Obsidian Tunnel

"You could use a little royal spirit, sometimes."

- Obsidian Tunnel, Till Death Do Us Part

Obsidian Tunnel is a 2015 introduced and all-around character. Obsidian is the son of the prince from the story Verde Prato, written by Giambattista Basile. His desire to follow tradition as well as being one to follow the rules leads him to side with the Royals in the destiny conflict.

Personality
Obsidian is first and foremost, a prince. He is everything that comes along with that - kind, forgiving, romantic and very excited for his happily ever after. He dearly loves his friends and gets very annoyed when people act as if he isn't capable, an unfortunate problem that comes along with often being in crutches of a wheelchair. Obsidian strives to not judge others based on appearances and understands there's more to a situation that what you can see.

Due to his upbringing, Obsidian is pretty traditional - at least, traditional by Ever After High standards. He's a Royal and values the legacies everyone has to continue, believing their continuation to be the best thing for the current student body. He respects authority and finds it very hard to break or compromise on rules already set in stone, even if he disagrees with them.

His upbringing has also resulted in him being very formal. He has a hard time calling people by their full names and he's often very overly polite. While he is a little out of touch with the people around him (like his subjects, friends and fellow student body), Obsidian is keen to learn and doesn't mind getting down and dirty if that's what needs to be done to help. He's very aware of the fact that his upbringing has resulted in certain attitudes and being fairly close minded, which he's making an active effort to overcome. This desire to overcome his faults is tied to his high standards for both himself and other people.

Obsidian has a bad habit of daydreaming, often getting lost in a world in his head filled with happily ever afters and romance. He's an idealist. His detachment from 'real life' extends further than his daydreaming or upbringing; he spends a large amount of time on his MirrorPhone and MirrorPad, talking to the princess from his story. He also often appears to be tired due to staying up all night (due to "studying"), which means he often doesn't seem all there.

Despite his daydreaming, Obsidian is a very committed person and never leaves any project or idea half baked. He'll see anything he does through to the end and he'll do it with a sense of pride and perfection. Good organisation skills come naturally with his commitment to perfection, making him a very clean and tidy person.

Though he may be a prince and he may pride himself on being traditionally princely, Obsidian can be very passive aggressive and is pretty quick to start looking on the negative side of life. When the situation in front of him isn't what he'd ideally like it to be, he can spiral into being fed up and pessimistic. Obsidian is a pretty angry person in that he's upset with the way things are, he just doesn't know what to do about it.

In addition to being negative, Obsidian is naturally pretty clumsy and has a bad habit of finding mysterious cuts and bruises all over himself. Considering his story, Obsidian's friends try to keep him away from any magic glass - just in case. Star insists that the cuts are from being tired and running off into the woods at night, which Obsidian laughs off.

Hobbies
When he isn't in crutches (or a wheel chair) to to his MS, Obsidian enjoys doing light exercise. He loves going to sporting events at school and helping raise school spirits, due to being very proud of the fact he attends Ever After. He's recently begun looking into sports he is still able to do while in a wheelchair (or sitting down) which, after the events of Dragon Games ended up being Dragon Riding. He's not naturally talented at the sport, but working at it is something he enjoys (and he's definitely slowly improving).

Obsidian also has an amazing singing voice and is a member of the all male a acaspella group in Ever After High. The group has been known to perform at assemblies, orientations, proms and the like. They release an album every school year including mash ups with the following songs:
 * Ever After Girls (California Girls)
 * Blank Page (Blank Space)
 * Hit Me With Your Best Spell (Hit Me With Your Best Shot)

Powerful Qualities
Following the late 2015/early 2016 rebranding, Obsidian was given three qualities that make him powerful. These are listed as Dutiful, Romantic, and Hardworking.

Dutiful
You'll struggle to meet a more committed person than Obsidian. From his dedication to history, to his secret relationship, to his inability to give up til a job is 100%.. the prince is practically the definition of the word.

Romantic
Though not much is known of his secret relationship, it really can't be denied Obsidian is a romantic man. He's filled with love and has a very romanticized view of the world around him. Not to mention, the adoration he holds for his girlfriend is unparalleled.

Hardworking
Obsidian has been given everything he ever wanted handed to him on a shiny silver platter, but that has never stopped him from getting down and dirty and helping. He never stops trying to improve himself and tries his best in everything he does.

