MICHAEL PALAIOLOGOS; THEODORE LASKARIS; MASCULINE MAN OF ACTION; POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND DIPLOMATIC GENIUS DESPITE QUITTING EDUCATION; CALLS HIMSELF A RENAISSANCE MAN; KNOWS THE RIGHT ALLIES IN TIMES OF WAR; EFFEMINATE; NO MERCY IS THE ONLY PHILOSOPHY; SEES BULGARIANS AS SORCERERS EVEN IF MARRIED TO ONE; SHOWS NO WEAKNESS, EVEN STANDS UP AGAINST THE CHURCH; CONDESCENDING PHILOSOPHER; GETS EPILEPTIC SEIZURES; GREW UP HARD DESPITE BEING RICH; BORN AND RAISED IN THE PALACE; DOESN'T PRIORITIZE THE DREAM OF RECLAIMING CONSTANTINOPLE; SELF RAISED MIDDLE CHILD WITH NO PARENTS AROUND; LIVES TO ACHIEVE THE BYZANTINE DREAM; ONLY SON WHO GETS EVERYTHING HE WANTS