Eduard Eagleden

> It’s *your fault* that she’s dead!
>
> Eduard Eagleden,
> Prototypes Ch. III

Eduard Eagleden is the main antagonist of the *Project 54* series. He was the father/creator of Septimus, Sixtine, and the other robots in Project 54. A former Construo worker, he turned against the corporation after his fiancée, Arliss Rylerne, died, and turned to terrorism.

## Appearance

Dr. Eagleden had deep brown skin and short, curly, dark hair. His eyes were hickory brown, and he had freckles. He also had a long nose and full lips, and was on the tall side. After his fiancée died, he stopped caring as much about his appearance, and often had stubble or a goatee on his chin. He wore large, round glasses.

Before quitting from Construo, he dressed nicely and formally, like an engineer. He also donned the Construo insignia. Afterwards, he became a wanted criminal, and started dressing more casually and conveniently.

## Personality

Dr. Eagleden was an eccentric, intelligent, and creative man, as well as a hard worker, which led him to become a talented engineer. Others at Construo resented him when he worked there, since he was rather full of himself and was so successful. The death of his fiancée, Arliss Rylerne, caused him to go insane, becoming obsessed with getting revenge on Construo (by blowing up the city).

With his son Septimus, he was able to suppress this vindictive and egotistical nature, and treated him kindly, as a success.

## Relationships

### Septimus

> ...You were different from the rest. He modeled you after someone he loved - Arliss Rylerne. Dr. Eagleden’s fiancée.
>
> Sixtine about Septimus and Dr. Eagleden, Project 54 Ch. X

Septimus is Dr. Eagleden's "son" and creation, but the two's relationship is very complicated. Dr. Eagleden always loved Septimus the most out of all of the Project 54 automatons, and thought that Septimus was the only true success out of all of them. Even though Septimus was originally meant to only be one of his creations, Dr. Eagleden grew very affectionate of his "son" as he got to know Septimus, so much so that he even considered forgetting his plan of terrorism (though he still went through with it in the end). However, the fact that Septimus resembled Arliss Rylerne, Dr. Eagleden's late fiancée, most likely affected this love and made it so that Dr. Eagleden was biased. This also caused Dr. Eagleden to have a fondness for Septimus's long hair (which was like Arliss's), and he was angry when Septimus cut it.

Septimus originally was quite fond and caring of his father, but always noticed how his older sister, Sixtine, would get mistreated by Dr. Eagleden. After Sixtine disappeared, Septimus was furious with Dr. Eagleden, cutting his hair in an act of rebellion. Septimus never trusted or loved his father nearly as much after that, but still felt sadness after he woke up and Dr. Eagleden was dead. After the Dr. Eagleden's weapon goes off, Septimus's feelings about his father grow into utter hatred about how he was manipulated and tricked into killing people, and he stops calling him "father."

### Sixtine

> All of the power you just saw… it could’ve been yours, Sixtine, if you weren’t a failure.
>
> Dr. Eagleden, Project 54 Ch. IX

Sixtine is Dr. Eagleden's "daughter" and creation. However, the two had a very negative relationship. After Sixtine was first created, they had a much more positive relationship. Dr. Eagleden thought of her as a success, as she was much more advanced than her older siblings, and was affectionate with her. Unfortunately, he started to be unsatisfied with her obedience and limited learning, so he created Septimus, Sixtine's younger brother. After Septimus was born, Sixtine was quickly forgotten and abandoned, and became somewhat of a servant to Dr. Eagleden.

### Arliss Rylerne

> I saw Dr. Eagleden burst through the door, his face filled with the most sincere expression of horror I’ve ever seen. But he didn’t walk any further, any closer to Arliss. He fell to his knees and howled, his voice filled with the abysmal sound of grief.
>
> Dr. Hernandez, Prototypes Ch. I

Arliss Rylerne was Dr. Eagleden's fiancée. The two had a very loving and positive relationship, with Dr. Eagleden often boasting about her. He loved her very dearly and thought of her as sweet, caring, smart, and beautiful. Unfortunately, this caused him to become vengeful and insane after Arliss died, to the point where he turned to terrorism and created a robot with a weapon inside of it to destroy the city. Dr. Eagleden also gave this robot the appearance of Arliss, showing how much he loved her. However, it's likely that if Arliss had seen the things Dr. Eagleden had done in her name, she would have been disgusted and appalled, and would abandon him.

### Cyrus Hernandez

> I always knew that you had a lot of potential. You're like me, Cyrus Hernandez. I see it. Join me in the fight against Construo Corporation.
>
> Dr. Eagleden, ahahah i haven't written it yet uhhh

Cyrus Hernandez used to Dr. Eagleden's coworker at Construo, but after Arliss Rylerne died, the latter became a criminal and went on the run, and Dr. Hernandez was tasked with hunting him. Dr. Eagleden and Dr. Hernandez became nemeses, with each blaming the other for someone's death (Arliss Rylerne and Reeve Hong, respectively). After five years of chasing, Dr. Hernandez and a team of police finally cornered Dr. Eagleden and took him into custody, where Dr. Eagleden committed suicide. However, before his death, Dr. Eagleden revealed that he had always seen a lot of potential and a lot of himself in Dr. Hernandez, and invited him to "join the fight against Construo." When Dr. Hernandez declined, offended, Dr. Eagleden attributed this to the fact that Dr. Hernandez had not seen the "one he loved most" die, saying that Dr. Hang was simply a companion and was not enough. This worried Dr. Hernandez, as the tone that Dr. Eagleden used implied that he knew about Dr. Hernandez's secret relationship with Arthur Chandler. However, Dr. Eagleden never acted on this knowledge, and poisoned himself afterwards.