Appearance
Obsidian has dark skin, dark brown eyes and black hair with purple streaks. His hair is straight and short, though he does have bangs and hair that frames his face. Said hair is a little longer than the rest of his hair.

His colour scheme revolves around purple, grey, light grey and blue. The blue in his clothes matches the blue glass of his crown and crutches. Glass is a pretty common theme in his outfits as hes excited for his destiny.

Obsidian's Italian accent isn't too prominent and he's of an average height.

Fairy tale – Verde Prato

 * Main Article: Verde Prato 

How the Story Goes
The story revolves around a princess, Nella, and her prince. The two are lovers and visit each other at night via a secret enchanted glass tunnel that joins their kingdoms. Every night the prince would run through the tunnel to see Nella and they would spend the night together.

Unfortunately, Nella's two ugly, evil sisters find out about the prince and princess and smash the glass tunnel. That night when the prince runs to see Nella, he falls and cuts himself all over. Due to the tunnel being enchanted, the wounds do not heal and the prince is mortally ill. To try and save his son, the king of the nearby kingdom says whoever cures his son can marry him.

Nella decides she needs to cure her prince and leaves her castle in disguise to find a remedy. On her quest, she hears two ugly ogres discussing the fact the prince will never be healed, because the only thing that can heal him is to smear their fat all over the princes body. Desperate, Nella pretends to be lost in the woods and asks the ogres to let her into their house. The ogres think they're getting an easy meal so let Nella in. Once in the house, Nella murders both ogres.

Having murdered both ogres, Nella gathers their bodily fat into a bucket and takes it to her prince. She cures the prince and reveals herself to the prince, king and anyone else watching. Their marriage is quickly arranged.

How does Obsidian fit into it?
Obsidian's main role is to become injured and await rescue, something he doesn't mind doing. He and the princess from his story (Opaline Glass) have agreed it best he stay in good health until his story starts, as any complications with his health could be life threatening. He tries his best to stay healthy, though he really thinks its all a little unnecessary.

The completion of his destiny will be followed by him ascending to the throne, taking over the kingdom that was previously his fathers.

Obsidian sides with the Royals in the Rebel/Royal debate. His inability to break from rules and desire to follow tradition makes rebelling a pretty unappealing option. Obsidian's role demands he be mortally wounded and he often finds it frustrating that he's ready to put himself in that situation but others aren't willing to do less.

Family
Obsidian comes from a very traditional family. He lives from his mum and dad, who were both happy and eager for Obsidian to follow his destiny. Obsidian loves his parents very much and really wants to do whatever he can to make them happy. The relationship he has with his parents is very formal and he doesn't rely on them much for emotional support.

Glaze Tunnel
Glaze is Obsidian's father and the previous prince from the story. He often comes off cold and stoic to those who don't know him and while he is stern, he is caring and wants only the best for his family. Obsidian is his pride and joy and he raised him to be the best prince he could be. Though their relationship is formal, Glaze strives himself on being available to help his son.

He can, however, be very judgmental. Not of his family, but of others. Being very close to the Glass family means that Glaze has seen rebellion first hand, resulting in disapproval towards Opaline. While Obsidian remains close to her (and his father wants him to be close to his Nella), it can't be said that Glaze thinks her to be a good influence.

Friends
Obsidian is good friends with a variety of people, but his closest friends are Quinn O'Kane, Star Thalergeld and Opaline.

Obsidian himself says that Opaline is a childhood friend and that they've known each other over forever after. They seem to be friendly (and very affectionate with one another) but he doesn't seem in a rush to elaborate on the issue.

Star and him met through Opaline and he absolutely adores her quirky and over the top personality. He finds her enjoyable to be around and thinks shes frankly hilarious.

Quinn and Obsidian had a very rocky start to their friendship - the two are from completely different walks of life and it made things a little awkward and hard for the both of them. Quinn found Obsidian's formal nature and abundance of wealth intimidating and Obsidian felt almost slightly awkward being surrounded by farm animals and mess constantly. After a couple of awkward encounters (including a dilemma about Obsidian sneaking out at night and some ruined curtains) the two have become very close friends.

Though not friends per se, Obsidian and Damon Gale are friendly with one another and know each other well, due to both being in the all male a caspella group.

