Ganymede Winter

"I like to keep a realistic outlook every time it's 6:30 AM."
⇻ Ganymede, to Starlette after being question for his behavior

* Citywalker
* With jacket

**Ganymede Winter**, commonly referred to as Gany (and also known as **Red Herring** by his online alias), is the husband of Ophelia, the son to Callirrhoe, and the brother of both Enceladus and Lyth Winter.

He is also good friends with Starlette, having gifted her a novel to read as mentioned during the prologue.

Ganymede is a minor supporting character in *Glitzing Stars*, with a brief debut in The More, the Messier – Chapter 5.

## Appearance

Ganymede is a tall, adult man with a slight, muscular build and fair skin to him. His hair is dull red that is swept to the right, his hair has a streak of white dye at the front. The left side of his hair is partially shaven and is a dark maroon compared to the right. Ganymede has his eyes shaped similarly to a square, the pupils shaped like ovals, the irises are a pale red-violet, with a mole under his left eye.

Ganymede's Citywalker outfit consists of a green jacket with a furred hoodie, the jacket has short pockets on its sleeves. His jacket is topped with a red violet-esque sleeveless shirt with a reticule symbol on its right. The shirt is tucked within a large belt strapped to dark navy-blue pants. He's often seen wearing red-tinted circular glasses, which hang low on his face.

He is seen wearing knee-high black boots with four stubbed straps around them. Ganymede also wears silver arm braces, somewhat resembling sleeve garters or armbands, on both of his upper arms.

Some accessories Ganymede includes: a stubbed choker that is assembled by a triangle-shaped symbol in its center. Both of his gloves have a dot and an 'X' pattern on the cuffs. He's also seen having a black earring, and silver ones near the top of his ears.

### Design

Ganymede's latest design for *Glitzing Stars* has his hair shaded in (except for the front bang) and the shaved part colored darker than the rest. His gloves, pants, and glasses are shaded as well, his glasses also have a streak of light in between them.

He has also been teased for a Folk Stown outfit from recent entries on his Refsheet.

## Personality

Ganymede is a reserved, grimdark book-loving (enclosed) nerd. With his strong attraction to punk fashion, he's a total contrast to being married to Ophelia, holding a more straightforward attitude to the point of not being keen on hints. But also having a small keeping of plushies.

He poses a quite stern and focus outlook; having a strict sense of showing expression towards others, likely stemming from his previous living situations. Although this attitude has diminished overtime, part of this is still can be seen in attitude currently. He is regarded as someone who is aloof not taking on subtle hints, and possible pushover by his relations and artwork with Solaire and Hydrangea.

Being a character of little words, Ganymede often does not intervene in conversations, and described as introverted as he is more productive when indoors.

He is shown to be a hard worker, often doing chores around the house, and is adamant about personal responsibilities. Despite the exterior he tends to give, Ganymede is very fond of those closest to him. Ganymede tends to cater towards others' interests; often joining in Ophelia's cosplays, collecting plushies, and taste in fashion. However, he seems to have a limit on what is deemed acceptable to him; he's displayed his annoyance from Ophelia texting while out or her having a large amount of keychains in their home.

Similarly to Starlette, he is also a fan of reading novels with more saddening topics. His favorite genre of stories are said to be historical fiction, biographies, anatomy, tragedy, and grimdark.

## Abilities

### Skillset

* **Speed-reading**: Developed from his time reading, Ganymede can finish reading any form of text within a few hours.

## Trivia

* The red herring username used to be zinfandel wine, as a reference to how the name Ganymede means "cupbearer to the gods."
* Ganymede's name is based on the moon of the same name, a satellite of Jupiter.
	+ His name also comes from the character from Greek mythos, Ganymedes.
* His surname previously was "Riesling" but later changed to be "Winter;" Riesling referring to a type of wine grape produced in Germany and Austria, this was likely used as reference to the name's meaning.
	+ His surname is pronounced "Vinter."
* Unlike Ophelia, Ganymede's style leans more towards punk or alt fashion, it is stated that he also buys his clothing from Cherry Beach.
* Ganymede has been married to Ophelia for 5 years.
* His glasses are used purely for decoration.
* According to General Velvet, Ganymede often gets manhandled by Solaire and Hydrangea.
* In the prologue of Glitzing Stars, he gifted Starlette a novel to read before the events in the story.
* His designated pastry are cherry pancakes, according to General Velvet.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Refsheet - Important notes
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Ganymede's refsheet
3. ↑ Glitzing Stars, BREAKING – Prologue
"A good novel never ceased to help Starlette … especially since it was one of Red Herring's recommendations." ― Narration
4. ↑ Refsheet - Gallery: Solaire Ganymede and Hydrangea.folkstown concepts
5. ↑ Refsheet - Gallery: Hydrangea and Ganymede.folkstown concept
6. ↑ General Velvet's website: BloodMoon City
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Refsheet - Trivia
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 wikipedia:Ganymede\_(mythology)