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→ OOC
□ Name: Chloe
□ Age: 25
□ Contact: swevene @ plurk, oraclevsreality @ aim
□ Journal: swevene
□ Do you play anyone in Ariel?: Not currently

→ IC
□ Name: Alcuin nó Delaunay
□ Journal: virginprice
□ Series: Kushiel’s Legacy
□ Canon point: Post-Chapter 20 of Kushiel’s Dart. After his confrontation with Vitale Bouvarre and the party but before Phedre’s assignation with Melisande Shahrizai and Prince Baudoin
□ History: http://kushiel.wikia.com/wiki/Alcuin_no_Delaunay
□ Personality: Alcuin is, in many ways, the prototypical character that's 'too good for this sinful Earth'. Beautiful, intelligent, sweet-natured, loyal, loving, wise beyond his years... it's difficult to find a flaw, unless the flaw is that he's too loyal or too loving. He's basically marked for death.

His sweet and loving nature is one of the first things we see of him: he welcomes Phedre, who could be considered an intruder or a rival for Delaunay’s affections, to the household with pleasure and happiness, accepting her wholeheartedly. There is not even a particle of jealousy or envy in his nature, only wholehearted appreciation for those he loves, and a willingness to extend that to others close to him. Of course, the first in his heart is Anafiel Delaunay, to whom he owes ‘a debt that can never be repaid’ for saving his life and raising him.

His intelligence is the second trait that is shown to the reader—he provides an excellent analysis of the coach and driver that Phedre and Delaunay arrived in, showing a keen ability to observe and understand and a knowledge of people and patterns, despite being only ten years of age. Later, Phedre says that his knowledge goes deep, implying that he has a facility to understand different facets of things and perhaps make connections that others don’t. It is this ‘deep’ knowledge that can give him the impression of being wise beyond his years, with the flashes of insight it gives him.

Although these other parts of his nature are strong, it’s his love for and loyalty to Delaunay that overshadows everything else. He’s willing to spy for him, and he’s willing to lie for him—even when Delaunay doesn’t know that he’s doing it—and as Phedre says, he would happily die for him, too. He becomes a Servant of Naamah even though it doesn’t suit his nature and he hates it to repay the debt he sees himself as owing to Delaunay with coin and with knowledge. He hides his more physical love for Delaunay until the right moment, until he is free and clear of any debt to him.

After he is no longer a Servant of Naamah, he keeps Delaunay’s secrets from Phedre, despite promising that they would share anything that they learned of him with each other. It’s clear that no matter what, Delaunay comes first in Alcuin’s heart. Yes, he’s sweet and kind and loving, but only so long as that doesn’t get in the way of serving Delaunay. He is quite cold with a patron who refuses to give him what he wants—enough money to pay off the rest of his marque and the answer to Delaunay’s question, a moment that also displays a strength that he rarely chooses to show.

To those outside his immediate circle, he seems reserved—though he was a very cheerful child, he’s calmed down as an adult. He still smiles and blushes, but he listens a great deal more than he talks, giving the impression of being rather quiet, if very good-natured. He appreciates frankness and cheerfulness—he likes Admiral Quintilius Rousse because he’s so blunt and hearty, and he enjoys an assignation with the merry Night Court adept Mierette nó Orchis more than he enjoys any other in his career in the Service of Naamah.
□ Age: 20
□ Gender: Male
□ Appearance: Alcuin is ethereally beautiful, truly unworldly. He has pure white hair that flows like silk, and eyes as dark as pansies, with surpassingly fair skin. Even in Terre d’Ange, which has more than its requisite share of pretty people, he’s considered incredibly beautiful. He moves with unconsciously exquisite grace and has a bright, beautiful smile that tends to charm the unwary into attempting to please him if they can. He isn’t terribly athletic, but he is slender. He tends to dress simply and let his own beauty shine rather than distracting from it with fancy clothes. On his back, he has a half-finished tattoo which will look like this when it’s finished. His PB will be Andrej Peijic.
□ Abilities/Powers: Alcuin lacks any supernatural powers or abilities. However, he is trained in the arts of the bedchamber, as well as the arts of covertcy- observation, reading people, and getting information from them.

Additionally, Alcuin can, under certain circumstances, cause his body to go on a sort of ‘autopilot’ so that he moves and acts automatically while listening and observing to those around him while they don’t suspect it. However, it’s easier to do this while serving wine than while having sex.

□ Personal Items: A string of glass beads, a copy of the Trois Milles Joies, four books of Caerdicci and Hellene poetry, his marque pattern as drawn by Master Tielhard.

□ First Person Sample: [voice]
[Alcuin’s voice is soft and light, with any distress or confusion at his arrival well hidden.] It is passing strange to wake up in a new city when you had no intention of travel the night before, and stranger still to be told that there is no way to return.

The man I spoke with would not tell me- has anyone seen a man named Anafiel Delaunay? Or a young woman named Phèdre nó Delaunay? I would be very pleased to have some word of them and to know if they have been taken or not. Any who can bring news of them will have my thanks.

□ Third Person Sample: Here!