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His mum died of illness (As  the legacy would have it, albeit earlier than expected) without  giving a proper heir to her story. Leaving my boy Auric as the only child and sole heir to the DonkeySkin story. He takes a a lot of the typically Princessy classes and while he sometimes gets flack or odd looks a lot of the girls are quite polite.  He majorly a mystery though and people tend to not want to talk to him if they don’t have to. 

This is not anyone's fault as Auric has a Deerskin cloak to honor his mothers old donkey one. (Different variations of the story have the cloak made of different pelts, thought i’d play with that!) Auric’s cloak possesses similar magic to the one in his story, it makes those around him feel a repulse, they don’t wish  to interact with him typically, which works well fro Auric as hes usually quite nervous if you actually get talking to him. He okay with small talk and polite exchanges or business chatter but if you want anything to do with his personality he becomes a nervous wreck. Basically if he cant functionally prepare for it, he gets panicky.

If you try to get to know him (Somehow looking past the instinctive repulse of his cloak and actually chatting with him) he initially will try to push away, preferring not to be attached to anyone, or have anyone attached to him. He can be quite blunt and rude at times, especially in this  important era of knowing him. If he can force you away from him, or at the least to dislike him, before he gets attached then he will.

If you get passed this through insistence or insight then you see hes just a really tired, really nervous boy not prepared for his destiny and clearly having some sort of self esteem issues. He is objectively good looking, a trait from his mother. Without the cloak nearly everyone can find something they find appealing in him, (Almost in a magical sense, a blessing and a curse he’d think)  He knows this which makes him fear no one would like him for him if they see him. A part of him also wonders a little if he is actually, as vain as he think it is to think, good looking, or if there is a genuine magic that’s making him think that. He gets caught up in his head to much.

His cloak is a comfort fro him. That specific cloak, partially because of its magic. He will refuse to leave his dorm if it were to be misplaced (And the eventually be forced to classes in a hoodie cuz that’s the best replacement he has. He’d eventually lose it and run off. Hes  unhealthily dependent on the cloak for his own comfort and can be sent into a panic attack without it at times.)

His destiny makes him super anxious. He is not opposed to his feminine role  in his story- rather, his mum has already passed for this story (in his mind at least, its really uncertain whether the illness that took her was destiny or chance) and he wouldn't want to make her death fro nothing by not signing. But  he also knows that when he signs his father will lose what little sense he has left following his mothers dead. The fear Auric has really, is losing the only family he has left. A big reason he doesn't want to let anyone in that not necessary. His mothers death left him absolutely heartbroken, and a part of him just hasn't recovered from that loss. He knows hes gonna lose his dad, although in a much different sense, and he cant risk himself getting close  enough to lose anyone he doesn't need to.

A part of him also fears he will be rejected by the prince he would have if he were to sign, assuming the prince would of course expect a princess.

On a lighter note, he really likes astronomy!! really anything to do with the sky!! He finds it calming. Stars are his favorite and he will  sneak out  to a proper spot to be able to watch the stars, look for shooting stars, matching constellations, etc. He also likes watching the sun rise and set when he can. He also likes cloud watching, not nearly as much as stargazing, but it is nice. Really, the sky as a whole in most state makes him happy and calms him down basically as much as his cloak would.

Hes also low key a good cook, okay baker, but like, pretty good cook.

Oh btw he cards through his hair or plays with it when hes nervous. Sometimes pulls at it, not hard just like, grounding almost.

He has eye contact issues although it mostly stems of the practice he has of keeping his head down to hide his face in the shade of his hood.

Doesn't like a lot of attention, gets overwhelmed easily. Honestly the Legacy Day outfit if  i had the ability to design one, hes be totally flustered in because of how flashy/loud it could be

IDK who is roommate would be but the vague image i have is whoever it is they have an unspoken agreement to leave each others stuff alone and basically not bother each others sides of the room. Very quiet dorm i’d bet.

Because of how many students stories view animals as friends, a few people don’t quiet see eye to eye with his story, seeing how it is literally named after the  killing and  cloaking of an animals pelt.

General traits to finish this off:

Reserved

Polite 

Studious

Anxious

Flustered easily

Blunt (Comes off as rude) when you push him