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lighttheabyss · 6 years

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v; Abyss and Reason

Khaida’s default verse ALWAYS intertwines with @reasoningruffles‘s default verse

Khaida Ahmahno was born in the Urth’s Gift area to the leader of a Keeper village and her merchant ‘mate’. Though her parentage was odd [seeing as her father was the only male her mother would have kittens with], her mother raised her fairly traditionally. Khaida railed against the norm, however, taking to magic more than the bow. Her closest friend growing up was a half-Keeper, half-Seeker ‘cousin’ named Brodi’a, and when he left the village, she grew ever more troublesome for her mother. She spent more and more time with her father, seeing the parts of the Shroud beyond their little villages.

Eventually, she and her mother had a falling out involving her magic and her refusal to bring kittens into a post-Calamity world, and she took to the life of an adventurer, becoming a part of the Thaumaturgy Guild in Ul’dah and rising up as a star pupil to the Coco brothers. From there...she began herr path to becoming one of the famed ‘Warriors of Light’.

Canon Classes

THM/BLM: Follows THM and BLM storylines.

ARC: Does not follow storyline, was raised learning the art of hunting with a bow.

ACN/SCH: Does not follow storyline, learned it in her quest to know as much magic as she can. Fairy is named Chrysanthemum.

AST: Follows storyline. Has the AST Anima weapon.

CNJ: Knows a small amount, does not follow storyline.

RDM: Follows storyline.

DRK: Does not follow storyline. Is not ‘canon’ DRK, as it is a version that allows her to ‘vent’ voidtaint.

MCH: Picked it up shortly after @reasoningruffles, was extremely curious about the way it mixed magic and machinery.

Must Know Events

Down into the Black: After the events of 3.2, Khaida cast aside her BLM soulstone and weapon and focused solely on healing magics and MCH; the losses piling up were too much for her to handle. However, this meant the voidtaint on her soul from her Mhachi ancestor had no way to vent, and it kept building and building [the Shadow of Mhach events did not help at all]. She kept her growing instability and the ‘cracks’ on her skin hidden from others. It all came to a head during 3.5; she found out her childhood friend [recently reunited with] was a pawn of the Ascians, the Wall happened, and then Dun Scaith’s events [especially when @diabclos is involved] lead to her having a very violent and explosive breakdown that had the same ancestor who was the source of the voidtaint knocking her ass out. For a few months, Khaida was in the care of her ancestor and the Stillglade Fane while she and Brodi’a [now Brody] were recovering. Khaida was part of the meetings in 3.55, but not the trip to awaken Omega. Oh did she feel the fight between Omega and Shinryu, though, being extremely aether-sensitive at the time.

Bearer of the Ame-no-Habakiri: After Zenos’ suicide, Khaida was handed the temperamental blade Yotsuyu had gifted him from the Red Kojin’s treasure vault. Of all the Scions, Khaida was the one with the best bet to keep it under control, and keep it out of the Empire’s hands. Though the ‘recovered’ Zenos wields a replica, Khaida uses the real thing as her DRK weapon, reminding it that she is the one in control and that her void-tainted aura will always overpower its.

Important NPCs

Kahzu Ahmahno: Khaida’s mother, who she has slowly been repairing her relationship with. A very stubborn woman who is slowly letting go of her xenophobic ways after truly seeing the state the world is in after the Calamity, and all her daughter has done and given up for the world. Pale skinned, short black hair, dark blue eyes. Dresses very practically in dark colors.

Kenj’a Cohrce: Khaida’s father, and head of the merchant caravan known as The Swan’s Sundries. Tall for a Keeper [around 6′], shares Khaida’s darker skin and ice blue eyes, has black hair he keeps short and slicked back with some grey streaked through it because of his age. Keeps clean-shaven, is a little on the ‘pudgy’ side, dresses in a manner that is both practical and shows he’s done well for himself as a merchant. He and Khaida are close, and he’s likely to ‘Dad’ on anyone she’s close to. [He’s also very protective of @theleglesscoward, and kicks himself for not pulling the boy into his caravan before he could fall to the fate he did.]

Kimhi Ahmahno: Khaida’s younger sister, and the one most likely to take her place as ‘heir’ of the clan. They’re still talking about it.

Uigite: Khaida’s direwolf pup who....isn’t exactly a pup anymore. He’s very definitely tamed, however, and is a sweetheart so long as you aren’t trying to harm his people. Be warned, however; despite his size, he’s convinced he’s still a lapdog.

Moh Esh: Khaida...somewhat accidentally adopted this young dragonet during an excursion to the Churning Mists after Niddhog’s defeat. It’s certain that Moh Esh is of Niddy’s brood, but the curious little one was not drowned in his sorrow and rage. They’re intent on staying away from this ‘gender nonsense’, and can be found in their true form or running around pretending to be an androgynous little miq’itten.

Quartz: The spirit of Khaida’s anima weapon, Quartz is rarely far from Khaida, and is a sweet little thing, if quite a bit curious about how battles and wars work.

