Aaneq***

Aaneq

Aaneq
Biographical Information
Name	Aaneq
Identifying Name	Qyahnteqorrusaiyl; It is associated with a warm silver color, the scent of spring flowers, and a remorse feeling of emptiness. It seems to be handwritten in elegant, flowing, cursive-like calligraphy [Allura]
Titles	The Poet, The Servant, Ythrill's Mortal
Physical Information
Species	Quanix
Sex	Male
Complexion	Pale skinned
Build	Childish, a bit thin
Height	Shorter than Ythrill; short for a quanix
Weight	A bit thin
Hair	Shimmery light lavender, thick and fluffy; silvery white fur on ears
Eyes	Light lime green
General Information
Gender	Male
Sexuality	Heterosexual; partially asexual and aromantic
General Alignment	Lawful neutral/ good
General Culture	Jurrican Society; low class city dwellar
Status
Born	During the summer
Age	~23-28; appears younger
"Crush"	Ythrill
Notable Acquaintances	Vhey
Notable "Enemies"	Questeria, Cypher
Settings
Universe	Ythrill
General Setting	On Se'Loxus, in Jurrica
Plot Significance
"Post Q"	Minor neutral/ protagonist

Aaneq is a hopelessly pessimistic poet with a hatred of people who happened to fall in love with the universe.
 He is completely unremarkable in the eyes of his society, being just a lowly servant playing his role in life, and even within his own perceptions he is no better than anyone else, which is quite a statement considering his views on the qaunix race and Jurrica's society. He views sentient beings as terrible creatures plagued by inescapable desires that can only lead to the destruction of everything around them. Aaneq's meeting with Ythrill was not chance, but rather the universe reaching out to a resigned mortal and offering some semblance of comfort. She instilled in him hope, and soon Aaneq felt the growing desire to embrace that hope, and perhaps one day learn to forgive his people, to obtain faith in himself, and love existence as she does.

Appearance 

Aaneq is short even by Quanix standards, standing at [Workng on it] with a thin, childish frame which helps to cement his deceptively youthful appearance. His skin is pale, which is average for a quanix.

Just above where a human's ears would sit are a pair of deer-like furred ears, colored a silvery white. They possess a very limited range of movement but can still be a minor tell for various emotions.

Protruding from his cheeks are a few whiskers, most relatively short to varying degrees, but two larger ones stick out and curve downward slightly.

Aaneq's hair sits just above shoulder length and is quite thick and fluffy, making it difficult to properly tame. The lavender coloration of his hair comes off as shimmery in certain kinds of light.

His eyes are unusually large by human terms and possess a defined limbal ring-the darker ring around the iris- causing him to appear childish. They are colored in a shade of light lime green

**May have a roughly done spiral tattoo on his right shoulder.

Attire

Tends to wear simple clothing. simple shirt/ tunic, optional cloak, optional belt, earrings, simple cloth pants, sandals or crude boots.

Usual Attire [warmer weather/inside]: Light green one-sleeved tunic, silver belt, cloth pants, simple sandals, simple earrings [made of beads and string], simple bracelet [made of beads strung on string.]

Usual Attire [Colder weather]: + cloak/ mantle, boots, possible hat.

Personality

Aaneq is the very epitome of a pessimistic individual; he fails to see the good in anything relating to society, people, or sentient life in general. he views people, whether quanix or not, as mere stains on the purity of existence. He lives because that's what life is supposed to do, and the same logic applies to most of his other actions as well. This pessimistic, "life is terrible" stance is imperfect, however, as the moment his life is truly threatened instinct kicks in and reminds him that perhaps living, even as horrible as it is, isn't all bad.

Distaste for people: Aaneq despises people, whether that be himself, fellow quanix, races of old, or visitors from Kito. Sentience brings with it absolute corruption, a permanent disconnection with simply living to live, as instead higher beings craft increasingly complex concepts; greed, jealousy, insatiable curiosity, irrational hatred, unjust law. he fails to see any act of good performed by anyone as a truly pure act as all mortals are plagued by this corruption. They help someone to impress them, donate to a cause to rid themselves of guilt, act kind in hopes that in return existence will reward them. This awareness for the selfishness of individuals applies to himself as well, as for every action, good or bad, he cites a self-serving motivation. 

