Theme: Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away (At Mikael)
Image Song: ^That.
ā¦ GENERAL INFORMATION ā¦
Yep, you know as much about me as I do! Well, probably.
Role: The Prince, Silly.
Gender: Male
Nickname(s)/Alias(es): Theo, T, His Holiness, Teo.
Age: {In-between fifteen and twenty please.) 19
Love Interest: This is totally necessary: the Princess of Ulixes, the frail yet oh-so-very-cute Anastasia. While many arranged marriages usually are quite devoid of emotion and simply for looks, Theo is full of emotional value in this relationship. He is quite excited actually, even though he has met her a few times when he was younger.
ā¦ APPEARANCE ā¦
Not to sound selfish but.. I'm guess you already know this stuff but just want to ask, huh?
Height: 6ā1
Weight: 168
Build: Mix of Lanky/Standard
Hair Color: Orange/Red
Eye Color: Crystal Blue
Scars/Tattoos/Piercings: Tattoos? Scars? Piercings? By whatever do you mean? He is the monarch to the throne! If he had any of these, his father would have a fit!
In actuality, he does have scars from his secret āexcursionsā, but since he can hide them they do not become a concern. Tattoos and piercings are mildly appealing to him, but because of his status they are impossible to achieve.
Description: Oh the lovely Theodoros Auallonious. Considered to be the Fiery Gem of the monarchy, Theo has been idolized as āthe most handsome man in all of Aualloniaā which is somewhat embellished - but donāt think for a second that he is anything but handsome.
His face āhas been sculpted by the goddess herselfā - in reality, Theo has a simplistic face with a few features that set the common folk off. For starters, how angular his face is. Sleek, and yet still has the width to let the rest of the world know he is nothing like the common folk - this is quite unlike his parents, since his dad is a little on the chubby side, and his mom has an adorably round face. His nose is pointed, but not enough so that it draws the attention of those he addresses. Theoās lips are also just the same: they fit with the image, so not to draw attention to themselves.
What does draw attention are Theoās seemingly crystalline blue eyes. Once again, he actually got this trait from his deceased grandfather, as his own father has just regular blue eyes, and his mother has hazel. When set upon something, many have claimed that these blue eyes are pools of the clearest water in the Kingdom. Some even say that they reflect the light around him, causing Theoās āgorgeous, dazzlingā blue eyes to sparkle. Most of this is embellished of course, except for the fact that his eyes are truly what most people signify with his name.
Well, almost. His other trait? His genetic defect, also known as his mane of orange hair. Even though most men in royalty cut their hair short, Theo refuses to let anyone touch it. It took him years to reach the āperfectionā that it is currently at. Reaching roughly to his shoulders, it makes Theo look much more rugged and rebellious than the rest of his family - and the young women just love a rebellious looking man.
Other than his head, nothing much else about Theodoros is all that god-like as some would say. Sure, he is quite tall, but his entire family has been pretty tall. His body is abnormally toned for royalty - but once again, his father was too until he got married and did more sitting. In truth, his body is really nothing to marvel at - but the women do it anyway.
Preferred Clothing:
As royalty demands, only the best garments can fall upon this man. Silk is his prefered, since it sits on him lightly, but in essence it is all just royal garm: gold embroidered linens, leggings, all that fancy medieval stuff.
When ājunglingā though? Many have failed to even recognize the man. Theo hides commoner-like clothing in a secret compartment in his room, which he wears when he wants to get out of the castle for a while and either mingle with the common folk or have some fun in the wild. The commoner clothing is only styled that way, however, as it is still probably more expensive than anything the average person could afford, but Theo doesnāt mind. As long as he can pass as one of his people, and carrying his weapons, he doesn't care. Also noted, that Theo ties his hair up and wears a cap when out so nobody notices.
ā¦ MENTALITY ā¦
Now I'm confused. Why do you want how I think? Are you going to become my friend?
