Kaede Moretti

Successor of the Red Queen

### Destined Role

Red Queen - "As Scarlett is the legitimate heir to King Crimson, she would definitely be the next Red King. I have no issues being her "Queen"."

### My "Magic" Touch

"Nothing related to my story, but according to *Kaa-San* I'm close to mastering the food she's made me since I was a child. Then again, I've always enjoyed cooking."

### Storybook Romance Status

"I'm honestly still confused about how all this happened. But any event, she is amazing. She's everything I could want. Yeah, you heard right, I'm dating Crown Princess of the Red Kingdom, Scarlett Vermillion and I love it."

### Least Favourite Subject

Wooing 101 - "I took it in my Legacy Year, and in my Yearbook Year I stilll hate it."

### Best Friends Forever After

Indigo Bluemoon

**Kaede Moretti** [*he/him*] is the 17-year-old successor of of the **Red Queen** from the British fairy tale *Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There* as the sequel to *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* written by Lewis Carroll.

At the time of the **Rebel Movement**, he is attending his **Yearbook Year** and currently rooms with Malik Faraji. Dealing with pressure from Headmaster Grimm in trying to find his destiny, Kaede has opted to stick with the **Neutrals**, preferring to stay out of the debate.

His birthday is July 31st making him a Leo.

## Characteristics

### Physical Appearance

In terms of appearance, Kaede's looks definitely came from his mother, Reika. He has silky, rich black hair, with blonde-white tips, and red-orange eyes, with a light olive-skin tone. He has been told by his mother, that he looks a lot like his late maternal grandfather, Masaru Fujiwara.

### Powers & Abilities

#### Skillset

* **Multilingualism:** Kaede is able to speak Japanese, Italian, and English.
* **Cooking:** As a child, Kaede was always fascinated with how food was made; he even began helping his mother cook to the point it became something he wanted to do. He had to pause during the time he was at Ever After High, but whenever he could he would cook.

## Fairy Tale - *Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass*

### How the Story Goes

*Main article: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass*### How Does Kaede Come Into It?

With Scarlett Vermillion inheriting the **Red King** role from her father, King Crimson, that left the role of the **Red Queen** open.

The Storybook of Legends ended up choosing Kaede for that role.

## History

### *Before Attending Ever After High*

#### **Childhood & Preadolescence**

Born in Milan, Italy, Kaede is the eldest child of Fashion designer, and owner of the *Moretto* line, Alessandro Moretti, and his wife Reika Fujiwara. He has two younger siblings, twin sisters Clarity and Charity, who are ten years younger than him. He has one uncle, his mother's older brother, Ren Fujiwara, who lives in Japan. Despite his father's well-known and ever-growing fashion empire, Kaede had a normal childhood.

About a month after his sixteenth birthday, Kaede received his Acceptance Letter to Ever After High where he discovered he would be the successor of the Red Queen from *Alice in Wonderland*, which had surprised his entire family. He was at first shocked, mostly because he was chosen for a female role; it was later learned that the position for the Red King was already given to the child of the current of the Red King. Hence, the reason someone for the Red Queen was needed. Despite the surprise, Kaede accepted the Role and within a couple of months, was on his way to the Kingdom of Ever After.

### *Attending Ever After High*

Unknown to many, Kaede didn't join Ever After High until his Legacy Year. He had not been chosen as a successor role yet, so he attended normal high school.

#### **Legacy Year**

Entering his first year of Ever After High, Kaede was paired with Malik Faraji, another Legacy Year student. Kaede did tell Malik to why he was there a year later, and though his roommate was surprised, he didn't care too much about it.

At the same time, Kaede met the person who would be his Red King: Scarlett Vermillion.

TBC

#### **Yearbook Year**

* *Canon: Legacy Day/True Heart's Day*
TBA

### *After Attending Ever After High*

#### **Destiny-Free**

* *Canon: Dragon Games*
Kaede was free from any destiny he was set to have, allowing him to have a choice in his own life's decisions. Upon graduating, Kaede opted to stay in the Village of Book End so he could still see his girlfriend who was still in school for another two years. This also allowed him to explore some more options before deciding on anything.

#### **Asking the Big Question**

After a few years of dating, Kaede reached out to Scarlett's father, King Crimson Vermillion, and asked for permission to marry her (he was given permission and the blessing to marry Scarlett). On her birthday, Kaede surprised Scarlett by proposing, and she readily accepted. Their engagement would last about two years, giving Scarlett and Kaede time to get used to being the new rulers of Claret (Red Kingdom).

## Relationships

### Alessandro and Reika Moretti

Kaede has loving and close relationship with both of his parents. His father understands that Kaede is not into fashion and doesn't push him to do that. He does ask Kaede to help with modeling his new line, which Kaede is happy to do.

Since working with his father, and as the only son, Kaede has a slightly closer relationship with his father. He still maintains a close bond with his mother as well.

Generally, Alessandro and Reika don't care what Kaede does, as long that is not illegal and doesn't affect his studies. They are proud of what he does and is extremely supportive of him.

