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rockiesturnrose · 6 years ago

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The Good Ol’ Days of RP-Some other Generations

Following up on this post, just to introduce some more characters.

So after the last generation of characters got their shit as sorted as possible, it was time to bring in another generation or five. And hold on to your butts, because this gets complicated. The next generation brought in a few more plotlines, including (I believe?) some kind of fey persecution thing where one friends almost-entirely-fey characters were hunted down and had to go into hiding back in their home realm. It made for some confusing relationships and some devastated loved ones. And then dragons appeared?

So first, Landon and Grove. That relationship had its ups, and its downs, and nothing really in-between. Grove went kind of…batshit with her spy work, which Landon wasn’t a huge fan of, but he also didn’t want to leave her. The relationship got a bit dysfunctional, and then Grove disappeared during the fey persecutions mostly because she was a VERY WANTED CRIMINAL. Like, she had broken off from Anya’s criminal guild because she thought it wasn’t extreme enough. The two had Kaelem and Ananse, twin boys. Kael, controlled by me, was the more…laid back of the two? The independent free spirit whose motto was essentially “I’m here for a good time, not a long time.” His mother did not like this, and the two frequently clashed. Kael would eventually run away from home (detailed later on). An, played by my friend, was essentially his mother’s little mini-me, the good boy whose ambitions were whatever his mother wanted them to be.

There was also Anya and Arram, who eventually had Zenona Anika (who insisted she be called Ani on pain of death). She turned out to be a very, very good thief. She also had a huge crush on one of her thieving partners, Shalan (who was Rook’s bastard son). However, given there was a huge age gap between them (think: Shal used to babysit her when she was born), she eventually decided to set her sights on men more her age. There were other reasons beyond the age gap: despite his centuries, Shal had never been in a serious relationship. He was a love ‘em and leave ‘em kinda guy, even if he was respectful about it. Ani, though inexperienced, knew she was as monogamous as one could possibly be, and that casual relationships didn’t do anything for her. She was unaware that, by the time she turned 20, Shal actually reciprocated her feelings and wanted to be her One. So she got with a man named Renner, and they were a pretty happy couple, until they weren’t, and then Renner died. Anika and Shal eventually got on the same page with regards to their feelings and had a very good relationship…up until Shal also disappeared during the fey persecutions, leaving her with no answers.

Seila and Ore would eventually go on to have Yaretzi, but given they waited about 200 years to do so, she’ll be in a different post.

Now, after all these people disappearing and I think some mass slaughter, what this world needed was some stable rulers who wouldn’t persecute the fey. Enter into this Callum’s bloodline. Callum, who I essentially removed from the RP pretty quickly, went on to have some sprog, who had some sprog who eventually intermingled with some elven blood. Somewhere along the line, some nobility entered that picture (important for later). I don’t know how many generations this was compared to my friends, but Callum’s line eventually produced the strapping and stalwart Liam and his twin sister, Ghislane. The twins would’ve been happy as minor nobles famed for breeding impeccable horses, but some disaster in the Elven kingdom meant they had to take the throne. They were not pleased, especially because (I think) they were intended to be puppet rulers? I think, given the fey-persecution plotline, Grove wanted to ensure the next rulers would think more favourably of fey? So she strong-armed them onto the throne.

This actually made it easy to converge the plotlines of a bunch of characters.

First, we have Kael. Now, Kael had wandered the world for a long time and had a pretty good time being a jack of all trades. He was never serious about anything or anyone, and then he met Rena. Rena, who he would swear up and down was the only woman for him. But he was still unsure of how to reconcile his independence with commitment, and when Rena wanted them to move in together after only a short while together, he panicked. She accused him of being a commitment-phobe, and then she just disappeared. Turns out, she had been working for Grove, who (I think) would only let Rena out of her service if Kael had agreed to move in (some kind of test of character, I think? I imagine Grove as a smirking villain a la Mother Gothel from Tangled: “You think he loves you? Ask him to move in and you’ll see he’s just a scared boy who can’t commit to anything or anyone. Then you’ll come to your senses.”) So Kael failed this unknown test, Rena completely disappeared, and he was left to his wandering ways. Along the way, he learned that the new Elven royalty were seeking a diplomat to make overtures with the Orcs, and Kael (who had spent a few years up in the Orc kingdoms) readily and happily applied. And during this, he fell in love with Ghislane and arranged a marriage for Liam (to an Orc who I think I played as once. Liam was unimportant for a while).

Meanwhile, Ani, also at loose ends, made her way to the Elven kingdom and met Ghislane. Seeing as the new royalty was not very well versed in lying, or anything courtly, Ani stepped up to be her personal spymaster and best friend. Ani was well aware that most people in the court didn’t have Gi’s best interests at heart, or would try to use the woman, and she wanted to make sure Gi knew there was absolutely someone she could rely on. Ani also managed to learn that Shal was living as a baker in the Elven city, but when she went to reconcile with him she was flat out refused. Shal, it turns out, was not a fan of the Elven crown for reasons I can’t remember (they didn’t stop the persecution fast enough? They started it? I honestly don’t recall) and didn’t like Ani’s new life plan. The two parted with angry words, despite the fact they still loved each other deeply. Shal tried to reconcile with Ani by leaving her baked goods, but Ani wasn’t convinced they’d be able to work out their issues (she was not going to quit, and Shal didn’t want to change his opinion of the Elven royals). And then just when it felt like they were making headway towards reconciliation, Shal disappeared again and Ani decided to be proactive and try to find him. She was tired of being left without answers.

