#finnovamina twyvek

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twyvek sibling lore drop:

vanta noticed nova’s frequent absence at church and decided to get him a gift in halcyon’s traditional colors (black and red) in an effort to convince him to come more often. nova was originally pissed the fuck off at his brother for this, then realized the scarf he gave him was the most comforting fabric he’d ever worn and now he wears it every day. he still wants to crush vanta’s smugness about it though. and he does not go to church more often.

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purpure

1 for lennox, grace, rowen, evander, nova, zephyr

2 for grace, nova

3 for brinne, grace, lennox

4 for rowen, evander, brinne

5 for brinne, lennox, grace, rowen

1. Does your OC find it easy to express deference or homage to someone of high social standing? Or is this something they would only do if it benefitted them directly? Or for the sake of a scheme or intrigue?

lennox: the only people lennox has to express deference to are brinne and adrian, which is definitely kind of a struggle for him because he regards both of them as sad pathetic losers. he manages with brinne, mostly for his own sake, but he really does his best to circumvent almost any interaction with adrian at all. although he does have interest in halcyonism and religion as a whole, adrian has effectively icked him out of pursuing it, because he wants as little to do with him as possible. when he's forced by circumstance to interact with adrian, he can deign to treat him as an equal, but not more than that. the things this man does for social advantage...

grace: grace has mastered the art of remaining respectful to higher-ups who she really despises. it's uncomfortable and pisses her off, but she's really damn good at finding ways to do it while still maintaining her pride. she'll defer when necessary, but she's not eager to treat anyone corrupt as though they're better than her. ...lennox is the only exception to people she'll force herself to defer to. she physically cannot bring herself to do it.

rowen: rowen simply Will Not treat people higher up with the respect she's expected to. she never has. she never will. this has gotten her in Extreme amounts of trouble. she does not care. she never will! it's up to evander in the most dire of situations to cover her ass for it. if he's not there? she's fucked. she simply Will Not do it.

evander: evander knows how to be smart about this. unless it's someone he really has zero respect for, he'll express what's expected of him, no more and no less. if the situation demands it with someone he really hates, he'll let self-preservation take over and go the extra mile to please whoever he has to in order to save a life or a freedom or whatever it is. he does exactly what he has to.

nova: look...nova just hates people. he was brought up to know how to socialize with people, and he's aware of the customs and the rituals, he just puts no personal effort into any of it. anything he puts up in front of people he's not close to is a result of forced practice and is far from genuine. so he doesn't really have trouble expressing deference, but he's so far removed from whatever he's doing or saying in those situations that it's not really representative of who he is anyways.

zephyr: this is when zephyr's military trauma kicks in haha! education system trauma, too. he has an ingrained awareness of the social hierarchies which might be operating in any given situation, and is quick to adhere to whatever is expected of him (he learned this the hard way). he's never been at the top of any hierarchy before, so he's well-versed specifically in knowing how to place himself downwards in order to show respect. it's really sad, actually.

2. Is your OC comfortable in the higher echelons of society, such as aristocratic functions or assemblies of the rich and powerful? Or do they prefer to avoid these events if possible?

grace: she's certainly not comfortable, but she has the experience to navigate the aristocracy successfully most of the time. with the disarray of typical noble events and entertainment under brinne's rule, she's not forced to deal with larger social gatherings as often as she otherwise would be, but it is still part of the job. there isn't much avoiding it, as much as she wishes there was. her girlfailure side tends to come out when she's surrounded by many aristocrats in a non-professional context, which isn't great for her. but to be fair it is incredibly attractive + bisexual of her.

nova: nova gets awkward at these things. as much as he's been trained for social events and the like, he can rarely translate what he means to do or say into what he actually does and says. this is especially true when talking to people similar in age/rank to him. being generally asocial and rather low-empathy doesn't help either; he'd much rather stay in his room and have kori be the family representative.

