He hates guns even though he learned how to use them in war; in his mind they're lacking and if he has to fight he'd rather fight bare-handed or with a blade of some kind than to have a gun fight. He used to carry a dagger everywhere but hasn't for a few decades now. Finding a knife to carry as a defense weapon will be one of the first things he's likely to do in a possibly unsafe situation – like being in Ruby City.
Despite his citizens' top religion being Protestant and the second being Catholic, Wales has returned to his pagan roots fully in recent years, finally feeling free not to hide it. In appearance he doesn't resemble his brothers at first glance, though a closer look would let a person see their similar features. He has black hair that's always a bit too long in front and falls into his eyes, which are blue. Although his clothes usually hide them, he has two tattoos; the red dragon from his flag on the right side of his chest, and interwoven Celtic runes at the small of his back that, if one could read them, tell a basic outline of his life story. He's about five foot nine and slightly built.
At bottom, Wales has a serious self-confidence issue, though it's not obvious. He's spent most of his existence under different levels of English control, and ever since the official merger of the two countries in 1536, he's found that fewer and fewer people are even aware of him as a separate entity, even though he is no longer merged with England. Even some British citizens don't realize that he's a country rather than an English county. It makes him feel out of place with the other nations, because he's sure they don't see him as 'one of them'. It's another reason he tends to avoid romantic attachments; he'd have to watch a human lover die and he thinks that most countries wouldn't 'lower' themselves to become involved with someone who has been little but a province for most of his life.
History: Wales' existence dates back late in the B.C. Period. He was physically a young teenager when Rome invaded Britain, but he was still a very young nation – the constant infighting among the Celtic tribes all over the island of Britain forced their personifications into a speedier growth, to cope with it. Along with his younger brother, then called Albion, Wales (then called Cymru) was captured by Julius Caesar and Roman Empire, marched in one of the Roman Triumphs and forced to live in Roman Empire's house thereafter. Toward the end of Rome's dominance, Cymru took the initiative to escape Rome and try to find his way back to Britain. He eventually managed to do so, but he also got rather lost along the way, leading to at least one encounter with another nation – a small boy whom he traded swordfighting tips to for swordsmithing tips. There's a relevance to this in his current associations, but he hasn't put the two together yet.
After this, his land became a refuge for Briton tribes fleeing the deeper incursion of the Anglo-Saxons they had invited in themselves to help combat the Picts out of Scotland. This is why, in later years, he will resent his brother's appropriation of the King Arthur story – he won't say whether Arthur was real or not, but he was King of the Britons fighting Anglo-Saxons; if he existed he was Welsh, or so Wales insists. His land was truly united only once under independent rule, during the reign of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn – this is why, when choosing a human name, he chose a first name to honor his gods and a last name to honor his greatest king.
Llywelyn's reign only lasted for about seven years, though, and soon after Norman invasion engulfed his brother England's land, and then turned to him. The result was that the Anglo-Norman kings took control of border areas of Wales. The still-autonomous areas were ruled over by a Prince of Wales, but when Edward I of England invaded and took over in 1282. Wales would never achieve full independence again. For Wales himself, this meant that he was officially at the beck and call of his baby brother, whom he had helped raise. For the most part he accepted this as he did not have the resources to fight back.
Re: [FANDOM OC] Wales/Bran Llywelyn || Axis Powers Hetalia || no reserve || 3 of ?
Despite his citizens' top religion being Protestant and the second being Catholic, Wales has returned to his pagan roots fully in recent years, finally feeling free not to hide it. In appearance he doesn't resemble his brothers at first glance, though a closer look would let a person see their similar features. He has black hair that's always a bit too long in front and falls into his eyes, which are blue. Although his clothes usually hide them, he has two tattoos; the red dragon from his flag on the right side of his chest, and interwoven Celtic runes at the small of his back that, if one could read them, tell a basic outline of his life story. He's about five foot nine and slightly built.
At bottom, Wales has a serious self-confidence issue, though it's not obvious. He's spent most of his existence under different levels of English control, and ever since the official merger of the two countries in 1536, he's found that fewer and fewer people are even aware of him as a separate entity, even though he is no longer merged with England. Even some British citizens don't realize that he's a country rather than an English county. It makes him feel out of place with the other nations, because he's sure they don't see him as 'one of them'. It's another reason he tends to avoid romantic attachments; he'd have to watch a human lover die and he thinks that most countries wouldn't 'lower' themselves to become involved with someone who has been little but a province for most of his life.
History: Wales' existence dates back late in the B.C. Period. He was physically a young teenager when Rome invaded Britain, but he was still a very young nation – the constant infighting among the Celtic tribes all over the island of Britain forced their personifications into a speedier growth, to cope with it. Along with his younger brother, then called Albion, Wales (then called Cymru) was captured by Julius Caesar and Roman Empire, marched in one of the Roman Triumphs and forced to live in Roman Empire's house thereafter. Toward the end of Rome's dominance, Cymru took the initiative to escape Rome and try to find his way back to Britain. He eventually managed to do so, but he also got rather lost along the way, leading to at least one encounter with another nation – a small boy whom he traded swordfighting tips to for swordsmithing tips. There's a relevance to this in his current associations, but he hasn't put the two together yet.
After this, his land became a refuge for Briton tribes fleeing the deeper incursion of the Anglo-Saxons they had invited in themselves to help combat the Picts out of Scotland. This is why, in later years, he will resent his brother's appropriation of the King Arthur story – he won't say whether Arthur was real or not, but he was King of the Britons fighting Anglo-Saxons; if he existed he was Welsh, or so Wales insists. His land was truly united only once under independent rule, during the reign of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn – this is why, when choosing a human name, he chose a first name to honor his gods and a last name to honor his greatest king.
Llywelyn's reign only lasted for about seven years, though, and soon after Norman invasion engulfed his brother England's land, and then turned to him. The result was that the Anglo-Norman kings took control of border areas of Wales. The still-autonomous areas were ruled over by a Prince of Wales, but when Edward I of England invaded and took over in 1282. Wales would never achieve full independence again. For Wales himself, this meant that he was officially at the beck and call of his baby brother, whom he had helped raise. For the most part he accepted this as he did not have the resources to fight back.