Crest Sova

**Overview**

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"*Oh, Sadie. Acquire the tracker. Say that I need it for a classified mission. He shouldn’t ask questions. After all, [...] He doesn’t need to know about this.*"
―To Sadie

## Characteristics

### Likes

* Power
* Assisting his friends
* Healing others

### Dislikes

* Seeing those he cares about harmed
* Being unprofessional

### Abilities

* The ability to take on a semi human form
* Physical injury absorption/release
* Emotion reading
* Exceptionally skilled with a spear

## Relationships

### Friends

Beleza
Thada †
Vilhelm Roka
Zela

### Romantic interests

Josie Aster (one sided)
Dove Miu (arranged marriage, loveless)

### Others

**Acquaintances**
Alfie Roka
**Neutral**
Sadie Sciuridae †
**Dislikes**
Srijan Aster
Auxillium Raev

## Other

### Genshin Counterpart

Baizhu

**Crest Sova** is a male caladrius who was formerly Josie's fiancé due to an arranged marriage. He is a minor antagonist who currently serves as the caladrius representative of The Council. He is currently in an arranged marriage with Dove Miu.

## Appearance

Crest has large, snowy white wings, waist long white hair and fair skin. He has gleaming copper colored eyes and typically dons formal white robes with blue, purple and indigo accents. The edges of his wings are dyed a sky blue, contrasting the rest of his color palette. His eyes are calculating and patient, sometimes mocking and insincere. He carries himself with an air of authority and dignity, as if he knows everyone will clear out of his way as he walks. And he speaks in a confident and commanding manner.

## Personality

Crest is loyal and empathetic, due to his ability to feel the emotions of others he is typically outwardly kind and patient. He is devoted and caring while also extremely intelligent. He is much more considerate of life than Aux, who slaughtered a direwolf puppy without any remorse. Despite Josie's betrayal to Gellis and being in a position that would make her an enemy to the throne, Crest does not hunt her down and instead wishes to support her and be there for her whenever possible. Despite his kind nature he has shown to be easily corrupted by the promise of power and was willing to put aside his personal feelings for Josie and force her to don a blue diamond necklace allowing Thada to possess her.

## Biography

Crest grew up in a family within the emerald glass of Gellis. He lived a prosperous and plentiful life and due to his immense healing abilities he was able to swiftly make a name for himself as a healer. When he was around only a decade old he was brought to the Roka's home and introduced to Josie, who would become his fiancé via an engaged marriage. The wedding rings were frozen onto their fingers to ensure that neither of them would remove them.

During their first meeting, Crest shows to have been an extremely shy and withdrawn person, unsure of himself and wishing for nothing more than to please his family. At this first meeting, Josie convinces him to sneak out of the house and the two end up sledding for hours while their parents are preoccupied talking about the technicalities of the marriage. The Rokas wanted fame while the Sovas wanted to ensure their bloodline to someone divine.

From that day forth, Josie and Crest spent nearly every waking moment together, they shared a friend group and despite being a year apart in their studies, spent as much time together as possible. This was encouraged by their parents and would oftentimes be a way that the two escaped their family's tight and controlling grasps. One day they made the mistake of making bets, and Josie ended up winning, resulting in Crest dyeing the ends of his wings blue. However neither realized that the dye was permanent, leading to Crest's wings being permanently discolored. She teased him relentlessly about it, and it became a fond memory.

The two often attended Wintertide together, and one particular year Crest gave her a simple, yet expensive and elegant silver bracelet with her family's Crest on it. They lost touch once her family was framed, and Crest began aiming to work his way up the ranks to prove her innocence. However he later believed that she died, and his focus slowly began shifting to gaining power rather than helping her clear hers and her famiy's name.

Later, Crest assisted Thada in containing and imprisoning Vyn within the false persona of Aux. When Vyn (as Aux) returned to Gellis and brought Sadie, Crest kept an eye on the two and confronted Vyn, keeping him hostage in exchange for information on Josie's whereabouts. Vyn was rescued by Sadie and Lovac, and the two fled Gellis. Crest then began searching for Josie himself, and eventually found her. He managed to get a necklace on her, which resulted in Nokara possessing her. He then worked with Nokara for a few days until the necklace was removed by Srijan.

Following that he became a passive character and began attempting to get over his one sided feelings and focusing on serving the throne.

## Abilities

* **Shapeshifting** - Crest (like other Caladriuses) has the ability to shift from his bird form to a mostly human form with large white wings protruding from his back. Even in his human-like appearance, he has access to the rest of his abilities and powers
* **Physical Injury Absorption/Release** - Crest's unique ability as a caladrius is to absorb physical injuries and release them in a sort of self destruction mechanic. This does not harm him, however it can result in the injuries spreading to the others around him. To avoid needlessly hurting others, Crest typically flies as far away from others and civilization as possible before releasing whatever injuries he has absorbed. In order to cope with the strain of absorbing another's injuries, Crest has an extremely quick natural regeneration ability, and is extraordinarily physically resilient.
* **Emotion Reading** - Crest is able to read and feel the emotions of others he touches or are around him for prolonged periods of time.
* **Exceptionally Skilled With A Spear** - Crest is able to proficiently handle a spear to the point of him being able to take on around five kitsunes at a time as well as three full grown direwolves.

## Quotes

*"Don't worry, allow one of my servants to take care of **that**."*
― To Sadie, threatening Vyn (*16. Aves v Vulpes*)

*"Tell me, is Auxillium still in possession of his necklace? or did he lose it and replace it with some cheap counterfeit... Is he really Auxillium?"*
― To Sadie, about Vyn (*16. Aves v Vulpes*)

*"How utterly foolish of you, I used to think you were smart, you know."*
― Mocking Vyn (*16. Aves v Vulpes*)

*"I don't know how aware you are of our customs, but I was promised something from the Roka family quite a long time ago, and I haven't received it. Now, Vilhlem here is going to help me settle that score and finally get what I deserve."*
― To Sadie about getting Josie back (*16. Aves v Vulpes*)

*"So… [...] Does this mean we’re friends now?"*
― To Josie during their first meeting (*Frozen Contract*)

*"No, Josie would never hurt anyone, she’s loyal to Her Majesty. [...] Is this some kind of prank? My apologies but I do not find it amusing."*
― Denying the Roka's betrayal (*Frozen Contract*)
## Trivia

* Crest was originally a main antagonist.
* Neither party originally agreed with the arranged marriage.
* Pintrest