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|quote = If you’re a long time reader of this publication, Alekest needs no introduction. You know him from his past adventures, like the slaying of the UnSevered Beast or his solitary stand at Cedartree Station. Maybe you forget some of the details, his angst-filled childhood, the fraught years after his mother’s death, his uncanny dreams. Well, Knight Pickman seems not to be a reader, if her confusion at the Margrave’s arrival is any indication.}} | |quote = If you’re a long time reader of this publication, Alekest needs no introduction. You know him from his past adventures, like the slaying of the UnSevered Beast or his solitary stand at Cedartree Station. Maybe you forget some of the details, his angst-filled childhood, the fraught years after his mother’s death, his uncanny dreams. Well, Knight Pickman seems not to be a reader, if her confusion at the Margrave’s arrival is any indication.}} | ||
{{Character | {{Infobox Character|color_theme=sf | ||
| | | title = Alekest | ||
| pronouns = he/him | | pronouns = he/him | ||
| titles = Margrave of Tescano | | titles = Margrave of Tescano<br>The Porcelain Knight | ||
The Porcelain Knight | |||
| aliases = | | aliases = | ||
| | | people = [[Human]] | ||
| | | affiliations = Unknown, but antagonistic towards the [[Wrights of the Seventh Sun]] | ||
| | | relations = Mother (deceased)<br>[[Zevunzolia]] — haunting<br>[[Pickman]] — close friend | ||
| | | debut ="[[Sangfielle 28: Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 1]]" (first mentioned)<br>"[[Sangfielle 34: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3]]" (debut)}} | ||
[[Shape Knight]] | '''Alekest san Geraint''' is a [[Shape Knight]] (the "Porcelain Knight") and Margrave of Tescano, a territory in the western part of Sangfielle. He aims to find [[Zevunzolia]]. Just as [[Katonya]] is an archetypal [[Cleaver]], Alekest is an archetypal Shape Knight.<ref name=":0">[[Sangfielle 44: Wax, Ichor, and Iron Pt. 1]]</ref> | ||
He is an artist who works with porcelain molds and other materials, making statuary, figurines and other things, including his own armor and the death-defying porcelain heart.<ref name=":1">[[Sangfielle 45: Wax, Ichor, and Iron Pt. 2]]</ref> | |||
"[[Sangfielle 34: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3]] | ==Appearance== | ||
He is a middle-aged Black man, with thinning and greying hair and slightly receded eyes; his face cast is [[wikipedia:Chiwetel_Ejiofor|Chiwetel Ejiofor]]. He wears armor that resembles porcelain, which is why people sometimes call him the Porcelain Knight. It is actually made of a white marble-like substance which he believes comes from Zevunzolia, which he collected in bits and pieces from other seekers of the city.<ref name=":0" /> The helmet has engravings of tusks and teeth on the faceplate, visually similar to those on [https://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=21529.0 Lando Calrissian's skiff guard disguise]<ref name=":2">[[Sangfielle 40: Just Returns Pt. 4]]</ref> or Plo Koon's mask.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
He briefly wears an off-white seersucker suit for dancing in "[[Sangfielle 34: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3|Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3]]". | |||
==History and Involvement == | |||
He was initially a major Fortune fallout for [[Pickman]], which she received in "[[Sangfielle 28: Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 1|Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 1]]": "Hunted. The Shape Knights have found your heresy. A hunter has been dispatched." After he and Pickman both saw the scale model in "[[Sangfielle 30: Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 3|Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 3]]", Zevunzolia became a part of his history. | |||
He recalls having had dreams about Zevunzolia since he was a kid, especially its white marble walls. Its perfection haunted him to the degree that at one point his family thought he was seriously ill. He inherited his estate upon his mother's death, but left to become a Shape Knight and investigate Zevunzolia. He has been a Shape Knight for 20 years, and killed a few [[Wrights of the Seventh Sun|Wrights]] along the way. His travels have given him some interesting expertise, including knowledge of how to counter the runes of the Magistrates.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
