#gratta rainsunder

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its always 2 dumb bitches telling each other "exactlyyyyy"

gratta is @rytlockdripstone s

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1, 15, 27, 35, 49 for gratta & wixxi 2, 24, 26, 44, & 46 for............ aspity and rexx 😈

dont have to answer all of them

who the hell are aspity and rexx?!?!?!

1. What motivates your character?

gratta is motivated by money these days, plain and simple! sorry chief!

wixxi's motivations are different these days. she wants a future for herself, she wants a life where she can kick back and relax. she wants to escape a cycle of being used like a toy and just stare at her boyfriend 50% of the day.

15. What habits does your character have?

wixxi is prone to tugging on her braids, plucking at her sweater, and fiddling with her necklace / scarf.

gratta picks her teeth, plucks at graying fur, smooths out her epic sexy mullet and snorts up phlegm a lot.

27. How does your character view themselves?

wixxi does not think highly of herself at all! she's a burden, she is something that needs to be carried. to know her is a crime, she is a waste of space. it should've been her that died in maguuma, dragonfall, you name it. she thinks she's a loser, but 3 people like her so it's bearable.

on a good day gratta thinks she is so cool and awesome and that she is the biggest baddest babe on the block.

35. Imagine the ideal home for your character. Where would it be located? What type of housing would it be? Who/what would be there?

umm you already know where wixxi wants to be silly!!!!

gratta right now, is content where she is with iovitus. if anything happened to that she'd probably die and make it everyones problem.

49. In the end, what is your character grateful for?

sorry bandaid asked me first :/

2. How does the public view them?

since the inquest is socially acceptable, rexx is just like a person who experiments on orphans and puppies on the side for fun. they're just a guy who gets paid to do morally questionable things. isn't that so fun???

aspity is a sick twisted freak to the world. to society, even. it is very clearly traumatized and has seen something, believable or not. many people outside of its warband rather just uhh... ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist because if aspity notices you heh well...

24. From childhood to their current age, how has your character changed?

rexx hasn't really changed much since they were a progeny, but they're a lot more obnoxious to be around because yeah. i'm in charge, yeah, my dad is powerful. yeah, i'm a nepo baby.

aspity has changed too much. nobody even remembers what it was like as a cub. normal, probably.

26. What are the top three most distinguishable personality traits of your character?

i can't really think of anything for rexx and aspity, i hate listing personalities because they're in my brain and thats all that matters.

44. What does your character fear?

rexx fears death itself. the whole concept, they would do anything to reverse death and find a cure for it.

in an edgy way, aspity isn't really afraid of anything anymore that's like... normal, it's afraid of the mists, though.

46. Does your character specialize or have remarkable talent in anything? If so, what is it?

rexx is an extraordinary doctor if not for their title of overseer for whatever the hell they doing -_-

aspity is very good at close quarter combat. unusually good despite its small stature.

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a BUNCH of sketches and things because i dont have anything else to post....... most of these are old

wixxi, egg, gratta belong to @rytlockdripstone

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sketches from the past couple of weeks that are never going to see the light of day ever again

i forgot to tag again but gratta is @rytlockdripstone

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lots of emotion in these ones....

gratta @rytlockdripstone

sobb @bannedaid

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hiii

gratta - 2(specifically: her warbands thoughts on her after she..heh..left), 4, 7(heh..), 9, 12, 24, 33, 39, 49.

wixxi - 15, 17, 22, 28, 34, 35, 40(she’s a girl failure but also gw2fbi so… raises wyebrow), 43, 49.

ermmm i put a lot for both here cause i love wixxi and gratta so feel free to do any not all bc i would get burnt out doing all of these methinks… I NEED MORE LORE ABOUT MY FRIENDS CHARACTERS NOOOWWWWW!!!!

bro want lore so crazy bad... i know what you are. under the cut bc long as hell

2. How does the public view them?

she's probably dead to the flash warband, a lot of the members in there were best friends with her and thought she was reliable, efficient, patriotic, etc. the fact she left in the dead of night without saying anything doesn't help her case, to legion society she's nothing more than a gladium who betrayed her legion and band.

