George "Bristor" von Victoria

George von Victoria, also known as "Bristor," is a major character in *Deathboy 2000* and a medical student. Bristor is also mentioned in *Grand Lucy*.

Be aware, this section contains spoilers for *Deathboy 2000.*

## History

### Early life

Bristor grew up as a member of the Victoria family, one of Olde's wealthiest noble families. The Victorias are treated with respect across Olde because of their affiliation with the Sladen family, who are known for their hired assassins. Bristor lived a charmed life, unaware of most of the problems happening both in Olde, and the world in general.

When he was eighteen, Bristor attended college at Olde's top school. He begged his parents to be allowed to go to Raynland, but they did not allow him to. While in college, he discovered one of his favorite researchers in the world was conducting a project at his school, so he reached out to him and worked as his lab assistant for two years. During this time, Bristor developed an unhealthy attachment to and friendship with the researcher and his mental health began to deteriorate. He began drinking heavily and became an alcoholic, his nickname "Bristor" coming from a specific brand of beer that was popular in his college town.

Eventually, he quit the project and decided to become a doctor, instead of a scientist, much to his family's dismay. The Victorias were furious when they learned their only son wanted to waste his life in school, when he could have any other career in the world, easily. However, Bristor's mind was set.

He began working in a volunteer clinic when he graduated and started medical school. While there, he began to meet many people from around the globe and developed a deep passion for listening to their stories about their homes and cultures. He began to read about the global conflicts happening and devoted his life to studying them. In his final year of medical school, Bristor took a leave of absence to decide what he wanted to do. While he loved medicine, he couldn't ignore his new passion, he took a gap year to make a Madelinist pilgrimage, as he is a firm believer in the religion, and he saw it as a way to travel around the world.

### Mission

Bristor's first stop was in Hoover, where he accidentally spilled coffee on Ryder, who was out with Skully buying him AKI gear. Bristor bought them dinner as an apology and listened to their story. He immediately believed Skully, as he recognized the traits of the Messiah in him and he could tell Skully knew far more about Madelinism than any normal Ouestern teenager would.

Since he already had the money and ship set aside, Bristor offered to help Skully travel and share his story with the world. Skully immediately agreed, but Ryder took more convincing. Bristor was overjoyed when she agreed to come, as he had quickly developed intense feelings for her, though he was too nervous to ever fully act on them, especially since he knew they were likely not reciprocated.

Bristor struggles learning AKI and keeping up with the physical abilities of Ryder and Skully, who are both younger and more athletic than him. He quickly grows frustrated and bitter towards the sport. When they're attacked, Bristor risks his life to protect Skully and is injured heavily in the process, which takes them out of the competition circuit for two weeks.

Bristor is the team member who comes up with the idea of taking their attacker captive and he offers to take responsibility for interrogating and taking care of him, a role which he immediately regrets and avoids. He is the first to realize their attacker is Jadoe Birue and expresses shock and a surprising amount of knowledge about the Lottish-Raynish conflict. While he makes some mistakes, like forgetting to feed Jadoe liquid food, and not thinking anything of removing his many activity inserts, he surprises the other man with his knowledge about Raynish culture and medical practices.

Over the next week, as the group travels to Lot, Bristor grows a resentment towards Jadoe, who he begins to see as a rival. Despite his politeness and apologies, Jadoe seems uninterested in friendship and is cold towards Bristor especially. Bristor can also sense Ryder's affection for Jadoe and becomes jealous. Bristor is apalled by JAdoe's lack of empathy for the Raynish people and his support for the Lottish Empire, and is unafraid of telling him that, which only angers Jadoe and deepens their tension.

However, when Skully approaches Bristor while they stay at the castle and tells him that the Prince would potentially be willing to give up Jadoe's freedom, Bristor offers to buy it and transfers it to Jadoe without a second thought. Jadoe is surprised by the act, but Bristor sees it as the only correct option he had in the situation. While they still don't get along, Jadoe develops a grudging respect for Bristor, and agrees to accompany the group and join their team.

Unlike Ryder and Skully, Bristor is unimpressed by Lincoln, and unlike Jadoe, he is not used to it, either. He begins to grow homesick and thinks often of taking a break. Jadoe starts giving him personal lessons in AKI to help him improve and Bristor develops much more skill at the sport and begins to hate it less. When Jadoe insists on everyone attending regular training, Bristor is the only person to show up, cementing their friendship. The two become drinking buddies and confide in each other. Eventually, when Ryder and Bristor discover the undercover work that Jadoe and Alayna have been doing for the team, he goes with Jadoe to a club and begins to enjoy Lincoln for the first time.

Bristor's parents reach out to him to tell him that they will be staying at the family's vacation house in Dhabbab, and with political tensions rising and everyone's mental health deteriorating, Bristor invites the team to come with him. At the house, Jadoe confides in Bristor that he is jealous of his family and freedom and Bristor admits he is jealous of Jadoe's determination and natural ability.

## Appearance

Bristor has a full figure and intimidating height. He has dark blue eyes and sandy blonde hair. His skin is pale but tans easily and he has few blemishes and no scars. Bristor has a naturally friendly face, which often causes people to approach him, and he is told often that he always looks nervous. He wears mostly formal clothes from expensive brands, which his mother picks out and ships to him. He has hand sewn his medical symbol onto each of his shirts and jackets, in the case that someone needs help while he's around.

## Personality

Bristor is good natured, but often naive and self-important man. He is gullible and a pushover, but he stays true to his few, real goals. He has a love for learning and academics, and he is gifted at studying, especially when it comes to either science or history. He struggles to learn foreign languages, but practices them most nights, anyway.

Because of his upbringing, Bristor can struggle to connect on an informal level with the people around him and he often accidentally acts pompous without realizing. Those who don't know him well may see him as condescending, however as they get to know him, will realize he is anything but. Bristor has a giving heart at his core and will sacrifice essentially anything for what he believes is right, a quality which is important to him because of Madelinism.

He is deeply religious and prays regularly. He has takes multiple classes on Madelinism and his family attends church every week.