#oc: zrise

[the-raging-tempest]

Another beautiful piece by @goatanarchy

🐝 My first time asking for a genuine smile from Zrise thanks to Siavash 🦋

Thank you so to @dujour13 for always indulging my silliness.

💕She got a shared comm for my birthday but her own is only a month later. So it’s late but a happy birthday to my dear friend. This will be living in my brain forever. Based on a little scene we wrote together 💕

[jean-dieu]

Oh Zrise. You're the worst man ever but I still love you. My part of an art trade with @the-raging-tempest !! Zrise belongs to her!

[silversiren1101]

💎💎💎 I feel like I gotta know how Mino feels about either of them. Lariel or Zrise. 😳 (if you’re still doing these)

[First attempt at this let's go!]

Lariel:

Minovae's expression softens at the name. There's an affection and, strangely enough, a pride in her eyes. "Oh, Lariel... so fearful and hesitant of the world, if only she knew the potential she has. She thinks she's only crackling storm and lighting, but that's only a part of her. I see the silver lining of her storm cloud, the soft breezes of her smile and great gusts of her encouraging others. She's... a bit like me in that way, I think. It'd be like if I only thought myself all Linnorm and no Minnow, too afraid to take control of my life for fear I'll only bite and maim. Well, zap for her. I only wish she could see herself through the eyes of her companions because, to me, she's more worthy than the goddess we actually met. The day she comes out of her shell and realizes who she is and what she's capable of will be one that'll shake the world."

Zrise:

Her lips curls between her fangs. Undisguised contempt and disgust colors her expression, punctuated with an agitated rattle of her feathery tail. "Let's just say it would be remiss of me to look for an excuse to arrest someone only on the basis that I dislike them. That would be grossly inappropriate for someone dedicated to fair and equitable application of the law like myself. Fortunately for me, and for everyone else that's had the misfortune of crossing his path, Zrise gives me plenty of actual reasons to build my investigation, and he's too arrogant to notice the trail he's leaving for himself right to Citadel Gheradesca."

[cassynite]

💎💎💎 if you are up for it! I’d loved to hear Sparrow’s thoughts on either of them! Lariel or Zrise 💕💕

:D Thanks Dolly! I ended up doing both of them, I love both of the swans ❤��

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Lariel:

Sparrow sighs. "Lariel is...soft. Or, perhaps, gentle is a better word. 'Soft' would imply she has not faced hardship, but that does not seem to be the case. Despite her naivete, there is something brittle about her countenance. Her hesitance with the world around her reflects a fear that seems to have been instilled in her a long time ago." She grimaces, and turns away.

"She should take care. The way she is able to endear people to her has worked in keeping her safe, but the way she wears her emotions so obviously...someone will exploit that if given the chance, I think. But--I might be wrong. She is stronger than she thinks, that much is already clear. And if she is able to stop being so frightened of herself, I think she will find the world less frightening as well. And less likely to hurt her, in turn."

Zrise:

Sparrow's expression is devoid of emotion. "He is a powerful ally, though unnecessarily ruthless." Her tone is clipped and to the point. "Should he ever learn to reel in his passions he might find someone who doesn't want to kill him within five minutes of meeting him. He's arrogant and desperate to prove some point to himself--and so self-absorbed that any possible redeeming qualities or sympathy from his past are drowned in his own inability to recognize the worth in other people.

The best tactic, I've found, is to ignore him when possible and mitigate the damage he causes. He seems desperate for attention--best starve him of it and he goes away in time."

[darkergrey]

everything on the table - western theme

[dujour13]

OC Kiss Week - day 3

For my friend @the-raging-tempest and your poor, damaged, chaotic evil swan Zrise whom I love so much, unfortunately 💜

Obsessed with that poem you shared:

The knocking finally stops and Zrise’s stomach churns with a bitter mixture of gratitude and dread when he hears the door handle click. He shies away from the blade of light that slices through the gloom of his chamber. He feels like a cornered animal.

He’s locked himself away and hasn’t eaten in two days but the blood meal still buzzes savagely in his veins.

It’s Siavash because of course it’s Siavash. After what happened anyone else would have the sense to stay the fuck away.

Zrise coils. He wants to bullrush him and shove him violently and also to throw his arms around him, and the despair of knowing he’s too much of a coward to do the right thing is strangling.

Siavash shuts the door and whispers an arcane word that kindles a rosy flame in the wall lamp. The shadows retreat to the corners of the cold, stone-walled room. “Zrise? Talk to me.”

