#amali sero

[exotic-inquiry]

Day seven: Swords

[idrellegames]

my found family ask chose Sero as a mentor + took their name

and i'm just. (shakes you) if MC doesn't get to meet their mentor again, for any of them, i WILL lose it. how dare you make them so family /j

If you roll badly you can get knocked out and see them in flashbacks. 😌

I of course can't spoil if/when/where the MC will see their mentor again, but I am very touched at how much of an impact they made in the Prologue. 💗

[redwayfarers]

Wayfarer Week: Injury

Fandom: Wayfarer IF Ship: N/A Characters: Cassander Inteus (OC), Amali Sero, Aeran Kellis Rating: Gen (vague descriptions of an injury) Words: 702 As it says on the tin - prompt 3 for @wayfarer-week! Enjoy my boy being a dumbass lmao

Sero is cleaning their daggers when the news reaches them. It’s already been a shitty week, all things considered, and they do      not    need any more additional stressors. So here they are, secluded in their study, trying to process it all and just take a moment for themself when someone knocks on the door.

“Kellis,” they greet, lifting their eyes from the daggers. They shine brighter than jewels on the Emperor’s crown, but it doesn’t stop them from giving them a loving, thorough sweep once more. Sero takes a moment to look Aeran over - his hair’s messy and dirty, there are bags under his eyes and he smells of days on the road. There’s a patchy stubble he has yet to shave off. Worry’s etched into the lines of his face. “Kellis, what happened?”

“I came to give my report,” he says. “Cass would’ve come with me as well, but he’s with Sirin now. Bastard almost got killed by a beast.”

Sero’s heart drops to their heels. Their face hardens and they’re on their feet in moments. “Where’s the injury? What did Sirin say?” 

“On his back– I took him there as quickly as I could but–” Aeran is gripping the door tightly. His nails are scarily white. Sero places a firm hand on his shoulder and squeezes. 

“Calm down, kid,” they say, playing up the certainty of their voice. “He’s in capable hands. You go wash up. Any reports can wait until the morning.” 

“I–” Aeran looks down. “I will.” As soon as he’s out of sight, though, Sero all but flies down to the infirmary. Their heart beats wildly. Aeran’s reaction indicates this injury isn’t a mere scratch. Did it touch the spine? Stars and hellfire, not the spine. They move on instinct, trying to will themself not to freak out. 

Not him, not him, not him, Sero chants, opening the doors loudly. Their eyes fly over the infirmary, looking for the familiar sight of red hair. Before they spot Cassander, however, they spot Sirin, who’s washing her hands next to a nearby, empty cot. She nods at them and approaches, drying her hands.��

“Grandmaster?” her voice is measured and even.

“Cassander–” 

“Will live,” Sirin finishes, tipping her head in the direction of a certain cot. And sure enough, Sero sees Cass’ bright, red head and the tips of his ears. “But can you keep your voice down? He, like the rest of the people here, is sleeping.” 

Sero sighs deeply in relief and clears their throat. A part of them wants to offer an explanation - my son is injured and I wish to see him - but the admission doesn’t really sit right with them. Not like this. Not to Sirin before anyone else. The other part, the Grandmaster one, makes them straighten their back and nod. It’s that part that also says, “I apologize. Is the injury serious?”

“He’s very lucky that it missed the spine just so. As it is right now, it’s deep, but nothing life-threatening.” Sirin squints. “I do recommend he grow a pair of eyes behind his head, though. This kind of luck doesn’t happen twice.” 

Sero rubs their temples. So he’s been a dumbass, so innocently unaware of what his recklessness does to people around him. They recall Aeran’s worried face, the whites of his nails as he grips the door. The desire to throttle Cassander sometimes overpowers them, but Sero persists. “I hope he learned his lesson, for fuck’s sake,” they reply. 

“Me too. I’d hate to patch him up twice over the same mishap.” With that, she goes on her merry way and Sero makes a beeline for Cass’ cot. Their hands shake just slightly as they remove hair from his eyes and feel the steadiness of his breath against their fingers. His skin is warm, sharp with growing stubble, and alive.

