#revolve ideli

Ideli

Ideli had a vaguely weird education. she had very specialized nannies as a kid that were already in charge of teaching her to read in multiple languages and basic math, and a tutor in high-society manners. once she was of age, she started her education in a private primary school aimed at the noble class; it had high levels of security and were very strict and meant to give a headstart to the children in matters of history, politics, languages and finance, so that by the time they got out of there they'd have a vague idea of their career path, and then feeds the children directly into its middle-school counterpart.

however, Ideli's time in private schools was cut short by the shitstorm that happened in her family, and she was taken in by her uncle (the one and only Emperor Witia of Reiki) halfway through primary school. she spent a few years after that with private tutors that followed more-or-less the same curriculum as the private school (languages, history, literature, civics, maths & sciences, theoretical magic) but her uncle also privately tutored her in practical magic and physical training

and then things just... kinda settled into a midpoint for a while. Ideli went back into private schooling for middle school, but had additional classes with her uncle and some tutors he hired (more advanced magic, martial arts and armed fighting instructors and more language teachers)

but then highschool time hit, and Ideli would have had to go into the same highschool as her brother and that was a bad idea. so her uncle pulled her back into home schooling but with a caveat. he hired tutors and teachers for her both her core subjects and her electives (politics, international history, law, advanced magical theory) from one Elaise Kainen-Virs Accademy, an all-girls private highschool, and he allows the various teachers to bring a chosen student (vetted) to share classes with Ideli (this is part of how Ideli gets her hands on Meiviza)

by the time we get into Revolve plot, Ideli is in university and for the first time back out of homeschooling to take her degree in political sciences, but she's also taking a couple additional law classes. and training with her uncle hasn't stopped. he's started making her shadow him as she gets ready to be crowned Imperial Princess, and thus her uncle's heir to the throne.

Lukiat

Lukiat's education is fucked up. like, genuinely so fucked up. he was born into the royal family of Xor, so his education started through private tutors with reading, maths, magic, fairly easy things still. then when he was 7 his aunt disappeared into nothingness, which put his mother and him back on the table to become Xire or Esluxia. thus, education to prepare him to be xire it is. multiple languages, history and culture from all the nations of Esluxia, geography, magical traditions, international literature, things like that

then, disaster struck. his mother died, the generational curse passed over and took his sight, and he became the only person viable to become xire after his grandmother. so they intensify his tutoring, which only becomes more difficult because he just lost his sight, plus his grandmother has him start shadowing her to learn at least a little bit of the ropes

and then disaster struck again and his grandmother died. Esluxia is without a xire because Lukiat is thirteen and he can't be xire now, he needs to be older. so noblemen and merchants and other people with agendas start vying for the rather enviable position of being the one to educate the future xire and creating a debt. Lukiat, quite overwhelmed, runs away

from age 13 to age 18, Lukiat has no formal education. he keeps learning, but through overhearing and experiencing and by how the people who take him in live. he jumps between underfounded overcrowded public schools, then makes his way into the underground and starts learning through there the subtle arts of debate, diplomacy and threatening someone, as well as all the ways to exploit how laws are written

he reappears legally very briefly to test out of a Xorean highschool, and by the time people notice he's already somewhere else. that somewhere else is actually with Sarie's father to learn medicine, which he does for a year or so before the mess that is the underground strike on the Five Rings happens. after that, Lukiat starts working up his magic, learning to control the newly aquired light resonance, sharpening his knowledge of law, politics and the very subtle ties between governments, individuals and organizations before he pops up legally, once more, in Asglen and near-ready to stake his claim on the title of xire

he becomes very rapidly a public figure there, not quite already acting as xire but people are looking up to it. and in the mean time, he manages to undertake a degree in international law and graduate in time to actually get the title of Xire. even so, with such an intensive jobs, sometimes there is a figure that's hard to make out hanging out in the back of philosophy, politics and medicine classes

Luz

okay so, Luz has maybe the most "standard" education of all three. except where Lukiat managed to evade the people vying to be his educators by running away, Luz couldn't dodge that. so while the subjects she studied were always the same (starting simple then developing into advanced magic, political sciences, law, international relations and sociology), the people teaching them tended to change depending on which political party got its hands on the royal household and thus her education

her teachers changed seven times before she was fifteen, and they were stable for the last three years. for those years, it was the People's Merit Party that were in chsrge of the royal household, and they also had it when Luz was 7-8 and then again when she was 11-13, and her teachers were people such as Ambassador Paka Senior, the director of the magic department at the Royal Academy, Sina'baj Zeronnis, the head-archivist and her assistant, and a lot of people like that. at the start of Revolve, Luz is a little over a year into her official reign and the way she values hard work and precise knowledge is very clear

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Aira

Capability: 5/10 Aira has been sort of sheltered for most of her life? so she has a bunch of skills she's good at, but it's mostly physical skills (martial arts, farmwork, some wilderness survival because she was a scout). socially? nope. she's paranoid, she has a horrible time interacting with people and she much prefers having someone to guide her through plans and social interactions

