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CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Bruno von Granzreich
AGE: 16
CANON: The Royal Tutor
NAME: Bruno von Granzreich
AGE: 16
CANON: The Royal Tutor
CANON HISTORY:
Wiki entry! It's fairly threadbare, though, so.
Born as the third prince—out of five sons, and one princess—in the kingdom of Granzreich (aka fictional 1880's Austria-Hungary), Bruno's life is defined by the fact that he must compete against his brothers for the throne. As a child, due to watching his father work and respecting what he did, Bruno dearly wanted to become king—but had to face the reality that his oldest brother, Eins, was regarded as a genius and undoubtedly the next ruler. Refusing to give up the throne, Bruno dedicated himself to his studies.
Approximately a year before the start of the story, Bruno attended military school alongside his older brother Kai. However, their time there was cut short in a mix of Bruno being bullied and Kai flying into a rage upon finding out, resulting in Kai's suspension and Bruno leaving the school. Both returned to being fully tutored at the palace, with their younger siblings Leonhard and Licht.
Throughout their childhood, the princes sans Eins went through numerous tutors, all driven off for one reason or another by the princes' attitudes: Kai intimidated them; Leonhard despised them and always fled; Licht was a slacker and impossible to motivate; Bruno seemed so intelligent that there was nothing left to teach. In the present, they finally meet their match in the form of Heine Wittgenstein, who manages to earn their respect—in the case of Bruno, by besting him at all of his challenges and then providing a useful critique on one of his theses. Bruno especially is utterly taken with him, to the extent of referring to him as "Master".
From that points follows the (on-going) various adventures of Heine and the four princes, focusing on their relationships with one another and their growth as they become suitable candidates for the throne. Summaries of most of the chapters (the majority of which Bruno plays a role in) can be found here.
CANON PERSONALITY:
It seems easy to figure out Bruno's general personality at a glance: nerd megane elitist. He's stoic, polite with a hint of arrogance—he is, after all, supremely intelligent and he knows it—and disapproving of others' frivolousness, and he'll practically prostrate himself and sparkle in glee and gush over you once you earn his respect.
—Which is to say that he's a bit more complicated than that.
(For starters, he's really not that stoic. Everyone in this series has a penchant for silliness and theatrics, and Bruno is no exception.)
While Bruno has a history of looking down on his tutors, Heine notes that all Bruno truly wanted was someone who could genuinely teach him. Above all, Bruno is eager to learn. (Also, he tends to fanboy over people he admires.) Life is a constant road of self-improvement to him, and everything is an opportunity for a lesson. Bruno might come off as proud at first, but he actually appreciates (constructive) criticism.
Therefore, he does his best to always be on his best behaviour and expects the same from those around him—to the point where his father's main criticism (and Eins's) is that Bruno is too strict with himself and those around him, as he lacks flexibility. Earnest, but perhaps overly so at times. He's trying to take the advice to heart and be a more flexible thinker, but, uh, old habits die hard.
Formal and obsessed with details (also, a neat freak), Bruno is a worrywart and a nagger. With that said, he doesn't do it to tear anyone apart or because he sees himself as above them. It's his inflexible thinking at work: if something doesn't fit his narrow view of how things should be, then it needs to be corrected. Still, he does it because he's sincerely invested in their lives and well-being.
Assuming the caretaker role is second nature to him. Never mind that his brothers are his rivals for the throne, Bruno utterly loves his family and does all he can to support them (except for maybe Eins, because Eins is kind of a jerk who scares him; nevertheless, Bruno believes that Eins, as the eldest, deserves respect and courtesy). He's fiercely protective of his siblings, and he's always the first to offer his encouragement and/or help when they need it.
All in all, Bruno is a person of compassion. He doesn't just want to be king; he wants to be a good one, who cares for his people. And though his no-nonsense attitude means that casual socialization with anyone besides family can be a weak point of his, he typically takes it upon himself to improve relations and to adjust his own behaviour in order to communicate better. He doesn't always realize where the line of "too harsh" falls—because he knows that he means well—but suffice to say that if he suspects he's crossed it and that his actions didn't come off as he intended, he'll agonize over it. Though he doesn't immediately think in terms of compromise, he is willing to meet people halfway.
The reality is? Bruno is in fact remarkably humble, if self-deprecating. If he's actually hurt someone's feelings in a fight, he'll take all the blame while overlooking that the other party hurt him as well. Furthermore, and most significantly, Bruno sees himself as no one special—a fundamental failing as a potential king. He's painfully aware that unlike Eins, he was born with no natural talent or charisma. Because of it, he's put in more effort than anyone else to reach where he is, desperate to believe that hard work can overcome "genius", and yet he never stops hearing people claim that Eins will likely be the next king.
As he's dealt with this throughout his childhood, it's left him with a rather poor assumption of how others view him (in the end, someone as ordinary as him will never appeal to the public, will they?) and prone to (occasionally near crippling) jealousy towards others, much to his dismay. It only adds to his self-loathing, as despite being the most distinguished prince after Eins, he worries that he's nothing but a fraud presenting the image of a respectable young man. After all, a truly good person (and brother) wouldn't be so quick to envy others instead of being glad for them.
(To note, though, he still welcomes a good rivalry! As long as it... doesn't hit his sore spots...)
He can be insecure in other areas as well, such as his social life. His station as a prince means that he didn't often have the chance to make friends with fellow teenagers, and his primary exposure to it—attending military academy—mostly just involved him being bullied and hated for no real fault of his own. Unsurprisingly, while he believes it important to have a good rapport with those he might work closely with, he admits to himself that he's rather reluctant around those his age and doesn't know if he even wants friends anymore.
Still, he's careful to conceal his issues, and nevertheless, he does his best. He doesn't want to give up the throne, so he accepts that as an "ordinary" person, he'll just have to work ten times harder than anyone else to be someone "special" enough to inspire others. And though he knows that should he fail to become king, he may very well have ruined his chances at other careers and amount to nothing, he'll face his uncertain future with the determination to overcome all obstacles. Likewise, regardless of his wariness around his peers, his serious attitude means that he'll at least put in the effort to get along with them.
That aside, as mentioned, Bruno is a rich loser. Though he's arguably the prince most aware of his privilege (after all, when he downplays all his merits, he's left to understand how much he benefits from his station), he's been sheltered and spoiled as royalty like his siblings. He's curious about commoner life, but he's, uh. Extremely clueless about it (not helped by his tendency to overthink things) and has difficulties adjusting to the less "sophisticated" parts.
He's also a socially awkward dork who dies of embarrassment if you ask him if he has a girlfriend and is upset over the fact that animals love all of his siblings except for him. :(
SKILLS/ABILITIES:
Wiki entry! It's fairly threadbare, though, so.
Born as the third prince—out of five sons, and one princess—in the kingdom of Granzreich (aka fictional 1880's Austria-Hungary), Bruno's life is defined by the fact that he must compete against his brothers for the throne. As a child, due to watching his father work and respecting what he did, Bruno dearly wanted to become king—but had to face the reality that his oldest brother, Eins, was regarded as a genius and undoubtedly the next ruler. Refusing to give up the throne, Bruno dedicated himself to his studies.
Approximately a year before the start of the story, Bruno attended military school alongside his older brother Kai. However, their time there was cut short in a mix of Bruno being bullied and Kai flying into a rage upon finding out, resulting in Kai's suspension and Bruno leaving the school. Both returned to being fully tutored at the palace, with their younger siblings Leonhard and Licht.
