#eramis' wife

[artificial-radiance]

eramis and her mate athrys [and hatchlings] back on riis

just a quick thing before work today :]

[ahamkara-apologist]

okay disclaimer: ik that categorizing female characters as the 'mom friend/figure' is a legit disease in fandom caused by general misogynistic views of female characters, and it's something that personally greatly irritates me bc its not only awful to do, it also tends to ruin the characters its put upon. ESPECIALLY in D2, which is outstanding in its cast of strong female characters

however. in the case of Eramis, I do believe that the fact that she was a mother and is a genuinely caring, nurturing person at heart is something that is a deeply important core part of her character, as well as thematically important to the future of the Eliskni moving forward. It's important because in her case, I believe that her motherly inclinations are why, pre-Witness-whispering-through-the-Darkness, Eramis was such a successful kell- because unlike some other kells who sought a future for the Eliksni via domination, her main focus for them was to create a haven for her people that could be defended from Lightbearers. Riis-Reborn wasn't something to sniff at- it was the closest thing to an actual Eliksni city in a very long while. What got her was her trauma of the Whirlwind and her desire to destroy the Traveler to level the playing field for everyone involved- trauma that the Witness preyed upon in order to get to us. Like a parasite, seeking its secondary host. Eramis certainly is not the only Eliksni who lost her family during the Whirlwind, but I think that her specific brand of anger is closest to that of a mother lion whose cubs are in danger, and is lashing out in a furious fight-or-flight reflex at anything that she perceives as a threat. It's just that in this case, her 'cubs' were the Eliksni as a whole, and the threat she perceived before the Witness started torturing her was the Traveler.

I also think that her relationship with parenthood also makes for a very interesting character contrast to Misraaks (aka the other successful kell viewed as a source of hope for the Eliksni), and helps to set them up as antiparallels to each other. Eramis was a gentle, nurturing mother with a reverence for the Traveler who turned into the bitter, cunning warrior we see now when she lost access to her wife and children; Misraaks was a fearsome, ruthless pirate before he became a father, which gentled him and turned him towards being more pious. Eramis represents the old ways, and offers hope to the Eliksni who cannot bear to cohabitate with humanity; Misraaks represents a change in the tide, and kells the open-minded Eliksni who are willing to lay down their arms to live among the humans of Sol. Misraaks is of Light (change, forgiveness, moving forward), while Eramis is of Darkness (memory, control, looking back). They're opposites in every way except for the fact that both of them were/are amazing parents, and I'd argue that their ability to nurture and overlook others is what led to their success as kells.

Most importantly, however, is their relationship to Eido, who represents the future of the Eliksni. Misraaks was her father, and he did his best to raise her to be kind and openminded, but he also shielded her from the horrors of the past a little too well. She's outgrown that, and now that she's strong enough to handle said horrors, Eramis has been acting as a mentor to fully introduce her to the tragedy of what she lost and why elder Eliksni are so angry about it- and I don't think that she would have been receptive to Eido attempting to talk to her if it weren't for the fact that under all of her prickly armour, she's still that nurturing person at heart. It's her desire to care for others and to see a better future for her people that has kept her going despite her having no hope for herself, and it's that loving heart that has saved herself and her people from utter destruction at both our hands and Fikrul's- because if she didn't look at eido and go 'oh this child is the future of our people and i must protect her with my life', then both her and the rest of House Salvation would have been marked for death. And now here she is, continuing to care for Eido even as her father declines by telling her stories about Riis and helping her track down an apothecary to try to cure him, despite her not believing in his ways. I don't think it's entirely because she used to be a mother, but...I do think that it's playing a huge role in it.

(I also think it's personally fascinating to see how someone who used to be known for being a doting, sweet mom to her hatchlings and a caring mate to her wife can turn into someone who's a terrifying warrior on the battlefield and a cunning, politically saavy ruler, but even then, that doesn't surprise me all that much- if you've got a dearth of experience wrangling hatchlings, then being kell of a house is basically just wrangling a bunch of grown-up hatchlings. Same principles, just upped a level or two in complexity.)

[eliasdrid]

misc Eramiskel screenshots from Season of Plunder

[mantleoflight]

//Hhhh

//catch me thinking about yyventriz and her relations between Variks, Misraaks, and Eramis.

