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Character
Name: Regis Lucis Caelum
Age: 20 | 50
Gender: Male
Canon: Final Fantasy XV
Canon Point: Returning from Altissia to Insomnia | The very end of the game, when Ardyn is finally destroyed.
History: Regis at the Final Fantasy wiki
Personality:
Regis Lucis Caelum's personality is mostly revealed tangentially, as he is the focus in neither the game nor the prequel anime, novella, mini game, and movie, but his presence is in each of them enough that one can get a rather good idea of what he was like.
In the core of what is seen about him is the fact that he is a king. He reigned for twenty-seven years, through intense physical hardship, a losing war that he had inherited, and various personal tragedies, including losing his wife and learning that his son was meant to die for the sake of the world. At the end of that time, there is discontent among his people, as is nearly inevitable, considering the changes and the inability to terminate the war; yet, on the whole, he is a king that is loved by his subjects, and there are people who are fiercely loyal, beyond what can be reasonably expected and even in the face of great tragedies. A conclusion that can be drawn from it all is that he was probably a very, very good king, so that even with all the horrors he's guided them through, people trust him.
A next logical conclusion to draw from that (this is more a reasonable headcanon, though it does have additional support from canon, such as the impression he left as negotiator in Accordo, an impression that has lasted some thirty years) is that he prepared for his role from a young age and with great determination. He wanted the prosperity of his country, and then, eventually, he wanted a future for his people, and he gave his best for those.
Two of his positive traits are that he is determined and loyal. Regis, as we see him, sets a course for himself and those he feels he can, or has to, demand it from, and does not waver from it. To change it requires very significant new factors. (Example: he had to alter his plan when Lunafreya did show up in Insomnia, and then was held hostage. Then he decided on a new course of action swiftly, but capable to justify his actions when questioned.) Beyond the short-term, he is capable of holding the course he has set for years, perhaps decades, never letting weariness or weakness make him falter.
Regis is also loyal. Despite some of his actions seeming the opposite on the surface - such as abandoning Sylva and Ravus nox Fleuret at the beginning of Kingsglaive, or letting his son leave Insomnia without telling him the truth, or sending Cor away from the epicenter of action at the critical time - looking at each of them in depth shows that none of these decisions were easy, and in each case, he prioritized what should, or could, be done for other people over what he wanted. He was certainly blaming himself enough over leaving Lunafreya behind to show that, even though he did it, it was not what he wants to have been able to choose. Sometimes, his determination can skirt into stubbornness, though that is mostly a guess, based on some of Clarus's (and Cor's) reactions.
Two of his negative traits are that he can be - he is - secretive, and also prone to utterly prioritizing others, or what he perceives as the needs of the many, over himself. The two are, in a way, connected.
His secrecy is seen in many places. The most obvious is keeping from his son the truth of the prophecy about him over fifteen years; however, there are also signs that he hid the extent of what he was expecting to happen from Cor, who was one of the people he trusted the most. (He certainly did conceal from the Captain of his Glaive that he did not expect to survive the ceremony of the Signing.) There seem to be, or have been, people whom he trusts with the reality of his expectations and plans (Clarus and, arguably, Sylva; possibly Cid and Weskham, and - about many things - Cor as well; until most of them, one way or another, abandoned him), but, on the whole, he keeps his own counsel.
In all of the canon that we are given, there are only a handful of times when he as much as expresses personal preference, and never do we see him make decisions based on his own wants. There is the trailer with very young Noctis where Noct dislikes his vegetables and Regis reveals that he hates them, too; there is the way he avoids talking with Noctis or Cor prior to the signing (in the novella); and there is his cry of Clarus! at his Shield's ending. There are also the fierceness with which he defends Noct from the Marilith and his promise after, certainly stemming out of how he feels; and his expressing regret for leaving Luna as a prisoner to Nifleheim. Everything else that he says or does has reasons deeper than what he personally wants. Even his railing against the Will of the Astrals and the Crystal in the Omen trailer is restrained and controlled, tempered by reason, the needs of Eos, and pain for his son. Being selfless is generally a good trait; however, pushing it to extremes, over decades, turns it into the opposite.
