#i cry abt nimbra's parents all the time i can't wait until everyone gets to learn about them

[scarredresolve]

💭 + stories/fairytales or folklore

Did Nimbra believe in any stories/mythical creatures in the past? Does she have any favorite stories?

(I love Nimbra and I love finding out about her softer lore ;-; feel free to skip this one if you don't like it)

"..."

She hated talking about her past. But it was.. exceedingly difficult to brush Pearls off, considering what she had gone through as of late. Really, it was hard for Nimbra to lie to anyone her age-- remembering multiple times where she had brought up moments of her past to Kay in an attempt to soothe her during the worst of times.

.. she wouldn't do that for anyone else. Not that easily, at least.

".. my mother liked to tell stories through song. It's how we passed the time when we travelled." She could remember watching the clouds soar by as the caravan rolled along, the sound of her mother's voice, the gentle strings of her violin ringing clear as day in her ears. "A lot of them were retellings of her and my father's adventures before they had me. What treasures they found, what mystical places they came across-- but some were about our heritage as tieflings, too. How we came to be. How not all of us are the devils that humans perceive us as."

She thought for a moment, falling silent; as if chasing after a lingering feeling long forgotten in her mind.

"I think she even.. she sang of the Raven Queen. Once, maybe.. I don't remember." The tone of her voice fell, unable to look Pearls in the eye. Perhaps for more than just the obvious reason. ".. I stopped believing in stories like those as I grew older. I had no faith in the Gods-- not until I met a handful of them, and saw how they treated your father. Perhaps my faith lingers still, despite knowing that they exist now.. but the lessons my mother taught me still remain. To follow your own beliefs, take hold of them no matter what the world tells you; carve your fate in the way you want it to lead."

...

"That may not be as fantastical of a tale as you may have been looking for.. but when I feel myself lost, I remember what she told me. That I must always do what I feel is right." Even when I've done things neither of them would be proud of. I kept going. I pushed myself to survive. I wonder if that's what they would have wanted for me.