Oddities:
The better and more simplistic question would be what isnāt wrong with the young lad. As royalty, Theo has the habit of sometimes looking down on those around him. Since, however, he secretly hates the idea of bossing people around, he avoids attempting to do so, but he cannot always. As it was with his upbringing, it comes naturally.
Which ties in with his severe oddity of not entirely acting like the up and coming leader of Auallonia. Most of the time he acts like a monarchy should somewhat, but then there are the days when he completely forgets his status and does random things. This is mostly due to his secret lifestyle of leaving the castle to explore and having to learn to live as a commoner to hide himself. Regardless, he has gotten weird faces from more than one lord when he assisted a servant.
Besides those, Theo has a few other random oddities. He is extremely impatient and hates waiting around, so he will constantly tap his foot or his finger as he waits due to his pent up energy. His other main odditiy would be the fact that Theo will relentlessly ask a question until he gets an answer: not because he is rude or snotty, but because he is curious.
Skills:
Theodorosā skill sets can be divided into two main categories.
The first category is that of being royalty. Being the heir to the throne, Theo has learned many skills for managing lords, diplomacy between other countries, keeping face with the locals regardless of the crisis: he was taught by the finest teachers in the kingdom on the aspects of literature and philosophy. He was taught the more refined forms of entertainment: polo, chess, and fencing, and became quite good at all three. These skills, in essence, were supposed to groom him into becoming a great monarch for his family.
However, Theo also went a little farther than that. He learned war tactics with a few of his fatherās advisors, as well as taxes, economics and public relations: something his father had let said advisors deal with. Many people considered it quite weird when Theo literally interrupted a meeting his father was holding when he disagreed with a proposed idea, and came up with a counter that stunned many.
Theoās second set of skills include his āillegalā skills. During his stays outside the castle, Theo took in many other skills that one would not associate with a monarch. These include basic farming (he worked for a farmer for a few days), haggling and seafaring. While he had some enjoyment in these, his true form of excitement came when he was out alone in the wilderness. There, Theo learned hunting, which he finds to be the most adrenaline pumping, thrill seeking adventure of all time. While most nobles hunt upon horseback with dogs and stuff, Theo found that boring. Instead, Theo hunts in bare feet, with but a simple knife and bow. Some days, he even forgot his bow and had to hunt with just his knife, which was the hardest and yet funnest thing he had ever done in his life. Over time, Theo got extremely good at tracking and hunting, which he would do during his ājunglingā experiences for the thrill of the hunt.
Likes:
Women (not in the way you are thinking, pervert)
Wine
Being the heir
Hunting/Tracking
His life
Information and Knowledge
Debates
His subjects
Economics
Chess (he got pretty good actually)
Thrills/Hazards
Fencing
Dislikes:
Horseback riding (canāt stay on that damn horse to save his life)
Polo (self explanitory
Sitting around
Royal duties
Reading (funny how he loves information, but he hates to read)
Being the heir
Being restrained or confined in the castle
Complaining
Having to lie
Hobbies:
Being the monarch that he is, Theo has enough hobbies to keep him busy, and yet not busy enough. His castle hobbies include chess, understanding economics and taxes, and fencing. Outside of the castle, Theo is all about hunting and tracking.
And of course, he always has time for his hobby of women. Not sleeping with women, mind you; just being with them. He finds that highly rude to simply sleep around with random women, as they have dignity too.
Phobia(s):
Fear of being found out - While not a fear that one can test for, Theo deathly fears what could happen to him if his dual lifestyle is discovered and his parents find out. He doesnāt know what they would do to him, but he knows it would be bad.
Astrophobia - Fear of Lightning - Theo isnāt sure what it is that makes him so afraid of a natural phemonenon. All he knows is that when it starts raining, Theo is running for cover. When he does hear thunder, his entire body seizes up, and he can barely move - only to curl into a ball a few seconds later and be scared.
Sexuality: Theo is quite Heterosexual, since... well, he is.
Personality:
In a few words, Theodoros is a sincere fellow that is a little too naive to understand when to shut up.
