#caiside

Year -5: Roxana becomes a nymph; Henrik and Melanthe become friends

Year -4: Roland starts working for Nova Labs

Year -3: Isabella starts working at the embassy

Year -2: Lillian and Caiside get married; Melanthe, Henrik, and Julian start working for Nova Labs

Year -1: Isabella is kidnapped by Anetha and leaves NMC; Roxana meets Lucas; Alexa befriends Henrik and Melanthe and marries Julian

Year 0: MC/Aria/Aurelia/Theo are born; Celosia becomes a nymph

Year 1: Marcela is born; Ariana and Michael get married

Their mother died when they were 2 and 4. Caiside was an objectively bad parent and was both neglectful and strict; thankfully, their mother’s parents were heavily involved in their upbringing until Anetha intervened when they planned to start a custody battle. Lillian married Caiside when they were 3 and 5 in an arranged marriage; although she never loved them, she was a much better parent than Caiside and would make sure they were healthy/safe/happy. They loved Lillian and never caught onto her indifference towards them. Sera was born when they were 4 and 6, and they were pretty indifferent to her because babies aren’t that interesting, but they pretended to like her because seeing her meant more time with Lillian. When Sera got older, they got annoyed at other people saying that she was creepy, etc, and they’d try to think funny things to make her laugh. They liked being around Uncle Brant, although their father didn’t let them spend any time with him outside of family events. Since they were children, they were generally left alone by the media, although they were always vaguely aware that their family was important and they were different from other children. As they got older, Caiside paid more attention to the older brother, as he was meant to be the heir, and Caiside tried to curry favor with Anetha through him; she was more interested in Sera, though, which could have led to resentment down the line. But in general, Sera’s brothers were cheerful, happy, playful children.