#azaziah

Basic Profile

Azaziah Levine:

Age as of Hypomone: 30. 

Height: 6’5”

Birthday: September 8th (Virgo)

Hair/eye color: Silvery-gray/Gray-blue (all sorts of fancy hyphenated colors for this one)

Affiliations: Senator;  politically Anti-Knight

Family Life pt. 1: 

1. How does your character think of their parents? What do they hate and love about them? What influence - literal or imagined - did the parents have?

Perhaps it’s because he is naturally inclined to bend to the yolk rather than shrug it off, but Azaziah actually feels quite neutral about his parents.  He thinks of his father as an authority figure and a senior co-worker, understanding that there is little sentiment in their relationship.  His mother is little more than a light at the end of the hallway, or a quiet presence at the dinner table.  More than anything, he thinks she is just a very distant person. 

The only thing that has ever made him feel genuine hatred and disgust toward his parents is their handling of ‘Aziz’s running off to Olympus.  He never got over how easily his father cut off ties with ‘Aziz, and he has never forgiven his father for going to the ridiculous lengths he did to keep ‘Aziz’s running away under wraps (i.e., faking his death).  He’s also never forgiven his mother for never having fought these decisions. 

Azaziah’s parents—his entire family really—looms heavily in his life.  The Levine family is very old, very prominent, and literally everywhere.  They’ve got some crazy political influence going on okay, not even joking here the only reason they aren't outright monarchs is because they don't want to be quite so center-stage.  His father is the embodiment of everything this family is at its core—a dictator with a benevolent veneer, which is quick to peel away if you oppose him.  His mother came into the family via an arranged marriage.  She’s quite done with considering the Levine family as anything more than a band of megalomaniacs, but is resigned to being powerless within its system.

All of that being said, his family’s influence in his life is very real and very tangible.  The schools he went to, the people he associated with, the things he studied and his career were all chosen for him.  Partly because he never had much breathing room to decide things for himself, and partly because he’s got a deep sense of responsibility, but he’s accepted his prescribed role with a fair amount of grace.  He’s never really fought his fate, though in hindsight he wonders if he should have. 

  2. Brothers, sisters? Who do they like? Why? What do they despise about their siblings?

Azaziah has one younger brother, ‘Aziz.  He is actually very fond of ‘Aziz, and when they were younger they got along really well.  They were each other’s only real source of affection growing up, and if ‘Aziz hadn’t been such a born rebel (er, relatively speaking), Azaziah likely would have grown up never questioning his family at all, and would probably be an entitled douchehat. 

It is this willfulness of ‘Aziz’s that Azaziah both loves and hates.  While he’s not inclined to put up a struggle himself, he really admires the fact that ‘Aziz did, and moreover that ‘Aziz escaped.  Azaziah never tried, he never saw his mother or any other adult try, yet his little brother just goes one day, literally just takes his things and runs, and even it’s incredible, if not foolhardy. 

He hates it too though.  Partly because he feels abandoned, but even before that time he resented it because he 1) felt it was futile and only brought ‘Aziz more pain and alienation within their family, 2) made him aware of just how off their family situation is, and therefore uncomfortable with it, and 3) it made him feel ashamed of his own unwillingness to act. 

4. What type of discipline was your character subjected to at home? Strict? Lenient?

Downright authoritarian.  Growing up, literally every aspect of his life was policed, and even things he chose for himself had to be approved.  He had more autonomy as he grew up, and being allowed to live on campus during his college years made him feel a lot more confident that he was, to some degree at least, making his own choices.  That being said, he does ultimately accept the role given to him without much fuss.

5. Were they overprotected as a child? Sheltered?

Yes. Homeschooled until high school, given a very ideologically strict curriculum, and constantly tailed by body guards, Azaziah was sheltered and overprotected to the extreme.  It’s a miracle he’s not more of an asshole, frankly.

6. Did they feel rejection or affection as a child?

Neither, particularly. He only felt affection from ‘Aziz, but that doesn’t mean his parents necessarily rejected him.  However, he was always aware that his father’s acceptance of him relied heavily on his being obedient, and so he mostly feared the possibility of rejection, rather than actually experiencing it.

7. What was the economic status of their family?

Illuminati. That’s definitely a legitimate economic status okay