Rui

***Rui*** is the main character of **The Crown of Leaves**.

> If you and I ever set up our own detective agency and do Khiva and Grow-style investigations, you'll have to give up any mystical assumptions.
>
> Rui to Serban.

## Entry in Fantasye

* Standard

**I'm twenty-seven years old, and I've already managed to do so many things that I'm ashamed to say. Mom thinks I'm the perfect son, and before I left for Nouri, that's how it was. Behind my back I have a higher education (albeit incomplete ... very incomplete), years of practice in deciphering and work in a newspaper. And I'm also very resourceful. Even if they tie me up, put me in a safe, give me a straw for a cocktail and throw me into the sea, I will build myself a battle sloop that can swim, fly and shoot raccoons. I need this job, so I'm really looking forward to your answer."**

- Letter to the library of the capital. Red Baroness Mervari. *"I'm still waiting for a response letter from these goats."*
## Appearance

Subtle physique. Color: yellow with white, hands from elbow to fingertips are gray. He has a small beard, white horns with black stripes, and an earring in his right ear, symbolizing that he is a first-born boy.

**Rui**usually wears an oversized shabby brown cloak with dark green accents, a white T-shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows, black pants with turn-ups almost to the knee. The black scarf stands out the most, with constellations embroidered on it. He also wears something like a "talisman" around his neck. There are no ornaments on the tail.

Worn glasses until a certain time. After one story stopped (due to improved vision).

## Character

Resourceful, decisive, smart, not always tolerant of others, easily irritated. Can't stand Parbian traditions and village life.

According to Flynna, he suffers from something like amnesia - "**Do-de**". However, very little is said about the origin of this phenomenon. Flynn and Bo only talk about what happens to Rui after deciphering another constellation. It is not known for certain whether the story about this phenomenon is true or false.

## Biography

**Rui** was born in **Latori** - the land of superstitious gypsies, where every second is a winemaker, cattle breeder or cheap magician (according to his own remark). He wanted to achieve something more than being an ordinary farmer or cattle breeder, so he went to **Nouri**, to enter the Institute of Arts immediately after graduation. At first, the jewelry business that seemed attractive quickly bored him, and Rui took up his new hobby - solving ancient mysteries, understanding the world of mysticism and deciphering.

Along with a new hobby, he found friends and a job at the newspaper **"Paranormal Patrol"**. For ten years of work, he became a recognizable person ... And he contacted the mafia, not realizing who he was dealing with in time (presumably, because of this incident, he lost half of his right ear).

Having abandoned everything, he was forced to return to his homeland - in Latori. Along the way, Rui also received an order from one important person - the Black Baron for a bracelet made of the rarest material - **meredub**. In **Hill Camp** lives with his aunt Brilla along with mother and cousin. Further events depend on the player's actions (see Roots). The end point of his biography at the moment is his alleged death at the hands of Flynn, however, in the final cutscene of the first chapter, Rui can be seen in some "time streams", which gives hope for a different outcome.

## Interesting Facts

* Is a fan of **Antiquity**  (he also borrowed the style of clothing from her). Favorite song - "*Let's hunt dragons.*
* Coffeeman.
* Hates paprika.
* The "Charm" around Rui's neck was used as the icon for the The Crown of Leaves shortcut on the desktop in earlier versions of the game (and is still used for the demo).
* As a child, maman called him "short-sighted baby shark".