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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀sidhe investigative court president · cassius dovahn · thirty━━━━━━━━━
Dull. If Cassius has one defining descriptive word, he is merely dull. He tries too hard to hide emotions if he genuinely feels them at all, sees his job as just a job, cares for little more than finishing his day and heading home. As the president of the Sidhe Investigative Court, he can put on an act and easily pretend to care and pretend to bother with emotional aspects of the world they live in. Even devoid of genuine, defining emotions, he is good at his job and can manage stress and problem-solves easily.
His pale skin, curly blond hair, and light blue eyes make him seem inviting and charming, but once he speaks in that ice-cold tone he uses so well, it’s obvious what kind of person he is.Cassius was brought up in a very loving, peaceful household. His father was strict and had some anger issues, but he was a good father all the same. His mother was gentle and kind, which led him to growing up to be a well-rounded person. At ten, he went to Boyle College. His father was the headmaster at that point, his mother holding an equally important role of being the Sidhe Investigative Court’s psychologist.
Cassius held a humble outlook on his Call, excited to prove himself and willing to admit he was scared. Luckier than most, he got out unscathed and without meeting any Sidhe. Most are not so lucky. He was in his third year and was too young to learn all that much, but old enough to have a solid grasp on surviving. None of it mattered, because he couldn’t come back with a story of fighting for his life or anything interesting at all. He was ashamed and felt guilty for getting off so easily.
More and more years went by and he chose to go home, homeschooled instead of going to a school. He couldn’t stand seeing other students disappearing and reappearing half-dead, dead, or broken beyond repair when nothing even happened to him.
At eighteen, he’d moved out, his Call—or lack of a “proper” one—haunting him forever. He went to college and studied law and business, the career offering emotionless ways to fill his days. He had one year left of getting his schooling over with, aiming to be a CEO of some engineering company when he was done, when news came from home. His mother died in a tragic accident when he was twenty-six, along with the former president of the Investigative Court.
In the biggest plot twist of Cassius’s life, she’d been cheating on his father with the president for years. They had gone to his place one day and on the way back, the train malfunctioned and tumbled off of a cliff, tragic and unexpected. Cassius left school and went home, his father resigning as headmaster in his grief and betrayal, Cassius picking up those duties as well as others his important parents left behind. When the voting for the new president came along, everyone saw him as level-headed before realizing he was just uncaring and cruel and he got the votes. The headmaster of the school and new psychologist were appointed, him accepting the president role as it was better than becoming a CEO.
The constant reminder of his failure at doing his Call properly leads him to being even more cold and withdrawn, but maybe an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart.Collab with Charkue! Enemies to lovers with the psychologist, Amanda, as they’ve butted heads over his detachment and uncaring attitude as president but they are similar people. She cares, he doesn’t—there’s the difference and problem with them.
Plot twist—they had a fling when they were young and Amanda became pregnant, choosing to keep the baby. She told Cassius exactly nothing, and he left for college after their said fling. He does not know he has a daughter, Amelie, Isabella’s character—who’s about to die in the Call.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀weaponry instructor · elsie prince · twenty-sixA creative, cunning, and humorous woman—Elsie’s got a lot going for her. She lacks the important ability to be serious and therefore she’s not exactly the best teacher. An appropriate trade-off, although it’s a wonder she’s a teacher at all. Her students adore her and there would be riots if she got (rightfully) fired.
She lets her students goof off a lot, even though she cares so very much about them learning how to make weapons. Elsie’s very lenient with them and prefers to let their creativity shine through. She does have her moments, though—as she’s very positive and refuses to think darkly—where she teaches them incredibly valuable methods of weapon creation and overall creativity.
Elsie has long, wavy, thick chocolate brown hair she always has down and bangs that are well-maintained and frame her eyes perfectly. Said eyes are deep seafoam green but one wouldn’t know—she always has sunglasses on, indoors or out. During her Call, she fell down a steep hill, which gave her the gnarly scar running from the bridge of her nose to the corner of her left eye. Only some know why she wears sunglasses, and it’s because of that.Elsie was born in a cottage a couple miles from Boyle College, seemingly a cozy upbringing and friendly atmosphere. Her mother was brutal, though, her father nowhere to be seen since she was born. She taught Elsie that she gets nothing without taking from others, and this led to Elsie being incredibly cruel and snobbish. She fought a lot growing up, stealing things and taking from whoever she needed to.
She had not once thought about the Call. Knowing about it—her mother pushing her with words telling her that her life would be pointless if she didn’t survive, she’d be a waste of her mother’s time—none of that made her care. She didn’t face it until the day it came, and she just ran. She escaped, too, one of the lucky few called in their first year. She had no time to learn anything, but her cruel mother taught her enough. She ran until pulmonary oedema set in, returning to Earth just in time for help. Her pain in the other world was self-inflicted, the memory of her mother’s words stirring her into a frenzy when it finally happened. She ran until she didn’t pay attention to where she was going, falling down a hill, slicing her face open and losing her left eye. The Sidhe never reached her. It was all her own doing.
