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Ugolin Cocagne is the son of the king and Princess Prodige from The King of Cocagne, a French fairy tale by Félicité de Choiseul-Meuse.
Info[]
Name: Ugolin Cocagne
Age: 14
Parent's Story: The King of Cocagne
Alignment: Rebel
Roommate: Koray Yilan
Secret Heart's Desire: To accept the ugly body I was given and rule wisely.
My "Magic" Touch: I am good at flattering and pleasing people - and taking pictures.
Storybook Romance Status: I'd like a girl who will appreciate my dorky appearance.
"Oh Curses!" Moment: I'm a bit stubborn and very persistent, plus my excessive flattery can come off as annoying. And people always mispronounce my last name...
Favorite Subject: Geografairy. I always love learning about foreign lands - and it provides me with lots of inspiration for photos!
Least Favorite Subject: Advanced Wooing. It's hard for me to please girls I like, especially because I'm so ugly.
Best Friend Forever After: Lelio Colombo, Leonid Zharptitsov, and Zephyr Marmara since they accept me for who I am. Oh, and also Libere Lebras because he's fun to be around.
Character[]
Appearance[]
Ugolin is somewhat short, with olive skin, long brown hair and green eyes. He wears a blue striped shirt with a dark blue bow tie and blue capris with suspenders. He has long teeth that stick out of his mouth. On his face are glasses. He tends to slouch.
Personality[]
Ugolin is a flatterer, and he is always trying to please people. He is self-conscious about the fact that he is considered very ugly, but he is fine with the way he looks and wants to accept it. He is very down-to-earth and doesn't put too much value on expensive things like many royalty do, although he can be rather stubborn at times. He also really likes photography, as well as tall buildings.
Biography[]
Hello! I am Ugolin Cocagne, the son and heir of the King of Cocagne. Cocagne (known as Cockaigne to anglophones) is a kingdom known for being the land of plenty. No, it's not the same as the name of that white powdery thing with a similar name. So please don't confuse the two.
My father wasn't a handsome man, having been born with long teeth, a short stature, and a balding head, and he was still single at the age of thirty, but he was given the gift of pleasing by the fairy Balsamique. He sought to find a wife for himself. First he visited a king with four daughters, Passionate, Jalouse, Coquette, and Ingenue. He tried his lot with them, but the girls' unpredictable comments and flirting led him to look elsewhere. When he went home, he spoke with his old nurse, who told him about the fairy Lanlure. First, he looked for a manuscript that Lanlure wrote, which was located in an enchanted tower that was 1000 feet tall. He entered the tower, climbed the hundreds of stairs, passed through the tower's illusions, and found the manuscript. After that, he jumped from the tower, and was saved by the magic arm he met in the tower. The arm then helped him get to Lanlure. When the king finally met Lanlure, she was in the form of an enormous frog. After he met Lanlure, he also met the lovely Princess Prodige. Prodige fell in love with the king right away, but Lanlure was quite unfriendly. He talked to the arm again, but the arm pledged its loyalty to Lanlure. This made the king realize that he should not care about marriage and help people instead. When he left, he went through lands populated by rich but lazy people. He told the fairy Lanlure, who stripped the people of their wealth. The people began working again. Eventually, it came time for the king to marry Prodige. Lanlure appeared (now in her natural form) and blessed the union, as did the fairy Balsamique, who also rendered the king handsome.
And that's the story. My parents are happy together, and they have Lanlure to thank for it. The couple have two children. I'm the younger of the two. I have an older sister named Aphrodite, who is eight years my senior (the same age difference between my dad and my mom). Aphrodite has inherited my mother's beautiful appearance. I on the other hand am not that attractive. While I'm not a total gonk, I do have long teeth and a long face, plus I slouch a lot. I also seem to have wrinkles. People tell me I look at least twice as old as I am. Dad understands, though. Now that he's in his fifties, he's losing his looks - he says that what's on the inside is more important than what's on the outside.
I'm very good at pleasing and flattering people. I always like showering people with compliments and making them feel happy. I always try to be a good friend and give support to other people out there. But not everyone finds it charming; some people find it annoying and want me to back off. It's hard when you're attending a royal school and attractive princes and princesses don't want the company of an ugly prince. I'm lonely much of the time, but I do keep myself busy when I'm alone. I like playing video games, reading books, taking photos (I'm a skilled photographer), and painting.
Ever After High is pretty cool, and I've gotten pretty comfortable here. Yes, I do get made fun of for my looks, but I try not to let it bother me. I also try not to put too much emphasis on material things, and I never take being a prince for granted. I do consider myself lucky that I have a lot of nice stuff, like my camera. Like I said, I love photography, and I especially like taking pictures of buildings. I have a fascination with towers, and I really like taking pictures of all the magical towers of the fairy tale world, some of which are even taller than the tower where Dad found the manuscript. I don't mind heights, and I'm pretty good at climbing lots of steps. (Although personally I think elevators are much more convenient.)
I have also made friends with the arm's son, Libere Lebras. He's a very strange guy, which is something you'd probably expect for a disembodied arm, but he's a lot of fun nonetheless. He lives in the giant tower, where Lanlure's niece cares for him. I often visit him. He also knows my great-grandmother, who lives in Lanlure's kingdom, and Libere visits her and sometimes he's even there when I visit her. Libere has a rather strange way of eating - it's hard for me to describe. I couldn't ask for a finer friend who will always give me a hand when I need it.
I'm definitely a Rebel. While I do like the idea of going on a quest (and especially the idea of climbing that giant tower), I don't know if I want to be made handsome. I'm actually fine with being unattractive, and I think I'd like to keep it that way. Looks aren't everything, and I think the fairy tale world needs to accept that. Honestly, we wouldn't feel the need to change homely bodies into beautiful ones if we learn to love them just the way they are.
Goodbye!
Trivia[]
- Ugolin's name is meant to sound similar to the word ugly, referring to the King of Cocagne's ugliness.
- Ugolin's birthday is July 6.
- Ugolin identifies as a Roman Catholic.
- Ugolin's favorite food is ugli fruit. (An ugli fruit, also known as a Jamaican tangelo, is a funny-looking fruit that is the hybrid of a mandarin orange with a grapefruit.)
- Ugolin has a pet female platypus named Callisthène.
- Ugolin is afraid of needles.
- Ugolin can play the pipe organ. (There is a pipe organ installed in the chapel at his palace.)
- Despite their appearance, Ugolin's long teeth are actually pretty sturdy and they're in no danger of falling out.
- If he were an official character, he would be voiced by Joe Zieja, who voices Claude in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.