Turnus Wyllt

Turnus Wyllt [he/him] is a prince who hails from a cold, harsh North. It’s Canada. He’s from Canada.

Born to two mages, one of which who took on the name of Merlin, Turnus is hexpected to follow the destiny of King Merlin’s son in the Princess Mayblossom, essentially becoming a love interest lacking both name and personality, here to serve as some princess’ trophy husband.

It’s a disturbing prospect, one that he’s against vehemently, but identifies as Neutral, believing that his heritage (being born to parents without destinies) disallows his right to an opinion.

Personality
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Appearance
Turnus is a pretty youth of mixed Black and Arab (Algerian) heritage. He’s tall, gangly, and rarely looks as if he knows what he’s doing. He tends to straighten his hair, which is almost always kept long and loose, giving him the appearance of an elf from a high fantasy novel.

High Fantasy, Worldbuilding, Dungeons and Dragons and all that smooth jazz
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A Very Complex Relationship With Magic (or rather, the lack of it)
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Pop Science
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How the Story Goes
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How does Turnus come into it?
Turnus had never hexpected to be a prince. I mean, he is one. His mother was an Algerian princess and mage; his father studied under a school in Wales, under the name of Merlin - the Merlin, who nurtured the rightful King of Britain. Prince, to Turnus, was merely a title, something that granted him little more than an extra box to tick on legal documents.'

Neither did his parents hexpect him to be a prince. They were mages - powerful, resplendent, commanding magic with practised ease. Without a doubt, the two decided, that their children would follow their steps. Their first son turned out to be equally magnificent: a dux, handsome, immeasurable skill.

However, the same thing could not be said for the second. Turnus' magic from childhood was weak, fizzling out with bathos. And when he reached his youth, that magic left him completely. Co-opting a term from a popular book series, Turnus was a squib.

His parents, as parents tend to be, were worried. What sort of future would the child of two mages have, if he were not a mage himself? But luck (or what they perceived as luck) came in the form of a destiny: King Merlin's son. The Princess Mayblossom of the next generation was roughly Turnus' age, and a husband was needed for her. Not only was Turnus a prince, but one with the name of Merlin, so in the eyes of his parents, this arrangement seemed like fate.

But oh, how wrong they were.

Opinion on Destiny
The Princess Mayblossom is not a story that Turnus can rightfully call his own. He feels no emotion towards it, and has only read it once – and by skimming. He’s aware that his role is merely brief, he’s aware that he’s worth little to the princess, and is merely a trophy husband to celebrate the end of her bad-luck-curse.

And Turnus thinks little of fairytales in general. He finds those inheriting destinies as nepotistic, believing that their “success” is merely given, rather than rightfully earned. Having grown up seeing his immigrant parents build an empire out of nothing, he finds that he dislikes princes and princesses from old money families who never had to work a day in their lives.

In his mind, it’s not the past that indicates a family’s greatness, but their present. There’s no pride in achieving simply because your ancestors were great. Due to this, he places great weight on the idea of success through his own merits.

Therefore, when receiving news of his destiny, he was absolutely horrified. Success through a well-off marriage is near the top of his list for "worst-case scenarios". He's downright against the idea of being a trophy husband, nothing more than a princess' prize.

Although he’s not enraged by the Fairytale Authorities’ choice of a prince, he finds it irritating. He’s got his own life, his own things to do. He has plans to start up his own company or something, or work in Geneva, or do something interesting with his life. Being married to a Princess Mayblossom essentially puts a stop to all that. Turnus refuses to have any potential of his stifled.

Parallels
Considering that Turnus (quite frankly) makes for a terrible King Merlin's son, there are very few parallels.
 * One should note, however, that Turnus has literally 0 (zero!) motifs in his design that nod or allude to his tale or role.

Trivia

 * Turnus is named after Prince Turnus from the Aeneid. No particular reason, I just wanted a cool, Latinate name.
 * Wyllt refers to Myrddin Wyllt, a figure introduced into Arthurian Legend as Merlin the wizard.