Pessimistic: Just as Aaneq sees no hope in people, he finds little to look forward to in the rest of existence either. Existence is harsh, a struggle; even the mightiest creatures and societies of old inevitably fall, and the same shall become of him and his own people- even the universe has an expiration date, meaning that all that has been and ever will be was doomed from the very start. He finds difficulty in taking up any other view and will shrug off any optimistic opinions given to him. Life has found ways around the harsh reality of existing by creating easy to follow delusions, such is the very reason behind the insistent innocent optimism of his determined peers. Views such as, "My actions make a difference" "I am perfectly unique" "life is what you make of it" are all crafted by the very nature of sentient beings as a coping mechanism. The mechanism seems to have failed for Aaneq, leaving his naive, hopeful acquaintances to simply live life in blissful ignorance and himself watching from a distance alone in his awareness as to what has and will forever plague them.

Fondness for nature: Aaneq's hatred for people and pessimistic outlook on life still fail to taint a simplistic enjoyment of his; the beauty of nature. Nature, after all, is a pure, uncorrupted aspect fo existence. The river that shapes the land cares not for itself, nor for anything- it flows to simply flow because existence so wills it. The same goes for animals, as unlike sentient creatures with complex views on life, they simply live to live, unheeded by existential questions, unburdened by twisted desires, and blissfully unaware and uncaring of what anything else thinks of them. Aaneq can stare at beautiful scenery for far longer than one might think, taking in every minor detail in hopes that he will forever be able to recall the image as it was, then and there.

Poetry: He finds charm in the art, and uses it as a means of expressing himself. He describes beauty to the best of his abilities, and tries his hand at writing out some of Ythrill's stories as best a mortal could hope to.

Voice and Dialogue

His tone changes depending on who he is speaking to. When speaking to those who are above him he is very submissive and polite. When speaking with someone he is in charge of he will raise his voice and can be quite stern. To Ythrill he is calm and expressive, often taking pauses in his speech to gather his thoughts or think about the conversation topic. When defending Ythrill he will raise his voice to even those that are above him. In all these cases he has a surprisingly good vocabulary due to his work in poetry.

He possesses a surprisingly wide vocabulary but doesn't necessarily know how to correctly pronounce many of those words. This may be one reason why his dialogue is more on the simpler side; that, and, no one that Aaneq works with would understand him otherwise.

Habits

• Tends to mumble to himself instead of replying to a person, usually with a tad bit of sass involved.

Hobbies

• Writing poetry.
• Adapting Ythrill's stories to text.
• Reading the occasional work of others.

Likes

• Poetry
• Nature

Dislikes

• People
• Jurrica

Goals

• Relating to Ythrill, wanting to be a better person, but for selfish reasons- he wants to be a better person so that he feels a little more worthy of Ythill's presence.

Stats

In accordance tot he abilities of all quanix: He can see in infrared, see better in the dark [though is photosensitive], can see more differences in colors, hear slightly better than a human, can sense energy around him, has more ties to instinct, [Leans towards a flight response] and possesses a natural telepathic potential.

Skills

Poetry: It isn't masterful but is also a smidgen beyond mediocre as well. tends to describe things in great detail.

Knowledge

Of Ythrill, Questeria, and Cypher: He is aware of some of the inner workings of existence, most notably the roles of Ythrill and her umbrorum and sethyll beings.

Of Kito and Arkin: Ythrill, once she becomes aware, tells Aaneq about the two other universes, Arkin and Kito, that lie nearby, no longer out of reach.

Of the Long Forgotten Past: Ythrill has told him plenty of stories from the past, and thus, he has vague ideas of strange cultures, races, and places.

Notable Possessions

Shoddy Notebook: Thick "planty" pages bound by course string

Makeshift Pencil: Some kind of crude writing utensil. Maybe they still use ink.

Usual Inventory

• Notebook
• Writing utensil

Notable Settings

Aaneq's Home: A simple, small place tucked in the lesser alleys within subterranean Jurrica.

Story

WIP

Once Questeria destroyed the palace Lor’Lire makes a decision to put him in charge... 

