#leader by heart

[guiiay]

the spear of longinus

[mohntilyet]

illario as the grandchild that is most like caterina is something i'm loving to chew on. the grandson that took her lessons to heart the most. kill anyone who sees your face and knows your name, "we are not revolutionaries", the first out of the two to prioritise the contract. power at any cost, and the only one to lean into the unnecessary abuse that their grandmother told them was tradition. why is anyone surprised he allied with the venatori? and then there's illario's considerable skill in infiltration and manipulating any mark, he has always had the charisma that lucanis lacked. illario isn't attached, he has/can/will use someone and immediately drop them; "that does free me from promises i don't intend to keep". he can lie about how much he cares so well that he fools a magister into believing he loves her. he kills zara without hesitation to cover his own tracks, meanwhile lucanis blindly promises a young girl in the middle of a siege that he will help her find her father. even the lessons about family stick with him, and in this entire messy power struggle, he never actually orders anyone to directly kill caterina or lucanis, not until he's backed into a corner.

and even after all that. despite even lucanis believing illario should be first talon, lucanis is still the better killer. illario is not strong enough to be the brutal assassin caterina needs him to be. so when lucanis seems to fill the role his mother left, grief and love for her dead heir apparent remains, and any of the other qualities caterina needs in her next talon doesn't matter. whatever his mother was, lucanis has to be. what illario does doesn't matter, because he will always be second best to caterina's memory of her favored daughter.

[ar-mage-ddon]

pursuing the unknown

( EPHEMERWEEK 2: curiosity )

[warriorsproject]

Galestar

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x01 - “Heavy is the Crown” ↳ "I know you doubt your merit of your birthright, Caitlyn. There's wisdom in that. But remember: You're a Kiramman."

[cherryblossmsofjupiter]

They all deserved better.

[sunlit-mess]

best friend day but it's my #1 hater

[drawnbinary]

i'm feeling so insane about them

[justmeinabigolworld]

I’m sorry, Ven

[no1deahow]

The Sabo part came out of nowhere

[harrowharksboner]

I am a decorated officer. LEADER of House Kiramman. Address me with respect or keep your mouth SHUT

[kadextra]

re: nomura newest message oh my god kh crossroads symbolism….. ur telling me its been a consistent fact this whole time since com that if we see characters present at one it means its a decisive moment where they’re literally gonna lose something & gain another thing,, and it’s directly inspired by the actual folklore stories of the devil at the crossroads,? I didn’t realize this until now hey?? nomura gracing me with knowledge at 3am???

and crossroads in mythology are also said to be places where the veil between worlds is thin and spirits can be reached- the keyblade graveyard is a graveyard and spirits/hearts Were reached there *cough* ephemer + keykids…. sora arrived in quadratum inside a crossroads (kh3 secret ending) after losing his existence for breaking the nature taboo, quadratum is the land of the dead for him OHDGIHHHH

[ar-mage-ddon]

a safe place to rest

( EPHEMERWEEK 3: home )

[warriorsproject]

Icestar

[derpycatsu]

i am still really abnormal and irregular about this game btw. if you even care

decided to draw more headcanony things too :-D first drawing is based on reincarnation apple by pinocchiop because i had it on repeat for over a week LOLOL

[imperceiveable]

idk is this anything?