To start off, Theo is extremely curious about everything. While he may hate reading, he gets his āservantā to read to him (which they always have a blast doing) for Theo to learn new and exciting things (his favourites are epic poems and adventure/romance novels). Theo will press anybody into revealing information that he wants to know at the time, and since many of the advisors are somewhat weak willed, Theo usually gets what he wants. Theo can be called a little bit of a brat and a little more of a whiner in this aspect, since he doesn't appreciate it when knowledge is being withheld from him.
Having said that, the reason many withhold information is because Theo is either too naive to completely understand the impact of the information, or because he is too annoying to keep it to himself. He is quite a bit of a blabber mouth, not really realizing where to shut up, or where to start talking again. Since his social life consisted mostly of formalities and ābeing properā Theodoros never really had much of a chance to fully appreciate the art of the social world. It certainly doesnāt help that he is a little dense when it comes to common sense: the guy may beat you at chess, but finding out the obvious without being annoying? You have him stumped there.
Really, the reason for his inability to see the obvious and naivety is that his brain has been wired for more complex thinking processes, instead of simplistic ones. As a kid, instead of playing outside, he would either be forced to study etiquette or take learning into his own hands by studying things off of the advisors. He learned how to handle economic problems and control debts, not how to play tag.
Make no mistake though - this kid is a social butterfly. Part of etiquette training was interacting with others, and while Theo will run his mouth more than once, he is very social with whoever he meets. His highly positive attitude is quite contagious, and he will usually be surrounded by many wealthy ladies, just telling them a story he remembered form a novel. His storytelling abilities are phenomenal, and he puts them to good use as he loves to sometimes swap out the main character with himself.
Theo, deep down, is extremely adventurous, daring and thrill seeking. He always has wanted to go on adventures, but his parents have always been highly restrictive of where he went: hence the reason for his ājunglingā days. He will do lots of things just for the fun of it, for the sensation felt from the thrill of doing something dangerous. Not saying he puts himself in harms way on purpose, but he serious should calm down sometimes: he nearly got killed by a bear.
Finally, while Theo may be intrusive on other peopleās private lives, he really doesn't mean to and can be quite the gentleman after being set straight. See, Theo normally does what he wants, but once somebody whips him down or stands him up, he will respect them undoubtedly. See, unlike most monarchs, he sees himself as just another man that has been simply elevated - while he does complain, it is merely because of his upbringing. Theo gives quite a bit of respect to people once he realizes who they are and after they stand him up. He refuses to take advantage of women, since he finds that highly rude and inappropriate.
In the end Theo is an interesting fellow that, once you push past the naivety, stupidity, air-headedness and intrusive whining (which is quite a bit to get past) he becomes a gentleman with a view different than most during the time period.
ā¦ COMBATIVENESS ā¦
Pft, I absolutely suck at combat. Why would you even ask- and I already told you, didn't I. Damn it, me and my big mouth.
Weapon Discipline: Officially, Theodoros is trained to wield a rapier. Unofficially, he chooses a dagger and longbow.
Abilities: Theoās skills with a rapier are quite high, as fencing requires the swordsman to learn discipline and tactics to win matches. He can parry, strike, and fence with the best from many kingdoms, even if he isnāt the best.
His skills with a dagger and longbow, on the other hand, are different. Since hunting requires cunning and planning, Theo has learned to not only wield a dagger, but is not a bad thrower either - during that day without his longbow, he had to learn to throw to make the kill, which took quite a long time. His skill with the long bow is above par, easily, but since he mostly trained himself (with a few coaching lessons from advisors when he asked) there are flaws. Regardless, he can wield all three weapons will great efficiency.
ā¦ BACKGROUND ā¦
Pretty standard - kid grows up rich. Kid becomes spoiled. Not very exciting, as much as I would hope.
Relationship Status: Currently engaged. So no touchy!
Family:
The Auallonious family has ruled Auallonia for generations, but the current setup is:
King Archmedes III of Auallonia
Queen Josephine
No siblings for Theo, but he does have Uncle Diedos.
