一诺. 28. he/him. the lord of illusions. guard to the lady of asteria. the lost prince. –
. – beck. 20. they/them. utc-6.
he knows where he lived most his life. he knows what he lost, even if he isn't sure how. and he'll do what he has to in order to piece his life back together once more.
as a child, yinuo was fairly quiet. he seems never to have grown out of that habit, though not for lack of circumstance. he's never made many friends, often describing it as though there's a bubble around him that people seem hesitant to pop. he can't particularly blame them.
confidence and blunt conversation are a poor-tasting combination in any noble, and yinuo tries his best to keep his mouth shut. whatever social 'faux pas' he commits, he doesn't much care. the politics of court mean nothing to him when compared with his truest wishes.
…others, however, don't see it that way. yinuo is older than his sister, yan, and therefore expected to take a larger role in the affairs of the kingdoms. he does what he must to get by.
he has lived around the walls of the frigorian empire for a large portion of his life, moving to asteria only to keep together with his sister. court life is no more comfortable for him here than it was at home, but he's polite. (it isn't his fault if you overhear a comment or two; keep your ears where they belong.)
he can often be found passing the time by learning the art of weaponry; a 'fun pasttime,' as those around him would say. yinuo, on the other hand, would be more inclined to give that title to his magic—since it seems that so far the people around him have only wanted it utilized for party tricks. (if you're particularly lucky, and catch him before dawn, you might find him with a book or three in his lap. say nothing of it.)
his allegiance now torn between his birthland and his homeland…which will he choose? …well. which can do more for him?
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OOC INFORMATION ALIAS, AGE & PRONOUNS: beck, 20, they/them. TIMEZONE: cst [utc-6] TRIGGERS: n/a
IC INFORMATION NAME: zhao yinuo (yī nuò; 一诺) AGE: 28 PRONOUNS: he/him FC: yu bin CHARACTER TRAITS: + defensive, protective, playful with those he knows well, sympathetic, loyal, confident, hardworking - quiet, secretive, stoic, prioritizes family over outside sources, doesn't care about the politics of court, blunt, doesn't think before he speaks, pessimistic
HEADCANONS: + one of yinuo's guiltiest pleasures is reading. if you happen to catch him up before dawn, he'll generally have a book in his hand. somehow it's a different one every day—makes you wonder how he ever has the time to finish them all, but he finds a way. + yinuo is deathly afraid of owls. it isn't a hundred percent clear why this is, but it's the one secret he tries above all else to hide. his one true shame, really. + he hates olives with a burning passion. he's constantly picking them off foods and setting them on the sides of serving trays, no matter how fancy the party. he refuses to see it as childish. (even though it is.) + generally, yinuo doesn't care about "winning" things; competition means very little to him. but if it's a drinking contest, all bets are off—and he has a crazy high tolerance.
POWERS: illusion generation. he can create a near perfect two-dimensional image of something anywhere in a one-mile radius around him, as long as he can see where it's going. the image dissipates after five to ten minutes, depending on the size of the illusion. + this illusory object can be humanoid or inanimate. (humanoid illusions have a higher rate of detection, since they don't breathe or move.) - when touched, it acts as if smoke—your hand simply goes through it. - his recovery time depends on how large the illusion/how many are being shown/how far away they are from him. the larger, the more illusions created, and/or the further away they are—the longer his rest time. illusion manipulation. for a short period of time, he can make his illusions fully three-dimensional. the effect only lasts three to five minutes, depending on the size of the illusion, and he must have eyes on the illusion at all times. + with this power he can make humanoid illusions breathe or move, or inanimate objects bubble or wobble; things of that nature. - there is a verbal command for this spell, increasing risk of detection. - the recovery time for this magic is twice whatever the weight of creating the initial illusion would be.
