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PLAYER;
Eilidh; loisneach
AIM: loisneachbalgair, eilidh.cunningham@hotmail.com
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CHARACTER;
Schneizel el Britannia; turn 21, just prior to Damocles launch
Personality: It is not, exactly, that Schneizel is an entirely cold person. He cares very deeply about what he pursues: peace and equality, a safer world for all inhabitants. He cares also about his siblings, even treating his subordinates with respect and courtesy. Schneizel has a great deal of warmth, in fact, warmth that shows in his amicability, his consideration. He scorns those, his father included, who do not consider the needs of the people - he is firmly aware that the people make the empire, after all. The people make the world.
Doubtlessly, some of this is carefully orchestrated - it serves Schneizel best to be protrayed in such a way. However, he it is not a masquerade he’s putting on for those around them - Schneizel cares about people, about the lives they live, their welfare, their safety: his goals are all staged upon creating peace in the world. The second prince of the Holy Britannian Empire possesses warmth, certainly.
The matter is simply that Schneizel can be that cold, and will be without any kind of regret or guilt. Because ultimately, Schneizel understands that everyone is another pawn, another part of the game. But it's all anything but a game, and unlike many in his place, Schneizel understands that too. In fact, he knows that he is as much a pawn as anyone else, to the point where, if it comes to it, he will allow himself to suffer along with the rest for the greater good. He moves, not through his own desires, not through what he wishes for himself but for the world. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, the greater good is something to be attained at all costs.
Exacting such plans - for Schneizel plans, and plots, and calculates constantly, assessing and preparing - requires power, a great deal of it, and sometimes more than even Schneizel possesses. But the drive to attain more is not simple megalomania - once again, Schneizel’s ambitions are not to further his own place. He seeks to become emperor, not out of a lust to rule, but because that is simply the position he must be in to have that power. In fact, when told that only a god possesses the power needed for those plans of his - so carefully constructed - Schneizel concedes that he must then become as a god.
But not because he wants to be worshipped. Not because he has a craving to be followed. It’s simply a case of the end justifying the means.
Everything is, to the Second Prince, means to an end. And those means will be executed ruthlessly, without hesitation, even if it means, for example, shooting down a very dear sister, or releasing a terrible warhead.
So yes, he can certainly be cold. He is a man of conviction, but not passion. Drive, but not ambition. Callous, but not for cruelty.
And for that drive and those convictions, he is well equipped to excel. Schneizel is a master of organization and planning. He's renowned for it, for being a man who doesn't simply make grandiose plots but is able to follow them through to the end. He makes good on promises and is determined and devoted, highly driven when needs be, able to keep a level-head and calculate things far in advance with reason and rationality. It's said at one point that in other circumstances, Schneizel would make an excellent leader, and it's true that he has all the necessary qualities in abundance. But the stipulation is that Schneizel would make the perfect leader in a more peaceful world, rather than the strife-stricken one he knows.
As a strategist, he is regarded as second to none, on par with Zero. He was responsible for the empire claiming a great deal more territory, after all, ridding them of opposition. However, Schneizel is not entirely ruthless, in such aspects. Where others - his sister, for example - believe that the spirit of a country should be crushed entirely, Schneizel sees the value in giving them chance and hope. He understands that these things are vital to the people, and it is, ultimately, the people that matter.
Yet it's Schneizel's belief that such things as hope are but 'aimless fiction', fabrications to give meaning to life, to events, to feelings. It's therein that Schneizel finds the value in it - these things are needed to others, if not to himself. Perhaps he could be considered a little inhuman himself, being devoid of such things - but thanks to that, he is utterly impartial. Just. Logical. Schneizel balances the qualities of the people's prince and the prince for the people perfectly, warm and cold at once, able to give with one hand and take with the other, provided it's for the greater good.
And ultimately, that's what's important, isn't it?
As the second prince and Prime Minister, Schneizel was widely known and, it seems, held in high regard. He is kind, courteous, and charming, possessing an endless font of charisma that those around him seem honoured to drink from. He appears patient, understand, treating his subordinates almost as though they were equals, the commoners with the same unfaltering respect and warmth that he does the nobility. Because he does genuinely value them - the people are, remember, the most important part of a nation. Winning hearts and minds is a feat as easy as breathing to Schneizel, his quiet intelligence, wisdom, and flawless composure inspiring awe in those around him. He is, simply put, likeable, and past the calculations, past the plans and the greater good, that is what people see.
It's only befitting, of course - the prince appears as one of those rare, near-perfect types, who would genuinely use all those skills of his to better things.
Abilities: Schneizel has no notable abilities beyond that of most humans. In more 'mundane' matters, he can play piano, ride horses, and can be fairly athletic, though in recent years he's had little practise of such. Notably, he's never lost a game of chess.
As fighters go, however, he's not the most formidable force. He is an able fencer, though better with a handgun. He's capable in hand-to-hand combat, certainly - presumably he's had some military training and can also pilot a KMF to some degree. A lack of personal experience in the field lets him down - men die at his word, not at his hand.
His real strength lies in his mind, in his ability to strategize, prepare, and direct. That's the most daunting ability, and one he knows how to wield - masterfully.
Other: More information including history can be found here.
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