Azul and Luck

Azul has multiple lines about never relying on chance or luck, which is the focus of a boardgame club vignette where he refuses to play a dice-based game with Idia, saying, “I’m not particularly fond of games that hinge primarily on luck. There’s nothing to be gained by crossing your fingers and hoping for the best.”

Idia teases him with, “Not even a guy with your intellect can compete against luck. Can’t brain your way into making dice do your bidding, right?,” but that is exactly what Azul then proceeds to do, practicing his dice rolling so that he will be able to roll the number that he wants.

Azul explains, “If I can reduce the amount of luck involved, then I can control even a game of dice through sheer willpower!”

During Tsumsted Azul observes that his tsum uses “a dice-rolling technique to produce consistent sixes,” possibly in a way similar to how Azul teaches himself to control his rolls.

During Glorious Masquerade Azul says that he does not believe in leaving things to chance, and when Deuce asks what the difference is between chance and luck Azul explains, “there’s a world of difference between simply hoping for providence while doing nothing and covering every possible base.”

When Sebek loses a game of rock, paper, scissors with Grim for the right to share a table with Malleus during the event, Azul observes, “That’s what you get for leaving your fate up to chance. If you don’t want to lose, you should be better prepared.”

When deciding who will receive the honor of accompanying him to the Fairest City during the Tapis Rouge event, Vil tells a crowd of hopefuls that he will only take the best of the best, and they are to prove themselves by defeating their rivals.

Azul suggests a lottery, securing participation for himself, Jamil and Ace. Afterwards Jamil points out that “someone as calculating as Azul” would never leave things to chance, and we learn what he did: suggest the lottery and have Jamil second the motion (Azul: “But naturally if someone from my dorm spoke up, like Jade or Floyd, it would be suspicious. I reasoned that Jamil, being from another dorm, had the best chance of persuading the others.”).

Then Ace rigged the drawing, selected himself, Azul and Jamil (Azul: “So you see, we all combined strengths to ensure a mutually beneficial outcome”), removing the “chance” from what was designed to be a game of chance, much like he did with the dice game and Idia.