Alekest first meets Pickman directly when they both turn out to be passengers on the [[Jade Moon]] and he begins pestering her to share her knowledge of Zevunzolia.<ref>[[Sangfielle 34: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3]]</ref> She eventually concedes to share what she knows, and hands over her alternate universe books.<ref>[[Sangfielle 37: Just Returns Pt. 1]]</ref> Once the Jade Moon completes its journey, he travels with the [[Blackwick Group]] and assists against the Pale Magistrates. After the wax incursion, he joins Es and Duvall in resting at the Blackwick HQ,<ref>[[Sangfielle 41: Just Returns Pt. 5]]</ref> where he soon meets the missing members of the group and helps locate Marn, Bucho and Pickman in the church of the Triadic Pyre.<ref name=":0" /> Alekest then gives Pickman his porcelain heart in exchange for the books she gave him earlier. He stresses ''repeatedly'' that this is a non-romantic gesture, as he is gay.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
He helps the group find [[Akule "Janek" Polyte|Polyte]],<ref>[[Sangfielle 46: Wax, Ichor, and Iron Pt. 3]]</ref> and is in town during the arrival of the [[Carnival of Moted Light]], but not seen much, eventually taking his leave from Blackwick as the Blackwick Group splinters.<ref>[[Sangfielle 50: Dead in the Dust Pt. 3]]</ref> | |||
Alekest offered his help to Pickman in tracking down [[Maleister Price]], but she turned him down, which is why he doesn't end up following her in "[[Sangfielle 56: Six Travelers: Pickman|Six Travelers: Pickman]]". He does manage to get [[Sangfielle 56: Six Travelers: Pickman/Journal#Letter from Alekest|a message to Pickman]] expressing his friendly envy and asking for her help in figuring out the recent changes to [[Concentus]].<ref>[[Sangfielle 56: Six Travelers: Pickman]]</ref> | |||
==Relationships== | |||
===Pickman === | |||
Pickman is initially distrustful of Alekest, as she wants nothing to do with Zevunzolia and assumes he is either a Wright of the Seventh Sun or just another schemer. She also finds his wealth and position as a margrave irritating. Despite this, Alekest persists in speaking with her to explain his relationship to Zevunzolia, until she concedes enough to give him her alternate universe books. | |||
His experience as a Shape Knight and help with the various challenges of the Blackwick Group end up causing Pickman to accept him. In return, he entrusts her with his porcelain heart, in the hopes that it will protect her. They both affirm at this point that neither of them are interested in the other romantically. | |||
Although Pickman consorts with trains (and he was, prior to the intervention of the scale model, after her for heresy), he seems more confused and alarmed by this behavior than angry. | |||
By "Six Travelers: Pickman" they have become genuine friends; he is the only person not present in Zevunzolia who we see Pickman mention in her journal, and he somehow manages to reach out to her (despite the obvious difficulty involved) with a concerned letter. | |||
==Appears in== | |||
*[[Passage on the Jade Moon]] | |||
*[[Just Returns]] | |||
*[[Wax, Ichor, and Iron]] | |||
*[[Six Travelers]] | |||
==References== | |||
<references />{{NavboxSangfielle}} | |||
[[Category:Humans]] | [[Category:Humans]] | ||
[[Category:Sangfielle characters]] | |||
[[Category:Shape Knights]] | [[Category:Shape Knights]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Jade Moon arc]] | ||
[[Category:Just Returns | [[Category:Just Returns arc]] | ||
[[Category:Wax, Ichor | [[Category:Wax, Ichor and Iron arc]] | ||
[[Category:Six Travelers | [[Category:Six Travelers arc]] | ||
[[Category:Sangfielle]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:52, 11 November 2024
If you’re a long time reader of this publication, Alekest needs no introduction. You know him from his past adventures, like the slaying of the UnSevered Beast or his solitary stand at Cedartree Station. Maybe you forget some of the details, his angst-filled childhood, the fraught years after his mother’s death, his uncanny dreams. Well, Knight Pickman seems not to be a reader, if her confusion at the Margrave’s arrival is any indication.