Two traits which fall into neither 'positive' or 'negative' categories but fall into both are his curiosity, and how used he is to being the biggest gun in any specific antagonistic situation.
The evidence about his curiosity is tangential, but he seems to know things that most people in his position would not pay attention to. For example, he recognizes Nyx by sight: on the one hand, there is presumably a ceremony where each of the Glaive are granted powers of his; on the other hand, there are quite a lot of Glavies, and Nyx has been at it for a dozen years. Positively, curiosity lets one know all sorts of things, and interact with all sorts of people and situations; negatively, it can lead to overload of information, as well as get him into trouble. Or get people trying to keep him out of trouble hurt.
The fact that he is used to having more power than everyone else, be it magical, emotional, or political, is seen in many situations, especially in the Brotherhood anime and in Kingsglaive. The way that he uses magic, like an extension of himself even considering the way it saps his life; the way he interacts with others - his subjects, his son, political rivals such as Ardyn or Iedolas - these all bear the signs of how he carries his power. He doesn't question it, not even when he is helpless such as during the negotiations with Ardyn; he doesn't question it when he sets out to the front lines of a war, despite the fact that he is the sole heir of the throne. On the one hand, that gives him the ability to make decisions without being overly influenced by fear, especially for himself; on the other hand, it means that he is sometimes overly confident, and he arguably relies a touch too much on the power he's spent a long time wielding...
The most important known (or reasonably inferred) events that shaped who Regis is by the age of twenty include the fact that he was born to the legacy of magic, rule, and of protecting the Crystal - and thus war; watching his father weaken from the use of that magic; and the intensifying the war, fighting on the front lines and then going to negotiate with Accordo, negotiations that had to be brought short.
How they shaped who he was? They gave him the determination to step up to his position of power well, because so many deserve his utter best. Even though he knows that Lucis, standing alone, will eventually fall (and with Accordo's help being tentative and Tenebrae being reduced to only the Manor under the power of the Nox Fleurets - as per the Ultimania translations - Lucis is practically standing alone), he needs to keep on trying, to minimize damage, and put on a brave face. By the age of twenty, he has had to learn that what he wants, even with his powers, matters not at all, and there are more important things. There always will be.
His motivations at that point involve alleviating the burden that his father bears, becoming a good king, and helping Lucis weather the dark times ahead.
Additionally, for Regis thirty years later, n terms of shaping events there was leading the country through decades of a losing war; the knowledge that his son came to the world only to die for; soul-deep exhaustion, both from magic draining and watching Lucis fade around him; and, at the very end, the pain of losing Clarus, his city, his country - as well as the betrayal that he only had so little time to process.He may not appear broken, because even in his age, his charm and poise are undeniable, but he very much is. His motivation at that point is condensed to making possible the future of Eos.
As to what impression he gives and how realistic it is, the information we have of him at twenty comes mostly from the very small bits from Weskham and the slightly more revealing two tidbits from Camelia Claustra. In one of the positive endings of the negotiations Noct has with her, she remarks that Noct is just like his father, sometimes she can't tell if he's sharp or dull. If the choices to antagonize her are favored, she tells Noct that he is cut from a different cloth than his father, implying that Regis was rather decent at the whole negotiation things, charming and reasonable at the very least.
We know that Regis can have an atrocious sense of humor and he can at the same time be immature (he engraved a hammer he had borrowed from Cid "Property of Mr. Hammerproof Thickskull") and that is also a part of who he is, but at the same time, he is the charming prince who can talk a politician into seeing things his way, the war leader who fights at the front lines against a new threat, and the friend that, years later, those who survive know as a brother.
Regis at fifty gives the impression of a tranquil, composed, and confident ruler who will maintain his composure, no matter what pain and suffering his subjects may be enduring. The tranquility at that point is covering a lot of pain, physical and emotional, and the necessity to make a lot of difficult choices, over a very long time. He cannot let his people know that he is way past running on empty, because of how much he is looked up to and needing to uphold the morale. But that's all he has - pushing forward for the sake of others.
