Artem Potenza

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## Biographical Information

### Birth

Ascella 19, 1099 VE
Kraschyor, Sciesia, Kingdom of Arkadi

### Age

23 (debut, *Paradigm*, *Persona*, *Parallel*, *Paradox*)
24 (*Paradox*, *Pinnacle*)

### Also Known As

* Artem Potenza
* Vasco Arcadi
* *Il Giovane Signore di Arcadi* (The Young Lord of Arcadi)
* *Ragazzo dei Fiori* (Flower Boy; by XXX)
* *Il Diavolo* (The Devil)
* The Psychopath
* The Black Angel
* The Dark Hero
* The Second Ikeus

### Title/s

* Crown Prince of Arkadi (formerly)
* High Prince of Astrall (formerly)
* King of Arkadi

## Affiliation

### Earth

* Magic Earth (originally)
* Neutral Earth (formerly)

### Nationality

* Arkadian (Magic Earth)
* Italian (Neutral Earth)

### Occupation

* Student of Università di Sant'Ambrogio (formerly)
* Consigliere of the Arcadi mafia family (formerly)
* Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Arkadi (formerly)
* High Prince of the Principality of Astrall (formerly)
* King of the Kingdom of Arkadi

### Residence

* Milan, Italy (formerly)
* Sciesia, Kingdom of Arkadi

### Allegiance

* Arcadi mafia family (formerly)
* Università di Sant'Ambrogio (formerly)
* Kingdom of Arkadi
* House Esfir
* House Arkadi
* House Cadeyrn (by marriage)

## Relationships

### Father

* Erhard Tytyus Stylianos Arkadi (biological father)
* Eraldo Arcadi (adopted father)

### Mother

* Corinna Anila Evridiki Esfir (biological mother)
* Corrie Eszter (adopted mother)

### Sibling/s

* Cecylia Airi Eudocia Arkadi (biological sister)
* Elisabetta Arcadi (adopted sister)

### Issue

* Ludislaw Aranck Phoibos Arkadi
* Aiyanna Zoria Meira Arkadi
* Vasco Eilian Aleister Arkadi
* Aneliya Tsura Quianna Arkadi

### Other Relative/s

* Ikeus Arkadi (ancestor)
* Ainesh Athanaric Ormarr Arkadi (ancestor)
* Weilislaw Alikhan Charilaos Arkadi (paternal uncle)
* Aarish Klahan Tareek Cadeyrn (father-in-law)
* Caelia Amara Alroia Agimar (mother-in-law)
* Zion Sybald Aashka Cadeyrn (brother-in-law)

### Significant Other/s

* Hanna Briafael (love interest)
* Diannah Arcelia Ashildr Cadeyrn (wife)

### Parallel/s

* Vasco Arcadi (Neutral Earth)
* Eugene Arkadios (Quondam Earth)
* Ionas Arek (Erudite Earth)
* Celio Arkady (Latent Earth)

## Physical Description

### Eye Color

* Blue (Neutral Earth)
* Gold (Magic Earth)

## In series

### Appearance/s

* *Paradigm*
* *Persona*
* *Parallel*
* *Paradox*
* *Pinnacle*
* *Paragon*

**Artem Potenza**, born as **Czeslaw Eero Drakon Arkadi**, is the real crown prince of the Kingdom of Arkadi, a powerful country in the Eathria continent of the Magic Earth. As a member of the royal house of Arkadi, he is an augmenter with a strong divine prowess than anyone had seen for the past centuries, making him an inborn genius and an *imitan*, someone capable of specializing in all classes.

Due to an unfortunate incident during the annual Aeranas Rain Ritual when he was eight years old that led to his maladjustment with magic—at the same time that the Lonán Group planned to replace him with Vasco Arcadi, his counterpart from the Neutral Earth—the caster Maksim Kyran arranged his transfer in order to protect him.

## Quotes

* Paradigm
* Persona
* Parallel
* Paradox
* Pinnacle
* Paragon

## Trivia

* Etymology
* Character descriptions
* Other descriptions

* Name meaning

- Meaning within the series.

- Meaning behind the name.

- If named after a real person or not.

