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Oberon is a vampire and an alchemist and according to him-the smartest being in the world. And the most awesome. The prettiest too.
Oberon is an alchemist whose slightly overblown ego seems to land him in more trouble than even Lysander can concoct. Which is an achievement in itself. Initially, he is Lysander's not very enthusiastic travel companion, but they grow closer as the time goes on. Ultimately, Oberon becomes Lysander's significant other.
He is very adamant that all he needs for continued survival are plums in chocolate.
Oberon was born in the city, and did not have to experience the trials of living away from light, as his parents did. His family had a small shop in one of the major cities, selling various fabrics.
Oberon was the first in his family who had a privilege of getting education, ultimately becoming one of the best students in the Academy- a most prestigious school specializing in alchemy and then one most known alchemists in the whole country. He managed to accumulate enough influence and wealth to afford a comfortable life for his entire family and himself.
One summer, the country experienced an especially severe drought- leading the desperated officials to ask Oberon for help- with inventing a component strong enough to keep the moisture in the soil despite the terrible heat. Oberon succeeded, but when he vas visited by the official who intended to pick it up they were very rude to him- and in retaliation, Oberon gave them wrong measurements for the concoction. That one difference in composition made everyone who tried to eat the crops treated with it suffer from stomach afflictions which in turn quite obviously pointed fingers at Oberon- who was later accused and then tried in absentia for treason. Of which he was not guilty, obviously. Not completely, at least- it was never more dangerous than a mundane indigestion.
Forced to flee from the city, Oberon packs everything he perceives as basic and most important- hence he winds up with a backpack overloaded with books, beautiful, yet not very functional clothes, and absolutely no food save from those imported chocolates he loves so much. With plums inside. Because in order to stay healthy, it is advised to eat fruit everyday.
His mom, in all her foresight and knowledge of her son’s lack of self-perseverance, packed some jars with actual food.
He ultimately tries to return to the Academy, to plead to be listened to, but little does he know that one of his former friends and study partners from there- Coltrane pushed the most for him to be convicted. However, when he gets to the city and tries to book a room in a luxurious inn, he is easily recognized by the guards and has to attempt doing his best impression of running.
Likes
- - carrot cake- He used to bake it with his mother on Monday evenings and later made it himself for his sisters
- listening to stories- He is illiterate his mother started teaching to read him shortly before they moved to the capital- and later neither she nor her son had time for that as working in the coal mine took most of their day. Maybe due to his inability to read, he loves listening to stores- the more outrageous, the better.
- jewelry- His jewelry is just a weird assortment of cheap trinkets and traditional jewelry with wooden beads or embroidered ornaments- he won all of these from his friend in a card game! Actually, Lysander is really terrible at any type of card games but Marisa, an orc woman married to one of his sisters, lets him win every time he plays cards with her so she won't have to watch him sulk. At first, she used to buy just the cheapest jewelry she could find on the market, but after a while she started to make them herself using her memories of jewelry popular among people of her village as a reference! She made the armbands Lysander likes to wear.
- braiding hair- He loves braiding hair! Lysander's parents died when he was a teenager and he had to raise his younger sisters in their stead, and since it was a lot of work he rarely had time for himself- braiding hair was one of the small things he enjoyed and managed to find time for! He is really good at that- he practiced not only on his own hair, but on his sisters' as well.
- turtles
Dislikes
- trying new foods- Lysander is allergic to a lot of things, chocolate and different kinds of fruit especially.
- crowds- Despite having lived in the capital city for most of his life, Lysander never got used to crowds. He appreciates the sense of anonymity the large gathering of people gives- however it never fails to make him anxious. The biggest gathering of people happened once a year when a church official visited to perform various ceremonies at once.
- - Horses- Lysander not as much dislikes as he is terrified of these animals- and they seem to dislike him in return.
About
LONG HAIR
Lysander is not a vain person, but he does like taking care of his hair- it takes a lot of his time, but he finds it quite relaxing. He is really good at braiding hair- he helped braid his siblings’ hair for as long as he remembers.
EDUCATION
Lysander’s education in the basics of medicine is the only form of education he had. Some of the remedies taught to him are quite primitive and while they are derived from local traditions they don’t correspond with anything taught at the universities- many are based on local flora not found anywhere else. He did try to study it more and learn it properly, but his illiteracy made this task nearly impossible. Lysander is quite good at making poultices for simple afflictions and treating common injuries- small tasks in which he was allowed to help his mother.
TATTOOS
His tattoos are a result of a bet made while drunk- if not for Marisa's intervetion he would have ended up with someting much worse than just some flowers. Hs boyfriend of that time still sports a tattoo of a turtle on his forehead.
He has tatoos on his left arm and right leg!
DESIGN NOTES
- Lysander has a lot of freckles, if you're drawing him, please don't forget about them! - Lysander has three moles under his eyes (one under the right eye, two under the left one)
Relationships
Marisa [ Lysander's best friend, Ellina's wife]
Lysander met Marisa as a child, after moving to the city and worked in the mine along her. She was sixteen at the time when Lysander lost his parents and was left with five younger sisters in his care. Seeing how difficult it was for him, she kept helping him however she could and everything they experienced together made them inseparable.
-She is four years older than Lysander, and six years older than Ellina.
-Marisa is a very skilled seamstress, and after years of hard work she bought an old inn, which was for sale due to the previous owner's debts.
- She was present when Lysander and Marius were getting their tattoos, and she stopped Lysander from deciding on one he would definitely regret once he sobered up. However,she didn't stop Marius.
- Lysander admires Marisa and looks up to her very much.
Marius [ ex-boyfriend ]
- Lysander won't mention him unless he is very drunk.
- He is one of many reasons Lysander had to flee from the city.
- Lysander was informed of the end of their relationship by offical announcement of Marius' betrothal to the local regent.
- Marisa hates him. He is the one with the turtle tattoo on his forehead, which was without a doubt, Marisa's revenge.
- Once, Marius gave Lysander chocolate as a birthday gift- that's when Lysander found out he is very allergic to it.
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