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Description
Nico Van Brandt
18 5'0"/152cm 92lbs Male Nekomimi
"*Scoffs* Please."
Basic Information
Name: Prince Nico Van Brandt, don't call him by any nicknames.
Age: Eighteen
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Species: Nekomimi/neko/cat faunus...HE'S A CAT BOY.
Species Description: A subspecies of regular witches who are part cat, enhancing their naturally born magical abilities. There are many different clans around the world, Nico's happens to be prolific in blue fire control.
Abilities
[ Cat-like senses ] He's a cat. He has cat ears, all the better to hear you with, and a cat tail, all the better to...balance with.
[ Blue firemancy ] He can control blue fire, it's way cooler than regular fire.
[ Whaling? ] Does that count as an ability? He's really good at it.
Academic Information
Level: Beginner
Courses:
- CRS 101
- CRS 102
- CRS 103
Passed Courses: Nup
Experience: :0
Roommate: : '(
Personal Information
Likes:
- Being a smartass
- Showing off
- Looking down at people (though that's rare, considering his height...)
- Being free to make his own decisions
- Instumental folk music
- Thick, warm clothes. Especially if they're fancy and traditional.
- Actually, he likes everything traditional. Every thing, some traditions themselves kinda suck.
- Snowy weather, everything just looks so pretty and bright. He doesn't like being even a little bit sweaty or smelly.
- Warm food! His favourite dish is tvøst og spik of course because it's traditional to his island, but also because it's delicious. :3
- Sweets, secretly.
- Embroidery and knitting
- Cooking
- Hiking, sometimes, when the weather is nice.
- Whaling, without his family there.
- Organization
- Fire, is that too obvious?
Dislikes:
- Being told what to do
- Being embarrased, especially in front of people. He hates looking like a fool.
- Being cold or wet, so
- Swimming
- Pollition/litter
- Being stuck inside for too long
- Too much physical activity, to the point where his muscles hurt and he starts to feel sweaty and gross...
- Anything he deems as "uncultured"
- Anyone who questions his authority
- Being only recognized for his title alone, he's more than just his last name.
Strengths:
- Confident: He's grown up all his life being told that he was important, he takes it to heart with everything he does.
- Educated: That confidence isn't all hot-air either, he knows his shit. He's also fairly talented in a number of skills like cooking, fiddle-playing, cleaning, whaling and studying. It's a must to be in his position.
- Independent: He doesn't need anybody, he'd be happy to spend the rest of his days on his island alone taking care of himself. But he can't, because apparently being sociable is important or something.
Weaknesses:
- Asshole: His biggest weakness is not knowing when to shut the fuck up, especially if the person he's talking to is much stronger than him. He doesn't care, he'll insult anyone who he deems to deserve it. He assumes that he's better than everybody in every way.
- Frail: He's been pampered all his life, his only real defence is his firemancy and even then he has to work on that to be better. His hands have no calluses, he presumes that a prince shouldn't have to work like a commoner does. So he is short, and skinny, and pale, and weak; so very weak.
- Lonely: He would never admit it to himself, but his lack of socialization has really taken a toll on his mental health. Just because he can be independant and take care of himself, doesn't mean he should.
Goals:
- To complete his schoolwork without a hitch.
- To get better at blue firemancy through his own, independant study and practice.
- To...perhaps...find some people to be his lackeys.
Fears:
- Disgracing his family's name.
- Getting...too close to anyone.
- Drowning.
- Thunder.
Personality:
- Straightforward Neat Bright Detached Lonely Fussy Pompous
He's the royal dickhead stereotype, he's cold and he's blunt and he's judgemental but only to those who he feels deserves said judgement. He's not mean, per se, he won't just attack someone for the sake of attacking them, but he does tend to try to knock people down a notch if it seems as if they are too self-important. Because obviously the most important person is himself. He doesn't want to hurt others, he has a bit of an overblown hero complex around himself even if he isn't particularly brave or heroic. He just wants to be the sort of prince that is read about in books, those princes always become legendary kings. And being from a fairly smaller kingdom, and a magical one no less, he knows that there is little chance of his name becoming legendary unless he himself aspires to be legendary. That means, to him, following his own path and not just doing as his parents tell him to. Which is why he's taking Hexing and not Elementalism. He doesn't need to be taught how to use his firemancy, he can figure that out on his own...
