Agni Character Progression - Tumblr Posts

the meaning of Agni: his name**

growing up as Arshad Satyendra Iyer in a privileged socio-economic class, he lost his faith after seeing his father face no consequences for his many immoral actions. without any particular connections to others, he did whatever put him ahead in life. in his case, it led to injuring and murdering innocent people

after being caught and sentenced to death, he didn't care about his incoming execution because he didn't have anything/one to live for- then Soma cut the rope and declared him a new man, one named Agni

any small amount of research will tell you that Agni is the name of a Hindu god of fire who is a messenger between humans and the divine. not only does "rebirth in fire" parallel the fact that he left his old life completely behind to begin anew, but his divine strength being channeled through a human body particularly mirrors his namesake

and why does he live now? for Soma. his connection to the world, which is why his devotion to the prince is so strong and all-encompassing. he's never had a reason to want to live before Soma started his life over

next in #agnicharacterprogression I'll look into his connection with Soma

**Agni's and Soma's character traits are somewhat based off of Japanese stereotypes about Indian people, which I am trying to not reinforce, but if you spot any mistakes please let me know!