Adel Belrose
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Adel Belrose
49
23rd Thawing, 8246
5'8" (173 cm)
Male
Light Elf
Summoner
Ex..noble, heir to Vidame Belrose
Delvan Arches Courts
Light Blossoming
Likes
Order and cleanliness
Winning
Riddles, doublespeak
Butter and cream
Dislikes
Chummy strangers
Hedonism
Bleeding hearts (he's weak to them)
Wanderlust
Personality
✓ : spirited, confident, reliable
x : proud, controlling, spiteful
Adel's confidence lends to an assertive (if sometimes cocky) personality that is as forceful as it is reassuring. He seems like a natural leader well-suited to his birthright, but that is the result of discipline he has painstakingly cultivated in order to ensure he doesn't let anyone - least of all, himself - down. His greatest desire is live up his own expectations (hype), and to that end he approaches life's difficulties with a no-nonsense swiftness that looks like bravery, but is really just aggressive anxiety. Above all, he's a young man who likes control, order, and knowing things.
To his credit, he is observant and alert and therefore pays enough attention to know a good number of things, but that has had an unintended consequence: for Adel, his identity and capabilities are inextricable from one another. He takes challenges personally as a perfectionist, but is liberal with his critiques because he expects everyone else to be of a similar mind. Additionally, Adel is used to having his way and hates being wrong...or admitting to it. Though he's not exceptionally unreasonable or unable to change his mind when confronted by with his own conclusions, being so invested in his decisions makes Adel prone to digging his heels in long after he should have let go. But of course, when you spend your whole life trying to fill someone else's footprint, what can be more frightening than being forced to speak for your own?
History
Born the heir to old nobility, Adel was raised on a strict diet of magical science, delegation, physical conditioning, and everything in between. Outside influence was unusually present in his family, and a few trips abroad during his early years encouraged an interest in the rest of the world. As a young boy, this of course meant that his dedication to the known and familiar waned. He was determined to have his croissant and eat it too, but a gradual degradation of his studies corroded his enjoyment of his hobbies in a vicious cycle.
The magical tutelage he'd been receiving under his father suffered the most. It was a simple case of incompatible affinities, but Adel was too proud to divulge just how much he was struggling. The frightful possibility of being a failure prevented him from being honest with anyone, much less his father, and their declining relationship was the icing on the cake of negative formative experience. Even after his Mirian relatives unearthed his talent for summoning, Adel had, apparently irrevocably, become more high-strung and unforgiving of everyone, but most of all, himself. What had looked a teenage rebellion was truthfully a lethal blow to his self-esteem, and he threw himself headlong into his duties to prevent it from happening again.
In other words, he never resolved that chapter of his life. Adel's new passion was a quiet relief to all and implicated his abilities as heir, which is all he cared about. He had hit a stride, and in the following years would embark upon a promising road to the Templars - his father's second legacy, the crowning glory, and the end to all his troubles.
Current Story
The human war of 8291 was a blip on the map until Cantor’s sudden annexation mobilized half his family and invited a shower of dragon-fire upon Delverne. Shaken by his brush with the now very real war, Adel began to harbor doubts that he decided not to heed. This would prove disastrous after he joined Leywood mission and was attacked by a creature who fractured his right leg, but thankfully didn't take his life.
Still, it was too close a call. Forbidden by his parents - or really, mostly his mother - from further participation, Adel was marooned at home as the Templars were called to march and fight and die for their Goddess. When She rose and gathered arms to meet Atros, he yet again stayed to manage the estate, until his clan returned ill-laundered but accompanied by Aurea's generals of yore - a sure cause of celebration. Adel partook with only the required fervor; his thoughts were instead occupied by his diminished responsibility in the war, which he had taken to be an unfavorable evaluation of his abilities. And then, very suddenly, Mirian infiltrators launched a chemical ambush during the fesitivities.
The earth rumbled before it shattered. Those fortunate enough to be around were shuttered underground, while the land above split down ancient seams in Therras' wrath. Ignorant of the reckoning, Adel nonetheless had no illusions that the humans would afford his people mercy when they had received none. Delverne as he knew it was lost.
Having fled underground with the rest, Adel was, all at once, freed from every material burden that had cause him distress. He was no longer heir to anything but a name that had lost its land, its power, and its legacy. But now, it was too late to let them go. Someone had to pay.
Additional Info
Blossoming: glowing hair/eyes/skin, dude's a whole chandelier
He's an avid reader and haphazard collector, so shopkeepers like to market their expensive inventory his way. This has worked more than it should, even as he's wised up over the years.
Adel dresses appropriately for all occasions because he represents his family. It will shock no one to know that he judges others based on their grooming. His current ensemble is lightweight, breathable, and stretchier than it looks. so if he needs to go to town on a mf he can do it while looking expensive, u never know in wartime
The Leywood expedition was meant to induct him into the Templars, but it didn't work out as planned. His arranged mentor graciously accepted this hiatus without fuss, although the decision left Adel pretty distraught. Whatever flak he's been catching for not leaving with his father's unit has been met with a Noble Indifference that just disguises his own shame.
Since his travels and cultural experiences were both uninteresting to his peers and the main source of his childhood anguish, Adel's interest in the Kingdom has cooled considerably. It has given him a tiny bit of perspective on the war, and leaves him uneasy now.
Adel walks with a small limp favoring his right leg, and uses a staff to help him balance when he has to Appear Infallible. he probably still needs a brace but i'm too lazy to draw it
