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Caius Qualls | Tales of the Tempest | Reserved
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Character
Name: Caius Qualls
Fandom: Tales of the Tempest
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Time Period: Having defeated the Pope, departed from Janna.
Wing Color: Dark red with white tips.
History: Whilst Caius does have an Aselia wiki page (Over here!) it doesn't go into much of his history past the first few minutes of the game. What's more, Tempest hasn't been localized. All English names given have been discussed and agreed upon by the rest of the cast!
Brief history of Tempest's plot, as well as a more in-depth history which is a work in progress.
Caius Qualls | Tales of the Tempest | Reserved 2/3
Growing up, Caius never had much of a childhood. He was kept in his home town of Fern by his 'father' Ramrus and was forbidden from leaving. Even when he asks his father if he can accompany him on a business trip Ramrus turns him down. It upsets Caius to know there are other children in the village, other people, who are able to go out and do as they please whilst he's confined to the same old same old every single day of his life. When a turn of events allow Caius to leave the village and explore the world he is positively enthralled with the world around him. Upon visiting Reda for the first time, a village outside of the Black Forest which is much bigger and more developed than Fern, he's mesmerized by how different it is from his home town. It's a little sad in a way, given that Reda is far from the most impressive of towns, but seeing as Caius has very little to go off for a comparison it makes it seems as though Reda is some sort of bustling city to him. Even when he finally visits Janna for the first time he can only compare the city to his home town, despite Fern and Janna being completely different in terms of populace and appearance.
Caius has had to endure witnessing the deaths of multiple people in his life, all of them close family and friends. He witnesses Rubia's mother and father being murdered by the hand of Rommy, a persecutor of the church, and then witnesses Ramrus, his adoptive/foster father, being turned to stone by the same person after being forced to fight him. He has also seen his own brother 'die' after only recently finding out that the two of them are related. Finally, he has seen his own father, the Pope, also die by Rommy's hand. Rather than becoming upset and letting all of this weigh him down, Caius vows to fight on for all their sakes, so to make them proud of him, fulfil their last wishes or do them justice in death.
During most scenes between Caius and Rubia it's clear to see Caius has quite the temper on him. The two rarely have a conversation without descending into an argument. What's more, during the start of the game when Caius enters the church at Fern and meets Rubia, she asks if Caius has been fighting with his dad again, implying they too regularly get into arguments. When Tilkis and Forest first appear to rescue Caius an Rubia from a group of skeletons, Caius is snappy and ungrateful at first for their help, insisting that he could have handled the situation himself. He also has difficulty not rising up to any jabs made at him, no matter what they might be or who they might come from. Tilkis teases the boy an awful lot about his relationship with Rubia and each time without fail he defends himself, 'There’s no way I could be caught being your boyfriend'!
In regards to relationships, Caius is quick to accept others and make new friends. Upon first meeting Arria, Caius quickly befriends her despite her being a member of the church. He speaks respectfully to those who are older than him or who are more experienced than him, referring to Forest as 'Mr.Forest' and one point even referring to Tilkis as 'Mr.Tilkis'. To those his age or younger he simply uses their name. It seems the closer he becomes to people the more likely he is to spark an argument out of their conversations, seeing as he seems to constantly bicker with his childhood friend Rubia and even his own father.
Whilst he is quick to make friends, Caius can also be very rude and doesn't mind speaking his mind about people. It's quite common for him to tell another person to shut up if they're annoying him or talking about something he doesn't agree with, be they a friend or a stranger. There are multiple occasions where he tells both Rubia and Lukius, his childhood friends and brother respectively, to stop talking and shut up. Unless he's told otherwise he doesn't really notice his own rude behaviour unless it is pointed out to him. Caius is quite happy to keep on talking about how he could have handled a group of skeletons without Forest and Tilkis' help, but when Rubia tells him not to be rude he comes around and thanks the two for their help all the same.
