Your Character (Foreign Affairs)

Your Character in Foreign Affairs is the main protagonist of the Foreign Affairs book.

Although his/her/their default name is "Kennedy Monroe", the player can choose to name him/her/them as they wish.

Appearance
The appearance of your character is up to the player.

Personality
Although most personality traits are determined by the player, you start off as unsure of what to do in your future. You are a bit of a teacher's pet--something that may have been the result of years in the spotlight playing the part of the 'perfect daughter'--which can be seen when you decide to hang back after class to apologize to Ayna for talking during the lecture. Although you would have been happy with a low-level position on your mother's reelection campaign, she persuaded you to attend Vancross Institute in hopes you would become more involved in politics and follow in her footsteps.

Background
You continued to live at State Manor when you attended university for your undergraduate years. Your mother had encouraged you to attend Vancross to complete a master's degree program. In a premium scene in Chapter 1, it is revealed that your mom believes the program will lead to some big epiphany for you (perhaps one that will convince you to follow in her footsteps). She hopes that you will be able to help her gain support at the Peace Summit that is scheduled to be a few months into the semester. You attending Vancross alone helps your mom's approval rating for her reelection campaign.

Foreign Affairs

 * Chapter 1: First Term Jitters
 * Chapter 2: Political Partying
 * Chapter 3: Revisionist History
 * Chapter 4: Champagne Socialites
 * Chapter 5: Horse Race
 * Chapter 6: Gesture Politics
 * Chapter 7: Bipartisan Showdown
 * Chapter 8: Smoke-Filled Rooms
 * Chapter 9: Fallout
 * Chapter 10: Spin Doctoring
 * Chapter 11: Fishing Expedition
 * Chapter 12: Bully Pulpit
 * Chapter 13: Mending Fences
 * Chapter 14: Whistle Stop
 * Chapter 15: Witch Hunt
 * Chapter 16: Swing Vote

Blaine Hayes
You are caught off-guard upon the revelation that Ardona, your biggest rival, was sending someone to Vancross this year. Since you haven't seen a recent picture of Blaine Hayes since he/she was a child with a dorky haircut and braces, his/her appearance takes you by surprise on the day you arrive at Vancross Institute. He/she doesn't recognize you either, initially under the impression that you were a part of Dionne's 'fanclub.' Dionne notices the sparks flying between you two, but it's your choice whether or not to pursue Blaine romantically. If you choose to romance him/her, you have the chance to kiss him/her as early as Chapter 1 via a premium route. After finding out that Blaine is the First Son/Daughter of Ardona, you're angered by how easy it was for him/her to lie to you. Rutherland and Ardona's feud dates back to the 18th century, but Blaine tells you he/she doesn't buy into the rivalry and is surprised that you do.

At the end of Chapter 2, Professor Masako assigns Blaine as your partner for your World History group project. You fear your working together could spark a war between your countries, something Ayna believes is an exaggeration. Upon finding out that she's your new advisor, you--unsuccessfully--try to convince Ayna to work out a partner swap. Regardless of whether or not you choose to take Ayna up on her offer to share some advice with you over coffee, you and Blaine are unable to stop bickering. To amend this, Blaine proposes that the two of you take a walk in each other's shoes by swapping phones. You find out he/she was forced to volunteer at an animal shelter due to punching a photographer, but eventually grew to like it and kept going back. When you scroll through his/her photos, you find a picture of his/her ex. You also read through the texts from Blaine's mother and find out she is like your mother.

Tatum Mendoza
You and Tatum were best friends since childhood, however you lost contact when he left for the army five years ago. You tried to keep in touch through letters, but eventually life caught up. The letters stopped coming and you lost touch. You two are reunited when Tatum is assigned to be your bodyguard, but he is very different than he was. You're thrown off guard when you're unable to read him like you were able to before. You try your best to get him to talk to you like normal, but your attempts mostly fail. If you decide to get a breath of fresh air with him at the Soiree of Nations party, he tells you that he never wanted to come back, that the post of guarding you isn't what he would have chosen for himself. However, being a Presidential Guardsman is a "cushy" job compared to some of his other options so he makes the best of it.

