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Raffaele Bessette
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Member (and later leader) of the Dagger Society

Aliases	The Messenger

Age	18+

Gender	Male

Species	Human (Malfetto)

Hair	Black w/ Sapphire colored strands

Eyes	Green (left) Gold (right) Both green (in the end of TMS)

Family	Unnamed Mother 5 Unnamed Brothers

Allies	The Dagger Society The Rose Society

Enemies	The Inquisition Axis The Rose Society

Status	Alive

Raffaele Laurent Bessette is a Young Elite and a member of the Dagger Society, known as The Messenger. He worked as a consort, building political alliances for the Dagger Society. He can sense threads of energy from other Elites and people. He now works as Queen Violetta's advisor.

Biography

Raffaele is one of the members of the Dagger Society and was the first person to be recruited. His family was very poor and he was sold to a man to become a consort. On the day he became an official consort for the Fortunata Court, the court held an elaborate bidding masquerade in honor of his debut. Enzo was secretly searching for other Young Elites, and Raffaele sensed Enzo's powers for the first time in his life. Enzo noticed Raffaele's strange interest in him and believed that Raffaele was indeed another like himself with unique abilities. His servant helped him bid an exorbitant amount -double anyone else’s bid- on Raffaele and won. As frightened as Raffaele was about his debut night and what was to follow, in reality Enzo simply wanted to talk. They both confessed about their strange powers, Enzo being able to control fire and Raffaele being able to sense others' energy and very slightly alter them.

Afterwards, The Dagger Society recruits a few more members before coming across Adelina. Since Raffaele detects that Adelina aligns very strongly to fear and fury, he suggests that Enzo get rid of her because she would be their doom. Enzo decides otherwise and the two train Adelina to use her power. Raffaele is captured by the Inquisition Axis and Enzo challenges Teren to a one-on-one duel to the death. After Enzo is killed by Terren, Raffaele becomes the leader of the Daggers and banishes Adelina and Violetta.

The Rose Society

Adelina and Violetta are hunted all through Kennettra and start to make their own society, their first elite being Magiano. Raffaele and the Daggers stay with Queen Maeve in Beldain as they discuss plans of bringing Enzo back. Enzo is supposed to be tethered to Raffaele after his resurrection but Adelina overhears the plan and weaves an illusion of herself being Raffaele.

Raffaele discovers that the Young Elites' human bodies will not be able to keep up with their supernatural abilities, and that over time, their powers will slowly destroy them.

The Midnight Star

Raffaele and the Daggers stay in Tamoura and both he and Violetta sense the power of death in the ocean. This provokes Raffaele to come to the conclusion that the Young Elites and their immortal powers are the imbalance between the mortal and immortal realm, and that they must return their powers to the Underworld. The Daggers and Tamourans seize Adelina when she fails to conquer them and strikes up this new alliances, during which they also take Teren because they need his alignment with his god, the god of war. Raffaele and the Daggers grow more trustworthy of Adelina and they are once again friendly to each other, though never like before. Raffaele and the others emerge from the Underworld and are distressed to find Adelina dead. Violetta now inherits Adelina's Kenettran throne, and Raffaele is her adviser.

Physical Descriptions

Raffaele is said to be a very beautiful person, people often falling in love with him on sight. He is described as, "one kissed by moon and water," which is an old saying describing those with amazing beauty. He has long, shining black hair with sapphire strands, flawless glowing olive skin, and is described as tall and fit. His markings from the Blood Fever are his eyes and hair. Several strands of his hair sapphire blue and his eyes are two different colors. One is a honey color, and the other is green as an emerald. His eyelashes are very long as well and he walks in a graceful manner.

After giving up his powers, his eyes both turn emerald green, and the sapphire strands grow in black, however he does not lose his beauty.

Personality

Raffaele acts kind, flirtatious, and charismatic and he tells people about himself in bits and pieces, because he is very guarded of his heart. He is actually quite complex—he puts on a kind facade in front of people and if their potential as an Elite is recognized, he will tell the truth of his opinion without the knowledge of the subject. Such as with Adelina, he was kind to her face but almost immediately told Enzo to "get rid of her," because he was afraid of darkness within her, realizing that she was very dangerous long before anyone else did. He is also rational, as shown at the end of the first book, when he cast Adelina out due to her unsafe powers and dark personality. He is not cruel though, because it is shown that after Enzo's death he felt bad for banishing Adelina but he thought that it was the right thing to do, as he could not risk the safety of the Daggers. He is very aware of his power and status, understanding that his task is essential as a Dagger to gather allies, since his clients fall feverishly in love with his charms. He is also dangerously loyal, shown when he stabs a man's neck through with his own dagger when his Dagger's safety is in danger.

