#also thoughts on helianthian saus

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Mythland Pearl

Aight, see I decided not to have Mythland Pearl be plainly Red Pearl/5am Pearl obviously.

Now, I love me my swap AUs ever since I discovered Reverse Falls back in the mid-2010s. But, this is Empires s1 so a part of me really wants to be very particular about some of my decisions for this.

So for the swap au I'm trying to have it that they have their typical personality, but it's also them being shaped and affected by their surroundings.

For example:

OG e!Pearl DOES NOT like the blood sheep. But in this AU her family, her house (House of Moon), has been devout followers of the blood sheep.

So, originally my thought was she was not too fond of her family's religion. She wants to make some changes to Mythland. Especially in my world building where Mythland as an empire has quite the reputation and the blood sheep wasn't helping. But then I remembered her reaction during the first time Xornot revealed himself after the End battle.

See the blood sheep lore has two different accounts. One was that it's actually one of Mythland's historical tyrants that was turned into a sheep by a guild of mages. Which I would take as more of a folk legend.

The other one, I find far more interesting and is located within the church, which I'm taking as practically their gospel.

The blood sheep to Mythland Pearl is a wounded soul (technically spirit) . The sheep were animals that no longer felt importance after the Mythlanders focused on other animals as their nation grew.

So Pearl here doesn't really heavily worship them nor fear them, but desires to heal their ache (A little reference to OG e!Pearl wanting to cure Xornot). She grew up with the story of the blood sheep feeling rage against humanity for forgetting about them.

There's still a lot to consider regarding this though. I do want it that Xornot was still trying to tempt her to the dark side.

In my hcs/worldbuilding, to Mythland you're not allowed to show weakness. Fear and power is what rules the populous. The people fear the blood sheep. Their rulers secure their power through might. They are an empire worth fearing. Very different from Helianthia. These are the philosophies and histories that OG e!Sausage grew up with and this would be the same stuff Myth!Pearl would grow up with as well.

She's compassionate, she's ready for a fight (big or small, even if it meant war), but she hates the idea of being seen as weak. Helianthian Pearl is compassionate, ready for a fight, and she's not bothered showing the she stumbled.