5.

INTO THE DEPTHS.

a/n: third(Five) pov. 

song used: Jolly Sailor Bold

warning/s: swearing, violence, slight gore

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Early 1800s; Mermaid!AU

—A man of nobility—he watches the world he's come to know crumble before him, and the line between fantasy and reality blurs within his mind the moment he sees a creature of myth.—

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into the depths.

   Five is a man born into nobility; adopted under a very powerful, influential yet eccentric man by the name of Reginald Hargreeves. He lived among six other siblings, all sharpened and refined the be the best past what they could reach. His siblings remained of different blood, but their bond is stronger in separate to their cruel stepfather. 

   Vanya, the seventh learnt the art of music, and she stands tall with the proud achievements under her name during the times she's performed all over the country. The familiar white violin settles on her shoulders, and Five reminisces the time she'd play for him and his siblings.

    Ben, the sixth, traversed through the plains of literacy. He holds a gentle heart for beauty of imaginative writing; the lines that continue to fill his parchment and the ink that continue to drip from his pen which creates the worlds and people beyond the normal. Five has never seen Ben without a book in hand. It's an object of comfort, and Five mirror his brother's sentiments.

    Klaus, the fourth...well, his brother has quite the flourish for the wilder and more extravagant side of their world. Five doesn't often agree with his terms, and rarely ever accompanies him or approach where he may be. It's his act of disapproval, but he's long accepted his brother is different than most. His father didn't like that, and it's already a common sight in the Manor to hear the head of the Hargreeves family speaking to Klaus about wasting his potential. Potential for what, even?

   Allison is the third sibling, despite her fame and the luxury she continues to receive, their father remarked her as narcissistic. Five likes to think most people in this household are narcissistic in their own way, and where else would they learn that? Allison is married to a baron by the name of Patrick...—Five forgot his last name. He never found Patrick interesting enough. But he does care for Allison's daughter named Claire, though he's never met the child for Allison left the city years before.

   The second is Diego, his brash and very justice-inclined brother who continues to work within the shadows to provide safety among the people. Diego continues to fail his military exams, and his father hold nothing but disappointment everytime Diego comes home beaten up and draped in black. His father knew of Diego's vigilante escapades, but has never stepped in line to truly stop him. Five continues to think nothing but tender ridicule of his brother—not denying the fact that Diego has his heart set on the right path.

   The very first is Luther. His sensitive, big, stupid brother who holds his heart on his sleeve and towards their stepsister who's long been married. Luther grew up as the favorite. He's quite the soldier, but even then, years later, their father's pride for him diminished after a mission gone wrong. Five doesn't dwell on the past very often, but he continues to remember the day their father died and Luther tears as he cried about his misgivings and failures.

   With no father of the house; being the most capable and worthy to undertake their father's business and company is Five. Regarded as the most intelligent, most successful son of the infamous Reginald Hargreeves, Five often found himself within the company of the most stuck-up and preposterous noble people.