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Arthur is fond of paintings and sculptures. He enjoys looking at the details and appreciate the artists' work and efforts.

"Is your oc easily bothered by things?" Arthur doesn't get bothered easily because he has bigger things to be angry about; Sorel and Hansjörg are bothered by the silliest things however, the second one tries to get over them unlike his brother; Eleanor has a similar reaction to both Sorel and Hansjörg but it depends to her mood and how close to heart the topic is.

"What attracts your character to another person?" For Arthur, someone who has a personality close to his. He enjoys the company of people who speak their mind when needed, have intriguing arguments and overall someone who he has a chance to know slowly; Eleanor likes to have lots of conversations so whoever has an interesting topic is on her list, however she's mostly attracted to anyone who inspires her confidence or shows to be gentle and amiable underneath their public image; Although Sorel might give off a stoic appearance, he has a soft heart and finds shelter within people who share his same character trait. Strangers who secretly hide their fiery nature under their benevolent and good-natured appearance fascinate him, although he acknowledges how worthless they can be.

Before they married, Arthur and Eleanor shared lots of letters.

Eleanor didn't originally reciprocate Arthur's love, but after they started to spend time together as friends, she began to feel attracted to him.

Despite Arthur telling Eleanor the truth about his disgust and lack of interest for sex, she started to doubt him. She would began to see Arthur's secretary to find comfort and although he attempted to get close to her, the duchess refused any attention from him.

Sorel has a profound hate for the Orcinus family.

Arthur admitted to Cyril about his father murder.

Cyril didn't grow up with stable friendships. The people he feels close to are his father and Sorel.

Sorel's parents (his father mostly) have been begging him to marry but he has never answered their pleading. At this point, the old man seems to be forced to marry him off with someone of his choosing.

Cyril used to hate when Sorel would leave the palace for a week or two because he knew he had to spend time with Arthur, which meant they'd have political lessons and occasionally attend formal meetings together. Now it has become part of his life.

Cyril doesn't display any interest in sexual intercourse. It is unclear whether it's due to the environment he grew up in (Arthur being asexual and the rare conversations about the topic), a lack of desire or a dysfunction.

Hansjörg is "occasionally" bisexual: he's sexually and romantically attracted to women however it doesn't bother him to sleep with men for pleasure only.

Cyril used the excuse of being afraid of storms to sleep close to his father.

Arthur used to slap his son when he was younger whenever he wasn't behaving well or to show him discipline when the child would get bossy. This lasted a few years, then Arthur stopped. He would still show authority to the kid with menacing looks or cuffs but he wasn't as strict as before. As of now, he doesn't raise his hands anymore.* If he does however, it means he's extremely angry and it's best to hide. (Note that this was common behaviour in the 1800s).

Arthur doesn't have any plans to arrange a marriage for the prince, however he does have a bit of pressure from remarkable dukes and his brother, offering the hand of their daughters to the young prince.

Related to the previous trivia, in a possible future Cyril does marry, however nor he or his wife show any signs of love other than platonic affection. They have come to an agreement in which both of them will be free to have (secret) lovers if so desired.

Eleanor's brother blamed Arthur for his sister's death. He thought the sire didn't take good care of her when she was sick, that's why he has refused, all these years, to see him or be associated with him; Despite that, many years later he would decide to visit his brother-in-law, mainly to see how he and his nephew were doing. He would still hold resentment towards Arthur but has since then moved on. Cyril hasn't been told what happened to his uncle from mother side, so when the duke invited him to his estate, he didn't think much of it. After this, Eleanor's brother wouldn't be heard from again.

Arthur is ace but not aromantic. As of now, he isn't looking for a new partner. Even if he ever finds someone who would make him feel love, he wouldn't be eager to entertain a relationship.

Arthur, Cyril and Sorel are polyglots, however Cyril has some difficulty speaking his third language. Hansjörg is bilingual.

Before his mother died, Cyril was closer to her than his father. It took him quite a while to get used to live with his dad alone.

Hansjörg steals biscuits from the royal kitchen when everyone is sleeping.

The young prince used to be scared of things like crabs or hermit crabs when he was young but Arthur showed him there was nothing to be scared of. Now his father has to pay the price due to the many times Cyril picks up weird critters to show him.

Cyril resembles his grandfather a lot in terms of personality, although the prince is ten times better than that mad man.

Arthur is from the old generation (1700s) so he sometimes takes his walking cane with him when visiting people or when he's walking in the woods.

Arthur suffers from depression and sometimes too much pressure makes him fall into despair. Cyril grew up very close to him so he knows when his father is at the verge of collapsing mentally. He tries as best as he can to support him.

Arthur was and still is the sickliest among the characters. That's a reason why his father didn't like the child.

Eleanor was supposed to marry an older man. Once Arthur entered her life, her father hurried to have her marriage plans suspended in hopes for his daughter to be the grand duke's wife.

While his father sensitive nature has had some kind of influence in Cyril, he enjoys going hunting for sport nonetheless.

Sorel's tail might have scars due to FrouFrou constant pinching.

Hansjörg ear cut was self-inflicted: he lost a bet.

Cyril grew up with his dad alone, which means he has become very attached to the time they would spend together and this had a sort of negative influence on the young lad. MORE

Arthur often speaks in French when is showing affection to his son. He's fond of this language.

Humanoids don't have our typical weather. Yet, there are conditions that can resemble storms, snow or other events. (Not all of these events are fictional).

Arthur's servants are mostly humanoid remora remora.

All humanoids in this universe only resemble medium/large creatures. Smallest animals don't have a human counterpart.

Humanoids care a lot about hygiene so they clean themselves a lot. Shrimps, cleaner fish and sometimes remora too help the humans to get rid of dead skin, smaller parasites etc.

Under Arthur's power, the death penalty was abolished.

Same sex couples are more tolerated than as it was in our society back in the day, however there are still people who do not approve their practise. Talking about Arthur's grand duchy, same sex relationships are protected and not punished. Not everyone agrees with this law and more often than not they may do as they please.

Humanoids coexist with underwater creatures way more than we do. You won't see sharks, dolphins or other large animals swimming around cities everyday but you can still find underwater counterparts of birds, pigeons and rats. There are also a lot of cleaner fish... and parasites too.

Humanoids are mostly peaceful creatures who start wars if it's their last resort.

The Orcinus royal family are known for being tall. They are also hostile monarchs.

In some fish, their fins open and close mostly for swimming purposes but in humanoids it usually opens when they experience strong emotions such as surprise, anger, fear etc. (this can be applied to any fish who can control their dorsal fin).

Humanoids can present face markings other than simple pale skin.

All humanoids have a negative buoyancy, which means they are likely to sink if they aren't actively swimming. Reason why all of them walk on the ocean floor instead of swimming.

Ocean humanoids use dead/replica sand dollars as coins.

If it wasn't clear already, not all law of physics apply to Thalassic; For example, fire can still be created underwater.

Melanopterus royal family tree: