Mark Juniper

"what they said"

- who and when

Avian Juniper is the son of Marlinchen from the Juniper Tree, and is destined to follow in the footsteps of his mother. He also sides with the Rebels.

He is owned by iEatIdiots.

Personality
When someone first meets Avian, they would see an excitable, clever young man with a sharp wit and a fondness of life. He’s ambitious and determined. Deep inside, he seeks freedom, causing him to be adaptable and changeable. He’s a natural talent at public speaking and presenting his ideas, and in general, is a very approachable person.

Avian is rather absent-minded, and when coupled with his habit of constantly doing ten times at once, Avian tends to be forgetful and unless he’s focused on something, not very observant of his surroundings. As a result, he’s rather careless and irresponsible. His habits are very erratic, and scatters himself. He’s unable to keep himself to a regular schedule or any sort of routine, and reacts strongly to having his freedom of speech of action being restricted.

He’s rather confident in himself, as well as assertive and straightforward. When he’s immersed in a subject, he’s prone to long-winded passionate rambles and rants about said subject. He takes pride in his abilities, and wants to be recognised for them, even seeking opportunities to display his strengths, particularly in the mathematics and science.

Appearance
Body-wise, Avian tends to be on the slim side, being rather angular and awkward. He has volatile curly hair, which has often been liked to the feathers of a carrion crow, and dark brown eyes.

Fairy tale – The Juniper Tree
How the Story Goes

A mother wants a baby. Once the baby was born, the mother died from happiness. Her husband soon remarried to a woman who wanted to kill the son because he would interfere with her daughter receiving the inheritance.

The stepmother offers the son an apple from a chest, then slams the lid on the boy's head, which tumbles into the chest. Afraid that she would be accused of her fratricide, she re-attaches the head onto the boy and places the apple in his hand. Finally, she finds her daughter, telling her to ask the boy for the apple. If he does not respond, she should box him on his ears.

The daughter asks her brother, who (naturally) does not respond. So she boxes his ears, and his head falls to the ground. She bursts into tears.

Her mother comforts her, saying that they will disguise the body by making him into blood pudding. At dinner, Marlinchen, the girl, is still in tears, but the father devours the pudding with gusto.

Later that night, the girl goes to the Juniper Tree outside the window, crying tears of blood. Suddenly, a beautiful bird escapes from the tree, singing a song. Jewellers and blacksmiths and various other craftsmen hear this song, and offer the bird gifts.

The bird flies home, drops a pair of shoes into the girl's hands, a golden neck chain into the father's hands, and an anvil on top of his stepmother's head. The Juniper Tree bursts into the fire, and the boy returns, well, alive and happy.

This story is seriously macabre.

How does Avian come into it?
After the event of the Juniper Tree, Marlinchen promised to separate herself completely from anything supernatural, and went to an ordinary university, where she met Avian’s father. Wedding shenanigans and such happened.

Later, she started a small, but successful business which tracked the flight patterns of birds. As the CEO of the business, she became fairly rich. Soon, her stepfather died, and she inherited quite a bit of money from him as well, so the Junipers were well-off.

Avian is the son of Marlinchen. He's not too happy about continuing the legacy, finding his story disturbing. After all, why would someone want to decapitate their own brother (cousin), cook him, then watch him turn into a bird before bursting into flames.

Family
The Junipers are a well-off family, despite not being too well-known. Avian’s mother is Marlinchen, the sister from the tale, and his father is some random she married. Marlinchen Juniper is a very learned woman, and the CEO of a small yet successful business. She also speaks of Avian’s role in the Juniper Tree as something of great importance, and a true character-building incident.

Her half-brother, Avian’s uncle, was the boy in the story. He also happens to be the father of Icarus Juniper, Avian’s cousin. While the two aren’t the most amicable towards each other, they are close in order to make following their destinies easier. Icarus also has a younger sister, Annmarie, who actually enjoys the company of Avian. Icarus describes Avian as a bad influence to Annmarie. Avian just tells Icarus to shut up.

Friends
Avian’s best friend is Jon. The two met on their very first day at Ever After High, just before the Orientation Day meeting. When Avian’s pet pigeon, Tesla, escaped from her cage, Jon shifted into a raven to stop Tesla from escaping. The two have been close ever since.

Pet
Avian has a pet pigeon named Tesla. Originally, he thought Tesla was a boy, but when he met Jon, Jon informed him that Tesla was indeed a female. That made Avian regret his choice of not naming Tesla "Lovelace".

Romance
Jareth Dodici is his boyfriend and they are adorable together. That is all that needs to be said.

Outfits
Basic

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Legacy Day
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Quotes

 * stuff they say

Gallery
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