Delita has a gift for accents. His default accent was essentially the Gallionne high accent, as he was educated at Igros, with the occasional lilt of the common accent slipping in now and again. By the time he joined up with Goltana he'd pretty much eliminated all traces of his regional dialect. He can slip on a manner of speech a little like some people can slip on a glove. This drives Olan completely up the wall, as he's constantly wondering where the hell this guy came from.
Lay for about nine hours in the wreckage of Zeakdon before a wild chocobo found him lying there when things had begun to cool. He'd hooked his arms around its neck and it'd carried him to where he'd eventually been found by members of the Church. He'd actually been swallowed completely by the blast, but Teta had cast mbarrier on him just in time. So he regenerated, inch by agonizing inch. It was painful as fuck and he nearly froze to death afterwards anyway. He remembers very clearly staring up at the snow as it fell. It sort of left him a little bit not right in the head, in addition to having a very strong aversion to snow. He refers to this as his 'first death', and will sometimes make black humored jokes about his ability to cheat it with every day he lives past Zeakden. (He thinks Teta should've cast it on herself)
He may be a Holy Knight, but he's actually a very, very sardonic atheist. He puts little faith in higher powers anymore (not that he did to start with. Him and Ramza used to play marbles during mass), and thinks less of people who claim to (see: The Church). Although that said, for all that he totally mocks the hell out of Ovelia for her faith, he actually respects how devoted she is to it, even if he's genuinely disgusted by how he feels it limits her potential. He doesn't observe a lot of the decorum expected of a Holy Knight, but abuses the perks a helluva lot. Holy Knights are one of the few orders of knight allowed to bear arms in a chapel, for one thing... on the flip side however he had to work with Izlude a few times early in his career and while he was all smiles and charm about it, he wanted to punch the smiley homeschooled fundie dragoon in the face.
If there's a non-jaded bone left in it's body it's where Ovelia's concerned. He completely, utterly, head over the heels for her. Pretty honestly too. Oh, he'll use the fuck out of her to get what he wants, but his feelings for her are quite earnest. In short: he thinks she is hot, has since the first time he gutpunched her, and will say so, and will smirk a lot to watch her reaction to THAT. ...he thinks she's hottest when she's good and pissed though. Much to her annoyance when she's chewing him out for a particularly asshole-y thing he's done. He generally brings her flowers to make up for it though! ... that last time it just didn't work so well.
Delita's very good with chocobo. This is mainly because his primary job when he came to Igros was stable boy.
Likes it when the woman tops.
In general likes woman a lot, actually. It comes from having been such a huge fan of his sister. He's actually downright progressive as far as his attitudes towards them go, considering the era, and one of his things as King was probably a lot of little stuff om favor this. Giving women who'd become knights the rights to inherit and hold property, appointing the occasional female minister, giving Agrias a helluva cushy job post-war even though she hated his guts...
Delita would've killed Olan had Ovelia not made him promise not to harm him. He quickly amended his plans after that.
Had Zalbag survived the events of the war, Delita would've had him executed and would have probably considered it justice done.
Had four sons by Ovelia, and one daughter. The daughter was his favorite. He died many years after The Lion War, when Ovelia stabbed him. He'd grown older and more paranoid about maintaining his power, she'd been unable to look the other way anymore. He truly hadn't seen it coming, as he thought he'd done it largely for her. (he did it for himself)
In another life, would've probably made a fabulous actor. Or he would've been Wiglaf.
Is extremely well-read, having had lifelong access to the libraries of Orbonne, which were extensive and amazingly varied in its stock. Ovelia could happily spend hours occupied with a very large text on ancient Archadian law. She's thus well versed in history, poetry, theology, and can read in a few different languages. She's a smart woman. Unfortunately she has about zero knowledge of politics and that's kinda the way everyone wanted her to be.
That said, she caught on fast. In her time in Zeltennia as a puppet monarch, Delita taught her a great deal about sitting pretty while listening in on what everyone said. People had a tendency to say a lot around her, as no one thought much of her capabilities beyond a pretty figurehead. This was a mistake, as quite a number of conversations got passed on to Delita, and he in turn passed on warnings to her about upcoming motions Goltana was going to make. As a result she could very blithely countermand these plans in public speechs so that they had NO CHOICE but to change them. It essentially made her a co-conspirator. She did it mainly because she desperately wanted to survive this whole thing.
Hates dressing up. Hates fancy, gigantic rooms filled with expensive tapestries and rugs. She considers it a sinful vanity and would much rather live as simply and honestly as possible, unfortunately as queen some of it is very required. Delita attempted to assure her it was perfectly all right for her to look gorgeous, she was never comfortable with this.
Started sleeping with Delita before they were married, in the period after her breakdown in the Zeltennian ruins. She initiated it, mainly out of anger and desperation: if she wasn't allowed to have anything else at least she'd have this. It led to a gigantic crises of faith, but it ended an ongoing affair, because she felt so very trapped and Delita was one of the few who offered her not only a chance to get out of this alive, but also genuine companionship. ... she also enjoyed it a helluva lot, but she would never ever ever ever be able to admit to that.
Is dear friends with Olan Durai, they call eachother cousins, and she's one of the few people who can actually keep up with him when he starts going into full-on academic mode in conversation. Her visits to his offices when he was around during the war made most believe she was having an affair with him.
Has a very, very strong sense of justice. As Queen she became known for this, as she established a new legal system very early on. Queen Ruvelia was tried under it. Ovelia totally kicked her ass, sentencing her to a lifetime in Bethla for crimes against the kingdom, and taking Prince Orinas to raise as her own. He became one of her most valued supporters.
...was genuinely happy with Delita, for a time. The problem was over the years she could no longer just look the other way while he did his dirty work, she no longer ignore what had been done in her name, she could no longer be complicit in this. So, she took things into her own hands.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-16 11:03 pm (UTC)Not that I already know what you're going to say about them anyway, but they're hot.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-19 07:34 pm (UTC)Lay for about nine hours in the wreckage of Zeakdon before a wild chocobo found him lying there when things had begun to cool. He'd hooked his arms around its neck and it'd carried him to where he'd eventually been found by members of the Church. He'd actually been swallowed completely by the blast, but Teta had cast mbarrier on him just in time. So he regenerated, inch by agonizing inch. It was painful as fuck and he nearly froze to death afterwards anyway. He remembers very clearly staring up at the snow as it fell. It sort of left him a little bit not right in the head, in addition to having a very strong aversion to snow. He refers to this as his 'first death', and will sometimes make black humored jokes about his ability to cheat it with every day he lives past Zeakden. (He thinks Teta should've cast it on herself)
He may be a Holy Knight, but he's actually a very, very sardonic atheist. He puts little faith in higher powers anymore (not that he did to start with. Him and Ramza used to play marbles during mass), and thinks less of people who claim to (see: The Church). Although that said, for all that he totally mocks the hell out of Ovelia for her faith, he actually respects how devoted she is to it, even if he's genuinely disgusted by how he feels it limits her potential. He doesn't observe a lot of the decorum expected of a Holy Knight, but abuses the perks a helluva lot. Holy Knights are one of the few orders of knight allowed to bear arms in a chapel, for one thing... on the flip side however he had to work with Izlude a few times early in his career and while he was all smiles and charm about it, he wanted to punch the smiley homeschooled fundie dragoon in the face.
If there's a non-jaded bone left in it's body it's where Ovelia's concerned. He completely, utterly, head over the heels for her. Pretty honestly too. Oh, he'll use the fuck out of her to get what he wants, but his feelings for her are quite earnest. In short: he thinks she is hot, has since the first time he gutpunched her, and will say so, and will smirk a lot to watch her reaction to THAT. ...he thinks she's hottest when she's good and pissed though. Much to her annoyance when she's chewing him out for a particularly asshole-y thing he's done. He generally brings her flowers to make up for it though! ... that last time it just didn't work so well.
Delita's very good with chocobo. This is mainly because his primary job when he came to Igros was stable boy.
Likes it when the woman tops.
In general likes woman a lot, actually. It comes from having been such a huge fan of his sister. He's actually downright progressive as far as his attitudes towards them go, considering the era, and one of his things as King was probably a lot of little stuff om favor this. Giving women who'd become knights the rights to inherit and hold property, appointing the occasional female minister, giving Agrias a helluva cushy job post-war even though she hated his guts...
Delita would've killed Olan had Ovelia not made him promise not to harm him. He quickly amended his plans after that.
Had Zalbag survived the events of the war, Delita would've had him executed and would have probably considered it justice done.
Had four sons by Ovelia, and one daughter. The daughter was his favorite. He died many years after The Lion War, when Ovelia stabbed him. He'd grown older and more paranoid about maintaining his power, she'd been unable to look the other way anymore. He truly hadn't seen it coming, as he thought he'd done it largely for her. (he did it for himself)
In another life, would've probably made a fabulous actor. Or he would've been Wiglaf.
(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-19 08:03 pm (UTC)That said, she caught on fast. In her time in Zeltennia as a puppet monarch, Delita taught her a great deal about sitting pretty while listening in on what everyone said. People had a tendency to say a lot around her, as no one thought much of her capabilities beyond a pretty figurehead. This was a mistake, as quite a number of conversations got passed on to Delita, and he in turn passed on warnings to her about upcoming motions Goltana was going to make. As a result she could very blithely countermand these plans in public speechs so that they had NO CHOICE but to change them. It essentially made her a co-conspirator. She did it mainly because she desperately wanted to survive this whole thing.
Hates dressing up. Hates fancy, gigantic rooms filled with expensive tapestries and rugs. She considers it a sinful vanity and would much rather live as simply and honestly as possible, unfortunately as queen some of it is very required. Delita attempted to assure her it was perfectly all right for her to look gorgeous, she was never comfortable with this.
Started sleeping with Delita before they were married, in the period after her breakdown in the Zeltennian ruins. She initiated it, mainly out of anger and desperation: if she wasn't allowed to have anything else at least she'd have this. It led to a gigantic crises of faith, but it ended an ongoing affair, because she felt so very trapped and Delita was one of the few who offered her not only a chance to get out of this alive, but also genuine companionship. ... she also enjoyed it a helluva lot, but she would never ever ever ever be able to admit to that.
Is dear friends with Olan Durai, they call eachother cousins, and she's one of the few people who can actually keep up with him when he starts going into full-on academic mode in conversation. Her visits to his offices when he was around during the war made most believe she was having an affair with him.
Has a very, very strong sense of justice. As Queen she became known for this, as she established a new legal system very early on. Queen Ruvelia was tried under it. Ovelia totally kicked her ass, sentencing her to a lifetime in Bethla for crimes against the kingdom, and taking Prince Orinas to raise as her own. He became one of her most valued supporters.
...was genuinely happy with Delita, for a time. The problem was over the years she could no longer just look the other way while he did his dirty work, she no longer ignore what had been done in her name, she could no longer be complicit in this. So, she took things into her own hands.