Chrysanthemum: Khaida’s fairy, a sweet thing with none of her memories. Was likely a brand new fairy brought into being shortly before the War.

Íomhá Neamhní: Khaida’s ancestor who slept in stasis for many, many years. She was Mhachi, and a voidmage who reached too far into the Black and came away from it voidtainted. She’s the one who found a way for Khaida to vent large amounts of voidtaint from her body, and brought her to heel when her taint went out of control. She likes to fluster Khaida by asking her when she’s getting more descendants.

Important Relationships with other Characters Universal in this Verse

@reasoningruffles/Gracie Sournois: Gracie is Khaida’s ‘wind and sky’, the first person to wiggle into her heart after leaving the Shroud, the one she first was able to truly say ‘I love you’ to. Gracie is an important part of Khaida’s life, enough that they have had a Ceremony of Eternal Bonding, and anyone becoming romantically involved with Khaida must understand that Gracie is always going to be a part of Khaida’s life.

Thancred: Khaida started in Ul’dah, and as such Thancred was ‘her Scion’. He was the one who extended the offer of joining the Scions to her, who saw her start from the beginning. She does harbor romantic affections for him along with the platonic, though whether those are returned or not depends on Thanny’s player.

The Coco Brothers: Khaida is intensely protective of her teachers and their youngest brother, after all they’ve been through.

Nanamo ul Namo: Khaida is loyal to the Sultana, and even though she still bristles at much of Ul’dah after the Bloody Banquet, she still remains extremely loyal to the Sultana and the Flames.

The BLM Quest Folks: Again, after all they’ve been through, Khaida is intensely protective of them.

Minfilia: Khaida is just as loyal to Minfi and her cause as she is to Nanamo. 3.2 hurt.

Alphinaud: Khaida sees him as a younger brother, and is extremely nervous with him being gone after 4.3.

The Crown Gemworks: These are her ‘children’, you will not harm them or she will end you. aka, she takes having been their mentor VERY SERIOUSLY.

Haurchefant Greystone: He smiled at her when she was still hurting and angry, and she will never, ever forget that. Losing him was a blow that started her downfall in 3.5.

The Fortemps: They’re a second family to her, and she dearly loves her adoptive father and brothers. Even if Emmy makes her SIGH HEAVILY sometimes.

Stephanivien de Haillenarte: Like Haurchefant, he was a much needed ray of sunshine at just the right time. He is still one of the people she’s most likely to go hide with after something has gone wrong.

Joye Ninefaces: JOYE IS A GODSDAMNED DELIGHT AND KHAIDA WILL PUNCH ANYONE JOYE HASN’T ALREADY SHOT HERSELF.

AST Storyline folks:....Have I mentioned Khaida is protective over people she cares about? Even Janne.

Ships at Current

My Wind and Sky: @reasoningruffles [exists in tandem with ALL OTHER SHIPS in this verse]

Distractions: @roguishbard

And All The Heavens: @libertatearchitecto, @alandeathweaver, & @exscientiavir

[Khaida IS open to more ships, as chemistry is a thing and I long ago stopped trying to tell my character where her heart is going. Keep in mind, however, that her ship with Gracie is always going to be a thing.]

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skysteelsun · 7 years

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what is stephanivien's relationship like with his family?

