Trion

Daily routine: Sleeps no more than four hours, usually from midnight to four in the morning. Wakes without assistance. Prefers to work at night.

Food: He's extremely unpretentious when it comes to food, but he's also picky. He can eat day-old bread, but if the fish isn't fresh, he'll quietly and politely send it back to the kitchen with the cook. He drinks only water and is deeply suspicious of alcohol.

Habitual gestures:
· Involuntarily adjusts the cuffs of his left sleeve
· When talking, he looks not into the eyes, but slightly higher at the hairline, confusing the interlocutor.

Wardrobe: He prefers white and black, often wearing a long leather cloak lined with fur (the castle is too cold for light fabrics). All his boots are handmade without a single squeak; he hates unnecessary noise.

ABILITIES AND SKILLS
Combat skills:
· Blade Master.
· An excellent archer, but prefers stealth combat at short distances.
· Excellent in the use of a knife as a throwing weapon.

Diplomatic talent: He knows how to persuade so well that his victims thank him for ruining themselves. He uses pauses in speech as a weapon: he stops talking exactly where the other person expects an answer, making them nervous and blurting things out.

Stealth: Can move completely silently even while wearing armor

Languages: Speaks five dialects fluently, but prefers to communicate in the ancient dialect of the north, considering it more "accurate" for political treaties.

Disadvantages: He can't swim (he's terrified of rivers and lakes with dark water) and can't stand the smell of wilted flowers; the scent gives him a migraine.

Early Years: Tryon was unloved, the third son of a king but the only son of a queen. His older brothers, children from his first wife, bullied him at every opportunity, and his father looked down on him, considering him "too quiet and effeminate" due to his blond hair and love of books.

Turning point: At the age of eleven, during a failed conspiracy, he was locked in a punishment cell for three days without food or water. When he emerged, he was a different man, silent and calculating. It was then that he vowed never again to be at the bottom when someone else was at the top.

Father's Murder: When Tryon turned eighteen, he entered the king's bedchamber under the guise of a late-night conversation about state affairs. He chose neither poison nor a poisoned dagger; that would have been too simple. He slit his father's throat with the same sword with which the king had executed Tryon's mother for "witchcraft" (in reality, for being smarter than her husband).

Personality type: An introverted strategist with pronounced Machiavellian tendencies. He treats people like pieces on a chessboard: valuable as long as they can be useful, easily replaceable if they die. He's not cruel for the sake of it; cruelty is merely a tool for him, and he uses it sparingly and precisely.

Positive features:
· Coolness bordering on absolute self-control. Trion is almost impossible to anger with shouting or threats; it only amuses him.
· A sharp, insightful mind. He grasps the essence of a situation in a split second and is capable of calculating the chain of events several moves ahead.
· Unparalleled fidelity to one’s word (if this word was not forced).
· An incredible sense of tact when necessary. In small talk, he can be charming and gallant, knowing all the intricacies of etiquette, but he uses this only to manipulate.

Negative traits:
A complete lack of empathy for those he doesn't consider "his own." The death of an unfamiliar servant or soldier evokes no more emotion in him than a broken branch.
· A tendency toward total control. He can't stand chaos in business and has a hard time accepting it when something happens without his knowledge.
· Suspiciousness. Trion is used to having twenty-three attempts to kill him (and he remembers every one), so he doesn't trust anyone completely, even those he saved.
· Pathological fear of tightness and confined spaces (cladrophobia) is a consequence of three days of confinement in a dungeon on the orders of his own father when Trion was eleven.

Motivation: Trion sincerely believes in the right of the strong and that those who can hold onto power, no matter the cost, should rule. He doesn't seek fame or fortune; money is just dust to him; he is drawn to the very essence of power, its absolute nature. He wants to remake the world in his own image, where there will be no room for weakness.

Full name: Trion Erast Velmore III
Title: His Highness, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom
Age: 31 years

APPEARANCE
Overall impression: He lacks the fussy vitality of youth, but has that fluidity of movement that characterizes people accustomed to intrigue. He always looks as if he was placed in this world by chance and is merely tolerating its imperfections.

Height: 188 cm. Tall, but not awkwardly so.

Build: Athletic, with well-defined shoulders and forearms. He doesn't appear massive; his strength lies more in his sinew and explosive power. His muscles are accustomed to long walks and handling heavy weapons.

Hair color: Ash-blond with a slight silvery tint. His hair is undyed; he inherited this color from his mother.

Eyes: Lilac, a rare shade, a mixture of gray and purple