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Name: Pia
Contact: haseul
Other characters: Jiang Yanli

IC
Name: Emil Västerström
Canon: Stand Still. Stay Silent
Canon point: Adventure I, Page 946
Age: 19

History: personal write up | canon wiki | character wiki

Personality:

(+) MALLEABLE
When Emil was rich, his world was very insular. It is never spoken of that he had friends outside of family members, so there was never anyone to give him a reality check and give context to any world outside of his own. When first introduced, Emil comes off as something of a pompous buffoon. He's prissy and high maintenance, which might be something you could stomach if he was a nice person otherwise — but unfortunately that's not always how he can come off.

After joining the rest of his crew and experiencing trials and tribulations, Emil has grown closer to people who aren’t like him. He hasn't stubbornly stuck in his ways like some would. When confronted with change or new information, others might double down in fear or pride. Emil may not be perfect, but he does have the capacity for growth. As a more definitive personality example, Emil is someone who is sheltered, but can and will change when exposed to new things that question his previously closed off world view. A first interaction with Emil might be one that's prickly, but there's the potential there for mutual growing on one another.

(+) IMPASSIONED
Emil operates on whims, but they're certainly passionate ones. He essentially doesn't do anything without having a strong feeling about it, one way or the other. When Emil was young, academics were his life. Once his true intellectual caliber was called into question, that passion was thrown out the window — however, it was quickly replaced with throwing his everything into being part of the military, so much so that he went through a very intensive physical transformation. No matter what his emotions are, they're typically extremely intense.

Feeling strongly about something, whether the consequence is negative or positive, is part of why Emil is where he is during his current canon point. Without feeling passionate about himself, other people, certain situations, etc., he wouldn't have grown as much as he has.

(+) COMPASSIONATE
Despite Emil being a judgmental person, very used to his own views and ideals of things being The One True Way, he can definitely swing back around to being an incredibly compassionate person. If Emil respects or likes you, he'll do whatever he can for you. This even extends to animal monsters he's just killed. This goes back into how intensely he feels things, but also juxtaposes itself against his own ego (mentioned in flaws). Emil can be very focused on himself, but when he views someone as worthy of positive emotions, that's felt just as intensely as any other emotion he might go through.

(-) EGOTISTICAL
Emil is, for lack of a better word, flamboyant. He prides himself on his appearance and perfectly groomed and shining hair. He likes to look presentable and can be kind of a know-it-all. Emil is the kind of person that will say something with absolute certainty because he’s COMPLETELY SURE he’s the expert on a subject, despite being 100% wrong. What he wants to learn, he learns. What he wants to think, he thinks. Emil isn't so uneducated that he can't read or write, but his assessment of what is actually a fact or not is very skewed.

Despite showing off a more vulnerable side to others on the mission, Emil's pride in himself and his appearance — both physical and with regards to impressions — is something he frets about with varying significance throughout the series. It's shown he can be more revealing around people in times of stress, or if he feels they're close enough, but it doesn't change this baseline anxiety he has about being viewed in a negative light by others. Even if Emil doesn't have a favorable opinion of someone, it's still important they see him positively — because why wouldn't they? Why shouldn't they?

(-) INEXPERIENCED
When it comes to Emil's ego with his work, part of it is warranted — he is military trained and has a decent understanding of his job as a cleanser. However, his ability to perform his duty is like comparing book smarts to street smarts: you can read a book on how to shoot a gun, but actually firing one off in the field is very different, which is actually quite a literal example when it comes to Emil. Emil remarks that he's seen trolls before, but dead ones and that they're rare to even seen in his part of Sweden. When you live a sheltered life of safety and mollycoddling, the concept of real danger is lost on you, after all.

This isn't just related to the mission, either. Because he's lived an insular life, social interaction isn't at the forefront of Emil's wheelhouse. He adapts quickly to friendship, mostly out of a knowledge of how he would like to be treated, but he has his awkward moments. For as cool as Emil would like you to think he is, he's actually kind of a loser — a well-meaning loser, but still a loser.

(-) IGNORANT
This applies to a variety of areas in Emil's life. Unlike a lot of children, Emil received a private education where he was effectively in charge of things, down to picking his own areas of study. Since it was The Emil Show™, his education is shoddy at best. He might understand the basic principle of things, but details and actual facts he spouts of can be questionable.

Emil can be insensitive at times, once even being extremely foot-in-mouth about a fellow comrade's dead companions. When he's corrected he's readily embarrassed, but it doesn't stop him from sometimes saying the absolute wrong thing. It's also initially hard for Emil to say he's sorry or to own up to his faults, like a lot of self-important people tend to not do — and being 19 doesn't help that either. This gets better, and he's more receptive to reaching out and being emotionally honest, but it's still something he struggles with.

Powers/Abilities:

Emil has no magic at all, but his job in the military is to be a Cleanser. It essentially means that he knows his way around flame and destruction. He has basic military training, but don't hope for anything like expert marksmanship or field medic skills.

Regret: He regrets not being able to rescue himself and Lalli from inevitably being eaten by dusklings; being too weak to be helpful to his only friend.

Inventory:

● six small pull-pin explosives
● flask of kerosene
● rifle
● hunting knife
● comb (yes this is super important to note)

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