Ulysse Miraz

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Ulysse Miraz is a photogenic student at the Blue Heron Institute.

Personality

Before his engagement, he apparently was a bit of a ladies' man.<ref name=":2">Ulysse Miraz
Chosen hero of a god he will not name, Ulysse appealed to Mrs. Durocher for the coveted spot of apprentice, and won her over, a task many attempt and very few succeed at. He bears the tools gifted to him by his deity, and avidly studies in the Advanced classes, with a focus on the divine and greater powers. A year ago, we might have joked her about his out-of-school studies of girls, but he has recently engaged to be wed to…

Eloise Miraz - Bonus Material: Student Guide</ref>

He worships an unknown god of fire that was a peer of Prometheus, this god was punished for attempting to steal the original flame.<ref name="champ" />

He keeps the name of his god a secret.<ref name=":2" /> He is the type who would find themselves nine miles underground, whether as an intentional explorer or an accidental idiot.<ref name=champ>“Only one I won’t tell you the name of.  By his gospel, the one we came to name Prometheus had peers, and it was not the one who tried to seize the original Fire, but many.  All who tried, succeed or fail, were punished.  I found my deity nine miles beneath the surface of the earth, thoroughly protected so none might disturb his eternal punishment.  Had he succeeded, our campfires might not be wood we’ve set alight, but something else entirely.”

“Your god’s a loser?” Kevin asked, sneering a bit to drive the question home.

It did seem to nettle Ulysse.  “He was the greatest of them.  So they placed the most obstacles in his way.  Now he is my god and I am his sole worshiper, his champion.”

“It’s my understanding that if you pick this fight and lose, your god’s power will dwindle.”

Ulysse nodded. - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.a</ref>

Relationships

Zed had a crush on him years ago.<ref>There had been a time years ago when Zed had had the biggest crush on Ulysse. That had faded, weirdly enough, when Zed had left ‘Zoe’ and so many of the things he associated with Zoe behind. - Excerpt from Out on a Limb 3.z</ref>

Apprentice to Ms. Durocher alongside Amine.<ref>Amine was with Ulysse. They were Durocher’s apprentices, and a bystander couldn’t be blamed if they thought Amine had been given the task of carrying all the stuff. - Excerpt from Out on a Limb 3.z </ref>

Engaged to Eloise.<ref>>SAY “Yeah. Eloise is from your favorite family of ‘pretty cockroaches’, I think you phrased it?”
Ray: Charming.   
>SAY “She’s fine. Engaged to Ulysse, who’s with Amine. They’re under Durocher.”
Ray: Yes, yes. I know them. Fine. - excerpt from Bonus Material: SunnyDay Logs</ref> They share a room at the school<ref>“Some student quarters are down that hall.  Like mine and Brie’s.”

“Are you sharing a room?” Avery asked.

Zed’s smile gave the answer away before he said, “Yes.  We’re not the only ones doing that.  Eloise and Ulysse are engaged, and just got permission from their parents and Alexander.” - Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6</ref> and make it pretty obvious they're sleeping together.<ref name=":1">Eloise and the shirtless guy Lucy presumed was her fiance Ulysse went into the girls shower stall closest to the door, together.  Lucy blinked a few times, not really sure if she believed what she’d just seen.

Ulysse was A+ grade cute, though.  Wavy hair that looked practically golden, slim, with chiseled features, chiseled muscles, shorts that hung low enough that the bones of his pelvis were visible at the waistband.  If Tymon as a generally cute, sloppy boy had made Lucy’s brain do a somersault, then Ulysse was a dense package of individual things that each made Lucy’s brain go pleasantly blank, dissolve into fireworks, or go down crazy trains of thought.

Like… boy band attractive, but without the attached annoyance of the boy band.  Or like a celebrity, but right in front of her face.

[...]

Eloise left the shower, a towel wrapped around her.  She kissed Ulysse, who also had a towel around his waist.  He skipped over to the boy’s side. - Excerpt from Leaving a Mark 4.6</ref>

He meet Ted Heavens in one of his time loops, initially they fought but eventually Ted tracked down his god and after being burnt alive became friends with it.<ref>“I tried to take your tools, the first time, in two thousand and fifteen.  I learned my lesson quickly.  I then tracked you into that hole in the ground, where you met your god.  Later, I met your god before you did.”

“That makes no sense,” Rae said, her back still turned.