Throughout their childhood, the princes sans Eins went through numerous tutors, all driven off for one reason or another by the princes' attitudes: Kai intimidated them; Leonhard despised them and always fled; Licht was a slacker and impossible to motivate; Bruno seemed so intelligent that there was nothing left to teach. In the present, they finally meet their match in the form of Heine Wittgenstein, who manages to earn their respect—in the case of Bruno, by besting him at all of his challenges and then providing a useful critique on one of his theses. Bruno especially is utterly taken with him, to the extent of referring to him as "Master".
From that points follows the (on-going) various adventures of Heine and the four princes, focusing on their relationships with one another and their growth as they become suitable candidates for the throne. Summaries of most of the chapters (the majority of which Bruno plays a role in) can be found here.
CANON PERSONALITY:
It seems easy to figure out Bruno's general personality at a glance: nerd megane elitist. He's stoic, polite with a hint of arrogance—he is, after all, supremely intelligent and he knows it—and disapproving of others' frivolousness, and he'll practically prostrate himself and sparkle in glee and gush over you once you earn his respect.
—Which is to say that he's a bit more complicated than that.
(For starters, he's really not that stoic. Everyone in this series has a penchant for silliness and theatrics, and Bruno is no exception.)
While Bruno has a history of looking down on his tutors, Heine notes that all Bruno truly wanted was someone who could genuinely teach him. Above all, Bruno is eager to learn. (Also, he tends to fanboy over people he admires.) Life is a constant road of self-improvement to him, and everything is an opportunity for a lesson. Bruno might come off as proud at first, but he actually appreciates (constructive) criticism.
Therefore, he does his best to always be on his best behaviour and expects the same from those around him—to the point where his father's main criticism (and Eins's) is that Bruno is too strict with himself and those around him, as he lacks flexibility. Earnest, but perhaps overly so at times. He's trying to take the advice to heart and be a more flexible thinker, but, uh, old habits die hard.
Formal and obsessed with details (also, a neat freak), Bruno is a worrywart and a nagger. With that said, he doesn't do it to tear anyone apart or because he sees himself as above them. It's his inflexible thinking at work: if something doesn't fit his narrow view of how things should be, then it needs to be corrected. Still, he does it because he's sincerely invested in their lives and well-being.
Assuming the caretaker role is second nature to him. Never mind that his brothers are his rivals for the throne, Bruno utterly loves his family and does all he can to support them (except for maybe Eins, because Eins is kind of a jerk who scares him; nevertheless, Bruno believes that Eins, as the eldest, deserves respect and courtesy). He's fiercely protective of his siblings, and he's always the first to offer his encouragement and/or help when they need it.
All in all, Bruno is a person of compassion. He doesn't just want to be king; he wants to be a good one, who cares for his people. And though his no-nonsense attitude means that casual socialization with anyone besides family can be a weak point of his, he typically takes it upon himself to improve relations and to adjust his own behaviour in order to communicate better. He doesn't always realize where the line of "too harsh" falls—because he knows that he means well—but suffice to say that if he suspects he's crossed it and that his actions didn't come off as he intended, he'll agonize over it. Though he doesn't immediately think in terms of compromise, he is willing to meet people halfway.
The reality is? Bruno is in fact remarkably humble, if self-deprecating. If he's actually hurt someone's feelings in a fight, he'll take all the blame while overlooking that the other party hurt him as well. Furthermore, and most significantly, Bruno sees himself as no one special—a fundamental failing as a potential king. He's painfully aware that unlike Eins, he was born with no natural talent or charisma. Because of it, he's put in more effort than anyone else to reach where he is, desperate to believe that hard work can overcome "genius", and yet he never stops hearing people claim that Eins will likely be the next king.
As he's dealt with this throughout his childhood, it's left him with a rather poor assumption of how others view him (in the end, someone as ordinary as him will never appeal to the public, will they?) and prone to (occasionally near crippling) jealousy towards others, much to his dismay. It only adds to his self-loathing, as despite being the most distinguished prince after Eins, he worries that he's nothing but a fraud presenting the image of a respectable young man. After all, a truly good person (and brother) wouldn't be so quick to envy others instead of being glad for them.
