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CHARACTER CANON INFORMATION
Character Name: Sage, Genis
Canon: Tales of Symphonia
Age: ~13
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Before Dawn of the New World
History: Link
Powers/Abilities: Genis is a mage who uses offensive, elemental magic almost exclusively (he has one spell that isn't: Force Field). He can cast small, single target spells, such as Fireball and Lightning, as well as large spells that affect an area like Eruption or Stalagmite. The larger and more powerful the spell, the longer it takes to cast and the more power it uses up. The strongest arte he's capable of alone is Indignation Judgment, his mystic arte. He can also combine his artes with other characters' artes to create enhanced, combined versions of their two artes.
Aside from supernatural abilities, he's also very book-smart. He's the type who studies a lot, does his homework, and could jump twenty grades or something. He's also a very good cook and can perfect several dishes in the game. His weak point is curry and beef stew, and his strong point is sweets. He's also good with a kendama, but he lacks in physical reflexes and strength otherwise, even with an Exsphere enhancing his abilities. He's actually kind of prone to tripping.
Personality: Genis, in so many words, is a know-it-all brat. He's studious, even when on a journey to save the world(s), enjoys teasing people he's close to, and can make snide and sarcastic remarks at times.
He actually takes a lot of pride in his intelligence. In this, he's very curious and asks a lot of questions on top of studying and following his sister's lessons. He wants to understand things around him, from the how and why of the two worlds being split to the reasons people act certain ways. Not to say he never jumps to conclusions, because he definitely does when he feels like he knows something, but when that understanding isn't there, he isn't complacent to just go without an answer.
At the same time, his pride can't handle when someone he doesn't like is actually smarter than him. Still very much a twelve-year-old, he likes picking on people and occasionally pulling cruel pranks. He enjoys teasing his best friend and sister often, especially about things that he's good at but they aren't, such as academics and cooking. He generally does this all in good humor...except when it's with Zelos or someone he doesn't like. If Genis doesn't like someone, that person will know it. He'll openly tell someone he dislikes them just as much as he can tell a friend that he likes them. With Zelos in particular, he isn't above threatening him with violence or casting low level spells on him.
Though he can be childish and bicker with people around him, he never goes to the extent of causing a rift in the party. He still reaches out and talks to people that he doesn't like, and if he doesn't understand them, he questions them. (Although that can be laced with some anger and combativeness, too, depending on the situation in question.)
He's really not a bad kid overall. From the start, Genis is someone who cares deeply about and wants to help others. His concern for other people can be seen everywhere, and is a driving force in several of his actions. It isn't exclusive to major, life-or-death issues like saving people; it comes through in smaller things like cheering up and supporting his friends and helping strangers in any way he can - even if it's dangerous or out of the way. Sometimes, this side of him ignores sense, like sneaking to the local Desian human ranch to give food to one of the prisoners, which ultimately leads to more harm than good. While he always feels regret and remorse at those times, he never stops believing that trying to help is the right thing to do, and always supports his friends when their own good intentions backfire.
Although Genis is always looking to help others, he doesn't always extend the same kindness towards himself. Before he was revealed as a half-elf, he kept his identity a secret even from his closest friends. When it finally was revealed in the worst way possible - as reason for himself and his sister to be executed because of Tethe'alla's caste system - he was honestly surprised that he was saved and received little scorn from his companions. The rift between humans, elves, and half-elves affects Genis deeply. In his own words, "Because humans hate us, I hate humans." While he's a caring person in general, he's not free of prejudice by any means. To him, Lloyd, in being kind and determined, isn't like other humans. He takes all the times and all the ways humans have wronged him to heart—as something that makes him hate humans even more and curse the fact that he's half human himself.
It's one of the many ways Genis struggles between hoping for the best and falling into despair. When situations are dire, he may believe in - and choose to follow through on - plans where drastic sacrifices are necessary. While he doesn't want Colette to sacrifice herself for the sake of Sylvarant's survival, he still holds Lloyd back when he tries to stop her and hates the though of Sylvarant being sacrificed instead. While he doesn't want to die, he still chooses to sacrifice himself when he believes there is no way for both him and Lloyd to survive. While he continues to see Mithos as his friend, he still says that they need to "destroy" him.
The difference is that, by the end, he ultimately decides that he doesn't want to give in so easily. He later takes back what he says about killing Mithos and admits that, although he's done unforgivable things, he still wants to save him. In the end, his decision to not give up leads him to decide to try to change the world altogether so fewer people will suffer.
Even before he reaches that conclusion, though, Genis is very attracted to hopefulness and optimism. Although often the one voicing doubts and misgivings about a particular plan, he is always happy when Lloyd chooses to put saving and caring for others over more rational options. He also tends to be the one to call Lloyd out when he does something less-than-heroic, like refuse to accompany Colette on a dangerous trial or choosing to delay saving prisoners at the human ranches. At one point, he openly admits that he admires Lloyd's ability to always rush in and save someone, and he wants to be like that himself. Which, despite his complaints and doubts, he ends up doing anyway at times.
CHARACTER AU INFORMATION
Student Name: Sage, Genis Genichi
Date of Birth: October 13, 20XX
Typical Appearance: Genis has a typically clean appearance and is the type to wear his school uniform neatly and properly. He's a little short for his age and on the scrawny side. His hair is cut short and styled in a cool, naturally disheveled way which is not actually particularly cool.
Typical Inventory:
- Wallet
- Phone (it's old and scratched but it works)
- Pens, pencils, ruler - typical school supplies
- Notebook, textbooks if it's during school though he still usually has a notebook with him
- Kendama
Strengths/Abilities:
- Cooking
- General book smarts. He doesn't really have any subject he's particularly bad at.
- Good concentration
- Considerate
- Kendama and cool amateur magician skills
Weaknesses:
- Frightened / cries easily
- Not at all hard to rile up
- Slow and generally uncoordinated
- Sort of oblivious to people's feelings
- Falls in love so easily
Personality Translation:
Although Genis remains the same in many ways, there are other parts of him that have changed between the shift in scenery and with growing up. One notable change is in his reasoning skills and ability to see things more clearly without immediately jumping to the worst possible conclusion. Most of his issues that arose from being a half-elf have been shifted to other areas to account for his cynicism, but as with his current canonpoint, he's also working on actively changing that and being proactive.
Some things never change, though. He continues to have a quick temper and sassy attitude. He feels things strongly and questions things he doesn't understand. And at times where he does feel like he knows and doesn't like the answer, he tries to work on the issue instead of immediately giving up.
Of course, Genis isn't just an overgrown know-it-all brat. He continues to genuinely care for other people. He makes attempts to help people around him in ways he can, often offering academic help and tutoring...or his lunch. Whatever someone needs, Genis will try to provide it. While he might come across as condescending at times, he has trouble standing by when he sees someone else needs help. On top of general kindness, he's still sensitive of and drawn towards people and situations that feel familiar to him, and he wants to reach out to them in particular.
AU Backstory:
Aside growing up somewhat between two worlds, with a Japanese mother and North American father, Genis's early childhood was relatively uneventful and, in time, forgettable. His memories are only really clear when, around when he turned seven, his parents mysteriously disappeared and left their two children behind. The reasons for this were unknown, leaving the two to speculate the exact reasons and if they would ever return. In time, they came to the unspoken conclusion that they were likely deceased.
Nevertheless, his older sister took over the task of raising Genis on her own, and he followed her wherever she went. It made for a somewhat chaotic childhood. The two never had much, and they were largely supported by education grants his sister received while attending college and university. And when her education took her somewhere new, Genis followed.
From a young age, Genis intelligence and ability to learn new material quickly was evident. As a result, Genis ended up skipping grades throughout elementary and middle school. Although he was always proud of his academic achievements (as was his sister), he was never able to feel close to his peers. Between all of his classmates consistently older than him and Genis himself often standing out in various other ways, he was often ostracized with neither himself or his classmates reaching out to each other.
The situation wore on him until it finally reached a climax in middle school. Although there was usually an invisible wall between him and his peers, the distance only grew greater when a teacher openly criticized him in front of the class, questioning his ability to keep up with the lessons at the same rate as his peers. Genis was humiliated, and, after that, he became more aware of others' opinions of him, and he withdrew into himself in bitterness.
When the Sages moved again, their financial difficulties had finally become overwhelming. The costs of attending a normal school, buying new books and uniforms, would have put the siblings' already tight finances under more strain. When his sister suggested that perhaps they should try homeschooling for some time, Genis eagerly jumped at the chance, saying that public schools were lousy anyway.
Although his sister fully understood Genis's reasons had little to do with his former schoolmates' intelligence and much more to do with his own cynicism, homeschooling was the best option they had at the moment. Often times, Genis studied on his own at one of the local libraries after typical school hours, taking advantage of the books and technology available to him there.
