Erasure (eh'RUH'shur)
Royal Consort Erasure
Erasure is the slave and husband of the current emperor, Taras Shiroko. He was sold by his family just after his birth and raised as a Tueor At fifteen, he was taken to the Shiroko palace and chosen by the then ten year old prince. As their relationship developed, they became lovers. He learned a great deal about how to run a country from being beside the prince during his lessons and accompanying him when he traveled. Soon after Taras ascended the throne, the two were married. Despite his new position as Royal Consort, he has kept his duties as a slave and seeks to avoid conflict with the wider royal family while also trying stop his husband's violent impulses.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
He is slightly taller than the average Eoin man, but not by much. Because of his status as a slave, his hair is cut shorter than free people. The minimal braiding is meant as a balance between his position as Royal Consort and the slave title he has held onto.
Apparel & Accessories
Erasure’s clothing is an odd combination of the two distinct styles. Because he is a slave, his clothing is much tighter to his body and darker in color. Along with this, he wears visible pants. His garments, while having no sleeves, have greater overall length and the fabric more ornate than would typically be seen on a slave, much more fitting to his status as royal consort.
He wears one ring around his neck, a gold wedding band with one diamond in the center and a pair of amethysts on either side.
On his left arm, he has a eyudzeni biiame. As is standard for former tueor slaves, it is 3cm wide and rests just above his bicep. Five diamonds are inlaid into the silver metal to show his status as a former slave to the imperial family.
Specialized Equipment
For their first anniversary, Taras gifted him a long sword infused with light essence, Kyu Zesvet. He has very little magical ability, but can use the sword as a standard weapon and attack with essence magic as long as it remains charged. Erasure is also highly proficient in short dagger fighting and keeps at least one on his person at all times.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Erasure was born in the north of the empire, near Svantei Gansen, although he is not part of the Marn people who live there. The youngest of four, in 1046, less than two months after his birth, he was sold to slave traders. He was considered an 'accident' and the family could not afford to keep another child. Currently, he has no idea who his parents were and feels no need to search for them.
Those who bought him, kept him healthy until he reached the age of 5 when he officially began his training as a Tueor slave. At the start of his training, he was given a number as a name, 1076 (ù dzu nagùhu he ku), which was derived from his birthday (1046 + 10 +20 = 1076), and began working to master his first weapon. Along with armed combat, he also studied various forms of hand to hand arts, becoming highly proficient in many by the time he became skilled in weaponry. The first weapon technique he learned was dual wielding daggers and this has remained his primary fighting style when armed. Once he mastered the daggers, he was given a new name, Erasure 14 or Erasure hu he a (1+0+7+6).
Along with his combat training, he was given instruction in etiquette, mathematics, history, cooking, child-rearing, and various other skills in order to be useful to his future master. He was taught that his own needs were secondary to whatever would be ordered of him and to obey his master without question.
At fifteen, in 1061, he was brought to the Gandenye, along with several other Tueor slaves around his age, and presented to the Emperor Regent (vlabaejan), Andriy Shiroko, and the ten year old High Prince (tajanji), Taras Shiroko. From among the slaves, he was chosen by the prince and was given orders to act as his bodyguard.
The first night after their meeting, he was ordered to sleep in the same bed as the tajanji and Taras attempted to have intercourse with him. Erasure rebuffed him and, over the next several weeks, quickly discovered the rampant emotional, physical, and sexual abuse suffered by the tajanji. He felt pity for him and became his most stable source of comfort. These feelings turned to friendship and then affection as the years went on and in 1066, at 21, the two became lovers. He was the first to find out about the High Prince's auditory hallucinations and growing paranoid delusions, but was unable to do much to assist.
Erasure also developed a close relationship with Former Empress Inna Shiroko who treated him as a second grandson. From her, he learned more about the inherited mental instability of the family. Upon her death, she left him a journal of advice and treatments, which remains one of his most prized possessions.
After Taras murdered his predecessor and was coronated, he proposed to Erasure, who was initially shocked as no one had married into the royal family for close to 500 years. Backlash to the proposal from the court led to him murdering several nobles and presenting their corpses to his master. To him, they were merely trying to take his lover away and that could not be allowed to stand. Each death was subsequently attributed to Taras himself, especially after he declared them traitors.