Dr. Hernandez's hateful feelings towards Dr. Eagleden also impacted how he treated Septimus and Sixtine, Dr. Eagleden's "children", one of which resembled him.

### Beatriss Rylerne

Dr. Eagleden was the fiancée of Beatriss’s late twin sister, Arliss Rylerne. They had a strained relationship even before Arliss's death, since Beatriss was jealous of Dr. Eagleden’s success at Construo, and she was protective of her sister. After Arliss died, they formed somewhat of a grudging alliance in their grief, with both now despising Construo (though Beatriss secretly looked down on Dr. Eagleden for his overreaction). Dr. Eagleden didn’t keep in contact with Beatriss very well, though he sent her one letter describing his plan to blow up the city and humiliate Construo, along with Beta, the second automaton in Project 54. Upon realizing that a sentient automaton would complete her black market war machine, Beatriss went on a mission to find the rest of the Project 54 automatons and use them in her machine.

### Talla Perch

Talla Perch is Dr. Eagleden's younger sister. The two had a good relationship as children, but started to grow apart as adults. Talla lost touch with Dr. Eagleden after Arliss Rylerne died and Dr. Eagleden became a criminal. She and the rest of their family became ashamed of Dr. Eagleden, so she moved to Redinville to escape everything. However, she still loved her brother despite everything, and mourned when she got the news of his death. Additionally, Talla was kind to his "children," Septimus and Sixtine, when she met them.

### Arthur Chandler

Arthur Chandler used to be Dr. Eagleden's coworker at Construo, but after Arliss Rylerne died, Dr. Eagleden became a criminal and went on the run, and Dr. Chandler joined the hunt for him. Though Dr. Eagleden's main enemy was Dr. Hernandez, he still hated Dr. Chandler, blaming him for the death of Arliss, and Dr. Chandler despised him for all of the problems he'd caused.

After Dr. Eagleden was caught and spoke to Dr. Hernandez, he seemed to somehow know about the relationship between Dr. Hernandez and Dr. Chandler. Dr. Eagleden also compared Dr. Hernandez to himself and said Dr. Hernandez couldn't understand because he hadn't lost the one he loved most, meaning that Dr. Eagleden could've been comparing Dr. Chandler to Arliss Rylerne by extension.

### Reeve Hong

Reeve Hong used to be Dr. Eagleden's coworker at Construo, and even then, disliked Dr. Eagleden. After Arliss Rylerne died, Dr. Eagleden became a criminal and went on the run, and Dr. Hong joined the hunt for him. They had a mutual hatred, though it wasn't particularly personal, as Dr. Eagleden blamed Dr. Hong for Arliss's death and Dr. Hong hated Dr. Eagleden for his crimes. During an attack by the police on one of Dr. Eagleden's hideouts, Dr. Eagleden shot and killed Dr. Hong.

### Darryl Rylerne

Darryl Rylerne is the father of Dr. Eagleden's late fiancée, Arliss Rylerne. Even before Arliss died and Dr. Eagleden became a criminal, Darryl was very protective of his daughter and didn't like Dr. Eagleden much, finding him arrogant. After Arliss died, Darryl blamed Dr. Eagleden for not protecting her, and later became ashamed of knowing Dr. Eagleden after the latter became a criminal.

## Quotes

* (To Dr. Medola, *Prototypes* Ch. IV) *“I’m quitting! I don’t want to work with murderers!”*
* (To Dr. Medola, *Prototypes* Ch. IV) *“Oh, and there’s one more thing. Don’t forget about the postscript.”*

## Trivia

* Dr. Eagleden (and the rest of the characters) were originally supposed to live in France or a French-inspired imaginary country, but it was changed so that they live in an English/American-inspired imaginary country.
* Dr. Eagleden was right-handed.
* He was a Christian before his fiancée died, then he became an atheist.
* Eulalie Roder’s story has some parallels to Dr. Eagleden’s.
	+ Dr. Eagleden had his fiancée, Arliss Rylerne, “taken away” by Construo, and Eulalie almost had her best friend, Septimus, “taken away” by Construo.
		- Interestingly, Arliss and Septimus have very similar appearances.
	+ Had Construo not chosen to spare Septimus, it is implied that Eulalie would’ve gone down the same path as Dr. Eagleden, becoming vengeful and wishing to seek revenge against Construo.
* He was a Leo (with her birthday being on August 3).
* His blood type was B negative.
* Sixtine, the sixth automaton in Project 54, resembles Dr. Eagleden. She is the feminine version of him.
* Dr. Eagleden's last name was originally going to be Shackleton, but it was changed to be Eagleden.
	+ This was so that it wouldn’t be as obvious that he wasn’t a good character.
* He was an avid enjoyer of violin and other string music, and all of his robots/children are able to play.
	+ This led to complicated feelings about violin in Septimus.
* His MBTI personality type was INTP-T.

## Gallery

A remake drawingA photo of Eduard and ArlissA family portrait of the EagledensThe first drawing of Eduard