3. Does your OC feel that exchanges of ideas or customs between nations or cultures can be positive? Or do they fear the dilution or devaluing of one culture by another? Has there ever been a foreign cultural practice they have adapted for themselves? Or are they fiercely loyal to their own cultural inheritance?

brinne: idrisian cultural nationalism is real and brinne is not immune to it. she had a ton of curiosity about the cultures of neighboring countries when she was younger, but she was never really given the opportunity to learn, and now her paranoia has overwhelmed any remaining interest. it definitely impacts her politics, and makes her pretty xenophobic at times. nobody really challenges it.

grace: grace is fascinated by other countries' practices, and has a lot more exposure to different cultures than the average idrisian through natal. she's never been out of the country, but her discussions with natal as a teen about what he had experienced outside idris's borders were really formative for her. she's very interested in alya and her perspective as an immigrant, but considering their age gap and how closed off alya tends to be, there isn't a lot of interaction between the two of them.

lennox: lennox is one of the only nobles who has actually done his reading on other countries (exceptions: grace and natal's two siblings). he's interested in other cultures, but as a general statement, cultural exchange is not especially valued in idris, so it's not at the top of his priorities list. he's not concerned with cultural dilution by any means, though-- he knows that most people in idris are exceedingly ethnocentric.

4. Does your OC have a strong belief in the importance of justice? If so what does justice mean to them? Do they follow the philosophy of "an eye for an eye"? Or are they careful in distinguishing between justice and revenge? Is this the case even if they consider themselves to be the injured party?

rowen: justice is rowen's strongest value. concepts of victory and justice become very intertwined in her eyes, where righteousness is retribution and achieving what's truly moral is framed as a constant battle. growing up in such a heavily restricted society has only amassed her a huge thirst for freedom, which certainly now borders on revenge for what has been done to her and her loved ones over time. intellectually, she tries to separate what justice and revenge mean to her, but in practice, they meld together much more often than she realizes.

evander: evander's perspective on justice is very similar to rowen's, as it was really founded for both of them during childhood and influenced by their parents. the main difference is that evander is not so grandiose about what he views as justice. for him, justice is only a means to the end of freedom. where rowen relishes in the hunt for justice as retribution, evander only looks forward to enjoying the bounty of their efforts after the necessary heads are chopped (metaphorically speaking? literally speaking?). he's not so keen on the idea of revenge as a whole, although it does bubble in him on rare occasions where his anger gets the best of him. he just wants a better, freer future after all of the dirty work is taken care of.

brinne: god, justice is not her highest concern by any means anymore. brinne's moral principles have mostly been abandoned in her frenzy of isolation and paranoia. she still believes in the rewarding of good deeds and the punishment of bad ones, but what constitutes a good or bad deed has shifted so drastically to appeal to her own self-preservation that it can hardly be viewed as an objective stance on justice as a whole. "an eye for an eye" often applies in situations she herself is removed from, which is a pretty common standard throughout idris. when she's involved, though, it's usually more like "my eye for your beating, bleeding heart." ...it's a little intense.

5. Does your OC believe that there can ever be fair and just relations between nations or tribal groups? Or do they assert that might will always make right when it comes to interactions between such factions?

brinne: yes, she believes that there can be equal and just relationships between nations. but the idea of catering to something so foreign and unknown is deeply frightening to her, so she tries to avoid dealing with other groups and countries as much as possible. when it is necessary, she tries to deal with the situation with as minimal, inconsequential exchange as is possible.

lennox: lennox is skeptical when it comes to the desires of separate groups. he's certainly a believer in personal and sociological ego, so it's difficult for him to trust that interactions between self-sufficient groups can ever really occur with the interest of the other party in mind. possible, sure, but typically improbable. something to be wary of.

grace: grace's views tend to be pretty similar to lennox's, actually. it's the combination of a similar environmental upbringing and the ways they share logic more than they want to admit. although grace is generally more optimistic than lennox is about the potential for equal compromise. she tries to be, anyways.

rowen: rowen believes that fair relations are usually possible, but not without a lot of dispute. she's sympathetic that both sides of a conflict will have demands so long as one group isn't tyrannical about their conditions. but if there's real malice between parties failing to compromise, rowen understands the need for military clash.