//Thinking about how Yyv was actually the youngest hatchling of Athrys and Eramis, Aventhrys, when the whirlwind happened, and that their home had been multi-leveled when it cracked in half and Yyv was trapped in the rubble and by some miracle, was later found by Brailisk from the House of Weavers, who’d later adopt her.

//hhhhh I have just. So many feels for this family, guys. So many feels.

[kb1301]

So there's still some post-epilogue Battlegrounds dialogue for Echoes. I got some that talks about Osiris and Saint's experiences, Maya's actions with Saint's reaction to it, something about Vex milk, and Eramis and the Echo.

Read below!

Firstly, we'll deal with the second Battlegrounds mission.

So basically, there's this one dialogue that took place between Osiris and Saint... In regards to Savathûn and the Conductor.

Saint: Osiris, I didn't want to compare our experiences. But now, I truly understand what you endured with Savathûn. Osiris: It was an experience I never wanted you to share. Saint: Yes, yes, we both would sacrifice ourself for each other. But we did not have to... We survived. Osiris: We did.

I don't have much to say but this hit me in the heart when I heard it...

There's another one too post-battle with Saint and Ikora discussing Maya's love for Chioma.

Saint: [sighs] I cannot comprehend what Maya Sundaresh did to Chioma. I-I don't understand how her love could have been so twisted. Ikora: Hm, Maya didn't want her wife back. She wanted an extension of herself. Someone she could control... or didn't need to control. Saint: That is not love. Ikora: No. It is not.

Now, the next ones can be found on the first Battlegrounds mission.

One such is Osiris getting frustrated by the term "Vex milk".

Osiris: Who gave radiolaria such a mundane title? "Vex milk!" As though it's only a byproduct of the Vex. Osiris: It is not a byproduct. It is the Vex. We forget that at our peril.

Lastly, a discussion regarding the Eliksni, about Eramis and Misraaks, between Saint and Ikora.

Saint: Hmm, I wonder where Eramis and House Salvation are. I thought she would be chasing the Echo just like House Dusk. Ikora: I'm sure she'll resurface. Losing support from the Witness and Xivu Arath most likely made her too vulnerable to take action. Ikora: Her House has lost enough people to attrition and defectors. Joining her was a risk, and plenty of Eliksni are seeing the outcome. Saint: Will Misraaks welcome these House Salvation defectors? Ikora: I hope so. We gain nothing through retribution. I think the Kell of Light knows that.

I'm sure there's more dialogue throughout the three Battlegrounds post-epilogue, hope you all can find some!

[thefirstknife]

I'm confused. Everyone's talking about Eramis coming back. Last I saw we froze her into a block of ice in Beyond Light.

What?

A lot has happened since! The fact that we never killed her at the end of BL was always suspected to be a plot point they'll come back to and we were correct. She was unfrozen back in Season of Plunder (3rd season during The Witch Queen year, 2022) and then featured in Plunder and Seraph where she was more or less forced to serve the Witness or face the consequences. She reappared in Defiance as well where she actually helped us as she started moving fully away from the Witness. In Wish (last season before TFS), she decided to leave the system and go find her wife Athrys.

We're not sure what's up now and if she'll feature in Revenant, but she might, depending on what is the situation with the Echo and everything else. If she didn't manage to leave the system before we dealt with the Witness, that may have altered her plans (willingly or not). It's not confirmed in any way that she'll be there, but it's reasonable speculation that she might (or at least feature in lore).

[lizzieraindrops]

Destiny is a story about shapes and grief.

I think I may have figured out Destiny. I don't think the primary conflict between the Light and the Darkness is the philosophical issue we thought it was.

I got thinking about it after all this talking, with many others but especially @jazzhandsmcleg, about the way all of The Witch Queen DLC and its 4 seasons have had overarching narratives surrounding trauma and cycles of violence and grief, and the way the Darkness and the Light are characterized by their different approaches to it.

In TWQ, Savathûn is given a true second chance for her species in the Light. But as Ikora points out, she struggles to break free of the learned patterns of the Darkness, continuing the pattern of deception and violence.

Same with Season of the Risen - it’s the Warlords and Dark Ages all over again, but this time it’s the Hive. It forces once again to ask: what does it mean to be given a second chance if this is what you do with it? Temper this with Saladin’s story about the girl from the Dark Ages who he protected, but who became a cruel mortal Warlord in her own right. Crow objects to the mental torture of the Hive Lightbearers and he tries to break from the cycle of interspecies violence, but unintentionally ends up continuing it by killing the Psion and heightening tensions between humans and the Uluran.

