Xavier Nagas

**Xavier Zaltys Typhon Nagas** is the Crown Prince of the Gorgon Kingdom and a student at the Vesalius Institute. He is currently assigned as Inari Lua's mentor and a member of the student council.

## Appearance

### Common Form

As a gorgon, Xavier's most notable features are the green scales that cover his body and the green cobra that protrudes from the top of his forehead. Aside from those, the rest of him resembles a human. He has pale yellow eyes with slit pupils (like those of a snake), and wears a feather earring on his left ear. He also has sharp, claw-like nails with which he can use to inject poison into others.

Like all gorgons, when "inactive," Xavier has human-looking hair. However, when he experiences strong emotions or intentionally summons them, his hair becomes "active" and transforms into a full head of snakes.

At the institute Xavier wears a white Oxford shirt, a dark green tie, black paints, and sometimes a black blazer.

## Personality

To most people, Xavier has a very charming and pleasant personality. He is seen as easygoing and kind to everyone, regardless of status. However, this is a façade that he puts up; in reality Xavier is a calculated, manipulative, cold person who is not afraid to take advantage of others for his personal gain. He is the type who keeps his "friends" close but his enemies closer. He is also a competitive person, as he is always aiming to be the best in order to get his mother to notice him.

## History

Born as the only child to King Levi Nagas and Queen Eurielle Nagas of Sanzilvas, Xavier grew up with the burden of being the Crown Prince on his shoulders. His father died when he was still only a baby, so he only had his mother, now the queen regnant, growing up. However, their relationship was never deep, as the queen had always wanted to have a daughter whom she could raise to emulate her and thus was greatly disappointed when Xavier was born. As a result, she spent more time bonding with his cousin Mia Stratus, who also shared royal blood and could have the right to inherit the throne. This caused Xavier and Mia to view each other as rivals with factions forming around each of them as they grew up. His mother's negligence towards him also caused Xavier to develop an unhealthy desire for her love and acknowledgement. He strived to be the "perfect son" and "model prince" in an effort to earn the queen's affection, and in the process learned to use others in order to stand out by making himself look better in comparison.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Eurielle Nagas

Xavier has a very toxic relationship with his mother. On one hand, he resents her for neglecting him and never acknowledging him, but on the other hand he still craves motherly love. Thus he continues to try to gain her favor in any way possible, even despite never receiving any positive affections from her growing up.

#### Mia Stratus

He resents his cousin for being loved by his own mother, and she mutually resents him for attempting to prevent her from obtaining what she believes as her rights as a member of the royal family. They're long lasting rivalry has caused them to plan and carry out several (unsuccessful) sabotages and assassinations throughout their teenage years.

### Other

#### Inari Lua

On the surface, Xavier treats Inari like a little sister. He goes out of his way to help her and establishes a bond a of trust and friendship between them. However, his true feelings towards her are of hatred, jealousy, and even slight disgust. He believes that Inari is an incompetent person who has just had everything handed to her, and that if he exposes her "true form" to everyone than people would view her in the same way he does.

## Abilities and Powers

### Status Ailments

Xavier can inflict status ailments onto others, mainly paralysis and poison. These two ailments can cause secondary effects such as loss of sight and sensations similar to burns and electrocution by targeting the nerves within a target's body and mind. These debuffs, except for the poison, can last as long as Xavier has enough magic. Being poisoned by him requires an antidote in order to be cured.

### Support Magic

He is also capable of casting magic to temporarily enhance the speed, strength, and magic of his teammates, but at the cost of his own respectively. This trade off requires him to fall back from the front lines for the duration of the effects, which only lasts for a short period of time. The strength of the enhancement may vary depending on the amount of magic that is poured into the spell.

### Mind Control

As a gorgon, Xavier is able to control regular snakes temporarily. The amount that he is able to control simultaneously is around 15 snakes. He can command them to carry out tasks and can understand their thoughts and feelings while they are under his control.

## Trivia

* He is on the Vesalius swim team as a freestyle swimmer.
* His feather earring is a reference to the fact that Gorgons were often depicted with wings in Greek mythology, although Gorgons in Arinthia are wingless.
* Xavier is supposed to be a foil to Inari.
* All of the mentors are based off of fairy tale/folklore villains. Xavier is inspired by the Grass Snake Prince from the Lithuanian folktale, *Eglė the Queen of Serpents*.