Golden Threads OCs
Prince Oliver Broyra
This lovely creature is next in line for the throne in the country of Aspela. Even though he is the oldest son, his father doesn't see him fit for the throne because he is weak and dabbles in "witchcraft". Oliver is a blood mage! I can make a separate post about magic in the world if you guys are interested.
Oliver is pretty messed up mentally because he's been abused by his father for years. He's emotionally detatched a lot of the time. As a defense mechanism he feels nothing instead of feeling pain. Although sometimes he does still feel emotions, but he doesn't know how to control them and when he becomes overwhelmed he will cry even if he isn't sad.
Other than the sad stuff, Oliver is actually an extremely kind person. He wants to know the things people are passionate about and strives to be a better leader than his father is. He also really loves constellations and could probably name like... all of them which is super nerdy but also really impressive.
He has light brown hair that his maid Anna always makes looks presentable only for Oliver to mess up. Elowyn loses her mind over this because "Anna worked hard to make your hair look nice!" His eyes are light blue and his skin tone is fair. He takes after his mother. He is 120 pounds and 5'7" so he's very thin, but fuck the idea that boys need to have muscles to be attractive.
Declan Valero
This boy right here, lemme tell you. He's like the sweetest person in the world despite all the shit he's gone through. He was literally killed by his father when his father was drunk. His sister, a necromancer, reanimated him but he hasn't accepted it and thinks "the dead should stay dead". When he meets Oliver, he saves him from a creature called an Enigma and then ends up stuck in Aspela. He ends up being quite fond of Oliver because he understands the abuse he's going through.
He's quite skilled with a sword and his father forced him to learn to be equally adept wielding a sword in both hands. He never became a knight in Dreyland because he refused to kill the opponent he bested during the combat test. Because he didn't follow the Queen's orders he wasn't allowed to pass. The queen also had the man Declan spared burned alive in front of him, and this was when he was 15. Which needless to say, fucked him up a bit. He becomes Oliver's vassal and follows his duties, but every time he takes a life all the memories come rushing back.
Declan is from Dreyland so his skin tone is darker than Oliver's though still light enough that he could pass as an Aspelan (which is good because he would be executed for being Dreylandian). His hair is curly and dark brown and in a perpetual state of messiness. His eyes are dark green. He's got muscles but they are lean muscle, so he looks weaker than he is.
Elowyn of the Sun Tribe
This is my fiesty fire girl. She is the daughter of the war chief of the Sun Tribe who used to reside in Dreyland until her tribe was purged by necromancers and reapers. She was a child when this happened and was taken under Oliver's mother's care where she was raised alongside Oliver and his brother, Alexander. She's the only person that Oliver usually lets speak her mind since they are so close.
Elowyn can use an array of weapons but she isn't really exceptional with any of them. Her favorite is her bow because her father crafted it with her. Usually girls are not allowed to train to be warriors in her tribe unless the girls prove themselves worthy. She killed a boar to save another child when she was little which they deemed worthy enough to become a warrior. Elowyn is still getting better with the bow and she's strong enough to use the bow properly now.
She is 5'4" and 130 pounds and she's basically the best. She has crazy fiery red hair that she's given up on taking care of so it's always all over until she pulls it back into a ponytail. Her eyes are dark brown and she's got freckles everywhere. She is this world's version os a native american. She never knew her mom, but it is obvious she was not a part of the tribe since her skin is lighter than most Sun Tribesmen.
Vespera Valero
This is Declan's necromancer sister. She's not very expressive but unlike Oliver she is not emotionally detatched, she just has a very strong control over her emotions (except for that one time she reopened the wound that killed Declan because he ran away but that's her abandonment issues). She lives in Dreyland where she studies necromancy but she follows the necromancer's code.
She doesn't really enjoy interacting with others but loves her brother (despite the whole almost rekilling him thing). She's asexual! She has wavy, messy dark brown hair like Declan and the same eyes. She's also very thin because the entire country of Dreyland is literally decaying so providing for herself is difficult. She's a little bit shorter than Oliver and about the same weight.
(The Bastard) Shadow Princess Kalliope Karina
Kalliope is fucking scary. She's the Queen of Dreyland's bastard daughter but the queen decided she will be next in line for the throne if she proves herself. Because of this, she blindly follows her mother's order. Which now consists of conducting a genocide of the native tribespeople who live in Dreyland. Although, she still sort of has her own set of morals. She hates men who are rude to women and literally has them killed as an example for the other soldiers if they are treating women unkindly.
She's also fucking scary because she has a literal demon living inside of her. In order to keep her satiated, she must feed the demon and Selena only eats humans so... yeah. Her bodyguard, Maeone, is the only one who knows about Selena and doesn't necessarily agree with it, but doesn't judge her for it.
Kalliope is very beautiful, but even then the Dreylandian people don't agree with the idea that she should be next in line for the throne. She has very long copper colored hair and gray eyes. Later in the book she chops her hair off and gets a nasty cut and then scar over her cheek and nose.
Maeone
She is a member of a cult of assassins that worship the god of darkness. Kalliope racistly describes her as someone who "blends in with the night". Maeone has extremely dark skin which all of the people in her cult do, and people in Dreyland are very racist toward her. No one near Kalliope are rude to Maeone though because the princess lets her assassin/bodyguard do whatever she pleases usually.
Maeone is very quiet and was taught to never let her emotions sway her. She is actually kind of in love with Kalliope but never really shows this because of her training. But because of this she is extremely loyal to Kalliope and not loyal to the Queen.
She is 5'2" and pretty small which is terrifying because she could kill men two times her size. Her hair is gorgeous and she never braids it or anything. Her hair is always bouncing around her. Kalliope calls her cute in her narration. Despite being cute, Maeone is scary. Her favorite way to kill people is evisceration.