Backstory

Aaneq'a mother was an outsider to Jurrica hailing from a faltering splinter village that was essentially in the process of becoming a ghost town aside from a select brave few. [This town may also become where Qyii's father and uncle were from, just to tie things together all nice-like.]  She left not long after Aaneq's brother [or possibly twin], a person that he doesn't even remember due to just how young he was, dies of illness. She found work as a maid or servant; some lowly job that was just enough to get her and Aaneq by, and once he was able, he did the very same, eventually ending up working as a servant at the palace doing whatever task he was assigned to do; it ranged from masking deliveries, passing along messages, to improvised maintenance and cleaning. It was not a well defined or well paying position, but it worked, and was all he really knew. For one reason or another his mother passed away, leaving him to just continue with what he had been doing, just... by himself. This loss could very well be a contributing factor to his pessimistic outlook on life, but in any case, he continued living, doing as he always has with no true goal in mind.

During an especially difficult night Aaneq ventured atop [some sort of building, likely Questeria's tower on the palace grounds] and simply reflected on life for a while. All that he had been avoiding caught up with him, and for a moment, he felt that he might be brave enough, defiant enough, to just give up. Ythrill damn-near spooked him off of the edge of the balcony upon her arrival, speaking calmly with distant hope in her voice as if nothing was the matter, "Have you come t-to admire the view as well?"
From there, they spoke, and Ythrill managed to convince Aaneq to retain some optimism, at least for now, though never in a direct manner.

He ended up seeing Ythrill a few more times, even coming to want to interact with her- something unheard of for him due to his hatred for most people- as she was simply... different. There was a certain charm to her in the way she spoke and in the wisdom she seemed to impart onto him. Time passed, and eventually, he was let onto the truth of her existence which only opened up even more doors for their conversations; he could ask incomprehensible questions and actually get answers, and she could tell him remarkable tales, both fact and fiction. Gradually he fell in love with her, but soon had to come to terms with the fact that Ythrill would not share in this feeling just due to what she was. He bounced back from this quickly, but his feelings for her remained unchanged. It seems that Ythrill gave him some semblance of hope, both for himself, and for all of existence.

Onward

[Maybe] After the destruction of the palace, which to most others remained something of a mysterious event, Lor'Lire made a sudden decision to use his positions and sway over the people to put Aaneq "in charge" .... why does he do this again?? Ug. The current draft is that Lor'Lire puts Aaneq in charge to honor his attempts at mending the situation, or pehraps due to a false conversation with Vhey or on of the heirs. Point is, Aaneq is appointed as a figure head of sorts, allowing Uuren and Lor'Lire to run things behind the scenes. Lor just wants to maintain some semblance of order and perhaps having such a low class, more relateable leader would do the trick. It needs work, I know.

Afteer that, Aaneq just sort of hangs out, mopes about, talks to Ythrill, and does literally nothing of note aside form being a whiny little baby.

Relationships

Ythrill

Ythrill is a brilliant being that deserves far more than existence allows her.

""Mere words cannot do her justice..." *Proceeds to go on a poetic tangent*"

Questeria and Cypher

Questeria is at the very top of Aaneq's hated individuals' list, which is quite the accomplishment considering that pretty much everyone is on that list.

Vhey

He occasionally plays board games with her; after all, refusing to would be hazardous to his job and quite possibly, his continued existence.

"She's okay. I guess."

Trivia

• His favorite color is a warm orange-red.
• As a child, he was religious until he dumped the belief system for being mostly Agnostic.
• He has gotten pretty good at pretending to be one of the rich politicians.

Quotes and Excerpts

"Aaneq, is it? Can you respond?" She asked.

"...I could..." He mumbled.

"Good. "

-The Crusaders RP, a silly non cannon thing that acted as Lor'Lire and Aaneq'a true debut.

Author's notes

• He is a whiny little pessimistic baby.
• I like to imagine that he and Cyris would have an interesting conversation.

Creation

• Aaneq may or may not keep his tattoo...

Art

• He tends to be in a pretty grumpy mood, or at least very reflective and disconnected from the world around him, so his expression should reflect this.

Writing

• Aaneqs' Meeting With Ythrill: A bit of writing. It's decent, I guess.
• Aaneq's Ramblings: More writing, kind of short.

Music

•  "Love Like You" from Steven Universe.
  • This song fits both Aaneq and Ythrill perfectly as to me the common idea of learning to love like the other comes up. Aaneq wishes he could be as caring as Ythrill, able to accept the flawed nature of people and even come to love himself as Ythrill does.