“I’ll throttle you when you heal, I swear,” they whisper. “Don’t make us worried like this.” Not you, not you, not you. Not you, of all people. Their hand stays for a moment longer. But they should let him rest now, probably. 

There’s a time and a place for accusations of dumbassery, but for now, they’re just happy he’s alive.

[thevikingwoman]

For @wayfarer-week prompt 1: View

Fandom: Wayfarer IF | Words: 298 | Read on Ao3

Vy Shard | post prologue, pre game rating: G

View

It was dark outside when they arrived last night, and Vy had barely glanced out the window then. Amali Sero had ushered them and Aeran up a set of broken stairs to a small room while Cenric and the elven woman – Varyn – bickered. Too tired to do anything else, they’d crawled into bed and Aeran had done the same.

Now, after dawn has broken, they look out the small window. The room has a view, sweeping across a dark forest glinting with snow and mountains looming far to the right.

The nature is overwhelming, and silent. They’ve had the whole journey to adjust to the lack of crowds and noise of life, but here they feel it more keenly, everything is far away in the distance.

Vy remembers once, when they were very little, their mother had lifted them in her arms and swooped across the rooftops of Nesactium. They remember giggling, and their mother’s laugh. Was their father worried? Did he look up at them? The memory is fuzzy, like a dream, and Vy suddenly doesn’t know if it happened at all. They don’t remember the color or texture of their mother’s wings. The name of their parents.

They punch the wall and curse.

Aeran mutters in his sleep, but he remains sleeping. Good. They’re not ready to talk, to voice the questions they probably both have about their new life.

Outside, the dawn paints the sky pink, and there’s an eagle flying high above. The stone of the tower is old, but solid and the blankets in their beds warm and clean. Someone scurries across the courtyard below.

Someone like them, in a world without magic.

Maybe their luck has finally turned, a new life awaiting them, like the new view they never thought they’d have.

[scionshtola]

for @wayfarer-week prompt 1: View

characters: Mirren Sero, Amali Sero words: 384 rating: G summary: five years after she was first brought to the Spire, Mirren thinks about what it means to her now notes: how many times can I write about Mir thinking about her life as a Wayfarer? as many times as I want 😌

Mirren followed Sero along the familiar path, one the two of them had tread together more times than she could count. Her steps slowed as they crested the hill and the barbed towers of the Spire came into view.

She paused at the top. The citadel loomed ahead of her, no less menacing in appearance than it had been when she’d first seen it nearly five years ago, a fortress blotting out the stars in the sky. And yet the sight inspired no trepidation in her anymore, only a comforting sense of familiarity, tinged with relief.

Mirren had never understood many of the sailors she’d grown up with—those of them who loved the sea, but spoke with immense relief of the idea of returning home. The stark white walls of the Briadis villa were nothing but a cage to her, a place for her parents to hide her away until the next time their fleet departed.

But each time she crested this hill, each time the towers rose high over her head in the distance, she thought she finally understood how those sailors felt. The open black iron gate, once seemingly a maw waiting to devour her whole, was a welcome sight on the horizon. The wall that wrapped around the citadel not a means of keeping her out of the way, but of keeping her safe. The towers a place for her to drag Aeran along as she explored, not full of rooms she wasn’t allowed in out of fear her touch alone would break things.

“Mirren!” Sero called from up ahead. She could make out the familiar grin on their face, their tone teasing. “You had best hurry. I can’t promise there will be any supper left for you if you arrive much longer after me.”

“I’m giving you a head start,” she yelled back with a grin. “You aren’t as quick on your feet as you used to be.”

“Oh? Need I remind you just how many times I knocked you on your ass this morning, Briadis? I think it was around six.”

“Not more than three!” But Sero had already turned around, leaving her behind with a wave of their hand.

Mirren shook her head with a laugh, tightened the straps on her pack, and set off toward home.

