#Rieton Carothier

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🌱 for Rachel, 👁️‍🗨️ for Rietta, 💛 for Rietta-Coleinette, 🐸 for Rieton, 🦷 for Estelle, ✨ for Elystan, 🧠 for Delclis, 🌨️ for Tietra, and 🗡️ for Bethira, if you please?

Rachel: 🌱 - Share one of this oc’s early memories.

...I feel like I've answered something like this for her recently? She probably remembers a lot of traveling. Endless voyages cramped in third-class cabins with the entire family.

Rietta: 👁️‍🗨️ - Eye contact: good or bad for this oc?

Good! Please, look at her! She would like more attention, and she's sure other people would like to be looked at too.

Rietta-Coleinette: 💛 - Are they ‘good with children’, or more awkward?

Probably adequately good? I don't know. She's got younger siblings, but I don't know yet what her relationship with them is like.

Rieton: 🐸 - What’s this oc’s sense of humor like?

No idea. She's loosely based on a cousin of mine (who has a very jokey, persistent sense of humor if I recall correctly), but I haven't properly introduced Rieton in person, so I don't know yet what direction I'm taking with her.

Estelle: 🦷 - Would this oc ever bite someone?

No, not unless absolutely desperate. She's been raised in a very manners-conscious household, and biting or any other form of violence is Not Tolerated.

Elystan: ✨ - Tell something that makes this oc feel happy!

Talking! Talking about something he's excited about to someone who is listening and catching his excitement, and then they say something interesting back, and it's a fun game of tossing ideas around.

Delclis: 🧠 - What is their stress response: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn?

FREEZE. He's been in that state nearly constantly since becoming king. His ministers are deeply irritated with him for it.

Tietra: 🌨️ - If this oc had a day free from all their responsibilities, how would they spend it?

Long walk, maybe. Something quiet and solitary.

Bethira: 🗡️ - Does this oc have a signature object, accessory, or weapon?

She frequently appears in public or is photographed wearing pearls.

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Eye and Pancake for Rietta, Bouquet and Maple Leaf for Rachel, Strawberry and Speak-No-Evil for Delclis, Milky Way and Mousetrap for Elystan, and then - if you have answers for some of the perhaps more minor characters (if not, please skip them!) - Rainbow for Tietra, Crown for Coleinette, Tornado for Bethira, Package for Estelle, and Birthday Cake for cousin Rietta, please?

Rietta

👁️ EYE - what colour are their eyes? do people notice their eyes? is there anything special about them (shows emotion easily, literally magical...)?

Rietta has dark brown eyes, nothing particularly out of the ordinary. They're a feature from her mother's side of the family, something that further visually marks her as half-Otionovian, along with her dark hair, olive complexion, and strong facial features. There are some family members on her father's side that are disappointed in her appearance and have made remarks to her about it.

🥞 PANCAKE - what is their comfort breakfast?

Bread with butter and blackberry jam, fruit, and hot chocolate. Faysmondian breakfasts tend not to be very elaborate.

Rachel

💐 BOUQUET - create a bouqet for them! what do those flowers mean? are any of the flowers their particular favourite?

Pink roses, lavender, foxgloves, lilac, pansies, and a bit of mint. These are all flowers that grow in her grandparents' garden and have pleasant personal assocations.

In the language of flowers, those mean, respectively, grace, mistrust, insincerity, first emotions of love, thoughts/think of me, and virtue. Most of which are fitting.

🍁 MAPLE LEAF - what is their favourite season? why?

Summer! She lives in a mostly cold climate, and it's the one time of the year that the weather isn't too bad to do anything outdoors.

Delclis

🍓 STRAWBERRY - do they eat their fruit & veg? what is their favourite fruit or vegetable?

He's willing to eat just about anything, so fruit and vegetables have never posed any problems. He's partial to apples and carrots in particular.

🙊 SPEAK-NO-EVIL - what is something your oc will refuse to stay quiet about?

He is a scientist with Opinions. Get something incorrect about genetics in botany especially, and you will hear all about it from him. Respect the flora.

Elystan

🌌 MILKY WAY - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?

Elystan, along with Rietta, Delclis, and an early form of Rachel, was created when I was fourteen and newly obsessed with Oz and Narnia and wanted to write a story in the same vein (mistake #1). I knew I wanted a princely character (Delclis), but then my ninth grade Kings of Israel class gave me an idea: my young prince about to succeed to the throne would have an entitled brat of a half brother with a claim to the crown (as Solomon did). So Elystan was created to be a Terrible Child and nothing more. He was magically deprived of his voice for a while and got it restored after an attitude adjustment (a much less impactful rip-off of Edmund's/Eustace's arc) and had a generic personality after that.

Not great characterization! Somewhere along the way I decided to justify my description of him as small and fragile-looking by giving him an illness, other literary influences took hold, and from there he gradually morphed into his (hopefully) more complex current form over the years.

🪤 MOUSE TRAP - what will always lure them into certain danger? a loved one in danger? a promise of something they are always searching for?

As we'll see if I ever finish Book 2, he's willing to risk a lot for the sake of his beloved father. He also makes poor choices when trying to save face or is chasing something he wants very badly.

Tietra

🌈 RAINBOW - what advice would they give to their younger self?

She would probably tell her younger self to stand up for herself more, which quite frankly is what her current self needs to be told too.

Coleinette

👑 CROWN - what does your oc want to be remembered as? why?

She probably would want to be remembered as somebody who was reliable, dutiful, and efficient. Someone who did not shame her family and who looked after herself and others well without burdening anyone.

Bethira

🌪️ TORNADO - what is the biggest change you've ever made to them? how have they changed from their original version?

Bethira existed in the original draft too, and she was just a stereotype of a doting mother, very much to blame for how Elystan turned out (but somehow not doing much to protect Delclis from his Obviously Evil stepfather who is trying to kill him?). Over time I've come to examine her more as an individual and develop her more into a tragic figure, not perfect but still sympathetic.

Estelle Doncath (Rachel's little sister)

📦 PACKAGE - what are some "most likely to..." that can apply to them?

Most Likely To Try To Solve Interpersonal Problems

Most Likely To Master Ice Skating

Most Likely (Among Her Siblings) To Instigate Adventure

Rietta "Rieton" Carothier (Rachel's cousin)

🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE - when is their birthday? do they like celebrating it?

Rieton's birthday is December 14, and yes, she loves celebrating it! She's a lot more outgoing and comfortable with attention than Rachel, and she'll gladly accept the family making a fuss over her.