you and whose army | ivan roux

[Ivan]

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BIOGRAPHY

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IDENTIFICATION - arbitrary parts
[align=right]The centripetal force on our planet is still fearfully strong, Alyosha.
I have a longing for life, and I go on living in spite of logic.

name || ivan roux
pronunciation || ee-vahn roo
* "ivan" should not be pronounced with the "i" being said as "eye". in the slavic pronunciation, it is an "ee" as in "reed" with a soft "ah" for the "a" vowel

origin of name || he was christened after a classical book character, like all of his siblings were. ivan's namesake is ivan fyodorovich karamazov from the brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoevsky. other origins include:
* a slavic variant of the greek iohannes meaning “god is gracious”
* a general term for soviets during world war ii

sex || male
sexuality || heterosexual

allegiance || tanglewood by birth
social position || child
father || selby roux
mother || moth (deceased)
brothers || beck (adopted), quentin, atticus, winston, simon
sister || alice
grandfather || crow roux (selby)
uncle || aurum (adopted; moth)
cousins || asvini, chirin, goldnugget, taegue (aurum)


CHARACTER DESIGN - arrogant gauntness

Though I may not believe in the order of the universe, yet I love the sticky little leaves as they open in spring. I love the blue sky, I love some people, whom one loves you know sometimes without knowing why.

[b]species ||[/b] domestic feline
breed || oriental-maine coon mix
build || slender, tall, bony
typical posture || regal, refined, self-composed
resting expression || vague annoyance
pelt || black
eye color || green-blue
abnormalities || severe deuteranopia colorblindness, polydactyl on his left front paw, unnatural swaying gait with left shoulder higher after injury during tremors

at birth, ivan looks properly like a runt. there's nothing quite special about him. his fur is a sharp black, dark enough to swallow up any tabby markings he genetically has. he's also unimpressive in his build, being one of the skinnier and lankier kittens. he does grow — upwards rather than outwards. what he lacks in weight, he has in in hight.

ivan does not particularly look formidable or scary, but there is an acute sharpness in his facial features that radiates his confidence and arrogance. his ears are large and triangular. his cheeks and the bridge of his nose are sharply curved, evidence of his oriental ancestry. the maine coon shows in the weak mane around his neck and his bushy tail. his eyes are large and usually narrowed. they say eyes are the windows to one's soul, though one would have difficulty telling the color in ivan's eyes, for in one instant they seem blue, in another they are green, and sometimes it looks like both!

CHARACTERISATION - the tortured soul

I love some great deeds done by men, though I’ve long ceased perhaps to have faith in them, yet from old habit one’s heart prizes them.

personality type || intp - "the logician"
key traits || sulky, loyal, restless, secretive, logical, turbulent

aspirations || wants to feel loved, wants to feel that he matters, wants to know he has a place in the universe
obstacles || being too logical and analytical hampers his ability to sympathize or find spiritual meaning

his character quest || to feel at peace within his own mind and life

arc || ivan is less of an actor and more of a thinker. he has an acute intellectual side to him that can be seen in his early years. for the most part, he comes up with these things by himself. when he learns to read, he begins to incorporate these other ideas or completely dismiss them. he looses much of his kittenhood with this, and this is the cursed card he has been dealt by life. ivan experiences many pitfalls in his life and tends to pick people close to him to anchor himself to. special friends are far and few. once he likes someone, it's difficult for him to think otherwise of them.

ivan struggles to find spiritual meaning in his ever insistent life of reasoning and logic. his life is characterized by a poor sense of irony and the struggle of trying to come to terms with the type of world he has been born into. he is frequently fraught by despair of the implications of his reasoning. he may come off as standoffish and uses his blunt humor to cope. he is fickle with his thoughts and speaks without even really understanding them or believing in them. he uses this to make himself feel smart and powerful. his life is not driven by ambition or desire or even love. for the most part, his wants and needs line up. ivan tries and fails to fill the schism in his heart by reasoning his way through it, but it tears him apart even more.

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the double-headed eagle || ivan found this eagle while observing three golden eagle eggs in a nest. the double-headed eagle hatched first and killed its siblings and then inadvertently imprinted on ivan. ivan decided to keep the double-headed eagle, but holds little emotional connection to it and sometimes rejects it. he has no name for it currently. the double-headed eagle is female.