Love is a foreign concept to Caius and it wouldn't be surprising if someone had to explain what it was to him. Despite Rubia getting worked up and annoyed at Caius for treating her badly and being discourteous he never seems to catch on that she might be getting annoyed because of how she feels about him. He's quick to deny anything about the two of them being a couple and is oblivious to how annoyed Rubia gets when he denies such things.
Caius is a competitive person, often bordering onto the childish side of what could be considered 'competitive'. When finding an old key in the Black Forest, Caius is quick to snatch it up and run off with it, 'the quicker one always wins!' Caius' reasoning for taking it with them, despite its age, is that it looks important so it must be worth keeping.
Shown through numerous camp fire skits, Caius is not a well educated person. At one point, Rubia brings up the fact Caius wouldn't know how to read were it not for her teaching him back home. He knows very little about the finer points of the big, wide world he lives in, such as why Leymons are hunted and why the church is prosecuting them. The party he travels with seems to educate him more and more about Areulla as they explore more of the continent together.
Given that Caius never had the chance to grow up with his true family, namely Lady Melissa, the Pope and Lukius, he holds family very close to him and takes on the ideals that would be expected of a brother. Even when faced with stopping the Pope and going against Lukius as a result, Caius is hesitant and wonders if it's really alright if they stop the Pope. He's clearly worried for his brother, despite how Lukius was raised to be a soldier, a member of the church and Caius' enemy. He wants his brother to come to terms with who he is inside, rather than just blindly following the Pope's orders like nothing else matters. When engaging in battle with Lukius before going on to face the Pope, Caius begs for Lukius to stop aiding the Pope and even calls him an idiot when he refuses to change his mind. After the battle, when Lukius is mortally wounded, Caius demands to know why Lukius didn't tell him that they were bothers sooner. When Lukius seems to pass on, Caius vows to stop the Pope for Lukius' sake. Even though they didn't grow up together and fought one another Caius still treasures and loves his brother, regardless of their actions.
A lot of people seem to place their trust in Caius and as such he has an awful lot on his shoulders. As their dying wish, Rubia's mother and father ask for Caius to take care of Rubia. Caius promises to always be there to protect her, despite their near constant arguing and bickering.
No matter what hardships a person hashad to go through, Caius is a firm believer in 'you are who you are' or 'you are you'. He's able to see past how a person looks or even acts and is capable of not taking a person purely on face value. Having endured the hatred many humans feel for the Leymon race, Caius has come to understand their point of view. Whilst a Leymon might appear frightening they are still themselves underneath, past their appearance. Caius wants everyone to come to this sort of understanding about one another, so not to judge people on how they look or what they do, but to see them for who they really are inside.
Strengths:
Physically, Caius is very fit and possesses a large amount of stamina. He's capable of wielding a single handed sword with ease in battle, having presumably either taught himself or had Ramrus, a knight, teach him how to wield one properly at some point in his childhood. Caius also has access to a number of artes, which he can chain together to create many deadly combinations. Outside of fighting, Caius has successfully travelled the entire continent of Areulla on foot. Even with stops for sleeping and other such breaks it is still an impressive feat. When asked by Forest, Caius also states that he is a good swimmer before the party jumps off the bridge into Janna and into the river below. As well as possessing impressive strength in his human form, when he enters his beast form Caius becomes even stronger. He loses the ability to use any artes and can only pummel the enemy repeatedly with punches and uppercuts, but this is proven to be more than enough for him to beat any enemy to a pulp, including the heretic prosecutor Rommy. With training from Forest, Caius has learnt how to properly harness his beast form, being able to transform at will similar to how Ramrus and Forest are able to.
Mentally, Caius is by far the least intelligent of people. Whilst there are times where he does stop and think his actions through, such as soon after leaving Fern where he discusses with Rubia what plan of action they should take, there are also times where Caius runs in head first to situations without considering the consequences.
