#OC Katiah

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Recently gifted myself a sub to Amy's Patreon for my birthday and absolutely binged every single thing I could like the complete menace I am. Which motivated me to FINALLY work on/"complete" some of my playlists (Seven and G) for my oc Katiah from one of my favorite IF's @infamous-if if you haven't read it, I highly suggest doing so. Amy's writing and characterizations are immaculate. First up Seven, because of course. I am an angst simp.

This playlist will probably be longer than the others since they have an actual history. My music knowledge and tastes are wide and encompassing so there's not particular genre. Also, I'm much older than the normal demographic so my tastes are not for everyone. As always with my playlists they will be LONG and continually grow as time goes on.

G's playlist was interesting for me to try to figure out since I head canon their relationship as starting out a purely physical, drama filled mess and then into something more (without either one of them intending it to be).

I plan on doing the rest of the RO's eventually, just takes time figuring out a vibe and Seven and G are my mains. Anyway, that's it! Go read INFAMOUS! <3

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@infamous This video and the one further on in the tags (Lindsey is Seven to a tee in that vid) is what would have happened if Seven stayed in the band on the ex route. 100% Rumours era Fleetwood Mac and no one can convince me otherwise.

his ass is NOT getting away from the sound of the woman that loved him 😂

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worldbuilding thing for merit and katiah?

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MERIT

B A S I C S

full name: Merit Brightwood

gender: Nonbinary

sexuality: Pansexual

pronouns: he/him & they/their (she/her doesn’t really bother him either, but rarely are they used)

O T H E R S

family: Aleron Brightwood (father), his dryad mother who I will not name yet bc spoilers… but for different spoilers, I will also list his two dryad aunts, an adoptive satyr uncle, and technically whoever remains in the Brightwood family beyond Aleron. 

birthplace: the Rosewood Thickets, in the Northeastern corner of Tan’um.

job: Guild member of the Horned Hail (Stag’s Eye branch), Warlock-Apprentice of Archfae Lord Kilan & Agent of the Summer Court 

phobias: Wildfires, lightning storms, abandonment, closed spaces  

guilty pleasures: …Problem: Merit was raised a hedonist and thus finds no guilt in things he takes pleasure in. Like, there’s one not actually that bad kink that could count, but it gets Merit emotionally not just physically and he doesn’t like admitting to it.

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: Chaotic Good, mostly

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: Introvert, actually! Not heavily so, but he does need alone time to recharge.

organized/disorganized: Disorganized, but he’s not really had enough items for it to be a bother... mostly.

close minded/open-minded: Open-minded, but it greatly depends on the subject.

calm/anxious: Calm by default, but anxiety happens frequently.

disagreeable/agreeable: Once again, it depends. Generally agreeable to plans and etc though.

cautious/reckless: Cautious, though I think that’s because sometimes I influence Merit’s choices in-game, and I am a Real Cautious person.

patient/impatient: Depends, but mostly impatient.

outspoken/reserved: Meant to be outspoken, but again, sometimes some of my influence works through and Merit has become a bit more reserved.

leader/follower: Follower, though he does take the initiative at times.

empathetic/unemphatic: Empathetic, which has cost him a lot of grief among his fae upbringing.

optimistic/pessimistic: Optimistic… with a tinge of anxious pessimism. “It could be worse, for example–” kinda. It also changes depending on season, pessimism comes more naturally to Merit in winter.

traditional/modern: Technically traditional, but… fae traditional, which has its own customs that are not the usual.

hard-working/lazy: Honestly? Kinda lazy tbh.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Merit/Noah, Merit/affection, honestly I’d give Merit/anyone you can think of an honest thought… and. i mean... i guess… Merit/Kilan also, but that’s a potential minefield and I love it but don’t wanna see it come to fruition

ot3: Merit/a lake nymph from his past/said nymph’s mortal lover, Merit/Affection/Freedom

brotp: MERIT+REVERENCE I LOV THE TEAM VIRTUE, Merit+Pen, Literally just like Merit+the Party, Merit+Geo (…I wouldn’t be afraid of listing that as OTP either but they never flirted, hm)

notp: There’s at least one I could list here, but it involves an NPC we haven’t seen yet, So.