[reverienne]

Ok, I have an important question - would any of your OCs want to start a romance with Aeran? Like, before the drama. If yes/no - why? Me curious 👀

Ding ding dong, we have a winner! Congrats to @bluekaddis for sending the most difficult question so far!

I tried to keep it as spoiler-free as I can for the benefit of Loes and Sierra who may be lurking, but I still recommend not reading anything below the cut, if you haven't finished Ep 2 of Wayfarer.

Okay, to sort things out - a bonus question "Which Wayfarer master would my OCs get?"

Jedi Exile Siri: Amali Sero Emerald Aeducan: Brissa Varyn Kallista Tabris: Rindan Cenric (though I could see Amali Sero being tempted) Corina Brianta: Brissa Varyn Juliander Strzygomski: Rindan Cenric (though I could see Amali Sero being tempted) Bogumiła Niepołomska: Amali Sero (though I could see Rindan Cenric being tempted) Malve: Rindan Cenric

Based on that we can already exclude Emerald Aeducan and Corina Brianta from the dating pool. While I'm not judging any Varyn apprentices who fell for Aeran, to Emerald Aeran would have the same appeal as Gorim, which is to say, none at all, and Corina Brianta, much like her Wayfarer counterpant, would see Aeran strictly as a brother.

Kallista Tabris is excluded from the competition on the grounds of being a lesbian, obviously.

That leaves us Siri, Jul, Bogusia and Malve.

You know too well that I genuinely have no idea how to get along with Aeran. My only experience is with Corinne Varyn and goodness knows that Corinne cannot stay in Aeran's good graces for longer than 5 minutes. It's a constant hit-or-miss with him. Therefore, I genuinely don't know whether I - and by extension any of my characters - am capable of romancing Aeran.

HOWEVER, I can always speculate!

I feel that Siri could possibly be Aeran's closest friend out of all my characters - both as children and as adults. Their energies just seem to match. As children, they would be wild and carefree, as adults, they would be clearly Trying Their Best but also Burdened with Their Pasts. Whatever Aeran's deal, there's a chance that Siri's done something worse… so Siri Gets Him, they wouldn't pry, no matter their former closeness. I also could actually see Siri seeing the deeper reason for him lashing out in Ep2 and being the bigger person, and pushing for a reconcilation with him in Ep3 or maybe even earlier. Siri is generally very chill, it's not easy to push their buttons, and in Kotor 2 I'd say that they spend a lot of time listening to podcasts about psychology while tinkering, so if anyone could reconcile with Aeran without triggering a couple of red flags within me, it would be them. However, I just can't see Aeran and Siri as a romantic match. They strike me as ~platonic buddies~ only. It doesn't help that teenage's Siri crush was a cool guy a couple years their senior so generally quite a difference from a fellow classmate Aeran.

As for Juliander, we both know that he's a human magnet for familial connections and based on that, I'm pretty sure that Aeran is bound to become an instant brother figure to him. It doesn't help that Aeran's master is Varyn and Juliander's master is Cenric, and they're kind of together (on and off) so it's pretty much a family already (or at least they would be in Juliander's eyes - again, no judgement to any Cenric apprentices who fall for Aeran). I just can't see Juliander being attracted to Aeran romantically... which is a good thing because their relationship would be complicated enough already. I feel that Juliander would be quite hurt by Aeran's commitment to secrecy. While he's pretty much the most understanding and not-noisy person you can meet, he believes that relationships should be equal, with both sides showing vulnerability and being honest with each other, and it would hurt him how, despite all these moments where their relationship is almost the same as in the older days, there's this huge chasm between them and apparently Aeran isn't as... serious or committed to this relationship as Juliander is? At least that's roughly the way I understand him.

