#alendron

ways your muse says i love you.

something that makes your muse smile.

From the ask game, for any ocs of you want :)

5:15 a.m.

Can't sleep. Time to assuage my need to talk about my fatebinder Alendron from the game Tyranny. Thank you for asking :D

Concept of home and family

Alendron is, in many ways, a family man. He's from a minor noble family but got conscripted into the court of Tunon at only 13 years of age, before his little sister was born. This has left Alendron longing for his home and family, the latter being used as hostages by the court. His idea of home is a very specific image, one that persists clear as day even now that his sight is gone and most memories have become more abstract:

Endless fields of grain swaying under cerulean skies.

That was the view from Alendron’s room at his childhood home. The colours blue and gold are part of Alendron’s family crest and although he has no means to check, he demands the parts of his uniform he's allowed to customise be coloured that way. His noble heritage is a matter of great pride for Alendron but although family, to him, means ancestry and blood relations, part of him acknowledges that friends can fill a similar niche. His opinion shifts more and more towards the latter during the events of Tyranny and afterwards, his friends are potentially the only family he has left.

Ways your muse says 'I love you'

There are two things.

The first is a result of Alendron's materialistic tendencies:

If possible, he showers the person in question with gifts. Too bad fatebinders usually don't end up all that rich...

The second thing is a tendency to open up around that person. Alendron is very guarded, paranoid even, due to the assassination attempt on his family (poisoned pudding) that caused his blindness. Add that to his pride/superiority complex and vulnerability becomes something to be afraid of. He opens up some throughout the game but the only one he opens up to regarding his fears and insecurities is Tunon.

Something that makes your muse smile

There are many things: dirty humour, music, compliments, serving justice, getting nice things, being read a good story, ...

Huhu, thanks for the ask and sorry for the late answer. Number 9 led me down a research rabbithole and I learned some very interesting things about blind people and body language + facial expressions, knowledge I used to cobble together how I think Al would act.

9. How likely are they to use body language rather than words to express discomfort and other emotions?

Alendron doesn't rely much on body language (for communication) apart from natural reactions like yawning or flinching when getting startled. 

Purposefully making eye contact is impossible for him, so that's off the table.

He wasn't born blind and had some time to pick on conventional facial expressions or gestures, however, employing them now feels less like authentically expressing something and more like mimicking what that expression should be. He also can't check what nonverbal reactions he receives in turn, so he prefers to be direct. 

Alendron does sometimes frown or smile but those facial movements are often an automatic reaction rather than a means of communication and typically don't last long.

Also, he usually carries a cane or a staff so hand gestures are often minimal. He does, however, quickly tip his cane whenever his patience wears short.

13. What trait immediately draws them to other people? 

Politeness and good manners. I can't stress enough how much of a culture shock joining the court and later being part of the conquest was for him. At home, he was used to being pampered and nobody would dare to be rude to him. The easiest way of getting into Alendron’s good graces is to be a cultured, well-mannered, individual sucking up to him. Al loves having his ego stroked. 

Cleanliness and orderliness. Alendron has to rely on his other senses and thus can't stand when that leads him to unpleasant places. He particularly hates the sensation of thick dust against his fingers. He also can't stand people who stink (which is why he keeps Killsy at a distance. If only deodorant or air freshener existed on Terratus…).

A dirty sense of humour. Although Al sees himself above such frivolities, he has a pretty raunchy sense of humour. He himself would never make jokes of that nature (unless you get him drunk, psst) but he loves it when other people tell such jokes and will always snicker at them. His stance on Verse and Eb is basically: