yay i am half done

[poetswarn]

1. Post a top comment with your list of characters.
2. Go through your list and write a short essay about how they are currently/where they're headed.

Nice and simple!

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[roantree]

Fourth time trying to write this! I will keep it simple for my own sake. Rowan’s currently becoming aware of his responsibility in general, something he’s managed to dodge his whole life because as much as he plays and being a big brother, he’s still the spoiled youngest of his family. However, the fact he was picked to support the Hour in case of attack awakened awareness of the fact that other people considered him responsible and having to live up to that. In addition, he also has to be the “adult” within his group of friends because the previous adult is recovering from a serious head injury, he is being vaulted to a much higher level of seniority in the Hour than he should due to his actual seniority thanks to the fact many Adepts have died or left, plus he is active on the Ledgers, which makes him far more accessible to the higher ups than those that ignore it, and that he has/had to make a decision to leave the Hour due to the vivisection scandal or remain and take responsibility in not allowing that sort of thing to happen again.

All of which terrifies him, if he’s being honest with himself, but so far he’s going to shoulder that burden. He is seriously considering taking on a shadow, although any time he does consider it he kind of falls into ‘I don’t even know what I’d want that person to DO’ and remains silent on being (sort of kind of) willing. He might see if he can work as a mentor to a number of Neophytes on a more temporary basis, especially if the number of Neophytes way outnumbers the number of Adepts.

He’s been nicer lately than he is usually, but that probably won’t last because it is due to stress. When he’s being a miserable cranky-butt at everyone, it really does mean he’s happy and pretty stress-free because he can take the time to be cranky. When he doesn’t have the time, he doesn’t bother or he’s quicker to take pity and be nice.