modern emblem character notes

Lucina [lord]
- captain and ace of the fencing team (epee and rapier)
- cousin of owain
- essentially the 'leader'; if lucina likes you, you're in the group; if lucina doesn't like you, you must actually be a terrible person
- the whole campaign starts because lucina starts asking owain about it and asking if she could join one; she's honestly very interested in it because owain always makes it sound fascinating
- the living embodiment of that one star trek gif where the lady reaches up the catch the ball about three seconds after it flies past her ear when it comes to jokes
- what the fuck is a meme
- a perfectionist and very serious; strives to never disappoint anyone

Owain [myrmidon]
- cousin of lucina
- is a huge fan of olden literature, especially legends and mythology
- is 100% in the drama club, actually does the solo humorous and dramatic monologs in lit competitions and places very well
- tends to be very grandiose and verbose and oh my god owain sHUT UP
- love love lOVES TABLETOP GAMES and character creation in general
- best friends are cynthia and marc
- his mom works at the same hospital as brady's
- is on the tennis team b/c he started to be on the fencing team until people realized letting him brandish a sword is a terrible idea

Cynthia [peg knight]
- on the equestrian team
- best friends with owain and marc
- has a small crush on inigo and is like. the only person actually charmed by his advances.
- had a crush on gerome when they were kids, still thinks he's super cool (suspects he's interested in lucina, though, so she wouldn't act on it)
- obsessed with superheroes as a child and also now; if you're her friend she probably has some hero she associates you with
- works as a barista at tafetta's cafe
- like owain, super into tabletop games and loves creating stories around her characters in video games

Inigo [mercenary]
- a massive flirt but a largely unsuccessful one
- his mother is a classically trained ballerina, and he secretly wants to be one as well (takes lessons), but will deny it until he dies
- also a member of the fencing team because lucina talks him into it (and b/c it's very 'romantic')
- completely oblivious to the fact that cynthia might like him
- slight one-sided crush on lucina (and high-key jealous AF of how close she is with gerome and laurent)
- very optimistic and light-hearted, almost constantly smiling (kind of infectious)
- look at this meme-loving pun-making fuck

Gerome [wyvern lord]
- inherited his mother's classic motorcycle, affectionately refers to it as 'minerva' or 'minervykins'
- actually joined the group in late elementary school when his family moved there, but became very fast friends with lucina and therefore was immediately accepted
- as a child was super obsessed with superheroes, liked to pretend to be robin (actually liked to wear a mask as a kid, gradually turned into wearing sunglasses regularly)
- gets along very well with morgan, sees her as something of a little sister (she's one of the few people who can read him like a textbook)
- is basically dating lucina and laurent but is super on the DL about it (do not mention it do not do not do not)
- very weird friendship with inigo (they're friends but they want to punch each other a lot. it's weird.)
- easily flustered and embarrassed, does not take compliments well
- actually distressingly attractive, despite his tiny eyebrows (this is a source of great fury for inigo)

Laurent [mage]
- library aide and president of the science club
- lucina's and gerome's closest friend
- his mother is a tenured professor at a local university who has her doctorate in chemistry
- the ultimate mom friend
- known for his absurd science experiments
- once built a rube goldberg contraption designed to turn on a television when he was in middle school
- knows more about physics than anyone, including the teachers
- too logical and analytical for his own damn good
- taking dual-enrollment courses

Brady [priest]
- his mom works at the same hospital as owain's
- knows how to play the violin; definitely does violin covers of popular songs and puts them on youtube (they're WILDLY popular)
- cries a lot. when he's happy. when he's sad. when he's mad. he just has a lot of emotions okay leave brady alone
- looks like a big gruff dude but he once helped nah save a kitten from a tree and literally fell out of the tree and protected the kitten the whole way down
- the only one in the group with any medical knowledge; trained in CPRo and first aid (his mother insisted) and actually wants to be a PA in the future; working on his personal trainer certs at the moment

Yarne [taguel]
- super skittish, not very adventurous

Noire [archer]
- on the archery team (joined at the urging of owain and cynthia, had never shot an arrow prior but was a natural)
- the best baker, often brings sweets with her wherever she goes
- tends to fixate on things
- very quiet and shy but prone to emotional outbursts
- tiny and thin and looks like she'd blow over in the breeze but HOLY SHIT SHE'S SCARY
- loves anime, 100% had a weeb phase that she likes to deny

Kjelle [knight]
- tried out for the equestrian team because her mother was on it, but horses HATE her
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Severa [mercenary]
- on the fencing team (saber), second only to lucina
- probably the girliest of the group, cares about how she looks and keeps an eye on fashion
- the most prone to shopping sprees
- speaks her mind most of the time and literally does not give two shits about how people react

Nah [manakete]

Morgan / Marc [DM, 'grima', 'tiki']
- identical twins
- morgan is a trans girl, transitioned at a very young age
- marc goes by 'he/him' for simplicity's sake; he's probably not cis but he doesn't have the strong aversion for 'he/him' the way that morgan does
- morgan is more deadpan and aggressive, very blunt and straightforward, takes no one's shit
- marc is much calmer and tries to keep peace among the group; often has to calm his sister down; gets along with everyone, precious cinnamon roll too good too pure (morgan is a sinnamon roll)
- marc is better at world-building while morgan is better at developing characters (so marc designs campaigns while morgan populates them); marc is obsessed with lore but isn't as good at thinking on the fly, so he relies on morgan to come up with fancy scenarios and NPC dialogue; marc is much nicer as a DM while morgan is ruthless and is merciless if someone has a poor roll
- marc is in chorus and is a part of the men's quartet (he's baritone), very musically inclined; will often help brady break down songs and mix different violin parts for his videos