#but charm you cry where is finn’s kestrel banner?

[finnified]

his parents stared at him bleakly from across the square, and finn dug his claws into the kite banner a little more fiercely, like his doubt might pull it away. none of them said anything, just stared for a long moment, until finn turned away to join a group of kites that were coalescing near the road to the tavern.

he knew where he belonged. —

a little p!finn backstory post for you! finn is a pirate who was born and raised in the faction isle lifestyle, except that his parents- arthur and mary blackwood- are both kestrels. they’ve cut off contact with him since he chose to join the kites instead of sticking with the kestrels, and his factioning experience was not a pleasant one. he’s fine now though! (< blatant lie)

(fun fact: this piece was where my “on the day of the factioning, each new recruit gets a banner with their faction’s colors and symbol on it (as seen in the info on the wiki)” headcanon was born!)