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Fiand Wolsey

Champion of Austelle

Age: 17

Appearance:

        Fiand is a fair-skinned, soft-faced adolescent, and his looks evince a seemingly gentle, innocuous nature with few harsh angles except in his jaw and nose. His broad shoulders gently slope into long arms with average-sized hands and piano fingers, and his long-limbed, short stature typically leans on one foot. His body is lightly toned, neither thin nor brawn. Fiand has perfectly standard, yellow-blond hair, but his eyes are blue-gray, dull but alluringly obscuring. Never flamboyant or flashy, Fiand's typical clothing is formal, consisting mostly of suits, dress clothes, and ties. From time to time, he will exchange these for simple shirts and pants with little else special.

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Origin: The countryside of Haldir; later, the capital of Hawic.

Personality:

Relaxed - Fiand takes little too seriously save the view things which inflame his passions. His dominant mood is either calm or numb, taking a blank expression and a lazy demeanor. He has a strong aversion to that which upsets his mood and breaks the peace, and he can typically be found doing something easy on the mind and the body, whether that is reading a book or creating a painting. Although Fiand is more lax than the average person, his behavior may lead him to fall behind in his studies or forget about important things.

Passionate - Fiand takes a stance of indifference to most things, including things which do not affect him. This may present itself as apathy and ignorance, however false that impression may be. But it is the things he does care for which define him as a person. His passions for his hobbies, his closest friends, and his dearest issues can stir him to wrathful anger and powerful fervor, such that they are nearly influential in effect. When he acts on these passions, it is clear that he takes them very personally and that any transgression on them is a deep offense. Strong emotions govern Fiand's disposition and can break through even deep depression or become a symptom thereof.

Cynical - No friend of all humanity, Fiand is highly critical of mankind despite his own hypocrisy. He does not come to trust others without difficulty; childhood experiences have shaped his pessimistic and negative view of the world and of society. He is distastefully militant against strict religions and governments, and he sees adherents of such as unintelligent, backwards, or even violent and oppressive. Although Fiand can find it in his heart to give and be charitable, he is still very close-fisted around the poor, who are either lazy or deceptive in his view.

Attention-seeking - Most of Fiand's issues stem from his attention-seeking attitude. A lack of attention in his early life from his parents instilled a feeling of neglect in him, and this fueled his victim mentality, his depression, and his fear of abandonment and loneliness. His primary desire is to be loved and admired, despite his present, vehement dislike of socialites and his constant repression of this desire. It may push him into enraged outbursts, periods of numbness, or crying before bed. As such, Fiand is incredibly emotionally unstable, and his spiritual, personal, and mental growth have been stunted by these flaws in his personality.

Intelligent - Even against his outward ignorance and his lack of compassion and sympathy, Fiand possesses his fair amount of intelligence, practically a genius in most circles. Among the intelligentsia, he is roughly average, but his youth gives him more time to hone his smarts and increase his mental capacity. His intelligent nature sometimes isolates him from other people, and this alienation may contribute to his priggish and narcissistic nature. Humility is with him, but Fiand has yet to tame his ego.

Likes: Magic, men, painting, writing, books, intelligent people, acquiescent people, nature, cooking, instruments, and archery for sport.

Dislikes: Religion, intolerance, people, politics, crowds, cramped spaces, creepy bugs, tomatoes, and sewing.

Background:

	The younger son of two middle-class parents, Fiand Wolsey was born in the agricultural kingdom of Haldir just four years after the birth of his elder brother, Ardas Wolsey. Poor social interactions with other children except his brother ruined his childhood, and his parents, unaware of the harm they had done, sometimes ignored him as a child and inadvertently created emotional scars which contributed to his intra- and interpersonal issues. While at times they fought, Ardas and Fiand were good to each other and understood each other on a deeper level, and Ardas helped Fiand as the younger brother struggled in the religious, rural society. The brothers were each educated for 11 years at a normal school, but Ardas left for Taria to study the vistas when Fiand was 13. The absence of his brother from his daily life left Fiand distressed and distant. He spent the four years thereafter going through the motions of life and absently doing the bare minimum to succeed. Upon turning 17, Fiand joined his brother Ardas in Taria and began attending a normal scholarly institute in that kingdom while Ardas pursued the secrets of vistas and magic. Fiand followed his brother frequently in random excursions to study the subjects, and these experiences left Fiand with the impression that magic was a beautiful thing to watch; however, it has always eluded him on account of its rarity.

Skills/Talents:

- Literacy and writing talent
- Painting
- Sewing
- Street smarts
- Caring for plants and animals
- Natural intellect
- Playing violin and piano

Equipment/Weaponry:

- A few suits and formal outfits, as well as regular clothes
- Various journals and pens and a knapsack to contain them
- A small dagger for self-defense
- A composite shortbow, but may grow into his older brother's longbow
- A quiver which carries 5 arrows

Rationale:

	Fiand chose Austelle because of the beauty of the stars and his fascination with them. Magic and mathematics reminded him of this beauty, and becoming Austelle's champion attached him to those concepts. By tapping into the obscure power of the Titans, Fiand felt he might become a part of something bigger than himself and experience that beauty more closely.
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