Season of the Haunted!!! Literally, the entire thing is about confronting your traumas and greatest fears and the worst parts about yourself and beginning to heal them, making something better from them. Completely changing the game by turning Nightmares that torment into Memories that guide you. Crow with the memory of Uldren, Zavala with that of Safiyah, Caiatl that of Ghaul - and most importantly, resolution focuses on how they, specifically have been held back from healing by their self-incriminating Nightmares. It challenges the cycle of continuing violence on a very personal level. Eris even has patrol dialogue describing the a Nightmare as a thing of pain craving only more pain: "Such is the cycle."

Season of Plunder brings up the very same questions on a much higher organizational level. It gives us Eido and Eramis taking very different jaded vs. new-hope approaches to the legacy of the Whirlwind, asking: can we change? Are we defined by generational trauma forever? Can we continue to grow and change for the better even though it can never be undone? Though Eido is clearly young and naïve, we're clearly given the opportunity and narrative nudge to sympathize with her desire and hope for growth and redemption, both for the Eliksni overall, and for Eramis in particular.

And we're not even done with Season of the Seraph, but it already goes incredibly hard asking the same questions, again from a more personal angle. How far, and through how many generations is trauma transmitted? From the Bray family to Rasputin, to Felwinter to Osiris to Ikora – how do we fix this? How do we fix this? How do you defeat an enemy who IS war itself? What can you do to end an endless cosmic cycle of violence?

Go back and back and back in Destiny's lore even back to D1, and the majority of conflicts seem driven by this cycle of grief and revenge and violence. The entire line of humanity's war with the Hive goes back through Oryx's grief for Crota and the First Crota Fireteam and Eriana-3's grief for her wife Wei Ning. Even the Hive siblings' pact with the Worm Gods, though manipulated by Rhulk, was driven by the pain and grief they endured for themselves and their people, and wanting to escape that cruel pattern. The entire predicament of the Eliksni and their conflict with humans is driven by the trauma and grief and loss of the Whirlwind. Even Caiatl's empire, a conquering force that would be highly regarded by the sword logic, now must reckon with the same kind of loss in the Fall of Torobatl.

How do you escape this cycle and stay free of it?

I think, this year, we are finally seeing the beginnings of an answer.

I can't highly enough recommend the TWQ Collector's Edition lorebook (page scans & transcript) and The Hidden Dossier (page scans & transcript) that immediately follows it. What I've been calling Ikora's theory of "memory and grace" that she develops through the course of these two lore books is a balanced philosophy of memory/Darkness and grace/Light (which honestly deserves an entire post of its own). I think it clearly points toward the final resolution the story of the conflict between the Darkness and the Light.

In light of this, something in the Calus part of the new Lightfall CE lorebook (images, transcript) really jumped out at me.

“The doomed and the damned left the record of their downfall in the OXA. Your star got its name from the oldest myths in that archive. And when your mother told your father that story…the star became your name. A prayer that all will go as it must…and the way it must go is struggle.” “Aiat.” Not a word in Ulurant or any other Cabal tongue. “But Caiatl means something else..” “Yes. ‘It may not always go as it needs to go.’ A good name for a soldier." "A strange name for a daughter," I say. "Your father chose it for your mother's sake. Out of love."

And because the parallel is so overwhelmingly striking, I am once again going to reference philosophy/worldbuilding from the Young Wizards universe, which has great resonance with Destiny lore and which Bungie has been long aware of and has even been referenced in Forsaken-era canon lore.

“all the fair things skewed, all the beauty twisted by the dark Lone Power watching on his steed. If only there were some way he could be otherwise if he wanted to! For here was his name, a long splendid flow of syllables in the Speech, wild and courageous in its own way—and it said that he had not always been so hostile; that he got tired sometimes of being wicked, but his pride and his fear of being ridiculed would never let him stop. Never, forever, said the symbol at the very end of his name, the closed circle that binds spells into an unbreakable cycle and indicates lives bound the same way.” [...] “Nita bent quickly over the Book and, with the pen, in lines of light, drew from that final circle an arrow pointing upward, the way out, the symbol that said change could happen—if, only if—and together they finished the Starsnuffer’s name in the Speech, said the new last syllable, made it real.” Excerpt From: Diane Duane. “So You Want to Be a Wizard, New Millennium Edition.”

