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It was a scandalous affair. The elf knew it as much, knew that if word got out, he would never be able to show his face again. The goblin also knew that getting involved with the elf was bound to get him banished from his very conservative community. But the goblin was in love. And the elf was married.

The elf thought himself in love with the goblin as well. But he couldn’t just break off his marriage, which was more a binding agreement. The goblin had had quite enough of sneaking around. Doubts circled his mind. And so, the goblin insisted for some sort of proof that eventually they’d end up together.

The elf came up with the ridiculous idea of secretly imbuing a stone with the goblin. The stone would be their promise of raising a child together. A promise of moving on from him wife, to starting a life with the goblin.

Little did the goblin realize how much of a flake the elf was. Once the stone became an infant, the elf’s nerves grew on edge. He wasn’t ready to leave his comfortable life for the poor goblin. Once the infant grew into a freshling and was ready to go to school, the elf realized he couldn’t do this. He couldn’t leave his wife. He couldn’t raise a half-breed and have the whole elven community know of it.

The goblin had left the community once the stone became an infant. There was no way the child could be a goblin, what with lacking the teeth and tail. He would settle in a little cottage, a bit removed from society. And the elf would join him there. Happiness was within his grasp.

The elf telling him that he couldn’t do it had been the goblin’s downfall. He had pinned that hope… pinned his future to the elf. Begging and persistence only got the elf more insistent on being separate. The goblin, unsure what to do, sent the freshling to the academy for the semester. He didn’t want to raise a child on his own. That elf’s child. A constant reminder. He had to leave. Run away from his heartbreak.

When Yule came home, he found the cottage empty. A few days later, the Academy stepped in and brought him in for Sanctuary. Yule had started his first semester at the Academy… and had become an orphan at the same time.

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Yule wasn’t born mute. The day he lost his only parent, he also lost his voice. There just… wasn’t the desire to speak again. In his simple, child mind, his dad would come running if he heard about Yule not speaking. So, the freshling held out. And continued to do so, even as hope vanished. Once it became evident that his dad wasn’t coming back, not speaking had just became a stubborn habit. And eventually, Yule just forgot how to and refused to relearn. Instead, he relied on drawing pictures. When he had learned his words and letters, he began to write in order to relay messages. A caretaker gifted him a device that played music for a birthday one year, hoping to encourage him to sing. And, although it still didn’t bring a peep out of him, Yule became obsessed with music.

When he was a junior, he began trying to make his own music. The words lacked meaning and he had yet to learn how to read and write sheet music, but it was something.

When he was a senior, he took a music class. There, he learned how to read music. He also picked up a bit of piano, wanting to give rhythm to his lyrics. His teachers encouraged Grendel, informing him about how far he could go with music. They still had hope for him speaking.

All Yule had hope for was to write something for someone to convey his feelings, emotions. He wanted other people to bring out his feelings, other people to speak for him.

.: Yule doesn't really notice faces as much. He doesn't look at people. He does, however, have a great ear for voices.

.: Because of his lack of memorization to faces, he doesn't really care about how people look. Ergo, he doesn't mind hybrids. Or rather, he's very indifferent.


Strengths:
.: Musically talented. He wasn't born talented but many years of love and dedication has made him have quite an ear for music. He's also able to somewhat play different types of instruments, once he learns where to put his fingers. Of course, without lots of practice, he won't be nearly as good as he is with the piano.

.: Vocal memorization. While his visual memory has lot to be desired, he has a great mind for voices and what was said. Unfortunately, he more often than not has headphones in, making his vocal memorization pretty useless.

Faults:
.: Mute. He's pretty much forgotten how to speak. It's been too long and it just seems wrong to start speaking all of a sudden. He does make other noises, like grunts and sighing.

.: Visually forgetful. You can be in the same class with him for years and he wouldn't be able to tell. He doesn't look up from his desk or whatever he's writing very often.

First of all, I'm so sorry you had to wait this long for a review. Somehow yours got overlooked, so thank you so much for your patience!

All right, getting into things!

Yule is looking great, and I love the use of selective mutism. The only thing that needs to be looked at are his strengths and flaws. Generally speaking, strength and flaws should be personality traits, not skills, not intelligences, and not physical attributes. If you want to keep the blurbs you currently have somewhere else in the profile, that's more than okay, but you'll need to reevaluate what you want to use in place of those.

Other than that, I got nothing! His prompt was very sweet!