altaï falladan

PERSONALITY

A child at heart despite the unstable surroundings since colthood, Altaï seems to have never quite lost his innocence and natural curiosity to life. Fortunately, the horrors of the chevalorian revolution spared the carefree horse prince, shaking not either his optimism or enthusiasm. Altaï has learned to let go and cope with failures seemingly without letting it affect him at all, like windswept (though it proves to be untrue).

Altaï is open to a fault and prone to sharing his inner feelings as freely as feathers on a wind. He is primarily ruled by his heart, abandoning logic in favour of the things he perceives to be true. He doesn’t get shy with showing his affections or admiration to the loved ones or appreciating someone’s work, - though he’s not the most attentive friend around, he makes up for it by being immensely supportive (and non-judgemental, as side-affect). Altaï possesses strong moral compass, albeit one that's based on black-and-white mentality: childishly wide-eyed and dewy-eyed, he easily falls victim to deception and manipulation, if the right buttons are pushed. It’s hard to bear the world without the rose-colored glasses: “Everyone in the kingdom is as happy as I am, and everything is right as it should be.” Altaï simply never had a reason to doubt his surroundings: everyone wants what’s best for him, and the kingdom, the advisors never lie and never fail, and the officials can handle anything out of control.

Years of being sheltered and fed off a silver spoon, the prince hasn’t learnt to analyze his own actions and count his strength. While being ruled by heart can come across as endearing, more often than not it leads him into fits of anxiety and self-doubt when things don't go the way he envisioned or expected. Being perceived as the idol figure, the hope of the kingdom in its darkest times, Altaï is easily discouraged by failure and criticism and finds himself falling prey to the tricks of his own mind, terrified of the idea that he might let someone down or make an unspeakable mistake. Though prince believes himself to be concerned with the over-arching problems of Chevalor, in reality he mostly concerns himself with things that directly affect him: how can anyone in the kingdom suffer, while he thrives? The problem is non-existent if it doesn’t affect his life or if he can’t relate to it at all, and he cares less for matters of the oppressed groups. – that is, of course, unless he faces the issues directly.

It would be wrong to call Altaï a complete egoist, in truth, he does care strongly about his people and his close ones, going out of his way to help in times of need or pep talking others into taking action. He is undoubtedly charming, rarely failing to bring a smile to a gloomy face, good-natured, making friends easily among the variety of personality types, and empathetic: he’s happy when his friends are, and If they aren’t, his heart aches for them. Altaï likes to think of himself as the funniest horse around, using jokes both as tool for lighting conversations up, winning crowds and as a coping mechanism from stress. It seems like his presence alone can lit up the room, and he makes a spectacle out of ordinary things, telling the most dramatic tales and finding adventures everywhere he goes. His sincerity and compassion know no prejudice, and any horse or a person is an instant friend to Altaï.

Internally, he struggles to meet the public’s expectations and is afraid of risking everything he’s gained, fearing of losing the sense of himself and his belonging. After dealing with the trauma of his parents’ passing, Altaï has developed an anxiety towards departures and goodbyes. He may be just a bit too clingy to his loved ones because of his fears of being left alone yet again.