#Mitron (paraphrased): 'OK bet'

[emcapi-gaming]

On the scale of "Azem as a fully developed character" to "very ambiguous Azem," I think I'm somewhere in the middle. I like leaving some ambiguity but I also have a lot of ideas for them.

Ardwin has also been heavily developed as a character through MSQ; she fits into the Warrior of Light role almost perfectly, so a lot of the small Azem tidbits we've seen in canon/side stories also integrate well.

So, things I know about Ardwin et al.'s Azem:

Original name is Arkadios. I picked it from a long list of Greek names. It fit well with the Ards accidentally sharing part of their name, and while I'm not a huge Greek mythology expert unlike certain mutuals, I did like the meaning "from Arcadia." The concept seems to lean into a similar idealized-paradise perception as the unsundered world.

Partly based on that, they're definitely not from Amaurot and were originally from somewhere more rural.

Sky-blue hair and eyes (hair is darker blue like a summer sky, eyes are somewhat lighter)

Badass fighter, likes axes but anything with a big blade is probably up their alley

Goofball and frequent chaos gremlin

Romantic relationship with Hythlodaeus, metamours via Hyth/it's-complicated/??? with Emet-Selch

Emotionally intense/passionate in a way Ancient society generally disapproves of. A bit hot-headed.

Genderqueer, they/any in non-Amaurotine languages*, presentation landing somewhere masc-of-center. The original "of course you have blue hair and pronouns."

Considers Amaurot "home" but gets antsy staying there (or in any one place) for too long

Close sibling/mentor-like relationship with Themis

Ongoing friendly rivalry with Mitron, who's attempting to come up with a fish that Arkadios can't catch (this had led to countless arguments about what counts as a fish)

Easily annoyed by bureaucracy and terrible about filing reports and such for Official Convocation Records

Great at coming up with creative solutions to problems, often with flagrant disregard for the rules

Definitely has NOT invented a temporary duplication spell and if they DID do such a thing it was of course for Perfectly Legitimate and Appropriate Purposes, Obviously.

The only strong physical consistency between Arkadios's shards has been the eye color; all of them so far have, at minimum, a partial or close match. Personality traits have carried through a lot more, though all to varying degrees, especially with different experiences and environmental influences, and that's something I really like exploring. It's late for me right now but I might make another post digging into some of those similarities and differences tomorrow.

*I've made a previous post on my headcanon that the Amaurotine language probably doesn't use gendered pronouns - will link that later if I remember.