[hider=Right Hand of Lord Althein Aureolin][center][h3][color=d8cfbe]ℂardinal ℝift[/color][/h3][hr][img]https://i.imgur.com/Wbz2R8b.png?1[/img][hr][/center][indent][i][h3][color=d8cfbe]ℙersonal 𝕀nformation[/color][/h3][/i][/indent][color=d8cfbe]Name: [/color] Aelious Aureolin [color=d8cfbe]House: [/color] Heir of House Aureolin [color=d8cfbe]Age: [/color] 28 [color=d8cfbe]Race: [/color] Human [Mageborn] [color=d8cfbe]Gender: [/color] Male [color=d8cfbe]Appearance: [/color] 5'9, and of a muscular stature. Has unevenly tanned skin and callused hands. Many small scars on his right forearm, lacing up and down. [hr][indent][i][h3][color=d8cfbe]𝕊o 𝕆n & 𝕊o 𝔽orth[/color][/h3][/i][/indent][color=d8cfbe]Reputation: [/color] The charismatic face of House Aureolin, Aelious is seen as the sort of swashbuckling, righteous noble who should only exist in romantic fiction. Though lacking in manners at times, he strives for fairness rather than advantages, and is always eager to fund the ambitions and dreams of others. [color=d8cfbe]Alignment: [/color] Neutral, leaning towards technologist. Aelious believes that technology, not magic, will better society in the long run, but understands that magic has supported the South's endeavors immensely in the past. [color=d8cfbe]Skills: [/color] Like all Heirs of the Aureolin House, Aelious is trained to fly Wyverns in any situation. Unlike all Aureolin Heirs, Aelious is both talented at it and invests a great deal of time in it, perfecting aerial acrobatics and dizzying spins. He's an excellent fencer as well, bold and decisive in his counterattacks and offensive, though lacking when forced to put up a full defense. Beyond that, Aelious has a surprisingly good intuition for gauging how valuable or interesting someone's creative work or inventions are, and is one hell of a deal-closer when he needs to be. He maintains healthy relationships with basically everyone he meets, and recognizes the difference between the person and the House they represent. And if they go out for drinks afterwards? He'll definitely drink them under the table while discussing the philosophy of chivalry with contemplative clarity. [color=d8cfbe]Backstory: [/color] Aelious was born as the son of the former Lord's first wife, and lived with everyone expecting him to succeed that position once his father had aged and passed. But the dragonblood that coursed in the veins of the Aureolin family was especially strong in Aelious's blood, and he had always been a rambunctious child, capable of studying only what interested him and wholly incapable of respecting his elders. In his fury, Aelious's father announced that his second wife's son, Althein, would succeed him instead, perhaps hoping that'd shock Aelious into obedience instead. But it was a burden off the young man's shoulder instead. He never had a chance at freedom the way he was born, but as the right-hand man of Lord Althein Aurelion, Aelious could at least travel far and wide, resolving issues while Althein held the fort. That arrangement was fine with him, the best, even. From meeting with prominent artists to investigating disruptions in landlines to monitoring the wyvern rookeries to meeting with other clients and House representatives, Aelious makes sure that his half-brother's decisions are always made with the most up-to-date information at hand. [color=d8cfbe]Miscellaneous: [/color] Though certainly romantically eligible, considering his handsome appearance, cavalier attitude, and his status as the Lord's 'troubleshooter', Aelious remains a bachelor, having rejected all attempts at serious courtship. [hr][indent][i][h3][color=d8cfbe]𝕄agic[/color][/h3][/i][/indent] [color=d8cfbe]Gate: [/color] Air, with a touch of Fire mixed in, enabling Aelious to generate thermal drafts. [color=d8cfbe]Flow: [/color] High [color=d8cfbe]Favour: [/color] High [color=d8cfbe]Field: [/color] 20m [hr][indent][i][h3][color=d8cfbe]ℍouse 𝕀nfo[/color][/h3][/i][/indent] [color=d8cfbe]Name: [/color] Aureolin [color=d8cfbe]Domain: [/color] Communications [color=d8cfbe]Location: [/color] Place 4 [color=d8cfbe]Members: [/color] [indent][i]Lord:[/i] [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2058692]Althein Aureolin[/url] [i]Ladies:[/i] [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3539682]Magnolia Dessdia[/url], [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1623542]Kerenza Edelwane[/url] [i]Heirs:[/i] [url=https://i.imgur.com/viOxYtq.png]Aelious Aureolin[/url], [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3405563]Asleine Aureolin[/url] [i]Wyvern Fleet Commander:[/i] [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2152026]Savaniel Volduriaz[/url] [i]Investigations Chiefs:[/i] [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1353725]Esprit Esace[/url], [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2516188]Myrmi Bookman[/url] [i]Special Operations Courier, First-Rank:[/i] [url=https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3533798]"Reissten"[/url][/indent] [color=d8cfbe]History: [/color] [indent]House Aureolin rose to prominence not out of a desire for wealth and power, but through the power of love...or so it is told. The young Averus Aureolin, out of a desire to court a lady all the way on the opposite coast, flew the House's fastest Wyvern to the territories of Pachel, simply to deliver a letter to the lady love of his life before scrambling back onto his Wyvern and departing home before he could embarrass himself to death. Waiting for letters though, was agony, and the Wyverns that his family bred at the time were ill-suited for swift transportation: they were bred for war and destruction, not for delivering mail to uninterested ladies. So Averus Aureolin did what any Heir of House Aureolin did. He bred Wyverns for speed, endurance and intelligence, to deliver messages from one part of the continent to the other. It took time though, but by then, the idea of Wyvern mail became something that sparked the passion of the rest of the House as well. Once just a family specialized in breeding Wyverns for war, now, they delved into communications, starting with their Wyvern Courier Service, before technologies such as the printing press, the telegraph, and the railroad enabled them to become the news and publishing tycoon that they are in the present time. Any writer worth their salt has House Aureolin as their patron, and there are even rumors surfacing that the House has begun research on wireless communication.[/indent] [color=d8cfbe]Other Information: [/color] [indent]House Aureolin works closely with House Granis and House Dalris, and is especially amiable with the latter House, who they have a common ancestor with. Twenty years ago, House Aureolin was heavily investigated by House Immolis after the general public was riled up against House Nols due to a newspaper report that held some unconfirmed, libellous facts. The Investigations Chief in Aureolin was subsequently fired for their incompetence. The Lords of Aureolin hold pride in their ties to the noble Wyverns that they've raised and perfected for generations. Any prospective Heir is trained to ride these glorious beasts, saddles and reins be damned.[/indent][/hider]