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elsted
Their eyes... their hands... these memories are a curse. It drives me wretched, and I fear I... I...
Crown Prince of Valla
he/him . manakete
Elsted is the eldest son of the late Vallite King, senior to his two younger twin siblings. With his father's early passing, Elsted was made to take on the mantle before he even reached adolescence.
On the outside, he was flawless. He shone with a brilliance that was thought to be inherited without effort, and conducted himself with grace of their mythical dragon ancestors. This couldn't be farther from the truth- every second of the way he was repressing his deepest urges to laugh, scream and cry, to thrust his arms out and run across the fields, dirtying himself the whole way. In a more compassionate world, it was obvious Elsted was never meant to be something tamed.
trivia
- he is DEATHLY afraid of fish. this includes his attendant, lilith.
- an avid and dedicated fan of cheap romance novels.
- although he isn't creative, he adores the arts and makes many anonymous donations, motivated by azura.
- he liked to think he was a big spoon- akatsuki and nisha humbled him very quickly.
- akatsuki and nisha ordered him to find a way to address his fear, finally deciding that he should try fishing. it was fake fishing through and though. he didn't even have bait attached to his line, ever.
- he is a huge fan of masquerade balls.
- his coming of age was celebrated with one, to which he (obliviously) accompanied azura.
- because of his cracked dragonstone, elsted is at risk of transforming into a feral beast should his emotions heighten beyond control.
story
Elsted struggled as a child.
It was no secret to the castle staff. Least of all, a young boy named Azura whom he encountered more than enough times to consider, perhaps, as a friend. Although his friend would critique, berate and challenge him often, Elsted was so used to this behavior from those trying to reign his childishness in that he saw it as a standard and friendly gesture.
As he grew older, it almost seemed like all of his 'problems' were ironed out, and to every tumultuous and chaotic situation he learned to respond with a serene smile and a brush of his hand. Until one night he threw all his books to the wall, screamed to ghosts of demands and orders in the corner of his room and fled out the window to be wild as he was born to be.
It didn't occur to him at all to measure how far he ran as he fled so far deep into Valla's confusing and twisting wilderness that the landmarks were warped and inverted to the extent even its' prince couldn't understand them. On the crack of dawn he stumbled onto what appeared to be a ceremony of two dragons. They were similar of age to him, yet he saw that they acted with thousands of years of grace. That was the day he fell in love, and knew he didn't have to be alone.
And as soon as it came, it left.He grew into an adult. Everything felt right with the world. He stood tall as the Crown Prince, knowing that the two divine dragons were by his side to both control, guide and release him. Akatsuki tempered his emotions by teasing and riling him up so that he may slip up from his noble disguise, and out came flooding the personality he was taught to hide in an instant. Nisha guided him in a more democratic and intellectual sense, allowing him to better execute his princely duties.
It was so short-lived... he didn't understand it at all. It came to pass that they had their own duties to fulfill, ones they had known since birth. And kept from him, knowing that his fragile heart could not handle it. The celestial divine dragons were to offer their blood to the surrounding kingdoms. They had finally turned their years of raising a ruler of Valla to then raise rulers of Hoshido and Nohr, sacrificing their forms to do so.
It broke him, simply. Elsted ceased to be. What replaced him was a desolate void that sat on the throne, barely able to lift his head to support the crown, trapped in a melancholia that lasted centuries until... he saw them. There they were. His halves, the two that made his whole, they were alive within the outside world. They came back for him. He won't let them down... he's going to bring them home.
relationships
estranged
although only in the eyes of azura, they were once rivals. elsted holds many fond memories of him, though would be ashamed if his old friend saw him now. though with an incident including his wings, azura fled valla, so that may never come to pass.
lovers
akatsuki held his heart in his warm palms, and his eyes in his sunny smile. he brought energy out of elsted that shouldn't be there- a liveliness that he thought could only be found in a different life.
lovers
nisha sharpened his mind. although her words were smooth and soft and her eyes like the rimmed glow of the moon, elsted felt like nothing was more reassuring than her judgement. she brought peace to him and soothed his worries with action and planning.
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