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Amicus is one of the main characters in the visual novel Adastra. He is the love interest for the protagonist and the heir to the Wolven imperial throne.

Amicus is also a main character in the follow-up visual novels; Interea and Khemia.

## Appearance

Like most of the males of his species, Amicus has a large, robust physique. He stands over a foot taller than the average human and boasts muscular features and a round stomach.

He has dark grey fur over his body, with tufts of it sticking from his cheeks to give his head a diamond shape. He has lighter-colored fur on the inside of his ears and on his eyebrows, chest, and thighs, as well as an arrow-shaped marking between his eyebrows that seems to be connected to the royal family. He also has a piercing located on the bottom half of his jaw.

Amicus typically wears a red cape slung over his right shoulder, adorned with a yellow and blue brooch. Aside from that, he only wears dark blue pants. He claims to wear these instead of traditional robes in an attempt to appear "hip" to the Wolven community, wherein pants have begun to become a fashionable trend.

## Personality

Amicus is outgoing and optimistic, making his life behind the palace walls often suffocating and lonely to him. However, he retains a fierce sense of duty to the throne and his birthright and is determined to prove himself over his brother Cassius. He is known to have impulsive tendencies which often get him into trouble.

He is very pleased to be able to make friends with the protagonist as well as his brother's pet, Alexios. When spending time with his friends, he commits to an informal attitude and always tries to make the best of their time together.

Amicus is made uncomfortable by his own sexuality as a gay man after being outed publicly as a teenager. He finds a kindred spirit in the protagonist, who he quickly takes a romantic interest in.

## Story

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Amicus is the eldest son and the second of three children born to the emperor of Adastra. He was coddled by his father throughout his childhood and grew up to idolize him.

When Amicus was eighteen, he was publicly outed after being covertly recorded kissing another male wolf. It was broadcast by the wolf's father, a triumvir from Tricelli who held a grudge against the emperor. Amicus's father shut down the networks and banished the triumvir and his family to Ancoris in response. and since then, Amicus has been followed by a reputation as a 'tail-raiser.'

At the beginning of the visual novel, Amicus is on Earth scouting out Rome, Italy and its people, where he eyes Marco and takes interest in him. Later in the night as he attempts to communicate with Marco, he soon realizes that Marco's planet and his people are not actually part of the Galaxias, making a very severe mistake. In a panic, he incapacitates Marco and takes him to Adastra. During this trip back, he attempts to deceive Marco by telling him that he was chosen as part of a special recruitment program to integrate Earth into the Galaxias, once Marco sees through this he attempts to make him feel as though his life will be better to no success as well. After an altercation he’s the one incapacitated by Marco and made to reveal his original intentions.

Amicus is in the running to become the emperor of Adastra after the unexpected death of his father, however he’s competing against his brother who challenged him to the throne. In order to appear more fit for the role of emperor he was initially going to create a contract with a planet and its species to gain a “pet”, essentially a servant by contract. However this backfired once he discovered the planet that he had been led to was not actually integrated into the Galaxias, which meant he had made First Contact, an extremely illegal action that would have resulted in severe repercussions. Despite wanting to fix this mistake, the spacecraft has no fuel to take him back to Earth again, he makes a deal with Marco that if he helps him in becoming emperor, as soon as he becomes one he’ll be able to take him back home with no one knowing a thing, and Marco reluctantly agrees.

From here on Amicus and Marco live in very close quarters, and while initially wanting to keep Marco’s presence a secret it doesn’t last long as Cassius’ snooping leads to his discovery. Despite being found out however, he has Marco feign his intelligence for the time being. Amicus is forced to leave Marco alone due to his own duties, such as his education and campaigning for the emperorship.

## Relationships

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### Marco

Marco is initially cold and angry towards Amicus, seeing as he had essentially been kidnapped, however soon realizing it was all a mistake he grits his teeth and attempts to help with Amicus’ goal of becoming emperor in order to get himself back home as quickly as possible.

As they room together Marco and Amicus become more open with each other. Amicus reveals to Marco that he’s gay and his mortifying experience with another man, immediately Marco lets him know that he himself is gay as well, despite initially thinking he’s being made fun of the two bond with each other over their revelations. Amicus eventually comes to terms with the fact that he’s growing a crush on Marco, a fact he reveals to him on the beach after becoming a bit drunk. Marco is reluctant at first and asks that he be given time to consider having a relationship.

Despite his best efforts during the first half of the visual novel, Amicus seems to continuously disregard Marco’s input, particularly when it comes to decisions involving Marco himself. This leads to Amicus making a deal with Neferu, in exchange for Marco’s protection, Neferu asks of Amicus for sex. This of course doesn’t go as planned and Marco walks in on Amicus and Neferu during this particular exchange, leading to a big fight between the two and causing Amicus to self-reflect. After this point, everything goes very downhill for both of them, as Marco nearly dies from an illness and Amicus is thrown in the dungeon by Cato after finding out that Marco is actually an uncontacted and intelligent being. During this time, Amicus is completely unable to take action for Marco but attempts to advise him on how to stay safe, despite Marco’s drive to do something, even if it gets him in danger. It’s also during this time they’re able to talk one on one again, where they seem to have grown more attached.

After the events of Cato’s defeat, Amicus is made emperor, which in turn means he’s given little to no opportunity to spend time with Marco. Despite this he makes great attempts to make some time and make things grand for Marco, which Marco isn’t too fond of and insists is not necessary. After one of his attempts to make a special date with Marco fails he ends the night by proposing to Marco, to which he accepts.

### Neferu

Amicus’ relationship with Neferu is rocky at best, with Neferu’s cocky and blunt attitude, as well as his initial behavior towards Marco not sitting well with Amicus. Things are made worse due to Neferu’s accusations towards Amicus during a bath scene in regards to Marco as well as his empire’s past behavior, however Neferu immediately shifts focus to Amicus’ visible arousal, which Neferu takes advantage of, much to Amicus’ anger and frustration. Eventually we learn behind the scenes that Amicus and Neferu had made a deal, in exchange for Marco’s protection, Amicus and Neferu were to have sex. In spite of claiming this was strictly for the deal, both Marco and Neferu suspect he was likely wanting to have sex and immedieately agreed as a result. After this situation causes a big fight between Amicus and Marco, Amicus is wanting to do even less with Neferu especially after finding out they were recorded having sex by Cassius and having it broadcast throughout the entire moon. After Marco and Amicus make up, he realizes how important Neferu is as an ally after Amicus is taken to the dungeons and Marco is left under Neferu’s watch.

After this point Neferu and Amicus’ relationship continues to be strained, Amicus seemingly still resenting his past actions as well as his continued blunt attitude, but makes an effort to remain friendly with him as he’s the gateway to Adastra and Khemia’s alliance, as well as for protecting Marco.

## Trivia

* Amicus' initial concept design was created during a Geometry class the artist Haps was paying little attention to. However, he still got an A+ in the class.
* In the original sprites and early CG's for Adastra, Amicus carried a necklace. As the series developed, it was phased out of his design during later CG's and updated sprites for Khemia and Adastra: Interea.
* Amicus is the first Echo Project character to get a piece of merch created and sold, starting with a keychain.
* Amicus' birthday was deemed December 14th as it is the anniversary of the release of Adastra's first public build