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Name: Ganyma Callow
Ganyma: From “Ganymede”, one of the closest orbiting moons of Jupiter; the moon itself is named after the hero Ganymede in Greek Myth, a young man who is abducted by Zeus and serves as a cup-bearer for the Gods.

Callow: Meaning immature or naïve.
Blood colour: #009985 - Teal; barely a tad higher than Terezi's color.

Gender: Male

Symbol:

The astronomical and astrological sign for Jupiter; in psychological astrology it also indicates a willingness to adapt and conform to social status.


Personality:

Being a tealblood is, to many of Ganyma’s peers, an excellent way to allow for a smooth and unassuming life. However, living under the radar is not something that Ganyma aspires to do. Ganyma is beginning to tire of his very young life in the middle, and is restless. In his romanticized ideas of society, the middle-class is mediocre. He wants to be independent – his own troll.

With his goals of becoming self-reliant in mind, Ganyma relishes the very high-class, as well as the very low-class. He sees highbloods that have great power and fulfill their ambitions with great admiration, and envies them for their fortunate blood typing that makes it easy for them to achieve greatness. On the other hand, he almost has a higher respect for exceptional lowbloods; great leaders, even leaders of the rebellion, are fascinating to Ganyma. Ganyma has sense enough to know that the trolls that get up, make friends and use them to be powerful and independent are something to be respected.

Ganyma is typically a friendly and good-natured troll. Many character flaws tend to go over his head, as he is not very bright, and when faced with perplexing situations he always finds the most straight-forward (but not necessarily the least destructive) answer. It is very difficult for Ganyma to be set-off, as he manages to distract himself (both intentionally and unintentionally) from negative emotions. Ganyma makes an effort to get along with those he interacts with, though he is quite transparent to outside observers concerning who he respects and who he does not. He tends to conform to the atmosphere of the room given his willingness to fit in to get ahead, as he has a hard time standing up for himself and exploiting opportunities in the presence of more intelligent trolls.

However, he loves socializing and already tries to get ahead in the eyes of his peers. His frequent bouts in the city give him an edge on gossip, and he is surprisingly streetwise. Often, Ganyma’s gullibility gets in the way of him being able to stop out of control gossip (as he tends to believe a large portion of it), and when faced with accusations or contradictions he will become confused and either fold or change sides. Regardless, he is a surefire way to plant a seed of misinformation.

When Ganyma is on his own (he tends to prefer being away from his lusus and hive) he enjoys lifting stuff at the local junkyard, but typically seeks out others when he is not occupied with training.

Ganyma’s other major hobby consists of his fascination and love of masked troll wrestling. Being a fit troll with a passion for following celebrities, he fits right in watching his heroes slam each other into stupors on the mat. Masked troll wrestling is a dramatic pastime; there is a strict code of honor and high sense of duty for the wrestlers, that Ganyma gushes over. The best part is the largely anonymous cast of wrestling heroes on the mat: it is quite typical for these trolls to hide their blood color under masks with tinted lenses, leaving the battlefield open for any troll with spine enough to risk his livelihood and sacred standing in a high-stakes match! Ganyma is very taken in with the theatrics of the sport, and while some of it may seem forced to outsiders, Ganyma takes all if it in with earth-shattering seriousness.

Ganyma has a childish view of romance, and doesn't want anyone to know that he is enamored with romance-- especially the drama of oscillating quadrants, upsets and unmaskings that he sees often in troll wrestling.

Strengths:
Ambitious: Ganyma has an extremely strong desire to succeed. Once he sets his eyes on a target, he charges towards it with vigor, setting it as a prominent fixture in his daily routine. Ganyma will go to great lengths to take on these goals, even if he does not have the best judgement in his attack plan. He is willing to take on the most harrowing tasks, as well, as long as he firmly believes in the cause. His ambition and drive can become extremely formidable if his entire heart is into it.

Sociable: His comfort in New Hemisect has fostered his familiarity with its denizens, and he is well versed in social situations. Ganyma knows by intuition how to please, and naturally fits into any crowd. Ganyma will socialize with any troll, regardless of status, and is hard-pressed to hold long-lasting grudges. Notably, Ganyma’s tendency to look over personality flaws and ill-meaning social cues makes him a valuable friend and ally to have. He is easy to get along with, and because of his socializing Ganyma is often active in the institutions and groups that he is a part of, always trying to get ahead.


