Profiles and Mythology
This is self-explanatory...but I feel like explaining it anyway. Learn more
about the cast of LoveQuest through these profiles about them. They contain all
the information availible about them up to the most recent chapter, so make sure
you've at least read that far before you look over the profiles.
Princess Amelia Aphroa Our perky and
heroic star.
Karista Aphroa Amelia's withdrawn
and mysterious twin sister.
Prince Teran Diteea Amelia's lover
and the youngest member of Diteea's ruling family.
Doren Kahl The very mysterious
yet ever so evil villain. BOO, HISS!
Jacob Fiore The wise, yet
short-attentioned old alchemist.
Michael Sebenda Amelia's best friend,
even if he is much older than her. AND HE'S NOT HER BOYFRIEND!
Shiro The even-more-mysterious fellow
who's had the rotten luck of being turned into a demon.
The Others The main cast's family
and friends, and then some.
You may notice that the characters have anime-style stat lists, and that the birthdays
are not based on any real calendar. That's because Crestal uses a different calendar,
based on their religion (at least in the Torian Mountains.) I'll explain it roughly here,
and later will get up a full page talking about the calendar on Crestal. The calendar
is made up of 12 months with 30 days each. Seasons are three months long, and each month
is named for the god that it is representing (Much like how, using our astrology, the month
you are born in allies you with a certain planet). The months are:
- Altherion: The ruling god, and the highest figure in the religion. He has the first
month because it symbolizes how he created the world of Crestal. Thus, since a new year is a new
beginning, Altherion symbolizes the birth of the new age.
- Athena: Athena is the goddess of wisdom, and also of war. For children who attend school,
this is the first month of school in honor of Athena's first trait, and the crest of education
is an Owl, the pet of Athena.
- Persephone: Sometimes called Proserpina, she is the goddess of spring, and the first
month of spring is her first month of freedom from Tartarus, where she must spend the winter
months as the wife of Hades. Because the month is associated with flowers so much, the
Persephone Del Fleur festival is usually held this time of year, where young girls dress in
pure white, place flowers in their hair, and dance for everyone during the day.
- Ceres: The harvesting of spring begins in this month, which is represented by the goddess
of the harvest herself. Her month is immediatly following the month of her daughter.
- Iris: The goddess of the rainbow, she is used because the rains that come so frequently
are always followed by her rainbow.
- Apollo: The god of the sun, his month is to symbolize the beginning of summer and the warmth
that it brings. Because he also loves music, there are always festivals this time of year
in which people gather to sing and play instruments.
- Venus: Venus is the goddess of love. This month is very important, as it is the beginning
of the three most sacred months, where the people remember the legend of the three talismans
who had brought the destruction of the demon-god, Cerelius, when he came to destroy the world.
Venus's month is a time of light, and also a time when many people are wed. It is said that
people born in Venus's month have good fortune in love. This is a month where pure love is
celebrated, especially the love that would ultimately lead to the near destruction of the world.
- Adonis: Adonis is unique in that this month is the only one named for a mortal. Adonis
was born the child of a king and a lowly servant, who he sought to kill to prevent
the discovery of the child. Adonis' mother was turned into a tree to protect him, and
her son was later born of the tree, which came to be known as the Myrrh in her honor.
For this reason, myrrh trees are often the center of festivals celebrating the brief,
blissful love of Venus for Adonis, for she forsook the heavens to be by his side. Adonis
was a wanderer, and it is often thought that people born in this month are fairly introverted
due to this.
- Ares: The first month of fall, and the last of three holy months. Because Ares was the
god of war, this month seemed appropriate, as everything is slowly beginning to turn crimson,
like blood. Ares, due to his jealousy over Adonis, is a fairly tragic month, because he led
to the first great destruction by the Lord Nemesis, Cerelius. This month is also when those
who died in battle are remembered, and all weapons are purified and cleansed in special rituals.
- Artemis: The goddess of the moon, this month is when the moon is usually most pure, hence
it is named for her. There is always a festival of the hunt this time of year, in honor of
her status as also being the goddess of the hunt.
- Dionysus: This month is the last month before the winter, and because the grapes are
harvested at this time, Dionysus was given this month of wine, for he is the god of this
drink. The wine festivals are also accompanyed by theatrical performances, since Dionysus
is the patron god of theater. This festival is very popular, not only because of the great
entertainment, but also the wine.
- Morta: This last month of the year is when the land begins to die. Hence, the fate, Morta,
who cuts the thread at the end of a person's life, is given this month. The year has come to
an end, and now it is cut.
Venus, take me back!
Venus, take me home!
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