(To note, though, he still welcomes a good rivalry! As long as it... doesn't hit his sore spots...)
He can be insecure in other areas as well, such as his social life. His station as a prince means that he didn't often have the chance to make friends with fellow teenagers, and his primary exposure to it—attending military academy—mostly just involved him being bullied and hated for no real fault of his own. Unsurprisingly, while he believes it important to have a good rapport with those he might work closely with, he admits to himself that he's rather reluctant around those his age and doesn't know if he even wants friends anymore.
Still, he's careful to conceal his issues, and nevertheless, he does his best. He doesn't want to give up the throne, so he accepts that as an "ordinary" person, he'll just have to work ten times harder than anyone else to be someone "special" enough to inspire others. And though he knows that should he fail to become king, he may very well have ruined his chances at other careers and amount to nothing, he'll face his uncertain future with the determination to overcome all obstacles. Likewise, regardless of his wariness around his peers, his serious attitude means that he'll at least put in the effort to get along with them.
That aside, as mentioned, Bruno is a rich loser. Though he's arguably the prince most aware of his privilege (after all, when he downplays all his merits, he's left to understand how much he benefits from his station), he's been sheltered and spoiled as royalty like his siblings. He's curious about commoner life, but he's, uh. Extremely clueless about it (not helped by his tendency to overthink things) and has difficulties adjusting to the less "sophisticated" parts.
He's also a socially awkward dork who dies of embarrassment if you ask him if he has a girlfriend and is upset over the fact that animals love all of his siblings except for him. :(
SKILLS/ABILITIES:
- • Academics: Bruno's, well, really good at studying! He's completed just about every standard subject you could think of at the university level, from math and science to the humanities, with sociology and philosophy being his specific areas of interest. He's also published numerous highly regarded theses; it's noted that if he weren't determined to become king, he'd have a bright future as a scholar.
• Chess: Along those lines, he's an avid chess player and never lost a game (until Heine).
• Multilingual: It's indicated that Bruno is at least partially fluent in five languages. While technically all fictional languages, they're just Earth languages by different names: German (i.e. what they're shown to be canonically speaking if we ignore this being a Japanese manga), French ("Fonsein"), and Russian (the language of "Orosz") are implied to be among the ones he knows.
• Music: He's knowledgeable in music and can play the violin fairly well.
• Combat basics: While not particularly skilled, he studied some swordsmanship and the like in military school, and Heine's continued the lessons to a degree.
CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Bruno Mayer
AU AGE: 16
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: None.
AU NAME: Bruno Mayer
AU AGE: 16
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: None.
AU HISTORY:
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AU PERSONALITY:
As a whole, behaviour-wise Bruno is pretty similar, but in terms of differences:
Most predominantly, Bruno's motivations are different. In canon, everything begins and ends with him being royalty (has to be on his best behaviour at all times—everyone will judge; must devote himself to his duties—having a life?? what's that??; his ultimate objective is becoming king). In Recollé, without that burden/drive, a few things are different.
Notably, Recollé Bruno has no real goals. To that end, he's a bit more flexible in how he's willing to view the world and do things, as he has more freedom when he doesn't see and plan his life as a step-by-step path to becoming king. It also means he's less ambitious and not quite as much of an overachiever, since there's less of a point in putting 150% into everything when he doesn't know where that effort is going just yet.
In the same vein, he doesn't possess the exact level of (over)eagerness to improve himself—he still does want to, in part to ensure a successful future, in part because he was raised to try and be "perfect", and in part because he knows now he missed out on a lot on life, but he has less of a concrete necessity to.
He's still insecure, but it manifests in slightly different ways. His jealousy is less severe, since any shortcomings on his part don't equal YOUR LIFE GOAL WILL GO TO SOMEONE ELSE. He still won't stand for anyone getting better grades than him, and he does envy people who have a dream in Recollé or have qualities he lacks, but his feelings tend to be more abstract and general versus canon.