Powers and Abilities

Raffaele can sense and find other malfettos. He can also see and manipulate threads of energy. By doing this, he can comfort and calm others. Raffaele can also pull on the heart strings of others to make them fall in love with him.

Trivia

Raffaele is Enzo's most trusted Dagger and acts as a "right hand man" to him.
Raffaele's singing voice is described as beautiful by Adelina when he sings a lullaby to her.
Raffaele's original name in the story was Tye - he was supposed to be the main character but Marie Lu, the author of The Young Elites, thought that his story was too plain/bland, wherein, Adelina then takes his place as the main character (when she was only intended to be a side character). She also said that she enjoyed writing the story of a villain more that writing the story of a hero.
Once says that he wishes Enzo step on the throne so he can step away from his consort life.
Artwork by Tumblr user Deanpinterester. ^[1]

References

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+| caption=Member (and later leader) of the Dagger Society
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 | species=Human <small>(Malfetto)</small>
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-| hair=Black w/ Red streaks
+| hair=Black w/ Sapphire colored strands
-| eyes=Green <small>(left)</small><br>Gold <small>(right)</small>
+| eyes=Green <small>(left)</small><br>Gold <small>(right)</small><br>Both green (in the end of TMS)
 | family=Unnamed Mother<br>5 Unnamed Brothers
-| allies=[[The Dagger Society]]
+| allies=[[The Dagger Society]]<br>[[The Rose Society]]
-| enemies=[[The Inquisition Axis]]
+| enemies=[[The Inquisition Axis]]<br>[[The Rose Society]]
 | status=Alive
+}}
-}}'''Raffaele Laurent Bessette''' is a Young Elite and a member of the Dagger Society, known as The Messenger. He works as a consort, building political alliances for the Dagger Society. He can sense threads of energy from other Elites and people
+'''Raffaele Laurent Bessette''' is a [[Young Elite]] and a member of [[the Dagger Society]], known as The Messenger. He worked as a consort, building political alliances for the Dagger Society. He can sense threads of energy from other Elites and people. He now works as [[Violetta Amouteru|Queen Violetta's]] advisor.
 ==Biography==
-Raffaele is one of the members of'' ''[[The Dagger Society]] and was the first person to be recruited. His family was very poor and he was sold to a man to become a consort. On the day he became an official consort for the Fortunata Court, the court held an elaborate bidding masquerade in honor of his debut. Enzo was secretly searching for other Young Elites, and Raffaele sensed Enzo's powers for the first time in his life. Enzo noticed Raffaele's strange interest in him and believed that Raffaele was indeed another like himself with powers. His servant helped bid an enormous amount on Raffaele and won. As frightened as Raffaele was about his debut night and what was to follow, in reality Enzo simply wanted to talk. They both confessed about their strange powers, Enzo being able to control fire and Raffaele being able to sense energy and very slightly alter them.
+Raffaele is one of the members of the Dagger Society and was the first person to be recruited. His family was very poor and he was sold to a man to become a consort. On the day he became an official consort for the Fortunata Court, the court held an elaborate bidding masquerade in honor of his debut. [[Enzo Valenciano|Enzo]] was secretly searching for other Young Elites, and Raffaele sensed Enzo's powers for the first time in his life. Enzo noticed Raffaele's strange interest in him and believed that Raffaele was indeed another like himself with unique abilities. His servant helped him bid an exorbitant amount -double anyone else’s bid- on Raffaele and won. As frightened as Raffaele was about his debut night and what was to follow, in reality Enzo simply wanted to talk. They both confessed about their strange powers, Enzo being able to control fire and Raffaele being able to sense others' energy and very slightly alter them.
+Afterwards, The Dagger Society recruits a few more members before coming across [[Adelina Amouteru|Adelina]]. Since Raffaele detects that Adelina aligns very strongly to fear and fury, he suggests that Enzo get rid of her because she would be their doom. Enzo decides otherwise and the two train Adelina to use her power. Raffaele is captured by the Inquisition Axis and Enzo challenges [[Teren Santoro|Teren]] to a one-on-one duel to the death. After Enzo is killed by Terren, Raffaele becomes the leader of the Daggers and banishes Adelina and Violetta.
-Raffaele is the one who discovers that the Young Elites' human bodies will not be able to keep up with their supernatural abilities. Over time, their powers will destroy them.
