Constantinus III Paleologus
Anime Adaptation of the Legendary Grand Prince
Aliases: Constantino (Former name prior to regal name), Constans (to friends).
Sex: Male
Race or Species: Human
DOB 10th of Cancer, 1104 ZE (July 2nd, 1104 VTE)
Birthplace: Palazzo Paleologus, Margraviate of Paleologus, Duchy of Aosta, Gran Principato degli Astronomi
Father: Constantino Paleologus
Mother: Maria Orsini
Siblings: Leo Paleologus, Anna Paleologus
Cousins:
Wife: Theodora
Native Culture: Cosmosian
Secondary Culture(s): Hoshiyomite
Main Religion: Astronomerity
Native Language(s): Cosmosian and Stellite
Known Languages:
Lingua Francas:
Holodhennet (fluent), Tsukigo (fluent), Iridisian (fluent), Artavani (passable), Githantheion (learning).
Normal Languages:
Hooman (fluent), Lazulith (fluent), Oiseaux (Fluent), Moriji (passable), Infinitian (passable), Kat Nol (basic), Lazuliet (basic),
Writing and Reading only:
Lunarisian (fluent), Sakuran (good), Zetan (basic), Lusitanian (basic)
Cypher:
Constantinusian Cypher (He doesn't name it.)
Friendly Factions:
Factions and Movements: Riformista (Reformista), Paleologusianism (His own ideology), Esercito delle Stelle Reali (Royal Army), Movimento Stellarismo (Romanticist Movement in the Grand Principality)
Cities and Places: Sogno Island, Margraviate of Paleologus, Cometapoli, Aosta, Saturna, Cittadella
Friends:
Rivals:
Occupation: Grand Prince (Later, Lord of Paleologus (Eventually Margrave), (Former) Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot 'Paleologus'
Abilities:
- Legendary Orator, one of the greatest Astronomi has ever seen. Can grip the audience with his passion, eloquence and style; inspiring them to greater things.
- Rather intelligent and has great foresight. A problem solver and natural leader.
- Has always seemed destined for greatness and has the tools to achieve it.
- His greatest weakness is that he expects too much of others often. His standards can be impossible to meet and his impatience doesn't help him. Has a mountain of plans that really aren't possible right away and need time.
Appearance:
Around 174 cm
Average Weight
Brown hair
Grey eyes
Clean cut
Well dressed
Personality:
Ambitious
Extremely Patriotic
Optimist
Man of his word and true to himself
Noble spirit
Religiously Zealous
Proud
Generous
Bit of Megalomania and firm believer in his own destiny even to his own detriment
"Hands on" as a leader often
A man of his nation, in spirit and mentality.
Ideals:
Romanticist view of the World, and a Populist.
Dreams and Goals:
Become Grand Prince and bring his nation to greater heights that she has ever seen.
Fears:
Failure (but he does not live in his fears.)
Interests:
Chess
The Army
Economics and Politics
Philosophy
Likes:
Classical Art, and Literature
Classical Aesthetics and Beauty
Romanticism
Philosophy
Traits: Bravery, Frankness, Chastity
Values people for their skills
Dislikes:
Drinking in excess
Traits: Self centeredness, Cowards, Degenerates.
Cursing
Worthless snobs, lechers and peddlers.
Habits:
Prays every day
Bathes every day
Possessions:
Notes
Making these is only helpful in concept, seeing a character in action is far better method.
Writing notes:
For his role in Louis d'Avranches, he will be in Cittadella. How he is used is up to you. He can be found at a tea or coffee shop, at the local library, etc. Really, Constantinus is well known in the town, for better or worse. The Naval High Command and him have tensions relating to his vocal criticism of their actions. He is extremely popular with the younger generation however, though he has his rivals.
He grew up reading the stories of Pomerlane, and is very much a Romantic at heart, both of these play into his intense patriotism and love of his nation despite its faults. He has great plans for reform, change and progress. These included:
- Overhauling the Legal Structure. Simplifying the Code, updating it, and getting a better process in place. Removing a lot of unnecessary red tape
- Completely modernizing the army to a form that would make the Hoomen blush in terms of organization, equipment and training. This is not out of competition but rather because of his admiration of Pomerlane in particular.
- Land reform that will make the nation able greatly increase its output of raw materials and improve the life of farmers while also keeping most of the ancient rights of the nobility intact.
- Greatly wants to tap into the great ore and coal deposits of the west and bring an era of "Sensible Industrialization" to the Grand Principality to fund his other projects.
- Great infrastructure works.
- Rapprochement with all nations, and renegotiations of all trade deals to meet the current standard. No diplomatic rivalry or friendship is untouchable! All must be investigated to see if they match the current standards of the nation.
- Currency Reform.
He doesn't know that much about the fleet personally and understands his limitations. He literally has written a whole book filled with his ideas for the future of the nation that he may have published or not, not sure on that yet. He has worked himself to the point of exhaustion accomplishing "his destiny". Where did all of this come from? Reading, many notes, and intense observation and time spent thinking about all of this.
I really do not think he would want anything from Louis other than an eager ear to listen to his ideas. He really isn't interested in finding someone to use because he truly believes he can do it himself and is bidding his time until he can take the reins of power. If anything, he would likely find a lot of common ground. Both men want to change things for the better and are driven for it. Constantinus more likely, but they also seem like they both have megalomania that probably is needed for the station kek. As I said, he really doesn't understand much about navies and while he would find it interesting to talk about, his goals are clear and the navy is something he knows he will never grasp as well as civil and army reforms.
Cittadella is just like any major italian port city. I realized I detailed Ravenna too much when in reality, I know you are excellent at building cities yourself and I trust you to do it right regardless. The one thing you need to know is that it is the greatest port in the region, arguably in the Kizuna Ocean, in terms of capacity, drydocks and shipbuilding ability. It is our version of Suzuhara I guess you could say. If anyone gets mad over particulars, I am sorry but I do not care! Let's build a beautiful story, and make it the best we can! I am stuck with Ferdinando so I will likely go to something related to Constantinus for a while. I intend for them both to be important and work together.
Stories:
In what stories does your character make a canonical or important appearance in?
Burning up for you
Lord of the Seas: Louis d'Avranches
"Our Rightful Place under the Stars"
Inspirations:
Constantine XI, Last of the Romans, his namesake.
Caesar, Augustus and Napoleon to a degree.