#aidoni westfall

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Aidoni: 14, 47, 64

Illith: 69 (nice)

Fulfilling the ancient pact.

what is something Aidoni loves about themself?

Aidoni is generally a pretty confident person. She is pretty good with most aspects of herself and her life. It would be easier to list the things she's NOT confident in, which would mostly be committed relationships. She literally fled the country at the slightest hint of one.

when Aidoni meets someone, what is the first thing they notice?

Aidoni sees musicality in all things. She tends to notice someone's voice out of all things. Unless they happen to look like Ophelia. Then she notices that.

does Aidoni value mercy or justice more?

Mercy for sure. She's not a particularly lawful person, and she follows Shelyn, the goddess of "sure my brother's evil now but I can fix him guys". Aidoni was sent to get something from a bog witch and instead of killing her she had a pleasant (if magically charmed) conversation and befriended her with bread.

how would Illith describe their party members?

Oh it's been a while since this was relevant. Illith saw most of the party as compassionate and competent, which is why he asked for their help. That Kragmor guy though...

[squishy-rogues]

🌧️🛏️ for aia

📚 for aidoni

🎮 for illith

🌧️ What is the favorite thing for Aia to do on a rainy day?

On rainy days, Aia loves to set up her easel by one of the many large windows in her family's mansion and try to capture the atmosphere as best she can. If she needs a break from that, she wanders down to the forge to warm up and share a laugh with a certain blacksmith's son.

🛏️ What does Aia’s bed look like? What would they like their bed to look like?

Despite her artistic nature, Aia has never been terribly concerned with decorating her bed. It is large and comfortable, with a pile of pillows, but everything is just clean and white. Her headboard does have some artistry to it, but that's about it.

📚 Aidoni has to improvise a 10 minute lecture about a topic of their choosing. What do they chose?

Aidoni is perhaps the most multi-talented of my OCs, which is interesting because she's actually not a rogue. She could pull out ten minutes on a multitude of crafts, though she'd be most likely to choose music theory or composition, or the intricacies of baking different breads and pastries. She could probably manage something about religion, gardening, or tea as well, though.

🎮 If Illith lives or would live in the modern world, would they like video games? What would be their favorite game?

Illith might get into video games if he were in the modern world. He would probably like games revolving around travel or personal connection. I could see him playing Skyrim, but just walking around the whole world and never doing anything else. I've been playing Coffee Talk lately, so it's on my mind, but I do think Illith would really enjoy it. Low pressure making drinks for people and just listening to their stories. In another life where he hadn't been trained into hiding himself, I think Illith would love running a small shop or cafe.

[squishy-rogues]

🪤🌳Aidoni

🎨🥪Aia

🥞🐁 Illith

🪤 What is one thing that could be used to lure Aidoni into a trap?

Aidoni has many soft spots, as much as she tries to hide them or run from them. The biggest would be her family and friends. She has a large, close extended family, and she would rush headlong into danger for any one of them. Put Ophelia or Ellory in danger and you are getting triple-teamed by Aidoni's glaive, a floating spiritual glaive, and a ghostly tall muscular woman reluctantly using a glaive. Aidoni might be at the point where she feels pretty invincible, especially with her adventuring companions at her back. So it might not even be that hard to lure her into a trap, though it would take something pretty powerful to actually hold her.

🌳 Would Aidoni survive for a week on their own in the wilderness?

Survive? Most likely. She's a high enough level cleric to have access to Create Food and Water and some other nifty utility spells. Be happy? Certainly not. Aidoni HATES sleeping away from a comfy bed and a bath. She might be more likely to survive on her own than with someone, because her complaining might drive a companion to consider murder.

🎨 Does Aia have any craft skill, as a hobby or profession? If so which?

Aia is a painter. A reasonably good one, too. It was expected she would join the Artists' Guild when she came of age and make a nice respectable living out of it until she took over the family business when her parents retire. Aia doesn't really like working with organizations, though, and is headstrongly insisting on making her way as a painter by herself rather than as part of the Guild. She hasn't had a lot of public success, but she has some clandestine arrangements helping her fund her solo endeavors.

