diplomacy at its finest

Post by Athanasios Zacharias on Jul 31, 2014 17:23:05 GMT

The two-faced Ambassador of Greece, Athanasios is a conniver, always seeking to turn situations to his advantage. He never acts anything less than impeccably polite, if occasionally sarcastic. If he isn't, then he's very confident that the person experiencing that won't be telling the tale to very many people. While he's more than willing to help other people, he generally does so with the unspoken assumption that the person he helps will be of use to him in the future. Generally, a very agreeable, likable, if somewhat greasy person, unless you present yourself as an impediment to doing what he has planned for his future.

Friends: There are three levels of friends that Athanasios has, with each one being harder to get to. The first are acquaintances, people he speaks to casually and fosters good feelings with. This can be nearly anyone, on both sides, and he's perfectly willing to stab these in the back to continue moving forward. The second are people he views as valuable, and he can and will go out of his way to help, because he believes they will be useful to him later. The third are true friends, an exceedingly small commodity in the rather paranoid Greek's accounts. If anyone actually reaches the point where they earn Athanasios' trust, then he will be willing to risk his own neck for them, as such people are worth their weight in gold.


Enemies: Athanasios would rather have no enemies, because enemies are people that could interfere with his machinations. Generally, people who get in the way of whatever he sets in his plans to do are his enemies, and he tries his best to make sure they aren't aware that's the case. He's also afraid, and rightly so, that if people were more aware of his real personality that they'd turn against him, which is something very likely to happen.


Lovers: Athanasios is rather disinterested in pursuing any relationships, as it involves a degree of trust that he doesn't freely give out for anything serious, and he burned himself out on casual flings when he was younger and more stupid. Anyone who actually wants to, and can reach the level where they actually earn his trust, could pursue a romantic relationship however.


Other: Dunno

Post by Tanz on Aug 3, 2014 17:06:53 GMT

This man reminds a lot like his worst enemy, Lu Buwei, who used his money and connections to become a prime minister and control his kingdom from the shadows until Zheng finally became of age. Zheng does not despise Lu Buwei. He does not hate his enemies. He sees them nothing more than a pest distracting him to his greater goals. He can also consider such pests a challenge though. And I think Zheng is finding things a bit too easy.

This is a bit in the long-run and could still change. But Athan may be the only one who might sniff that's something's up with Mister Caster. Even by just his history, Caster is definitely not a man who simply sat around idly. Caster's on an observing role, but he intends to slowly spread his spiderweb until he ca decide which "side" he's exactly on.

He and Athan can become co-conspirators, enemies, or just plain using each other. Both of them use people, though they may have different alignments.
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Post by Athanasios Zacharias on Aug 6, 2014 6:04:40 GMT

He'd probably try to plan alongside Ying Zheng but he'd honestly feel nervous the whole time. He's never really worked alongside beings beyond the power of humans, and the last time he's even seen an exceptionally powerful magi was when he ran away from home. He'll try and I would imagine succeed to some extent, but he'd be even more wary than he'd normally be around a Servant, especially one that isn't his. Just take that into account, because otherwise, that sounds really cool.

And for Kiritsugu...I'm sure he might have at least -heard- of the famed Magus Killer, and honestly, even more than the Servants, he's going to be wondering how he'll get out of this alive. But he has worked with many people who want to do the good and right thing, and made a profit off of them, so it's not inconceivable that things could work out. Heck, if he's willing to share, Athanasios might learn a thing or two from the old magi's experience. He'd be willing.
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