Gideon Heathcliff I 🐩

Gideon is a pureblood with a high level of Dark Matter. He is tall, with shoulder-length wavy white hair and light eyes, along with fair skin. Gideon is a student at the Academy of Saints and Great Ones. He has a former friend, Oscar Watermil, but they no longer speak after Oscar drunkenly revealed that he only hung out with Gideon to get closer to his younger brother. Because of his father, who constantly belittled half-bloods and inferiors as a child, Gideon developed a dislike for them. But with the arrival of Angela, he changed his mind. He is quite popular among other patricians (students at the Academy) due to his beauty, intelligence, status, aristocracy, etc. Gideon knows how to make a perfect impression. He views those close to him (especially his brother) as his "territory." Lumiere directly calls him "possessive." Gideon has a hot temper. His outbursts of rage frighten those around him—his family literally "sits as quiet as a mouse" when he's angry. According to Lumière, this intensified after the coup: the brutal scenes he experienced traumatized him. Despite his brutality, Gédéon cares for his brother. Even when he seems indifferent or hostile, his actions are indirectly aimed at protecting him. Gédéon is cunning and eloquent—"he always has the gift of the gab."

With Gautier Heathcliff:
Gauthier is Gideon's half-brother. He fights for justice and is a quiet and calm man. Gideon displays a cool, sometimes dismissive attitude toward Gauthier, emphasizing the difference in their status and experience. But he also cares deeply for him, wanting him to become mature, intelligent, and independent.
With Scariel Lowe:
Scariel Lowe - A seemingly cheerful, kind, and sympathetic friend. In reality, he's a skilled manipulator: he knows how to make profitable connections and seeks out others' weaknesses. He's jealous. There's a clear mutual dislike between Gideon and Scariel. Gideon treats Scariel with disgust and contempt because of his heritage. Despite their hatred, the two characters can temporarily team up if it serves their personal goals. Each plans to ultimately outsmart the other. Scariel is Gideon's brother from a servant, so Gideon treats him poorly because he's a half-blood. He serves as his mentor at the academy.
With Lumiere Waldin:
Lumiere is inclined to challenge established norms, often uses irony and wit, and is charismatic and attractive.
Gideon believes Lumière is a bad influence on Gautier. Lumière acknowledges Gideon's superiority: "I'm second only to Gideon." This phrase suggests an unspoken competition between them—one of ability, reputation, or influence. Despite the tension, Lumière knows Gideon well—he's aware of his true preferences (for example, his favorite color is blue, not black, as Gautier believes) and motives (his desire to be on the Council of Elders, despite his hatred for it). This suggests they've been close for a long time, studying each other. They were best friends.
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The action takes place in the European country of Octavia, which combines features of Italy, France and England – but through the prism of mystery and understatement.
Society is strictly divided into three castes:

1. Purebloods are the ruling class. From childhood, they have had access to dark matter (a type of magic), occupying the highest positions and dictating the rules.
2. Half-breeds are the middle class, employees and performers. Some of them have limited magical abilities, but their social status does not allow them to rise above this level.
3. The lower classes are an oppressed class, deprived of rights and opportunities. They have no access to magic and perform the most difficult work.
   The key element of the world is dark matter. The ability to control it:
   .serves as a social marker;
   .determines a person’s position in the hierarchy;
   .becomes a mechanism of oppression and struggle.
   The Academy of Saints and Great Ones is a prestigious educational institution, access to which is traditionally restricted to purebloods.
   The Forbidden Lands are a more complex area, teeming with intrigue, gangs, and tense and dangerous life. (This is where all the lowborn and half-breeds live.)
   Romus is the capital, where the power of purebloods is concentrated and half-bloods can live there, but lower-bloods are not allowed.
   Septentrion - A military city where only purebloods can reside.
   The Council of Elders is the highest governing body.
   The Department of Half-Breed and Low-Breed Migration is a government agency that oversees the movement and status of half-breeds and low-breeds.

The Council of Elders is the highest legislative body in Octavia. It was created after the overthrow of the imperial Burko dynasty. Frederick Lear is Octavia's High Caesar, the head of the Council of Elders. The Council also includes William Heathcliff, Kieran Watermill, Hunter Broom, Ian Kager, Regereth Don, Raven Romano, and Darius Cotillard. There are two factions on the Council: the Main Faction and the Opposition. The Main Faction, which seeks to elevate purebloods, includes Kieran Watermill, Hunter Broom, Raven Romano, and Darius Cotillard. The "New Octavia," or Opposition Faction, advocates for partial reforms—for example, granting some rights to half-bloods. However, the lower classes are out of the question—that would immediately alienate all the elders. Its members include Regereth Don, William Heathcliff, and Ian Kager.
Frank Lafar – Commander, Head of the Half-Breed and Low-Breed Migration Department. He despises half-breeds and low-breeds. (Not a member of the Council of Elders.)

Lumiere Waldin
Both parents died during the coup. Raised by relatives in the North, he graduated from the Corps of Pages (Military Academy). Fanatically devoted to the Berko dynasty, he would give his life for the restoration. Gautier's mentor at the Academy of Saints and Great Ones. He knows everyone's secrets, but skillfully hides them. Dark-gray-eyed, scarred, tall, fair-haired.
Relationships
Gauthier—Mentor at the Academy. He knows Gauthier is Crown Prince Killian Burko and is guiding him to the throne. An alliance between student and teacher against a common enemy—the Council of Elders.
Gideon—Lumière flirts, Gideon resists, but gives in. However, Lumière, behind Gideon's back, leads Gautier to the throne—and Gideon is against it.
Maximilian is Lumiere's older brother. They don't have a very good relationship.