Although having less responsibility/less of a public presence means that Recollé Bruno doesn't carry himself with as much confidence as he does in canon, he's inwardly more well-adjusted on the social front. The bullying was a (relatively) long time ago for him, hence why he has the courage to return to school (while Bruno, in canon, admits he never wants to go back to military academy). He's still wary, but he's not as inclined to go "oh god, they hate me, don't they."
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- • Born in Austria to a wealthy family—they moved to Recollé when he was a kid.
• Got bullied at school, tried to grin and bear it in hopes it would go away on its own. When his parents discovered what was going on, however, they pulled him and had him homeschooled.
• While Bruno would claim to love his parents if you asked, his father was distant, as he was busy with work, and his mother was the kind of person who had very high standards for Bruno, leading to his perfectionist attitude. He's close with his grandmother, though, who moved to Recollé with them.
• He was rather sheltered while growing up, as he focused most of his efforts on academics/anything that would look good on his record. Didn't see much of a need for a social life, and his mother figured it wasn't important enough for him either.
• His mother passed away about a year ago. Bruno mostly operated in mental autopilot mode until recently, at which point he decided he needed a change of pace.
• So he moved out and has started attending Recollé High as of this year, though he still relies on his family for financial support.
• A nerd who gets perfect grades in just about every subject (except for Phys Ed and also art as he's accepted that he has utterly no talent for it, seriously you don't want to see his art) because he will despair over anything less. Otherwise, though, he tries not to stand out too much, as he's still nervous around others his age.
• He's not 100% sure what he wants to do with his life, as he'd generally done everything Because Mother Expected It and is kind of just learning to think for himself, but entertains the idea of studying sociology or law in uni.
• Outside of class, he plays the violin—he takes his lessons seriously, but ultimately it's a hobby—and volunteers at the orphanage because he wants to help others. Also, he hangs out at the library/book store a lot.
• Tutors a bunch of people/nags them endlessly about their studies, including Kotone Sonozaki (Mion Sonozaki), Hinata Aoi, and Anya Vasilieva.
• For the most part, he's just begun to make this mysterious thing you call friends??
• German is his native language, and he probably still has a bit of an accent. Beyond that (and English), he's studied a number of other languages.
AU PERSONALITY:
As a whole, behaviour-wise Bruno is pretty similar, but in terms of differences:
Most predominantly, Bruno's motivations are different. In canon, everything begins and ends with him being royalty (has to be on his best behaviour at all times—everyone will judge; must devote himself to his duties—having a life?? what's that??; his ultimate objective is becoming king). In Recollé, without that burden/drive, a few things are different.
Notably, Recollé Bruno has no real goals. To that end, he's a bit more flexible in how he's willing to view the world and do things, as he has more freedom when he doesn't see and plan his life as a step-by-step path to becoming king. It also means he's less ambitious and not quite as much of an overachiever, since there's less of a point in putting 150% into everything when he doesn't know where that effort is going just yet.
In the same vein, he doesn't possess the exact level of (over)eagerness to improve himself—he still does want to, in part to ensure a successful future, in part because he was raised to try and be "perfect", and in part because he knows now he missed out on a lot on life, but he has less of a concrete necessity to.
He's still insecure, but it manifests in slightly different ways. His jealousy is less severe, since any shortcomings on his part don't equal YOUR LIFE GOAL WILL GO TO SOMEONE ELSE. He still won't stand for anyone getting better grades than him, and he does envy people who have a dream in Recollé or have qualities he lacks, but his feelings tend to be more abstract and general versus canon.
Although having less responsibility/less of a public presence means that Recollé Bruno doesn't carry himself with as much confidence as he does in canon, he's inwardly more well-adjusted on the social front. The bullying was a (relatively) long time ago for him, hence why he has the courage to return to school (while Bruno, in canon, admits he never wants to go back to military academy). He's still wary, but he's not as inclined to go "oh god, they hate me, don't they."