Vice Housewarden of Pomefiore. An appreciator of sublime aesthetics, he holds Vil and Epel's beauty in high regard. He can be a bit hard to read, though.
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Appearance
Rook is a taller-than-average young man with fair skin. His mid-length hair is cut in a bob style, with straight-cut bangs. His eyes are green, and he often wears brown winged eyeliner. Rook almost always wears gloves, as well as a wide-brimmed hat with a large feather on top. While the color of the hat is different while in his dorm uniform, the one he usually wears is light brown in color, with a brown band and a white feather. He is commonly seen with a courteous smile and alluring gaze.
Dorm Uniform
Rook’s dorm uniform is similar to the rest of the Pomefiore students, with one distinguishing feature being his signature hat. Rook also wears dark-purple winged eyeliner while in uniform. The uniform consists of a violet robe, a black button-up shirt underneath, black pants, and black and gold heeled boots.
Rook’s violet robe reaches above his knees in length. The underlining is deep-red, with an intricate baroque pattern depicting several poisoned apples. Also underneath most parts of the robe is a layer of black sheer fabric.
His robe folds at the front in a kimono-like fashion. The sleeves open up at the shoulders, and reach above the knees in length. Both sleeves have a gold, baroque pattern near the ends. The left shoulder of the robe also has this patterning, and includes the symbol of Pomefiore. On the chest area of the robe are three golden straps, with a design similar to that of a marching band uniform. Around his waist is a wide, black sash, with a red rope over it, tied on his left side. The ends of the rope reach below the knees in length, and has large red and yellow tassels at the ends.
The black button-up shirt worn underneath his robe has long sleeves and a white, wingtip collar. The ends of the sleeves have a lace-like pattern, and a single loop that goes around the middle finger. Rook wears black, short-length gloves over the ends of his sleeves. His black pants have a leather-like shine to them. The heeled boots are mostly black, but the laces, soles, and toe cap are colored gold. On the back of the boots is a gold baroque design.
Rook’s signature hat is changed to violet to match the color of his robes. The band around the hat is deep-red, and the feather is black.
Personality
Rook is an enigmatic person with a passion for all things beautiful. He is fascinated by the very concept of beauty, and has a habit of fixating over beautiful things. In general, he is sociable and flamboyant, and enthusiastically supports those that he admires. Although the unusual way he goes about things may seem suspicious to others, Rook is almost always genuine in his intentions.[1]
Rook seems to handle getting to know his classmates the same way a hunter studies his target before taking aim. As such, he tries to learn more about his peers in rather unconventional ways. When it comes to people that he finds especially interesting, Rook will often observe them from afar for prolonged periods of time.[2] Other times, he will engage with them directly, peppering them with questions to see how they’d react.[3] While his end goal is somewhat unclear, he seems to find joy in knowing what makes others tick, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to satiate his own curiosity.
Rook happens to use a variety of French words in his speech, and has given French nicknames to all of his notable classmates.
Signature Spell
Come, see if you can flee from me. Arrow Afar!
Rook Hunt
Rook's signature spell "Arrow Afar" lets him locate anyone or anything[4], visualizing as a path of twinkling lights, so long as there's nothing magic-blocking in the way. If there is, it will pause right before, but continue where it left off once the block is gone.[5]
Trivia
- Rook has very good eyesight, being able to tell what book Epel was reading from afar.[6]
- He said himself that he's overly talkative and when he starts a conversation, it will continue for a long time.
- Rook is based on the huntsman, the servant of the Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- He has a good sense of smell.[7]
- He likes to write poetry.
- "Rook" may be a reference to the chess piece resembling a castle, referencing the concept of royalty. It may also refer to a type of crow, itself referencing the Evil Queen's pet raven.
- He tends to stalk people he finds interesting (such as Leona and the Leech twins).
- Rook is one of three students (along with Kalim and Silver) to use light magic instead of void magic.
- Rook is a fan of Neige and the second member of Neige's fan club, Eternal Snow.[8]
- Before joining Pomefiore, Rook used to be a member of the Savanaclaw Dorm. [9]