“Stay away from me,” he snarls, and yet he advances, fists balled. He’s a knot of hostile muscle.

There’s no sign of alarm in Siavash’s expression. He’s backed against the door and Zrise could break him in half but he only tilts his head, calmly assessing Zrise’s flashing fangs with nothing but gentle confusion.

You fool, Zrise thinks. Run. Call your guards. Cast one of your stupid rainbow spells on me. Just stop standing there looking at me.

But Siavash doesn’t move, so Zrise closes in. This rage sits differently in his chest, rising into what he fears might become a sob or a primal cry of loneliness. He knows what he looks like when he bares his teeth like this; Oria told him enough times. Only Oria thought it was sexy.

And Oria’s dead.

Siavash refuses to shrink back, not even an inch. He’s holding Zrise’s gaze and waiting for something, and Zrise isn’t sure what it is and he doesn’t want to have to hurt him and it’s taking every ounce of strength he has left to try to get him to run, godsdamn it.

Close enough to feel his breath, Zrise’s gaze shrinks away from his unbearable tenderness and lands on his neck, hypnotized by the pulse under the warm skin. Blood that probably tastes like a fucking piña colada. He’s salivating but the thought of piercing that skin makes him want to gag and he reaches up and brushes his fingers over the precious pulse as if to ward off the danger he himself poses to it. The gesture is awkward.

Far too confidently Siavash says, “It’s going to be all right.”

“Sometimes it isn’t. Life isn’t all butterflies and sunshine.”

“I know, Zrise.”

He’s not talking about himself, Zrise realizes. It’s as if he can see right through it all to the wounds underneath—to the ice-cold suffocating pain that has never left his lungs. “Then why don’t you fucking back off? Don’t you know poison when you see it?”

“I’m not scared of you.”

He ought to say you should be but he can’t do that any more than he can bite into that sweet, exposed throat. He hates himself.

The way Siavash holds his gaze is a challenge, one Zrise doesn’t think he’s up to. In despair he surrenders to his own powerlessness, and when at last his lips part, it is not to bite.

It is as if those impossibly warm lips are breathing life into him again—or as if he is stealing the life from them, but he can’t tear himself away. He holds on like a drowning man.

You see how worthless and weak I am. How miserably I failed to do the right thing. You’re going to get hurt.

Stop me.

[loderlied]

companion piece to a drawing @the-raging-tempest did of zrise as aki and zeke as denji chainsaw man. had to draw them in the iconic panel beating up gort. stupid shitty watson and fedora tipping sherlock au (this phrase will live in my brain thanks dolly lmao💕)

[milk-crafting]

Lariel and Zrise for @commander-lariel !! They're both so prettyyy I love them 🥺🤎

[iwoszareba]

he firmly believes in Zrise supremacy but he believes in free stuff even more

[offsidekineticist]

💎💎💎 if you are still doing these! I’d love to hear Theo’s thoughts on either Lariel or Zrise 💕🥰💕

Absolutely still doing these! They're a little shorter than some of the others I've done because Theo failed his insight check for both of them (crit failed in Zrise's case), so I'm including them both.

Zrise Theoven's cheeks darken into a deeper shade as he starts scratching the back of his head. "O-oh, Zrise? Oh, he - he's - I mean, I - I mean - those eyes - and his tattoo - his hair - and those abs - Fangs shaaaaaarp." He sighs wistfully, a strange smile on his lips. "Yeeeeeeeah."

Lariel "Lariel? I worry about her, honestly. I mean...she's very kind. But...she's kind of naive? Sorry, I feel so mean saying that, but, like, she seemed surprised when Woljif ran off - like it really hurt her, like somehow she wasn't expecting that from him? And then he convinced her that she should just take him back with zero consequences? And if that's how she is with Woljif, imagine what would happen if she ever met, like, an actual manipulator, or if she had a crush on someone. I mean, it hasn't happened yet, but I really worry because she assumes that deep down, everyone is as good as she is. I guess she hasn't met many bad people yet. I just worry about what happens when she does."

[bearvanhelsing]

Okay but what if I also asked for 🔞,🚬,🤝, 💌 for miss Aria? 💕

🔞 for a nsfw-headcanon

I feel like foreplay and teasing are Aria's favorite parts of the process. Like making someone want her so bad it's embarrassing or vice versa lmao. She's someone who has always struggled to feel wanted, and I think feeling like someone NEEDS her does a lot for her!