The library was also the place where he met the first person he could call a friend.
During one of his many afternoons at the library, he overheard a pair of local students bemoaning struggling with a school assignment. Genis couldn't say why, exactly, he decided to go over and help them, but he was pleasantly surprised when the two of them weren't offended by his offer, and he was even more surprised when they came to visit him the next time they were in the library together. Even with Genis's cold, sarcastic front, the two students just laughed along with him and took an interest in what he was doing.
From there, the three became friends. Genis began to warm up, and his cynical outlook started to crumble. It was a welcome change to have people around his age that wanted to talk to him and get to know him, and he started to think that he didn't need to be alone.
Eventually, the siblings moved to Shiroiwa following a job offer his sister received to teach at Shiroiwa Academy. They settled into a small, low cost apartment in the city, and Genis finally began attending school again. He transferred into Shiroiwa Academy as a freshman student, a grade level that was actually appropriate for his age, but he was (thankfully?) never in the same class his older sister taught. Although he was initially anxious to be in school again - all the more so because he was small for his age and still shorter than his peers - he was able to integrate himself well enough through club activities and simply trying to be friendly to the people around him.
For the most part, he presented himself as a serious student set on attending university. He was always eager to help tutor other students, and although he couldn't help having a reputation as a know-it-all, he at least tried not to lord it over other people. His academic interests included chemistry and various social sciences, and he had a particular interests in the history of the world before the turn of the century - an interest he shared with his sister. He was always poking his nose into things and carrying around not-so-light light reading materials.
Outside of school, though, he was a rather normal teenager who liked spending time with his friends and traveling with them (when able to). He had a particular fondness of rollercoasters even if he might say he was too old for them, and somehow unironically thought amateur magic was really cool. It was one of his actual hobbies along with kendama.
Although he was nearing graduation, his future was still very up in the air for him. While he did want to attend university and continue studying, he also felt a draw to humanitarian work. In the end, he decided he'd figure out how to have both.
Character Summary: A nerd who does his homework in class right after it's assigned. It's amazing how someone so studious can get into so many stupid arguments.
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CHARACTER CANON INFORMATION
Character Name: Sage, Genis
Canon: Tales of Symphonia
Age: ~13
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Before Dawn of the New World
History: Link
Powers/Abilities: Genis is a mage who uses offensive, elemental magic almost exclusively (he has one spell that isn't: Force Field). He can cast small, single target spells, such as Fireball and Lightning, as well as large spells that affect an area like Eruption or Stalagmite. The larger and more powerful the spell, the longer it takes to cast and the more power it uses up. The strongest arte he's capable of alone is Indignation Judgment, his mystic arte. He can also combine his artes with other characters' artes to create enhanced, combined versions of their two artes.
Aside from supernatural abilities, he's also very book-smart. He's the type who studies a lot, does his homework, and could jump twenty grades or something. He's also a very good cook and can perfect several dishes in the game. His weak point is curry and beef stew, and his strong point is sweets. He's also good with a kendama, but he lacks in physical reflexes and strength otherwise, even with an Exsphere enhancing his abilities. He's actually kind of prone to tripping.
Personality: Genis, in so many words, is a know-it-all brat. He's studious, even when on a journey to save the world(s), enjoys teasing people he's close to, and can make snide and sarcastic remarks at times.
He actually takes a lot of pride in his intelligence. In this, he's very curious and asks a lot of questions on top of studying and following his sister's lessons. He wants to understand things around him, from the how and why of the two worlds being split to the reasons people act certain ways. Not to say he never jumps to conclusions, because he definitely does when he feels like he knows something, but when that understanding isn't there, he isn't complacent to just go without an answer.
At the same time, his pride can't handle when someone he doesn't like is actually smarter than him. Still very much a twelve-year-old, he likes picking on people and occasionally pulling cruel pranks. He enjoys teasing his best friend and sister often, especially about things that he's good at but they aren't, such as academics and cooking. He generally does this all in good humor...except when it's with Zelos or someone he doesn't like. If Genis doesn't like someone, that person will know it. He'll openly tell someone he dislikes them just as much as he can tell a friend that he likes them. With Zelos in particular, he isn't above threatening him with violence or casting low level spells on him.
