#kestrel and wren my beloveds

[joanofexys]

y'all if i switch from aftg to an x-men related blog you're not allowed to say shit

[birb--birb]

Writer vs oc

I maaayyyy have gotten a bit carried away with some edits lols I love me a good picrew :3 thank you for the tag @cleric4vampire

picrew here!

Top left to bottom right:

Cassius (he/him), my sweet resist durge. Half high elf berserker barbarian

Violet (they/them/she), my beloved tiefling hexblade warlock Tav!!

Kestrel (she/her), my boss bitch embrace/evil durge and cassius' twin sister. Playing her unsuccessfully in honor mode, so builds vary but currently fighter/storm sorc

Saeth (she/they) currently my only active dnd pc. Disaster bisexual with amnesia, a dead lover, and a beeeggg gun stuck in Barovia. Tiefling-flavored reborn gunslinger

It's ya skrungly boi, Wren (they/them) except my very faded and grown out dye job direly needs a haircut and rebleaching lmao

And finally my Viera Warrior of Light, Usari (she/her)! I kinda hit a wall with my au ra monk Rheaus and haven't played in months, so Usari has been my healer/tank alt. Perf for relearning how to final fantasy again. She's hot and she knows it, I don't dare go anywhere near balmung LMAAOO

Tagging @dragon--sage @autistichalsin and anyone else who'd like to join in on the fun:)

[joanofexys]

Tell me about your speedster

(Is clinically ill about the speedsters)

IM HERE IM HERE SORRY IT TOOK ME DAYS TO ANSWER

Wren Kinsey my beloved (has also been adapted to be an x-men OC but yknow we ignore that). Wren became a speedster when she was 14 due to a freak accident (yk the usual) and later becomes the hero/vigilante Strike (or Stryke. the name is more related to her origins as a marvel oc).

Wren grew up in Bludhaven and has always had a rocky relationship with both her mom and her step-dad. Her dad passed away months before she was born and her mom doesn't talk about him much, something Wren will insist hasn't contributed to her resentment towards her mom. At 15, freaked out by abilities she still can't control, and unwilling to confide in her parents, she runs away to Gotham. As any sane teenager would do.

Shortly after she meets a then 15 year old Talon on some random rooftop. He doesn't talk much, she talks enough for both of them. And she has no idea what he is. It becomes routine, same rooftop every Wednesday. After a month she informs him that he needs a name. He tells her that he doesn't care and if it bothers her so much she can pick one. She names him Kestrel, tells him they both have bird names now.

Wren doesn't know what the Court is at the time, has no idea what she's dealing with, and no clue that she should've been dead weeks ago. Cutting a long story short cause that requires getting into Kestrel more they become best friends and run away/move in together.

Wren doesn't start fully grasping her powers and trying out the whole vigilante thing till she's 19. She's in New York now, her and Kestrel bouncing from place to place, and the random appearance of another speedster draws a lot of attention.

Her and Kestrel work as a duo most of the time and try and stay out of other superhero business (largely due to Kestrel but Wren's been known to go to extreme measures to avoid other speedsters catching up with her).

Backstory stuff aside Wren's the type of person who takes up a lot space, bright smile, a laugh that can't be mistaken for anyone else's, the loudest person in the room at all times. She works at a cafe and she's in school to be a nurse. She's not a great cook, but she loves trying new things and she's okay if it comes out a little burnt. She's doing it all scared all the time. And I love her very much