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Your ocs sound so cool, do you mind sharing stuff about them?

Anon, it is to my great shame that I have left this so long that I no longer remember what ocs this ask was in reference to.

However, I do still absolutely want to talk about my ocs, so have a ramble about two of my current favorite! (Rest under the cut- this got long).

#1 OC of all time: Alera Pyren!

So everyone is aware that I'm not normal about Fintan and Bronte, especially in the context of the Pyren brothers AU, right? Well anyways, I have in fact made an entire family tree for the two of them. Alera Pyren is their great-aunt (sibling to their grandfather). She's a pyrokinetic, and in one of my headcanons she is one of the original three Councillors.

Reasons to love Alera:

Trauma. So much trauma. She watched her mom die in childbirth and then her stepdad die from an ogre attack.

Ultimate eldest daughter syndrome. Not only is she the eldest of six, she also had to raise all five of her siblings after the death of their parents.

Heir To A Legacy She Didn't Ask For. Her father was a famous warrior among her group of elves in the pre-Council days, and since Alera was his eldest child and had his ability, she was expected to follow in his footsteps. He died when she was five, by the way.

Badass warrior lady. She has a flaming sword and served as the general of the original Council. Though elves generally don't do well with violence, in my headcanon history, there was in fact an era where violence was significantly more common, and Alera essentially got the elves through it on the power of sheer rage and being a very powerful pyrokinetic.

Queer icon. She is beautiful, she is powerful, she is gay as hell. Lesbians love her. Although homosexuality is highly discouraged among the elves, Alera had such powerful gay energy and refused so ardently to be in the closet that even in the modern Lost Cities, 'much like Alera' is a polite way to call someone a lesbian. Pyrokinesis is heavily associated with queerness in the Lost Cities in my headcanon, largely because of Alera.

Warrior in a peaceful world. Alera fought for centuries to win the peace treaties between species- some of which hold up to this day. After she was done building a less war-torn world, what did she do? Sulk because she wasn't needed anymore? Nope! She went and decided to become a genetics researcher.

Anyways, I love Alera. Is she incredibly morally questionable? Did she kill many people in the name of peace? Yes. However, she's still absolutely fascinating. People think Alera is cold-hearted because she would chose the safety of the world over any individual person. What they don't get is that Alera loves all her friends and family ardently. She just has so much care for the world that she could not give it up no matter the cost.

#2 OC of all time: Mellona Errie!

He's an orphan! He's Alera's best friend! He's desperately loyal even though he knows Alera would choose the world over him if it came down to it! He's... Mellona Errie!

Mellona is quite literally the water to Alera's fire- he's a hydrokinetic, and he is the chill, calm best friend to fiery Alera. He was an orphan bastard who had no household to belong to back in the day, and Alera took him under her wing even though she was also trying to care for five siblings.

Reasons to love Mellona:

Also trauma. He had an incredibly fucked up childhood.

Somehow the nicest guy ever despite that. Despite everything that happened to him, Mellona is still chill and lovely and tries hard to be a kind person.

Deep loyalty. Mellona never forgot what Alera did for him as a child, and so he follows her through literally anything. Alera could kill someone right in front of him and he wouldn't blink.

Hot as fuck. People who like men love him. he is an icon.

Anyways, these two live in my head rent free. I hope you enjoyed, anon!