During this period of Shal-searching, a new guard named Sky started at the palace. Ani accidentally ran into the man and they had this weird month of tension because Sky said all the right things, and seemed to know her even though she didn’t recognize him. And then she discovered Sky was just Shal, reincarnated, and with different goals (AKA: his family could get along without him, everyone was safe, and he just wanted his own life back). So Ani got the chance to get to know this new, but familiar man, and they got their HEA (honestly, they were one of my favourite romances just in general? I had others, but especially these two)

Ani also got a little brother named Rhen during this time, but that’s for a different post as well.

Ananse was, I think, placed in the service of the Elven throne to act as Grove’s puppet/spymaster. He also fell in love with Gi, who loved both brothers. But her spymaster wasn’t very popular, whereas Kael was beloved of the kingdom. She ended up marrying both of them—only Kael got the public ceremony, whereas An got the private one. It was an arrangement that worked until Rena came back into the picture, and Kael was released from his marriage vows. Gi wants people to be happy, above all else.

There were also Fel and Jareth, at least for a bit. Fel had a daughter from a previous relationship, Fia, who was a testy individual with brightly coloured hair. She was a delight to play if only because she was such a bitch.

#Fiametta Helyanwe #Felshin Helyanwe #Anika Sunblade #Jareth Scilarine #Kaelem Scilarine #Ghislane Scilarine #universe: original #This part inspired mostly by Ani #because I realized my D&D character Keth is...essentially Ani?#I didn't mean to do that but I was writing something for Keth and realized the two had a lot in common #both have a mother who's the head of a criminal guild #both have a dad with an unknown past but great power #(in Ani's case Arram just prefers to be unknown #whereas in Keth's case it's because she doesn't know who her dad is but oh boy his genes gave her some interesting talents)#both started out as thieves but grew into mastermind/spymaster roles #and both married an assassin who died #No wonder I love Keth so much Ani was one of my absolute fave girls

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rockiesturnrose · 10 years ago

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Because 'tis the season...

...and because it came up in conversation, the ninth gif in your folder is your muse's reaction to receiving an ugly Christmas sweater.

Aky

She's not sure if this is a joke or not...but she'll play along. It takes effort to get a serious answer out of the twins.

Ani

...is apparently going to murder you for that cheap gift, joke or not. She violently reacts to ugly textiles.

Fawkes

...is much sweeter than his mother in accepting this generous gift. Is just a sweetheart in general.

Rhen

While not as violent as his sister in his reaction, he's rather terrified of the gaudy thing. He'll probably handle it only with a giant stick

Zero

"..this...this is a joke, right? I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. What do I do with it?"

Anya

Never wear the thing, that is. Her fashion sense is much better than that!

Arram

That's his "I see an abomination against knitting that must be burnt and if I focus enough my eyes will set it aflame" look.

Fel

and I don't think those are tears of joy. Congrats, gift giver, the sheer horror of that sweater made her cry

Fia

"This is the proper way to accept things, right? With a disarming grin and a giggle? Do they suspect I"m going to destroy it later?"

Kael

"It's probably from my mom..."

Kit

"Oh. Wow. That's...that's really something. I don't know what that 'something' is though. Thanks for keeping me in mind with that! No, really, thank you. It's...colourful"

Ghislane

...well. That's not quite the reaction I was expecting.

#diggin' into the psyche #character reactions: Christmas sweater #universe: original #Anika Sunblade #Ghislane Scilarine #Kitura Dethlyn #Kaelem Scilarine #Fiametta Helyanwe #Felshin Helyanwe #Arram Elkerov #Anya Elkerov #Rhen Elkerov #Akantha Roadborn #Zenona Rook Sunblade

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rockiesturnrose · 10 years ago

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Darkest secrets meme: Kael, Gi, Fia, Jareth (cause why not he's alive now anyway) and Farrah~

Kael:

“After I ran away I…I wanted my family to find me. I wanted my MOM to find me. Like, actually find me, not send operatives out to report back to her. I wanted her to knock on the door of whatever shitty place I was inhabiting and…and tell me to come back home, that we’d try..shit, I don’t know, mending our relationship? It was my dream for….five years, actually. To have my mom somehow contact me herself. But I guess that was stupid.”

Gi:

“This is…kind of an odd question, isn’t it? Uhm…why am I being asked it, again…?

Uhm…I…okay, uhm, I guess sometimes I hate the kingdom? All of it. I hate how judgmental everyone in it is, and how easy it is for their opinions to turn, and how they don’t. Listen! Or bother trying to understand. I hate that. And how they’ve locked me into this mindset of ‘damned if I do, damned if I don’t’. They hated us for bad decisions when we first got on the throne, and then the vitriol they spewed at me when I elected to step down, calling me selfish and horrible and willing to damn the kingdom again. Sometimes I just want to set fire-breathing dragons on them all and revel in the silence that would follow.

…but usually sleep helps with this…”

Fia:

"What the fuck? Again? How many secrets do you think I have? You got my ‘deepest darkest secret’ already! I don’t have any more.

Fine. I’m a motherfucking dragon. That totally counts. People who aren’t family don’t know that.”

Jareth:

"I always made fun of Cal for getting free of the madness that was our youth, telling him he was missing out on so much fun and that he was so boring, but secretly…I was jealous. He found a great girl, and a great town, and had great kids. He had the perfect life, right off the bat. He didn’t have to suffer through being someone’s second choice, someone’s shameful secret. He didn’t get his heart fucking broken every other year until he couldn’t see straight, let alone function in human company. He didn’t have to wait until the end of his life to finally have kids. He got himself out and…I wish I had too. I wish I’d been smart enough to distance myself from the crazy earlier.”

Farrah:

*Work in progress*

#diggin' into the psyche #meme: darkest secrets #Kaelem Scilarine #Ghislane Scilarine #Fiametta Helyanwe #Jareth Scilarine #universe: original

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