#IM FIGHTING AS AELFRIC ?

[vartekki-draws]

A different strain of Zuko, Milo Thatch, a highlighter, and Peepaw walk into a bar-

[ajdrawshq]

did the gods just fucking die.

oct2path has become real.........

[olberic]

OCTOPATH 2 FUCKING RULES BTW THE PARTY MEMBERS ACTUALLY INTERACT IN COMBAT AND YOU DO THE CHAPTER 1 MISSIONS SOLO AND THERES LITTLE GIMMICKS LIKE THE AELFRIC FIGHT AND HAVING CRICK BE A PARTY MEMBER. IM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

[justagingerwithredhair]

Sorry, forgot I had one more thing to add.

The rival is Mira. She's only introduced right before gym 2 (Throné) though so the fighting tutorial is Osvald

Mira would be such a fun rival, oh my Aelfric.

Now im thinking about double battles where they could team up against The Moonshade Order...

[goineedsleep]

i am cursed, and also delusional

i got sick recently(not covid, i am a fully vaccinated bitch), so i'm writing this on caffeine and pain

i hope you enjoy the shitshow

-trials of octopath is todays awful fusion idea

-for those of you unaware of trials of manas existence, it's a lot like octopath(and vice versa). trials is a game where you pick 3 characters out of 6 possible options to play as, and the story changes drastically depending on who's in your party. im' gonna have to cut a couple of the octopaths to fit this AU, but i'll be putting them elsewhere- you'll see them eventually

-i'm not even getting into story pairs! every two characters in trials of mana has the same final boss. if you put two characters together who have the same story(say, the fighter/duran or the mage/angela), it gives more information on those characters and their shared story.

-we have olberic the fighter(replacing duran) first. after an invasion of his home, he trusts erhardt with protecting it while he chases after the perpetrator

-then there's cyrus the mage(replacing angela)- he is the prestiged son of a famed scholar. he cannot use the same powerful magic his father could, and thus is chosen to be executed by him. cyrus unleashes enough magical power to teleport out of that situation(this happens in-game), and runs away to seek guidance from the Archbishop of the Church of the Sacred Flame.

-now we have therion the thief. he is a close friend of the leader of the Thieves Guild of the Ravuses, a man known as Heathcote. Darius, an "old friend " of his, saved Heathcotes life from being missing. this results in Heathcote acting very weird from the day he returns- at least, if you ask therion. Heathcote has never expressed the want to start a nation and invade another country until now! he gets help from Heathcotes son, the doctor of their group, to find out what's going on with Heathcote. It turns out... that Darius is using mind control to manipulate Heathcote to follow his bidding. man come on therion was just starting to not punch you in the face every night just when you were about to fall asleep again

-Darius uses dark magic to seal Alfyn away to another realm, and frames Therion for the kidnapping. Therion can't tell the truth about the situation either or kill Darius- Cordelia, Alfyns little sister, will die as well if he even dares due to a cursed article of clothing given to her by Darius.

-luckily for him, Tressa has mercy on him a couple months later and breaks him out of jail. therion decides to investigate the curse in order to find out how to stab Darius in the most affective way imaginable. Also to save Cordelia, but that isn't his priority at the moment

-now we have the warrior princess Primrose

-she's the captain of the woman-led guard of the country of Azelhart

-her mother died during childbirth whilst giving birth to her little sister tressa, and so she decided to take care of her to the best of her ability. her father is very proud of her for taking charge like this, but he still is the parent in this version. he is the one that technically raised tressa since I do not want to force primrose to parent someone when she's like 6

-primrose was just a dedicated babysitter

-she wants tressa to practice her dancing, and when she finds her she's being held at knifepoint by 2 thieves. the barrier protecting Azelhart from enemy forces is broken, tressa is kidnapped, and -Azelhart is no more. Now Primrose is no princess or noble- she's just Primrose

-She goes to the Priest of Light so she can pray for forgiveness from Aelfric before she kills all of the Ravus thieves guild

-H'aanit is the princess of the werewolves. they've been oppressed and marginalized by humans for years, so they've taken up the forest as their home. she's a hunter like most of them are, yet she's never been able to harness the power of her bloodline: it may be due to her being half-human, but she's never been capable of transforming into a beast like her brethren.