Strong: Ganyma is certainly a fighting spirit, and focuses his technique on defense and holding his foes at bay. He boasts impressive body strength for his age. Ganyma is particularly good at grappling, which gives him a hand-to-hand advantage. He has a fair bit of speed, too, and makes sure to pay attention to his idols in the ring when he practices high-flying combo moves! He takes great pride in his physical strength, and enjoys a good bout. Sometimes, he can't resist getting involved in scuffles.

Unflappable: Whether it be through physical or emotional prodding, the troll has learned (through the constant literal jabbing of his lusus) to push negative emotions to the back of his mind. Even when he is confused or ready to throw a tantrum, Ganyma can usually stop himself as a safeguard from another assault of pecks on his skull. Ganyma is always looking for an edge in his path to succeed, and often doesn’t even slow down enough to think of the many pitfalls that he has fallen into (though it certainly helps that, on occasion, Ganyma doesn’t process or realize that these pitfalls occur). Because of all of these factors, it takes a great deal to upset Ganyma, who usually maintains a mostly-sunny personality.


Flaws:
Simple: Ganyma is, admittedly, not very bright. Though he likes to hang out with kids that are smarter than him, he has a hard time understanding complex ideas, even for his age. Ganyma tries to cope by repeating information to himself constantly – he knows many directions by heart, and many obvious facts to him are self-evident (who reigns over Alternia, the classes of the hemospectrum, et cetera). However, his gullibility allows for even the simplest of facts to be skewed by a clever foe. If convinced eloquently enough, Ganyma will accept falsehoods as truths because he doesn’t know any better, and often wants to maintain a knowledgeable façade.

Shortsighted: While his ambition is great, Ganyma gets tunnel vision in each particular task that he takes, and he endlessly misses the bigger picture. Because of this, Ganyma’s daily life tends to lead him up a staircase of ambition and back down again: he tackles ideas of grandeur with full intensity only to reach the end of the climb with no bright ideas nor a clue of how to proceed, leaving his poorly formed plans to crumble. The troll’s shortsightedness also makes him careless in his actions, as he doesn’t have the foresight to see his plans through fully. His head-first methods of completing objectives are either overly simplistic or overly complex, with gaping holes in both techniques, and sometimes after a particularly complicated plan he will unknowingly end up with a different goal than he started with.

Dependent: Ganyma’s inability to work on his own without his plans crashing to the ground has caused him, quite tragically, to be dependent on more aggressive and crafty trolls. He is a constant bag of contradictions, craving self-reliance while constantly toadying up to those above him. He tries to learn their tricks, and how those in charge are able to maintain a social grasp upon their followers, but is never charismatic or brilliant enough to manage a long-term organization of any significance. Ganyma’s cycle of dependence comes and goes. When he is up and inspired by his ambitious training towards independence, Ganyma gains an inflated self-importance. Inevitably, when he hits a deadly snag, Ganyma will retreat into self-blame, falling under the wing of whomever will take him in and foster his ego and feed his misconceptions about independence.

Fickle: Whoever has Ganyma’s trust and respect has his muscle and full attention – regardless of the shape of their plans. Ganyma is so interested in becoming a leader among trolls that he will settle for exalted or infamous, and is willing to shift his allegiance to whoever’s side he finds is the best opportunity to do so. While he often consciously makes these decisions, part of Ganyma’s capriciousness stems from his gullibility. His stance on a particular subject might change due to peer pressure, misunderstanding or otherwise, and he can be a bit of a wild card depending on the controversy and amount of players surrounding any current event.


Weapon: Ganyma’s weapons of choice are his fingerless grappling gloves, outfitted with push daggers just above his knuckles. He can eject the blades from his gloves by putting pressure on the back of his hand, and can return them manually. He prefers to incapacitate and take down an enemy with his own bare hands, rather than using his concealed weapons. He rather enjoys attention that he receives for wrestling trolls into submission! Though, with the amount of violence constantly surrounding the trollish society, Ganyma does submit to keeping his blades sharp for special occasions that need a certain “push”.