Regis handles difficult situations by trying to get as much correct information as possible, then reaching decisions quickly and with certainty - and even when questioned after a nearly momentary decision, he can list steady reasons for that decision, reasons that reach far rather than only considering the present moment. Mostly, unless he is with people he trusts, he treats any situation as difficult - and pretends not to.
Samples:
With Cor.
With Ravus.
Regis's own TDM.
Vaikuntha
Moogle Name: Sidra
Moogle Gender: Girl
First Job: Stave master
Second Job: Summoner
Note: Timing worked so I'll be leaving the country for two weeks on June 8. I will have access to wifi but my time for tagging will be severely limited, making intro around that date probably not fun to play against. If possible, may Regis be found later (around June 21)? If not, I'll do my best to not make things too laggy for anyone who pokes at him.
Name: Kiki
Age: 37
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Character
Name: Regis Lucis Caelum
Age: 20 | 50
Gender: Male
Canon: Final Fantasy XV
Canon Point: Returning from Altissia to Insomnia | The very end of the game, when Ardyn is finally destroyed.
History: Regis at the Final Fantasy wiki
Personality:
Regis Lucis Caelum's personality is mostly revealed tangentially, as he is the focus in neither the game nor the prequel anime, novella, mini game, and movie, but his presence is in each of them enough that one can get a rather good idea of what he was like.
In the core of what is seen about him is the fact that he is a king. He reigned for twenty-seven years, through intense physical hardship, a losing war that he had inherited, and various personal tragedies, including losing his wife and learning that his son was meant to die for the sake of the world. At the end of that time, there is discontent among his people, as is nearly inevitable, considering the changes and the inability to terminate the war; yet, on the whole, he is a king that is loved by his subjects, and there are people who are fiercely loyal, beyond what can be reasonably expected and even in the face of great tragedies. A conclusion that can be drawn from it all is that he was probably a very, very good king, so that even with all the horrors he's guided them through, people trust him.
A next logical conclusion to draw from that (this is more a reasonable headcanon, though it does have additional support from canon, such as the impression he left as negotiator in Accordo, an impression that has lasted some thirty years) is that he prepared for his role from a young age and with great determination. He wanted the prosperity of his country, and then, eventually, he wanted a future for his people, and he gave his best for those.
Two of his positive traits are that he is determined and loyal. Regis, as we see him, sets a course for himself and those he feels he can, or has to, demand it from, and does not waver from it. To change it requires very significant new factors. (Example: he had to alter his plan when Lunafreya did show up in Insomnia, and then was held hostage. Then he decided on a new course of action swiftly, but capable to justify his actions when questioned.) Beyond the short-term, he is capable of holding the course he has set for years, perhaps decades, never letting weariness or weakness make him falter.
Regis is also loyal. Despite some of his actions seeming the opposite on the surface - such as abandoning Sylva and Ravus nox Fleuret at the beginning of Kingsglaive, or letting his son leave Insomnia without telling him the truth, or sending Cor away from the epicenter of action at the critical time - looking at each of them in depth shows that none of these decisions were easy, and in each case, he prioritized what should, or could, be done for other people over what he wanted. He was certainly blaming himself enough over leaving Lunafreya behind to show that, even though he did it, it was not what he wants to have been able to choose. Sometimes, his determination can skirt into stubbornness, though that is mostly a guess, based on some of Clarus's (and Cor's) reactions.
Two of his negative traits are that he can be - he is - secretive, and also prone to utterly prioritizing others, or what he perceives as the needs of the many, over himself. The two are, in a way, connected.
His secrecy is seen in many places. The most obvious is keeping from his son the truth of the prophecy about him over fifteen years; however, there are also signs that he hid the extent of what he was expecting to happen from Cor, who was one of the people he trusted the most. (He certainly did conceal from the Captain of his Glaive that he did not expect to survive the ceremony of the Signing.) There seem to be, or have been, people whom he trusts with the reality of his expectations and plans (Clarus and, arguably, Sylva; possibly Cid and Weskham, and - about many things - Cor as well; until most of them, one way or another, abandoned him), but, on the whole, he keeps his own counsel.