-she meets the snow leopard Linde in front of her dead mothers corpse, and starts feeding it

-she has a new pet now -linde and herself work together and they sometimes do better than full-blooded werewolves when they work together

-Z'aanta forms an alliance with Mattias, a man who's worked with the Church of the Sacred Flame a million times -immediately following the forming of this alliance Linde attempts to kill H'aanit -H'aanit doesn't wish to hurt her friend, but she has no choice: she turns into a werewolf for the first time in her life and loses control of her thoughts in her despair

-oh welp the cat's dead(I'M SO SORRY LINDE YOU ARE A VERY GOOD KITTY) -H'aanit heads back home to cry for a minute... then she overhears Mattias admitting that he killed her cat -H'aanit attempts to attack him, and then gets yeeted to Jadd -good job ham, you complete and utter pokemon trainer

-last up, we've got ophilia -she's the adoptive daughter of the Archbishop of the Sacred Flame -she hears Lianna's gonna be going somewhere, she gets an awful vision of Lianna never being seen again following this mission, and goes with her in secret -Lianna gets kidnapped regardless by Mattias -so ophilia decides to find this guy and punch him in the face

-alright that's all of the character backstories

-THANK GOD

-all of these people(save alfyn and tressa, who is being held hostage by the ravus thieves guild) go to jadd first- h'aanit is yeeted there by mattias

-h'aanit notices that her people are invading this town and will be invading Flamesgrace- her next goal is to stop this -olberic wants to stop this as well, so he and h'aanit team up first

-Primrose looks for Tressa in some desperate search, and meets Cyrus during this search. they decide to journey together to Wendel, figuring going together would be better than being alone -they think it's a dumb idea to fight the beastmen, so they decide to escape at night like the bartender suggested

-ophilia finds therion at the bar while looking for food, and overhears his story while she eats soup and bread -she leads him to Wendel, wanting to do help another adventurer before she goes off into the unknown herself

-olberic and h'aanit free the town from beastmen and go to the cavern that leads to flamesgrace(which i am going to keep calling Wendel on accident because that's what it is in trials, srry) -they get there and there's a barrier -archbishop put it up to protect them from the beastmen, and then h'aanit and olberic find the lakeside town of astoria -the villagers keep mentioning how a divine light has started appearing in the area, and olberic shrugs it off and takes a very long nap. the poor man is very tired -ophilia and therion head there as well and follow the light to where it falls- ophilia touches this flame and has to fight a giant robot w/ therion -they win, and ophilia doesn't see it anymore -she shrugs and heads back to astoria, where beastmen have wrecked the town. it is g o n e -ophilia holds a memorial service for them, where she tells therion about how she's a cleric of the Sacred Flame -therion shrugs and suggests they keep going. they don't have much time before it's day and the beastmen attempt to attack Flamesgrace, too

-h'aanit, olberic, cyrus and primrose are having a picnic at the barrier when ophilia and therion arrive -ophilia attempts charging into the barrier, and then it sets on fire and they can all go through -after a long and awkward icebreaker, they all decide to travel together. it's pretty dangerous out there anyways, with the beastmen attacking and atlasdams rumored invasion of Hornburg. the ravus nation is also a major worry, therion reminds them, but they arent' gonna be in the area for a while

-these guys make it to flamesgrace to receive advice on what's coming next -olberic is told to become stronger before challenging atlasdam, and not to do so alone. he continues being in the group due to this -cyrus is told to learn how to understand his emotions- magic is not the forms they teach at school, but rather what comes from the heart. he decides to accompany the travelers so he can escape imprisonment by atlasdam forces -therion first learns of how the dimension Alfyn's been tossed into is inaccessible by humans. it is the birthplace of galdera, and is a realm of which sinners reside after they've lived their lives. Alfyn is probably not going to last very long in this realm- he's as good as dead -therion is then told of how ancient and deadly of a magic the cursed choker is, and that darius is not human. what he is is a mystery, and to save cordelia he must find the sword of aelfric. he cannot save alfyn, so he may as well save his sister -primrose is advised to find her sister and that if she chooses to destroy the ravus nation, aelfric will not support her actions, though they are understandable. if she finds the Sword of Aelfric, she may gain the power she needs to destroy the Ravus nation. -h'aanit is told that Linde will live on through her, and that Mattias is a warlock of Galderas. he has been rejected by the Order of the Sacred Flame as a result, though he does lie very affectively. to save the Kingdom of S'warkii, she must take down Mattias. and since mattias is going after the Sword of Aelfric she may as well accompany Ophilia and make Mattias's efforts worth nothing at all -ophilia is told to find Lianna, since she has been chosen by the Ember. she is now the only person who can rise the Sword of Aelfric from its resting place