## Biographical Information

### Birth

Ascella 19, 1099 VE
Kraschyor, Sciesia, Kingdom of Arkadi

### Age

18 (debut, *Paradigm*, *Persona*, *Parallel*, *Paradox*)
19 (*Pinnacle*)

### Also Known As

* Artem Potenza
* Vasco Arcadi
* The Young Lord of Arcadi (*Il Giovane Signore di Arcadi)*
* Mister Consigliere
* Flower Boy (*Ragazzo dei Fiori*; by XXX)
* The Devil (*Il Diavolo*)
* The Psychopath
* The Black Angel
* The Dark Hero
* The Second Ikeus

### Title/s

* Crown Prince of Arkadi (formerly)
* High Prince of Astrall (formerly)
* King of Arkadi

## Affiliation

### Earth

* Magic Earth (originally)
* Neutral Earth (formerly)

### Nationality

* Arkadian (Magic Earth)
* Italian (Neutral Earth)

### Occupation

* Student of St. Michael's International Boarding (formerly)
* Consigliere of the Arcadi mafia family (formerly)
* Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Arkadi (formerly)
* High Prince of the Principality of Astrall (formerly)
* King of the Kingdom of Arkadi

### Residence

* Milan, Italy (formerly)
* Sciesia, Kingdom of Arkadi

### Allegiance

* Arcadi mafia family (formerly)
* St. Michael's International Boarding School (formerly)
* Kingdom of Arkadi
* House Esfir
* House Arkadi
* House Cadeyrn (by marriage)

## Relationships

### Father

* Erhard Tytus Stylianos Arkadi (biological father)
* Eraldo Arcadi (adopted father)

### Mother

* Corinna Anila Evridiki Esfir Template:Biological mother
* Corrie Eszter (adopted mother)

### Sibling/s

* Cecylia Airi Eudocia Arkadi Template:Biological sister
* Elisabetta Arcadi (adopted sister)

### Issue

* Ludislaw Aranck Phoibos Arkadi
* Aiyanna Zoria Meira Arkadi
* Vasco Eilian Aleister Arkadi
* Aneliya Tsura Quianna Arkadi

### Other Relative/s

* Ikeus Arkadi (ancestor)
* Ainesh Athanaric Ormarr Arkadi (ancestor)
* Wielislaw Alikhan Charilaos Arkadi (paternal uncle)
* Aarish Klahan Tareek Cadeyrn (father-in-law)
* Caelia Amara Alroia Agimar (mother-in-law)
* Zion Sybald Aashka Cadeyrn (brother-in-law)

### Significant Other/s

* Hanna Briafael (love interest)
* Diannah Arcelia Ashildr Cadeyrn (wife)

### Parallel/s

* Vasco Arcadi (Neutral Earth)
* Eugene Arkadios (Quondam Earth)
* Ionas Arek (Erudite Earth)
* Celio Arkady (Latent Earth)

## Physical Description

### Eye Color

* Blue (Neutral Earth)
* Gold (Magic Earth)

## In series

### Appearance/s

* *Paradigm*
* *Persona*
* *Parallel*
* *Paradox*
* *Pinnacle*
* *Paragon*

**Artem Potenza**, born as **Czeslaw Eero Drakon Arkadi**, is the real crown prince of the Kingdom of Arkadi, a powerful country in the Eathria continent of the Magic Earth. As a member of the royal house of Arkadi, he is an augmenter with a strong divine prowess than anyone had seen for the past centuries, making him an inborn genius and an *imitan*, someone capable of specializing in all classes.

Due to an unfortunate incident during the annual Aeranas Rain Ritual when he was eight years old that led to his maladjustment with magic—at the same time that the Lonán Group planned to replaced him with Vasco Arcadi, his counterpart from the Neutral Earth—the caster Maksim Kyran arranged for his transfer in order to protect him. Since then, he lived as Vasco, the young heir to the Arcadi mafia family from Italy. He used the name "Artem Potenza" in order to keep his identity hidden from the public.

## Biography

### Early years

Artem was born on Ascella 19, 799 VE, at the peak of a meteor shower, as **Eero, Crown Prince of Arkadi and High Prince of Astrall** to King Tytus Arkadi and Queen Anila Esfir at Kraschyor, the royal palace at Sciesia, the capital of Arkadi. His birth was considered by the public as the most joyous day for the past decade of misfortunes that had befallen the kingdom. Being born as the crown prince, he was acknowledged as the head of the Principality of Astrall and will take his position at his coming-of-age, and he was gifted with a mask that he was to wear until he ascended to the throne as king; something that had been decreed by their godly ancestor, Ikeus Arkadi, to his descendants to protect their line.