KATIAH

B A S I C S

full name: Katiah Emri Thorin

gender: Femme

sexuality: Questioningly asexual

pronouns: She/her & they/them

O T H E R S

family: Freja Thorin (adoptive mother) and Halvor Thorin (adoptive father)

birthplace: Somewhere in the Underdark.

job: Researcher and arcane specialist for a currently unnamed guild, part time jeweler and blacksmith.

phobias: the ocean, failure, being forgotten, too-wide open places, deserts

guilty pleasures: Bad and cheesy romance novels, really sweet sweets, making jewelry esp as gifts for people she likes

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: Chaotic Good

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: Introvert

organized/disorganized: Organized

close minded/open-minded: Open-minded when it comes to sciences and magic, less so with people themselves.

calm/anxious: Anxious

disagreeable/agreeable: Greatly depends

cautious/reckless: Reckless

patient/impatient: Impatient

outspoken/reserved: Reserved when she decides to be quiet, outspoken every other time

leader/follower: Meant to be a leader, mostly

empathetic/unemphatic: A little in-between, though leans to appearing more unemphatic

optimistic/pessimistic: Pessimist

traditional/modern: Modern? Though as a history buff, she’s well familiar w/the traditional

hard-working/lazy: Hard-working

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Katiah/reading, Katiah/a certain someone else in her guild

ot3: Katiah/Arcane/History

brotp: Katiah/anyone willing to befriend her

notp: Katiah/sailing

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As per that handwriting style thing, I quickly looked through and found some for the D&D kids

(Source) Merit doesn’t write often, so his penmanship isn’t as Graceful as he might otherwise like it to be, but it does get the job done. A little scribbly, but legible and cute.

(Source) it took Dion a long time to properly learn to write at all throughout and after a rough childhood... also legit I have no surname for Dion nor does he remember what his was, so “the thief” to make a longer example. ALL CAPS kinda writing is all he really learned.

(Source) Kat writes fast and has heavy influence of dwarvish nature in her writing, so quick and angular and SHOUTY bc everything is important to her... also Dwarvish might not even have a lower case alphabet, and this passes through to when she writes Common.

(Source) Ah, Lyndon, the only one with actual penmanship, a skill drilled into her by her priest parent and years of writing for for the temple and in her own journal. 

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Answers for other characters to those two D&D questions, featuring backup gals and the grumpy golden boy:

Katiah’s a wizard because Magic and Study are major interests of hers--she didn’t have natural inclination to magic like a sorcerer, but she didn’t need that. She’a an Adventurer in part for money but mostly to discover ruins of old and places of magical significance, and get Famous from these discoveries

Lyndon’s a cleric because it is a long-standing tradition in her family to worship The Raven Queen, and serve her as some divine class or another. Lyndon goes adventuring not for any coin or fame at all, but because she goes on a Pilgrimage of a sort (Details of pilgrimage and why haven’t been planned bc hopefully they won’t need to be sorted soon)

Dion is a rogue as he grew up poor among scoundrels and was ordered to pickpocket or otherwise sneak about where ever they couldn’t, and as he grew up and escaped them, he had nothing left but their lessons of thievery and lying. He became an adventurer for the money exclusively bc he doesn’t want to be Known, and also because he doesn’t have much stopping his self-destruction, so death during a journey was just as welcome. 

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The Disaster Runic Wizard Daughter ref sheet is done ✌ Recycled some of the first arts I had done of her as well

edit: fixed side profile’s nose and changed the bg color a lil

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rough concept of Wizard!Katiah’s outfit??

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#I could run all my kids through this not just these two from TA but I'd be here spammin' y'all all day

[does the literally quizzes for some of my D&D kids anyways]

✧ Homeric Epithet

You are swift-footed Merit. This is the same epithet Homer used to describe Achilles roughly eight thousand times over the course of The Iliad and even a few times in The Odyssey. (You’ll remember “swift-footed” Achilles as that guy who took an arrow to the ankle during the Trojan War and died. Good luck with that.) (wheezes laughing)

You are Katiah, great teller of tales. The Greek hero Odysseus had many epithets ascribed to him (others included “much-enduring,” “cunning,” and “man of twists and turns”), and this was one of them, so you’re in good company.

You are bright-eyed Lyndon. Homer also used this epithet to describe Athena, the goddess of things like wisdom, diplomacy, war, and arts and crafts. Athena was the patron of Odysseus and helped him out of some tough spots, except for those times she just didn’t feel like it for some reason or another.

Dion also got swift-footed. Huh.

✧ Fatal Flaw

Merit's Fatal flaw: You’re an idealist in a cruel, callous world. You want the world to be good. Here’s the problem: it’s usually not. At best it’s subpar. At worst it’s a nightmare void, and your naiveté is simply a plot device used to emphasize this point. Your inability to accept the world’s present darkness will lead to your untimely downfall, but not before your dewy-eyed idealism and rosy visions of utopia erode away. You will become a shell of your former self. Sorry about that. Yikes.

