Character 100-ish 077: Master Vermilion
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Not gonna lie, I'm genuinely not sure whether to name him on this as Vermilion or Nickellen.
Literally fulfilling my love of blond, tall dudes in long red coats with the added bonus of being a complete git. I love 'im.
NAME Master Nickellen of Candlewood, more commonly known as Vermilion
WHO IS THIS PERSON Main character of Vermilion, my NaNo from 2008 but finished last year. He's the heir to Candlewood, one of the larger towns in northern Llayad.
GENDER Male
AGE 28; 22 in Vermilion
BRIEF BIO I'm going to call him Vermilion because that's what he's known as. So. Vermilion spent most of his childhood as the only child of Lord and Lady Candlewood, because his birth was so complicated for his mother that the healers told her she would probably die if she had anymore. Instead, in the Llayan way, they adopted an orphan, so when Vermilion was eight he got a new little five-year-old sister. But of course, not only was Vivianna a new sister, but she had just lost the only parent she had left and had to make a brand new family herself.
Vermilion was initially a bit of a little dick about it, not quite understanding in his little kid way just why she was always so quiet and scared of everything. One day, though, he jammed the middle finger of his right hand in a door and subsequently lost the nail. While everyone made a fuss over his disfigurement (...Llayan nobility, man) Vivianna finally started talking to him and said with a little shrug it wasn't so bad a thing, then started crying. That was the point when Vermilion properly realised there were problems in the world bigger than his own, and gave her a hug. From then on Vermilion decided he was going to help people as best he could.
He's done a bit of travelling in his life, down to Wensleydale and over to the Cherrywood festival in spring, where two big things happened. Or started happening. He got the inspiration from the festival to make something of Candlewood's own magnificent foliage, this in autumn, by starting a festival there of his own and making it at least the equal of Cherrywood's. The other thing, he met someone attractive and fabulous with whom he wanted to see more often. Being the enterprising young chap he was, Vermilion decided to combine the two ambitions and attract this attractive and fabulous person to his autumn festival. This is the entirity of the plot to Vermilion so the following paragraph will be spoilers.
The Candlewood Festival is now the premier autumn festival in northern Llayad, and Vermilion has been married for five years to Master Jonathan of Candlewood and they're looking now to adopt kiddies of their own.
CHARACTER Vermilion tries to act cooler, more powerful and generally better than he really is. He tries his very best to endear himself to the townspeople, frequently going out to have friendly conversations with them, buy things in their shop, and of course the Candlewood Festival. Basically he comes off as a bit of a try hard git. He means well, he just wants to be liked, but he's still pompous Llayan nobility.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Vermilion's nickname comes from his coat, which he pretty much always wears when he's outside. Less common are Crimson, Scarlet, various other synonyms for red. He's well aware of this and just grins when anyone accidentally calls him Vermilion to his face.
Vermilion's guilty pleasure is to walk barefoot on carpet. Bare feet are as taboo in Llayad as bum crack is for us.
He also loves to see public displays of affection, which are restricted to hand holding or a peck on the cheek in Llayad. He wishes they could be a little more open with their love.
He's still thingie about his missing middle fingernail, and is seen with gloves on even more than his coat.
Vermilion sleeps on his back with his hands over his chest. He snores a little, but not too loudly.
I have plenty of these random facts from a character meme from when I was first writing Vermilion but let's just leave it at that for now.
Literally fulfilling my love of blond, tall dudes in long red coats with the added bonus of being a complete git. I love 'im.
NAME Master Nickellen of Candlewood, more commonly known as Vermilion
WHO IS THIS PERSON Main character of Vermilion, my NaNo from 2008 but finished last year. He's the heir to Candlewood, one of the larger towns in northern Llayad.
GENDER Male
AGE 28; 22 in Vermilion
BRIEF BIO I'm going to call him Vermilion because that's what he's known as. So. Vermilion spent most of his childhood as the only child of Lord and Lady Candlewood, because his birth was so complicated for his mother that the healers told her she would probably die if she had anymore. Instead, in the Llayan way, they adopted an orphan, so when Vermilion was eight he got a new little five-year-old sister. But of course, not only was Vivianna a new sister, but she had just lost the only parent she had left and had to make a brand new family herself.
Vermilion was initially a bit of a little dick about it, not quite understanding in his little kid way just why she was always so quiet and scared of everything. One day, though, he jammed the middle finger of his right hand in a door and subsequently lost the nail. While everyone made a fuss over his disfigurement (...Llayan nobility, man) Vivianna finally started talking to him and said with a little shrug it wasn't so bad a thing, then started crying. That was the point when Vermilion properly realised there were problems in the world bigger than his own, and gave her a hug. From then on Vermilion decided he was going to help people as best he could.
He's done a bit of travelling in his life, down to Wensleydale and over to the Cherrywood festival in spring, where two big things happened. Or started happening. He got the inspiration from the festival to make something of Candlewood's own magnificent foliage, this in autumn, by starting a festival there of his own and making it at least the equal of Cherrywood's. The other thing, he met someone attractive and fabulous with whom he wanted to see more often. Being the enterprising young chap he was, Vermilion decided to combine the two ambitions and attract this attractive and fabulous person to his autumn festival. This is the entirity of the plot to Vermilion so the following paragraph will be spoilers.
The Candlewood Festival is now the premier autumn festival in northern Llayad, and Vermilion has been married for five years to Master Jonathan of Candlewood and they're looking now to adopt kiddies of their own.
CHARACTER Vermilion tries to act cooler, more powerful and generally better than he really is. He tries his very best to endear himself to the townspeople, frequently going out to have friendly conversations with them, buy things in their shop, and of course the Candlewood Festival. Basically he comes off as a bit of a try hard git. He means well, he just wants to be liked, but he's still pompous Llayan nobility.
POINTS OF INTEREST
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Date: 2014-06-21 05:46 pm (UTC)Llayan nobility indeed, my friend.
Vermillion is so like... before his time? I guess? Is the phrase? WITH HIS INDECENT BARE FEET AND HIS WANT FOR PDAs.
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Date: 2014-06-22 01:10 am (UTC)