Atello Lusicade

## Atello Lusicade II

> Presenting their royal highness, Prince Atello II of the Kingdom of Lusicade, the young prince of the Lusicadean Kingdom and heir to its throne. With rigorous training throughout their entire life, their principles and beliefs are challenged when making companions of the very people they are meant to abhor.
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Atello Lusicade II is the eldest child of the Lusicade name, as well as a member of the musical unit Crystalmist. Raised to detest the kingdom of their opposition, they realize there's more than just ally and enemy...

## Background

### Personal History

As the first child of the Lusicadean family, Atello inherited their father’s first name and, after his death, all of the expectations he left behind. In the absence of the king, their mother, Queen Malva Lusicade, took up the throne and the role of sovereignty in the Lusicadean Kingdom. This resulted in Atello’s education and training to be accelerated in order to further prepare them to do the same. He did not share the same comfortable lifestyles that his younger siblings, Princess Lavina and Prince Calvex, were able to have, instead tirelessly working towards being a suitable ruler for the kingdom they knew as their home. Even so, he was skilled in pretending like that was exactly what he wanted, even working to help others when he should be taking breaks.

Their father, Atello the First, was killed during a standoff against the opposing kingdom, and this further fuelled the entire family's resentment against them. While they aren’t a fan of fighting and conflict, they understood throughout their life that ultimately they would have to face a situation of war. Because of this, their combat training with Lady Sabine was centered around military leadership, hand-to-hand combat, and armed dueling, while much of the spells that Grand Warlock Labrin taught to them were aimed to be of use during such situations, as well.

### Group Background

Atello sees the conflict between the kingdoms as extremely personal, so when they met the other members of Crystalmist before the group was formed, they were immediately against the idea of talking to them once they found out who they really were, no matter how much they really needed their company and support. They enjoyed their presence at first, at the time not knowing their affiliation with the opposing kingdom, and developed a quick camaraderie with them. That was until their identities were revealed, in which they lashed out, allowing a sixteen-year grudge to burst upon contact.

### Training & Abilities

Atello's training has centered around two key aspects: combat training and magics training.

Lady Sabine, a strong knight in the Lusicadean Kingdom, leads Atello's combat training and has been since he was 8 years old. Thanks to her training, Atello has mastered the art of the blade, self-defense, military leadership, and hand-to-hand combat. In fact, Atello and Selverin met for the first time during one of Atello's training sessions and even sparred during a later one.

Meanwhile, Atello's magics training is led by Grand Warlock Labrin, an old friend of Queen Dowager Malva and a high-ranking member in the kingdom's most powerful group of magic practitioners. Labrin has taught Atello a lot across the years, including the basics of alchemy and potion making, land surveying spells, combat enhancement spells, and healing magic. While he *is* able to perform other types of spells, Atello usually needs a spell book to help him remember how to do them or else they end up being very weak or not being conjured at all. He takes the most interest in the craft of potion making, often secretly brewing them for fun in their spare time outside of their training sessions.

## Personality

Positive personality traits: Loyal, reliable, resilient, brave, altruistic, mature, learned, reasonable, charismatic, independent

Negative personality traits: Compulsive, judgmental, defensive, uncooperative, doubtful, temperamental, indecisive, blunt

## Appearance

Atello is a short (5'5; 165.5 cm), lightweight (116 lbs; 52.6kg) teenager with fairly tan skin. Their straight black hair is tied into a short ponytail at the back, and their bangs have been dyed pink via magic. They are often seen wearing earrings and they have a scar across their lip from early on during their combat training. It's easy to think that they look much younger than they actually are.

## Relationships

### Group Members

* **Selverin Monet:** ...
* **TBA:** ...
* **TBA:** ...

### Family

* **Queen Dowager Malva Lusicade (NPC):** Atello’s mother. As the sovereign of the Lusicadean Kingdom, she often arranges much of Atello’s training. While they may not see each other very often due to their respective duties, they are very close and care very much for each other. However, Queen Malva is still the source of much of Atello’s stress as they continue to train as the heir to the throne.
* **King Atello Lusicade I (NPC):** Deceased. Atello’s father. Died when Atello was very young (5 years old) during a major battle between the two kingdoms. While Atello doesn’t know very much about their father, they take his death as further incentive to go against the opposing kingdom.
* **Princess Lavina Lusicade (NPC):** Atello’s younger sister. They are exceptionally close since they are very close in age. While Lavina may not be undergoing the same training that Atello is, she still urges him to teach her some of the tricks he knows. The two of them often enjoy helping the businesses that operate within the kingdom.
* **Prince Calvex Lusicade (NPC):** Atello’s younger brother and the youngest member of the Lusicadean royal  family. Often very jealous of the attention that Atello gets as the kingdom’s heir. While Atello merely sees him as immature, xe cares deeply for his well-being, no matter how little that sentiment is reciprocated.

### Friends

* **Ayumi Hashimoto (Pearl String):** A young merchant that Atello performs exchange with in secret. Whenever she comes to the kingdom, Atello always makes it a point to make a visit and purchase ingredients for brewing experimental potions. There once was a time when a potion that Atello brewed and consumed in from of Ayumi turned them into a fish, which resulted in Ayumi frantically trying to reverse the spell.
* **Chrysaora Trần (Méduse):** ...

### Romantic Partner(s)

Atello has never had any time to date anyone, though they like to entertain the idea...

### Mentors

* **Royal Advisor Leori (NPC):** The royal advisor of the Lusicadean Palace. Atello is very intimidated by him despite the fact that they work relatively closely.
* **Lady Sabine (NPC):** Atello’s combat instructor and a powerful knight in the Lusicadean Kingdom. As much as Atello is disinterested in her lessons, she has still impressively taught him a lot. They both hold a very deep personal connection, seeing each other as friends beyond student and teacher.
* **Grand Warlock Labrin (NPC):** Atello’s magics teacher and an old friend of Queen Malva. Despite Atello loving every part of their lessons, they find Labrin to be a very strict and inflexible mentor.

## Trivia

* Atello's favorite color is pink.
* Atello's favorite food is steamed brisket.
* Atello's favorite music genre is upbeat pop.
* Atello's favorite book genre is (gay) romance.
* Atello's favorite animal is the red panda.
* Atello and Lavina were born 1 year apart, while Atello and Calvex were born 4 years apart.
* Another reason why Atello hates the idea of war is because if they die just like their father, then Levina would be forced to endure the same expectations that they did, except much faster and more intensively.
* Whenever Atello takes a walk in the forest, they usually gather a few interesting components for some potions that they want to attempt making
* In terms of potion-making, Atello finds the idea of an elixir that brings immortality to be too outlandish to be true, no matter how popular the concept is throughout the alchemists of the community.
* Atello does not cry very often, but whenever they do, it’s always an absolutely devastating hit to their emotional state.
* Queen Dowager Malva does not actually enjoy holding the primary position of power. She plans to promote Atello as the kingdom’s sovereign when they turn eighteen years old.
* Atello began his education at age 5, just a month after his father’s death, and became completely literate in both English and Lusicadean at age 7. He began combat and magic training at age 8.
* Since Atello’s father is deceased, Prince Calvex is the final child of the current royal generation.