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In what genre/setting would your oc's feel most confortable in? What genre/setting would they hate? >:)))))))

Right now their setting/genre is romantic/realistic fantasy and most of the stories involved are political intrigue/domestic thriller and drama/romance/dark romance/erotic/angst and fantasy religious? hard to say where it really sits since there's so many stories within Ascendancy (This has been going on for 7 years now o_o...)

Id say for a lot of my character, they end up having quite happy endings, and are quite comfortable in life. They love their significant others and devote themselves to them. So a lot of them would be most comfortable staying in their romance genre- though i'm sure they'd more then appreciate the amenities and rights a more modern setting would provide them.

A lot of characters would have probably never gotten together if not for their situations, however. I do have a modern AU where some characters do fit but they end up being very different people in terms of their history. Wilfur gets the help he needs early to not end up the shitty horrid little man he is, and ends up in an awesome polycule instead of abusing someone- One of the AUs we have, another character thrives so much better in. Kurtys is a perfect cowboy <3. If in the original story, he had become a Riderband (Think cowboy samurai rangers) instead of a knight, he wouldn't have ended up with his wife Taifun, but he would've been a much happier man. Just a much, much different man.

As for what most of them would hate; most of them would probably NOT survive slasher horror. Most of these fuckers are NOT final girl... OTHER then Niomi. Shes very final girl core. Also Fluvy jr and Jeremias. Also final girl. They're so final girl without being final girls

@the-majestic-pterodactyl-senpai might have some more answers :)

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Sketch dump

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Anemoian Halloween Snippets

4 short snippets. One about the history of the festivals, one about mask crafting, another about a ritual, and another about a ghost.

- Autumn Festival

For a long time, Aemoi’s autumn festivals were ones regarding the harvest and a final hurrah before the colder winds came down from the north to frost the lands. Gourds would be harvested, brush burnt, and winter wheat would be planted. 

A costumed festival would be held when the frost stayed in the ground, with plenty of sweets and warm food and drink would be served cheaply in the markets. As midnight came, a short vigil would be held and the shrines would be covered in offerings and prayers would be spoken to it by a festival master.

Over the years Midonian influence had made room for a change. Midonia had always been a nation of death. It had always had standing folk traditions to appease the dead and strike fear into the patrons of death itself and the Nidus who traveled this time of year.

Gourds and other hard vegetables were carved into faces and tilted up to the sky as if to watch the nomadic feathered people following the migrating ungulate herds.

Fires, drinks, food and prayer for those departed and to honor for the faithful. Church groups  would go door to door asking for donations.

As Midonian culture integrated with the city of Aeraki, some new traditions were born from the union. For some, this meant more emphasis on the rituals, for others earlier in the night it meant something much more fun. 

- Mantis Mask

Cassius spent forever working on his mask. He has cut his hand over and over trying to carve the wood. Hand bandaged and a determined squint, the young boy of 9 would scrape off the final touches on the epistomal suture. It was perfect in his eyes! a mantis with all its fixings! Anna had tried to find one for him, but unfortunately not many artisans made invertebrates. The few that his mother had brought home had not been to Cassius’ standards. Cas wanted the mask to look much more realistic then the ones they offered… but, he was appreciative either way. He could at least get some inspiration from how they built the mask. He pulled the straps from it and used them for his own creation.

He painted it like one of the local species; pink and orange.

Cassius’ twin brother, Isaac, was much less picky. His only request was that he wanted a well crafted Vultu mask. He had recently read a story about a very brave Vultu and that was his most recent obsession. 

Both boys had their outfits matched with their masks. Cassius’ cloak looked like mantis wings and Isaac’s looked like the frills of a male Vultu. 

They had insisted upon the whole family going, so, after a long while of bugging their mother picked up a mask for herself, Aideen, and the toddler, Owen. She wore a deer doe’s head, while Aideen picked out a cute looking kitten with a fluffy mane. Owen pointed at an owl and made an excited squeal.

- The Shrine

Two people stood before Pinnas shrine; before the city of Aeraki. 

The festival master and his daughter in Pinnae Dragon masks, holding decorated candles.

Prince Iasis lit the first candle to be placed upon the stone and metal shrine. He supported an arc of light between his fingers, lighting the wick with his electrokinesis. 