CAIATL’S NAME IS LITERALLY THE UP-AND-OUT SYMBOL.

I know I'm probably only talking to the handful of Destiny players from the (very small) Young Wizards fandom, but what you need to know is that this moment is pivotal and sets up the series-long theme of hope for an eventual exit from the cycle. It's the incredibly small, overwhelmingly improbable possibility of a second chance, a new start for the Lone Power, the source of all strife and suffering, who itself is driven by loss and pain. A concept of extended grace that is inherently tied to the philosophy of the Light.

“Billions of years, it took. All the redemptions there have ever been went toward this; from the greatest to the least. And finally in the fullness of time you came along, and took my role, of your own will, and woke up a race powerful enough to change the whole Universe, and gave them the fire.” She glanced up at the mobiles and smiled. “How could he resist such a bait? He took the gamble: he always does. And losing, he won.” [...] “The Defender reached down and put a hand into the shadow. “And we are going where such matters are transcended… where all his old pains will shift. Not forgotten, but transformed. Life in this universe will never have such a friend. And as for His inventions… look closely at Death, and see what it can become.” The long, prone darkness began to burn, from inside, the way a mountain seems to do with sunset. “Brother,” the Defender said. “Come on. They’re waiting.” Excerpt From: Diane Duane. “High Wizardry New Millennium Edition.”

This is the devil’s second chance, its homecoming. Grace among the memory. How do we heal this? By fixing it. By making and TAKING that opportunity of grace.

Likewise, Destiny is shaping up into its own universe’s story of this Reconfiguration, the remaking of everything that exists through the act of a second chance, both offered and taken, with full awareness of the irreversibility of harm already caused.

Destiny isn’t the story of the light and the darkness fighting each other. That happens, but that’s not what it’s ABOUT.

It’s “And I know exactly what we are. We’re best frenemies with a history of intense mutual hurt and messy reconciliation, leaving a deep tenderness as well as an almost impenetrable knot of scars. What could be simpler?” (Chalco)

It's “For so long, I believed peace was beyond my reach. No more. I have found it in guiding others down the same path that saved me. But… I might allow myself to want more than peace. What, I am not certain. Is joy the word? Might I find that again?” (Eris)

It's “Second chances… hm. Turns out I've been using mine wrong. I thought being a Guardian was my destiny. That wielding the Light for good was the most I had to offer. But it's clear now. This is what the Traveler chose me for. I was reforged in the Light for a purpose. To remake something dead and gone… into something beautiful. To learn how to forge something new from what we were. Everything Uldren did to the Reef, the Scorn… Fikrul. I have a responsibility — no — a calling to make them whole. And… I can't replace Cayde. But I can cover his old patrols — maybe organize the Hunters a bit, if they'll let me. Clean up some of my mess. I don't know if I can fix everything Uldren left broken… but I can try.” (Crow)

We aren’t defeating the Darkness. That’s never what it’s been about. It’s about breaking the cycle of trauma and grief with memory and grace. We're transcending the Final Shape, but we're not here to destroy it or become it. We’re harmonizing the Darkness and the Light into a sustainable balance to create something new from the wounded remains.

We're here to heal the broken relationship between the Winnower and the Gardener.

That's all that it is, in the end. They had a falling out, and now they hurt, and they hurt each other, and everything else, forever. Breaking free from that cycle begins and ends with them.

Is that fair? No, it's not.

But Destiny is – unhingedly, brilliantly, paradoxically – a FPS game about how to stop killing each other, growing ever more into a framework of restorative and reparative justice.

The story says, we are all culpable, we have all done awful shit and have endless potential to do more awful shit – AND, most critically, we all have the potential to do better (grace). AND, the act of making the conscious choice to do so and letting that happen is the only way for things to get better (memory).

The Collapse happened and it was horrible, the Red War happened and it was horrible, the Great Disaster happened and it was horrible, Twilight Gap happened and it was horrible...AND?? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESPOND? The Whirlwind happened and it was horrible! The Fall of Torobatl happened and it was horrible! Your species' Choice was stolen and you became the most prolifically violent killers in the universe and it was and is horrible! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Are you going to make it more horrible? Or are you going to make it BETTER????

