Okay I started responding to this but then it became like 400 words long and I wasn't even halfway done with what I wanted to say so I'm shortening this!!! (I saved the long thing to another draft so it's not gone but.. I won't subject u to that :P)
ALSO THANK YOU! I profusely thanked you in the other version so I. forgot to here LOL
We have three protagonists:
Caparal Winslow, 23, who/knows
Caparal is the older brother of a duke. Yes, succession goes by age in this setting. Caparal just really didn't want to be duke when his father and older sister died suddenly, and his social standing was tanked because of that.
Caparal was always the weird, quiet, alchemy-loving, forgettable son of the duke to anyone who bothered to think about him; now he's the weird, quiet, alchemy-loving brother of the duke with a major reputation for being a coward. Is this deserved? No, not really. But it's a thing that happened and he has to deal with it now. Which he would very much prefer to not do! He loves avoiding--just, just avoiding in general.
Delayne Meersummer, 28, she/her
Delayne is the most cheery friendly buddy-buddy person ever guys trust me she's normal she's a normal functioning member of life she's sooo chill and is a normal friend. & everyone likes her
Okay she's. She's really messed up and I can't get into disecting her here because I will not be able to stop, but the bullet points are 1) estranged her family and support system due to her thrill seeking 2) got pushed into the wrong circles with no family or friends to help her, where she was encouraged to become a mercenary and therefor kill people and 3) could not cope with that so she's been heavily disassociated for the past decade. Okay that was way simpler to explain than I thought
Toor'rye "Rye" Ican'tthinkupagoodlastname, 22, he/him/their
This guy's a messsss dude. He's a cartographer who's gotten pulled into being a guide for o-o-one specific mercenary who just won't leave him alone because she thinks she can fix him (Delayne) one too many times and is now is a part of this big mess (the plot) because of it.
Rye has a few forms of expression: anger, sarcasm, annoyance, and fear. Those are his languages. (Metaphorically. He is actually fluent in two northern languages and the official language of Wralan, where this story takes place. He is shockingly well traveled and educated, despite his haggard appearance--he has very few clothes and they're all worn thin to the point of being almost unwearable, although from the way he puts really intense care into his appearance you'd think they're multi-thousand-dollar suits.)
We also have Lionel Winslow, 22, he/him, who my beloved @adragoncat described as "A erratic mess who is making it everyone’s problem", and Andrea Munteanu, 25, she/her, who is Caparal's fiancé (in an arranged marriage where they are.. okay friends? good acquaintances?) and mourns his supposed sudden death. (Lionel tried to kill him). (It did not work, as you can tell from the "supposed").
Yeah anyway this is my silly high fantasy comedy <3. They are very stupid. I've written a few things for them, only one of them really good enough to share.
Thank you so much for reading!!! It means the world to me!!!