Caius has a lot of different feelings backing him up emotionally. He fights for the sake of Ramrus, and then later on to avenge him after he is turned to stone. What's more, he is also motivated to keep going by the chance to uncover who his real father is. Once he uncovers that his father is the Pope, Caius is finally motivated by the need to save Areulla. He has a big sense of justice about himself and there is very little which can deter Caius from reaching his goals. He tends to be a very open sort of person when it comes to meeting new people, given how quickly he accepts Arria as a friend despite her being a priestess of the church. He is quick to place trust in others and expects the same from them in return. Though Arria betrays the party, Caius is quick to forgive her and accept her new resolve soon after.
After discovering he can turn into a beast like Ramrus, Caius tells Rubia that he wondered for awhile why he was a Leymon before accepting himself and being glad. Ramrus had always taught Caius not to turn away from your problems and face them head on and that it's important to accept your fate and live it. Throughout his journey, Caius is constantly reassured that no matter what he might be he will always be Caius Qualls, 'you are you'. 'I will continue to exist as me.' Whilst understanding how frightening it can be for a human to witness a Leymon turning into their beast form, Caius just wants humans to understand that even though they look different they are still the same person.
Weaknesses:
It's possible for Caius to become sick, injured and die like any other person. Overworking and pushing himself too hard will result in fatigue like any normal person might experience. When Caius is pushed into a corner and the situation looks bad, or alternatively Caius is under a lot of emotional stress, he automatically transforms into his beast form. It's cases like these where he has little choice over his transformation and he must wait until he calms down or until a certain amount of time passes, such as when he transforms into his beast form after being forced into fighting Ramrus by Rommy and when in battle if Caius' HP passes a certain point he is granted access to his beast form.
Caius has received very little education about the world outside of his home town of Fern. Whilst possessing a decent amount of general knowledge he lacks knowledge on the finer points of the world. Before Ramrus explains it to him he is completely clueless about the church prosecutors and why the villagers reacted the way they did to Ramrus' transformation. What's more, Caius wouldn't even know how to read were it not for Rubia deciding to teach him how when they were younger. It's very easy for Caius to become angry at others and he never seems to back down from someone taking a jab at him which is what causes his arguments with Rubia to last so long. Furthermore, Caius enjoys showing off and proving himself to the people around him. When cornered by a pack of skeletons in the Black Forest, Caius says he was capable enough to handle the situation himself without Tilkis and Forest stepping in the lend a hand. Whilst he says that he thinks his actions through carefully, Caius has on numerous occasions run into new situations without a second thought. Upon first reaching Janna and visiting the cathedral, Caius proposes that he and Rubia 'Walk in the front without trying anything' despite the danger of entering the cathedral whilst being chased after and hunter by prosecutors of the church.
When it comes to his beast form and Leymon blood, Caius tends to be open and proud to have both the blood of Leymons and humans inside of him when around friends and humans who aren't against the Leymon. However, given that his beast form only came to light because of his father's death he associates many negative feelings with the transformation. He remains wary when entering his beast form in case he loses control of himself and goes into a blind rage, similar to when he attacked Rommy. He also has a hard time coming to terms with why exactly the Pope orders the execution/torture of the Leymon even after having the situation explained to him. Caius repeatedly calls the whole church cruel and unfair for ever agreeing to going along with the Pope's plans.
Caius Qualls | Tales of the Tempest | Reserved 3/3
First Person: Q&A, please!
Third Person:
It's strange, but even after travelling all over Areulla and visiting many towns and cities and varying sizes, the feeling of entering a new village for the first time was always exciting. So much so that just thinking about where he was, taking the time to look at his surroundings and explore a little, helped to calm Caius. Of course he was worried about Rubia, his other friends, his now lost brother... But everything just seemed to take a backseat for a moment.
Taking slow steps on each well walked path of the village, taking in every little tree and building along the way. The village had a sort of odd beauty about it. No, maybe not beauty. It's a hard feeling for him to describe. Caius can barely stop himself from breaking into a run and checking out all the village has to offer in a instant! But running headlong into things rarely gave any favourable results. It would be better to slow down, amble for a moment or two, enjoy this moment while it lasts. After all, once he's seen all there is to see in the village this strange feeling would vanish.