Katiah's Fatal flaw: You’re too clever by half. Your intelligence is unmatched, but your smart mouth is going to get you into trouble one of these days. Everyone says so. Odds are you’ll make one witty remark too many and meet a tragic, easily preventable end that surprises no one in the least. You’ll be mourned, of course, but we all saw it coming, and you kind of deserved it.

Lyndon also got Idealist.

Dion's Fatal flaw: Your brutal honesty. You’re blunt. You’re outspoken. Frankly, you’re kind of a jerk. But you get away with it because you’re usually right and also because you’re indispensable to the major plot. But honestly? It’s going to come back to haunt you. One of these days, you’re going to be TOO honest. You’re going to refuse to lie at a critical juncture, upholding your honorable caustic truthfulness, and you’re going to pay the ultimate price for it.

✧ Death in Greek Mythology

Merit got murdered by accident, in Achilles’ armor: One day, during the Trojan War, Achilles decides to just up and quit. He’s the greatest warrior apparently ever, so this is something of an issue. You can’t bear to watch men die in battle for Achilles’ pride, so you don his armor yourself and lead his men into battle. Everyone thinks you are Achilles, and morale is high. You die, however, because somewhere in there you remember that you’re actually terrible at fighting. Silver lining: Achilles avenges your death something FIERCE. So that's something.

Katiah got killed by a wild boar that was sent by one of the gods: See, here’s the thing—someone sent that wild boar. It might have been Artemis, because she was jealous of your skill with a bow and arrow; it might have been Ares, who hated you; or it might have been Apollo, because your girlfriend blinded his son. There’s really no telling. You made enemies. This is just what happens when you’re too beautiful to even exist. Either way, you got mauled by a pig and are now dead, but you died in Aphrodite’s arms as she wept, so at least you've got that going for you.

Lyndon also got murdered by accident. Interesting that she and Merit are getting similar ones here and there.

Dion died wearing a wedding dress that is on fire: You might be wondering why you would do such a foolish thing, and the answer is you're going to get on the bad side of Medea. Why would you ever get on the bad side of Medea? She doesn’t care about anything, least of all you. It all starts when Medea’s dude-lover, Jason, abandons her to be with you. So instead of having anything even resembling a calm, reasonable reaction, Medea responds by giving you a cursed wedding dress that catches fire as soon as you put it on. Some sources say the dress was actually coated in poison. Either way, I think you’ll agree, it’s not good.

✧ Library Setting

Merit got Hogwarts! We all wish we were Hogwarts students, but you seriously belong there. You’re a quirky, creative, and magical person, and you were born to wander Hogwarts’ expansive grounds, use its secret passageways to sneak into Honeydukes, and take whimsical Hippogriff rides into the sunset. Just imagine walking past the Room of Requirement with Sunday brunch on your mind (brunch food + Hogwarts magic=RIDICULOUS foodstagrams). You'll need to look out for trolls, giant spiders, basilisks, cursed necklaces, evil students, booger-flavored beans, etc, but in the words of the late, great Sirius Black, what's life without a little risk?

Katiah got “On the road!” Like so many literary characters (Huck Finn, Odysseus, Gulliver, etc.), you’re an adventurer and explorer at heart, and the literary setting that most closely matches your personality is, quite frankly…all the settings! You’re not meant to settle down in one spot—you’re the kind of person who hits up multiple parties in one night, and your insta is probably filled with pics of all the cool places you’ve travelled to. So embrace it! Take to the open road with your friends, run through a field of wildflowers in the middle of nowhere, and please get a pic next to the world’s largest Ketchup bottle.

Lyndon got Pemberley, Mr. Darcy’s stunning country estate! This elegant mansion is replete with classy chaise lounges, tasteful decoration, natural beauty, and large marble statues of wealthy, gorgeous Brits. Totally ideal for a charming, Lizzy Bennet-type like yourself! The secluded woody hills are perfect for taking dates on long, romantic (un-chaperoned) strolls, and the house itself is so Instagram-worthy that even Taylor Swift (house-party hostess extraordinaire) will be jealous of you and your squad’s bash-throwing capabilities!

Dion also got on the Road!

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Hey, I’m thinking a lot abt characters+music, so who wants some songs I relate to my back up gals? I would say Merit and the gals, but I’ve surely already rambled abt songs for him So

For Katiah

Box of Secrets by Zarif

Can't you--can't you show me? I'll be--I'll be waiting to see! Wanna learn, wanna learn, wanna learn, ohh, the secrets of the universe! Can't you--

Open up your box of secrets, take one out for me! I'll show the number on my ticket and take one home with me!

Are You Satisfied? by Marina and the Diamonds

High achiever don't you see? Baby, nothing comes for free They say I'm a control freak, driven by a greed to succeed! Nobody can stop me!  