History:
Nico hails from the Faroe Islands of Denmark, from the kingdom of Brandtmor where he is the first in line to the throne. They are a small kingdom known mostly for their whaling industry and not much else, they keep their gates closed to visitors and the people don't often travel away. It is a rather remote kingdom as well, far from human residency in order to keep their magic a secret. From his birth, he'd had everything planned out for him. Sure, it wasn't like he was Prince Harry or something, but there was still a lot of pressure on him to be perfect. From as soon as he could remember, he'd always been told to keep his head up and act as a rolemodel to his people, to be strong and kind and--no, keep your chin higher than that, and only smile with your top teeth, there you go.
With all of these responsibilties, there wasn't really much time for friends, there was just family. And family was fine, but he ended up growing up without a lot of the social interaction that kids needed to be regular, functional adults. He wasn't taught what it meant to be humble, or kind, or considerate; he only followed exactly what he was told. It pissed him off sometimes, never having any say in his own life, wanting things that he couldn't have because he simply wasn't normal; it really wasn't fair. He tried to find little ways to rebel and have fun as he got older, putting off his duties to take a hike in the hills or on the beach every once and a while. It didn't really fill in what he felt was missing though, no amount of tiny rebellion did. Nothing really mattered that much back then, not until he turned 16.
Nico wasn't originally the heir to the thrown, he had a sister who was two years older than he was who was the heir apparent in their kingdom. It was supposed to be her, she was supposed to become queen and that was what Nico had known while growing up. It made the responsibilities...easier, it made them seem like they mattered less and that goofing off once and a while wasn't a problem. Her name was Freja, she always seemed so...perfect, so put together. It was a pretty big shadow to live under, and that pissed him off sometimes too, but it was hard to stay mad at her. She was everything he wanted to be and more. Despite how she grew up, she was still kind and understanding to everyone around her. She never put down anyone and she always knew the best solution to a problem to make everybody happy. She was the closest thing he had to a best friend, the only person he talked to about his feelings. But three days after Freja's eighteenth birthday, after she had been arranged to marry a man across the sea in another kingdom, she was found in a bloody slump on some sharp rocks at the bottom of a cliffside. Surely if she had been pushed, she would have screamed, and in the middle of the night someone ought to have heard that.
So she'd jumped, she must have jumped, but even that didn't make much sense. She was perfect. Everything in her life was lined up. She was his best friend. So why? Why would she...? He didn't understand, and there was never any closure. There was no note, there were no conversations beforehand to suggest something was wrong, there was just nothing. And the confusion perhaps hurt more than the loss itself.
So now, after having been told he was the next heir, it was Nico's turn. He had all of the reponsibility on his shoulders now, and nobody to talk to about it, it was up to him and him alone. To catch up to his sister's level wasn't easy, he wasn't sure if it was even possible but it was what his family expected. It was what his people expected. It was what his future wife expected, even if he hadn't met her yet--His parents had told him that she was rather pretty, as if that was a personality trait.
Now, to make up for his rather weak firemancy abilities, he's been sent off to the academy to better himself. Though, he's not really keen on taking any elementalism courses like his parents want him to, he finds it stupid that they think that a natural ability can just be taught to be better. No, all he had to do was practice. He'd be fine, it was all going to be fine.
Misc. Information:
- Neko's have all sorts of breeds, but mute calicos are specific to the Brandtmor royal family.
- Blue fire isn't just able to burn things, it is also able to clear land for new growth--as Brandtmor was created from. Nico isn't able to do this yet, which is why he is here.
- He can, in fact, purr.
- He speaks Faroese, Danish and English. He currently wants to learn French.
- To catpeople, the trait of having heterochromia is extremely attractive and is also a dominant trait in the Brandtmor royal family. His sister had it, he's disappointed that he doesn't. It makes him feel less than perfect. : (
- It is not a dress, it is a FROCK. You are uncultured if you beleive otherwise.
Character Relationships:
| - Likes | - Dislikes | - Unsure | - Interested By | - Saddened By | - Fearful Of | - Crushing On | - Love | Family love
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Roleplay Information:
- Chatroom availability: All day baby, 24/7 Most likely on during weekends/evenings
- IM availability: If someone wants to RP via discord, notes, comments, lit or script, whatever-I'm cool, I'm flexible.
- Preferences: I really like long RP posts, like 100 words each post. I can do short RPs but I find that characters get more progress when there's a lotta detail.
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