Relateability: 9/10 Aira is, under the spikes, fiercely loyal to her friends, as well as protective to a fault. she craves connection, despite feeling wholly incapable of it. plus i think anyone with a parent they really want nothing to do with can appreciate the mix of spite and self-hatred

Proactivity: 7/10 she may not be much of a leader, but if you want someone who will jump in on an impulse? who will refuse to back down and be quiet? who is willing to fight tooth and nail for the things that matter? she's there. she's first in line. you cannot stop her

Aleji

Capability: 9/10 holy monster. they start fixing shit (for themselves) from the second they appear. can you tell it's for themselves? no, absolutely not, they're fixing everyone else's problems. quite quickly actually. how? don't worry about it :)

Relateability: 6/10 they love their wife. so much. she is the light of their lives and their reason to live. to the point of destruction and madness and torture. everyone else can get fucked

Proactivity: 7/10 they're already doing it. they've been doing it. what is 'it', you ask? anything and everything that can even tangentially benefit them and their wife. anything that's not for them (or that their wife didn't asked of them) doesn't matter

Syphe

Capability: 8/10 Syphe is pretty good at what he does (espionage & information gathering) for how big of an idiot he is. serial eavesdropper and pretend gossiper, he's actually really good at keeping his mouth shut. maybe too good. gods know he doesn't tell anybody shit unless they need to know

Relateability: 6/10 lives in a permanent state of asshole pretending to be nice. he laughs with his coworkers and smiles at them and offers help but on the inside he's cursing them out. would rather stay home and fix his knife collection or tail someone for the nth time. cranky and tired because insomnia, will save someone but only because it gives him a better reputation (or so he says)

Proactivity: 5/10 for the longest time, not really. he's self serving to a fault, and that means he's usually only doing things if he can benefit from them, and only occasionally doing things for others. lately tho he's been feeling pressured to do some good in the world by his growing illness, so he can be bought

Meiviza

Capability: 7/10 a beast at hand-to-hand combat, and self taught to boot. she will hit all of your pressure points if she gets close enough, and then she'll fold you like a pretzel. unfortunately she has more trouble with the subtleties of intelligence work, so her mother's informant network gets a little lost in the sauce

Relateability: 6/10 Have You, afab person (or not), also been Catcalled? Been Harrased? Heard Nasty Comments? Been Told it is simply Not Your Place to complain or Your Duty? have a character that goes rightfully feral about it

Proactivity: 8/10 Meiviza is somewhat stopped by her mother, which she detests. as soon as her mother can't have her? gone. if she thinks you're not worth dealing with, she cuts you off. if she thinks you're worth saving then gods damn she's gonna save you no matter what it takes. she likes helping people, she'll do it the second she decides you're not a scumbag

Lukiat

Capability: 9/10 oh he's good. he's really good. sure, divine prophecies help a bunch, but he's been pulling strings for a loooong time. also, the fact that people both praise and are terrified of both his two different identities says a lot i'd say

Relateability: 6/10 ahhhh, the weight of the world. the need to save everyone. the guilt for every life you couldn't save, even when it's not your fault. the search for the moral line. the urge to run from it all. the best kind of attitude for someone in a position of authority

Proactivity: 6/10 let's let that time he ran away for five years slide. he cam back. quietly got his enemies exposed and eliminated. been pushing reforms. also, with that guilt and drive to make everything better? oh yeah he's in now

Ideli

Capability: 7/10 an incredibly competent fighter and mage out in the streets, and incredibly sharp-eyed when it comes to social interactions, especially high society ones. unfortunately tho, she's an idealist and sees the world through rose-tinted glasses, so her plans do kind of hinge on best-case scenarios. at least she's good at coming up with solutions on the spot

Relateability: 5/10 half her problems are rich people problems. the remaining half is distributed between wanting to create some lasting good in the world and dealing with family dynamics that put feudal europe to shame and incredibly justified ptsd

Proactivity: 9/10 if she weren't proactive, she wouldn't be out on the streets of Ziphia working her ass of as a vigilante and suffering people she hates and their political agendas to find a gimmer of good in it, would she?

Luz

Capability: 6/10 pretty damn badass, i would say. one could argue she has the advantage of having lived multiple lifetimes, but it's not like she remembers them. mostly, she's hella charismatic, brilliant when put on the spot, and a damn good fighter

Relateability: 8/10 every teenage girl ever, and then everyone else. she just wants to live, to go explore, for people to stop telling her what to do and who she must be and what she's not allowed dreams. well, fuck that. she's gonna go out, and she's gonna find a life that she's happy with and proud of

Proactivity: 10/10 six thousand years fighting, always fighting, never giving up, never stopping, when she fails she just gets up and tries again and again. she's proactive as fuck

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