Alhaytham

The current Secretary of the Sumeru Akademiya, perceptive and erudite, is rightfully considered an intelligent person. Nevertheless, he prefers to live modestly and comfortably, doing everything as he sees fit, which makes it always difficult to say where he can be found. Alhaitham avoids public life and keeps his distance from colleagues. Moreover, he has no interest in career advancement whatsoever. It seems that for him, true pleasure lies not in fame and honors, but in undisturbed reading of books in the silence of the House of Daena

Birthday: 11 February

Element: Dendro

Weapon: sword

Height: 182 cm

A tall, powerfully built man with gray hair interwoven with pale-turquoise strands, and expressive light-turquoise eyes accentuated by orange eyeliner. A distinctive feature of his appearance is a pair of large gold headphones with turquoise and emerald inlays. His attire is a detailed multi-layered ensemble: a form-fitting black top with a high slit collar, decorated with gold ornamentation, over which a cape with a turquoise lining is draped over one shoulder, gradient-shifting from dark green to black and complemented by a short black cloak. At his waist, emerald fabrics with patterns are fastened, from which trinkets dangle in the form of two blue leaf-shaped amulets and three large crystals. The look is completed by dark trousers, bracers worn over high fingerless gloves, and black knee-high boots with multicolored tops, while an Eye of God is attached to the cape at his left shoulder

Alhaitham is a rational pragmatist and a staunch individualist who prioritizes facts and logic over emotions, viewing comfortable solitude as a conscious choice rather than a forced circumstance. He is driven by a pure obsession with knowledge for its own sake, seeks neither fame nor power (having refused the position of Grand Sage), and values silence and personal space above social interactions. In communication, he is reserved, prone to sarcasm, and may come across as cold, yet beneath this detachment lies a genuine curiosity about opposing worldviews and a capacity for strategic action based on his personal understanding of justice, not altruism

Alhaitham lost his parents early in life to an accident and was raised by his grandmother, a scholar of the Kshahrewar. From her he learned that his father had been a mentor in the Haravatat Darshan and his mother a renowned scholar in Vahumana. By the age of seven, he was already reading complex academic journals, having inherited his intellect from his parents. At the Sumeru Akademiya, he took the position of Secretary, an unremarkable yet strategically important role as Keeper of Books that allowed him to know more about what was happening than anyone else. He temporarily acted as Grand Sage but quickly resigned, returning to his modest position. His approach to knowledge has always been pragmatic. He seeks truth purely out of personal interest, not for reputation or ideals, and believes that many scholars have lost themselves by using the pursuit of knowledge as a tool for self-fulfillment, whereas he acts rationally and employs any methods he deems necessary

1. Alhaitham wears soundproof headphones, which are part of a device he created when he became the Akademiya's scribe. The headphones are connected to a player on his back via a wire. Sometimes he uses the device to listen to music, and sometimes to block out noise

2. Alhaitham was born into a family of distinguished hereditary scholars. His father was a mentor in Haravatat, and his mother was a renowned scholar in Vahumana. However, his parents died very early in an accident, and he was raised by his grandmother, a scholar of the Kshahrewar. Alhaitham studied at home for a long time, as school was far too easy and boring for him

3. He prefers reading the books collected by his grandmother over directly obtaining knowledge from the Akasha. He likes that books, unlike the Akasha, can contain errors. Through reading books, he acquired the ability to learn, analyze, and correct mistakes

4. Alhaitham received his Vision while reading a book during a research trip

5. Despite his brilliant mind and position as Secretary of the Sumeru Akademiya, Alhaitham does not seek power. He refused an offer to become the Grand Sage, and later, after temporarily taking on those duties due to the chaos in Sumeru, he resigned again and returned to his role as Secretary

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