Rem

Name: Rem Aldurik

Titles: (Creator’s/Architect’s) Aegis.
Nicknames: Remiss, basically any word that begins with Rem-. He’s more subject to get Nicholas-named.

Gender: Male
Age: 20 (from the main events of the story)
Birthday: April 10th
Birthplace: Markaya, Salúr, Telos

The Wound/Ghost: Accidentally nuked a city and started up another conflict between Karos and Telos after he believed himself responsible for his father’s death.
World view: Any time he tries to help someone, it backfires and other people only end up getting hurt instead. He is capable only of harm.
The “Coping Mechanism”: Avoidance. He keeps people at an arm’s length by being intentionally off-putting or unpleasant (so yes, he’s an edgy asshole, but he kinda sucks at being an edgy asshole because he feels bad about it).
Want: Love. Wants to be loved, but also wants to protect and love others. Craves connection. Love is stored in the tank.
Needs to do: Get his shit together, learn to control the Aegis (and what binds it), and act in accordance to what he actually wants to do (protect mfers and be a good person).

Divinity: Progeny (vessel)
Abilities: Creator’s Aegis — he’s meant to be able to summon a massive mech that is functionally Akadriel’s shapeshifting body, but it’s stuck inside his soul due to some weird binds he’s got.

Appearance:

• Progeny:
  • depends if he’s Riorel’d or not. When he looks like a Riorel progeny, his hair is black and his eyes are purple with white-slit pupils.
  • Aegis-coloured Rem has white and black hair with aqua eyes.
• Pre-progeny: had ash-brown hair that’s always had some random white streaking. His eyes were grey like his father’s and appeared normal. He’s always had the black stigmata over his sternum.
  Significant details: Looks like he has big-ass tattoo sleeves because of the stigmata’s marking. Its design is overwrought.

Places of significance to this character:

Important tendencies/traits:

• Has a rather pronounced “protective” instinct. At the very least, he wants to be able to help people. This will typically end up manifesting as avoidance for him.
• A spiteful bitch, but a big ole sensitive softie underneath.
• Cynical/pessimistic.

Random bullshit:

Important Relationships:

What they carry in their bag (if applicable)/precious items:

• Some old papers that he’s never thrown out.
• His father’s helmet. He typically wears it on his head as a way of hiding his face.

Ft. a sneaky INTERVIEW!!! (from when he’s 20, 3 years after the Inciting Incident Proper).

1. Where are you in your life right now? What are you most pleased with right now?
   Everything sucks. I’m basically a wanted fucking criminal, but it’s not even me they’re after, they just want the fucker rattling around in my chest. I’ve just gotta be dragged along with it! Most I can say I’m happy with is that I’ve managed to evade capture this long.
2. What keeps you awake at night?
   Varies from night to night. Sometimes it’s actual gods, or sometimes it’s just the memory of one. Sometimes it’s other memories.
3. What is the most pressing problem you have at the moment?
   Not getting found out. Just about every other asshole wants to find me.
4. Is there something that you need or want that you don’t have? For yourself or for someone important to you?
   Just… a place I can sit down. Somewhere that’s not balls-to-the-wall crazy. Somewhere I’ll be safe. At least a damn roof over my head… (the answer would need to be excavated out of him, but he wouldn’t be opposed to some company either).
5. Why don’t you have it? What is in the way?
   Everything. Basically the fact that I can’t get rid of this piece of shit Aegis or whatever.
6. What do you have to do in order to get the thing you need?
   I’m still looking into it, but it seems like the only way to pry a god from your chest is with the tools also pried from the gods’ chests… I think my best shot is with some sort of weapon, but they’re who-the-fuck-knows-where. I’ve heard the Destruction weapon might be my best chance, which I’m not… thrilled about.
7. What is stopping you from taking this step?
   Well, where the fuck do I begin? I’ve heard about the search for the weapons, and the Destruction weapon is famously missing. The best shot I’ve got is with some major faction since they’re all already scouting the weapons. I could join one as a grunt and try to work my way into the search parties, but that’d take a while to get through promotion limbo. All the good information would also be really classified…
8. Is there something else that must happen first in order for you to take this step?
   I could get pretty easy access to these things if I disclose the fact I’m the Aegis, but I’d rather drop dead. They’d make me use it. Dead gods, I’d rather drop dead.
9. Is there someone else who needs or wants the same thing?
   I think every person who wants me for the Aegis would also like the Destruction weapon. It’s a pretty lucrative weapon to have. Commanding Destruction is what I think basically everyone wants to do.
10. Can they help you get it?
    Most people would probably not want me to get rid of the Aegis. The stupid thing seems important, so probably not.
11. Are they one of the things in the way?
12. What happens if you don’t get it? What do you stand to lose?
13. How will your life change if you do get this thing or solve this problem?
14. Will someone else suffer if you succeed?

CRINGE SECTION!!!

And the memeboard :)) Might need some redoing though since this is a slightly old characterization.

Kinda buttcheeks moodboard cuz I love superficial aesthetics :))))

• could get a bit more to suggest his stigmata + what the tattoo looks like… but also this is vibes, not an appearance board.