#I'll mention it every time but Elsind's treatment as a court freak is based on the real historical practice of court dwarfs

[illarian-rambling]

Question 9 from that OC asks game?

What is your character's trigger point? What makes them angry, sad, or makes them go off?

Let's do the whole crew for this one!

Izjik’s trigger point is pretty hard to get to. She's generally laid back and words roll off her like water. Any snide comments about her friends are sure to get her in a fighting mood though. Any mention of End will cause her to withdraw.

Sepo’s trigger point is not hard to get at whatsoever. Touchy subjects include his brother, religion, and anything remotely personal really. He's more lax with this around his friends, but even Djek knows not to joke about Saius, especially when Sepo is already wound up from overstimulation.

Twenari’s trigger point is when people compare her to her mother. There are similarities; a commanding presence when necessary, a mind for business, and an ability to detach oneself from one's emotions. However, these already weigh on her mind enough as is, so anyone pointing them out causes her to get upset.

Djek’s trigger point is any mention of his family. This doesn't happen often, as he doesn't talk about it really, even among his friends. Memories of that make him convinced he's just waiting to be abandoned once again. Also, he'll joke about Tyche betraying him, but it's more a way of trying to convince himself it didn't hurt as much as it did.

Astra is just about a five foot nothing bundle of trigger points. She gets angry and up in people's faces at any mention of her subpar education or her parent's debt. She's especially mouthy in defense of Mashal. The only thing that turns her anger quiet and inward is when her magic is implied to be of poor quality, as deep down, she sees herself as a fraud in a fancy coat.

Mashal's trigger points are dramatic and violent. Zero to sixty. He doesn't quite remember what happened to make him so distrusting and frightened of magic, but his first instinct is always to destroy the source. Any mention of his loss of capabilities tends to put him in a gloomy mood as well. If he thinks too long about the robotic body he's in, he might very well start to panic.

Ivander tends to be very blithe about things that hurt him emotionally, or just keep them so secret no one ever brings them up. The sight of his family's banks or a temple to Timaz will put him in a quiet mood. The thought of mortality does as well. He doesn't do well around depictions of sinners dying and being condemned to hell.

Elsind gets triggered around alcohol. When they were enslaved as the court freak of Marquis Sunflight, he would force them to drink large quantities of alcohol to the point of sickness, as the nobles thought watching a changeling struggle to hold its form while drunk was hilarious. She also gets triggered around physical intimacy, as the nobles found other uses for changelings too.

Avymere's trigger point is kept very secret, but assassins terrify them. Their mother was assassinated when they were a child, and they've prevented several more from getting close to their father. They do their best to keep quiet the fact that every figure in the dark sends a bolt of panic through them.

Damn, these people need therapy. Anyways, thanks for the ask!