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25. What are their hobbies and interests?
Haytham rarely has the time to engage in anything other than work, but, on those rare occasions that he has an hour or two to himself, he likes to pull out a book and read. He prefers political satire over anything else, Candide being a favorite. When he's stuck in his quarters aboard one of the Templar's ships/the Aquila, he practices his penmanship; he enjoys creating new fonts and experimenting with pen strokes as well as writing in his journal.
26. What does your character’s home look like? Personal taste? Clothing? Hair? Appearance?
Haytham does own property in the colonies, but he usually finds himself rooming in various inns, given the amount of traveling he does. He could make things simpler and just buy houses in all of the main cities -- he's not overly wealthy, but he has the resources to make that happen -- but he finds that he prefers the basic living spaces that inns provide. (It also means that he doesn't have to clean before guests arrive, which is a hassle.) As for the houses he does keep, they're obviously the ornate, upper-class wastes of space that you would expect. Notably, he likes to style each room after a different culture/nation; it gives him something to do, arranging it all himself in a way that suits him rather than keeping everything uniformly English, and he tries to display artifacts from his various adventures where he can as opposed to locking them away in a box somewhere and forgetting about them.
With regards to personal taste, he's relatively fashionable; he keeps up with current trends, though there have been times where he's allowed himself to get a bit behind; he doesn't care that much, he just wants to be presentable. He does like looking good -- just not enough to lose sleep over it. Any clothing he wears is sure to be practical, as practical as keeping his hair out of his face. It can get a bit flashy, though; he likes combining blues and reds to stand out more. He keeps himself cleaner than one would expect of a man from his period.
27. How do they relate to their appearance? How do they wear their clothing? Style? Quality?
Again, he's... eh about it. He believes in dressing for the occasion, and there are certainly times when he's wanted to 'dress to impress'. It can get a little over the top, but he would never sacrifice practicality for fashion; if it gets in the way, he's trashing it. So long as he can move in it, he likes it as high-quality and elaborate as possible, and has no problem with embellishing with accessories: chains, necklaces, rings, etc., it's all fair game to him. He's not the preening type, but he likes to be able to nod at himself in the mirror.
28. Who is your character’s mate? How do they relate to him or her? How did they make their choice?
Ziio. It's Ziio. Ziio is the only woman that Haytham ever had the potential of loving. Whether or not he did is open for debate; in my opinion, he loved her, but he loved his work more, and so he did not protest her leaving. That does not mean that he did not love her, he just didn't love her enough to take time away from his mission and give up his status as Grand Master. He genuinely respects her; he admires her courage and strength, as well as her devotion to her people and culture. She speaks her mind and he's glad of that, even when she's angry with him. He chose her because he could relate to her and because she was somebody whom he would not mind being partner to; he saw her as an equal.
29. What is your character’s weaknesses? Hubris? Pride? Controlling?
All of the above, to be honest. Haytham is full of himself and tends to charge into things headfirst without thinking. He's impulsive and goes with his gut and he usually ends up getting himself into trouble because of it. It only gets worse as he grows older. By the time he and Connor agree to work as partners, he's honestly aged to the point where he can't get himself out of scrapes anymore without taking some serious damage first, and he doesn't heal as fast as he once did -- he needs Connor to be the muscle for him... but 99% of the time he's the one starting fights and then dragging his son into them. He's not proud of it, but he's also too full of himself to stop or to acknowledge the pattern for what it is, instead choosing to see his losses as flukes or mistakes -- things that won't happen again. For every fault he calls Washington out on, he displays the opposite.