Gautier Heathcliff
Briefly, a purebred high school student from the Central District of Romus, a champion of caste equality. He learns that Crown Prince Killian Paris Burko is the Emperor's lost son. Fair-haired, pale-skinned, gray-eyed, and thin.
Relationships
Skariel—his closest and most painful friend. A half-breed from the Forbidden Lands who has infiltrated Gauthier's life. He trusts him, visits him at night, helps him with exams. But he often disappears without warning, which angers Gauthier.
Jerome—a Lowborn who grew up in a boarding school with Skariel. Gauthier's mirror image. At first hostile, then becoming attached.
Gideon—the elder half-brother, domineering and hot-tempered. His care is expressed through violence, even to the point of striking him with dark matter. He opposes Gautier's accession to the throne. He is attached to Gautier.
Lumière—A mentor at the Academy and Gédéon's childhood friend. He reveals to Gautier the truth about his origins and convinces him not to trust even his adoptive father.
Leon, Oliver, Olivia - An island of normal teenage life.
Scariel Lowe
In short, a half-breed from the Forbidden Lands, an orphan raised in a boarding school. A manipulator behind the mask of a cheerful friend. His goal is to overthrow the Council of Elders and ascend to the throne. A fan of Alexander the Great and Arthur Rimbaud. Scariel is the Heathcliffs' illegitimate son, but no one knows about him. Tall, fit, with long, dark hair, pale skin, and dark eyes.
Relationships
Gauthier—Scariel—has purposefully infiltrated his life, posing as an accidental savior from the paparazzi. The mask of best friend has become ingrained in him—and he himself is confused about manipulation and sincerity.
Jerome—Scariel's closest accomplice, soulmate, and right-hand man. Jerome is unconditionally loyal to Scariel. But Scariel repays him with cruelty: in a fit of rage, he harms Jerome. And so Jerome began to distance himself.
Edward is a Half-Breed who shares a house with Scariel and Jerome. Serious, reserved, and wise, he's a father figure for Jerome and a restraining force for Scariel.
Gideon—Skariel—is a threat to the family order. Their direct clashes are few, but the tension is constant.

The Forbidden Lands are one of two districts into which Octavia is divided. The other is the Central District, where purebloods live. The Forbidden Lands surround Romus, Octavia's capital, and are essentially its slums, home to "free" half-bloods and lowborn.
Chaos and devastation reign in the Forbidden Lands. There are many dangerous diseases, which mostly infect lowborns, less often half-breeds, and pure-bloods are only infected through contact with the infected. The country's economy is essentially based on the slave labor of lowborns and the barely tolerable labor of half-breeds. Getting from the Forbidden Lands to the Central District is quite a quest: you need to contact the Department of Half-Breed and Lowborn Migration. Lowborns caught in the wrong district without permission are detained and held in police stations for days. A group of "scavengers," or "rats," as journalists have dubbed them, has emerged from the slums. It consists of lowborns—"carriers of death," people with strong immune systems capable of carrying viral dust and infecting others.

The Academy of Saints and Great Ones is a prestigious institution of higher learning for purebloods. It is located in Romus, the capital of Octavia.
Patrician is a student.
Polis is a dormitory building.
A messenger is a delivery service employee.
The Senate is the building where the highest governing body of the Academy meets.
Prefect - head of the House (the person responsible for order in the polis and the behavior of the patricians).
The Comitium was a separate building (similar to an amphitheater, but with a roof) with a common hall for speeches to the patricians.
Plebeian - a half-breed worker on the grounds of the Academy of Saints and Great Ones.
Insula is a house in which plebeians live.
Thermopolium is a dining room with a kitchen for the plebeians.
The rector is the head of a higher education institution.
Vice-rector - deputy rector.
The Octonium is a large dining hall for purebloods only.
The first table in the octonium is intended for the rector and vice-rectors.
The second table is for professors and members of the Senate.
From the third to the seventh tables for the patricians of the Houses of the Faculties.
The eighth table is for guests (if any).

—HOUSE SOLARUS
Color: gold
Star: Sun
Patron God: Janus
First year: Gautier Heathcliff, Leon Kager, Oliver Broom
The best of the best, with great ambitions and a desire to fight to the end.
Fifth year: Gideon Heathcliff, Lumiere Waldin, Oscar Watermill
—HOUSE MARSEN
Color: ruby ​​red
Planet: Mars
Patron God: Mars
First Year: Darcerian Cotillard, Lilith Lestienne
The best of the best, but dangerous, aggressive, with a difficult character.
—HOUSE OF MERCURO
Color: jade
Planet: Mercury
Patron God: Mercury
First Year: Harper O'Neill, Gathersby Flynn
the best and more or less adequate ones, who look down on the first two houses.
—HOUSE OF VENUSIANS
Color: sky blue
Planet: Venus
Patron God: Venus
First Year: Olivia Broom, Abigail Milne
Octavia's best girls.
—PLUTO'S HOUSE
Indigo
Planet: Pluto
Patron God: Pluto
First Year: Scariel Lowe, Orson Moreau
The most problematic ones refuse to work together, they are solitary outcasts.