Monday, January 14, 2008

   Shadi Exposé
I did the laughing smily because I'm tired but also like Shadi. I've got to get up early now. I start school again today. First up in Algebra, and they didn't tell me what room it's in. What a wonderful start.

Alright, so, the majortiy of this will be about Shadi von Bavol. I'm all pleased with myself for getting the thingy over the 'e' in exposé. Shadi has no clippets, but I'm out of those anyway. His name fully translated out means 'singer of the wind'. Family tree time! In Epic my two characters, Ai and Anastasius are cousins. You'll see a lot of them and they'll meantion Teseo von Bavol (founder of the wind) a few times. Teseo is Anastasius's father. Teseo is Shadi's older brother by a year. And Shadi is Ai's father. When Epic starts up, Teseo will have been dead for eight years. Shadi will have been dead for twelve. Kind of sad.

Now that you know which of the main-ish characters Shadi's connected to, I'll continue. He's really the best one for an exposé because it'll explain a good bit of the country.
Shadi was born the second child of the main von Bavol family. The main family is the most direct line from Ogen von Bavol (anchor of the wind, pronounced oo-gen). The oldest male of the main line is the one that rules Zephyr. While the vast majority of Zephyrians are very happy to stay in Zephyr for the rest of their lives, Shadi's restless. He often rents horses and rides out into the surrounding countries without his parents' knowledge, dragging Teseo with him. When he's sixteen, he's kidnapped because he told the bad guys he was his brother in order for Teseo to get away. He was alright afterwards. Shadi was a bit of a flirt and somewhat vain right up until he hit twenty five. He was the best looking of the von Bavol main family and wasn't shy about letting everyone else know it. He had tremendous confidense when it came to speaking, whether his audiance was merchants' daughters or the noble lords. There were times when he should've been in trouble but he could easily talk his way out. Very charismatic. Despite his charisma, he was very disliked by the nobility, especially Cealleah du Drake (pronounced see-all-e-ah).
Many things happen when he was twenty five. Cealleah had successfully slandered his name so that no one in their right mind would trust him. Ignoring that, which he did, Teseo had met Ratri du Drake, Cealleah's estranged niece, and he'd met Chik. When he was twenty seven, Teseo became the head of the country and he was appointed an aristocrat in charge of foreign trades. This was a dream come true for Shadi. He actually had premission from the country leader to leave the country for the good of the country. So, Shadi traveled around the world establishing trades and gaining allies for Zephyr. He married Chik when he was twenty eight but instead of settling down, she picked up and traveled with him. They had originally decided to never have children because of the traveling and danger they were usually in during the traveling. That changed when Shadi was thirty four. They made it back to Zephyr not a moment too soon, literally, as Ai was born two hours after they got into the country. Faced with the choice of retirement or leaving his family in Zephyr for possible years, Shadi picked retirement. It didn't last long. After a year, he went back to work with his family in tow. He had Chik were taken aboard a pirate ship when he was thirty nine. To save Zephyr from a possible war, Shadi blew out the bottom and everyone, inclueding he and Chik, drowned. He's survived only by Ai who he managed to get off the ship before they were attacked.

Alright, so, that's pretty much Shadi. Shadi was sort of the embodiment of freedom. He really did enjoy life and wandering the world. You can see a great deal of him in Ai, except that only you guys and Unsaid know Shadi so we're the only ones that can tell that. Here's a little bit more about him:

Hair color: dark purplish gray (I wish I knew how to put the color up)
Eye color: light turquiose (it's really pretty)
His hair style was long, but not long enough to get it all up in a ponytail. He always wore it in a ponytail and he usually had stubble. In short, he looked a great deal like a pirate. In Zephyr, the nobiliy is not allowed long hair or facial hair, with the exception of the del Ignis family. Most of their men have long hair. They're the Military so no one bothers them about it. Zephyr has seven cargo ships and the over-ruler (king) has a ship for entertainment. Shadi also owned his own ship, The Kokhanny Syn, which he bought after Ai was born. The name translated is 'the beloved son'. The interesting thing about Shadi was that he never actually lied. He lied to save Teseo, and he lied to keep his parents from worrying about him, but he was a very honest person. I only say that's strange because in Epic, if we go to Zephyr, he'll be meantioned but he'll be talked about as if he was a lying thieving criminal. I've got to go but I'll do my next exposé on Cealleah du Drake so that I can get in depth about the more thean rocky relationship he had with Shadi.

The von Bavol main family:
Ogen von Bavol (anchor of the wind, pronounced oo-gen, country founder)
Icabod von Bavol (departed glory of the wind, pronounced ick-a-bod- taken from Ichabod, only had one daughter so passed the family to his younger brother)
Ignatius von Bavol (fiery one of the wind, pronounced igg-nate-c-us, Icabod's younger brother, seen as Zephyr's greatest hero)
Washi von Bavol (eagle of the wind, pronounced wash-e, founder of the infamous Eagle's Law)
Jai von Bavol (victory of the wind, pronounced j-i, re-enforcer of the old laws)
Iago von Bavol (supplant of the wind, pronounced e-ah-go, first trades)
Teseo von Bavol (founder of the wind, pronounced tess-ee-oh, expanded trades)

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