send me a topic to write a meta about my muse on

In short, complicated. At length -

The Haillenarte family is large: Stephanivien has five siblings, of which he is the oldest, and both of his parents are still living. Unfortunately, only his relationship with his father, Count Baurendouin de Haillenarte, is explored in canon - the rest is all headcanon and development with fellow RPers.Stephanivien’s relationship with his father is… strained; as the heir to House Haillenarte, there are expectations placed on Stephanivien’s shoulders, and none of those expectations involve whiling away his days at the Skysteel Manufactory. While Baurendouin never outright forbids him from visiting the workshop, he makes his disapproval clear, and always has; Stephanivien does his best to never allow it to trouble him overmuch, believing always that he will someday persuade his father to see the value of his work. He has always assumed his father is ashamed of him: he isn’t the knight his sister or middle brother are, and isn’t invested enough in the politics and gossip of noble life to maneuver successfully through society - indeed, he prefers the company of lowborn engineers and artisans, and has very few friends among the nobility, which frustrates his father to no end. Luckily, this does change in time, as Stephanivien’s machinists begin to make a name for themselves.For himself, Baurendouin is actually quietly proud of his son’s stubborn loyalty to his work - it isn’t what he wants his eldest son to be doing, of course, and he despairs to imagine what the boy’s future (to say nothing of House Haillenarte’s future) is going to hold, but he cannot help but admire Stephanivien’s tenacity.Stephanivien’s mother is the lovely Countess Yvonne de Haillenarte (an OC of mine), once the daughter of a lesser noble house with ties to House Fortemps. In many ways, Stephanivien takes after his mother - he has her merry heart and welcoming personality, and her unshakable tendency to see only the best in everyone she meets. While he often laments that he cannot be the perfect son she would doubtless prefer, Stephanivien is nevertheless close to his mother - in fact, it was her gentle insistence that finally persuaded Baurendouin to allow Stephanivien to spend so much time at the manufactory as a child. Not that Steph himself knows or realizes it, of course; she keeps that her own secret.Second-oldest and Stephanivien’s partner in crime since before either of them can remember, Aurvael ( @diadembound ) is the goad to his mischievous streak. As children, among other pranks, the boys convinced as many people as possible that they were twins: an easy feat, as they were born almost dangerously close together (Yvonne wasn’t aware she could have another child so soon) and very closely resemble one another: there are still some people in Ishgard who believe it. They’re thick as thieves, and beware any time the two are together: if Aurvael has a ludicrous and dangerous idea, odds are, Stephanivien has a machine or a plan - or both - to make it happen. He designs and builds the airships that Aurvael takes on grand adventures to the mysterious and deadly Diadem, and most of Ishgard prays that’s the last of their collaborations.Stephanivien’s relationship with his brother Kistenian (the incomparable @kistenian-haillenarte, whose OC is considered canon for this blog) is occasionally tempestuous, but no less loving for it; Stephanivien is quite certain he has his fashionable younger brother’s disdain, and tries not to impose on him overmuch these days even when he is home from the manufactory. The truth is quite the opposite; by all accounts Kist would love to see more of his scarce oldest brother, but convincing Stephanivien of that would involve him actually being home for once.As he failed to become a knight and indeed despised his knightly training, it should come as no surprise that Stephanivien’s relationship with his late brother Chlodebaimt - a renowned knight in spite of his youth - was also strained. It didn’t help that the serious, tight-laced Chlodebaimt was the frequent victim of Steph and Aurvael’s childhood pranks, and that it was common knowledge (and frequently remarked upon) that Baurendouin’s middle son would make a far better heir to House Haillenarte. While the pranks settled down significantly once Stephanivien found the manufactory and, through it, a better outlet for his creative energy, the divide between them was never fully mended before the fall of the Steel Vigil and Chlodebaimt’s untimely death. ( @chlodebamf writes a Chlodebaimt that survived the Vigil’s destruction, and is taken as canon for this blog.)The other knight in the family, Stephanivien’s sister Laniaitte ( @cloudtoprose ) had the fortune of being born late enough that she endured very little of her eldest brothers’ pranks and mischief (barring Stephanivien dismantling a music box of hers for parts). He sees her only seldom, only when visiting Camp Cloudtop to take a look at the constantly-grounded Protector, or during her own rare trips back to Ishgard - but he isn’t quite certain where he stands with her, as he isn’t often popular with knights, and is forever convinced that his family is ashamed of him and his work. Stephanivien himself is feverishly proud of his baby sister, and will loudly praise her to the heavens should anyone so much as mention her name in his hearing.The youngest of his siblings, Francel ( also found on @chlodebamf ) is the sibling whom Stephanivien understands the least - quiet and melancholy by nature, Francel is almost the complete opposite of his eldest brother, and Stephanivien has never quite been able to grasp how to get close to him. It often pains him to be around Francel for long, as his prospectometer insists his youngest sibling is capable of great things, but for the life of him, he cannot seem to find the way to draw those great things out of him. (There is another Francel at @aroseyetbloomed, though admittedly I’m not sure how active they are anymore. ; u; )Of note is Stephanivien’s long-term lover and childhood best friend Haurchefant (specifically @haurchefantgreystone ), who is as good as family - after saving Francel’s life on more than one occasion, Baurendouin himself considers Haurchefant as good as a son to him, and considers the young knight’s friendship to his family as a boon to House Haillenarte, bastard-born or no. Haurchefant is perhaps the only person allowed to see Stephanivien truly weak and heartbroken, even if only for a short time before he rallies his own spirit. Stephanivien considers Haurchefant his safe place (along with Skysteel itself), and the feeling is mutual. The only problem, really, is that Stephanivien is convinced Haurchefant is ashamed to be with him, and that this is the reason Haurchefant wished to keep their relationship a secret for so long - which couldn’t be further from the truth.And last but not least, Joye ( my own blog at @ninefaces ) - seemingly nothing more than a housemaid in the service of House Haillenarte, Joye is a quiet, anxious young woman who transforms into a gun-toting, hard-swearing harridan upon drawing her flintlock, and Stephanivien adores her. She keeps him in line: acting as a source of focus for his otherwise impulsive nature, Joye makes certain Stephanivien finishes the most important tasks first before indulging in his own pet projects - as well as making sure he eats and sleeps on occasion, and training new machinists in the use of firearms… and still maintaining her job at the Haillenarte manor. Stephanivien absolutely considers her a member of the family, and has long since recognized her as both indispensable and invaluable, and never misses the opportunity to let her shine her brightest.

#headcanon;#//BOY this one took a bit #//also all of the blogs linked here are fantastic and i recommend them #//they are some of my favorite people #silent-as-time

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