4. Does your character care about their reputation and/or how others perceive them?

at some point in her life, gratta used to care about how the general public received her. she was a legionnaire, she had responsibilities and duties to uphold to make her legion proud and keep an aura of respect about her. these days, she doesn't really care. she's a mercenary for hire, and while she may not speak in the most particularly sugared tongue like she would if she was a legionnaire, she still gets the job done. an annoying loud asshole, but an efficient one.

7. Is your character good with kids?

yes. gratta is good with kids, particularly charr cubs and human children. while she has a soft spot for any children, she finds it easier to connect with them. a former mother herself, she wishes she could have that sort of familial bond again but she probably never will sooo boowomp.

9. What emotion does your character feel most frequently?

regret, because she has spiralled so far out of control and the only thing she can do is keep spiralling. she's a charr, she doesn't need help. the only thing she needs to do is kill or be killed soldier oorah!

12. What are some of your character's pet peeves?

literally everything bro not even being funny if you aren't iovitus you're annoying as hell dawg!!!

24. From childhood to their current age, how has your character changed?

too much. gratta was an ambitious, eager to please charr. now she's a hollow, bitter shell who let herself be used for the sake of feeling like she was making changes. now she's an ugly sonova and she's making it everyone elses problem yaaay!

33. What are three positive traits that your character has?

off the top of my head, she's incredibly loyal. it's probably charr society hardwired into her if you ignore the warband and legion she left behind.

another thing is that she's confident and proud of errself!! orrah!!

39. What does your character have yet to realize about themselves?

that it's not her fault that her kid died, it was out of her control. that nothing really was her fault, and that she needs to stop believing that she's a horrible person who can never change and that all she can do is hurt in return. probably get therapy

49. In the end, what is your character grateful for?

she is grateful for weed :)

WIXXI TURN!!!

15. What habits does your character have?

prone to tugging on her hair when frustrated/flustered, on top of plucking at her sweater when anxious or just standing idle.

17. Overall, is there anything special or peculiar about your character compared to others in your story?

she's my only character that heavily struggles with rampant ableism because of the way asura society is. all i'll say on the matter chief!

22. What regrets do they have, if any?

too many dude idk what to say. if anything happens to her new friends and partner she will be taking millions down with her!!!!

28. What emotion is the most unfamiliar to your character and how do they deal with it?

anger!! rage!!! it is very unfamiliar to wixxi. she has been conditioned all her life that everything is her fault, and that it will always be her fault. she hates being angry, she doesn't like when she's frustrated over things. she has to be perfect and kind, and empathetic no matter what.

34. What are three negative traits that your character has?

she is incredibly dishonest, clingy, and paranoid. she has soo many issues but she's cute and friendly so none of her intense abandonment or dependency issues matter!!! yaaay!!!

35. Imagine the ideal home for your character. Where would it be?

anywhere but her shitty apartment or whispers hq. she originally wanted a house in lion's arch, but recently the reach has been a lot more her interest lately... is all i'll say 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

40. Is your character good at time-management and responsible?

yes. she balances 2 jobs, a social life and her own personal time. its perhaps one of the only things shes good at is time management. responsible? no... not really.

43. What does your character see as the greatest injustice?

asura society in general. it's unfair. all i'll say.

49. In the end, what is your character grateful for?

murpp 'cause he's really really cute. :)

umm. probably her friends. and murpp.

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Do you have voice claims for your characters? I'm curious!!

wixxi - rose quartz / pink diamond (susan egan)

gratta - sadie adler rdr2 (alex mckenna)

umm. those are really the only two guys i talk about but i have some vc for heh. the other guys i don't talk about...

aspity - those silly ghouls from fallout. any feminine variety will do.

rexx - daniil dankovsky from pathologic 2 / 3. very important (tom tucker)

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I'd like to know more about Iovitus and their cousin--I wanna know about their relationship and what exactly it is they do.