Though he can be childish and bicker with people around him, he never goes to the extent of causing a rift in the party. He still reaches out and talks to people that he doesn't like, and if he doesn't understand them, he questions them. (Although that can be laced with some anger and combativeness, too, depending on the situation in question.)
He's really not a bad kid overall. From the start, Genis is someone who cares deeply about and wants to help others. His concern for other people can be seen everywhere, and is a driving force in several of his actions. It isn't exclusive to major, life-or-death issues like saving people; it comes through in smaller things like cheering up and supporting his friends and helping strangers in any way he can - even if it's dangerous or out of the way. Sometimes, this side of him ignores sense, like sneaking to the local Desian human ranch to give food to one of the prisoners, which ultimately leads to more harm than good. While he always feels regret and remorse at those times, he never stops believing that trying to help is the right thing to do, and always supports his friends when their own good intentions backfire.
Although Genis is always looking to help others, he doesn't always extend the same kindness towards himself. Before he was revealed as a half-elf, he kept his identity a secret even from his closest friends. When it finally was revealed in the worst way possible - as reason for himself and his sister to be executed because of Tethe'alla's caste system - he was honestly surprised that he was saved and received little scorn from his companions. The rift between humans, elves, and half-elves affects Genis deeply. In his own words, "Because humans hate us, I hate humans." While he's a caring person in general, he's not free of prejudice by any means. To him, Lloyd, in being kind and determined, isn't like other humans. He takes all the times and all the ways humans have wronged him to heart—as something that makes him hate humans even more and curse the fact that he's half human himself.
It's one of the many ways Genis struggles between hoping for the best and falling into despair. When situations are dire, he may believe in - and choose to follow through on - plans where drastic sacrifices are necessary. While he doesn't want Colette to sacrifice herself for the sake of Sylvarant's survival, he still holds Lloyd back when he tries to stop her and hates the though of Sylvarant being sacrificed instead. While he doesn't want to die, he still chooses to sacrifice himself when he believes there is no way for both him and Lloyd to survive. While he continues to see Mithos as his friend, he still says that they need to "destroy" him.
The difference is that, by the end, he ultimately decides that he doesn't want to give in so easily. He later takes back what he says about killing Mithos and admits that, although he's done unforgivable things, he still wants to save him. In the end, his decision to not give up leads him to decide to try to change the world altogether so fewer people will suffer.
Even before he reaches that conclusion, though, Genis is very attracted to hopefulness and optimism. Although often the one voicing doubts and misgivings about a particular plan, he is always happy when Lloyd chooses to put saving and caring for others over more rational options. He also tends to be the one to call Lloyd out when he does something less-than-heroic, like refuse to accompany Colette on a dangerous trial or choosing to delay saving prisoners at the human ranches. At one point, he openly admits that he admires Lloyd's ability to always rush in and save someone, and he wants to be like that himself. Which, despite his complaints and doubts, he ends up doing anyway at times.
CHARACTER AU INFORMATION
Student Name: Sage, Genis Genichi
Date of Birth: October 13, 20XX
Typical Appearance: Genis has a typically clean appearance and is the type to wear his school uniform neatly and properly. He's a little short for his age and on the scrawny side. His hair is cut short and styled in a cool, naturally disheveled way which is not actually particularly cool.
Typical Inventory:
- Wallet
- Phone (it's old and scratched but it works)
- Pens, pencils, ruler - typical school supplies
- Notebook, textbooks if it's during school though he still usually has a notebook with him
- Kendama
Strengths/Abilities:
- Cooking
- General book smarts. He doesn't really have any subject he's particularly bad at.
- Good concentration
- Considerate
- Kendama and cool amateur magician skills
Weaknesses:
- Frightened / cries easily
- Not at all hard to rile up
- Slow and generally uncoordinated
- Sort of oblivious to people's feelings
- Falls in love so easily
Personality Translation:
Although Genis remains the same in many ways, there are other parts of him that have changed between the shift in scenery and with growing up. One notable change is in his reasoning skills and ability to see things more clearly without immediately jumping to the worst possible conclusion. Most of his issues that arose from being a half-elf have been shifted to other areas to account for his cynicism, but as with his current canonpoint, he's also working on actively changing that and being proactive.
Some things never change, though. He continues to have a quick temper and sassy attitude. He feels things strongly and questions things he doesn't understand. And at times where he does feel like he knows and doesn't like the answer, he tries to work on the issue instead of immediately giving up.