She is now twenty-six, sixteen years after her Call. She came out of the other world changed and new, the cruelty and hateful outlook her mother forced on her disappearing. She met Lianne, who’d been a teacher at the academy for a while and who’d met and lost many students. The teacher was incredibly kind and nurturing, the loss of children hurting her deeply but never dulling her love and easy attachments. Elsie clicked with her immediately when she chose to stay at the college after her Call.
Elsie, living close to the school, went home but stayed a student at the college. She grew distant from her mother, who still pressured her to be “better” and less “weak” because she began showing sympathy for others and kindness she learned from Lianne. By the time she graduated, she had moved onto campus and refused to talk to her mother or have anything to do with her. Immediately she took interest in becoming a teacher, but the only position she had any interest in was the weaponry teacher. It fueled her creativity that had been stifled all of her life and she wanted to help other students like Lianne helped her.
She went to get her certifications to become that teacher and within four years, although she has her faults, her regular visits to campus to see Lianne had the students loving her so deeply that the directors had no choice but to hire her. This was the same thing as her best friend, Sana, who she met and immediately loved. Both not the best teachers but loved by all with good hearts. Mostly. Elsie is very resourceful and crafty, so good at her job, she is just not an exemplary teacher.Elsie survived her Call and became a teacher at Boyle College. Lianne, the Sidhe language teacher, is like a mother to her in place of the one who could have ruined her life. Amelie is an arrogant young student who Elsie has a soft spot for, mostly because Amelie is resistant to her attempts at getting the child to be creative and to smile. Elsie finds it endearing.
Elsie is also best friends with Aelin’s character, Sana.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀sixth year student · raven krain (identical twin) · fifteenRaven is a stern, stoic person overall. She refuses to make friends and sticks to herself and spends time only with her sister and family. She can be hateful and sarcastic when annoyed, but to Wren she is always gentle and kind. Raven often can be found outside attacking a defenseless tree or practicing fighting techniques and moves, usually alone or engaging in her futile attempt to help Wren.
Twin sisters Wren and Raven were born in a sleepy storybook village in Germany to two loving parents. They were raised with the knowledge of The Call and all of the dangers that they would face as they reached their teen years. Both of their parents had been traumatized by their own close calls with death during their Calls, and they wanted their daughters to have the best chance of survival. Around the twins’ tenth birthday, the family moved to Ireland so that the girls could attend Boyle College.
One daughter struggled with caring about the school’s curriculum while the other did not have the coordination to keep up with her classmates. Raven excelled at the combat and fighting techniques they learned, failing miserably at anything that required her to sit still and absorb information.
With each passing year without a Call, Raven’s family and sister breathed a sigh of relief. Raven was angry each time the New Year rolled around, ready to end the suffering and get the day in the other world over with. She knew nothing about the Sidhe specifically other than to run and when fighting, avoid their death grip at all costs.
Fiercely protective of Wren, her twin, Raven is okay only knowing how to fight very well. She tries to teach Wren but her sister was too clumsy, despite everything they tried. She tried so hard and yet Raven lost hope of her sister’s survival, terrified for her. Without Wren, Raven had no reason to go on. None.Raven may potentially die during her Call. I will leave her fate to the Almighty Wheel just as Isabella has stated for her own character.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀seventh year student · luxia silva-yang · seventeenLuxia has long, wavy pale brown hair. This is her defining feature, as she takes immense pride in it, as wispy and thin as it is. She has dark blue eyes and toasted tan skin, and an aura of haughty intelligence and superiority.
Luxia is a proud and incredibly intelligent student. She has yet to be Called, in the pool of very few seventh years remaining, but she knows her time is soon. She maintains her proud outlook on everything, knowing her own intelligence and flaunting it every chance she gets. This leads her to being incredibly lonely as everyone steers clear, disliking the attitude she puts on.
Unfortunately, she has reasons for said attitude. Losing her two sisters to the Call barely a year apart, then her younger brother months before current roleplay, it’s taken its toll on her. She refuses to get close to others, choosing to be dislikable and rude to avoid the pain of losing them. Because it’s so hard to survive, it’s so unlikely—she refuses to give that hope to anyone. Except for herself—because she’s incredibly intelligent and knows she’ll make it, or refuses to accept the alternative.Luxia was born in China to a Chinese father and European mother, two incredibly wealthy business people who had no business having a child. She was raised by hired nannies and the maids in the household, making her own adventure and life when she was old enough to realize her parents were not normal, they weren’t supposed to be so absent.
She knew about the Call from kids at school, and teachers who cared enough to try and help them even before they were to go to college at ten to learn to survive. She was dismissive at first, but when her parents shipped her off to Boyle College without a second thought, it got serious. She saw firsthand the kids who disappeared and what their dead, mangled bodies looked like after they returned. She promised herself she’d survive that and live a long life to make up for her boring childhood.
She has been at the college for seven years now. This can be seen as both good and bad, as it leaves room for more time to learn and gain experience, but also more time to give yourself more hope and get more settled in life, the potential loss of it even worse. Luxia is at the top of her classes, every single one, having been there for seven years honing those skills.Luxia may potentially die during her Call. The preference is that she does not, but isn’t that everyone’s? I will leave her fate to the Almighty Wheel of Fate.
For seven years, Luxia has had one relationship in school, and it has not been positive. Isabella’s character, Name, has been her academic rival since forever.