In all of the canon that we are given, there are only a handful of times when he as much as expresses personal preference, and never do we see him make decisions based on his own wants. There is the trailer with very young Noctis where Noct dislikes his vegetables and Regis reveals that he hates them, too; there is the way he avoids talking with Noctis or Cor prior to the signing (in the novella); and there is his cry of Clarus! at his Shield's ending. There are also the fierceness with which he defends Noct from the Marilith and his promise after, certainly stemming out of how he feels; and his expressing regret for leaving Luna as a prisoner to Nifleheim. Everything else that he says or does has reasons deeper than what he personally wants. Even his railing against the Will of the Astrals and the Crystal in the Omen trailer is restrained and controlled, tempered by reason, the needs of Eos, and pain for his son. Being selfless is generally a good trait; however, pushing it to extremes, over decades, turns it into the opposite.
Two traits which fall into neither 'positive' or 'negative' categories but fall into both are his curiosity, and how used he is to being the biggest gun in any specific antagonistic situation.
The evidence about his curiosity is tangential, but he seems to know things that most people in his position would not pay attention to. For example, he recognizes Nyx by sight: on the one hand, there is presumably a ceremony where each of the Glaive are granted powers of his; on the other hand, there are quite a lot of Glavies, and Nyx has been at it for a dozen years. Positively, curiosity lets one know all sorts of things, and interact with all sorts of people and situations; negatively, it can lead to overload of information, as well as get him into trouble. Or get people trying to keep him out of trouble hurt.
The fact that he is used to having more power than everyone else, be it magical, emotional, or political, is seen in many situations, especially in the Brotherhood anime and in Kingsglaive. The way that he uses magic, like an extension of himself even considering the way it saps his life; the way he interacts with others - his subjects, his son, political rivals such as Ardyn or Iedolas - these all bear the signs of how he carries his power. He doesn't question it, not even when he is helpless such as during the negotiations with Ardyn; he doesn't question it when he sets out to the front lines of a war, despite the fact that he is the sole heir of the throne. On the one hand, that gives him the ability to make decisions without being overly influenced by fear, especially for himself; on the other hand, it means that he is sometimes overly confident, and he arguably relies a touch too much on the power he's spent a long time wielding...
The most important known (or reasonably inferred) events that shaped who Regis is by the age of twenty include the fact that he was born to the legacy of magic, rule, and of protecting the Crystal - and thus war; watching his father weaken from the use of that magic; and the intensifying the war, fighting on the front lines and then going to negotiate with Accordo, negotiations that had to be brought short.
How they shaped who he was? They gave him the determination to step up to his position of power well, because so many deserve his utter best. Even though he knows that Lucis, standing alone, will eventually fall (and with Accordo's help being tentative and Tenebrae being reduced to only the Manor under the power of the Nox Fleurets - as per the Ultimania translations - Lucis is practically standing alone), he needs to keep on trying, to minimize damage, and put on a brave face. By the age of twenty, he has had to learn that what he wants, even with his powers, matters not at all, and there are more important things. There always will be.
His motivations at that point involve alleviating the burden that his father bears, becoming a good king, and helping Lucis weather the dark times ahead.
Additionally, for Regis thirty years later, n terms of shaping events there was leading the country through decades of a losing war; the knowledge that his son came to the world only to die for; soul-deep exhaustion, both from magic draining and watching Lucis fade around him; and, at the very end, the pain of losing Clarus, his city, his country - as well as the betrayal that he only had so little time to process.He may not appear broken, because even in his age, his charm and poise are undeniable, but he very much is. His motivation at that point is condensed to making possible the future of Eos.
As to what impression he gives and how realistic it is, the information we have of him at twenty comes mostly from the very small bits from Weskham and the slightly more revealing two tidbits from Camelia Claustra. In one of the positive endings of the negotiations Noct has with her, she remarks that Noct is just like his father, sometimes she can't tell if he's sharp or dull. If the choices to antagonize her are favored, she tells Noct that he is cut from a different cloth than his father, implying that Regis was rather decent at the whole negotiation things, charming and reasonable at the very least.
