#idc if it ain’t realistic it’s my fic ‼️

[feartheoldblog]

*knock knock*

I am demanding hcs for your Gilded rot Ocs

!!! (but take your time if you need to!)

HELLO THERE BIM I COME BEARING GIFTS

Headcanons are under the cut 😎

I figured that bullet points is probably the easiest way to do it, so:

Gawain

• He is an impeccable singer, incredibly talented. However, he rarely sings unless he’s had a few tankards of mead and has been peer pressured encouraged to by the other Cleanrots. In a past life, prior to enlisting as a soldier, he was well known as a singer and often asked to lead the hymns at church. However, he avoids them now.

• If you look under his bed, you’ll probably find a romance novel or two that he’s borrowed from the library. No, he wouldn’t sign them out under his name; he’s much too proud for that. He will vehemently deny ownership of them.

• Extremely fond of canines, in particular the patrol hounds. He regularly keeps chunks of dried meat in his pockets to offer them to the dogs. Unfortunately, they aren’t to keep dogs in the barracks for obvious reasons so he often visits the kennels. His favourite is an Irish Wolfhound called Birch.

• Refused to share a room with anyone other than Finlay. He was temporarily housed with Harlan and Aoife for a week and he deliberately annoyed them as much as possible so he could ensure he was placed back with Finlay.

Aoife

• Easily identifiable amongst the Cleanrots due to her being extremely tall. Due to this, she can come across as intimidating despite her amicable, cheery personality. She often hits her head off doorframes but barely acknowledges it (much to the others’ surprise).

• She’s an absolute fiend for fresh fruit. If there’s a delivery to the canteen and you fancy some fruit, you better make sure you can get there faster than her. Her favourite is peaches, though she does enjoy apples too.

• Do not play poker or any other card game that requires deception. You will lose. She is probably the richest Cleanrot because of these drunken nights of betting.

• Cat person. Spends half her time scrounging fish scraps from the fishing boats to feed the well kept cats that live around the Haligtree. Sometimes decides to sunbathe right next to them even if it means she takes up an entire path, much to people’s dismay.

• Seeing Harlan romantically. They often bicker over small things but it’s rare to see one without the other.

Harlan

• An incredible artist. He can use just about anything as a medium, from fancy paints provided by Miquella himself to creating his own dye from plants and berries. There’s many a landscape painting found around the Haligtree, from residents’ houses in the town plaza to the royal residence. He’s often commissioned by Miquella himself.

• The Cleanrot Knight that gets along the most with Miquella. They’re good friends as they shared an interest in the arts, much to Malenia’s dismay as she isn’t too interested in them.

• Extremely interested in how he looks. He wakes up the earliest of all the knights to ensure that his hair is neat, skin fresh and face shaved. He likes trying out different perfumes, both Haligtree concoctions and mainland scents.

• Seeing Aoife romantically. They often bicker as Harlan prefers neatness, whereas Aoife is more of a free spirit that cares not for well combed hair or freshly pressed clothes.

Bastien

• The friendliest person in the Haligtree, he can get along with basically anyone. If he wasn’t a guard, Miquella said he could’ve been an ambassador for the Haligtree. This means that’s he’s a total smooth talker and can talk his way out of basically everything, though mostly tardiness.

• Although he isn’t a Cleanrot Knight and instead serves in the Haligtree guard, he is one of Loretta’s closest friends and allies. He was happily accepted into their group of friends, though how much of this was Loretta’s influence or his own smart talking is unknown.

• Spends most of his time taking naps on the Haligtree’s treacherously high, smaller boughs. He’s extremely agile and can climb with ease, meaning that he’s often used as a scout. It doesn’t make Finlay any less uneasy when she watches him fast asleep, 30 metres above the ground.

• He enjoys playing the flute, and it’s not uncommon to hear the gentle sound in the distance if he’s finding it difficult to sleep.