Name: Apollo
Gender: male
Prompt answer:
Apollo is quite okay with being the son of a king and queen.
He doesn't mind it and he likes being able to get anything with just a snap of his fingers. Despite this, he doesn't like to overuse this because he says it takes the fun and work out of getting a thing.
He's not that interested in the throne, but since he became an assassin, he wants to work alongside the king to solve the problems of Rinirium.
His past and present:
When Apollo was just a small kit, he spoke quite rarely and when he did, he did so by whispering to his mother or siblings. Hiding behind his mom or siblings with his ears pulled back and tail held down, he just couldn't gain enough courage to show himself in public. The posture he had told everyone almost everything they needed to know about him.
He didn't have many friends, almost none, but when one day, he met and became best friends with a curious little kit, him seeing the world as menacing and scarily loud slowly faded away and was replaced with curiosity and a new-found bit of bravery.
His best memory is when him and his friend successfully completed their first mission without a mistake.
He grew up living with his mother; he was scared of and had rarely seen his father before he became an assassin. He moved to Rinirium because of the guild and now lives with his father who knows nothing about his son's affiliation with assassins.
Since he finished his training, he holds his head high, ready to face the bad things that might cross his way. Calmness and gentleness radiates from those dark-cyan eyes with a hint of curiosity.
His fruity voice is heard more often and he's not that afraid to raise it anymore. For some reason, this kalon always smells like ash and vanilla, and his signature smirk indicates he's ready to get things done.
How he became an assassin:
Back when he was a little kid, Apollo thought he didn't really fit in with his siblings. He didn't want the throne, he didn't want to do anything with any of the kingdoms. He though he wasn't fit for the throne anyway.
One day, he met a kit of the leader of an assassin's guild and became good friends with them. When he introduced them to his father, he left this little bit out though, in fear of something happening to them and their family.
Some time later, Apollo got so close to the little kit's family and the guild, that they allowed him to start training to become one of them. Him and his friend trained together, secretly so the king and queen didn't think Apollo's associating with the guild.
At the initiation, when they became true members, Apollo realised that with the experience he gained over the years of training might help him out if he could work alongside the king, and seeing, sometimes even experiencing, the awful state of the kingdom, he wants to do something to help them make it a better place.
Nowadays, Apollo goes out during the night to meet with the guild and work on ways to resolve conflicts with other guilds and complete contracts/missions.
With being associated with both the leaders of two kingdoms and the Guild of Black-Eyed Susan, and being a gentle and caring kalon, most of the guild calls him Greyheart.
The Guild of Black-Eyed Susan:
The Guild of Black-Eyed Susan is a guild named after the flower, black-eyed Susan. The flower means "justice" and that is exactly what the guild wants to bring to the king after letting the kingdom's situation get worse and worse, and for all the terrible things he's done. They want to make the townsfolk feel safer and protected.
The guild's current leader is a remarkable assassin who's fierce yet caring, and treats Apollo like they treat normal members; not as a prince but as an ordinary kalon.
Fears and quirks:
- He can't swim and has a bad fear of water since he accidentally fell into a river and nearly drowned during training when he was a kit.
- Apollo loves plants, so much so that his room is full of them! He's been talking to them and other plants since he was a little kit; he did it because he thought they were his only friends, but now he just does it out of habit. He says they grow faster this way too.
- Apollo starts shifting from left foot to right or his tail starts wagging up and down continuously when he feels nervous or anxious.
- He still has trouble going into larger crowds, but he's learning to get over this as well as he can.
Skills:
This kalon knows how to wield a sword! Apollo learned how to fight with one from a teacher at his home; he started some time before he met his best friend; his father wanted him to be able to defend himself when he goes outside the castle.
Apollo can use knives quite well too, especially throwing knives; he learned how to use them, along with using daggers when he was training with his friend.
With joining the guild, he learned a skill everyone there must know: free running. He just loves running around on top buildings and climbing the tallest ones to see the city from above!
Apollo's more proficient in hunting down enemies from a distance. He's not the best in close combat, but if he gains some distance where he can use throwing knives, he'll definitely have the advantage.