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i cut my teeth
on second-hand sentiments.
/kālin ko͞oläk ɡrimsən/
BIOGRAPHY
Cain could once be described as just another fae in the Seelie guard, but that was before certain events in his life made him into the formidable commanding officer of the guard that he is now.
BEFORE
For a long time, it had just been Cain and his mother, in the large town of Réimse na t-Áthas that lay close to the heart of Seelie. His mother, Eilidh, was a lady-in-waiting for one of the Courts within the Seelie Queen’s circle, which meant she was often held to the whims of the gentry intrigue and having no past for it. Cain grew up within the Court of Silks, which was his mother’s main employer. Although he was never officially affiliated with them, they still have a thread of relationship that tugs both ways every now and then, even today.
Influenced by the Court and emboldened by a need to help support his mother in some way, Cain enlisted to be a guard at the age of 18. Due to his subjectively young age, his main employ of work was the Court of Silks to which he was already familiar with and vice versa, but was of the more official guard title soon enough. Due to this, he gets stationed away from Réimse na t-Áthas often, but tries to visit when he has time (which is close to never).
When Cain is 20 with a couple years of guardship under his belt, he makes one mistake that impacts the rest of his life immeasurably.
TIME IN UNSEELIE
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AFTER
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Eventually, while the Seelie Queen is not unappreciative of his violent nature, she thinks it's a little too volatile to keep him where he is as of currently and so she reassigns him to the village he had been at before he was sent to Unseelie: Mag Cosanta, presuming that the familiarity will help... mellow him out.
It does, somewhat, to no credit of no one else but a woman who is not even fey in nature.
DESIGN
- deep violet eyes with cobalt blue and gold flecks you can only see when you're close.
- has wispy white hair that curls over his nape.
- scars; most important are the large scar in his right palm (both sides) and a perpetually unhealed scar on his lower rib.
- sharp teeth (most noticeable in canines).
- hands are darkened; stain ends somewhere below his wrist-level and are most concentrated on his fingers.
TRIVIA
- his surname ("grimson") is an epithonymic surname (similar to a patronymic surname, this is based off an epithet rather than his paternal figure) from his time in Unseelie.
- his middle name ("gaolach") is an portmanteau of the Scottish Gaelic word for love ("gaol") and the Scottish Gaelic descendant of the proto-Celtic suffix "-ākos" that "forms nouns indicating a person involved with, belonging to or having".
- has Unseelie origins due to his father, but because they're incredibly estranged, he isn't entirely cognizant of this fact.
- is ambidexterous. (mostly because his dominant hand (right) was stabbed through.)
LIKES
- domestic life
- entertainment (music and dance)
- being able to do what he wants
- soldiers he has a rapport with
- mirella ♡
DISLIKES
- holds a deep hatred for Unseelie
- his own penchant for cruelty
- unforthrightness
- those who use their status for immoral reasons
RELATIONS
mo dhannsair bheag
when you dance, i see the river
when you laugh, i hear the wind go by
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