What is Iovitus' relationship to the main story of gw2? Has Iovitus had any significant others, or desire for such?

A potential big one, what was Iovitus doing during the Rally, and what are their thoughts both on it, and the subsequent Civil War?

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I'd like to know more about Iovitus and their cousin--I wanna know about their relationship and what exactly it is they do.

absolutely! i love talking about the cousins and i could spew about their relationship (iovitus’ side, anyways — gratta is not my character so im not going to speak for her here) for ages. the two of them have known eachother forrrrr roughly a year now? not 100% sure on that timing and i’ll have to look at the story timeline again but i'm pretty sure it’s been that long. gratta moved in with iovitus a few months ago and just sort of decided to stay which iovitus was more than okay with! they’d been living alone (aside from their pets & mounts — which i also need to talk about! i can’t believe i haven’t yet tbh their pets are very important to iovitus as a character) for a few years until then and it was kind of starting to take a toll on them. since then, the two have continued to grow closer and closer, with gratta surprising them with an actual proper house as a wintersday gift. well, proper is probably pushing it — it’s a charr tank that gratta refitted into a house. prior to this they’d just both been staying in a tent — iovitus’ lifestyle required them to travel a lot, so they didn’t really see the need to settle in one spot and lived on the road. they function as a legionless warband in a way, but iovitus doesn’t really want it to be seen like that; they share the ‘rain’ surname, but they’d rather just be.. family. not a warband. recently, they had a mutual friend of theirs move in with them as he was going through a break up and didn’t have anywhere to stay. gratta invited him to move in permanently without consulting iovitus beforehand and the two got into a brief scuttle but it’s mmmmmostly been resolved. as for what they do, gratta is in the process of starting up her own mercenary company and iovitus is acting as her second-in-command. it’s still very much in the early stages and isn’t really open to the public juuust yet. alongside her mercenary work, iovitus helps gratta with… other jobs. she does some side stuff with the astral ward, mostly acting as a hired gun. iovitus aids her with this when possible, and is technically currently in nayos getting their ass kicked by some kryptis. wonderful. iovitus still does their own work when possible, but currently they’re more focused on aiding gratta — not only because they want to, but also because work is a bit hard to come by for them with where they’re currently situated

i could go into more depth about how iovitus views their relationship but hrrmmphhg this post is already long and i might just save it for its own thing. overall, though, iovitus harbors an intense love & admiration for gratta and would do anything she asked them too if it made her happy, even putting themselves in harms way for her sake

What is Iovitus' relationship to the main story of gw2?

there isn’t much of a relationship, if anything! i don’t have any characters that pose as my commander/interact with dragon’s watch/etc. the closest they’d come to interacting with the story is just their legions work during the icebrood saga/civil war, and visiting nayos. they were never aligned with the pact or any of the main orders, though they have worked alongside the priory due to their current occupation(s). whenever i do stuff for the story i usually play as iovitus but that’s just cause they’re my main, both in and out of rp… and i love charr female voicelines so i can’t help it

Has Iovitus had any significant others, or desire for such?

yes oh yes. they’d been with cassia rainsong, their legionnaire, since before either of them graduated the fahrar. the both of them were devoted to one another. iovitus wanted to have cubs with her, but she died before they were able to ask. (even if cassia survived the civil war, however, it’s unlikely that they would have had cubs due to iovitus’ overall poor health. their body probably couldn’t handle a pregnancy and it’d likely just end up in miscarriage or iovitus’ own death) iovitus still mourns cassia to this day and can’t seem to move on from her death, holding themselves back from even considering any sort of new romantic relationship. they really really miss having someone to call their own but feel as though they’re being unfaithful or disrespecting cassia by moving on. grief is a funny thing! i think eventually i do want them to grow and move on and find someone new to love, but for now, they’re stuck in a sort of limbo.