Are you going to fight for the Final Shape, or for the gentle kingdom ringed in spears?

[wastedpotentialsblog]

Do you know this queer character?

Eramis is a Lesbian and uses she/her pronouns!

[telestoapologist]

4 for the hornyween ask game!

hallowed be thy ween🔞 // 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴!

4. What general Spicy Headcanons do you have?

okayyyy off the top of my head:

misraaks is not quiet. he wants to be. you need to convince him that he doesn't need to bring his kellhood into the bedroom. he's a considerate lover and a gentleman but if u let him he will def lose control. imo he's def pent up.

cayde likes having his horn pulled while he eats someone out. it's kind of like having ur hair tugged in that regard

sloane likes topping more than bottoming a majority of the time

eramis hasn't made love in like a million years because she misses her wife that badly and is way too focused on The Revolution to consider

calus takes good care of his pussy before and after sex!!!! and so should u. 🫵

taniks loves knife/gunplay. he'll also yank on his own wires while getting off

caiatl is VERY good at whispering poetic, dirty and sweet nothings while having her finger(s)/strap deep inside her lover. she'll also rest her hands on top of yours if u are large/strong enough to be able to withstand her weight.

shaxx is definitely down for roleplay

ikora rocks the strap and normally prefers domming/being in charge. with eris though she's fine with swapping roles <3 i like to think that sometimes they do that "let's cum together" thing that's rly cute

sjur may have gotten on her knees for mara first, but sjur's also the first and only person who's ever made mara squirt. so. (she was very embarrassed but sjur was v reassuring. she also thought it was hot as fuck)

sex is not a priority for rhulk. i think on one hand the witness would be an issue but also i think he's just always been that way. he's not particularly good at sex from lack of experience but i think he'd be willing to experiment/grow with the right person. he's got a plant/flower dick that puts out sex pollen in the right circumstance btw. bc i'm a Freak. but also the pollen clock probably is out of whack.

variks is the oldest and most fertile eliksni in the galaxy because of that and im right

i think if u jerked xur off he'd squirm a lot and squeeze his eyes shut. his facial tendril wisps would also be shuddering and twitching.

[ahamkara-apologist]

Eramis things I want during Revenant (that I don't have much hope we'll get but a man can dream):

-Eramis was in the process of getting out of the solar system when the whole Echo thing happened, and Fikrul tried to draw her in with the promise of rebuilding Riis. She's intruigued enough by this and sympathetic enough to the Scorn to hear him out, but doesn't jive with his dream of scornifying the whole Eliksni race. She then vies for the Echo herself, only warning Eido of the threat, and Eido comes to us

-The Vanguard + Misraaks and Variks is initially against Eramis until Eido makes it clear that she wants the Echo for Riis and to gtfo of the system, at which point Ikora and Osiris go on Eramis diplomacy duty, offering to help in exchange for her and the remains of House Salvation to leave for Riis afterwards. Eramis does not trust us one fucking bit, but since she doesn't have much firepower and she recognizes it gets us out of each other's hair/setae, she begrudgingly agrees

-Cue reluctant alliance! Everyone but Eido fucking hates it. Eramis is soft only to Eido and no-one else, but its clear that the fight has gone out of her and that she's just listlessly going through the motions bc the fate of the Eliksni + the possibility of seeing her wife and kids again is the only thing keeping her going. Mara, Osiris, Zavala, and Ikora keep trying to talk to her about their loss in faith with the Light/dealing with grief, but it only works when Eido is there

-Misraaks gets worse. Eramis begrudgingly begins fucking around with the Darkness of Nezarec/giving us info on how the Witness's darkness worked in her time as its slave, bc while she doesn't think Misraaks has any hope, she sees the future of the Eliksni in Eido and doesn't want to jeopordize that. It's awkward as hell and she keeps making snide comments about his mother

-She also either ignores the Young Wolf or treats us like her least favorite stepchild, bc while her hate for us isn't personal, her grief over the people we killed are. The YW does nothing to improve this

-As the story progresses she starts talking more and more about Athrys and her children and talking about what she did and how she has no hope for the future, but Eido does, and while Eido doesn't like her speaking like that, it makes a very clear contrast between Maya and Eramis, one that Ikora remarks on (I want more Ikora...pls bungie)

