[CHAR] Finding Home [Ghost and Tene]

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Lucas Rowley

Age 19 Species Human Occupation Prince

Appearance

Lucas stands at just over 5'7 with an average build. His hair is a mess of tousled waves that are so dark brown in color they nearly look black. He inherited his dark hair and tan, freckled skin from his mother, while his eyes, mossy green with a circle of golden brown around the pupil, were inherited from his father. Lucas' most notable feature is his smile, bright and warm with a hint of mischief. He prefers to wear what his brother refers to as "peasant clothes" instead of his stiff prince attire and can be found barefoot whenever possible.

Personality

Lucas is everything you would expect from a handsome prince: charismatic, confident, and elusive. He's been trained to keep up appearances around dignified nobility, and as such knows how and when to be polite and act like the perfect gentleman. He absolutely despises acting that way though, and has been known to slip up at dinners and parties when his patience runs thin. Lucas is truly rather childish, despite being a young adult. He loves being the center of attention and finds amusement in the simplest of things. He also grows frustrated easily and has a short attention span. He's prone to pouting, holding short grudges, and resorting to sarcasm when irritated. He's also the type to cry with strong emotions, whether they be good or bad. He's fiercely protective of those he loves and stubborn in everything he does.

Background

Being the king's second born child, Lucas wasn't paid much attention growing up. It seemed all the adults in the castle were either settling affairs for the ill king's death or readying his older brother to take over the throne. This led Lucas to get into quite a lot of trouble as a young boy. His mother recognized his behavior as a cry for attention and put away as much time in her schedule as she could for her younger son, but that time ended up being an hour each evening at best. Before he went to bed, Lucas' mother would read him fairytales and sing him lullabies. The stories of far off lands in addition to what he learned of other cultures with his tutor fueled Lucas' desire to travel outside the castle walls. This desire manifested itself on many occasions. Growing up, Lucas tried to leave the grounds several times. Eventually, they put him to work in the kitchen when he wasn't with a tutor to keep him occupied during the day. He was educated in math, literature, history, and several languages, as well as sword fighting. He was intended to learn horseback riding, but after nearly getting trampled to death, it was impossible to get him near a horse, much less on its back. Even with all of this, Lucas still managed to escape the castle grounds one day and explore the surrounding village. It was there he witnessed a man getting killed for stealing and found an orphaned boy a few years older than him. He declared himself to be this boy's family and had him taken back to the castle. There was much debate over what to do with the boy, but Lucas' mother insisted they keep him as a servant. She then told the boy that his most important job was watching over Lucas. It was a bit of a challenge to get the boy to open up at first, but Lucas was intrigued by him and found it to be fun. He learned the boy's name was Cain Northe, and from there the two of them grew very close. But, it wasn't until Elliot became king and his mother was killed that Lucas began to realize just how much Cain meant to him. Elliot threatened to have the servant exiled from the castle or even killed on several occasions, none of which Lucas told him about. His brother got a kick out of seeing him fiercely defend Cain, calling him pathetic and then playing it off as a joke each time. Lucas still feared that Elliot would go through with his threats, knowing how much amusement it brought the man to see him crushed.

Ambitions

Lucas still dreams of traveling and experiencing different cultures. He also wants to see the end of his brother's rule and find away to protect the people of the kingdom, especially Cain.

Fears

Lucas fears loneliness, his brother, abandonment, horses, and losing Cain.

Other

Three of the freckles on his left shoulder blade are perfectly aligned like the constellation Orion's Belt.

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Cain Northe

Age

21

Species

Human

Occupation

Personal Royal Servant to the youngest prince

Appearance

Standing at a good 6ft, Cain is considered tall amongst most and due to the whims of royalty and the pride of the eldest prince, he often stoops a little in their presence to avoid offending them with his height. He is relatively relaxed with Lucas, however, and adopts a more formal straightened stance in the prince' sown casual nature. He is of a lean build, although he retains some evidence of the physical hard labor that even royal servants must endure. His finger are quick.His hair is raven black and slightly wavy though he keeps it cropped close to his head for the sake of efficiency. He is considered a 'gypsy' boy due to his dark tanned skin and mismatched blue and green eyes, right and left respectively. Still, he done the formal servants uniform of black and white.

Personality

Gifted or perhaps trained to possess an enduring patience, Cain is one of the few who can put up with the young prince's own playfulness and extreme childish demeanor, and one of the even fewer who can persuade the boy to behave for a night. Though generally calm and collected, relying on his formal training as a servant to maintain his level headed nature, his patience does have a limit that leads him to take less than traditional methods to either bribe, manhandle or appease the prince into a stuff suit for a special occasion. He keeps that informality hidden though, maintaining the stoic politeness of a servant. He could be considered Lucas' opposite. Despite his own stiff formality and emotionless demeanor, Cain does have a heart and cares deeply for the prince, always looking out for him and jumping at matters concerning the young prince. As he is the only person able to handle the prince long term, often Lucas is one of the few that can rile him up to an extent.

Background

Born into a time when Romanians had only just started emigrating to Westerb and European kingdoms, Cain was born into a time of discrimination and prejudice towards the foreigners. Better known as 'gypsies', his parents were traveling merchant that kept to themselves and had planned to raise him on the road. Unfortunately, things began to go very wrong for Cain at a very early age. His parents caravan crashed whilst on the road, catching fire when an oil lamp crashed down during the accident. Cain's father was thrown off the horses to safety, his mother, however, was inside the caravan at the time. She died protecting her infant son from the blaze, long enough for his father to rescue him. Livelihood destroyed and left with a young son in tow, Cain's father was forced to sell the horses and settle down in a nearby village. Dealing with the prejudice of the locals by begging for jobs or simply by begging for some pity for he and his infant son. Eventually, he turned to a life of crime in order to keep them fed a night. Cain grew up learning to steal and pickpocket. And for that while, life was good as long as he could outrun the baker man. One day, a simple thieving expedition went horribly wrong when he ran into a patrol of guards seeking a lost prince that had no time for petty theft. He watched them cut off his father's head first. Something inside the boy snapped, and he attacked the guard foolishly. Nearly killing himself until a stranger boy declared him family and had the guard drag him way snarling and kicking from his father's corpse. He was little more than an animal the next few days, refusing food, water and to speak until the queen came unto him with a request that would become his lifelong duty. Look after the prince. Years later, he's still by the prince's side watching over him and going beyond the requirements of a servant in order to keep him safe, no matter how humiliating of a task he is assigned to do by the elder prince. For the sake of the prince and his sole duty.

Ambitions

Look after the Prince. That is his sole duty.

Fears

Failing his duty and..blood. A few droplets and minor cuts he can handle, but not a lot of blood.

Others

Cain isn't his real name, but he can't remember his real name. He doesn't remember that he has any other name.