-== Physical Descriptions ==
+===The Rose Society ===
+Adelina and Violetta are hunted all through Kennettra and start to make their own society, their first elite being Magiano. Raffaele and the Daggers stay with [[Maeve Corrigan|Queen Maeve]] in [[Beldain]] as they discuss plans of bringing Enzo back. Enzo is supposed to be tethered to Raffaele after his resurrection but Adelina overhears the plan and weaves an illusion of herself being Raffaele.
-Raffaele is said to be a very beautiful person, people usually falling in love with him on sight and described as "one kissed by moon and water", which is an old passage describing those with amazing beauty. He has long shining black hair, flawless glowing olive skin and is described as tall and fit. His mark from the Blood Fever are his eyes and hair. Several strands of his hair turned a sapphire blue, and his eyes became two different colors. One became a honey color, and the other as green as an emerald. His eyelashes are very long as well and he walks a most graceful manner.
+Raffaele discovers that the Young Elites' human bodies will not be able to keep up with their supernatural abilities, and that over time, their powers will slowly destroy them.
+=== The Midnight Star===
+Raffaele and the Daggers stay in Tamoura and both he and Violetta sense the power of death in the ocean. This provokes Raffaele to come to the conclusion that the Young Elites and their immortal powers are the imbalance between the mortal and immortal realm, and that they must return their powers to the Underworld.
+The Daggers and Tamourans seize Adelina when she fails to conquer them and strikes up this new alliances, during which they also take Teren because they need his alignment with his god, the god of war. Raffaele and the Daggers grow more trustworthy of Adelina and they are once again friendly to each other, though never like before. Raffaele and the others emerge from the Underworld and are distressed to find Adelina dead. Violetta now inherits Adelina's Kenettran throne, and Raffaele is her adviser.
+==Physical Descriptions==
+Raffaele is said to be a very beautiful person, people often falling in love with him on sight. He is described as, "one kissed by moon and water," which is an old saying describing those with amazing beauty. He has long, shining black hair with sapphire strands, flawless glowing olive skin, and is described as tall and fit. His markings from the Blood Fever are his eyes and hair. Several strands of his hair sapphire blue and his eyes are two different colors. One is a honey color, and the other is green as an emerald. His eyelashes are very long as well and he walks in a graceful manner.
+After giving up his powers, his eyes both turn emerald green, and the sapphire strands grow in black, however he does not lose his beauty.
 ==Personality==
-Raffaele acts kind, flirtatious and charismatic and he tells people about himself in bits and pieces, because he is very guarded of his heart. He is actually quite complex—he puts on a kind facade in front of people and if their potential as an Elite is recognized, he will tell the truth of his opinion without the knowledge of the subject. Such as with [[Adelina Amouteru|Adelina]], he was kind to her but almost immediately told [[Enzo Valenciano|Enzo]] to "get rid of her", mostly because he was afraid of darkness within her, realizing it was very dangerous long before anyone else did. <span>He is also rational, as shown at the end of the first book, when he cast Adelina out due to her unsafe powers and dark personality.</span> He is not cruel though, because it is shown that after Enzo's death he felt bad for banishing Adelina but he thought that it was the right thing to do, as he could not risk the safety of the Daggers. He is very aware of his power and status, understanding that his task is essential as a Dagger to gather allies, since his clients fall feverishly in love with his charms. He is also dangerously loyal, shown when he stabs a man's neck through with his own dagger when his Dagger's safety is in danger.
+Raffaele acts kind, flirtatious, and charismatic and he tells people about himself in bits and pieces, because he is very guarded of his heart. He is actually quite complex—he puts on a kind facade in front of people and if their potential as an Elite is recognized, he will tell the truth of his opinion without the knowledge of the subject. Such as with Adelina, he was kind to her face but almost immediately told Enzo to "get rid of her," because he was afraid of darkness within her, realizing that she was very dangerous long before anyone else did. He is also rational, as shown at the end of the first book, when he cast Adelina out due to her unsafe powers and dark personality. He is not cruel though, because it is shown that after Enzo's death he felt bad for banishing Adelina but he thought that it was the right thing to do, as he could not risk the safety of the Daggers. He is very aware of his power and status, understanding that his task is essential as a Dagger to gather allies, since his clients fall feverishly in love with his charms. He is also dangerously loyal, shown when he stabs a man's neck through with his own dagger when his Dagger's safety is in danger.