🥪 On a scale from ‘burns water’ to ‘5 course menu’ how well can Aia cook?

Aia has probably never cooked a meal for herself and would have no idea where to even start. She recently picked up some skill in alchemical crafting, so she could probably translate that into not setting things on fire, but the food probably wouldn't taste very good.

🥞 Does Illith take proper care of themselves, like getting enough sleep and eating properly?

Illith CAN take care of himself, but often... doesn't. He has all the skills to be self-sufficient, but mental illness is a bitch, man. He has definitely spent days on end being basically nocturnal, hating it, and consuming nothing but tea and the occasional shortbread cookie. It's almost easier for him to take care of himself on the road because his rations are pre-prepared and he has shit to do in the morning, so he has to sleep on time, plus he's tuckered out from the aforementioned shit he has to do.

🐁 Capybaras are friend-shaped. What shape does Illith have?

I'm not entirely sure what this one means, so we're going to take two approaches to it. One could say Illith is edgelord-shaped. He wears dark colors and a cloak, and always keeps the hood pulled over his face unless he's around someone he's very comfortable with, which pretty much means just his parents, Elyssia, or Wren. If we're just describing his appearance, Illith is a tiefling with pale (though still flesh-colored) skin, ram-like horns curling down over his cheeks, silver pupil-less eyes, shaggy white hair, and a long tail with a spade tip. He's pretty slim, but he's got a little more strength than you might expect on first glance.

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danger, run, and blood for illith, fake, idol, and mic drop for aidoni

Illith:

what’s one thing that makes your OC angry? what’s their temper like? how do they respond to people who make them mad?

Lots of things make Illith sad, in particular poverty, but the thing that makes him MAD is abuse of his loved ones. Literally his original leaving home quest was to murder the people who tried to sexually assault his girlfriend, and he escaped a cult (also killing some people in the process) to rescue his friend from their abuses. His wrath is terrible to behold. He would also totally destroy the local church of Sarenrae for putting his parents through hell if his mom wasn't still a devout, though somewhat disgraced, cleric.

what’s one relationship or experience your OC has mixed feelings about? are they good at finding joy in sad things, or vice versa?

Illith has Depression (TM), and he very much sees the negative in things. His relationship with a lot of people is complicated by this. He's distant from his parents after basically running away twice to go commit murders and shit, and Elyssia is still kind of pissed at him for abandoning her to go murder her assaulters when she specifically asked him to stay with her instead. He feels pretty lonely and disconnected from just about everyone except his cousin, Tarian, who always feels like home to him. She is unwaveringly cheerful 90% of the time, and he needs that reminder of brighter things.

what would your OC would sacrifice everything for? what does “everything” entail—their life, or something else? how far would they go?

Illith likes to think he would sacrifice anything for Elyssia, but he couldn't even do the one thing she asked when she needed him most, and that haunts him. He pretty much gave up everything for the cult of Zon-Kuthon at 13, and he regrets that constantly, so he's pretty cautious on that front. He risked his life to get Wren out of that cult, but he put very little value on his life at that point. I'd love to run Illith as a PC and see exactly how far he'd go if pushed.

Aidoni:

has your OC ever been lied to? what was the lie? how has it affected them?

The biggest betrayal Aidoni has ever felt was when it came out her mother was cheating on her father. She was a pretty happy-go-lucky kid, very kind-hearted, but after that and the resulting fallout, she became an angsty, slutty little liar. She’s only just beginning to trust her mother again, years later.

has your OC been in a position where a lot of people were looking down on (or up to) them? how do they handle the pressure of fame? of criticism?

Being a bard lite (TM), Aidoni has been looked at practically her entire life. She takes criticism in stride at this point in her life, having always loved performing, and she loves her fame, using it to gain leverage over just about everyone she meets.

what accomplishment is your OC proudest of? do they brag about it, or are they more quiet?

I think she might be proudest of seducing the baron’s daughter. That’s probably what she brags about most, anyway. Definitely her who did the seducing, definitely just a fuckbuddies thing, yup, that’s it. She’s also very proud of what she’s made of the Timid Rose. Either way, yes, she is a braggart.