Alekest san Geraint is a Shape Knight (the "Porcelain Knight") and Margrave of Tescano, a territory in the western part of Sangfielle. He aims to find Zevunzolia. Just as Katonya is an archetypal Cleaver, Alekest is an archetypal Shape Knight.[1]
He is an artist who works with porcelain molds and other materials, making statuary, figurines and other things, including his own armor and the death-defying porcelain heart.[2]
Appearance[edit | edit source]
He is a middle-aged Black man, with thinning and greying hair and slightly receded eyes; his face cast is Chiwetel Ejiofor. He wears armor that resembles porcelain, which is why people sometimes call him the Porcelain Knight. It is actually made of a white marble-like substance which he believes comes from Zevunzolia, which he collected in bits and pieces from other seekers of the city.[1] The helmet has engravings of tusks and teeth on the faceplate, visually similar to those on Lando Calrissian's skiff guard disguise[3] or Plo Koon's mask.[1]
He briefly wears an off-white seersucker suit for dancing in "Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3".
History and Involvement[edit | edit source]
He was initially a major Fortune fallout for Pickman, which she received in "Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 1": "Hunted. The Shape Knights have found your heresy. A hunter has been dispatched." After he and Pickman both saw the scale model in "Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 3", Zevunzolia became a part of his history.
He recalls having had dreams about Zevunzolia since he was a kid, especially its white marble walls. Its perfection haunted him to the degree that at one point his family thought he was seriously ill. He inherited his estate upon his mother's death, but left to become a Shape Knight and investigate Zevunzolia. He has been a Shape Knight for 20 years, and killed a few Wrights along the way. His travels have given him some interesting expertise, including knowledge of how to counter the runes of the Magistrates.[3]
Alekest first meets Pickman directly when they both turn out to be passengers on the Jade Moon and he begins pestering her to share her knowledge of Zevunzolia.[4] She eventually concedes to share what she knows, and hands over her alternate universe books.[5] Once the Jade Moon completes its journey, he travels with the Blackwick Group and assists against the Pale Magistrates. After the wax incursion, he joins Es and Duvall in resting at the Blackwick HQ,[6] where he soon meets the missing members of the group and helps locate Marn, Bucho and Pickman in the church of the Triadic Pyre.[1] Alekest then gives Pickman his porcelain heart in exchange for the books she gave him earlier. He stresses repeatedly that this is a non-romantic gesture, as he is gay.[2]
He helps the group find Polyte,[7] and is in town during the arrival of the Carnival of Moted Light, but not seen much, eventually taking his leave from Blackwick as the Blackwick Group splinters.[8]
Alekest offered his help to Pickman in tracking down Maleister Price, but she turned him down, which is why he doesn't end up following her in "Six Travelers: Pickman". He does manage to get a message to Pickman expressing his friendly envy and asking for her help in figuring out the recent changes to Concentus.[9]
Relationships[edit | edit source]
Pickman[edit | edit source]
Pickman is initially distrustful of Alekest, as she wants nothing to do with Zevunzolia and assumes he is either a Wright of the Seventh Sun or just another schemer. She also finds his wealth and position as a margrave irritating. Despite this, Alekest persists in speaking with her to explain his relationship to Zevunzolia, until she concedes enough to give him her alternate universe books.
His experience as a Shape Knight and help with the various challenges of the Blackwick Group end up causing Pickman to accept him. In return, he entrusts her with his porcelain heart, in the hopes that it will protect her. They both affirm at this point that neither of them are interested in the other romantically.
Although Pickman consorts with trains (and he was, prior to the intervention of the scale model, after her for heresy), he seems more confused and alarmed by this behavior than angry.
By "Six Travelers: Pickman" they have become genuine friends; he is the only person not present in Zevunzolia who we see Pickman mention in her journal, and he somehow manages to reach out to her (despite the obvious difficulty involved) with a concerned letter.
Appears in[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sangfielle 44: Wax, Ichor, and Iron Pt. 1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sangfielle 45: Wax, Ichor, and Iron Pt. 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sangfielle 40: Just Returns Pt. 4
- ↑ Sangfielle 34: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3
- ↑ Sangfielle 37: Just Returns Pt. 1
- ↑ Sangfielle 41: Just Returns Pt. 5
- ↑ Sangfielle 46: Wax, Ichor, and Iron Pt. 3
- ↑ Sangfielle 50: Dead in the Dust Pt. 3
- ↑ Sangfielle 56: Six Travelers: Pickman