Sylvester

Sylvester (ジルヴェスター Jiruvesutaa) is a character that appears in the Ascendance of a Bookworm series. He is the older half-brother of Ferdinand and an archnoble in Ehrenfest. He is also Aub Ehrenfest, the archduke of the Ehrenfest duchy.

History
Sylvester is the son of the previous Aub Ehrenfest and Veronica. He was raised to succeed Aub Ehrenfest, due to his large amount of mana, that caused internal fights among him and his sibling.

Ferdinand and Sylvester first met after Ferdinand's baptism. They have the same father but different mothers. Sylvester is six years older than Ferdinand and looked and cared for his younger half-brother.

Due to Ferdinand's harassment by Sylvester's mother, Sylvester told Ferdinand to join the temple to escape Veronica's harassment, which would remove him from the family's succession and keep him away from noble politics.

Personality
The opposite of his younger brother, Sylvester often acts impulsively, leading most people to think that he is younger than he actually is. He is a relentless teaser, but he can get serious in a heartbeat when needed. He is described to have a good heart deep down, although he acts like a spoiled child.

Story
See Sylvester/Story

Trivia

 * He is shown to be skilled at hunting, having killed 1 deer, 4 birds (one of which was mid-air) and several scavenging animals
 * He was so unfamiliar with the lives of commoners and orphans that, when hunting in the forest, he did not know how to wash his hands in the river and had to ask the orphans for help.
 * When Myne first finds out Sylvester is the archduke, she briefly becomes very worried about the future of the duchy.
 * He often wears a silver band to tie his hair.
 * Sylvester has two older sisters, Konstanze and Georgine, who married into other nearby duchies.


 * His oldest sister married the archduke of Ahrensbach, to the South. She had been raised to be Ehrenfest's next archduke, so when Sylvester turned out to have more mana she was forced to marry into another duchy in order to quell dissent about him becoming archduke. She was also the person whom her uncle, the former High Bishop, had been secretly communicating with, leading Rozemyne to the incorrect conclusion that there was a love affair going on.


 * His other older sister married the archduke of Frenbeltag, to the West. His wife, Florencia, is also the younger sister of Frenbeltag's archduke, which causes difficulty in either of them declining any requests from Frenbeltag since the ducal couple are both older siblings of theirs.