-At some point, Eido wants to fight. Misraaks protests. So does Saint. Eramis retorts that she's the same age Misraaks was when Inaaks made him go raiding, Misraaks shouts something about wanting her to have a better life than what he had, and Eramis snarky says that's nice but entirely impractical. Eido gets a sword. She's thrilled about it

-Eramis finds Athrys (or the remains of Athrys). Its extremely emotional and lots of ugly crying and angst is involved, but it works out in the end, unlike with Maya and Chioma. This is bc Eramis realizes what she did was wrong, which is the first step of learning to be better, and even though she doesnt think she deserves anything more, Athrys is determined to shake her back to form

-Athrys also is warily fascinated by humans and keeps scolding Eramis about going to war with us, doubly so for losing. Eramis refuses to comment on this.

-With the work of the Echo, Riis is made habitable again, and she leaves to rebuild, but not without inviting Eido to come visit if she ever wishes to see their homeworld (giving us the possibility of also seeing Riis??)

-ik its unlikely but even a single crumb of serious taniks content would satiate me. Bungie please i'm absolutely obsessed with the singular pov piece we do get from him

[sunshinehunter]

I really liked the first act of Revenant.

Eido was Perfect Baby Girl as usual. I... am disappointed Eramis showed up AGAIN. We had lore she was going to look for her wife and she just??? Didn't. Girl fucking leave. Go find your wife omg. The interaction between Mithrax and Variks was 👀👀👀

The corruption... came out of nowhere? Unless I missed some lore somewhere buried in a weapon or sparrow or something? But ALso

this is why👏 you don't 👏make/drink tea 👏made from the bones 👏of a Disciple👏 of the Witness👏

The ambiance! in the Market!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! The City is so beautiful I wish Bungie let us see it more. Funny they didn't want to make the Eliksni district look nice/rebuild it so they just put everyone somewhere else. The Apothecary is really cool too! Making the tonics is QUITE FUN! I like that even tho its all game mechanics they still make you go get ingredients and go through the tasting and making. Idk how many have found that taste testing can do things to you: I got turned into a chicken!

I liked the two Eliksni out on a picnic date. That was very cute. Thank you Bungie uwu

It's crazy how much padding doing the seasonal activities give to content though. I did the first act with a friend and we didn't do a single bit of Onslaught until we'd exhausted the entire Act. It took us about two hours with a bunch of standing around.

That's not a bad thing! I like being able to front load the Act. Now I can play the game at my own pace. I don't NEED to get on every week (except to check the store probably). I can grind out a bunch of Onslaught or Vanguard when I want, get off for a bit, play some other games.

I think it's a lot healthier for players to have the story front loaded. I know Gamers are gonna bitch and moan there's nothing to do but this is what they wanted so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Get fucked I guess. I played a bunch of Destiny today and now I'm gonna go play Stardew Valley.

[fmab]

i miss Eramis in my heart i know she's in the middle of nowhere in deep space chainsmoking like 2 packs of cigarettes a day ignoring all of Eidos emails and trying really hard to remember her Life360 password so she can log in and see where the hell her wife is at

[destinydating]

Celebrating The Dawning with:

Eramis

She does not participate in the human holiday and honestly hates it. However, she does soften up just a bit for you. She will accept the treats and kisses but nothing else. Alright, maybe the sharing of stories. That's it!

What ? A mistletoe? What is THAT? Oh. Okay, she likes this tradition. Maybe she will keep it up all year round. You tell her that's not part of the rules and it only works during winter and she scoffs at the idea.

She tells you of her homes traditions during the winter months and how weavers were always worked to the bone but each craft and stitch was made with love. The blankets always felt a little warmer during those harsh months. She holds you a little bit closer when the cold catches on.

You bake her some treats and she inspects them curiously and denies them at first. Not because they aren't good, but because she prefers something a bit more sweet. And warm. And snuggly. And something that has a little spice to it too. You give her a kiss and she purrs that that is perfect. But a little Eliksni grade chocolate doesn't hurt either. She prefers the marbled kind.

There are moments where she does seem distant and upset but you know it's because she thinks of her family. She has no idea of where her wife is or how their children are doing. She would love to introduce you to her, but of course she is also uncertain. Does Athrys still hold the same love as she used to for Eramis? Did she move on with another? You hold one of her hands and reassure her that you love her and you'll always be there with her.

