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verynearlyperfect) wrote2022-12-30 03:46 am
verynearlyperfect) wrote2022-12-30 03:46 am
ryslig app (SPOILER WARNING for the Locked Tomb series)
OOC INFORMATION
Name: Plus
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Age: 29
Other Characters: Hajime Hinata (recuttal)
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Palamedes Sextus
Age: 20
Canon: The Locked Tomb Series
Canon Point: Post-Harrow the Ninth
Character Information: here
Personality: The youngest person to become Master Warden (equivalent to the highest academic rank) at the tender age of 13, Palamedes Sextus is by all accounts a brilliant man possessed of wisdom and intelligence far beyond his age. Raised in a society of academics and librarians deeply bound by proper procedures and bureaucratic pathways, Palamedes sets himself apart by his flexibility in thinking and principles. His house’s society emphasizes truth over lies, no matter the potential harsh reality, and it is something that he takes painfully seriously, regardless of restraints from propriety, morality, or rules. Camilla describes him as someone who never forgets, and never gets distracted, and he’s able to make phenomenal feats of thought and logic on the fly. By age 15 he had invented a pulmonary drain, and was able to familiarize himself with the concepts of many of the theorems in Canaan House without going through the teaching trials, simply from observation and applying the appropriate route of reasoning. While seemingly quiet from the start, and not exactly outgoing, if he gets on a topic that he’s passionate about, he can talk quite animatedly and for quite a long time, to the point of rambling on despite knowing that whoever he’s speaking to might not understand what he’s saying. Much of his thought process is spent reasoning out potential theories of necromancy or academic pursuits, and once he has his mind fixed on something, he unfortunately will refuse to give up the topic until it’s been exhausted to his satisfaction.
Their house specialty lies in psychometry, able to draw cold hard facts from a situation whether it be from necromantic magic, or just studied knowledge– but where his scholarly contemporaries see only the pieces, Palamedes excels in allowing the context around those facts to reveal the whole truth, one that is shaped by human actions and human emotions, as well as objective truth. He has a habit of bucking the ideas of their culture’s traditions, and thinking outside the box to consider every possibility, systematically and thoroughly. In defiance of the traditional relationship between necromancers and their cavaliers (formal, subservient, and purposeful), Pal treats his cavalier Camilla with as much respect as any other cavalier would treat their necromancer, knowing how much she does for him and cares for him, and caring deeply for her in kind. The two are on equal footing. From a young age he befriended the lady Dulcinea Septimus of the Seventh House, communicating with her purely through letters; and despite this limited contact he fell in love with her, became incensed over their house’s traditions regarding their hereditary disease, and dedicated his entire life to studying medicine and trying to cure her. Medicine itself is considered an odd field of study for a necromancer regardless, but it aids him in having the whole picture, and intimate knowledge of a dead and living body.
When presented with the panic of Gideon believing her own necromancer had murdered someone in Canaan House, Pal calmly guides her to talk to Harrow, understanding that they did not have all the facts and waiting to get the full context from the girl herself. He is consistently shown acting with grace and emotional understanding, listening to Gideon’s problems and willing to hear Harrow out, and able to tell that both of their tough guy acts are simply that– acts. When people mean no ill will he is almost always willing to hear them out, and at the same time never willing to sacrifice others to potential danger if a third option can be found– and Palamedes believes a third option can always be found. He’s outrageously stubborn, to a complete fault: in a conversation with Camilla, he simply doesn’t believe in anything being impossible or out of reach. Things can be improbable yes, and many things are, but there will be a way to make it work. When faced with the impossibility of defeating the lyctor Cytherea, a woman eons and eons more powerful than anyone they’ve ever known, he gave his entire being to make a path forward towards her defeat. When faced with the inevitability of premature death, he tethered himself to his very cells, and manipulated a portion of the afterlife, something thought by other necromancers to be impossible– again, improbable, very hard, only doable by someone of great power and expertise, but not impossible, and that is a concept that Palamedes lives by. He will always try and find a solution that makes everyone the happiest and results in the least harm, even at great personal cost in comparison to much simpler solutions.
