Power
Power is the loud principal that
you were always afraid of as a child. He was mighty and forceful to the point
when your teacher spoke those terror-stricken words “GO TO THE PRINCIPAL” you
knew you were in for it. Yet when you have done something good, he will
congratulate you. He is a hypocrite and a friend. Power can control you or
fight with you. He can try to make you like his subjects, Hate and Courage.
Power has a hand over all that you do, but swears to be setting you free. Power
is the almighty and is told to be in control of everything but Power has a
challenger, Anarchy. Power and Anarchy have had a long history together,
fighting one day and in hand and hand the next. You see Anarchy is Powers only
weakness.
Honor
Honor is much like her siblings,
Trust and Devotion, but falls under her own category. Were Trust does not have
Devotion and Devotion does not have Trust, Honor has them both. As the eldest
of her kin, she has grown up learning of many different ways to show herself.
She has had many jobs, but not because she was fired, it was more because she
was needed elsewhere. She can be seen in the face of a soldier going into
battle not knowing if she will come back. You can see Honor in the face of a
Policeman or Firefighter as they go into that burning building or hostage
filled bank. Honor is said to be everywhere, and that is true. Honor is every
man, women, and child as well as in the ground, waiting to be unearthed.
Shock
Shock was not born like he is now.
He was much more like his friend Innocence and Protection. He learned
everything from them as well as his parents Discipline and Confidence. He
learned that the world was a good place, that crime and misfortune was all an
illusion. His friends and family made sure he was sheltered and misleaded about
reality. Then one day he started hanging out with Greif and Guilt. He began to
see the world through a new set of eyes. Ones filled with reality and lack of
imagination and creativity. He saw why Depression, the girl who always sat
alone on the bus, was like she was. One fateful day he came home to his
parents, screaming and full of terror, because of what Greif and Guilt showed
him. He blamed his parents and friends, especially Innocence. He was full of
horror. Know a days people don’t see much of old shock, because they are
programmed to see certainty and realism. We were all told by Discipline to stop
bother him and his family, but now we are all sure of one thing, he would wake
up from that attentive and cognizant coma.
Guilt
Guilt is the small child full of
worry and anxiety. He often brings home failed tests and assignments he swore
to his mother he didn’t have. He and his friend Penance often go to Church and
see their friends Faith and Confidence there. They confess their sins and
wrongdoings to be saved. Penance always feels much better after doing so, but
Guilt just feels worse. He confesses things like shoplifting, gluttony, and
greed. Though he feels good doing these acts during the time, he doesn’t like
the aftershock of it all. You see Guilt is always tied up with happiness. He
has always admired happiness, but only from afar, just close enough to see her.
He likes what she has to say, but has heard bad things about her. People say
she is fake and impossible. If Guilt was better and could become like his rival
Confidence, maybe he would be able to help her. Guilt always has a concerned
look on his face, even more so than the school’s scapegoat, worry.
Jacob's Four Qualities
Blame
Jacob's Four Qualities
Blame
Blame is a figure of many disguises. He spends his nights
preparing his lies and etching them into his sweaters. His closest friends are
Anxiety and Grief. He makes sweaters for people to wear. It is rather itchy at
first, but eventually they fall in love with its design. Children love to buy
these sweaters for their friends, but their parents are infuriated when they
see them wearing it. Perhaps it was a little too unique for their tastes.
Sometimes, Blame puts on one of his own sweaters, and finds something very
wrong with its design and how well it fits him. This happens time after time
again, sometimes his friends come to visit, sometimes they bring cake,
sometimes they don’t come at all and he corrects it himself. Still his
corrections are followed again and again by another mistake. His disguises do
not help him and others forget his pain. He thinks sometimes he should invest
in a new hobby.
Panic
Panic is the brother of Fear and Blame, and a time traveler
of sorts. As a child, he was very nervous in public places and finds comfort in
cheating on tests. He preferred to stay at home on weekends, where he is afraid
he will encounter someone he knows. When he was boldly threatened like his
other brothers, he does not face them directly, but goes to his need to
survive. Panic was most effective when he loses his homework. He reacts faster
than anyone else would, but deals with his issues differently than everyone
else. Panic has visited many of the kings, presidents, dictators, leaders,
princes, and traitors of history. He loves to create his own stories with them,
along with the help of his brothers. Often, Panic thinks of what history would
be like if he had not been there. He knows for a fact that they would certainly
have been a lot less entertaining.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a very rare, stubborn, and entirely
self-sufficient plant. It is grown from seeds spread by Blame when he goes
gardening. Forgiveness rejects any nourishment from others and prefers to find
its own food. When Blame runs out of water, Forgiveness finally begins to
sprout to the natural sun, relying on only a single cycle of rain. By the time
this storm passes, Forgiveness has already grown to its full height past any
plant in the garden. It’s thick branches gleam against the sun, each of them
blossoming a lovely flower that any person is allowed to harvest. It gives off
a lovely scent that entangles anyone its radius that injects
them with euphoria. This is what makes people crave its special medicine, but
just as it had grown, when it is forced to by others, it will no longer sprout.
That is when Blame will return to water its roots, thinking it will sprout just
once more.
Resignation
Resignation is a stubborn teen. He refuses to
listen to others, nor his superiors. He has a bad influence on others with his
uncaring attitude, and only cares for his closest friends, Blame, Panic, and
Regret. His days in school were dull to him, and his friends wouldn’t cease to
pester him in classes. Soon he found
himself out of school, without work, and completely content. His days and
nights are empty, uneventful, yet still entertaining. He no longer speaks to
his parents, his siblings, and even rarely to himself. His stubborn nature has
earned most of the admiration of others around class. Now he locks himself
away, with little education, disconnected friends, and parents filled with
regret. All he wished was that he was back
in class, but things would still be the same. Hopefully for him, things will
change one day, when things change, but for now, his seat feels quite empty. 