 ==Powers and Abilities==
-Raffaele can see and sense all the energy in the world and very slightly alter them. The threads are what connect everything to everything else. He learned about energy through “Trial and Error,” and with each new Young Elite he meets, he learns, experiments, and records. As Raffaele once said, "It all began with energy". It forms the land, air, sea, and all living things. It is what breathes life into everything. It is what gives them their powers. Raffaele can see threads of energy in shades of blues and greens, reds and golds. To Raffaele the world is made of countless threads of energy that connect all things. These threads give the world both its color and its life. Most people don’t have enough energy to manipulate their connections to the world. But Raffaele's body and that of the other Elites are linked to the world in a way they were never meant to be linked. This link allows them to pull on threads in specific ways to do specific things. Lucent, for example, can pull on the threads to control wind. Enzo pulls on threads of heat from others and himself, and from heat sources like the sun. Although for Raffaele, even though he can see and sense every thread in the world, he can only tug faintly on them. He uses this ability to sense threads of energy from other Elites from a great distances and when the power in question is potent enough, it can be intoxicating and if close enough, overwhelming. The threads of energy connect not only physical things, but also emotions, thoughts, and feelings—fear, hate, love, joy, sorrow. He has the ability to pull on all those threads. By reaching out with his own energy, Raffaele can calm and sooth others or make them fall in love with him, giving the way he looks and the fact he can literally pull on their heartstrings makes him irresistible. The feeling is described as a sudden tug at the heart, as if the sight of him had set butterflies loose in the chest.
+Raffaele can sense and find other ''malfettos''. He can also see and manipulate threads of energy. By doing this, he can comfort and calm others. Raffaele can also pull on the heart strings of others to make them fall in love with him.
-==Trivia==
-*Marie Lu's original name for him was Tye.
-**Tye coincidentally makes up the initials of "The Young Elites".
-*Raffaele was the series' former protagonist. He became a secondary character, however, when Lu believed that he was too bland and uninspired for the role. Adelina Amouteru is now the series' protagonist.
-*Author [[Marie Lu]] said in a Q&A that Raffaele was the character that came most naturally to her when writing.
-* He uses different gems and stones to gain insight into how Adelina's powers work, and it's likely he does this for all new possible members of the Dagger Society.
-* He thought that Enzo should not allow Adelina to join the Dagger Society, and just kill her instead, because of something evil and sinister is inside her.
 ==Trivia==
-*Artwork by Tumblr user Deanpinterester <ref>[http://deanpinterester.tumblr.com/post/146422711186/the-young-elites-favourite-relationships Deanpinterester Tumblr]</ref>
+*Raffaele is Enzo's most trusted Dagger and acts as a "right hand man" to him.
+*Raffaele's singing voice is described as beautiful by Adelina when he sings a lullaby to her.
+*Raffaele's original name in the story was Tye - he was supposed to be the main character but Marie Lu, the author of The Young Elites, thought that his story was too plain/bland, wherein, [[Adelina Amouteru|Adelina]] then takes his place as the main character (when she was only intended to be a side character). She also said that she enjoyed writing the story of a villain more that writing the story of a hero.
+*Once says that he wishes Enzo step on the throne so he can step away from his consort life.
+*Artwork by Tumblr user Deanpinterester. <ref>[http://deanpinterester.tumblr.com/post/146422711186/the-young-elites-favourite-relationships Deanpinterester Tumblr]</ref>
 ==References==
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 [[Category:The Rose Society characters]]
 [[Category:Malfetto]]
+[[Category:Dagger Society members]]
+[[Category:The Midnight Star characters]]
+[[Category:R]]
+[[Category:Narrators]]