🚬 for a headcanon about a bad habit

Aria has a lot of bad habits similar to Zrise lol she drinks and gambles way too much. She's almost always trying to numb herself as much as she can because she's just plain unhappy with herself :(

Opposite of Zrise I think Aria is really prone to melancholy moods and sleeps too much because of it lol.

🤝 for a headcanon about a connection with one of the receiver's mutual

While they would be awful for each other and reinforce each other's worst habits and characteristics, I also think there's something very cute about two characters who both feel very hard to love finding a connection together! That being said, I think Aria would absolutely love getting into trouble with him. Breaking rules, being horrible and cruel with him would be very liberating for her and I feel like one of her main draws to him would be how much fun she has when she's with him. <3

💌 for a romance-themed headcanon

Aria would also hate showing it but when she's genuinely in love she can be very sweet! She's usually haughty and grumpy but with someone she really likes she gets much more playful and affectionate.

Depending on where she's at and if she even has access to one, she would love to just be on the beach with someone at night to watch the waves and be held close.

[the-raging-tempest]

Nothing is funnier to me than instead of easing off of how Lariel tends to lead men on I am instead leaning into it. Oops

[amatres]

💎💎💎 from Layla, please! For whomever you perfer

bold of you to not think i would do both swans, i adore them both

Zrise: Layla is quiet, a look of almost… grief at the thought of Zrise. “Zrise… he is a soul fate has truly been cruel to, isn’t he? To be hurt by someone who should have loved him, so thoroughly… Many of our kind suffer from… what we are, but him even more so. This life was not intended for him, he knew a life before becoming like this, one where he was just a young boy who wanted to be loved. And he is continuously denied the choice of what to do with the bloodlust forced upon him. One could say he does, but does he truly? When his only other choice is death?” 

She turns to look out the window, a silence falling over the room as she seems lost in her thoughts. “... Is it presumptuous of me? To think of Arthur when I look at him? He… he carries this air of being… lost. Just like him...”  Idly, she strums her fingers on the desk she sits on, before turning her head back to look at you. “And just like him, he inflicts his pain back on those he comes across. He believes himself in the right to do so. That those they hurt are… weak for it. That cycle of pain, it can grab hold of you and drag you down before you can even blink. I… He will hate to hear it, but I do truly pity him. He is a monster of his own mother’s creation. May he know some form of peace, someday.”

Lariel: Layla's face brightens at Lariel's name. "Oh, Lariel! She is such a sweet girl, isn't she? Kind and thoughtful, she is always someone I enjoy spending time with. And yet, she carries this resilience! She has gone through so much, and yet she holds onto this hope, this belief, that love could be out there!” 

Turning around, you see Layla grab some flowers before turning to you. “I admire her, truly. I think she is a wonderful person, who deserves the love she dreams of so. She deserves the world, and to find out who she is out from under her family’s thumb.” She twirls the flowers in between her fingers before handing over one to you. “One day… One day she will find that love. More than that, I think she will find herself. And a world willing to embrace her. She is a beautiful person, inside and out. It is hard not to love her.” 

A thought seems to come to her, and she jumps off the desk she was sitting on, excitement on her face. “Oh, I must go see her, actually! She keeps to herself so much, but I think I can get her to dance with me at least once tonight, don’t you? It will be so much fun!”

[spyridonya]

Showing tiddies for your goddess.

@commander-lariel // @hauntedolly's gift! Her OC Zrise who is a Calistrian Inquisitor. He's a horrible, horrible, most problematic dhamphir.

Kadira would low key kiss him, don't tell anyone.

[mountainashfae]

failing to focus on my other work because I’m thinking about Vio or Aurien interacting with other baron(ess)s or KCs.

[dujour13]

I gotta know 💎💎💎 for either of them 💕🥰💕

both!! 🥰

Lariel my sweetie

Watch out for Lariel, she’s one who hides her game. She seems sweet, innocent and pliable, but underneath is a will of iron. I think she was taught from a young age that standing up for herself only led to more heartache, so she learned to be docile, but her kindness is her rebellion and that’s an act of strength.

She’s also great fun. Teasing her is so rewarding. I’ve never seen anybody turn quite that shade of red.

Zrise (sigh)

I want to think the lashing out is only partly his own fault. I don’t know what he’s hiding under all the (he waves a hand as if you can picture Zrise standing there)—piercings and fangs and stuff, but I think it’s wounded, and there’s nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal. I also want to think his wounds can be healed, but it’ll take a lot of patience and… self-sacrifice, and I’m not sure it’ll work in the end because I don’t think Zrise thinks he’s worth the effort.