A potential big one, what was Iovitus doing during the Rally, and what are their thoughts both on it, and the subsequent Civil War?

this is something i’d eventually like to make a post of its own about, so i’ll be brief here. their warband was originally planning to attend the rally in grothmar but weren’t able to due to an assigned mission going on a bit longer than they’d anticipated, as well as one of their bandmates being killed in the process. as for the war, well, war sucks! needless to say iovitus doesn’t think too fondly of it for all the people they lost (and other things) but i’ll expand on that at a later date…. :)

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oc introduction: iovitus rainbreak

TLDR: iovitus rainbreak is a 28 year old ex-blood legion soldier turned gladium following a traumatic event that left them without a warband and resulted in their expulsion from the legions. nowadays, they live with their older, also ex-blood cousin – gratta rainsunder, played by @rytlockdripstone – and are trying their best to move on from their past, but really, they’re just ignoring it and calling it an improvement

content warning: death, verbal abuse, bullying, ableism, drug use, mild torture, suicidal ideation

word count: 3049

born to two blood legion charr in a futile attempt to fix their failing relationship, iovitus was the second cub of lia windwalker (dame) and silas firekeep (sire). they had an older sister, eudocia, who died in infancy due to an unknown genetic illness. they were healthy for their early life and were sent to the fahrar when they came of age – things would quickly turn there, however, as a young iovitus soon fell into an intense illness – the same genetic one that had taken their sister, years before. it seemed to have sat dormant for a while, but the unfamiliar environment of the fahrar sprung it on. during their time spent in the hospital, iovitus would be visited by their mother whenever possible, though her visits were far and few between. she just wanted to see to it that her only remaining cub would survive – silas had been killed just a few months prior in a skirmish, so there would be no third chance. iovitus would survive this, but it left them permanently immunocompromised and threw off their hormonal balance, rendering them much smaller and scrawnier than their peers, and the young charr would never quite grow out of it. 

once strong enough to get back into the fahrar, iovitus had fallen quite behind their peers and had to work hard to catch up, all the while enduring relentless bullying for their comparatively scraggly stature and somewhat delayed social skills. to cope with this, iovitus eagerly seeks to prove themselves to their peers, taking on more and more dangerous dares and doing incredibly stupid things that a cub of their age should not be doing. in this time, though, they do make one true friend. he’s a year their senior, but the two grow very close, though doesn’t do much to protect them from the bullying at the hands of the cubs. in spite of this, however, iovitus continues to seek out validation from people who don’t have their best interest in mind, and this most certainly comes back to bite them in the ass. at one point around the age of six or seven, iovitus and a few other cubs sneak out of the fahrar’s grounds and explore the surrounding area; sometime during this, iovitus is either pushed into or falls into (they can’t really remember which) a ventilation shaft and breaks their right leg at the ankle. ouch! due to the nature of the breakage, it’s determined that the best course of action is amputation below the knee, so, goodbye leg. 

after spending some more time in the hospital to recover, iovitus is thrown back into the fahrar and continues their studies to the best of their ability, though they now have to walk with a mobility aid. no accommodations are given to them by their no-nonsense primus, tullia wildrush, which iovitus sees as some sort of punishment for their misbehavior, and begins to harbor a dislike for her authority, which will only continue to grow as time goes on. in actuality, tullia is attempting (for better or for worse) to push iovitus harder, knowing that if they do survive to adulthood, their opponents on the battlefield will actively target their newfound disability. the bullying they’d endured previously stalled briefly as the cubs had been harshly punished for their behavior by tullia, but it slowly fell back into where it was before – if not worse. before, iovitus might’ve been lightly pushed around, but now the cubs had something they could physically take from them: their walking cane. this continued till they were 10, when things shifted drastically: iovitus got into a physical fight with a girl who’d taken their cane and refused to give it back, pushing her down onto the ground and hitting her till she was still. oh. oops! after this incident, iovitus would be given a proper prosthetic limb by the primus, and the bullying died down – though it didn’t quite come to a complete halt, it was marginally less severe than it’d been previously. iovitus was never properly punished for the death of the other cub by their hands.