[vyvienne]

The Damp and Thoughts on Power

I am back at the small desk of gilded wood here in Silvermoon Inn where I’ve taken up residence temporarily, pleased to be putting pen to parchment. I expect emotions to well up inside me while I think of Drex, of Emily but today there is nothing. I’m glad, honestly, to let myself have a day free of grief and guilt. It’s been an exhausting but interesting week.

I spoke for some time with the Defiler while pursuing the library at the Damp. I found him to be a pleasant conversationalist. While I know there are many things he is withholding (as am I), he doesn’t appear to be planning to harm me or use me in ways I don’t wish to be used. Therefore I can accept his offer of help, to find the parts of me I am missing. But I have to wonder, what am I missing? I can think of one thing that would elevate my power and allow me to track Eramis.

Angelinne. Her power, added to mine, allowed me to heal spontaneously. It allowed me to absorb the Light from others, the one thing Varethuun realized quickly about me. She has passed through the Veil, perhaps onto the Shadowlands. But I feel as if she would not have. Her desire to watch over me was strong, even when I didn’t trust her. She considered herself my conscience and perhaps for a while she accomplished a goal of pushing me to consider others as well as myself. That seems admirable, and when I was Lady Vyvienne, Baroness of Autumnvale, Priestess of the Light (what a long and ludicrous group of titles), wife to Drexdan Lawrence, Mage of the Kirin Tor and mother to Emily Grace it certainly helped to, at the very least, acknowledge others. 

At times I even cared. I made friends, confidants…things I’ve never had in this life til that point. But now, those same things could get me killed. I am still not convinced my father somehow didn’t poison Drex’s mind. Father Dear is a priest after all. A powerful one, if Auntie Z was to be believed, and one who also walked the line between Light and Shadow as I have. If I am able to influence and even control people, to remove memories or plant them, to extract information from the unwilling, why couldn’t he have similar power? Again, I am just not convinced he isn’t at fault. But after your father tries to kill you once or twice, he becomes an easy suspect. 

Not to say I wasn’t…haven’t been…acting odd. I still hear the whispers and now I swear I hear the dead. Drex would have worried. He would have been concerned that his wife, who always had such an iron will, an “indomitable spirit” as he described it, suddenly couldn’t tell what she truly heard and what was in her head. He would have been worried and afraid. Not say it wasn’t happening and take our daughter. 

Which leads me back to Angelinne. At times I swear I think I’ve heard her, very faint, calling out to me. If she is in fact just across the veil, absorbing her essence  completely this time could enhance my power. And enhanced, I can find Eramis, end this and become more powerful than before. His abilities must be immense. If I can absorb Light, why not other things? It’s a curious thought and one that I perhaps should discuss with Varethuun. It has been years since I followed a quest for power, but I feel now is the time to enhance my own.

Besides my conversation with the Defiler I allowed myself to be drawn to the smithy where I found Skormosh. The man slowly opened up about smithing which I found quite interesting. For some reason, I enjoy Skormosh’s company. He is quiet, like me, but once a threshold is crossed he appears to be willing to speak a bit more, just as I am. He is looking for various ores for a project and I offered to reach out to my contacts. One thing I refused to let wither while I played the Priestess was my network of contacts. I have reached out to a few people already and hope to have information when next I see him. He also mentioned Ryo assisting him in his endeavor so perhaps I will be able to help.

I find it interesting that I care to help. Have I been ruined by Angelinne and Drex constantly pushing me to be open to people? Or is Varethuun and the Defiler correct, and others assisting you can be of great assistance personally, beyond what I normally would have used them for and be done when the job was done? It took me a few years to actually be able to  work with others in Stormwind without assuming everyone was going to attempt to assassinate me. Should I allow myself to be drawn in? Or have I already allowed it by accepting the assistance the Defiler offered? 

There is one small dark cloud in this week of surprises and that is Ham. He has not yet replied to my letter which means I will have to track him down. I dislike having to do this and am not very pleased that it’s come to this. But find him I will, whether he likes it or not.

[thefirstknife]

Ishtar updated so some stuff is on there finally. Didn't want to spam with too many huge posts with just walls of text.

Absolutely losing it about Chivalric Fire seasonal sword. We finally have a canon reason for ornaments from each vendor. It's becuse they argue what the weapon should look like.

"It should be elegant," says Zavala, striking his breastplate with a fist.