Appearance: For a child, Ganyma is a rather large and husky boy. He isn't fat by any means, and is of fairly imposing stature. He has lengthy, thick arms and a wide-set torso, but poor posture often makes him look shorter than he is.

Ganyma dresses comfortably, and wears a grey jersey with his symbol imposed upon it. Under this he usually dons black sweatpants, and wears his favorite red cowboy boots on top of those.

The young troll’s face has already seen a number of beatings, and boasts a perpetually crooked broken nose to show for them. While his nose hinders his speech and gives him a rather stuffed manner of speaking, his tone is bellowing for a child's and carries quite far. His face is broad and heart-shaped, with deep set, tilted eyes that give him a sympathetic, drooping look.

Ganyma’s horns are beginning to form a shape reminiscent of his symbol. They emerge near his temples, with the horn on his left side of his head being a short nubby spike. The other shoots out horizontally, and turns suddenly at about a 100-degree angle. It appears that it might hook later in life. Ganyma takes it upon himself to keep his head shaved, and often has cut marks in addition to the rather alarming welts on his head inflicted by his lusus, most obviously on the right side of his scalp.

Home: Ganyma’s hive lies on the cusp of the social divide of New Hemisect City. It’s a basic, blocky hive that resembles a poorly made layer-cake. Originally, the carpenter drones built the home partially underground, but recently, due to constant damage due to Ganyma’s lusus forcing his head through the floors, Ganyma has been forced to build upwards to accommodate room for both him and his lusus.

Overall, the building is an eyesore. Notably, there are broken ladders and notches carved into the spongy walls. The windows and doors are mostly holes in the building, and in bad weather are covered with thick metal sheets. The hive-work generally looks like a child accomplished it, and only boasts a single extra layer of living space, with some armature built on the roof for future "renovations". The hive's external ladders were afterthoughts, when he realized that stairs had been forgotten in the original build.

The hives around Ganyma's home were built some time after (and much to his lusus’ chagrin), and are mostly homes to low-blooded trolls, being thickly populated stems.

Ganyma's respiteblock is sparsely furnished, with a squashed-looking recuperacoon and various heavy objects for working out during sleepless days. Ganyma doesn’t spend much time in his room, nor his home, and tends to pack light when out and about. There are a few journals with great plans of grandeur and his daily events stuffed in hidden places, though he keeps those to himself.



Lusus: Strochio is a monstrous ostrich lusus (respectfully referred to as Ostrichfather on occasion by Ganyma), whose foul attitude and sharp gaze consistently catches young trolls off guard. He is a great, bulky bird, standing at 10 feet tall. Strochio boasts huge saurian legs, and similarly reptilian arms instead of wings. He uses his bulky limbs to push others "the hell out the way" in the city, but finds being in confined spaces upsetting. Strochio prefers to wander in open areas, and enjoys self-reliant and dangerous behavior. He approves of Ganyma's size and strength, though he is beginning to notice that his tendency towards looking to others for leadership is disappointing.

Therefore, Ganyma’s lusus employs a strict regimen of "training". It is very common for the young troll be picked up (often kicking and screaming by the hair, which is why Ganyma tries to shave his own head on a regular basis) and dragged into the city, away from the comfort of his hive. He is then made to walk home alone, though for the most part Ganyma doesn't understand the lesson that his lusus is trying to apart and ends up wandering aimlessly around the city, memorizing streetways and soliciting illegal troll wrestling matches when he can sneak in through a nook or cranny. Strochio will, as well, set primitive traps for him around the hive, as well as ambushing him on occasion.

Power: None.

"... he is extremely transparent when it comes to whom he looks up to and who he does not. He tends to agree with those around him and conform to the atmosphere of the room..."

It's odd that you say these things right after each other. Now it makes sense that he'd want to agree with others in the hopes of climbing his way to the top, but that seems like it would be a hard thing to do if he's surrounded by a bunch of privileged highbloods that he clearly dislikes. I think it would be better if you took out the transparency of respect. That way he could continue to be a yes-man, but secretly detest who he may be agreeing with.

"He may put on a façade of disinterest towards romance and quadrants..."

Why does he do this? Why hide the fact that he sometimes entertains pale fantasies? Does he feel it's a weakness or it makes him look stupid if he's interested in romance?

All in all you seem to have a pretty solid troll here. ouob

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