Another thing, as per custom, he was marked with his given name, Czeslaw, three days after his birth by his father with the blood of his parents and holy water. However, the mixture was added with poison said to be concocted by the Lonán Group. His father negotiated with the leader, Athaulf Vidal, who've handed an antidote; later on, it was revealed that the one behind the poisoning was Artem's uncle's widow, the former Queen Akilah Aksinia. Due to the incident, Artem was known to have a stronger immunity with poisons.

About two years later, House Cadeyrn, a high noble family of marksmen, had a daughter, Diannah Cadeyrn. As decreed on by King Athanaric the Great, that any heir to the throne shall marry a daughter from the high noble family in a given rotation, Artem was betrothed to the newborn Diannah as House Cadeyrn was next in line as queen. Their engagement was formally announced when Diannah, being meant to be Artem's queen, was introduced to the royal court seven days after birth.

When he turned three years old, his younger sister, Princess Airi, was born. It was about the same time as well that Artem's prowess as a true successor of the Old Arkadian Nobility was revealed in being a prodigy not just as an augmenter but of the different other classes. However, to keep him protected, his parents decided to hide the fact of him being an *imitan*, and told him to keep it a secret while nurturing his skill as an augmenter alone. Despite that, he was regarded by the kingdom as a renowned genius and prodigy.

### Aeranas Rain Ritual Incident

On 1107, before his eighth birthday, the Principality of Astrall experienced drastic famine due to the lack of rain. To appease the gods, the court suggested for Artem, being the High Prince of Astrall, to travel to the principality and perform the Aeranas Rain Ritual at its capital. However, on their way, the entourage was attacked by members of Lonán who were eager to see the crown prince's face and convert him to be one of their members. In the process, Artem was gravely injured that led for them to abandon him and find a puppet to replace him.

Maksim Kyran, a caster who was traveling around the area at the same time, found and save Artem upon realizing that he was the crown prince based on the entourage and his clothing. He was about to return him to the imperial palace but found him dying due to his sudden maladjustment with magic, forcing him to bring Artem to Neutral Earth before seeking help and informing any other. However, as he planned their return to the Magic Earth to deliver the news, Agelos Agimar visited him to inform him that he was wanted for injuring the crown prince. Upon Agelos finding Artem with Maksim, recognizing right away that he is the real one due to his scar on the collarbone, they've concluded that a puppet had been placed by the Lonán Group. Agelos then says that he'll return to the Magic Earth to tell the truth to the king. However, King Tytus is already aware of the switch, and had assigned Agelos and Maksim to ensure Artem's safety; believing that one day, Artem will have the power to overthrow Lonán and correct all that he had done wrong.

Coincidentally, deciding to stay until the time that the truth was to be unveiled, Maksim heard that the young heir to the Arcadi mafia family at Italy was missing, and saw that Artem resembled the missing child. Due to that, Artem was sent to the family as their son until the time comes he was set to return to the Magic Earth and claim what is originally his.

### Life with the Arcadi mafia family

Artem gained consciousness as the son of the Arcadi mafia family with little to no recollection of his life until the moment he woke up from his month-long coma since arriving to the Neutral Earth. His condition was dubbed to be amnesia caused by trauma. He slowly adapted to his life, despite feeling like he wasn't supposed to be in his new environment. He managed to get used with his life, and his intellect had been considered by the people around him to be of excellence that in order to protect him, the head of the Arcadi family decided to introduce him as an adopted child as a future consigliere.

In order to keep his identity hidden and for his safety, he adapted a name to be known by the public as "Artem Potenza". However, as he grow older, he started becoming part of the family and had been hunted by rival mafia families. His first kill was an assassin sent by XXX, a rival mafia family, when he was eleven years old. Since then, killing to protect himself had been a daily occurrence despite retaining his identity as a future consigliere than a future head of the family.

## Physical description

Artem is tall with a lean but taut and muscle-toned frame. He has thick black hair that he usually let it lengthen to taper his nape and be tied in a knot, or styled in a side part for his bangs to slightly cover his right eye, where a visible old scar passed through his eyebrow and the corner of his eye. While he is at Neutral Earth, unaware of his real identity, his eyes are of the deepest set of blue; but his eyes are originally a play of gold and bronze. He is also quite pale with a serious, regal look and sharp features, prominent high cheekbones, and an angled jaw; features that denote him to be very handsome. He also has long and slender fingers, callused hands, and scars all over his body due to years of training and living as part of the Arcadi mafia family.