-the Sword of Aelfric is hidden within the Sanctuary of Aelfric, which needs an insane amount of power to be opened. normally this power can be leached from the Aelfric Stones, but doing so could let loose ancient and terrible demons. therefore, the 8 gods that reside next to these stones need to be called upon in order to open the portal to the Sanctuary. -Therion suggests going after Aelfric first, since he's the closest one to them. after that, they need to find someone who knows where the rest of them are and also how to get there -they all agree that it's a good plan, but cyrus brings up that the Aelfric Stones each belong to a specific nation or people. going there and borrowing the gods power would be going after large civilizations that have grown around these stones -olberic suggests that they plan this out later, when they have more information and time -they all agree and go ahead to find the first of 8 gods

[awkwardnoob]

(Im the anon that talked abt why aeber blessed therion im coming off anon because!!! I havent talked about octopath in FOREVER) the idea that therion is REALLY devout is super interesting like. Okok im imagining that aebers holiest day is a midsummer festival- in it, traditionally, everyone comes together and celebrates. A good thief is the great equalizer, after all, and so private celebrations would go directly against him. Children are given little purple (because i need MORE connections between therion and aeber. For some reason i can feel it in my gut these two are the closest when it comes to the travelers and their god essencewise) bags filled with chocolate. They go around and try to steal what they can from each other as a game. A huge feast is set up, and its a good ol time.

However, it's also a day of spiritual repetance for any undue greed or selfishness over the past year, and of bettering youself for the next. When aeber's festival rolls around, you can dance and feast, yes, but you are expected to make amends, humble yourself, lest you become the king of thieves' next target.

Where im GOING with this is one of two directions- one, a fluffy situation in which therion facilitates a small version of the celebration with the other travelers, revealing the side of him thats utterly devout to aeber and all the god stands for, or two, therion misses the high holiday for one reason or another and stops literally everything to make up for it. This ones a bit more angsty because therion is stressed out of his mind (even after darius betrayed him therion didnt miss the day. No matter where he went, no matter how alone he was he never missed the day. But now he did because, what, he was helping get food? Yeah he was helping everyone but thats now how this works it needs to be intentional-) no one but ophilia, whos on the most important religous ceremony trip for aelfric in decades, really understands at first, but she helps the others come to, in time.

Even better if the kids aren’t supposed to steal from each other (I can only imagine so much hurt feelings and tears, the ruined baby friendships), but the adults around them. Who definitely know because most children suck at stealing but pretend they don’t notice a kids hand in the bag. The kids teaming up and distracting an adult and then splitting the spoils is the oldest trick in the book, but the kids think they’re brilliant.

I also suggest a scenario C) where the group walks into a town around/during this festival and finds out Therion is so devout because he ends up passing on some very small tricks to the children. The adults don’t know what happened, but they definitely thought they’d had less candy stolen from than than this, what? The kids won’t tell anyone because Therion made every one of his new pupils pinky swear it into secrecy, and who doesn’t love keeping secrets from adults?

Also, Scenario D) Therion somehow getting dragged into doing a play for the festival. Naturally, he’s playing Aeber.

And now for an entirely different au: Modern AU where the cast meet because they’re putting on a play where they are all the gods, naturally. Lyblac is Galdera (she’s not evil tho), Kit is either the main character of the play or the director, Yusufa is alive and best friends with Primrose fight me.

[tranzgayz-moved]

wtf is going on. im fighting aelfric and literally no one can do. any damage to him??? its all just zeros whats happening did i do something wrong.............

[eisenbrave]

Dillusioned godhunter ??? 😂😂😂 Im ready for the found family tea >:'3

gfdigjHGFDUD LISTEN AT THIS POINT IT’S LIKE. pw olberic vc: if the gods want me dead that badly they’ll have to kill me themselves because we can see how well it’s gone for them so far.

but also like. he Really Would fight a deity with the intent to kill should they try to fight him (even like. brand, aelfric and winnehild) ahahah;;

(cyrus has tried to tell him that. u can only kill a deity with the assistance of a celetsial, Which They Don’t Have, but.... That’s Not Going To Stop Him. so. mico vc Ok Godhunter.)

BUT.... YEAH........... FOUND FAMILY AND HURT/COMFORT. i’m. very Weak for it........