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Second-born Lord of House Infiaco

Name	Saffron Infiaco
Gender	Male
Age	19
Height	5'7.5" (171cm)
Aspect	Fire
Affiliation	Team Raiden, House Infiaco

Profile

Appearance

Saffron is a young man with a slender figure. He has orange eyes and short, salmon-colored hair. He has a pair of horns and a tail, both of which are yellow with darker gold accents.

Saffron's dark red hat and cape are indicative of his family heritage, and they're almost always seen on his person. His default outfit is decorated with triangular golden accents. Typically, Saffron prefers wearing flashy, ornate clothing.

At times, Saffron will pull a necklace out of his hat. Attached to the shimmering brown loop are two beads and a golden talisman shaped like a bird's wing.

Saffron has a difficult time hiding his dramatic expressions. He moves with confidence, gesturing grandly as he speaks as if he owns the space around him.

Personality

Saffron is clever, proud, and ever-concerned with his appearance. He thrives off of flair, grand gestures, and being admired by those around him. He’s precise in the way he speaks—formal and theatrical—but at times it can feel like he doesn’t think before saying something insensitive.

Saffron is eager to ramble about his own accolades, leaving little room for much else in a conversation. Unsurprisingly, he is easily offended by criticism and doubts of his abilities (particularly his intellect), which makes him an easy target for Cole's teasing. Beneath his argumentative haughtiness however is someone desperate to matter. He wants to feel respected—to feel like he is needed by those around him.

Of course, Saffron is not completely unjustified in his confidence—he is observant and possesses powerful analytical skills. His aptitude for noticing “imperfections” lends him to picking up on certain mood and behavioral shifts, but he doesn't quite know what to do with that information due to a glaring lack of emotional intelligence. That being said, he sees himself as someone who can afford to be critical of others, and is not afraid to be upfront about his observations.

Secretly, Saffron is somewhat cowardly. He uses any excuse possible to wave off opportunities to move outside of his comfort zone. He's scared of what he doesn't know, so if his greatest efforts to divine what is in front of him fail, he falls to fear. He is also afraid of anything that cannot be reasoned with. Due to this and some predisposed ideals, he has a strong aversion to pirates.

Abilities

In battle, Saffron is a powerful magical damage dealer with a fire aspect. Already a viable asset with his high CL and INT stats, he gains even more potential when he's joined by Aras in Pyrus Chapter.

Precognition

Members of House Infiaco are gifted the ability to see into the future by a certain amount of time arbitrarily decided at birth. Saffron has inherited this ability, but he can only see into a meager full day into the future (compared to his mother, who can see up to six months). This period is increased to three days on Night of the Stars.

Chimera's Plume

Saffron possesses House Infiaco's prized talisman, a preserved wing of Pyrus' regional beastlord, Chimera. By concentrating deeply and channeling his light through it, he is able to summon a demilord of Chimera (i.e. a "minor" version). He's named this demilord Aras.

Aras takes the form of a bird engulfed in flames, similar to the ones that Saffron casts in battle. Though his form is typically on the small and round side, Aras' maximum size is over twice Saffron's height. In battle, Aras boosts Saffron's stats by one stage and has his own moveset.

Aras is sentient and capable of speech, and he's quick to humble Saffron (to Cole's amusement). Despite his teasing, Aras trusts Saffron and is determined to help him succeed in whatever his goals may be.

History

Prior to Story

Saffron is the second-born son of House Infiaco, a noble house that prides itself on its precognitive abilities. Out of his siblings, Saffron’s precognition is by far the worst—even his younger brother, Dante, surpasses him. Because of this, Saffron is often victim to teasing by Dante and elder brother Lionel.

The entirety of Saffron's education was through homeschooling. This is standard for early education for children of House Infiaco, but he continued to study on his own with the goal of reaching scholarly status. Strong national ties to Cieliso gave him the means to study at a magic university in northern Cieliso, but he ultimately preferred his own environment—that is, the familiar shelter of his own home.

This didn't mean that he was locked in his study day-in and day-out, however, as a considerable amount of his childhood and early adolescence was also spent meeting with other “nobles” across Luxos—namely Princess Araceli of Cieliso. The two had a close childhood friendship, though for Saffron this eventually developed into a crush. He did confess these feelings to Araceli when they were teenagers, but Araceli gently declined his advance. Though he’d since made his peace with being turned down, he would go on to scrutinize every individual who dare offer their hand to the princess.

Outside of studying and spending time with the princess, Saffron would try very hard to integrate into his noble house’s politics. Unfortunately, he wasn’t often let in on family affairs/decisions—not because he was younger, but because of his inadequate future sight. His complaints fell on deaf ears, never taken seriously and instead interpreted as him simply whining for not being Head/Heir of House Infiaco. Though Saffron knew the true source of upset was different, he knew there was some truth to it. He wanted to be Head of House Infiaco, but he would never admit that to his family—to do so would just prove everyone right and make him seem childish. What’s important to him was being taken seriously.

For a while, Saffron had been investigating an unusual phenomenon in South Pyrus. The soft flecks of light that danced in the air during this time of the decade had slowly grown disarrayed and ashy. Saffron could only imagine this was an omen to something catastrophic. Rising to Head of House Infiaco would give him the means to spearhead the operation that would prevent it from happening.

Though, it would seem that his family wasn’t in agreement. Truthfully, they had already known about the impending catastrophe—through future sight—and they’d accepted it. Their focus now was on preparing for it and resolving it as it happened. After all, that was House Infiaco’s way of handling unsavory readings since the beginning of their reign—trying to change fate could result in something worse taking its place.

Bolt from the Blue

Nothing here yet! Sorry!

Relationships

Araceli Almador de Luna

Saffron's childhood friend and (former) crush. After an embarrassing confession, Saffron learned that Araceli was a lesbian and quickly moved on from his crush. Their families have maintained a close alliance, and he frequently visited Castle Cieliso to practice magic with Araceli. He's not fully aware of what happened with Araceli's right hand or the nature of her curse, and wholeheartedly believes that she will be able to successfully cast magic one day.

Damaris Miron-Gushiken

Saffron's other childhood friend. These two and Araceli would hang out a lot at rich kid events. Damaris saved Saffron from drowning once, but he's been too afraid to step in the water since. They stopped hanging out when Araceli started pulling away.