Due to the marking incident when he was a baby, he has a burned marking of his name by his left collarbone. Since it was written in Arkadian, no one from the Neutral Earth could understand what it means and had been dubbed to be of ancient writings made by his kidnappers at the time of his disappearance or the so-called switch; to add, he often hid it and hadn't worn clothes that revealed it. And due to his years of staying in the Neutral Earth, a world he wasn't supposed to be, he suffered *dlamasht* that had led to a scar that resembles like lightning strikes on the back of his right shoulder that had worsened over the years.

## Personality

Artem is quiet, studious and independent who prefers being alone than to mingle with others. At first meeting, he appears as a cold, calculating, confident and self-assured person who speaks fluent sarcasm; but it is all because of his intellect and perfect memory to remember practically everything he reads, seen or heard at least once. However, it is revealed later on that it is his way of keeping people at a distance, especially those he cares and loves the most due to his identity.

Despite being someone who always chooses logic over his emotions, he is honor-bound and a just person, a good listener and problem solver, and driven and committed to growth. Aside from that, Artem is also the type of person who is very protective who will always jump into any threats without any regrets or fears, a natural leader and a fearsome enemy. Sometimes, though, he has a tendency of doing the extremities for people to consider him a psychopath; but it is just his nature as a risk-taker and an adventure seeker. He also viewed the world as black and white that considered his actions as necessary for the greater good.

## Skills & abilities

Artem is dubbed to be class as an *imitan* according to the Magic Earth's category. Being an *imitan* makes him a superb class among all others, proficient with all types of classes: from being an enchanter's augmenter, caster and summoner, to being a marksman and knight; and with his lineage of being part of the Arkadian royal family, he also possesses immense divine power. However, he is most proficient with being an augmenter wherein he shows proficiency with all of its types and even achieving an aether mana core, something that only Ikeus Arkadi had managed to achieve.

Even without his magical abilities, he had shown great prowess with a variety of weapons as it had been evident during his time in Neutral Earth. He prefers using a Glock-19 pistol with a silencer as his primary weapon. He had also shown proficiency with martial arts and hand-to-hand combat, as well as making use of anything he currently has as a weapon.

## Relationships

### Love interests

* Diannah Cadeyrn
* Hanna Briafael

Diannah Cadeyrn is Artem's soulmate and the love of his life.

As decreed, at Diannah's birth, Artem, as the Crown Prince Eero of Arkadi, is betrothed to her, promised to be married once they turn adults. Due to this, the two of them grow side by side and are childhood sweethearts. Though it is forbidden, the young crown prince removes his mask and shows his face to her when they are six years old. Even to an extent that they share to one another their baptism name; something that is only meant to be shared between couples during their formal engagement and marriage. Due to this, after the Aeranas Rain Ritual Incident of ???, Diannah instantly learned that he was switched with another and she turned cold towards his replacement, deciding as well to find him by the time she gathers information of his whereabouts.

By the time she figured out that Artem is at the Neutral Earth, she and a small group aware of his real identity headed to retrieve him. Diannah poses as a male student in order to be closer with him, much to ensure about the extent of his knowledge about his real identity and as well his response to the existence of countless worlds. When Artem figures who she really is, she reveals to him the truth that had led for them to be astray with one another at first. However, at the murder case involving ???, the two of them, along with countless others from Magic Earth who've arrived to retrieve him, work together to prove his innocence and also protect him from the agents of the Lonán Group. During that time, their relationship slowly improves and realizes that he is falling in love with her.

When they start jumping from one world to another in search of resolving the issue about Artem's maladjustment with magic, their relationship deepens along with Artem's recollection of his memories. They prove to one another and everyone else that they are an inseparable and immovable pair. By the time they make it back to the Magic Earth, they immediately marry and consummate their marriage at the Temple of Aelisia in Stoidor, Principality of Astrall. At the revelation that Artem is the true crown prince of the Kingdom of Arkadi, both resume their official titles and subsequently become Arkadi's king and queen.

They have four children: Crown Prince Aranck, Princess Zoria, Prince Eilian, and Princess Tsura.

Hanna Briafael was Artem's love interest during his time in Neutral Earth as Vasco Arcadi.

Artem first met Hanna as Vasco Arcadi when he was ten years old due to their parents' close friendship. Since then, they became close friends that ultimately lead for people around them to consider them as childhood sweethearts due to their visible infatuation with one another as they grew up. They also continued their friendship when they both enter the same boarding school, but had been separated due to the gender-based grouping of the academy; however, they continue having tabs with one another. Due to Artem's identity that often puts Hanna at risk, Artem tries his best to keep her safe and her from worrying about him.

