#/ but some demon and maleficar influence sprinkled in for fun never hurts~

[fatewoven]

// soon to be adding Illario to the roster but specifically the version of him that possessed by envy (cut content we mourn you). he can get added to the companion roster after murder of crows. all the cards are down as this is less of the casanova persona but more illario the cold, unsheathed blade. still playful/flirtatious, but has less reason to pretend he finds someone impressive. lot of spats between him and luc in the lighthouse as he gradually shifts away from always trying to be "better" than his cousin.

having seduced and betrayed his targets, this 'unmasked' version of him is slow to trust, and he's glad if the feeling is mutual. still, he wants to be trusted again, at least by lucanis. most of all by lucanis.

he's resistant to mind tricks since persuasion and social trickery are his most powerful tools. if one were to glimpse at his mind, everything is perfectly structured. envy is a new addition, but it keeps to quieter corners. it seethes on old memories, always reliving his worst moments. his failures. and how he felt, how he wished he was someone else.

in another life he might've been a better person, but he was raised on resentment and neglect in this one. it's hard to tell when its his emotions or when its envy influencing his thoughts.

envy, if anyone is able to see it, is both cowardly and incredibly vicious. unlike spite, it wishes to take over illario's body and soul entirely and become a better version of him. its silhouette is similar to a serpent coiling around his shoulders, its constantly trying to 'blind' illario to reason with its many arms.

when fighting, an extra set of shadowy arms appear on illario's body and it makes him a lethal in-your-face scrapper with acrobatics thrown into the mix

main development is illario letting go of the three poisons of ignorance, attachment, and aversion. reconciliation with his cousin is the big first step, then slowly embracing generosity. he is, by all definition, reduced to nothing in terms of status and what bonds he has, and he has to accept that before beginning the necessary steps of a new life.