It seems this village has a fountain, quite the novel sight to the boy. Whilst Janna had many intricate and overwhelming water ways it never had something this simple. Caius walks into the plaza and admires the water feature, stepping around it and looking it over. How is it possible to make water flow like that anyway?
Stopping for a moment, he smiles to himself. He never would have thought he would be comparing Janna to anything like this. Have his standards really rose from what they were in the past? Back then, Fern would be at the front of his mind whenever he entered somewhere new. But now, here he was comparing the capital to this village as though it were his hometown. But as Rubia said time and time again, would it really be worth comparing a tiny town like Fern to something like this? Fern didn't have multi-storey buildings like this. Or a fountain. Or even proper pathways! The closest thing Fern would ever have to a fountain would be a well-- No, they're just much too different from one another. Different in more ways than Caius could probably ever think of.
Having finished inspecting the fountain, Caius turns to walk off down another path. What else could this village have past a simple fountain? ...He wants to find out, sooner rather than later. All thoughts about savouring the moment are pushed aside as Caius takes off down the path and off into another part of the village. It wasn't like he was wasting this novel feeling, rather he was just trying to enjoy as much of it as he could at once.
Q&A
Awful.
Well I'm pretty good at fighting. I can handle a whole pack of monsters easily! Though my Leymon blood is probably my best asset. Being part Leymon means I can transform into a wereman and be a bigger help in fights and things. Plus being half Leymon and half human must be proof that the two can live together in peace!
2. If you could be reborn as someone else, who would you be? Why?
There's really no need to be someone else, is there? I mean, you are you. You're unique! If you wanted to be like everyone else or even be reborn as someone, or something else then you're not being true to yourself. What would your mum and dad think if you wanted to be someone else, huh? You should be happy enough with who you are so to always want to be yourself.
3. Describe the happiest and saddest moments of your life.
Finding out who my real dad was. We didn't have long together at all, but those few seconds where we spoke will always be with me. The saddest was... Well, dad-- Ramrus, I mean... The man who brought me up died in front of me and there was nothing I could do to bring him back. We fought, and... You know what? It doesn't matter now. My life still has a long way to go. I'll just start living twice as hard for his sake!
4. Describe what the word 'justice' means to you.
Not purging the world of Leymon for the sake of humans, or because Leymon are terrifying beasts, or any of the other trash you hear about from the prosecutors, that's for certain! Justice is about being kind and equal to all people, no matter what they look like or where they're from.
5. Do you value yourself? Do you think others around you value you? What would you say is your personal worth?
I value myself pretty highly! And Rubia must value me a lot with all I do for her, protecting her, making sure she stays out of trouble and stuff. At one point I thought I was worthless and not worth the time of day. But now I like to think I'm fairly worthwhile as the son of Lady Melissa and the Pope, one of the last members of the Leymon Royal Family! ...Hehe, it's a nice title to have when you say it like that.
6. So I hear you're part lycanth.
If you want to put it like that, then yeah. 'Part Leymom' is a better way of putting it. 'Lycanth' is what the prosecutors of the Church use.
7. Ever get any strange urges, like wanting to howl at the moon?
...What? Do people who are already strange really get urges like that?
8. Chase a cat?
Why would I ever get the urge to chase a cat?
9. Piss on a tree? Come on, I know you've done that one!
Th-The hell?! What's wrong with you?! If you're purposely trying to tick me off then you're doing a good job of it! --Wait, what are you implying!? I'm nothing like a dog!!
10. ...Dude why do you have a skunk stripe in your hair? That's such a bizarre fashion choice. Even more bizarre than those dog paw shoes of yours.
Shut up already!! There's nothing bizarre about my hair, or my shoes! At least I don't wear stupid flower shaped clothing like Rubia or something like that!!
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