He placed it in the cupped claws of the statue that held a copper alloy plate. It had recently been cleaned, but generations of wax build up left a greasy film that made the metal matte.

He turned to the crowd, putting his left hand on his chest and with his right he raised an open palm to the sky. 

“Another good year for us all; another year of prosperity. Be it they leave their wealth or sacrifice, Lord Pinna I ask you… Bless the lands another year and bless our people so they may bring a good harvest come the spring storms. Let us all live under your watch, warm, protected, and fortunate.” 

He reached his hand down to plant a hand on the shoulder of his daughter, Arias. She shifted from behind Iasis with another candle and held it up for him to light using the flame of the first candle.

When he handed the candle back to Arias she held it as if she were mirroring the statue. She bent down onto her knees carefully and slowly to place it at the Dragon God’s feet. She reached back to unclasp her necklace, resting it beside the candle and saying a short prayer by placing her hand on her chest and raising her hand just as her father did.

Iasis smiled down at her, a welling proudness filling his soul. She would make a wonderful festival master one day…

He assisted her to her feet and stepped down from the altar to their God king.

Iasis’ voice was replaced by heavy drums and woodwind, and two others replaced the festival master and his daughter.

Two new little dragons, who jumped up from either side of the shrine and pointed their blunted swords at each other. One was dressed as Lord Haeres, the other Lord Anemos. They’d dance an ancient production; one about the death of Haeres. The ending was finalized by Anemos holding his brother in his arms towards the shrine. 

‘Haeres’ pulled a red ribbon from under his wing cloak, making a loud “BLEEEHH” and ‘dying’ dramatically. 

Iasis crossed his arms… “DEIDRE! FLUVIUS!” he barked, face gone red under his mask.

This was not part of the ritual and he’d hear that over and over all night now from his older peers who would NEVER let their students pull that kind of stunt.

‘Anemos’ pulled ‘Haeres’ off the shrine stage, giggling and smiling wide under her mask.

After applause, a short laugh and chatter, the crowd would make their way in droves to leave candles, their gold, jewelry, craftsmanship, and delicate, expensive foods. 

- Ghost of the Infirmary

Jeremias laid back in his chair, staring out into the dark room with his signature frown. He squinted, trying to see whatever his girlfriend was seeing. Amara rubbed his shoulder, her arm around his head as she stood.

“Callahan's right there, Jere. I promise I'm not messing with you.”

“No, no, I believe you…” he muttered, covering his lips with a balled up fist. 

“I just… He's there?... What is he doing?”

Amara was relieved to see Jere had some belief in her. All her life, all these issues with dead boys among the castle grounds were simply her imagination according to her kin.

“Well, right now he's just looking at you.”

“Is… Is he in pain? Amara, please. I need more details then that.”

“No, I don't think he is.”

“You’re sure it's Calla?... Mar, a lot of boys have died here. It could be any of them.”

“Well, unless a ghost can lie about its own name, I don’t think it's someone else.” 

Jeremias sighed, bringing his hand up to his forehead and rubbing it. “Is he in pain?”

“No. He looks as he did when he passed on, but he's not in pain.”

“Why is he even still here?... Calla- Please-” Jeremias’ voice cracked, his brows furrowing deep grooves into his forehead.. “Please, you need to go. Go see mom…”

Amara squeezed his shoulder, leaning down and kissing the top of his head.

“He wants to watch you, Jere. He-” she frowned at his sudden, irritated interruption,

“GO. Dad is DEAD. He is GONE. He can't hurt us anymore so you can go. I don't need you to PROTECT me anymore.”

Amara frowned harder as she stared into the empty room. Silence rang through the hallowed walls.

“He can't yet. He's just not ready.”

“Why?... Is it Josef? Is he scared about Kid?”

“...Maybe. He won't say. All he tells me is that he can't go yet.”

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STORYTELLER SATURDAY!!! top ten chien facts?

HAPPY STS!

Oh this ones fun. I wont put them in order, but heres some of the funnest facts

Crown Chien's name is in parallel to Monarch Caleb's. They both have meanings to do with dogs. Chiens name also means someone who kept hunting dogs and money. His middle name is Mirka after his mother. That name means glory and peace. Aeraki of course means breeze/wind and has been the Anemoian royal families last name since its beginnings.