### Ren Fujiwara

As the sole owner of their family's company, Ren is kept rather busy, not allowing him to visit his sister and family as much as he liked. Kaede and Ren try to talk at least once a week via Skype.

### Clarity & Charity Moretti

Kaede has two younger siblings, Clarity and Charity, twin sisters, who were born ten years after he was.

The late birth of his sisters did cause some crazy with the public, but his father managed to calm them down. Unfortunately, his sisters and mother are constantly guarded when they leave the castle. Despite the large age cap, Kaede is still close and protective over his sisters. He enjoys spending his school breaks with them and looking after them. He doesn't find looking after them a chore.

### Lucania Moretti

Kaede doesn't know much about his grandmother, Lucania. The only thing he is aware of is that his father and she had a falling out, which has led to her not knowing about him and his sisters.

### Masaru Fujiwara

Similar to his grandmother, Kaede doesn't know much about his maternal grandfather, Masaru. But in this case, it's because Masaru passed away just a few years before Kaede's birth.

Kaede has been told by Reika that he looks just like Masaru. The only difference is having blonde-white tips, from Alessandro.

### Future children

Kaede goes to marry Scarlett and together they have three children, two daughters and a son: twins, Carmine and Carnelian, and Rosella. Carmine was named after Scarlett's Uncle Carmine, who passed away years before her birth and Rosella was named after her great-grandmother, Rosalie.

All three of his children followed the red-name theme of the Vermillion family.

Carmine and Carnelian are fraternal twins and were born rather late into Scarlett and Kaede's marriage, nearly eight years in, which confused most of the people of the Red Kingdom. What people didn't know, Scarlett suffered from a some miscarriages, causing her to get depression. During those times, Crimson took over as King to allow Kaede to take care of Scarlett and help her heal.

### Friends

#### Indigo Bluemoon

Kaede is very close with the son of the Blue-Haired Fairy, after all, they are best friends. They grew up in the same area, as Indigo's father, Cerulean had wanted his son to be raised in a normal setting over the Royal Palace. Kaede was there when Indigo transitioned and even helped him come out to his family.

#### Liam Charming

Kaede is also close with Prince Liam, whom he met the summer before Ever After High. Kaede had gone with his father on a business trip, where he met Liam who was there with his siblings and grandparents. They hit it off and hung out together the entire time.

When Kaede first came to Ever After High, Liam was the first to welcome him and showed him around campus.

#### AJ Charming

Through Liam, Kaede met AJ, who is like a brother to him. Both have the same sexuality and Kaede finds it easier to talk to AJ about things like that.

### Emerald

As a gift from his parents, Kaede received an eight-month-old female Siberian Husky named **Emerald**. She is copper-brown in coloration with stunning amber eyes, which makes people wonder why Courage named her Emerald.

### Romance

Kaede identifies as **bisexual panromantic**.

### Aelius Loxias

Once upon a time ago, Kaede once dated Aelius. The reasoning for their breakup is unknown and Aelius and Kaede plan on keeping it that way. They are still on speaking terms, and Kaede is happy to watch Aelius enjoy his relationship with Circe Blackthorn, though Kaede often wonders what drew the two together.

## Education

### Yearbook Year

* Period 1: Kingdom Management
* Period 2: Grimmnastics
* Period 3: Geografairy
* Period 4: Crownculus
* Period 5: Science and Sorcery
* Period 6: Cooking Class-ic
Kaede took *Wooing 101* in his Legacy Year, and hated the class.

## Etymology

His full name is *Kaede Moretti*.

The name *Kaede* is a Japanese name meaning "Maple".

The surname *Moretti* is an Italian surname derived from the Italian word *Moretto*, which refers to ‘dark hair’.

## Trivia

* Kaede is **Italian-Japanese**; his father is Italian and his mother is Japanese.
	+ He speaks Japanese when alone with his mother, and Italian with his father. When with both, all three tend to mix their languages up, often confusing his mother or father. The only one able to understand both languages is his Uncle Ren.
	+ Kaede calls his mother, *Kaa-San*, the traditional way of saying "mother".
	+ He has a very heavy, and strong Italian accent. When speaking, he sometimes adds Italian words into his speech without even realizing it.
* He identifies as **bisexual panromantic**. His parents fully support him, and have been helping other teens in Milan.
* Despite having everything for him, Kaede prefers to work for things he wanted. He doesn't believe one should be just given something, you needed to earn it. His work ethic was taught to him by his mother, Reika, who had to work for what she wanted.
* In the future, Kaede marries Scarlett Vermillion becoming her Red Queen as she becomes the Red King. He moves to Wonderland to rule Claret (Red Kingdom), with his sisters taking over their father's fashion empire, making it even better.
### Notes

* In the original planning, Kaede was a Charming, with his family ruling Italy; this was later scrapped to change it up.
	+ He was originally named *Courageous Charming*, following the Adjective Naming.
	+ The name was later changed to *Kaede De Rege*, to bring forth more princes/successors but without using the Charming name.
	+ The name *De Rege* was later changed to add a parallel to Scarlett Vermillion's parents, Crimson and Indigo, a royal and commoner couple.