You try to remind him about how he liked to joke around, and you even get him to smile when you bring up when McDermonts got rid of their rib sandwich. He is also aware of how you feel about your mother never having the time to say goodbye and used to let you confide in him and comfort you.

In Chapter 4, he invites you to play poker with him and the rest of the bodyguards, which you can accept. After the game, he tells you how he and you were always on the same page and were equals, despite his dad being a driver for your mom. But when he came back from the army, he realizes what you’ve been surrounded by the past few years and how the army is nothing like it

Ayna Seth
Ayna is one of your love interests as well as a TA at Vancross. You first meet Ayna in Professor Masako's class, for whom she is a teaching assistant to. She takes over your first World History lesson after your professor was delayed at a conference. You first meet when you apologize to her for talking during class. You run into each other again later that day at the Soiree of Nations, when she is sent by campus security to investigate. You convince her to cut you and your fellow partygoers some slack, and she even joins in on the festivities. In Chapter 3, she becomes your advisor. You talk to her after you find out you're partnered with Blaine for your project. Although she appears to be receptive, she says her hands are tied. She offers to take you out for coffee and dish out some tips on how to deal with Blaine. Should you take the premium scene, she encourages you to look at these 'opportunities for diplomacy' with more empathy. You're able to use this advice later on.

Mom
Although you love your mother, you feel pressured to live up to the high expectations she has of you. All it takes is one phone call from her to make you feel like a little kid again despite the fact that you're an adult who is capable of your own decisions. She has a tendency to prioritize her work over you, which is made clear early on when she is unable to drop you off at Vancross due to a meeting. From the get go, it is clear that your actions can make or break her reelection campaign. While you do cut your mother some slack for her general disinterest in you whenever politics isn't involved, you'd be lying if you said that you didn't feel like a political tool sometimes. You wish you could tell her to be your mom first and the president second, but that's far easier said than done.

When she discovers that you've been talking to Blaine, she immediately voices her disapproval.

Dionne Serrano
Dionne is your suitemate. After introductions, she goes on to tell you that she had taken the bigger bedroom. No matter how you respond, she is delighted to find that you don't bend over backwards for her because she's royalty and decides to give you a campus tour. Before you find out that Tatum is your new head of security, you think about how grateful you are to have met Dionne since you haven't had a close friend since Tatum left five years ago.

Dionne lives vicariously through you, with a particular interest in your love life. She invites you to a State Dinner (which turns out to be her birthday party) in Pavadena in Chapter 3.

Winston Torres
Winston is your mother's political advisor and chief of staff. You appear to be close, even cracking jokes with each other regardless of the typical employer-employee relationship. He regularly checks in with you at Vancross.

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Trivia

 * A version of MC is shown on the cover of Foreign Affairs.
 * If the default surname is kept, his/her/their mother and he/she/they will share the same surname as Bishop Monroe from the Desire & Decorum series and the default surname of Rival Matchmaker from Ms. Match.
 * Given the political setting and "scandal" alluded in the first chapter, the default name of Kennedy Monroe is likely referencing the thirty-fifth president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and the actress Marilyn Monroe.
 * The books reuses three of the female faces from Veil of Secrets and three of the male faces from The Elementalists series.
 * This is the first MC in the Choices franchise who can be non-binary. They are also the first MC who can be transgender.
 * In Chapter 1, it is mentioned that Rutherland is one of the most powerful nations in Western Europe.
 * He/she/they are shown to be a fan of Emerald Phan in a premium scene in Chapter 3.
 * In Chapter 8, Mom reveals that your father is deceased.
 * In Chapter 8, Mom reveals that your father is deceased.