudges them ! let it lead to disaster somehow ! , an unlikely friend
