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Pope Alessandro 399th | Trinity Blood | Reserved 1/?
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Current Characters: Lilith Sahl, Christine Daae, Jacob Black, Elektra Natchios
Character: Pope Alessandro 399th
Fandom: Trinity Blood
Character Notes:
History:
• At the age of ten Alessandro becomes the Pope following his father, the previous Pope’s, death. During this time both of his half siblings become Cardinals and basically run the Vatican despite Alessandro being the actual leader.
• At age of fifteen Alessandro meets one of his agents, Father Havel Valcav. The man encourages and protects him; he was one of the first people in the Vatican who treated Alessandro with actual respect. Alessandro becomes attached quickly. Father Havel makes a choice to betray him however in an attempt to save his people. Without getting into too many details this betrayal amounts to nothing. His people were not saved through his efforts. Instead Alessandro’s older sister Caterina’s agents save the day. Father Havel is mortally injured by an agent of his older brother’s Francesco who was trying to use this incident to leave Alec to die and become Pope himself. This agent failed obviously leaving Havel to die instead. Alessandro finds Havel though and holds him in his arms as he dies, apologizing for not being the strong Pope Father Havel’s people needed. Havel responds by thanking him for helping him meet God again (he had lost faith seeing his people suffer but, had it renewed when he saw Alessandro did not hold the betrayal against him) and puts his faith in Alessandro. He tells him that one day his inner God will grant him power and dies. Alessandro resolves to try harder to become a good Pope in his memory.
• We next see Alessandro at his older sister’s Caterina’s trial. Since Father Havel was working directly under Caterina they tried to have her burnt at the stake and claim she was in league with him. This is despite the fact it was Caterina’s agents who rescued Alessandro. Alessandro intervenes with the help of Father Abel, Tres, and Hugue. They present evidence clearing Caterina of the charges before she is killed. Caterina was so touched by her little brother’s efforts that she kisses his forehead in front of everyone and leaves without bothering to answer anymore questions.
• The next time we see Alessandro is two to three years later in Istvan when Esther becomes a saint. Since the Trinity Blood cast has not yet reached this point I will not go into it in depth here.
Pope Alessandro 399th | Trinity Blood | Reserved 2/?
Alessandro is best described by the poetry given in the novels; he is an ‘awkward puppet' as they put it. He has trouble expressing himself to other people around. This is clear by his stammering, tendency to pass out when the spotlight is on him, and overall nervous behavior. Despite these short comings, he has a sincere desire to change himself since he met Valcav Havel. Much like the protagonist Esther who is also changed by a strong friend, this person changed him in their short time together that ended just as tragically. Alessandro does not possess the same sort of strength as Esther though (he is gentle as opposed to tough) so this change is slow and painstaking. Most would not even notice it is happening.
Alessandro is well aware of the fact that his weakness hurts others. It was his inability to do anything that lead partially to his friend's death to begin with. For that reason he holds no hatred for him or anyone else despite how they treat him (which as you can imagine is very poorly). He instead treats everyone with kindness and respect. Alessandro tries very hard to understand them. Naturally is very quick to forgive anyone because of these efforts to comprehend their motivations. It is those traits that make Alessandro a good Pope despite his youth and general inexperience. He has true faith in God, people, and his friend's final words.
Other:
• Alessandro often stammers or passes out due to nervousness.
• His speech pattern will almost always be inconsistent. The novels and the manga both change how he speaks every time he appears. In R.A.M 3 set two to three years before R.O.M they say he stammers to the point of being almost impossible to understand. When we see him in R.A.M 4 his stammer is barely there at all. In Mark of the Saint (R.O.M 4) it goes in and out according to how comfortable he is at the time.
• Alessandro resembles his older sister despite the huge difference in personality. His hair is light blond and curly like hers and he has the same stormy blue eyes. Thanks to the anime’s love of screwing up everything in the series everyone thinks he is brunetter and looks nothing like either of his siblings.
• Speaking of the anime for some reason the wiki article seems to think the anime was even remotely canon. Do not be surprised to find out there is no mention of Valcav and Alessandro knowing each other or mentions of the bond Esther and Alessandro share from both promising the people they lost they would become better. The anime pretty much dumbed down the entire series and took out the relationships they didn’t like. That is why Lilith only appears as a corpse and a child (and not Abel’s soulmate or anything) while Shahrazad does not appear at all. Ironically enough they do add in scenes with Alessandro and Esther bonding in different ways to meet the same goal.
• Alessandro is actually eighteen years old at this point in time, one year older than Esther Blanchett. The manga artist for some reason gives him the appearance of a twelve year old boy. Only the novel art and anime (they got one thing right!) portray that fact correctly.
Pope Alessandro 399th | Trinity Blood | Reserved 3/3 done
Alessandro wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trinity_Blood_characters#Alessandro_XVIII)
Fellow TB players notes on Know Faith novel (http://papillondejade.livejournal.com/18300.html#cutid1)
• Helpful notes for whoever is judging this application: scroll down to Valcav Havel and Alfonso D’Este in the wiki article for the actual novel canon regarding Alessandro. The second link is mostly just to prove the novel I am referring to even exists. Plus you get Alessandro’s poem too.
First Person (entry type):
voice;
O-oh…um. Hello. I-I didn’t r-really want to be here and bother anyone… but, my lady sister says now t-that i-it’s here I can’t get rid of it. I-I have to post something. So…I… I’m Alessandro! I-It’s really n-nice to meet you…w-whoever you are. I-I really h-hope we c-can get a-along w-while I’m here. I-I guess t-that’s all I have to r-really say. So. Um. G-goodbye. P-Please t-take care…? L-let’s see I-I think I hit t-that button an-
[private to Father Abel Nightroad]
O-oh. I think I got it now. So u-um… h-hello F-Father. M-My lady sister a-asked me t-to tell y-you that y-you have to watch me so I don’t get in trouble here. She said s-something about finally h-harvesting if you have any problems…? I don’t know what that means. Is she taking you to a field to get some apples o-or something…? Ah! I-I mean t-that’s none of my business! I… um… g-goodbye Father!
Third Person:
Alessandro knew he was not strong. Really who could forget a character flaw everyone openly discussed? It was almost like they did not know he was there half the time despite being their leader, His Holiness. He would not mind if they forgot about him forever. Alessandro did not like being noticed. The young Pope had a promise to keep though. He had to become a good Pope for Havel, his people, and everyone else who was stepped on by the strong.
Alessandro hands shook just thinking about it. He was so weak right now. The thought of failing after everything Havel had said that day was unthinkable. Knowing that worrying him sick would not help, Alessandro reluctantly moved from the spot he was sitting to a nearby book shelf. He skimmed through stopping at an old book of fairy tales. He could remember when his older sister Caterina would read them to him during her visits before either of them rose to their positions in the Vatican. She would tell him about the brave princes and knights who saved the day. They could not have all started out so strong, right? Alessandro swallowed and pulled the book out. Maybe reading these tales would give him some inspiration.
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