time passes, and iovitus continues to train hard in the fahrar, doing exceedingly well with both the longbow and throwing axes. as they shift into a teenager and are enveloped in the throes of puberty™, they go through what could be called a rebellious phase, purposefully going against what their primus says just for the fun of it – it earns them something of a respect amongst their peers, and iovitus relishes in that feeling, doubling down on their misbehavior. they also begin whatever the fuck the tyrian equivalent of hrt is, deepening their voice and earning them a neat little row of spines down the back of their neck, amongst other things. it’s only taken temporarily, as iovitus is satisfied with what they get out of it and don’t feel the need to continue. iovitus acquires a lot of piercings during this angsty bout of teenagehood. it is also during this time that they are introduced to the realm of illegal substances, doing whatever fun little hard drugs they can get their paws on. it never becomes an addiction, however, and iovitus is still keen to do well in the fahrar, despite everything. additionally, their close friend comes out to them as a trans woman, taking on the name cassia. she seems much happier afterwards, and the two blossom into a couple. win for the gays! 

soon after, the two of them graduate from the fahrar – cassia, despite being a year older than iovitus, stayed behind an extra year so the two of them could graduate together. rather than forming their own warband, however, they are invited to join the rain warband, as the both of them were amongst some of the best combatants in their year’s crop. iovitus took on the surname rainbreak, and cassia, rainsong. the rain warband was a spec-ops unit, operating as a sort of jack of all trades, doing whatever was needed of them – which usually meant killing what needed to be killed, interrogations, search and destroy/rescue missions, et cetera. all was well for a period of time, and cassia was quickly promoted to second-in-command, despite her young age. her prowess with the blade was incredible, as were her quick problem-solving capabilities and general badassery. iovitus also fell out of their drug usage during this period, though still did so recreationally whenever there wasn’t much to be done. things were good for a while, but they didn’t last long, thanks to the brewing conflict between the legions. wartime was fast approaching.

due to the nature of their warband, iovitus was spared from ever having to fight directly on the front lines, but that does not mean they are out of harms way; the rain warband is constantly moving from area to area, securing different zones, conducting quiet cullings, extracting information where they can, and doing whatever was needed of them without asking any questions. cassia was promoted to legionnaire after her predecessor was killed in a run-in with some flame legion soldiers. life went on and it kind of sucked because war sucks! iovitus gained a few cool new scars, so on and so forth. in the brief downtime that they have, iovitus and cassia talk about what kind of a life they’d like to live together when everything’s said and done. eventually, 2 members of the ‘band would be killed in an escort mission gone awry, leaving only 6 members alive. still reeling from the death of their previous legionnaire, this would hurt – but it was nothing in comparison to the event that would perspire in just a short few weeks time, so close to the end of the civil war. 

responding to a distress call from a nearby allied warband, the rain warband would find themselves locked in combat with a much larger, well-prepared set of flame legion soldiers. the warband they had been responding to were all already dead, so any attempt at rescue was out of the question. overwhelmed and underprepared, iovitus’ bandmates slowly fell till it was just them and cassia left – the flame legion warband had taken a few hits too, however, with a generous number of their bandmates dying. exhausted and grieving their fallen bandmates, iovitus and cassia are captured by the flame legion soldiers – rather than just killing them outright, however, they are tied up and beaten half to death in a futile attempt to squeeze any information out of them. being a spec-ops unit, however, they don’t really have access to anything they’d find useful, leaving the flame warband dissatisfied. there was no point in keeping the two of them alive, so they make the easy decision to just cut their throats and be done with it. cassia is first, and iovitus can do nothing but sit and watch as she bleeds out in front of them, coughing and sputtering, choking on her own blood. it’s an image that’s permanently burned into their head, and they watch the life slowly disappear from her eyes.

its their turn now, but just as the blade is put to their throat, their impending execution is interrupted by another blood legion warband – the tremble warband, who’d come to their aid, also having received the distress call from earlier. too little, too late. they are able to find and cull the remaining flame legion soldiers and rescue iovitus, but iovitus is, naturally, very upset. they’d just lost their entire warband in the span of a few hours and their partner – a staggering amount of grief overtakes them, and they’re not thinking properly. iovitus begs the tremble warband to kill them and be done with it – they reason that there’d be no witnesses to know what truly happened, and iovitus’ death could just be attributed to the fallen flame legion warband. the tremble warband refuses, obviously, no matter how much iovitus pleads for them to change their minds and reconsider. if they’re not going to kill them that easily, maybe iovitus can give them a proper reason to take them out. without any inclination as to what they’re doing, iovitus lashes out against their fellow blood legion soldiers, striking true with their axes – they manage to kill three before they’re knocked down onto the ground and hit hard enough to fall unconscious. iovitus wasn’t given what they desired – the release of death. they tried their hardest, though, having taken down the legionnaire and two bandmates.

following this, iovitus was brought to the blood legion homelands where they were put on trial for treason. iovitus didn’t care to fight the case, admitting guilt, hoping they’d be thrown into and die in some sort of gladiatorial combat. for whatever reason, however, the newfound legionnaire of the tremble warband, omiros tremblecut, decides to withdraw his case, instead allowing for iovitus to live freely as a gladium, much to the dismay of his bandmates. they are still found guilty of treason, though, and are expelled from the blood legion. at the time, iovitus did not know why the legionnaire did this. if they were in the place of the tremble warband, they knew that they’d certainly press for a painful death. iovitus knows now, though: the life of a gladium is a difficult one, ridden with grief, constantly followed by the things that they have done, knowing they can never return. there is no second chance; word of their crimes would spread, and even if iovitus was permitted back into the blood legion for whatever reason, they’d never find a warband willing to take them. it was a sentence worse than death, in a way.

leaving with nothing but the clothes on their back and a (stolen) raptor, iovitus wanders tyria for a few weeks, surviving off what little money they have on them. they don’t know what to do with themselves – it’s a brand new, unfamiliar, and quite terrifying world, and they have to navigate it all by themselves. part of them hungers for an easy death, but iovitus is too much of a coward to actually do anything. eventually, their funds run dry, and iovitus takes on a few odd jobs to get by. they purposefully pick and choose jobs that are dangerous, like mercenary work, hoping they’ll have an unlucky accident and end up dead. despite their best efforts, however, it doesn’t happen, and time slowly goes on. during this time, iovitus develops a fear towards other charr, avoiding them to the best of their ability – really, they avoid most social interaction in general, only talking to people when they absolutely have to. they’re also technically homeless, sort of just camping out in the woods when not actively enrolled in a job. life is miserable. iovitus takes out most of their piercings and begins smoking more regularly – it’s an easy distraction from their thoughts. they know it’s bad for them, but they do it anyways. maybe on purpose. since their expulsion, iovitus has actively worked to distance themselves from their charr heritage, taking on a more passive approach to life, and harboring a distaste for violence. 

at some point, iovitus picks up a job as a ranch hand, and discovers a previously unknown love for and skill with animals. iovitus takes comfort in them – sure, they have their raptor, but she wasn’t something iovitus really thought too hard about before. she was just kind of there. from here on out, iovitus begins to take on more and more work that deals with animal care and studies, slowly making a name for themselves in the community. the gladium begins to do their own simple research on genetics on the side, though they’re never confident enough to post anything they find. it’s all kept to themselves. time passes, and iovitus continues to work, pushing aside any thoughts of their past and pretending their heritage is nonexistent. they gain a few new companions along the way – first is meatball, an undead, underbaked minion of zhaitan who is too small to really do any actual harm. he’s free from the control of zhaitan, and sort of just acts like a bitchy cat most of the time. then, the aptly-named meathead, a smokescale whom iovitus rescued in maguuma after he’d broken his leg. meathead is trained in combat, and acts as iovitus’ companion. their most recently acquired little beasty is a griffon. he’s gifted to them as an egg by one of their coworkers, and though iovitus is hesitant to take him at first, they concede, raising him from a hatchling. he’s named W.P., and don’t ask what it stands for, because iovitus will never tell. 

as much as iovitus loves their animal companions, they are getting more and more lonely – it’s been a few years now. they are more social with their coworkers now than they were before, but don’t form any real meaningful relationships – most jobs are just a one-off thing, and iovitus loses contact with anyone they work with after they’re done. they crave the comfort of a warband – or, really, just anyone in general. the thought of another romantic relationship is overwhelmingly painful for iovitus to even consider. iovitus isn’t really sure where to start looking for companions. they don’t really like the limited feeling of living in a city – besides, the kind of work that they do requires them to move from place to place constantly. living in the woods also means iovitus has all the space to do whatever the hell they want and they don’t have to worry about neighbors or anything. it's fun! sort of. they do have to worry about bears and stuff, though, but that’s manageable. 

as terrifying as the prospect is, iovitus begins to look into their own family heritage, tracking down bloodlines and listing out all of their still-living relatives. charr don’t particularly care for their families, but iovitus doesn’t know where else to look – and they’re already not a very traditional charr, anyways. they have no siblings, so that’s out of the question. most of their aunts and uncles have been dead for a while, but iovitus’ mother is still around, as are a handful of cousins. well. it’s better than nothing, they suppose. it takes months of them building up the courage, but iovitus sends out a bundle of letters to any relatives they deem worth it, hoping they are unaware of their status as a gladium or don’t really care too much. most of them don’t respond, but iovitus does get two letters back – one from their mother, a harshly-worded response calling them a slew of insults and a blemish on their bloodline. ouch! thanks, ma. the other is from an older cousin – legionnaire gratta flashshot of the flash warband.  she’s unaware of the things iovitus has done, but knows of their gladium ranking. she doesn’t seem bothered by it, and the two grow close, spending more and more time with each other as time goes on. iovitus seems happier. are they? uhhh lol

gratta sort of moves in with iovitus, and eventually she leaves the legions altogether to live with them full time, all while iovitus continues to work – though at a much slower pace than they had been doing previously. they also spend more time in the human city of divinity’s reach, having made a couple of friends due to gratta’s unintentional influence. they have yet to connect with any charr outside of gratta in any meaningful way, still put off by the thought. iovitus also doesn’t really talk about their past unless prompted to, but there’s some things they haven’t told anyone – and they’d like to keep it that way. the thought of their friends – and, primarily, gratta – finding out of their crimes and wrongdoings terrifies them. so they’ll just bury it deep inside of them, and that’s that. it’s not healthy, but iovitus pretends it is. recently, iovitus has learned of their cousin’s occupation as a rift hunter, and are worried for her. it’s dangerous work, and she’s been doing it for a while. iovitus would much rather be doing it with her, to ensure she doesn’t get herself killed. they just don’t really know how to ask. oh, yeah, they also smoke a shit ton of weed, i guess

and that's where things stand currently! who knows what's in store for this kitty cat! wow i sure hope nothing bad happens to them!

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💌⚙️🩹 for Gratta and Wixxi!

💌 First crush/love

wixxi's first crush as a girl in college. nothing ever came of it. her first real "love" was another whispers member named yunna.

gratta's first crush / love was a charr named maius swiftaxe (eventually maius swiftflash) this was a disaster for everyone involved for a very long time.

⚙️ Coworkers/boss (krewe/other charr outside of warband)

gratta works with her cousin, iovitus rainbreak as a mercenary.

wixxi has sooo many coworkers it is very hard to name / think of them all. her whispers boss is zwarra, and her janitorial "job" she works for a botanist named yippi and her krewe. she is the only whispers agent planted in there.

🩹 Someone who was a source of trauma

for gratta, it is her former mate maius swiftflash for a string of many reasons. and the general legion lifestyle is pretty traumatizing.

there are too many people who are a source of trauma for wixxi. zwarra is a notable figure.

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👑🏆🧸💢 For Wixxi and Gratta!!

👑 Person who raised your OC and/or was important during their formative years

after dropping out of college and being disowned by her family, wixxi was taken in by a sylvari named onora that raised her in the grove until she joined her in the whispers. onora was her mother figure for the rest of her life.

gratta doesn't really have someone who "raised" her, but in a typical charr sense her primus was very important. since they taught her charr things. wow!

🏆Best friends (past, current or future)

this is funny. both of them consider iovitus rainbreak (@skrittkicking) their best friend.

🧸 Childhood friends

wixxi did not have any friends growing up. she was an outcast until her college years where she found other people like her.

gratta was friends with most of her warband. varn flashburn was probably her closest friend from her youth / legion days.

💢 Person they can't stand

for wixxi it is eros (who is owned by a friend)

gratta cannot stand anyone but her cousin.

thank you so much for the ask <33

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Do any of your characters have irrational fears? c:

hii thank you for the ask! ^o^

gratta is genuinely pretty good at hiding the things she's afraid of. instead of showing fear, she's quick to get aggressive or deny its existence as she views fear as useless and humilating (thanks legion training). one of the things she's afraid of since living with her cousin is spiders, while she's used too the big ones that roam tyria she's uncomfortable with spiders that aren't the size of a small asura. as well as snakes, purely because they have no limbs...

wixxi has severe thalassophobia due to a childhood trauma. she refuses to learn how to swim, or be near any source of water without supervision. her fear of water extends to her elementalism, she cannot channel or commune with water as an element at all unless she pushes herself. she also has a major fear of abadonment, but i won't delve into that too much. :)

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what do you consider to be your characters’ fatal flaw, if they even have one?

do any of your characters have planned out deaths/ends to their stories?

what is something that really gets under your characters skins? ie something that makes them genuinely angry

do any of your characters have planned out deaths/ends to their stories?

not right now, no! i'm a sucker for happy endings so they would probably have a nice conclusion to their story. but they are my barbie dolls and the torment never ends

what do you consider to be your characters’ fatal flaw, if they even have one?

gratta is incredibly arrogant as a way to cope with the way she was treated in the past. she does not accept certain jobs that have her seen solely as hired muscle or a bodyguard, because she doesn't want to be compared to the stereotypical charr muscle that can be seen around bars or trailing nobles for some coin. she thinks as herself as all important, and only does things that benefit herself. (unless iovitus or their mutual friend is involved, but rarely for him as iovitus takes up all of her moral compass and what remains of it.)

wixxi on the other hand is incredibly manipulative. she also does this as a way to keep herself safe, only letting people know certain things about her and keeping on the facade that she is a helpless woman who can't protect herself to most people. while she's incredibly open with her loved one and friends, she still keeps herself well guarded out of fear and only presents what she wants to be seen. she hides most of herself behind barriers that are generally well intended and only her partner can see what she's usually like most of the time.

what is something that really gets under your characters skins? ie something that makes them genuinely angry

everything gets under gratta's skin. instead of getting physical when she's angry, she tends to get more loud and vocal. she openly badmouths people with little disregard and often goats people into a fight first so she's not seen as the physical aggressor. however, what truly sets her off is people going after her cousin when she's present. she will typically engage when iovitus is insulted or looked down upon first, or generally made uncomfortable.

wixxi does not like when her intelligence is insulted. she has dyslexia, and adhd. she's always struggled to fit the typical 'asura' standards and suffers a lot of judgement from her kin. she's quick to shut up when she's called stupid, or anything insulting her intellect and simply wring her wrists or try and leave as quickly as possible. in the few times she's actually spoken up about it (ie eros) is usually because her friends are around and she feels like they're also being insulted because of it. who would want to hang out with a dumb asura anyways?

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