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expiationmeme2024-03-25 04:29 pm
APPEARANCE MEME

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claude von riegan | fe3h
NAMEHERE
AGE: 20
HEIGHT: 175cm / 5'7"
BUILD: A lean, muscular archer's build
HAIR: Dark brown
EYES: Green
ORIGIN: Fodlan and Almyra (not Earth!). Biracial; half white, half middle-eastern (an Ottoman Empire pastiche).
LANGUAGE: Fodlan (presumably some sort of germanic language) & Almyran languages (presumably Arabic, Turkish or Persian, if not all three).
VISION
Claude is a young man with light brown skin, bright green eyes, and thick, bushy brows that he's clearly gotten threaded over the timeskip. He's white-passing, but if you've got a more discerning eye - or pay attention to how he tans during the summer months - you may be able to glean his true heritage. He has thick, naturally wavy hair with pronounced sideburns that he keeps gelled back and tamed to the best of his ability. His build is lean, but more muscular than he initially appears; his experience as a master archer and wyvern rider has given him a strong core, back, and thighs to be able to sustain long hours of riding and warfare. He has one pierced ear, with a single hoop adorning it at all times. Due to his history of violence, he has numerous scars scattered across his body, but he pays them no mind.
He's generally clothed in so much fabric that it's hard to tell where his body is underneath it all; using layers of armour and fine materials is his go-to, his hands perpetually gloved, feet always in tall riding boots, and cloaked in ornamentation and finery. He also favours some nods to his heritage in his dress, often seen with a kontush sash adroned by turkish püskül. He dresses down a bit more in Expiation, favouring a simple shirt, jacket, and trousers, but it's clear that he generally likes to stay well covered up. You'll rarely see him unarmed. Even when he doesn't have his trademark bow and sword on him, he'll at least have a dagger on his person at all times.
His general demeanor is one that's playful and relaxed and, though he doesn't show it, studiously so. He stands with a casual slouch, often waving his hands in the air as he talks, or hooking them behind his head, rocking back on his heels, and often bending over to get up in other people's personal space. It's the demeanor of the class clown, someone who wouldn't hurt a fly, who's all smiles and jokes and can put most people at ease with a wink. He always looks as though he's flirting with you... but just don't call him out on it. He won't follow through. One thing is clear about his demeanor, though: there's an enormous wall between him and everyone else at all times. That smile really doesn't ever seem to meet his eyes.
SOUND
English voice: Here and here!
Japanese voice: Here and here!Bonus: the only time in the series in which Claude snaps (but only in Japanese)
Claude's voice tends to be light, cheerful, lilting and airy, with a tendency for his vocabulary choice to be chummy and casual, with a predilection for getting real silly with it. He can switch it off in a blink of an eye, where he reveals how cool, calculating and authoritative he can be, but it's not the sort of thing he tends to lead with.
SCENT
Claude tends to wear cologne, favouring rich, earthy, musky scents. On days where he doesn't bother, he'll smell of the apothecary he works in - largely tea, herbs, and tobacco - or of the fresh hay in the stables he spends time in. If you see him first thing in the morning, he smells faintly of the incense he burns.
MISC
Pre-timeskip appearance
Mid-timeskip appearance (his current look!)
Post-timeskip appearance
Heroes alt!
Some fun costume analysis!
And some bonus showing off and eating shit, just because.