Bogumiła is just the funniest person to come with his question because she seems to match Aeran's type too well. She's fallen both for her childhood friend (Zori) and her adolescence friend (Red). In the very brief (scrapped) worldstate where Caine survived and she didn't spend Ch1 very mopey because of it, she's got a bit of crush on Trouble who, newsflash, was her first friend in the Shepherds. Her trend of falling for her first friends wherever is just too well established. She'll pine for you wordlessly, but since you're her friend, if you don't pick up on that AND you aren't receptive to that, she won't ~ruin your friendship~ (or embarrass herself for someone who'll obviously turn her down) by confessing. If she fell for you deep enough, her feelings will survive a decade apart and start flourishing wildly with every second you spend together from then on. She's 100% the type to confess her feelings to you during a shouting match after you get yourself seriously injured or otherwise push her buttons in a very specific way. If there's this one character of mine that statistically wouldn't have "Eww, platonic only" feelings towards Aeran, let's face it, it would be Bogumiła. It doesn't help that kid!Aeran just... seems like somebody that she could crush on. He's nice, he reminds me of Zori a little and Bogumiła responds well to braver, more adventurous types who'll push her out of her comfort zone. Obviously you can nitpick that Bogumiła's type skews towards kindness and nerdery, and not only Aeran is NOT much of a nerd, but also his dramatic backstory most likely goes back to his childhood, but I feel that the odds speak for themselves and she would fall for him anyway.

~Spoilers commence, please skip this bit if you haven't played Ep2~

Since she's a bit of a caretaking type, she would do her best to be understanding and considerate of Aeran's trauma, even though it was hurting her how he's been constantly pushing her away. However, if she got injured in late Ep1 and Aeran ended up confessing his feelings to her on the ship, only to keep ignoring the topic throughout the voyage... oof, it would sting. Again, Bogumiła would try to be understanding - he's got his baggage, he doesn't feel ready to start a relationship, he confessed to her only in the heat of the moment... but gosh, haven't they been having plenty... not-so-platonic moments together already? Why can't they just seal the deal and get properly together with her?! He's not ~choosing~ to fall in love with her, he's in love with her already, the choice is only to let himself act on his feelings! And then all the hot-and-cold moments throughout Ep2... they would definetely mess with her. I think that she would be able to connect the dots, see that Velantis has a bad impact on him, but still... she would feel bad for being seemingly left hanging after his confession (that's the moment where, ideally, they should be sharing a kiss by the sunset! enter a romantic relationship together!). She would try to push all the romantic drama away and be a supportive friend to him, though. Aeran's words during their fallout in Ep2 would hurt her badly. While he would be true in that she was depending on him a little too much (or at least Bogusia and I can both see his reasoning here), him calling her a pathetic Wayfarer who always needs to be rescued? That would be UNCALLED FOR. Saying that he regrets reuniting with her, that he regrets his confession? Well, personally I would call it unforgivable, though other people's mileage here may vary. While I don't think that Bogusia would be the type to end a relationship in the heat of the moment (starting-changing it, preferably with a makeout session, is fine, ending it... generally requires a calmer head, in her opinion), she WOULD storm off. She would hate being a nervous wreck at the gala - she's not the subtlest when it comes to masking her emotions and she doesn't need to be Varyn to know not to trust anyone there (which would only make the anger at Aeran leaving her like that stronger) - but she absolutely wouldn't return to their room quickly. Thankfully, she would find some solace with Melchior. While I don't think that she would sleep with him, he would give her a safe space to be mopey in and there are other questionable choices that you can make during an afterparty... like not sleeping well because you're tormented by the direction in which your life is going. She would spend early Ch3 giving Aeran a cold shoulder (an even colder one if, having heard that she attended Melchior's party, wanted to know whether she cheated on him... "Maybe I should have", she would tell him coldly, feeling a bit angry at herself for not having done just that, for not being the kind of person to do something like that), somewhat revelling in his asking for forgiveness OR very aloof if he ignores the matter and doesn't even go for a single sorry. If he doesn't try to apologize, their relationship is done for and it's non-negotiable. If he does apologize, then, whatever he says, Bogumiła can't forgive him just yet. If he wants to keep her in his life, despite believing her to be such a burden, he needs to work for it.