Chien was crowned at only 12 and a half. He was not expected to know everything yet, and his uncle Iasis became his regent until Chien was 16 and well tutored. He remained accompanied to various meetings with other nation leaders until he was 18, after then he was independent from Iasis and only took who he needed to.

Chien has been divorced twice before his current wife. He was married for politics once at 13, and again at 16. His first wife tried to kill him and his second, convinced he was going to be just like his dad, was unloyal to him and uninterested in Chiens wellbeing.

Chien has always been best friends with Ilonia. She had been in junior guard as early as she could be put in and she is the daughter of the head knight, Kurtys Lutalo and Lady Taifun Euphemia-Lutalo. She has always been given a spot of high recognition from Chien, and she helps train Chien in self defence. She is a very high energy, quick and aggressive swords-woman while Chien plays a hard defensive and got extremely good at it through sparring with her.

Chien use to be friends with Ilonia's brother, Fluvius jr, before Kurtys died. After Kurtys died and Fluvy began acting out, their friendship waned and then turned into hating each others guts. When Chien's parents disappeared and were considered dead, and then Xavier died, Chien grieved heavily. These two are a foil to one another in a lot of ways. Both lose people in really horrible ways, but Fluvy goes off the deep end while Chien is basically forced to maintain his appearance and behavior despite the heavy loss hes feeling. He is now Crown/King after all, and the responsibility of his nation is on his shoulders. While Fluvy jr can go wild and free and do as he pleases... He gets after Chien often for having such an old soul and his need to be an adult so early in his life, giving him hell for not letting himself just relax and act his age. Later, when Fluvy jr grows up, he does something that drives Chien to act out finally. It results in the loss of Fluvys arm. In his twenties, Fluvy is taken under Jeremias' wing to train as a bloodletter. He has blood powers, and he becomes an sequential part of Chien's medical team. Chien is and has always been very sick. He has bad asthma attacks and heart issues, which (ACTUALLY) is helped by controlled bloodletting. They start to actually respect eachother then and once more are close.

Chien is terrified of his own powers. He has lightning in him much like his mother, and his paternal grandfathers before him. His lightning is very volatile and the few times he has used it against someone it has caused severe damage. He has to work on his confidence with it for a long time before he can use it in a less explosive manner. His wife, Sinclaire, manages to help him realize a lot of the issues are a mental thing rather then the fault of his powers. He gets too riled up before using it, but if he relaxes prior he can have a lot more control.

Chien's Chelat was a gift from his father when he was 5 and beginning to show signs of asthma. The Chelat was young and trained to detect changes in heart-rate. It wiggles its quills, stomps, and makes a fuss when it detects any large changes. Originally, Mav tried to gift Chien a Pero flag dog, but he was uninterested in raising one of the pups

Chien dresses very unlike his predecessors on most days. He likes a snug long sleeve, well fitted pants, and his uncle's cloak over anything else. He often doesn't even wear a sash like most Anemoians, electing to tie it to a belt instead. The black cloak he wears is 33 years old by the time he is born. It is well maintained by Xavier and Chien keeps it in immaculate condition until the day he dies. He is buried in that cloak when he dies at 62 and the cloak is 95. By then, he has likely stopped wearing the cloak as the threads have worn so thin, but he keeps it in his room.

Chien is very Midonian in his beliefs and comes off as a very modest, religious man. However, Chien has his moments where he is really just like his dad. He hires 3 different consorts before he meets his wife, Sinclaire, and he fools around with one of his doctors, Kid. Just like Mav for real... He of course stops all that when he marries Sinclaire, but hires his 3 consorts within the castle doing various jobs. Lucius as his attendant and stylist, August as a cook (who would rise the ranks to head chef) and Niomi, who was learning to be a physical and mental therapist like her father, as part of the infirmary team (essentially taking her late fathers role)

Chien is a pacifist for most of his reign and relies heavily on established legal systems, but after a lot of shit goes down and he struggles to use this system effectively, he decides to go above it to bring justice down upon various people including one of his own sons and a magistrate he had been trying to convict for years. He hangs them publicly for their crimes

Bonus: Chien has 9 children with Sinclaire :) several sets of twins but otherwise, yikes. His wife wanted a huge family as well. Chien mainly wanted a huge family so he could repopulate the Aeraki family as they were running out of legitimate heirs.