Routine Rennari

Routine Rennari is the Blue Channel's heavy. He is half Apostolosian, a class traitor, and a former Kesh prince.

Appearance

Routine is built like a brick wall, "like if a prince elf was Piccolo".^[1] He is big, buff, and tough.^[2]

Personality

Routine has a soldier vibe. Despite that, his taste in film "displays his princely attributes." When it's Cori's turn for movie night, he tries to pitch her some art house horror films, insisting that the violence is a metaphor. He likes the composition in the romantic period drama she ultimately picks.^[3]

He smokes cigarettes and likes the rhythm of poetry, though he sometimes struggles to understand it.^[2]

History and Involvement

At some point during the five years leading up to PALISADE, Routine becomes a member of the Blue Channel's crew under Captain Kalvin Brnine.

Following the Blue Channel's arrest of several spies on the Isle of the Broken Key, he is too absorbed in reciting a sonnet that he's trying to understand to notice Zedd Z. Izzard sneaking through the ship after escaping from custody.^[2]

He volunteers to accompany Brnine and Phrygian on their dangerous stealth mission in "An Impossible Ideal".^[4]

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After Phrygian takes all of the Stellar Combustors in the galaxy offline, Brnine and Routine are kidnapped to a Pact vessel by STEREOMA.^[5] Routine is left behind when Figure unexpectedly teleports Brnine back to the Blue Channel.^[6]

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Following Brnine's assassination of Dahlia, Routine becomes a bodyguard to Cas'alear Rizah, heir apparent to Dahlia's throne. He works with Cas'alear's other two bodyguards, Cor'rina Corrine and Misericorde, in this role.^[7]

Relationships

He is presumably related to Rosarium Rennari, who also featured as an NPC squad member in an Armour Astir game.^[8]

Trivia

Routine is slowly turning into a Noah Baumbach character.^[2]
Austin ships him with Misericorde.^[5]

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References

[1] PALISADE 01: Into the World Pt. 1

[pal18-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 PALISADE 18: How It Always Looks Pt. 1

[3] PALISADE 12: Worth the Trouble Pt. 1

[pal22-4] PALISADE 22: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 1

[pal25-5] 5.0 ^5.1 PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4

[pal29-6] PALISADE 29: Honesty and Integrity Pt. 2

[pal42-7] PALISADE 42: A Mechanical Whine Pt. 4

[8] See Armour Astir arc

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