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Player Name: Selina
Character Name: Richard Gansey III
Original Canon Point: The moment before he wakes up post-resurrection in The Raven King.
Updated Canon Point: Between Blue Lily, Lily Blue and The Raven King
Physical or mental changes:
Gansey won’t have any physical changes from this update.
Many of Gansey’s personality traits will remain the same. He will be loyal, charming, and have his weaknesses related to his friends, but he will not be as touched by the darkness that marks the end of his quest and his search for meaning for his life. At the end of the Raven King, Gansey has went through one emotional trauma after another. Overall, he is at his lowest point. His friends are in a terrible situation. The world is in a terrible situation. His hopes have been destroyed. He spent weeks believing his friends didn’t value him. He saw horrible events that will leave emotional scars. Some of these events include:
Aurora’s (Ronan’s Mother) Death - Although the books don’t show much of what happened before The Raven Boys it is implied that Gansey visited Ronan’s family regularly and cared for Ronan’s parents. Aurora’s death would impact him personally as the loss of someone close to him. It would also effect him because of Ronan’s reactions to losing his mother.
Finding Glendower - He’s seen his lifelong quest for Glendower completed, but it ended in disappointment and without the magic needed to save the world from the demon destroying Cabeswater. The vision that kept him moving forward turned out to be lie and the quest that had given him purpose is over. He has nothing left to focus on or to keep him going intellectually.
Adam’s Possession - Because a demon was destroying Cabeswater, one Gansey’s best friends, Adam, became possessed by the demon. During his possession, Adam tried to kill his friends, focusing mainly on Ronan. Before Gansey sacrifices himself, Adam seems to be free of the demon, but he knows that if the sacrifice doesn’t work, Adam will be in danger again.
Ronan Dying - The demon destroying Cabeswater also attacked Ronan. Because Ronan is a dreamer, the demon was able to ‘unmake’ him and slowly kill him. Before Gansey sacrificed himself, one of the last things he saw was Ronan being killed by the demon.
Gansey’s Death - Gansey sacrificed himself to save his friends and possibly the world. He kissed Blue, who was cursed to kill her True Love and offered up his death to stop the demon. This offering saved them. The act was brave, but forced Gansey to confront his fate and the fact that despite not knowing what to do with his life, he wanted to live.
Gansey being canon updated to an earlier point in the books will make him more curious about the new world he’s found himself in and it will ease the darkness that dominates his thoughts at his current canon point.
Before finding out about the demon, Gansey was a curious, optimistic person. Magic and dreams were potentially dangerous, but they were also beautiful wonders that he could see potential in even when they contained darkness. He was someone who was cautious, but would still press forward. He wasn’t as touched by the consequences of actions (such as Aurora’s death and Adam’s possession) so he was more impulsive and willing to explore new things He assumes the best of situations most of the time, taking measures to protect his friends, but not planning for true worst case scenarios..
Although he knows he is fated to die, the weight of that prophecy hasn’t fully taken hold at that point. Gansey still believes he has time to find Glendower and to give his life meaning. He still has a purpose that moves him forward and gives him a vibrancy that he lacks near his current canon point.
In many ways Gansey is mentally younger at that point even though it’s less than a month from his current canon point. He is still innocent, seeing beauty in the world around him and ignoring his darker, self-abusing thoughts. He hasn’t seen the true dangers of his quest or magic. He loves Blue but it’s still a fragile emotion that allows him to ignore the possibilities of being cursed by a kiss. He’s mended his friendship with Adam. Adam’s bond with Cabeswater is frightening, but not acknowledged as something that could lead to dangers such as demon possession. He knows Ronan is healing and, with time, he’ll become a stronger version of the boy that he’d met years ago.
Gansey would have some mental breathing room that would help him deal with the events in Deerington without collapsing into the depression and darkness that marked his time before making his sacrifice. He would be more willing to explore and put his curiosity into discovering the details of his new situation and why they are all in Deerington. He’d also be more willing to jump into events, heedless of the possible dangers that might be involved if it might mean he learns something that would help in his new quest to discover information about why they were brought to Deerington or help others survive the strangeness of their new world.
