Our Characters Thus Far1
Damien2
-17-19 years old3
-Bekare (nuit)4
-"The stranger seemed good-looking enough; tall, lithe, with angular cheekbones and straight, dark brown hair that was separated and dripped with rain, but he moved with a disdainful coldness that immediately put Aly on edge. Gray-tinted sunglasses covered eyes that seemed to skim over his surroundings, as if they were not of him, but more than that, as if they were somehow below him. " (p.2)5
-Taint: eyes
*"Those eyes...those horrible, disconcerting orbs that likened to see straight down to her core... Icy blue irises that seemed incomplete, broken up with frosty white chips and lines. They took away from any other attractive qualities he possessed. He seemed younger without his face obscured, as if his age was hidden in his eyes. " (p. 3-4)6
-Visual (can be blocked with maker-lenses)7
Aly8
-human9
-waitress at coffee shop (The Selkie)
-selkies: human-seal changelings in myth10
-young, just out of high school11
-dark-marked
*for the visual Adrien/Bekare, a portent of tragedy or death, either personal or in their immediate relations. shown as a gray-black, mist-like shroud.12
Kyran13
-current Adrien leader14
-dislike for Bekare, esp. Damien15
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Important Groups22
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The Adrien24
-"guardians"25
-visual, extrasensorial,etc. abilities26
-human lifespan, for the most part27
-taints28
-marked
*symbols of nuit or jour depending on affiliation
*left or right arm29
-"The Adrien were meant to be guardians. Humanity needed them. It always had, in the way that a child can be fiercely independent but still unable to survive unaided. There should be no need to think, to question, the validity of their actions. Those actions in their intent were valid, they were unquestionable, they were good." (p.6) [one-sided comment, not to be taken as definition]30
-Beliefs:31
*humanity is good32
*bekare deny the basic truths that their beliefs are
founded on33
*wish to eliminate bekare threat to their works
-"He had long since decided this, that they who were the best and the worst of the worst and the best could no longer continue living their lives against the good."34
*flaws make humans unique, not bad
*need to guide humanity, prevent its own destruction
*individual lives most important35
The Bekare36
-"The Bekare had forgotten that. They thought that humanity's flaws were unforgivable. They chose to believe instead that as they continually seemed to be attempting to destroy the world the Adrien tried to save for them, that they should be left to their own devices, to perish. They refused to shoulder that common burden."37
-Beliefs:
*humanity flawed
*no need to meddle in human affairs
*ensuring nature's course
*greater good most important38
-taints39
-marks removed by Adrien if found40
-used to be Adrien, or parents/other ancestors were originally Adrien41
-enmity with Adrien42
-same abilities as Adrien43
-I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. -Edgar Allan Poe (the quote works well with this)44
The Makers45
-unknown lifespan46
-ability to construct nearly everything47
-only ones able to construct Bekare/Adrien vehicles
*mark Bekare vehicles with star-shaped burn; more affinity with Adrien; Bekare allow it because of necessity48
*solitary
*little known49
- "The makers, who made every such machine, lived in scattered areas worldwide. Mina, in Tokyo, Lucére, in Paris, Antony, in Venice....and many more. They were the only ones who knew the secrets of molding rare moor-metals with an infusion of Adrien blood to create a machine like wings, faster than the wind, seamless and beautiful." (p. 5)50
-". . .its only flaw being a star-shaped burn on the casing of its back tire. . ." (p.5)
Author notes
Just an explanation-type thingy.
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