Quispe

Quispe is the elven god of freedom. Though legends are mixed, most speak a tale of him forming during the Ever Ending War of 200 from the elves’ hatred towards their human enemies. Ever since that day, elves has praised him, putting up plenty of shrines in his honor. His people depict him as a young adult with a mixture of both a fish and elven look or, simply, a koi fish.

One of his major feats while attending Novatrice is bringing Celia back from the dead.

## Quispe

Quispe (age 13) first taken appearance when attending Novatrice Academy

### Nickname(s)

Qi (by Amadeus), My God (by Fritz, Arietes), God of Freedom, God, Master (by Amadea), Quispie (by Ko), Fish Boy, Fish, Fishy

### Race

Elven/god;(former ability) koi fish, (current ability) kraken

### Romantic Affiliation(s)

(Current) Akari Carter (Relationship Unlabeled); (Formerly) Amadeus (Budding romance)

### Occupation

(Currently) Novatrice Academy student; (Formerly) God of Freedom

## Personality

By his friends and those close to him, Quispe is seen as wise and benevolent, always thinking before he speaks and thoughtfully considering how each action he takes effects others. Even when he barely had any power left in his old bones, he sacrificed it all (and himself) to bring back his friend, Celia, from the dead.

During the Ever Ending War of 200, he was much more harsh on himself. As the god of freedom, he believed his role was to sacrifice his well being for the greater good, calling in Fritz to keep him at bay. Later in his life, shortly before attending Novatrice, he began to learn what it means to yearn for freedom. Present day Quispe, though still occasionally burdening himself with his friend's troubles, has learned to rely on others when needed.

## Ever Ending War of 200

After centuries of fighting over territories, elves and humans took it upon themselves to declare war on one another. Though not know who started it, it became known as the Ever Ending War of 200, for it was one of the longest wars in both elven and human history and because it was believed that the war would be the last between the two races.

### The Birth of Quispe

After suffering many casualties, the elves were on the loosing side; homes burn to the crisp, population fleeting. Desperation was the only thing they could taste, struggling to salvage anything else to eat. Alongside the bloodshed, tears filled the streets. Shockingly to many, they began to see something. The ashes of their loss began to take shape into what appeared to be a man. Those of the time described him as a gorgeous, pale, yet tall man with white, long locks and fin-shapes where his ears should've been.

### The Olden Tale

*After the Ever Ending War of 200 (in which elves and humans had fought for centuries), a divine force had formed out of the elves’ hatred. The voice spoke, “Live for yourselves and swim free like the fish!” and had built up their homes from the ruins. He taught the elves how to fight and defend their land from the disgraceful humans and how to keep them at bay, stating that it is the prophecy to proclaim their land. Once he had seen them fit for war, he left, teaching them the strongest lesson known to man. They say that if you hear a faint whistle of the wind, it’s Quispe’s lullaby for the fallen soldiers.*

### The "True" Tale

*After the Ever Ending War of 200 (in which elves and humans had fought for centuries), a divine force had formed out of the elves’ hatred. The voice spoke, “Live for yourselves and swim free like the fish!” and helped the people build up their homes from the ruins. He taught the elves how to be independent as well as how to keep themselves safe, stating that it is the prophecy to let their hatred go. Once he had seen them fit for freedom, he left, teaching them the strongest lesson known to man. They say that if you hear a faint whistle of the wind, it’s Quispe’s lullaby for the children of the village.*

## Time at Novatrice Academy

Quispe had originally began attending Novatrice after he witnessed his adjotor and close friend, Fritz, kill his friend (and perhaps lover), Amadeus. Heartbroken, he felt betrayed, rebelling and running away to the academy.

As a new student to the academy, he was more closed off than others, for he fear that if he got too close to others, Fritz would come after them, too or that they wouldn't wish to be around him after learning everything there is to know about him. Though, his kindhearted nature shown through, attracting an abundance of friends, even though he made it clear he didn't wish to get close to others.

On Quispe's birthday, Fritz had learned of Quispe's friendship with Akari, seeing the boy giving her a necklace. Wishing to protect his god and his people, he transformed into his fox form and had Quispe take him to Novatrice under the alias Rusé, claiming him as his new familiar.

Seeing how happy his god was with others, Fritz knew it was a mistake to keep Quispe on a leash. Even so, he stood by his belief that if Quispe or someone else let his secret identity as the god of freedom slip, it wouldn't be any good, so he decided to stay by his side a bit longer.

### The Reveal

While Amadea, Ko, Akari, and Quispe were at an amusement park for their double date, they bumped into an old friend of his—Archangel Michael. Wishing to see Quispe happy, the angel pressured Quispe into telling Akari who he really was. Deciding it has waited long enough (as well as not being able to lie to her without any guilt), he separated her and himself from the group and explained everything to her about his past and who he truly is.

