Basic Info


name

Caspian Faustus

name meaning

Caspian - for the Caspian sea. Faustus means auspicious or lucky.

nicknames?

Cap, Captain

species

lion

gender

male

age

equivalent of a 40-year-old human

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"Come one, come all! Step right up to Caspian's One and Only Flying Circus! We come to you all the way from the town next over, but don't worry - our travels take us around all of Silvarum, and we've got plenty of ubiquitous things to show you, all presented by... yours truly."

a short history of Caspian;;
"Wait, you mean ubiquitous doesn't mean 'awesome'?"
As a young lion, Cap always dreamed of the sky. It looked so big and so vast, and he knew that one day he wanted to be up there. He knew it would be fairly impossible, however - he didn't have wings, didn't have a friend who could fly, and he didn't have the real dedication to make any plan of his work. He mainly spent his days creating interesting little things good for magic tricks or pranks.
It wasn't till he was in his early twenties and a bit stressed out that it happened. Everyone kept asking him what he wanted to do with his life, and it was hard to tell them all he didn't know. Many of his friends had become very successful running shops or becoming explorers or artists and everything in-between. He was wandering in a nearby forest one day, just thinking, when he (quite literally) stumbled across it.
Clumsy as he was, he managed to not see the massive hot air balloon that was on its side and right in his path, and he ran right into it. Cap fell to the ground, a bit dazed, but soon realized what this massive thing in the middle of the forest was. Now if only he knew how to fix it, he'd be able to sail off!
Caspian poked his head inside the (fairly large) basket, only to be pecked in the nose by a very panicked bird. It took Cap a while to explain that no, he didn't want to eat them or anything, yes, he really loved flight, and yes, he definitely wanted to help fix the balloon.
It took several days of sneaking supplies from home out to the forest, but at last the mighty flying machine was fixed. The seven birds, who had introduced themselves to him as 'the Flock' were going to head off immediately, but Caspian asked if he could come with, and they said yes. He ran home faster than he ever had before, grabbed his joke books and the things he'd made, and hurried back for a life of adventure.
He hasn't stopped the journey since, and today Caspian Faustus and the Flock are well known as the best (and only) traveling circus in the entire land. They accept almost anyone to join their group as long as they can do something interesting, and Cap is a very welcoming guy. There's always room for one more - the hot air balloon is, of course, bigger on the inside.

personality/info;;
"I'd like to think that my jokes are irreplacebly rhetorical."
When you first get a glimpse of Caspian, it will probably be of him descending out of the sky in a hot air balloon, spewing fancy words he knows basically nothing about. In short, it's fairly dramatic, and a bit overwhelming, but the chaos and the fun is exactly the way Cap likes it.
He's been running his circus in the sky for so many years that, by now, he can't imagine any other life. It would have seemed so impossible to his younger self, but somehow it happened, and he's amazed that he got so lucky.
Cap is definitely a fun-loving guy - one of the things that makes him smile is seeing the things he does bring a smile to someone else's face. Really, so many people only think about the sad things in life, so he's made it his mission to spread good cheer to as many people as he can.
He plans most of the show by himself, and rarely with the assistance of his blue jay friends or the other circus members. In this line of work he is extremely creative and sees ideas everywhere. Any object, space, or person could be turned into an amazing performance if he takes the time to look carefully.
Cap's fallen into a bad habit of saying words without understanding the actual meaning behind them. He can't even remember where or when it started, it's just always been a thing. It often leads to him using his large words totally out of context, and usually everyone knows it. No one really is bothered except for his friends, who are incredibly annoyed that he can't just learn what the words actually mean.

Caspian's circus acts are jumping into a ring of fire, walking across a tightrope or something equally dangerous, depending on how he's feeling. His bird friends are often worried, though he usually just laughs it off.

His favorite performances are definitely the jugglers and clowns.