Whenever Taras is unable to actively engage in ruling, Erasure takes over and people have tended to see him as the level headed one, a good leader despite his status.
Due to his status as technically outside of the family despite his marriage, he never learned to make the Ilyannoi. While he could press for the knowledge, he sees that as a sure path to further conflict within the family.
Despite his official title having changed to Royal Consort (tsedaeba), he has chosen to continue in the role of a slave to his husband alone. Taras wants him to use his official rank as Royal Consort more often. However, their relationship is stable as husband and husband, but also master and slave, which makes for odd dynamics.
He and Mina Hishu have begun developing various medications and herbal remedies based on both Inna's journal and old documents from Shiroko ancestors.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
His main goal is to keep his husband and the empire stable. While he understands the rage Taras feels toward the nobility and his family, he does not think the aggression is helpful. The internal conflict of trying to stop the violence coupled with the feeling that he is betraying his husband if he contradicts that is one of his central issues. He is also attempting to gain a better relationship with the family for himself. Being outside of the Shiroko line, he knows they do not trust him.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: Taras, sword practice, flowers
Dislikes: being the center of attention, betrayal, liars
Virtues & Personality perks
Loyal, protective, quick thinking
Vices & Personality flaws
Jealous, overly passive, sneaky
Social
Family Ties
He is married to Taras.
Religious Views
Hobbies & Pets
He is rarely by himself, instead acting as a bodyguard for Taras on most occasions. However, he does have some hobbies that he engages in either when there is down time or he is alone.
Erasure enjoys reading medical journals. At first, he did so to look for treatments to counter the family mental instability, but began to simply enjoy learning about various medical techniques.
Sword practice is meditative for him and he will often use a practice sword and go through slower motions, almost like dancing.
Speech
His voice is deeper, but not base. There is a sweet quality to it that makes it easy for him to show his compassionate side.
Relationships
Nicknames & Petnames
Despite his official title of Royal Consort, Erasure still acts as a slave to his husband. He still refers to Taras as 'jantsavela' (master), while rarely using Taras's name. Taras will either use his husband's name or call him 'slave' or 'servant', although saying Erasure's name is much more common. When alone, they
Relationship Reasoning
Erasure was gifted to Taras when Taras was 10 and Erasure was 15. They have been together since then and Taras has come to rely almost completely on Erasure as a support system. Taras married Erasure because he loves him and to snub the family.
Shared Secrets
During their intimate moments, Erasure is the only person Taras allows on top of him. This is because he is the only one he trusts not to take advantage of the position. Taras is the only one who knows that Erasure is capable of rudimentary essence magic. To the rest of the court, Erasure presents himself as completely without magical ability. His use of Kyu Zesvet is explained as purely based on the infusion of magic and the bond the two share allowing Taras to 'give' some of his power to his husband. While this is partially true, if Erasure truly had absolutely no aptitude with magic, he would be significantly weaker with the blade.
Legal Status
Husbands
History
Erasure met Inna while traveling with Taras to visit her. Due to the falling out between her and Andriy Shiroko, Inna was only allowed to see her grandson at very specific times. Over the years, the two developed a surrogate grandmother-grandson relationship, particularly as Inna noticed how attached Taras was to Erasure. She was happy her grandson had a friend. Inna was the first person Erasure told about the instability he saw in Taras and Inna assisted him in finding methods to help. She also acted as a confidant for him despite his status as a slave and hers as a former empress. When she died, she left him a journal containing all of her notes regarding her great uncle Dmitri Shiroko's similar illness and the treatments her parents and siblings had used to help him.
Current Location
Honorary & Occupational Titles
Tsudaeba (Royal Consort)
Age
28
Date of Birth
20 Hoan 1046
Birthplace
Spouses
Taras Shiroko
(Husband)
Siblings
Children
Current Residence
Gender
male
Eyes
Bright green
Hair
Shoulder length, dark black, partly braided
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Light beige, pink undertone
Height
5'11"
Quotes & Catchphrases
"I follow your justice."
Aligned Organization
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