Cecilio is Zhahara's 24 year old friend who works at the Candarwa library. He loves books and learning, and has a very wide field of knowledge he uses to help visitors find what they need.
He has a bit of a fanclub made up of young women who haunt the library hoping he'll fall for one of them. He finds them annoying and completely ignores them (unless they're noisy, in which case they promptly get evicted).
Gives off a brooding tall dark and handsome vibe until the moment you ask about one of his favourite subjects, at which point you realise he's a complete fanatical nerdy weirdo. He particularly loves to study the blight infection and the history of the Hero of Strahna, and he'll go off on a tangent about them for hours with an energy that many people find off-putting, but Zhahara can match, which is how they became friends.
He's absolutely fascinated with Ahleri, the new hero, and Bertie, the guardian of the Hero's Bonds, of whom he's read just about everything ever written. His grandfather was the last Hero, Zygos, and he becomes very frustrated with how little Bertie can remember of him and how he died.
Oh and he's a real foody, loves recipes and cooking and good food. His family are essentially the Strahnian equivalent of Aussie wogs, Greek/Italian immigrants to Australia, like my dad's family. The rest of them are very loud and boisterous, while he's generally quiet (unless you get him ranting on a fav topic of course, then the gesturing starts 👐. Or if you commit a food crime, then you'll set him right off 😂).