~No more major spoilers, feel free to resume reading~

As for Malve... neither I, nor Malve have the faintest idea. While they fell for Oisein who was also their friend, they don't know what specifically made them fall for them. They're very new to the concept of romantic or sexual feelings, they have never experienced them before. However, they're very curious about this newfound aspect of themselves. They want to know the answer and they would be willing to try! Thank you, Malve, your commitment to science is truly impressive. I guess I have a new Wayfarer MC now?

[galpal95]

Name: Adara Zahara Inteus Nickname: Addie Age: 32 Ancestry: Half-Melusine Origins: Child of the City Mentor: Amali Sero Sword: Heterodox (The Kingkiller) Romance: Melchior Larkspur

Major Story Decisions:

Went to The Docks

Bought grappling hook

Went to Marshwall

Didn't complete Cere Nalos contract

Took emissary mark from Zenaida

Wore serithan to Gala

Got hired by Lethalis

Went to part with Mel

Slept with Mel

[sunshinemage]

Wayfarer Masters - Amali Sero 🗡️

(psssst go play @idrellegames’ Wayfarer, you won’t regret it!! also Episode 2 launches publicly on July 1st!!)

[zuulosdovah]

some prequel grandmaster sero for the soul ♥ @idrellegames

[ghostwise]

obsessed with his episode two lewk

[coldshrugs]

wayfarer mc picrew dump [1][2]

ephyra "effie" metaxas.

she/her. elven. child of the city. 5'4".

mentored by brissa varyn. prioritizes persuasion + perception.

diplomatic, sarcastic, bleeding heart.

auster "aus" keron.

he/him. human. child of the streets. 5'9".

mentored by rindan cenric. prioritizes strength + agility.

earnest, quiet, kind.

calypso "cal" delphi.

they/them. half-melusine. child of the seas. 6'3".

mentored by amali sero. prioritizes agility + persuasion.

jovial, direct, ambitious.

[exotic-inquiry]

just do as they do and you’ll be alright

[idrellegames]

Hi! i was curious about what the MC's relationship is with the other two wayfarer masters? Like, will we get to know what their relationship was before things went south? Would they still get mentioned even if they were not MC's mentor?

Professional and respectful, but not close. Other than that, it's free reign for headcanon.

The MC will know more things about their mentor than they will about the other two, so their perspective on them will shift a bit in the text when they come up. And they are still mentioned, even if your MC wasn't apprenticed to them!

[redwayfarers]

nero's fanfic wrap-up 2023

key ocs of 2023: cassander inteus & nika perseis, and a whole host of other, lesser well known kiddos <3 most of the unpublished stuff is some exile drabbles and smut that i haven't posted yet (mostly cassmel) rip

overview

fandoms: 4 total fics: 36 fics published: 31 fics unpublished: 5 words: 45,546

masterlist organized by fandoms

wayfarer

unnamed prompt - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + aeran kellis

dictionary of everyday life - rating: gen - pairing: risha sero (@just-eyris-things) + aeran kellis

it's not good for the grieving to be alone - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + aisanne bjornsdottir

just what friends do - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + aeran kellis

ties that sever, ties that bind - rating: teen - characters: cassander inteus, theokleia inteus, aiantes inteus

overflowing - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + aeran kellis

wayfarer week: view - rating: gen - characters: cassander inteus, thesor sereno

wayfarer week: alone - rating: gen - character: cassander inteus

wayfarer week: injury - rating: gen - characters: cassander inteus, amali sero, aeran kellis

wayfarer week: mentors - rating: gen - characters: thesor sereno, dayna sereno

wayfarer week: swords - rating: gen - pairing: honoria ionneon + rienna cenric (@just-eyris-things)

wayfarer week: flirt - rating: gen - pairing: valerian varyn + melchior larkspur

one of those days - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + melchior larkspur

picking your battles, and how it can go wrong - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + senna osker