Though perhaps not the most thoroughly socialized– for most of his life he only knew the others of his field, interacted only with Dulcinea and others of the Sixth House– he is, again, very understanding, and willing to hear people out. While he is not necessarily quick to trust, in a way he is eager to trust; despite the hard shells of the two Ninth House members he decides to trust them despite both treating him with suspicion and reservation. The same is true of the Fourth House pair despite their potential short-sightedness, and is even cordial to the Third House trio despite their abrasive treatment of the Sixth. The facts are clear, and in his observation he is surprisingly intuitive about people’s intentions (someone’s character is, after all, more facts to collect to grasp the truth and context of a situation). In a way, he’s a bit of a bleeding heart; if he cares for other people, he cares for them deeply. When told of people being killed in public in a conflict that (should) have little to do with them, he argues with his companion tooth and nail to try and help them. When Camilla is superfluously injured he flies into outrage, and he is fiercely protective of Harrowhark(‘s body) despite how little time they had to become friends in Canaan House. When he decides to trust, he trusts completely, and if anyone hurts or threatens those that he cares about, he will viciously rise to their defense. The only time he gets angry at people is when their intentions really are cruel, or acting in bad faith– when the Second House tries to bully him and his cavalier into compliance, and when Cytherea drolls on about killing people like it was a past-time instead of murder, he angrily flies off on both of them, angrily lecturing them, but also unsatisfied until both of them are overwhelmed into backing down. The bleeding heart of his humanistic viewpoint comes into conflict with aloof indifference, and he truly can’t stand it. Though usually appear subdued and evenheaded, when push comes to shove, he can be quite dramatic, lecturing others as he insults them and willing to tap into highly experimental (and explosive) magic.
Some might view him as foolish for his stubborn faith, or arrogant for his rambling academic self-assurance– indeed, he is quite confident in himself when he speaks. He worked and studied hard for the knowledge he accumulated, and is firm in the foundation of his own academic learning and logical methodology. He very often trusts in his gut, contributing to his intuitive belief in people, and who to trust and who to not. But while he is confident in himself, he never comes across as arrogant; though he knows where his expertise is, he never claims to have expertise over those he doesn’t. He is just as willing to speak to the shocking greatness of Harrowhark, Ianthe, and Abigail’s intelligence and ability, all having specialities outside of his own, and would eagerly engage them in talking about their own fields so that he could learn more. In a way it can come off as condescending, though it’s never empty flattery; Palamedes observes people, and he learns the facts about people, what to admire, and what may be problematic– the truth of a person, in such a way. His stubborn self-assurance of his own conclusions means it is quite impossible to steer him away from any chosen course of action, even for the person that is most close to him. Sometimes this is a simple hyperfixation in study or experiment, but other times it can mean his own death, or trying to reconcile an impossible symbiosis of two souls and his entire house’s safety. He will simply not let anyone tell him something can’t be done or shouldn’t be done; if he has his facts, and his context, he will not be disavowed from the truth he has decided on.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
Empathetic
Adoring
Self-Assured
Intractable
Ingenuitive
Curious
Diligent
Stubborn
Faithful
Intuitive
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? Either
Opt-Outs: Slime (for Hinata), Arachne, Waldgeist, Kelpie, Minotaur, Naga
Roleplay Sample: tdm link
Name: Plus
Contact:
Age: 29
Other Characters: Hajime Hinata (
recuttal) CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Palamedes Sextus
Age: 20
Canon: The Locked Tomb Series
Canon Point: Post-Harrow the Ninth
Character Information: here
Personality: The youngest person to become Master Warden (equivalent to the highest academic rank) at the tender age of 13, Palamedes Sextus is by all accounts a brilliant man possessed of wisdom and intelligence far beyond his age. Raised in a society of academics and librarians deeply bound by proper procedures and bureaucratic pathways, Palamedes sets himself apart by his flexibility in thinking and principles. His house’s society emphasizes truth over lies, no matter the potential harsh reality, and it is something that he takes painfully seriously, regardless of restraints from propriety, morality, or rules. Camilla describes him as someone who never forgets, and never gets distracted, and he’s able to make phenomenal feats of thought and logic on the fly. By age 15 he had invented a pulmonary drain, and was able to familiarize himself with the concepts of many of the theorems in Canaan House without going through the teaching trials, simply from observation and applying the appropriate route of reasoning. While seemingly quiet from the start, and not exactly outgoing, if he gets on a topic that he’s passionate about, he can talk quite animatedly and for quite a long time, to the point of rambling on despite knowing that whoever he’s speaking to might not understand what he’s saying. Much of his thought process is spent reasoning out potential theories of necromancy or academic pursuits, and once he has his mind fixed on something, he unfortunately will refuse to give up the topic until it’s been exhausted to his satisfaction.
Their house specialty lies in psychometry, able to draw cold hard facts from a situation whether it be from necromantic magic, or just studied knowledge– but where his scholarly contemporaries see only the pieces, Palamedes excels in allowing the context around those facts to reveal the whole truth, one that is shaped by human actions and human emotions, as well as objective truth. He has a habit of bucking the ideas of their culture’s traditions, and thinking outside the box to consider every possibility, systematically and thoroughly. In defiance of the traditional relationship between necromancers and their cavaliers (formal, subservient, and purposeful), Pal treats his cavalier Camilla with as much respect as any other cavalier would treat their necromancer, knowing how much she does for him and cares for him, and caring deeply for her in kind. The two are on equal footing. From a young age he befriended the lady Dulcinea Septimus of the Seventh House, communicating with her purely through letters; and despite this limited contact he fell in love with her, became incensed over their house’s traditions regarding their hereditary disease, and dedicated his entire life to studying medicine and trying to cure her. Medicine itself is considered an odd field of study for a necromancer regardless, but it aids him in having the whole picture, and intimate knowledge of a dead and living body.
