i have brought me a new boy and it’s the peach hollow mayor’s son ! meet ilya everybody ! he’s a bit of a mess , life of the party and kind of insensitive but he’s also really really talented ! he does archery for sports and works as an indie game concept designer !
( jonathan daviss - twenty-one - he / him ) well , well , well , if it isn’t ilya graves running around peach hollow . legend has it , they come from blueberry boulevard and have lived here for thirteen years . if you’re wondering what they’ve been up to , i hear they’re a concept artist for a living . they have been known to be blunt yet honest . a word of advice to them , always look over your shoulder . you never know who is watching .
basic info.
full name. marvin ilya graves.
nickname / s. graves ( mostly ), ilya.
birthdate. december 8th.
age. twenty-one y.o.
star sign. sagittarius.
gender & pronouns. cismale, he / him.
sexual orientation. bi-curious.
place of birth. peach hollow, georgia.
character inspiration. andrew spencer ( love, victor ), cole preston ( wallows ).
biography. trigger warning — bullying
growing up in peach hollow meant getting used to things changing , and while most of the folks in town disliked how the rich have turned their home into a cesspool of bustling businesses , jeremiah graves took that and went with it . while his parents started a business of their own , jeremiah worked hard , using his smarts to bolster his academic pursuits , eventually getting himself a full-ride scholarship to a pre-law at winchester and into law school at the university of texas .
coming home to peach hollow was when jeremiah dated victoria stein , they started as academic rivals in their childhood , with victoria on the winning side most of the time . victoria was from the richer side of town — one of the families of businessmen that came to peach hollow and turned around the town in its earlier years . they had been rivals as attorneys well after law school — they started dating and eventually married . their eldest child was born a year after and a few years after , ilya graves was born .
ilya was the family’s golden child . being in school earlier than most his age , and keeping up with the older kids academically — the kid had inherited both of his parents’ smarts and they were sure future was bright for young ilya . his earlier years consisted of him huddled up with a book and a bunch of crayons . he didn’t find it easy to get along with the older kids and he hardly put up a fight . he found solace in his books and crayons and older video games his parents would get him when he was younger , and playing them would make him want to figure out how they were made , he knew about different mechanics that could create different outcomes and it helped warm up his brain trying to figure out different ways to win a game . it helped him in real life too , when he was presented with a problem he would always find multiple ways to figure it out and solve them .
middle school , however , wasn’t easy for him . he still excelled in his academic , and was always a favorite among the teachers , but that also meant he’d usually be cornered by the older kids and get bullied a lot , there was even an incident where his mother found him beat up under the bleachers in the schools gymnasium and had the other children suspended for it . it was safe to say ilya hated anything outside of the classroom . the classroom was a place where he knew he was better at than most of his bullies and there was always a teacher making sure no one was getting beat up — but outside the classroom ? scary as shit . he would always come home tired because most of the day was him avoiding them , running when he saw them and sometimes getting stuck in lockers whenever he was caught .
after numerous incidents where ilya would come home with a few bruises and stolen lunch money , his parents thought it was best to move him to a boarding school in woodstock for high school .
going to high school in a new place meant he could change things for himself . sure , there were bullies everywhere but he was very adamant in making sure the things that happened in middle school would never repeat themselves again . his parents got him to a summer camp and he found a specific liking to archery so his parents invested in that hobby for him . ilya became involved in more physical activities such as basketball and volleyball , and became really popular in his new school . he still excelled in his academics and graduated top of his class .
for college he went on and took a game design course in the university of southern california . it was also at this point when his skills in archery were starting to be recognized as he joined numerous competitions at this point . freshman year was also when he started going to different parties , different clubs in LA to drink at and became friends with a lot of people , and sure , eventually college was starting to get difficult with the many requirements and plates to finish but it was always his dream to be there .
after graduating , he went back to peach hollow . but unlike his dad that loved the town so much he became a mayor , ilya was only going to be here for a while . he didn’t know why but over the years of not living there ( even though he spent his summers in peach hollow ) he sort of missed the place . even though it used to be a place he didn’t want to be in when he was younger . he still doesn’t like the place , and doesn’t intend to stay for long , but he thought he’d see the new things the town had to offer .
personality !
ilya is a very analytical person . when thinking about things he always favors intuition over emotion , so when presented with an issue he has the tendency to disregard any feelings and focus on how to fix it . with this he definitely tends to come off as an asshole sometimes and probably made some not-so-great relationships with it . ilya is also a romantic person . while he’s not the type of person to jump from relationship to relationship , they definitely tend to last for a while . he also loves going to clubs . he’s probably gone to every bar and club in peach hollow in his stay so far and he’s made a lot of new friends there . he’s unsure of his sexuality — and while he’s sure he isn’t straight he’s also had times where he wanted to be in a relationship with multiple people ( not in a cheat-y way . he thinks he’s polyamorous ) .
some factoids !
his shortest relationship is with one paxton adler . this was during the summer between freshman and sophomore year . it left things , a bit uneasy between them .
he loves pokemon . his first ever game was pokemon silver , where he caught a shiny vulpix that evolved into a ninetales . it is the one pokemon he’s had for the longest time as he’s transferred it from game to game .
he has a lot of video games tbh his office space in his house in blueberry boulevard is probably half-work station half-video game den . he has a lot of the newer consoles and preserves his older ones .
he’s worked on a few games so far and is currently slowly working on his own ! the title is starry knight where you play a cosmic knight defending the universe from corrupted celestial bodies . it’s graphics and art style take a bunch of inspiration from sky : children of light and ooblets .
his favorite bow is a black oneida kestrel bow .