‘Cause it's my problem if I wanna pack up and run away, It's my business if I feel the need to smoke and drink and sway

Weirdo by The Hoosiers

You don't stop for anyone And you only stop when you're done The fire in your belly burns in your eyes But it's not a war, it's just a little conversation It's not a war, you're just a weirdo

Mood to Burn Bridges by Neko Case

So if you want moral advice, I suggest you just tuck it all away 'Cause my mood to burn bridges might align with my mood to dig ditches Don't cross me on neither a day, baby

For Lyndon

The Plains/Bitter Dancer by Fleet Foxes

I should have known one day you would come All of us walk so blind in the sun Midnight feeder, beggar pleader I should had known one day you would come Tell me again, my only son, tell me again what have you done?   

A Dark Congregation by The Hush Sound

A dark congregation of familiar faces gathered around the quiet earth A red rose fell upon the soft snow, prayers were whispered so slow from our mouths Our breath rose in the cold, like a hundred souls escaping

Born to Hum by Erin McKeown

So as a gradual running, a kind of relief settles on my face Once in a while I complain to myself, Nothing gets done, nothing's in place I... I would rather hum...

A Reasonable Life by Ian Cooke 

Recommit to make the most of it   For the remainder of the hours allocated, permitted, or just taken, Which depends on what is understood about one’s fate, whether thought to be at work or not ever considered

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Something fun w/Wizard!Katiah is that she's proficient in WIS saving throws, Perception, Insight and Persuasion... But Wisdom and Charisma are her lowest stats at a 11 and 10 respectively. She is not really a people person unless it absolutely suits her.

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Got the urge to draw Katiah, which became playing w/color editing into palette swaps

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“If we just checked Astrumus’ caves, we’d f--”

“Katiah!” The dwarven woman chastised. All ginger hair and golden jewelry gleams in the low, low light of the Thorin home. “You’re getting ahead of yourself.”

“Freja.” Katiah, the only slightly taller drow, pleaded back. Stubborn as always standing there in her teal robes. Both Katiah’s lilac eyes and Freja’s golden ones reflected and glowed in the light of the lone fire lit in its place in the vast library branch. “He’s been gone for ages, and he was one of the last ancient runesmiths, if our researchers are right. We can’t be afraid of him suddenly coming back after all this time.” 

“It ain’t gonna be good to go through a dragon’s possessions, Kats.” Freja said with exasperation. “We don’t even know for sure that he ain’t still in there, or if he’s just taken over by that illness spreadin’ round. The guild’s spread thin enough.” 

Katiah frowned deeply, looking down at the ground and fidgeting with her bracelets. Freja’s shoulders slumped slightly, the burning resolve in her eyes softening to a caring sobriety. She stood from her place sitted behind her desk and went round it to take Katiah’s fidgeting hands and hold them between her own scarred ones. “I am sorry, but I ain’t sending you or anyone to get killed so far from home. It’ll be more trouble than it’s worth unless we know what’s in there.” 

A long silence stretched between them, broken only by fire crackling and then, in a small and thin tone, Katiah spoke, “I know, mama.”

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alrighty Who is Katiah, and what are at least 3 facts about em?

!!! Katiah is a drow wizard (or Eldritch Knight fighter, I go back and forth on if she should be beefy or not) and my backup character to play if I don’t/can’t play Merit in my usual D&D campaign! 

Three things abt her include 

She is a researcher of runic magic, historian and treasure hunter 

She reads voraciously, not just the usual history nerd stuff either, she reads cheesy romances etc too, but isn’t proud of that fact 

She’s fairly awkward, but when she likes someone or s/t, she’ll make them gifts-- she has a lot of skill in blacksmithing and jewelry-making, and is a fine perfectionist in her crafts. 

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fun fact: if I couldn’t use homebrew for Katiah and thus she couldn’t be a Runeseeker, Katiah would be a Transmutation Wizard. 

Not that wielding a huge-ass weapon doesn’t suit her, being an Eldritch Knight archetype Fighter would be a second choice for her, but Kat is research into the arcane first, and the school of transmutation, of shifting matter and energy into many other things, feels like it suits her

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Icon and never-to-be-done sketch of my drow runeseeker Katiah :’0

Shoutout to me forgetting to turn of Flux while coloring the icon --meant for my D&D+CritRole s/poilers blog-- and now I can’t pin how to fix what looks wrong w/it

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Click through and see screenshots w/palettes of the physical info I wrote for each of my main D&D kids (now with Rhia bc how dare I forget my bard!)

aka “oh shit I have a lot of elves uh”