We know that Regis can have an atrocious sense of humor and he can at the same time be immature (he engraved a hammer he had borrowed from Cid "Property of Mr. Hammerproof Thickskull") and that is also a part of who he is, but at the same time, he is the charming prince who can talk a politician into seeing things his way, the war leader who fights at the front lines against a new threat, and the friend that, years later, those who survive know as a brother.
Regis at fifty gives the impression of a tranquil, composed, and confident ruler who will maintain his composure, no matter what pain and suffering his subjects may be enduring. The tranquility at that point is covering a lot of pain, physical and emotional, and the necessity to make a lot of difficult choices, over a very long time. He cannot let his people know that he is way past running on empty, because of how much he is looked up to and needing to uphold the morale. But that's all he has - pushing forward for the sake of others.
Regis handles difficult situations by trying to get as much correct information as possible, then reaching decisions quickly and with certainty - and even when questioned after a nearly momentary decision, he can list steady reasons for that decision, reasons that reach far rather than only considering the present moment. Mostly, unless he is with people he trusts, he treats any situation as difficult - and pretends not to.
Samples:
With Cor.
With Ravus.
Regis's own TDM.
Vaikuntha
Moogle Name: Sidra
Moogle Gender: Girl
First Job: Stave master
Second Job: Summoner
Note: Timing worked so I'll be leaving the country for two weeks on June 8. I will have access to wifi but my time for tagging will be severely limited, making intro around that date probably not fun to play against. If possible, may Regis be found later (around June 21)? If not, I'll do my best to not make things too laggy for anyone who pokes at him.
Revision request
- Since you are planning to eventually canon update him to when he is older, we would like to see more on the differences between the two ages.
- We would also like one sample from older Regis’ point of view.
Differences between the two ages:
They fall into three groups: Accumulation of life experience, bearing the brunt of sacrifices made, as opposed to sacrifices committed to, and bearing the mantle of power.
The first set of differences comes from having lived thirty years longer. He married and had a son, he loved and lost and loved again, and all those things have left marks through him, though they are not always visible. But they give him the ability to understand people better, the patience to give them space to find their own way, and the determination to keep on caring.
Because, despite the decades of war and pain and loss, Regis at fifty still cares. He barely has the energy to express it, or the time, or the opportunity, but it is there in the concealed pain in his good-bye to Noctis, in the smile with which he greets Lunafreya. It is there in his anger with Ardyn's conditions and in the quiet, resigned pain and despair that come with recognizing who Glauca is. But each of those similarities is covered by caution and patience and consideration for the bigger picture, by a veneer of sadness and a tiny bit of longing.
The second set of differences comes with the growth from being determined to make the sacrifices asked of him, ones he's had time to grow used to the idea of, and having actually been making those sacrifices, day after day after day after year after year after year. Sacrificing his health and vitality, sacrificing his time, sacrificing parts of his very life for the protection of others many of which he knows are already doomed. Sacrifices of his sleep at night over the news of having to sacrifice his son, over attempts to make logistics of a war any better, over feeling his life and magic get sapped away, some times faster than others. Of losing some of his friends and knowing those who remain are stretched overly thin already, so asking them for more support is unacceptable, so he keeps on going all alone. Regis at fifty is professional at hoarding what energy he does have, and at pretending, always pretending, that his exhaustion is really secrecy and dignity. (He has both of those, they just don't look the same way as the tranquility he projects.)
Even though he is running on empty and is dangerously used to doing so, the mantle of power rests steadily on his shoulders by the end of his life. At twenty, he has had more privilege than anything else, and though he has used that for good, it's nowhere near the same caliber as what having had to wield so much power - physical, magical, and political - for so long. Being the most dangerous person in the room, or on some very rare occasions, one of the most dangerous, has shaped him away from the prince he used to be. And so have the decisions that go with power, decisions by which people have lived and they have died, by which they have suffered and rejoiced. This has brought steel to Regis, in both the good ways and the bad, and has disillusioned him from any idealized ideas about himself.
Sample: There goes.