## Relationships

### Akari Carter

First meeting officially in the school cafeteria, their relationship didn’t start off as happily as most of Quispe’s. With differing views on many subjects, Quispe didn’t wish to associate with Akari. During their first encounter, the two got into a small dispute on their ideas of drama and non-peaceful protests. Quispe, stating that drama and non-peaceful protests are needed in order to make the desired change known as Akari argued that drama shouldn’t be had in educational units. To add, Quispe disliked Oldale’s way of teaching where as Akari, being a transfer student from the school, praised its strict teachings.

Through more meetings and discussions, the two began to grow closer and set their differences aside. As they did, Quispe tried his hardest to pull away, in fear of what Fritz would do to his growing friendship with Akari. Despite his protests, he couldn’t help but grow closer to her.

Despite the safety he felt around Akari, his worries did grow, especially after Amadea started to push for Quispe and Akari to become romantically involved. Quispe’s previous romantic relations ended with both sides getting severely hurt, making him worry of the same happening. The one thing that stuck him from pulling away too far was the thought of Akari being even more hurt by the rejection of Quispe. Not wishing to be the cause for her pain, Quispe didn’t know which side to pull to.

After revealing his identity as a god and confessing his love to Akari, his views on their relationship with Fritz changed, vowing to not shield Akari from himself and his adjoutor, but to protect her from them if needed.

### Amadea Eros

Amadea knew of Quispe before attending Novatrice, but it was nothing more than casual business relations. Quispe, being an old friend of Amadea’s teacher, Archangel Michael, Amadea treated Quispe as her superior, referring to him as Master and God, causing Quispe to find their relationship quite awkward.

As they grew closer and became more at ease around one another, Amadea showed her more friendly, playful side to Quispe, even making several moves to set him up with Akari. To add, Amadea had also made several attempts to out Quispe’s identity as a god to many individuals in and out of school on several occasions, causing Quispe to make clear some set boundaries to Amadea which she tried to obliged.

### Ko Gido

Ko and Quispe’s relationship hasn’t really changed much since they became acquainted. Ko still jokes around about his fishy friend and Quispe, becoming more comfortable around him, jokes back about his red head gamer friend who lacks a soul. Despite the jokes and tricks played on one another, the two of them care for each other like any other close friends would. In years to come, Ko would even name his son Koi after Quispe, who could turn into a koi fish with his ability.

### Fritz

Fritz's relationship to Quipse is similar to a father-son one. Being protective of the god since they'd come to know one another, Fritz held strong beliefs as to how Quipse should live his life, one of his ideals being to keep him away from the everyday mortal. An example of their strong, protective measures on Quipse could be seen with Quipse's former relationship with Amadeus, a citizen of Mount Eagleshear. When Frit had learned of the slowly growing friendship between the two, he pushed the boy off of a mountain, making sure the fall was just severe enough to wind him up in the hospital, but not bad enough to kill him. Doing this as a warning, it caused Fritz and Quipse's relationship to go into a complicated downwards spiral, as Quipse had believed it to had killed his friend.

As time went on and Quipse began to attend Novatrice, Fritz's outlook shifted after seeing how his harsh, authoritarian rules effected the god they swore to protect. With more leniency on Quipse's protection, they began to open up to the definition of freedom given by his god, first by letting Quipse have close friendships with mortals and, later on, allowing him to get romantically involved.

When Quipse had told Fritz of his plans to retire, the adjoutor, though visibly upset by the news, tried to keep their composure and allowed the god to do as he pleased, realizing that the people don't need Quipse like they did in the past. Though coming to their realization, one of the larger reasons for Fritz consenting to Quipse's resignation was the thought of how happy their god would be if allowed to truly do as he pleased.

## Trivia

* The concept of Quipse had been in Novatrice since Elva Hiver had been register at the opening of the server. That being said, Quipse wasn't planned to be a physical, personified character until mid February of 2021, when Michelangelo had a dream of Elva's god being Venti from Genshin Impact.
* Quipse was inspired by many sources, a few being Venti and Zhongli from Genshin Impact, but he also had inspiration taken from other unexpected ones, such as Adakias from the musical Razia's Shadow.
* Originally, Quipse wasn't planned to ever get romantically involved in anyone.
* Quipse's name comes from the Southern Quechua word "qispi", meaning "free"
* Quipse has four adjoutors, all of which formed at different points in his lifetime. Their names (from oldest to youngest) are Fritz, Praepe, Lupus, and Arietes.
* After his retirement as God of Freedom, his adjoutors, though staying in touch, will go their separate ways with their own way of living their new lives.
	+ Fritz will try to stay close to Quipse, but know to keep physical distance and give privacy. Once they find Quipse to have settled into adulthood, Fritz would go onto give the remaining of their power to another. Fritz's lost of power would be the cause of their departure, dying soon after in the year 2002.
	+ Praepe will take up a position as a model and actress, using their love for fashion and ability to mimic noise in their career path.
	+ Lupus will soon after get a job as a school librarian, protecting its knowledge with magic and their insightful ability.
	+ Arietes will spend their time maturing and continue their job as a gateway to the afterlife, guiding souls to "true" freedom. When they'd reach the age of 52, their job would find them experiencing true grief for the first time as they show Fritz to the other side.