Trivia

• He has a large collection of dresses in his closet, a fan of their free-flowing style.
• Waylon speaks ")Boldly and wi7h gr3a7 prid3, lik3 7h3 l3ad3r of Al73rnia should!("
• He's technically the champion of the Underground Wrestling Ring, but refuses the title.
• Waylon overanalyzes TV personalities to see if any of them are secretly rebels like him.
• His lucky conch, which has his sign enscribed inside, may have belonged to his ancestor.

Early Life

In his early sweeps, Waylon was the kind of heir who followed the typical 'fuchsia heir of Alternia' stereotype: ruthless, cruel, and an strict enforcer of the hemospectrum and the other rules set by the Empress. He was completely entrenched in the power high and followed in the footsteps of previous successful heiresses. He was sold on the belief perpetuated by the Empress that upholding her system was meant to keep stability by having everyone 'stay in their place' which would help Alternia prosper and grow. The main reason he was convinced of this was because he was told that his own ancestor was the previous ruler of Alternia before the current Empress and that he created the system in order to benefit the empire. Loyal to his ancestor, Waylon believed it all...until he discovered an artifact that changed everything. One night, Waylon was snooping around one of the golden statues of the Empress in the royal palace and discovered a secret compartment after accidentally cutting himself on a chip in the statue. As it turns out, the chip was actually a small needle designed to scan the blood it absorbed, and it recognized Waylon as the descendant of his ancestor and opened up its secret compartment to allow him access to an ancient diary bearing his sign.

Changing Allegiances

Upon reading through this diary in secret, Waylon discovered the true nature of his ancestor- an unusually benevolent fuchsia blood who wished to eliminate the hemospectrum and take the power out of the Empress' hands and give it to the people. Waylon was enraged by the lies he had believed, despising the Empress for treating him like a gullible fool. He journeyed out of the palace, curious about the beliefs his ancestor had written about, and secretly investigated various parts of Alternian society including lowblood neighborhood lifestyle and what people of varying castes had to say about the empire. He discovered many highly-talented trolls who felt they couldn't pursue those talents because of the expectations of their caste. Waylon reflected upon his findings and realized that he also felt limited by the expectations of his caste as someone who was expected to be a perfect heir as soon as he hatched. He was robbed of a pupahood and was told to follow the footsteps of those who failed before him. Seething with rage, Waylon lost all of his love and respect for the Empress and sunk away into the palace, refusing to order anymore drone strikes and refusing to show his face unless absolutely necessary. Behind the backs of his own people, Waylon was strategizing ways to cheat his way through the fated trial with the Empress to ensure his victory, knowing the only way to break the cycle would require cheating against a rigged game.

Land of Tempest and Plague

LoTaP is a disease-ridden land where almost all remaining life has either died off or been heavily mutated to adapt to the harsh, toxic environment. The source of the planet's grief, the hideously potent toxins that have ravaged the land, appear to be coming from the large ravines that criss-cross along the surface of the planet. The sky is dangerously charged with electricity and acid rain lightning storms are frequent on this planet. There are a couple small organized establishments, called "safety-villages," where pink geese consorts reside. These places are often run by one or two leaders and are built to give the consorts a little more freedom by trapping most of the toxins outside their walls. Before the planet’s atmosphere became so inhospitable, it appears that there was once booming technology and industry across the land as evidenced by the many vast, abandoned cities that still stand in their ominous glory. As the Prince of Doom of his game session, it is Waylon's mission to completely eradicate the disease and toxins of this planet and restore life to its inhabitants once more. To do this, he must journey down to the planet's core where Moros, the skeletal Denizen of Doom, resides so that he may put the dying denizen out of its misery and restore balance to LoTaP.