My Headcanon

[wayward_and_me]

Salazar

1. His full name is Salazar Fernandez dela Cruz. Only three other people know this.
2. The feather on his hat was from an ostrich. He dyed it red himself, though he will never admit what he used to do such.
3. There was a time that he considered himself the Pearl of the Orient, not Juan.
4. The most serious injury he has ever had was inflicted by America in World War II. Salazar was never really the same afterwards, and it wasn’t all too long later that he began to age.
5. His xylography was discontinued after his house had been burned down, though he did start it up again once the twenty-first century hit.
6. He took frequent trips to Europe while the Philippines was still Spain’s colony, particularly to Spain, France, England, Germany, Italy, and Belgium. He’s never told Juan about them.
7. He stays in just in Intramuros now; Juan pays his bills for him, though it isn’t much, considering he’s almost never home. He stays in the older areas of his city, opting to sit down and look at everything.
8. The guardia civil recognize him and let him do whatever he wants.
9. Being mute used to be miserable for him. He’s tried time and time again to speak, but has only been met with failure. However, he’s resigned himself to his fate; he has nothing more to say and makes do with his lack of voice.
10. Of all the dialects in the Philippines, he only spoke Tagalog, though he picked up a few words from others when he inspected certain areas of the country for Spain. His English was excellent, and he could speak all three Romance languages, especially Spanish. He also picked up a little German while in Europe.
11. He and Jose Rizal knew each other. Perhaps not well, but they have socialized and have engaged in fencing matches. Salazar has even received a couple of cards with bullet holes from him.
12. He knows what happened to Maysapan and Tondo; Juan doesn’t.
13. His memory is excellent, crystal clear. He is always watching, always waiting. He stores any information into his head for future use; though the practice has been dwindling as of late.
14. When he first woke, he was floating in a river, water hyacinths clinging and tangling into his limbs. He still thinks that it was just a dream.

I'll sorta-kinda be using this as a bit of reference for my future fiction in this verse.

If you happened to have stumbled onto this and have any questions for me (or the characters, if you'd like), then feel free to ask in a comment in this post, or even in a message.