Feast of Noros
Honestly Charles was not looking forward to this?
He was eleven years old when his parents allowed for it and, as charles was a very serious boy, he considered such an event to be a test of his bravery
He also felt that he might die if he wasn’t prepared for it alsjdflfj
His elder brothers both loved the Feast of Noros ... for Nathaniel it was a night to forget about his cares as he prepared to be his father’s heir and for Peter, it was a night to indulge in the things he loved most (even at 12), which was food, fun, girls, and a bit of danger
Charles approached the entire evening wondering when they might be allowed to go home
(Not to mention, he was in the middle of a very interesting book)
Charles’s costume was also kinda boring as he decided he wanted to go as the starless sky (his brothers said he wouldn’t fool the spirits with that one) but it was just an excuse to wear all black lakjdflajsf
It was on this day, that Charles first encountered Alaric de Vere, who would eventually become his closest friend
Alaric and Charles did nOT get off on the right foot as Alaric was involved in a food fight with some other boys and one of the cakes went flying and hit Charles square in the face
Alaric came up and apologized to Charles, but Charles said that he needed to speak with Alaric’s father and talk to him about his son’s inappropriate behavior
He definitely talked to Alaric as though he was an adult but he and Alaric were both 12 at the time aldfjlsfdj
Also that awkward moment when Alaric had to tell him that his dad was dead so if he wanted to talk to him, he might have to wait until the spirits come out
That shut Charles up pretty quickly and he kinda felt bad about that the rest of the night and worried that he probably made the ghost of Alaric’s dad pretty upset