Shaxx isn't having it:

Shaxx's firm gesture of denial drives the side of his hand into a shelf. An Omolon-branded canister falls off and rolls across the floor. "It must be an unstoppable force in sword form! It should spit fire! Also, it should be red."

And then Drifter:

"No, no," the Drifter says from the doorway. He kicks the rolling canister away without looking down. "I'm a law-abiding citizen. I pay my taxes. You can trust me. It needs to look mean. You want people thinking: 'They're madder, badder, and hungrier than me. I'm not tangling with them.'"

I'm losing it over him emphasising that he's a law-abiding citizen. It makes him least likely to be a law-abiding citizen. Then poor Banshee is like can you guys settle on a single design and they continue arguing. Absolutely incredible.

A lot of people already posted about the exotic sparrow Nostos. It's about Eramis reminiscing about her wife Athrys and their children and thinking where she might be now. And then she just basically more or less decides to go to them:

It was the same map that Eramis's mate, Athrys, had followed out of Sol. It even included the habitable zones she'd tabbed as potential landing sites. By now, Athrys might be Kell of her own settlement, living happily alongside their grown hatchlings. Or they might all be long-dead. In truth, Eramis hadn't wondered at either possibility for decades. But ever since she saw the Witness disappear into its portal, Eramis could think of little else. All her prior aspirations were made suddenly small. Eliksni solidarity, revenge against the Traveler, enmity with the Humans… they were all irrelevant. If a second Whirlwind was her fate, Eramis would suffer it as she had the first: with Athrys by her side.

Btw, "nostos" is a theme in Ancient Greek stories, about a hero heroically returning home.

Gloaming Journeyer has also been posted by pretty much everyone. It's about Drifter and Eris sharing an incredibly tender moment and finding peace with each other. Just read it.

Wyrmguard seasonal arm piece has a devastating update on Shaw Han's lore in which it is revealed that the Ahamkara exotic he wears is what he made a wish to. He wanted to have his own fireteam. At the end, he gets a call from "Caster-3" aka Cas, one of the members of his fireteam (alongside Maeve) that ended up dying to Navota. The backfire of a wish. Man.

And one more funny for the end, for Dragon's Breath. A return of Marcus Ren and Enoch Bast! They're doing fine and they're being dumbasses together with their friend, Ariadne Gris. Ariadne might be familiar to people who remember obscure lore from the vanilla sparrow lore Dinas Emrys in which Ariadne was called to the Vanguard to explain why she has a dragon symbol painted on her sparrow. She was being suspected of having an Ahamkara. Ikora found this whole thing ridiculous and Ariadne defended herself by saying a dragon painted on a sparrow was "cool."

And she's back at it again in Dragon's Breath, offended that it's called Dragon's Breath but not having a dragon painted on it. Enoch and Marcus then get a deal with her: she'll race her sparrow against the speed of the rocket. What happens next will shock you. Also, important:

Enoch says. At his side, Marcus studies the case.

Not beating the allegations that they're partners.

[beamer7thepoko]

Do you guys remember that eramis had a wife? I know some of you do.

Here's another possibility of another cannon fact that you guys may or may not know about eramis...

How I found it was when I was digging around on Google last night out of curiosity while I was revisting the tumblr posts about athrys (I was even listening to her lullaby last night (which means i had another wierd night)) on who eidos biological mother could be.

What I've found out last was well ummm...

This is the reddit post that supports this theory on eramis being edios biological mother.

This is the YouTube video about queen Mara confirming that eramis may be in fact be eidos biological mother. Idk y why the won't show up in my post.

https://youtu.be/wSir1fYJiVc?si=1f1U57kryUxqFy2w

These are screenshots taken from the reddit post.

This was taken straight from my discord thread that I've made to send athrys tumblr post links in for easier access. This shows what my thoughts on this was after learning what I've learned from last night.

"Learned another thing while on a trip at night after learning eramis had a wife in the last year during the winter.

Eramis is possibly eidos biological mother.

Which kinda explains why eramis had protected eido from the hive while eido went to grab the last relic which contained the remains of nezreic.

This also kinda explains why eramis was kinda so professional during the parlay thing and why eramis has told eido about her father's past.

But if eramis is actually eidos biological mother then how did eramis get impregnated and who was the donor or who was the biological father."

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What are your guys thoughts on this. I also didn't find any posts on this site about this and I may update this post if I go digging further later. Just thought this was worth some sharing on this site.