Romance
Being a naturally romantic person, it isn't a surprise that Obsidian is in a relationship. He won't say with who, but he does spend a rather large amount on his phone talking to this mystery girl.

Outfits
Obsidian's outfits mainly revolve around shades of grey and purple, which is often accented with blue glass and gold. All of his dolls come with crutches or a wheel chair. {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="float: left; width: 700px;" ! scope="col"|Art ! scope="col"|Doll Line

Signature - Royals
Obsidian wears a white short sleeved shirt with a dark grey waistcoat over the top. The waist coat has slightly darker stripes running down it. He wears a purple blazer over the top, which he rolls the sleeves up on. The inside of the sleeves (as well as the lapels) are grey with a light grey pattern on them, which is meant to resemble shattered glass. The lapels and sleeves also have a gold trim to them. This gold matches the buttons on his waistcoat.

He wears some mid grey trousers and trainers that match the colour of his blazer's lining. They have a bright, light blue laces which match the colour of his tie and crown. The crown is meant to look like it was made of glass, which match his crutches. He has small gold crown clips on his collar.
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Legacy Day

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Getting Fairest

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Thronecoming

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Hat-Tastic Teaparty

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Mirror Beach

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Through the Woods

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Spring Unsprung

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Sugar Coated

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Way Too Wonderland

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Enchanted Picnic

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Fairest on Ice

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School Spirit

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Date Night

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Book Party

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Dragon Games
Naturally, Obsidian wears obsidian armour during the games.
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All of the above art (c) me.

Class-ic Schedule
Grimmnastics is one of Obsidian's favourite subjects, but often has to use it as a study session due to being in crutches or a wheel chair some of the time.

Obsidian is pretty guilty of using a lot of his Saturday study sessions to catch up on some of the sleep that he's lost, since he's naturally a bad sleeper and spends half of the night in the forest.

Tropes
Everything has tropes; here are some of Obsidian's:
 * Because Destiny Says So: Obsidian's reason for siding with the royals.
 * Appeal to Tradition
 * Blatant Lies: He definitely isn't sneaking out at night. And being tired all the time? That's down to school work. And on that note, stop worrying about his Mirror Blog posts because they're not about anyone in particular.
 * Innocently Insensitive: His relationship with O'Kane at the start of Ever After High.
 * Ironic Name: His name is literally 'Glass Tunnel', which is the object that will lead to him becoming mortally injured.
 * She Is Not My Girlfriend: He and Opaline are just childhood friends thank you very much.
 * Prince Charming: Well... duh.
 * Sheltered Aristocrat: He's definitely out of touch with the more 'common' folk.
 * The Good King: Obsidian's ultimate goal.
 * Noble Male, Roguish Male: Paired with O'Kane. Obsidian is the refined prince to O'Kane's snarky, flirt-machine farm boy.

Trivia

 * Obsidian's name comes from the volcanic rock like glass of the same name, making his name is literally Glass Tunnel
 * This relates to the fact he becomes injured in a tunnel made of glass.
 * Obsidian's star sign is Cancer.
 * Cancer's are known to be symapthetic, loyal people. They're often family oriented people who can become disheartened and pessimistic when things don't go their way.
 * If Obsidian were in the Homestuck universe he'd be a Seer of Hope.
 * Obsidian's usual tag/name/url on social media is HRH_Obsidian
 * Obsidian and Quinn's dorm room is on the lowest floor in case Obsidian needs to use his crutches or chair.
 * One of the windows in the room (which all reach the floor) is a set of French Doors which leads out in the direction of the Enchanted Forest.
 * You'll find Opaline and Obsidian's initials carved into the same gazebo Bunny and Alistair kissed in.
 * Obsidian knew about Hunter and Ashlynn's relationship before they went public, due to seeing them in the forest while on his own secret dates.
 * Obsidian is an awful cook, largely due to growing up with servants who made all his food for him.
 * O'Kane once tried to nickname Obsidian 'Sid' which didn't go down too well.

Fanfiction Appearances

 * Opaline Glass's Diary
 * Ever After Dangan Ronpa
 * The Destiny Games
 * Till Death Do Us Part
 * Quinn O'Kane's Diary

Timeline

 * 28th August: Creator requests trademark for Obsidian Tunnel.
 * 4th October: Obsidian's page is launched
 * 16th June: Obsidian's work in progress art is revealed.