Of course, Genis isn't just an overgrown know-it-all brat. He continues to genuinely care for other people. He makes attempts to help people around him in ways he can, often offering academic help and tutoring...or his lunch. Whatever someone needs, Genis will try to provide it. While he might come across as condescending at times, he has trouble standing by when he sees someone else needs help. On top of general kindness, he's still sensitive of and drawn towards people and situations that feel familiar to him, and he wants to reach out to them in particular.
AU Backstory:
Aside growing up somewhat between two worlds, with a Japanese mother and North American father, Genis's early childhood was relatively uneventful and, in time, forgettable. His memories are only really clear when, around when he turned seven, his parents mysteriously disappeared and left their two children behind. The reasons for this were unknown, leaving the two to speculate the exact reasons and if they would ever return. In time, they came to the unspoken conclusion that they were likely deceased.
Nevertheless, his older sister took over the task of raising Genis on her own, and he followed her wherever she went. It made for a somewhat chaotic childhood. The two never had much, and they were largely supported by education grants his sister received while attending college and university. And when her education took her somewhere new, Genis followed.
From a young age, Genis intelligence and ability to learn new material quickly was evident. As a result, Genis ended up skipping grades throughout elementary and middle school. Although he was always proud of his academic achievements (as was his sister), he was never able to feel close to his peers. Between all of his classmates consistently older than him and Genis himself often standing out in various other ways, he was often ostracized with neither himself or his classmates reaching out to each other.
The situation wore on him until it finally reached a climax in middle school. Although there was usually an invisible wall between him and his peers, the distance only grew greater when a teacher openly criticized him in front of the class, questioning his ability to keep up with the lessons at the same rate as his peers. Genis was humiliated, and, after that, he became more aware of others' opinions of him, and he withdrew into himself in bitterness.
When the Sages moved again, their financial difficulties had finally become overwhelming. The costs of attending a normal school, buying new books and uniforms, would have put the siblings' already tight finances under more strain. When his sister suggested that perhaps they should try homeschooling for some time, Genis eagerly jumped at the chance, saying that public schools were lousy anyway.
Although his sister fully understood Genis's reasons had little to do with his former schoolmates' intelligence and much more to do with his own cynicism, homeschooling was the best option they had at the moment. Often times, Genis studied on his own at one of the local libraries after typical school hours, taking advantage of the books and technology available to him there.
The library was also the place where he met the first person he could call a friend.
During one of his many afternoons at the library, he overheard a pair of local students bemoaning struggling with a school assignment. Genis couldn't say why, exactly, he decided to go over and help them, but he was pleasantly surprised when the two of them weren't offended by his offer, and he was even more surprised when they came to visit him the next time they were in the library together. Even with Genis's cold, sarcastic front, the two students just laughed along with him and took an interest in what he was doing.
From there, the three became friends. Genis began to warm up, and his cynical outlook started to crumble. It was a welcome change to have people around his age that wanted to talk to him and get to know him, and he started to think that he didn't need to be alone.
Eventually, the siblings moved to Shiroiwa following a job offer his sister received to teach at Shiroiwa Academy. They settled into a small, low cost apartment in the city, and Genis finally began attending school again. He transferred into Shiroiwa Academy as a freshman student, a grade level that was actually appropriate for his age, but he was (thankfully?) never in the same class his older sister taught. Although he was initially anxious to be in school again - all the more so because he was small for his age and still shorter than his peers - he was able to integrate himself well enough through club activities and simply trying to be friendly to the people around him.
For the most part, he presented himself as a serious student set on attending university. He was always eager to help tutor other students, and although he couldn't help having a reputation as a know-it-all, he at least tried not to lord it over other people. His academic interests included chemistry and various social sciences, and he had a particular interests in the history of the world before the turn of the century - an interest he shared with his sister. He was always poking his nose into things and carrying around not-so-light light reading materials.
Outside of school, though, he was a rather normal teenager who liked spending time with his friends and traveling with them (when able to). He had a particular fondness of rollercoasters even if he might say he was too old for them, and somehow unironically thought amateur magic was really cool. It was one of his actual hobbies along with kendama.
Although he was nearing graduation, his future was still very up in the air for him. While he did want to attend university and continue studying, he also felt a draw to humanitarian work. In the end, he decided he'd figure out how to have both.
Character Summary: A nerd who does his homework in class right after it's assigned. It's amazing how someone so studious can get into so many stupid arguments.
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