Edward of Caisel
King Edward George Caisel of the Tightlands (a.k.a. His Majesty the King, the Good King)
Physical Description
Body Features
Facial Features
Physical quirks
He walked with a very straight and long-legged stance.
Apparel & Accessories
His ribbons come in all manner of colours, his favorite being the bright red ones. It is very rare for him not to be wearing the Seal of Dawn.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
On the day he became 12, and therefore an eligible ruler, He saw the outer world before being locked up due to threatening the King.
During the period after His imprisonment He started writing diaries and designing His dream of a nation, where justice would rule and all would be happy.
Upon the death of His father, He became the last King of the Kindowm of Tightland at the age of 19, gradually reforming the government to form the Tightish Empire by the age of 21.
Gender Identity
Sexuality
Education
Accomplishments & Achievements
Under His reign scientific progress advanced at a previously unheard of rate, with the discovery of some of the greatest scientific achievements since the wheel.
A dream of His realised through the new technologies developed lead to the first Iron Ruler, a machine capable of ruling a nation in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
It was His intention to have the machine replace Him and be an indirect extension of His reign.
Failures & Embarrassments
Mental Trauma
After this incident, King Edward was arrested and placed in solitude, parted from his family with the servants forbidden to talk to Him.I remember it and am disgusted by it as if I had my twelfth birthday yesterday.
I woke up to my beautiful mother, being most proud of her son and congratulating me for my birthday.
A warm hug surrounds me and the warmth and love of my mother fills me with happiness.We walked to the dining hall, past the high windows covered in thin curtains that hid the world outside until today.
For today I was twelve, today I would be introduced to statecraft, the lands that were ours, the lands that were beyond and the place I have among them.
My father stood in the main dining hall, the dining hall reserved for special occasions, and looked down upon me with a glinting eye.
The table was laid with all the most wonderful dishes and gifts from the servants, and all of them were mine.Among the gifts was a small wooden box, ancient in design and decorated with images of the world outside, with the sun in the sky, the mountains and clouds, the fields and the forests and the rivers and the sea. I knew what was inside even before I opened the box, it was the key of the front doors, the key to the world beyond, the key to the fields and the forests, the mountains and the rivers.
And it was.
The ancient key was mine to use.
I could barely contain my excitement.Immediately we went to the entry hall, it's great wooden doors looming over me.
But I was in control.
Finally I would get to see the world I had always heard of, with it's many wonders, with it's beauty so otherworldly to me.
The sun and mountains, the forests and the sea, I could hear them beckon me out to them.
I placed the key in the lock, gave it a swift twist with the wrist, felt the solid clank of the open latch and slowly, the doors swung wide to reveal the outer world, a space of infinite possibility.For a moment the sun blinded me, so brightly it shone on that day.
And I saw into the distance, the great unending freedom before me, and was in awe.
The sun and the mountains, the forests and the sea, they were as I had imagined, and yet so much more.
But in that very moment, I heard an infant's cry.It was a sound alien to me, it made me feel something I had never felt before.
It was a twisted poison of cold dread and fear.
Shocked I turn my eyes towards Penchester, the golden crown of our land, and what do I see?
Pain and suffering meet my eyes, a thing I had never known.
I had thought all people to be equal, all to be fortunate as I, this wonderful world to be a world of equality, fairness and the sweetness of life.
But it was not so.In that moment another sensation possessed me.
It was that of indescribable rage, that of unholy hatred.
I screamed and shouted and pounced upon my father.
And that was the last I ever saw of him.
During His imprisonment, He began developing the idea of a new Government that would make an end to the evil ways of the current rule.
Intellectual Characteristics
Morality & Philosophy
Equality was also a strong part of His perception of the world, which lead to the Book of the Crown's Justice and effected that the only punishment in the Empire is that of time in the Hold.
He had always found that men "bottle themselves up a little much" and advocated stronger social interaction between men, often spreading his arms for an embrace but elegantly transforming it into a firm handshake should the recipient not communicate willingness to participate in the act.
He would encourage other men to be strong, not by hiding their emotions, but by showing them to others and learning to understand them better, in oneself and in others.
Taboos
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Once He realised He had no heir He decided to have His own ruler built, to continue His work after His death.
Likes & Dislikes
Virtues & Personality perks
He was a very good listener and tutor and was known to kindly repeat phrases in correct grammar as if to confirm He understood.
An example of this may be found in his diary:
The other day I was talking with the new horologist Dean and the impression came upon me that he did not understand I was correcting him, and I found it most amusing.
He would say, "...and there was so many gears -" and I would say, "There were many gears? I see!" and he would say, "Yes, there was many gears, -" "There were many gears, were there?" and it seemed to go on for a lifetime.
Vices & Personality flaws
Social
Family Ties
The Iron Rulers are considered His 'children'.
Religious Views
Towards the end of His life, it saddened Him to see the people drift away from religion, using science as a placeholder.
He believed that science didn't fill the gap left by religion, and that having a belief was an essential part of a natural and healthy life.
Social Aptitude
He had always believed that kindness and manners were the basis of a brighter future and acted in accordance with this belief.
He was fascinated by, but rather shy of, young women.
This can be explained by the fact that before his ascension to the throne, he had only had contact females in the form of his mother, nurses and tutors, who had all been rather old.
Mannerisms
Hobbies & Pets
Speech
He had a very warm, deep, clean and crisp accent, and never came short on commenting how wonderful everything and everyone was.
Relationships
Nicknames & Petnames
Eddy the Great and Gnatty the Wise
Shared Secrets
Wise Oad Gnathan does not publicly acknowledge his friendship with King Edward, manly because it would give the impression of being biased towards the the Crown's favor when convening in the Circle of Oads.
History
Originally his wet maiden, she was in charge of tending to him until her dismissal. During this period Edward began to view her as a mother, and she him as her son, though they both deny it.
Shared Acquaintances
Alfred of Caisel and Victoria of Plaise are the parents of Edward and the masters of Miss Alten.
Wealth & Financial state
The Royal Family
- by the Grace of the Gods of the Tightlands and of His other Realms and Territories King
- Head of National Affairs
- Defender of Knowledge
- Servant of the People
- Guardian of the Faith
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