Laertes

Getting a late start tonight, so I’m going to put together something quickly, the first thing that comes to mind....

Does it make sense that Laertes is a Prophet? We don’t know THAT much about him, really - he’s a student, in Paris, Polonius doesn’t completely trust him to keep the family’s good name, he considers it appropriate to warn Ophelia off of Hamlet,  his sister suspects that he’s doing much of what he’s warning her against, he’s a decent swordsmen - oh yeah, and he gets closer than Hamlet does to being king through raising up the ire of enough people to storm the castle. He also speaks truth to power more directly than Hamlet, demanding an explanation from Claudius about what happened to his father. Both of those are actually pretty good Prophet indicators, particularly considering that he is young - youth being a time when Prophets raise up crowds and speak truth to power.

One question is whether the (presumably) Reactive Polonius could have feasibly spawned a Prophet son. Using the 20th century as an example, a (Boomer) Prophet would have been born in 1943 at the earliest, when a (Lost) Reactive would have been at least 43. Not too likely to be a mother at that age, but being a father is doable, and possible even if an older (perhaps up to 60) Reactive. 

Beyond that, Hamlet appears to be Adaptive, which would mean Laertes is a few years younger.  (Possibly very few: Hamlet could be a late Adaptive, Laertes an early Prophet - might only be a year or two of difference.) There’s not much specifically to suggest or deny that, though, unless you find the earlier descriptors compelling evidence on their own. They appear to be close in age - both are students, after all - and if Ophelia is girlfriend material for Hamlet, one might expect that she and Laertes weren’t born too far apart. (Although Laertes seems more like a big brother than a little one.)