When presented with the panic of Gideon believing her own necromancer had murdered someone in Canaan House, Pal calmly guides her to talk to Harrow, understanding that they did not have all the facts and waiting to get the full context from the girl herself. He is consistently shown acting with grace and emotional understanding, listening to Gideon’s problems and willing to hear Harrow out, and able to tell that both of their tough guy acts are simply that– acts. When people mean no ill will he is almost always willing to hear them out, and at the same time never willing to sacrifice others to potential danger if a third option can be found– and Palamedes believes a third option can always be found. He’s outrageously stubborn, to a complete fault: in a conversation with Camilla, he simply doesn’t believe in anything being impossible or out of reach. Things can be improbable yes, and many things are, but there will be a way to make it work. When faced with the impossibility of defeating the lyctor Cytherea, a woman eons and eons more powerful than anyone they’ve ever known, he gave his entire being to make a path forward towards her defeat. When faced with the inevitability of premature death, he tethered himself to his very cells, and manipulated a portion of the afterlife, something thought by other necromancers to be impossible– again, improbable, very hard, only doable by someone of great power and expertise, but not impossible, and that is a concept that Palamedes lives by. He will always try and find a solution that makes everyone the happiest and results in the least harm, even at great personal cost in comparison to much simpler solutions.
Though perhaps not the most thoroughly socialized– for most of his life he only knew the others of his field, interacted only with Dulcinea and others of the Sixth House– he is, again, very understanding, and willing to hear people out. While he is not necessarily quick to trust, in a way he is eager to trust; despite the hard shells of the two Ninth House members he decides to trust them despite both treating him with suspicion and reservation. The same is true of the Fourth House pair despite their potential short-sightedness, and is even cordial to the Third House trio despite their abrasive treatment of the Sixth. The facts are clear, and in his observation he is surprisingly intuitive about people’s intentions (someone’s character is, after all, more facts to collect to grasp the truth and context of a situation). In a way, he’s a bit of a bleeding heart; if he cares for other people, he cares for them deeply. When told of people being killed in public in a conflict that (should) have little to do with them, he argues with his companion tooth and nail to try and help them. When Camilla is superfluously injured he flies into outrage, and he is fiercely protective of Harrowhark(‘s body) despite how little time they had to become friends in Canaan House. When he decides to trust, he trusts completely, and if anyone hurts or threatens those that he cares about, he will viciously rise to their defense. The only time he gets angry at people is when their intentions really are cruel, or acting in bad faith– when the Second House tries to bully him and his cavalier into compliance, and when Cytherea drolls on about killing people like it was a past-time instead of murder, he angrily flies off on both of them, angrily lecturing them, but also unsatisfied until both of them are overwhelmed into backing down. The bleeding heart of his humanistic viewpoint comes into conflict with aloof indifference, and he truly can’t stand it. Though usually appear subdued and evenheaded, when push comes to shove, he can be quite dramatic, lecturing others as he insults them and willing to tap into highly experimental (and explosive) magic.
Some might view him as foolish for his stubborn faith, or arrogant for his rambling academic self-assurance– indeed, he is quite confident in himself when he speaks. He worked and studied hard for the knowledge he accumulated, and is firm in the foundation of his own academic learning and logical methodology. He very often trusts in his gut, contributing to his intuitive belief in people, and who to trust and who to not. But while he is confident in himself, he never comes across as arrogant; though he knows where his expertise is, he never claims to have expertise over those he doesn’t. He is just as willing to speak to the shocking greatness of Harrowhark, Ianthe, and Abigail’s intelligence and ability, all having specialities outside of his own, and would eagerly engage them in talking about their own fields so that he could learn more. In a way it can come off as condescending, though it’s never empty flattery; Palamedes observes people, and he learns the facts about people, what to admire, and what may be problematic– the truth of a person, in such a way. His stubborn self-assurance of his own conclusions means it is quite impossible to steer him away from any chosen course of action, even for the person that is most close to him. Sometimes this is a simple hyperfixation in study or experiment, but other times it can mean his own death, or trying to reconcile an impossible symbiosis of two souls and his entire house’s safety. He will simply not let anyone tell him something can’t be done or shouldn’t be done; if he has his facts, and his context, he will not be disavowed from the truth he has decided on.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
Empathetic
Adoring
Self-Assured
Intractable
Ingenuitive
Curious
Diligent
Stubborn
Faithful
Intuitive
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? Either
Opt-Outs: Slime (for Hinata), Arachne, Waldgeist, Kelpie, Minotaur, Naga
Roleplay Sample: tdm link