Personal History:
- Theo was born to Archmedes the 3rd and Josephine - technically speaking, this was their third attempt a child. The first died due to a defect, the other was a miscarriage.
- Theo's parents were extremely protective of him - wouldn't let anyone near him, or let him outside the castle - was finally allowed in the courtyard at the age of 8
- After begging, Theo was finally given a 'friend' - a poor boy by the name of Mikael to be his servant.
- Theo refused to treat his only friend like a servant, so he educated him instead. Theo hated reading, so he let Mikael learn to read and write.
- During spare time, the two of them would grab books and Mikael would read to Theo. The books were usually adventures - they ended with Theo pretending to be the hero and Mikael becoming either the sidekick or the villain.
- At the age of 10, the Auallonious is invited to Ulixes for a ball to celebrate the 8th birthday of the Princess Anastasia. As normal, Theo is sorrounded by ladies in waiting or daughters of lords who find him handsome/cute. He escapes this all to find the frail Ana in the courtyard, and Theo breaks her shyness to become friends with her.
- Theo became concerned for what went on outside the castle after one night of watching Mikael go home - he wanted to see how the real world worked.
- Theo decides to bust out one night at age 12 by climbing out of his window and crawling underneath the roots of the ancient tree that stands in the middle of the courtyard. The roots created a whole under the wall in which he can slide through.
- While outside, Theo learns the real world is a lot dirtier and harsher than castle life, but finds it thrilling.
- So, during the time he has off, Theo sneaks out - his father thinks he is sleeping with concubines, creepy - and learns many different trades and skills. Theo learns sailing, bartering and farming techniques, as well as better ways to camouflage himself.
- A few weeks later, Mikael caught him sneaking out looking like a commoner - but a horrible one - and Theo confessed his past time. Mikael relented to his best friends beggings to not tell his father, but only if Mikael could teach him how to look more common.
- By 14, Theo found commoner life boring, as he has learned all he has wanted to learn. He then turned his head towards the forest, wanting to conquer it next. However, his first excursion goes horribly wrong - he has no clue how to use the bow he bought, and mosquitoes love rich kid skin.
- Theo pushed himself to the physical limit - by 16 he has become an expert hunter with a knife, okay with a bow. However, he tried to take on a bear and nearly got himself killed.
- On the day that he planned to go kill the bear, Mikael drops 2 bombshells. The first is that he has been conscripted into the army as a war has broken out. Theo begged his father to not let his best friend go, but to no avail. The next bombshell was that Mikael wanted Theodoros to watch over Olivia, his sweetheart, until he got back, saying he planned on marrying her when he did. She was instantly hired as Theo's maid when Mikael leaves.
- Next two years were horrible - Theo stayed indoors and studied everything about becoming a monarch (economics, etiquette, etc.) refusing to leave the castle until his best friend came back. As his friend suffered for him, Theo would suffer as well.
- When Mikael returned, Theo nearly tackled him until he saw his condition: Mikael's face was sunken, his eyes dark rimmed, and his left forarem was gone from a little under the elbow. Theo cried and embraced his friend.
- A few days later, Mikael proposed to Olivia, and planned their wedding for next week. Theo, while being able to give some money to his friend, was disallowed by his father to go to a commoner wedding.
- At wedding, Mikael sees a stranger he has never met before to whom simply states 'Congratulations' and twinkles his eye. Mikael realizes that Theo has become a master at looking like a commoner during the war.
- Theo, against his father's wishes, promotes Mikael to be his future steward - meaning when he becomes King, Mikael will be his right hand man.
- On 19th birthday, Theo was informed he will marry Anastasia to bring peace to both nations. He excitingly agreed, and is super excited to leave.
ā¦ OTHER: ā¦ Theo is still slightly annoyed, as by the time he gets back with his newly wed wife, Mikael will be a father. He had wanted to be there for him, as he knew that Mikael couldn't come to his wedding.
Theodoros also only brought one set of royal linens. Instead, he is dressed like a commoner to avoid detection while travelling.