“How’d he take it?” Ulysse asked.

“He burned me alive both times I ventured down there.  Others had claim over me.  In another lifetime, toward the end, we became friends.” - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.a</ref>

Appearance

Messy, wavy blonde hair. Celebrity-grade statuesque features and chiseled muscles.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">Ulysse’s hair was still damp from having walked without umbrella or coat in the rain. His hair was blond, but thick and wavy enough that the locks seemed to end up pointing in nearly any direction, like curls, but in twists bigger and longer around than a finger. When dry, it would maintain roughly the same shape. The rest of him wasn’t decorated- he wore a tight-fitting sleeveless tee, jeans, and sandals. He carried nothing, and had nothing in his pockets. Not even an engagement ring at his finger. He put out a hand, and Zed clasped it. - Excerpt from Out on a Limb 3.z</ref>

When going into battle he will wear only a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt, jeans, and sandals, nothing else, not even wearing his engagement ring.<ref name=":0">Ulysse’s hair was still damp from having walked without umbrella or coat in the rain. His hair was blond, but thick and wavy enough that the locks seemed to end up pointing in nearly any direction, like curls, but in twists bigger and longer around than a finger. When dry, it would maintain roughly the same shape. The rest of him wasn’t decorated- he wore a tight-fitting sleeveless tee, jeans, and sandals. He carried nothing, and had nothing in his pockets. Not even an engagement ring at his finger. He put out a hand, and Zed clasped it. - Excerpt from Out on a Limb 3.z</ref>

Abilities and Art

He serves a god as a chosen hero,<ref name=":2" /> his Champion. It is unknown how much individual ability he has outside these tools.

He is able to break curses with a kiss.<ref>Estrella nodded.  Ulysse stepped close and kissed her.

Orange cracks spread across Estrella, glowing like something red hot was inside her.

The curse fell away as if she’d been covered in the finest layer of ice.  The shards hit the ground and disappeared in puffs of smoke.- Excerpt from Break 1</ref>

Tools

He has the ability to summon a red-hot mace-like weapon<ref>Except in this case, Ted had that atmosphere and he looked like he’d be a beast in a fight.  He made Ulysse look small, and Ulysse was more athletic than ninety-nine percent of teens Kevin had paid any attention to.

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When he stood, he held a wicked looking bit of metal.  Too fancy to be a mace or any kind of medieval hammer, but it was big, it was iron, and it was studded.  It looked like it weighed a ton, even if it was hollow.  Ulysse held it easily. - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.a</ref> from the ground,<ref>Ulysse bowed his head, knelt, and then stood, drawing a scepter out of the earth. It glowed like it had been sitting in fire. - Excerpt from Out on a Limb 3.z</ref> a gift from his god. (He's not burned by it, but others are.)<ref>Ulysse was still getting bit. He was holding the weapon, and kids were trying to take it from him, only to burn their hands. So they bit him instead.

Amine grabbed Ulysse’s wrist, shaking it.

Ulysse dismissed the weapon his god had given him.- Excerpt from Out on a Limb 3.z</ref> Hits with this mace burn, grazes can ignite places where it touches, misses can overheat the target; all dangerous in their own way.<ref>Then he sprung forward.  It looked like a practiced movement, bounding into the air in a leaping strike, weapon thrust down and forward.  It clipped Ted, setting Ted’s shirt on fire and grazing skin, and it had enough heft to make the man stagger.

Ted pulled his shirt off in one fluid motion.  The big puckered scar across his back and chest was clearly visible.
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The swipe clipped Ted’s chin.  The wash of hot air that followed made Kevin blink hard, and it set Ted’s hair on fire.  Ted pressed the bundled up shirt to the burning portion.
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“That a direct hit with that tool of yours will go through flesh like butter.  And an intended strike that misses will punish the person who won’t meet the blow by raising their temperature.  Three or so misses and they should pass out from internal fever.”

“Three to five, yeah.”

“I have a high natural body temperature, so I’m susceptible.  It’s easier to take the grazing hit than to dodge or take it directly.” - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.a</ref>

He also has a similarly hot small sphere of unknown purpose.<ref>“And my other tools?” Ulysse asked.  He closed his hand, then opened it.  He held a burning metal orb between two of his fingers.  Something like a narrow snake squirmed, dark, within the red-white metal. - Excerpt from Gone Ahead 7.a</ref>

Chronology

He found his god at a young age.

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