#PEEPAW TRAGIC AND HUMANIZING BACKSTORY

[eolande]

MAAHES' ARISEN.... her name is dara.... was rothais' beloved.... pretty blue and white eyes like the sky.... she's 5'9 and Strong.... someone capable to rule by rothais' side.... i know she's a little Modern looking with the haircut but it's what i literally always envisioned her with So whatever. she was his beloved before he became arisen and supported him thru his journey and ruled alongside him as he founded and ruled vermund in the wake of slaying the dragon woohooooo!!!!

so i have been trying to think if becoming seneschal is the same as in dd1. did he jump in a hole and fight the previous god and have his pawn undergo bestowal?? did his pawn return to dara and she could tell something was off? how long before rothais came back down in that case? or did he even leave vermund and the current plane of existence? i can imagine dara putting together like. where is his pawn. and why is he acting so weird. and then going. OMFG.... in my mind she wouldn't be ruling or occupying the castle when rothais returns so maybe she leaves "him" (the bestowed pawn). and he comes back down and slays bestowed pawn and starts ruling again. i am attached to the idea that the world was exactly how we knew it cycle wise before rothais fucked it up, so i think this series of events is how i'll go abt it.

i don't think this would work timeline wise but maybe it still could somehow.... but i was thinking i wanted dara to be aware of rothais' habit of killing arisen which could only happen if there were a couple arisen before her.... maybe following rothais' defecting the pathfinder went crazy trying to make arisen so there were a few in rapid succession that just kept getting killed by rothais LOL. so when she became arisen (in a situation she had no choice but to fight the dragon, likely to protect others) she was just full of so much dread and anxiety. all of her past w/ rothais and his experience as arisen/sovran/seneschal PLUS becoming arisen herself in such a shitty situation planted deep seeds of hatred for the cycle within her. WHICH would end up being her ticket to bitterblack.

maahes kind of didn't help much but provided some kind of small comfort. how cruel for her mind to be so preoccupied with rothais that her pawn is conjured in his image!! as both an idealized version of him but also carrying aspects of her fear of him. there's probably some significance as to why maahes is pure white when rothais has like red hair (and also slimmer face/features than maahes) LOL. i just thought it would look cool is all. they really aren't 1:1 at all in the end but the Idea is there.

SHE herself, in kind of an ironic twist, became anxious and paranoid rothais would hunt her down and kill her. he did know about her becoming arisen, but chose to let her stay away bc part of him was still fond and knew he would become paranoid and want to kill her if they were in proximity. but there was really no way to tell her this esp since she was constantly traveling and was probably too far gone mentally. she would barely speak to anyone, often either fidgety or listless, even maahes, who was sort of forced to learn about the world around him on his own. when they would go into towns or inns out of necessity, he was often times the one doing the talking. luckily he was created to be brave, personable and outgoing but the whole scenario is kind of like when a kid has to become their parent's parent, but with arisen and pawn. they actually spent a LONG time doing this and i think maahes' even started undergoing some bestowal and developing his own will because of the extreme and odd situation (also maybe in the spirit of being based off of someone who had an extremely powerful will himself)

anyway maybe olra kind of senses a personality who's damned the cycle and makes her way to this world to ferry dara and maahes off to bitterblack, or dara finds her own way there somehow. they spend a bit of a while there too before dara dies, and maahes basically fully gets bestowed. only after that happens do tenanye and crew pick him up, as opposed to just hiding and avoiding/ignoring them like they usually do lol. he hangs out and does have some fun with them for like. a Bit. he does take the opportunity to know more about the cycle and the worlds from them all. but eventually him and tenanye find a way to travel back to vermund and ofc have their adventure together there. he really is fond of anye i want to make that clear bc it kind of is a shitty situation. but she's very endearing to him and he's glad to have met her, and he'll miss her and fauna and barroch.... bc even tho getting stranded on bbi and being isolated in that situation SUCKS he knows he's lucky to have found a silver lining and also to have been able to make it out....!! he's always kind of taken everything on the chin anyway....

[sincerely-sofie]

Gonna need to make an official poll for this at some point… HOWEVER:

What kind of content would you like to see from me after TPiaG is finished uploading?

I’ve got a lot of storylines I could pursue that are TPiaG-adjacent (like my 5,000 branching AUs), or I could try and continue the fic chronologically somehow. Alternatively, I could start a new fic with some original PMD characters of mine— or even try branching out into some more fandoms or posting my original work!

Here’s a list of some of my stuff I’ve posted about previously to provide some ideas, but don’t feel bound to discussing them alone:

Mortality Exchange AU: A TPiaG alternate storyline where Twig manages to kill Darkrai during the Dark Crater fight and becomes his replacement as the Legend of Nightmares.

Dugtrio Day AU: A PMD2 AU about a new Hero and Partner that revolves around a time loop, how it affects the Hero, and how she breaks out of it and deals with the aftermath.

Legends Lost: An original storyline set in the same universe as TPiaG, but starring an almost entirely original cast and plot.

Peepaw + Isekai’d Cat: A duo of PMD OCs— Necrozma and the once-human litten who helps him recover his true form by giving him hope— and their daily lives.

Paradox Fam: A group of PMD OCs starring a human-turned-flutter mane and said human’s adopted mother and father, a slither wing and iron moth, who hate each other’s guts.

Team Crypt: An exploration team of PMD OCs who solve mysteries in a manner that rivals the shenanigans of Scooby Doo and the Mystery Gang.

The Creeping Chronicles (at end of post): A fantasy story about bug people with trauma which has evolved rapidly and dramatically from when I impulsively uploaded a prologue in comic form.

Room 214: A stand-alone short comic about a reluctant exorcist and a friendly ghost that I think could be expanded upon into a broader storyline.

The Name-Oath: A two-part original story about a mortal woman who divorces a fairy prince after an ugly falling-out, and his desperate efforts to get back together.

THIMBLEQUEST: An original video game concept about a tiny moth knight who’s on a quest to find the seven holy thimbles and save the land from an ancient threat.

Unnamed Pokémon Gym Story: A mainline Pokémon OC that is a weather-enthusiast pokemon trainer and her golisopod who keeps bringing home injured bug-types.

Homebound: An Among Us fanfic featuring interspecies adoption, unlikely friendships, tragic backstories, and angst. A lot of angst.

Massive Art OC Dump: (This links to a summary of a lot of original projects with art associated with them.)

If you’ve got some time to share your thoughts or any ideas, please let me know!

Nothing is certain at this point, but I thought I’d start asking for opinions early!