𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 / 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗.

BACKGROUND

born the third child of a house close enough to the seat of power to smell its smoke, but far enough not to taste it. wei kai and his siblings were raised for glory and usefulness; traits he does not resent. usefulness keeps men alive, and glory? glory marinates your foes just long enough to breed doubt. and doubt makes mistakes.

as he observed the comings and goings of elders, he discovered that truth, is a coward; it rarely stands in a sentence by itself. it will hide in the silence that follows; the breath taken a shade too long, the glance cast sideways, the laugh that arrives a beat too late. this will serve him well into maturity, not just by way of observation, but in schooling his own features and habits to reflect the opposite.

the daemati gift revealed itself without fanfare. a brush of another's thoughts during a lesson. the sour tang of envy. the flash of fear before a lie. he withdrew quickly, by instinct. it felt indecent to pry. indecency, he would later understand, was merely a matter of who held the advantage.

he trained himself as he trained with the blade: patiently and with precision.

his demeanour reflects the prize of autumn court, the sly playfulness of a fox, but it is the scorpion that those who have crossed him have come to associate him with. he prefers daggers to swords, and his strike tends to be deadly. he finds his precision cleaner than the cruelty of making a mess.

as emissary of the autumn court, he learned the pleasure of distance. he travels in dark silks that drink the light, his scorpion sigil etched so subtly into his signet that one has to look twice to see it. he prefers this, the second glance. the delayed understanding. venom need not be poured to be effective. the knowledge that it exists is often enough.

PERSONALITY, TRAITS, HABITS, HEADCANONS

he is quite annoying in teeny tiny ways

has a few daggers, he's named all of them because he's obnoxious, but he only tends to spin 1 of them when he's idle: his favourite baby elaria

can be occasionally a bit naive, but is also self-aware about it. wears it like a badge. weirdo.

his tantrums are unfortunate, they aren't loud or violent, he'll sabotage you to death

quite vain actually

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