unnamed prompt - rating: gen - pairing: thesor sereno + rhodarth nairan

unnamed prompt - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + aeran kellis

a particularly nasty weed also known as wayfarer - rating: gen - pairing: cassander inteus + senna osker

ffxiv

howlers and minstrels in the night - rating: gen - characters: nika perseis, ianera maliriq

does she like men with scars? - rating: gen - pairing: nika perseis + minfilia warde

to (kick your feet) strive but not to yield - rating: gen - pairing: nika perseis + minfilia warde

crisis he didn't ask for, but got anyway - rating: gen - pairing: nika perseis + artoirel de fortemps

cold nights in ishgard - rating: gen - pairing: nika perseis + artoirel de fortemps

unnamed prompt - rating: gen - pairing: nika perseis + artoirel de fortemps

(you) restless son - rating: mature - pairing: nika perseis + artoirel de fortemps

(you) restless son (continued) - rating: teen - pairing: nika perseis + artoirel de fortemps

bridgerton au - rating: gen - pairing: nika perseis + artoirel de fortemps

'ajde bar noćas budi mi drug - rating: gen - pairing: nika perseis + hilda ware

infamous

a long, long line - rating: gen - pairing: swan ellis + orion quinn

absence - rating: gen - pairing: swan ellis + seven lawless

blood moon

safe - rating: gen - pairing: angelina jakovljević + farroq khan

night runs - rating: teen - pairing: cassander iodinnis + roe martin

the exile

setting the stage - rating: gen - pairing: alysannyra ainsaf + sabir du vaelas

two snakes, one bed - rating: explicit - pairing: cassander sero + nikke ivante

inside the gift horse's mouth - rating: gen - pairing: cassander sero + nikke ivante + sabir du vaelas

[mistrall-art]

It’s finished! ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ

Wayfarer!Avalon the final one (and the one I had most fun with hahah)!

I’ll probably add more under the ‘read more’ at a later date.

Avalon “Ava” Ó Braonáin, Elf (or Half-Melusine), Child of the Streets (or Seas), wielder of Daybreaker the Kingkiller, trained by Amali Sero.

Of all my characters so far Ava fits the mood the most, especially with all the sarcastic options. Was surprisingly polite during the Lethalis meeting 😮

I’m still playing with her race and background, but at least I’ve got her looks down. There are so many fic ideas in my head for her, but most fit better with the Child of the Seas BG 🤔 meh I’ll figure it out at some point hahah all my ocs have changed BGs at some point.

This is my only character with 95 friendship with Aeran :’)

Somehow had a nice teamwork balance going on with Aeran

Second character to find the Chalice...lost it to Rhodarth, who gave it to the count -sighs-

Got ko’ed during the Rona fallout

[katetheworm]

Wayfarer OC

(by @idrellegames , read it bc it's incredible)

Name/Nickname: Sivana "Ana" Sero (Stormwind)

Gender and Pronouns: Female, she/her

Ancestry: Melusine

Origin: Child of the Sea

Mentor: Amali Sero

Sword Name and History: Soulrender, the Quester

Appearance: Teal, freckled skin with one red eye, one brown eye. Average height with long, coily, pink hair.

She has a scar of a claw slash on her back.

Tattoos include a sea dragon and the Wayfarer symbol

Personality: Sivana is more outspoken than some would like. She does not entirely care what others think of her, especially mages, but she is also not blatantly rude. Ana greatly dislikes hurting innocents and tries her best to minimize casualties. However that does not mean that she isn't ready for a fight when needed.

Strongest Skills: Agility, Persuasion, and Perception

Weakest Skills: Strength

Major Story Moments:

Ep I-

Refused Zenaida's offer

Found the chalice in Flotsam Grove

Left the chalice in the Grove and fought the Count

Made Zenaida double her offer

Ep II-

Refused to answer most of Quirinus' questions

Did not expose Mel to Phaedra

Did not forge a pact with Sophia Anaxas

Talked with only Aeran after the meeting

Talked to Mel and accepted his invitation