hello tumblr.com, in april/may a major little amadeus hyperfixation struck me & i made an oc (YAY)
here's his lore 🫶🏻
heinrich was born in vienna and raised in a catholic orphanage, where his beautiful singing voice made him the orphanage's biggest source of income through private concerts for church officials. years of constant praise left him painfully vain, and after leaving the orphanage he tried to pursue a career in theatre. unfortunately, acting jobs paid terribly 👎🏻instead, heinrich discovered that charming wealthy men paid much better.
he essentially made a living drifting from affair to affair, surviving through expensive gifts, "generous" patrons, and occasionally stealing a few valuables before moving on to the next social circle. one day, however, he started an affair with a count from around vienna. when the count's wife discovered the affair, she attempted to have heinrich executed by accusing him of theft, forcing him to flee vienna overnight.
he ends up in salzburg, where he bluffs his way into bishop schrattenbach's court by claiming he had been sent from vienna to "entertain his grace". the bishop doesn't remember arranging this... but lets him stay anyway (bro the bishop dgaf)
initially Heinrich sets his "sights" on the bishop, only to realize that isn't going anywhere. instead, he notices the bishop's "secretary", lorenzo devilius (💀) and assumes that man must have money. unfortunately for heinrich, lorenzo is awfully broke (he doesn't know). "fortunately" for heinrich, lorenzo is also awfully easy to romance.
heinrich showers him with compliments (including pretending to enjoy his terrible compositions), flirts shamelessly, and slowly wins over the lonely marshal, who insists they're simply "very dear friends" despite taking him to expensive dinners he absolutely cannot afford. mario and monti immediately hate heinrich because he's obviously up to something—and because lorenzo keeps spending what little money he has on him, which affects their living conditions (duh)
heinrich eventually seduces lorenzo, fully intending it to be the final step before disappearing with whatever valuables he can find. instead, he discovers lorenzo genuinely loves him, has almost no money to steal, and is one of the few people who has ever cared about him as a person rather than as a pretty face (ANGST?)
to Heinrich's immense inconvenience he catches the feels too 💔
naturally, everything falls apart. the countess tracks heinrich down, his past catches up with him, and he is arrested. to save himself, heinrich is forced to confess to lorenzo that their relationship began as a scam. lorenzo is devastated, Heinrich nearly gets executed, and everyone has the worst two weeks of their lives.
eventually, mario and amadeus manage to prove heinrich innocent of the theft charges, restoring his reputation. (this is mainly initiated by amadeus, mario eventually joins because his uncle is so depressed that he neglects his job duties & if he lost his job, mario would have to return to his mom.) heinrich returns everything he stole to lorenzo, sincerely apologizes, and prepares to leave for good 😔 lorenzo, against all common sense, forgives him (plot twist) and idk
they remain together, spend the rest of their "lives" being insufferably judgmental about everyone else at court, and are, against all odds, extremely happy 😭 (but heinrich is more honest with him now & tells him that his compositions are ass. lorenzo disagrees but character development?) (also the hating on amadeus never stops but lorenzo focuses more on refining his own work than to be the big hater he always was idk)
other fun facts, heinrich loves expensive things and that chocolate from linz from the first episode. also him and lorenzo write eachother uh. private letters 😭😭 mario accidentally opened one at some point (NEVER AGAIN) oh and his last name is supposed to be "on-the-nose" like the devilius / the "von" is probably made up too (since he isn't royal whatsoever)
ANYWAY YAAAYY enjoy (this fandom is dead)