Character Name: Richard Gansey III
Original Canon Point: The moment before he wakes up post-resurrection in The Raven King.
Updated Canon Point: Between Blue Lily, Lily Blue and The Raven King
Physical or mental changes:
Gansey won’t have any physical changes from this update.
Many of Gansey’s personality traits will remain the same. He will be loyal, charming, and have his weaknesses related to his friends, but he will not be as touched by the darkness that marks the end of his quest and his search for meaning for his life. At the end of the Raven King, Gansey has went through one emotional trauma after another. Overall, he is at his lowest point. His friends are in a terrible situation. The world is in a terrible situation. His hopes have been destroyed. He spent weeks believing his friends didn’t value him. He saw horrible events that will leave emotional scars. Some of these events include:
Aurora’s (Ronan’s Mother) Death - Although the books don’t show much of what happened before The Raven Boys it is implied that Gansey visited Ronan’s family regularly and cared for Ronan’s parents. Aurora’s death would impact him personally as the loss of someone close to him. It would also effect him because of Ronan’s reactions to losing his mother.
Finding Glendower - He’s seen his lifelong quest for Glendower completed, but it ended in disappointment and without the magic needed to save the world from the demon destroying Cabeswater. The vision that kept him moving forward turned out to be lie and the quest that had given him purpose is over. He has nothing left to focus on or to keep him going intellectually.
Adam’s Possession - Because a demon was destroying Cabeswater, one Gansey’s best friends, Adam, became possessed by the demon. During his possession, Adam tried to kill his friends, focusing mainly on Ronan. Before Gansey sacrifices himself, Adam seems to be free of the demon, but he knows that if the sacrifice doesn’t work, Adam will be in danger again.
Ronan Dying - The demon destroying Cabeswater also attacked Ronan. Because Ronan is a dreamer, the demon was able to ‘unmake’ him and slowly kill him. Before Gansey sacrificed himself, one of the last things he saw was Ronan being killed by the demon.
Gansey’s Death - Gansey sacrificed himself to save his friends and possibly the world. He kissed Blue, who was cursed to kill her True Love and offered up his death to stop the demon. This offering saved them. The act was brave, but forced Gansey to confront his fate and the fact that despite not knowing what to do with his life, he wanted to live.
Gansey being canon updated to an earlier point in the books will make him more curious about the new world he’s found himself in and it will ease the darkness that dominates his thoughts at his current canon point.
Before finding out about the demon, Gansey was a curious, optimistic person. Magic and dreams were potentially dangerous, but they were also beautiful wonders that he could see potential in even when they contained darkness. He was someone who was cautious, but would still press forward. He wasn’t as touched by the consequences of actions (such as Aurora’s death and Adam’s possession) so he was more impulsive and willing to explore new things He assumes the best of situations most of the time, taking measures to protect his friends, but not planning for true worst case scenarios..
Although he knows he is fated to die, the weight of that prophecy hasn’t fully taken hold at that point. Gansey still believes he has time to find Glendower and to give his life meaning. He still has a purpose that moves him forward and gives him a vibrancy that he lacks near his current canon point.
In many ways Gansey is mentally younger at that point even though it’s less than a month from his current canon point. He is still innocent, seeing beauty in the world around him and ignoring his darker, self-abusing thoughts. He hasn’t seen the true dangers of his quest or magic. He loves Blue but it’s still a fragile emotion that allows him to ignore the possibilities of being cursed by a kiss. He’s mended his friendship with Adam. Adam’s bond with Cabeswater is frightening, but not acknowledged as something that could lead to dangers such as demon possession. He knows Ronan is healing and, with time, he’ll become a stronger version of the boy that he’d met years ago.
Gansey would have some mental breathing room that would help him deal with the events in Deerington without collapsing into the depression and darkness that marked his time before making his sacrifice. He would be more willing to explore and put his curiosity into discovering the details of his new situation and why they are all in Deerington. He’d also be more willing to jump into events, heedless of the possible dangers that might be involved if it might mean he learns something that would help in his new quest to discover information about why they were brought to Deerington or help others survive the strangeness of their new world.
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