Profile of Perihelion

Wrapped in earthen hues, the boy holds the pattern of light upon the forest floor in fall. A base of deep, muddy earth, the boy’s undersides lighten slightly, to the flesh beneath the bark, the sand upon a muddy riverbed. Reddish swatches touch his shoulders and lighten the features on his face. Darker flecking, the dappled shadows touch his flanks and hindquarters. The toes upon his back paws hold an almost milky hue, the lightest touches upon his body. Eyes of starlight peer out at the world, silver within a coastline of red, surrounded by a sea of browns.

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fluent in common tongue.

Intelligence is the first thing that comes sparkling out within the child. Despite his young age, he seems to have knowledge beyond his years, his mind sucking up everything around him like a sponge. This gives the boy an innate ability to figure out most problems that he’s faced with throughout his life, sometimes in some… creative ways.

Sarcasm becomes a second language to Perihelion, a double meaning to almost everything that he says, speaking in opposites just to spite others at times, to see if they can catch on. It’s a game, for him, a match of wits, a play upon his own intelligence as well as that of others. While it is something he can turn off when need be, he doesn’t often see the point, and more often than not… those that come to know him will assume that he is being sarcastic at some point — perhaps eventually to his frustration.

The spirit of an adventurer resides within the boy, that desire to know things and experience life bringing him into some interesting situations — some that he should perhaps not find himself in in the first place. But, it’s okay… Life’s just a game of wits, after all, and there isn’t much that he can’t talk or weasel his way out of when he does find himself in trouble.

That adventurous spirit leads to a certain level of bravery that would make any parent faint of heart. Never crippled by anxiety, the boy almost seems to have a wish at defying death with his ability to ignore his fear — that fear still resides, but Perihelion is more one to square up, loot it in the face, and stick out his tongue.

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. Ever plagued by a need to know, to learn, to experience, and to understand, he will forever be one to have a favorite question…. ‘Why?’ Much to parental chagrin, the boy will learn things far earlier than he perhaps should, if only because he knows no other way in life than to ask questions.

Beneath all of that, however, resides a particular loyalty to the family: family is all. Family holds his heart. Most of all his other half, his brother — twins perhaps in birthright, but not quite appearance.

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Family holds importance to Peri above all else — despite his need for adventure, he never leaves for long, and prefers the company of those he considers family to that of strangers. While he harbors no fear of strangers, Peri is a boy who tends to view family as those he can trust without a doubt.

With the death of his father, Aryth, Peri has formed a tendency to rebel against things that make him uncomfortable. His recklessness increased nearly tenfold from what it had previously been, and it is clear that his behavior is a direct result of losing someone so important so quickly in his life. But, in all of that, a lesson was quickly learned — take nothing for granted.

Perihelion and his brother, Aphielion, were found by Grigory and Arythmetik in the Spring of 1710. The boy quickly bonded with his fathers, and his personality flourished beneath their care.

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However, tragedy struck the boy’s young life early on. His father, Arythmetik, was found dead. The funeral still sticks out boldly in Peri’s mind, and it’s memories that he feels conflicted about — while he appreciates the closure, and has learned to not take anything in life for granted, he wishes that in some way, he could still pretend that Aryth was alive. But, in that, and in the war that called his father Grigori away, Peri’s small family of two grew to include Willow, Rowan, Sundstol, and to a lesser extent, Willow’s friend, Gallagher. He holds onto them all fiercely and admittedly harbors a fear of losing any of them.