### Counterparts

* Vasco Arcadi
* Eugene Arkadios
* Ionas Arek
* Celio Arkady

Vasco Arcadi, much known as **Czeslaw Eero Kardama Arkadi** or **The Fake Crown Prince**, was Artem, the real Crown Prince of Arkadi's, counterpart from the Neutral Earth and had been used to switch them from one another to carry out the plans of the Lonán Group.

Vasco was the original son of the Italian Mafia Arcadi family that Artem thought to be his at the beginning of the series until it had been revealed to him the truth of his existence. Though he didn't harbor resentment towards Vasco for taking his life and position, seeing him as just a victim the same as him, Vasco doesn't see it that way. Vasco's years of being him in the Magic Earth had fueled his desire to be permanently the one in power, and saw Artem as the enemy trying to take what he believed he worked hard for.

Despite only meeting one another when both of them were nineteen years old, upon Artem's return to the Magic Earth to officially take his place, Vasco had tried countless of times to have him killed but failed.

Eugene Arkadios is Artem's counterpart from the Quondam Earth, and a respected and powerful timekeeper of the army in a world ensuring that time flows as accorded by such.

Eugene at first has a bad perspective of Artem and the rest of the group due to his thinking that they are at the Quondam Earth to cause some distortion. However, after being calmed down by his wife, Adelaide Calvianum, he somehow is assured that they are in need of help than such.
## Quotes

* Paradigm
* Persona
* Parallel
* Paradox
* Pinnacle
* Paragon

* *"Every person has a weakness. And to break them is quite simple. There is a limit to a person's pain. But there is no limit to a person's fear."*

* *"Running and hiding was never a forte of mine. I was raised to fight and strike back. But even that teaching now felt wrong. Or was it just me who never belonged?"*

* *"I was told that the life I had wasn't mine. The very reason I've decided to join them. It never occurred to me I'll be abandoned... By the world begging me to save it."*
* *"How can I miss the world that I was not meant to be at in the first place?"*

* *"Different worlds and different lives. The possibility was laughable. Only until I experience it first hand. Every version of me–of us–a stranger."*

* *"I never said that I was the real one. Nor did I felt like I was the fake. I just believed that I am me. It will be as that wherever world I'll be."*

## Trivia

* Etymology
* Character descriptions
* Other descriptions

* His chosen name, **Artem**, is the Ukrainian form of *Artemios* that was the ancient Greek derivation from the name of the Greek goddess Artemis that could possibly be related either to Greek ἀρτεμής (*artemes*) meaning "safe" or ἄρταμος (*artamos*) meaning "a butcher". While last name he partnered it with, **Potenza**, comes from the name of the southern Italian city called *Potentia* in Latin that means "power, force".
* His birth name, **Czeslaw**, is a Polish name derived from the Slavic elements *christi* meaning "honor" and *slava* meaning "glory". His court name, **Eero**, is the Finnish and Estonian form of *Eric* that means "ever ruler", from the Old Norse name *Eiríkr*, derived from the elements *ei* meaning "ever, always" and *ríkr* meaning "ruler, mighty". His baptismal or temple name, **Drakon**, is the Greek form of *Draco* that comes from the Greek name Δράκων (*Drakon*), which meant "dragon, serpent". And his family name, **Arkadi**, is an alternate transcription of Russian Аркадий (*Arkadiy*), which is the Russian form of *Arkadios* that comes from an ancient Greek name meaning "of Arcadia". Arcadia was a region in Greece, its name deriving from ἄρκτος (*arktos*) meaning "bear".

* Artem's full name is **Czeslaw Eero Drakon Arkadi**, which follows the traditional naming of those from the Kingdom of Arkadi. "Czeslaw" is his birth name chosen by his parents; "Eero" is his court name, bestowed to him by his father and the name used to address him as a member of the imperial family; "Drakon" is his baptismal name, bestowed by the temple during his christening and should be kept a secret to only be shared to his wife; and "Arkadi" is his family name.
* Meaning within the series.
* Meaning behind the name.
* If named after a real person or not. XXXxxxXXXXXXxxx

## References

1. ↑ Behind the Name: Artem, Artemios and Artemis
2. ↑ Behind the Name: Potenza
3. ↑ Behind the Name: Czesław
4. ↑ Behind the Name: Eero and Eric
5. ↑ Behind the Name: Drakon and Draco
6. ↑ Behind the Name: Arkadi, Arkadiy and Arkadios