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@mamaauthoress Here’s a description of my characters!

Valencia Page: 5’3″, pale skin, dark curly hair cut in a bob.

Val is quiet and introverted, as well as intelligent and observant.  She’s autistic, and has always struggled to make and keep friends.  She was close friends with one of Kit’s biological cousins as a child, but they were separated after family issues led to Val staying with someone else.  She’s never had a solid friendship sense, and has instead found herself constantly being used in half-hearted, one sided friendships.  Between this and witnessing her parents’ marriage break down, she’s become rather cynical about relationships in general.  I think she’s really just terrified of having her heart broken again tbh 🙁

Christopher “Kit” Goldenseal: 6’0″, East Asian, tan skin, black hair styled/dyed bubblegum pink (!) with an undercut.  Kit’s extremely social and extroverted, as well as spectacularly flamboyant.  He’s got ADHD, so he tends to be both dramatic/emotionally expressive and extremely impulsive.  He’s also my most obnoxious character yet, but I think a lot of that’s just his personality

Kit is bisexual, but he’s absolutely committed to following Biblical morals.  He was ostracized after a friend he confided in broke his trust (Val witnessed the repercussions of this.)  Like Val, a lot of his arc revolves around healing from social trauma, as well as finding people who will love him unconditionally and support his strong moral code.

Kit was adopted into the Goldenseal family after his parents died in an accident, and was later orphaned a second time when his adoptive parents died as well (leaving him and his brothers under the care of the eldest son, Eli.)  While he dearly loves his brothers, he’s always been curious about his biological family, and started reaching out to connect with his cousins after he was ostracized.

The story kicks off when one of his female cousins (Val’s childhood friend) disappears without a trace.  Kit enlists her help, knowing that they were once close, and the two conduct a series of interviews with people who knew her to try and learn more about the events leading up to her disappearance.  The two clash spectacularly at first, but gradually come to lean on each other as their work brings to light compatibilities in their brains and worldviews.  These interviews will force them into increasingly uncomfortable (and even dangerous) situations, as well as force them to confront painful memories of rejection in their own pasts (many of the people they’re interviewing were knowingly or unknowingly involved.)

Kit also has a giant crush on Val that is at least partially born out of an ADHD fueled hyperfixation – which is rather cute at times but also very awkward and sometimes annoying.  He’s the one who first started calling her “Val,” which I think is adorable ;’)

Oh and @everyone I think I’m going to take out Basil 🙁  He just doesn’t have anything to contribute to Spire anymore, and so I’m considering saving him for another story.  For now, I think I’ll add in Kit’s brother Julian!  He and Basil have a similar dynamic with Kit, except Julian is actually one of the few rational people in the story XD

So as I’ve mentioned before, we’ve tackled some touchy subjects in here (Kit’s same sex attraction, one character with physical/sexual abuse in her past, suicide.)  Nothing touchy actually happens in the castle, but it does pop up in backstories sometimes.  We’re using content warnings for potentially disturbing or uncomfortable posts, and just to be on the safe side we’ve been pretty conservative with them – anything from described violence, to blanked out swearing, to abuse, etc.  Feel free to use them as you see fit!  We’re taking a cautious approach here, so it won’t be seen as too sensitive or odd 🙂