The Four can also be referred to as the Princes. These four are the current rulers of Chelonii. Each has their own designated area of expertise, but all run the kingdom equally. However, the people respect them all differently and because of their estranged relationships with one another, nothing is done of it.
Leonardo has the most respect of them all. He is the oldest of the brothers and the most outspoken. He is the one seen the most outside of the castle. He meets with the people, interacts and holds meetings and such. He helps uphold the laws and creates new ones if needed. Leonardo is avoided by all his brothers for reasons the people are in the dark about. Not a soul really knows why, and those that lived in the palace that might have had an idea, have long since passed. No foul play was found in their deaths, at least none that can be proven.
Leonardo was well educated in terms of socializing, which is why he is typically the face of the four. He was taught proper etiquette and mannerisms. It is assumed that he will be the first of the four to court a female of his choosing. There have been rumors of him once having a love, but none have ever seen who she is or might have been. All that is known is that he once had a sparkle in his eye and a bounce in his step. That sparkle is long since gone, and his stride is dull and normal. There is scarring on one of his fingers, but no one can recall if it was there before or not. Aside from that one scar, Leonardo is considered one of Chelonii’s most eligible bachelors. Skin free from scarring, blue eyes bright and inviting. Muscular and tall.
It is advised that strangers still tread cautiously around him. He is easily insulted and knows only a sliver of mercy. That can be said of them all, as they were all trained to kill if needed, but Leonardo is the quickest to snap.
Raphael is shown respect out of fear. His body is littered with scars from his many triumphs in battle. Not one to half-ass things, he fought his way to the top of commanding Cheloniis armies and officers. He made sure his men knew he wasn’t commanding solely because he was one of the Four. He worked to earn his respect, used blood and sweat and bodies to gain what he now has. It is rare for him to be seen out of the Palace. If he is seen, everyone hopes he’s not out to see them.
Raphael is only called out when he has to drag a criminal out and into the open. He is the most gruesome when dealing with abusers and rapists. It is a sight no one wishes to see. Males would much rather be trained by him than be found guilty of an unforgiving crime. No ones sure why he takes such crimes to heart, and they are all too scared to ask.
Coming up to him while he is out is like asking for death. No one can get in his way. One would have to be in dire need of help and be where no one else could see him. He wants to help, but he has a reputation to uphold.
Most women fear Raphael, they see him as too scarred, however there are some rare types that are unbothered. He has yet to fully entertain any, at least as far as anyone knows. His shell is beat up and filled with bits of metal from Donatello operating on him to keep him alive on one or two occasions. Even his plastron holds some cracks, now healed. His scars are large and puffy, angry like him. He is the biggest and tallest of the brothers, yet somehow.. he is not the strongest.
Raphael will never be seen in the same close proximity as Leonardo. The end result would be deadly, especially at their age now. Their last fight was at roughly eighteen years of age, and they were much smaller then.
Donatello is shown some respect, if only because of his brain. He’s a jack of all trades as some would say. Good in almost anything, but a master of very few. He’s very good with medicines and tech. He keeps security tight and the people healthy. He loses respect when he expresses a desire to get medicine to those in the bottom class. He wishes to make it easier to access but the greedy upper class does not like that, and so he has difficulty trying to do so. He is never seen outside of the Palace. Rumors float around that he sneaks out with medicine for the outer city of Anma. Some others come from inside the Palace, saying he’s often locked in his lab, high out his mind. Some whispers are heard of him conducting some.. odd experiments, as if he was trying to bring what was once extinct back to life to answer questions he should not be asking. No one can prove the last one, but it does make people wary of him.
Donatello is lanky but lean. Like his brothers, he was trained to kill. He questions the true history of his people, and such has gotten him into deep trouble. He has but one scar running down the side of his body. He says it was from an accident, but some people have heard it was from the Elders. The story tells of him talking out of turn and of something he should not have been. No ones quite sure what could have caused such a scar. Donatello will not tell, and the Elders oddly are no longer alive to speak on it.
Due to him never being seen outside of the Palace, women have no opinion on him. Few are curious, most have eyes for Leonardo. Sometimes the really curious ones get their questions answered, but they never remember. They just remember feeling good.
Donatello also avoids Leonardo, far more than his second oldest brother. The reason for this is unknown.
Michelangelo is the youngest of the Four. Typically, the duties of the Four are split up, but because they were not for them, he’s never had a proper specialty. The other three took up the most important jobs.He once held parties and gatherings, entertainment for the people of his kingdom, but those have since stopped soon after they began, and it wasn’t because they weren’t enjoyed. The people see him as some sort of freeloader. They say he doesn’t belong- that he’s the weakest of them all, despite having the same training. He is the shortest and was the smallest in muscle mass. Due to peoples cruel words and actions, he has since bulked up and grew tougher skin. No longer can his people try to ambush him outside the palace. Like Raphael, if he is ever shown respect, it is out of fear.
Since bulking up, some women have taken to him. However none have managed to keep him all to themself. He’s not hard to bed but he is impossible to have exclusively. There’s something that prevents him, however no one knows. Rumors float around about him being a playboy with no respect for women.
Michelangelo is the second most scarred of his brothers. Second only because of Raphael and his knack for starting and finishing fights. His scars however, come from the people. He used to be beaten and tortured when he stepped out of the palace. The upper class don’t like to get their hands dirty, but they had money. They’d pay lower class people to attack him, and nothing was done of it. Not even by his own guards. This is what truly caused the estranged relationships, however, it is mostly a strained relationship with his eldest. Leonardo was the only one of his brothers to show no concern when he learned of it. Not even when he saw his youngest brother be ran into emergency care, to take out a big knife lodged just inches away from vital organs.
Michelangelo remembers Leonardo once being the most caring of his brothers, and so to see him be that way was a horrific shock. Nothing has been the same since, and he’s not sure if anything ever will be..
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