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[libratus]

PLAYER
Name: Jenni
Contact + Notes: jennibeans or PM. I also play Max and Pietro!
Anything We Should Know: I'm on PST and mostly tag on weekends b/c im old
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CHARACTER
Name: Ilias Fabria
Info Page/App: app / shamefully unfinished info page
Who They Are: A tired workaholic death mage. Ilias is a devout member of the Mortalitasi order, collected, professional, and a low-key disaster in his personal life, but whatever, who needs a personal life when everyone you love is dead. Consider instead: more work. He's not a social butterfly, but he's usually the one tasked with talking grieving families through the whole Nevarran death ritual thing, so he's a good listener, and has that Will Graham esq capacity to be Fine with things other people might find upsetting. Like viscera!
Where They've Been: Nevarra City, mostly! He’s traveled some within Nevarra but not very much outside it, except maybe as a controversial guest lecturer or something. He spent the mage rebellion having a very contained breakdown and then went back to playing by the rules.
What They Want: To help restore the Veil and take care of spirits and keep himself busy enough to never have to think about his mistakes. His grandmother would like him to not get assassinated when Nevarra's succession crisis explodes.
Plot & CR Desires: I'm here for spooky death cult stuff and spirit nonsense and ambiguously conservative mage politics.
Anything Else: Bring me your necromancers. No really, I’m brewing us up a plot, so come here and let me touch all your faces while i try to figure out deets.

Comments

[libratus]

That is a lot of overlap! Ilias was probably in the Circle from age 7-19ish and then close by in the Necropolis. Man I hadn't counted on him having many friends in the Circle but apart from a little jealousy friction I feel like they could've been quiet nerd pals?? Ilias was more of a goody-goody and cautious about breaking the rules, but like. he's fine with alarming people and pretty easily swayed, Casimir seems nice enough on a personal level so it's probably fine, those rules are probably meant for other people?? Etc. etc. Especially in his late teens, forbidden intellectual curiosity was Ilias's low-key teenage rebellion of choice, that's how he ended up falling for a sociopath and ruining his life, so /jazzhands

ON WHICH NOTE uh, depending on how much drama you feel like having on hand, Casimir might also have been familiar with Ilias's ex?? who I need to name. he was a mage with some similarly alarming research interests, though probably a more cautious monster, who was around Nevarra City for a year or so before getting abruptly transferred.

Either way: perhaps friends, perhaps Ilias abruptly cut off contact after his cousin's death, and then Cas was transferred?? And now: this.

[aestivation]

ah malleable nerds, legitimately his favourite.

i'm totally down for him having known bf mcsociopath, if he wasn't too overtly frightening or monstrous they could've def gotten along (from casimir's pov).

he would've had some Feels about ilias withdrawing from contact, and probably wrote a few letters detailing whatever benign stuff with mutual acquaintances before eventually giving up. too good for us now huh!! that's definitely what this is and not secret trauma

[libratus]

yyyy said boyfriend was more the charming sort who was careful to hide the fact he didn't value human life or whatever, especially in the context of Casimir being a bit alarming himself it'd probably have been hard to tell! Even his relationship with Ilias looked more like "confident extrovert nerd brings shy introvert nerd out of shell" from the outside. I can imagine him being friendly with Casimir for sure.

And hey now seems like a great time to waltz back in 10 years late and talk about Casimir's feelings right?? On which note: would Ilias have heard about the whole Tranquility thing or is that going to be a fun surprise.

[aestivation]

excellent. wow he's so good 4 u etc

and fun surprise! someone hypocritically didn't maintain contact with nevarra after leaving for hasmal. there would've been some talk around the possibility when he was harrowed, as it was kind of iffy whether he'd pass, but he did and seemingly would've been in the clear.

[libratus]

cool cool cool cool cool