Mikhail Pallas

"Memento mori, danse macabre, le cygne. I don't know why artists are so obsessed with death but I'm not about to stop that trend."

Mikhail Palla (he/him) is the dramatic son of a swan maiden, destined for Swan Lake. He is a Royal, presumably because most other swans are too. He has many thoughts on his story, as his thirty-four page literary analysis clearly demonstrates. However when it comes to actually being part of the story... well he hasn't quite thought that far.

Personality

 * Mikhail is a relatively mild individual who doesn't seem too fazed by most situations.
 * He's easy to talk to and rather good natured, if maybe a little vapid.
 * That's not to say he always reacts with composure. Mikhail has some highly performative reactions which he displays regularly. Dramatic improvised soliloquies, followed by hysterical laughter, intense shock or sorrowful tears, are never in short supply. However said emotional extremes are often abruptly cut short as he hurries to write down something interesting he mentioned in his tirade.
 * He's highly effeminate, often sounding like a valley girl in tone.
 * He is always highly supportive of others, ready to compliment and encourage them in their endeavours.
 * He basically flips between calm and pleasant to intensely theatrical, usually for humour.
 * He talks about death a lot. As in the concept of morality. Because he finds mortality fascinating.
 * He's very very philosophical. Usually only at a surface level, but if you express interest in having a deeper conversation he can go completely in depth and talk for hours through a terrifying amount of existentialist loopholes.
 * Under his calmly confident exterior, Mikhail is a nervous wreck. He clings to others like a lifeline, and doesn't like being left to handle a situation on his own.
 * He's also nervous about most social situations.
 * That said he's very good at hiding it.
 * Bad at flirting. If someone tries flirting with him he'll feel obligated to flirt back.
 * However he's very scared during the whole thing (and very often the facade cracks during it.)
 * Doesn't really believe anyone's that interested in what he has to say. He's just a background dancer, yanno
 * When it comes to any kind of competition, Mikhail is the type to fold. This also applies to perceived competitions. If a friend is interested in the same thing as him, he will silently give in, before there can even be the potential of a rivalry. He'll resign himself to mediocrity, and instead support and elevate his friend.
 * He thinks that everyone else is simply better and its safer not to strive. Not consciously, mind you
 * That said he really doesn't have any goals in life. He's given them all up, one by one for this reason. He's at a constant loose end and he feels it.