#avlora

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"The thief was a child, the pavement of snow up to her thighs. Her limbs were gaunt, knotted in a few tight muscles that suggested a mixture of constant hunger and work to survive.

One look at this skinny, angry creature, and Svarog knew what her story might be."

Please go read Snow Blind by hagofages........ I am rotating the baby Avlora headcanons around in my head like a gentle and loving microwave.......

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I just really like drawing them when I get the chance.

Soundtrack: Breathing Underwater - Metric

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVE HIMBO 🥳

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Avlora from Triangle Strategy

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Found this in my drafts while going through it to move stuff into the queue, and honestly this is just an outline for a proper analysis post but I’d need to replay TriStrat a couple of times to finish polishing it, and I dunno when I’m gonna get around to that so, here, have a 2-year old outline that still reads mostly clearly instead.

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Mirrors (narrative device for characters who are the same but also opposite), Anna and Avlora as Narrative Parallels

early childhood -Anna taken in (explicitly by the person who killed her parents) and “given a place” in House Wolffort as its future steward; very close to father figure -Avlora’s parents’ fate unknown, taken in by Svarog, but still had to fight her way and earn her place as Aesfrost’s general; no apparent attachment to father figure

combat style -Anna specializes in stealth, reconnaissance, spying, etc., rouge-like fighter, WILL fight dirty (evasion heavy) -Avlora is the face of the army, no trickery to her fighting, very up-front and “honest” and “honorable” (can inflict damage to self, deals more damage at lower health)

mentors -Anna’s mentor was Archbald (former Hyzante Saint and general) who betrayed Hyzante and forfeited his sainthood by freeing the Roselle, a long-range archer, finds new “family” in House Wolffort -Avlora’s mentor is Groma (former Aesfrost general), who is wracked with guilt due to the belief that she was responsible for killing innocents (specifically the Roselle in the fort where Archibald had freed them from), leaves Aesfrost of her own volition after becoming disillusioned with its values, a close-range martial artist who (until joining House Wolffort) leads a seemingly solitary life

present -Anna remains steadfastly loyal to House Wolffort, following Serenoa to whatever ends he chooses to lead the house to (although she would have remained by Benedict’s side in the Frederica ending, except that Benedict asked her to leave), and despite being known more or less as Wolffort’s spy, she is basically well-liked and accepted by the people, also shown to be good with children; notably willing to diverge away from Benedict’s judgments and plans -Despite her loyalty as a knight, Avlora looses faith in Gustadolph’s rule and swears her loyalty to Cordelia (Avlora sees herself in Cordelia, and admires Cordelia’s blooming strength and resolve), chooses to sacrifice herself for Cordelia (but survives and joins House Wolffort on the golden route to end the war and return to Cordelia’s service), is despised by the people of Glenbrook but resolves to atone and continue forward (notably a child is who helps adults see that Avlora is willing to commit to atoning; Cordelia is also put in a poor light due to the peoples’ lost faith in the royal family and has to similarly regain their respect and trust through her actions), willing to stand by Cordelia’s side no matter what (despite raising her, Avlora doesn’t seem too attached to Svarog or interesting in following after him, not the way Anna literally inherits Benedict’s role)

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Prowler Goku meme but it's Avlora (🔊 turn on sound)

(original meme)

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This is unrelated to anything but I was thinking about it earlier and I do love the idea that Avlora and Hughette would end up being really weird sort-of-friends at the end of the golden route. Like. coworkers who regularly get into shouting matches but also write in each other as their medieval version of an emergency contact next of kin because the person they're both actually the closest to is royalty and what are they going to do? CALL their SOVEREIGN whenever they get into trouble?

Most people would still generally hold the belief that they shouldn't be left in a room alone together (which is fair given the aforementioned shouting matches) but also if/when Maxwell eventually steps down as Master of Arms, Hughette would likely take his place, and it kinda makes sense to appoint Avlora as her second-in-command given that she's the princess's main guard and also just a really experienced military officer. Everybody's like ?????!?!?!? didn't you want to kill her like a month ago and Hughette just goes "no see I still want to kill her. but since I can't do that I might as well get her to plan guard rotations for me." Avlora is aware of this but also is 100% cool with it and is honestly kind of touched by the amount of trust Hughette's put in her.

I also like to think that Hughette would at some also point request that Roland give Avlora the honorary title of general again purely because she can't stand calling Avlora by only her first name. Avlora, again, is aware of this but cool with it because yeah okay honestly it's a little weird for her too.

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I'm back...

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Avlora and cordelia commission (for someone on twitter)

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Missed this on the anniversary itself, but we got new art from Rina Yoshiura of Avlora and Cordelia! (and Exharme and Kamsell in the background)

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They're so funny to me <3

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Another study with Avlora this time. I feel like my basics have gotten rusty.

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General Avlora from Triangle Strategy.

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