Jaron headcanons part 5
Jaron as king don't like to attend regents meeting and wish he could skip them but most often he can't (because of Mott and kerwyn) No one wants to interact with Jaron post-meeting as he always end up in a bad mood then.
We know one of the reasons Jaron change cooks is that he hates overcooked meat. But another reason is that Jaron doesn't like castle food. He got too used to simple food as Sage. He never complains when he is eating at some simple place in Carthya.
Since Jaron is rarely alone as king, if Jaron has free time he would firstly use it to give some time to himself and be alone doing what he wants.
In the gardens Jaron might just remain lost in thoughts for hours staring at nothing and he won't even mind if it rains as rain has a sense of freedom in it that in turn makes him feel happy sometimes. He is one of those people who feel the rain instead of just getting wet. ( But yes if he gets wet in the rain he would be lectured by Mott later.)
Jaron often drives the servants away whenever they hover except Errol as he is also his friend. Besides Errol is too used to Jaron’s complaints.
Jaron visits his mother's room sometimes as he can still feel her there even now. (This is angsty I know).
When Humfrey first proposed a betrothal of Jaron’s future child to one of his grandchildren Jaron choked on his cider and asked Humfrey how old did Humfrey think he was, being shocked. (Jaron in my own headcanons is unmarried so this is a lot funnier there but I think it works for canon Jaron too when Humfrey made this proposal. Lol.)
Jaron’s first meeting with kippenger post war happened after a long time. (They actually talked through letters before but real meeting happened later) And Kippenger did kind of triggered his war trauma or flashbacks which made this meeting a little difficult. ( you cannot convince me he doesn’t have ptsd from the war.)
Actually Harlowe and Mott might be the only one who really knows about Jaron’s ptsd. Harlowe is the best person who can soothe Jaron like a father when Jaron has nightmares.
It took some time but Jaron did eventually tell Darius all that happened while he was Sage or about the everything he faced before tck. It's a little easier to share the war with Darius who wasn't there as Jaron doesn't want to give the war flashbacks to his friends who all suffered in the war in book 3.
Also Jaron can easily share how much he misses his parents with Darius as Darius misses them too and can understand and also share the pain with him.
Jaron doesn't like celebrating his birthday because of book 1 events which happened near his birthday and he can't help but always remember and miss his parents more than he usually does on his birthdays. His friends try to make him happy or have a small celebration or surprises for him on his birthday though. Which is good as Jaron hated the formal birthday celebrations Eckbert used to do anyway.
Jaron does plan a birthday celebration for all of his friends and brothers every year. ( Jaron doesn't know Fink’s real birthday but Fink had one made by Erick so Jaron celebrates that day for Fink. He definitely gifted Fink a sword on his first birthday on the castle.)
Jaron is actually a very good singer and musician. He was only pretending to be bad at music. But he doesn't sing or play music often as it reminds him of his parents.
