#pale reaver elspeth

[ohpollenpowder]

I love these pants. But they don't...shade well with other armor pieces.

[the-shiniest-plant]

OC Interview: Fionnuala

Draw (or use an old drawing, don’t worry!) or take a screen of your character in an interview setting and make them answer the following questions!

(I was tagged by @uselessidiotsquad and @thoseofuswhoblossom! Hi, guys!)

Introduction

Can you introduce yourself?

- Hi! I’m Fionnuala, Nuala to friends, family, and anyone who finds my name difficult to pronounce. I’m a member of the Crystal Bloom, one of Aurene’s Champions, former Slayer of the Order of Whispers, former Warden, and Maker of Friends! Nice to meet you all!

What is your Gender Identity, Orientation, and Relationship Status?

- Cisgender Female, Panromantic Demisexual, and Single. Turns out not a lot of people want to date someone who’s dragon-branded… which I can understand.

When and where were you born?

- I was born in the Grove about…. Five minutes after midnight… sometime in the Season of the Phoenix, in… 1310! Yeah, that’s about right. I can’t remember what day, but the day doesn’t really matter to Sylvari more than the time of day, so… I guess it makes sense. Does that answer your question well enough? Yes? Good! What’s next?

What is your weapon of choice and fighting style?

- I fight with two longswords - one in each hand - and though I’m heavily armored I can and prefer to jump in and out of the Dream like most Revenants do the Mists in order to get the drop on my foes. I do use hammers from time to time when I need to hit something far away that I can’t get to. Though, most of all, I like to use the magic of Aurene to lend support to my allies in battle - regeneration, strength, cunning… though I can’t do that too much or it wears me out. Still makes me happy knowing my allies may have survived because of these gifts.

Lastly, are you happy?

- Well, I’m as happy as my current life situation allows me to be. I know I could be happier, if I had different circumstances, but right now I feel like I’m… content at the very least - my brother is safe, my Mother is getting healthier by the day, and I’m always willing to answer Aurene’s call to service. I’m a bit lonely, in all honesty, when apart from my friends in Rurikton, but for now I’m okay with that - I figure when the right person for me comes along, I won’t be so lonely anymore.

Family and Friends

What’s your family like? What is your relationship with them?

- I have a pod-brother, Sitheach! He’s a wonderful person, and I love him dearly. We’re very close, and we write to one another all the time when he’s on missions for the Pale Reavers, just to keep each other posted on current situations. He’s been home for a bit now, which is a blessing. His boyfriend misses him terribly when he’s away so seeing them back together warms my sparkly little heart!

Have you ever run away from home?

- Nope! I’ve been called everywhere I’ve been, so technically I haven’t “run away” from anything.

Would you consider marriage or having children?

- Well, marriage is a foreign concept to Sylvari, as is childbirth, but I would absolutely love a partner, and would certainly adopt orphaned children of other races if my partner was also okay with raising them, as I highly doubt with my duties as a Champion of Aurene would allow me to effectively raise a child alone. I like to think I’d be a good mother, though.

Do you secretly hate one of your friends?

- Pfffft, what kind of a question is that!? Why on Tyria would you call someone a friend if you secretly hated them? How silly!

Which friend knows everything about you?

- The only people on Tyria that know all about me are my brother, and my best friend Elspeth. That being said, I’m rather open to questions so if you see me in public and want to know more about a specific sliver of my life, just ask! I’ll do my best to answer.

Asked by Fans

Are you literate? Have you been to school?

- I can definitely read and write, as most if not all Sylvari can do that from emergence, and… does the Dream count as schooling? I know learning from Mentors does, but I feel like I learned more from the Dream than I ever did from my mentor - sorry, Maeryn, but it’s true!

What’s the eeriest prediction you made that later came true?

- I don’t think I’ve made any predictions like that, it’d be handy if I could, though… I wish I could’ve predicted the attack on the Grove during the World Summit… if we were prepared… maybe, just maybe Mother wouldn’t have been so grievously injured…

What is something that you were embarrassingly late in realizing?

- I partially understood how the other races weren’t born from pods, but what I didn’t know was the process of mammalian conception and live birth, until a kind Asura explained it to me during a stay in Divinity’s Reach. Hi, Quizz! Hope you’re well!

Do you have mental health or physical issues?

- Hoo boy, where to start… Anxiety and a bit of depression, mostly. Not being on the scene in time to help defend mother during the Shadow of Mordremoth’s attack… it really hit my self-esteem, so now, whenever I’m too late to save an innocent life, it… it haunts me for days…

What is your current main goal?

- My current goal is to protect the people of Tyria and help them in whatever way I can. It may or may not be a compulsion that I get from being Branded, but I’d likely do that anyway without the compulsion, so it works out.

Choices

Drinks or food?

- Drinks! Nothing like a good glass of Nectar after a long day of doing good things!

Cats or dogs?

- Dogs. Sylvan hounds. Specifically the puppies... I need to visit Danador’s Kennel again!

Early bird or night owl?

- Definitely a Night Owl! Which makes sense because of my Cycle. I thrive in the Evenings!

Optimist or Pessimist?

- My friends have never known me to be anything but optimistic in all my endeavors, and I certainly don’t plan to stop now!

Sassy or Sarcastic?

- Ooh, hard choice… they both have their merits… can I say “both”? Is that okay? I honestly can’t choose with this one!

Have you ever…

Been caught sneaking out?

- Of a Nightmare Camp? Yes. On several occasions, actually. I got a lot better at not being caught after I joined the Order of Whispers. Mostly because I didn’t have Ellie to help distract my foes so I could make an escape, if I was caught. Which I wasn’t! Not after Whispers.

Broken a bone?

- Never! Not even during Dragonstorm! Rather lucky on that front, my Priory friend lost her whole arm! Hi, Vledda!

Received flowers?

- No. Grown several myself, though.

Ghosted someone?

- Like, turned them into a ghost? Probably several people.

Pretended to laugh at a joke you didn’t get?

- Oh, plenty, when I was a sapling. I understood humor more and more as I kept living.

And there you have it! I tag @moonlit-grove again because I want Sitheach Lore, dang it!

[ohpollenpowder]

Gonna put a spin on this. Give me one of my characters and I'll tell you lines that they would say to their Special Someone(s). And maybe a line or two that they would blush horribly at hearing directed at themselves by their Special Someone(s)/crush.

Give a girl half a minute and I'll give you a "current" list, because we all know that this list changes like...every month.

One eternity later...

Starting from the top, left to right:

Laviii, Cala Wolfclaw, Eirian, Madame Cayenne, Vieliessar, Runa Wickel, Aeliyatt, A Weeping Angel, Astrella, Killeen

Udaberri, Feithidi, Eirian of Noon, Deakkkk, Lillian Page, Zivis, Klea Shadowspur, Kamea Inoke, Kifaf Bladeclaw, Gavin Caspari

Magister Sieran, Inkeri the Blessed, Algalleg, Nomalanga, Shahin, Phryne, Pale Reaver Leader (Laranthir), Keeper Colwyn, Nadiyya Tahir, Raiden Silas

Warden Lovel, Ebon Knight Carree, Saehildr the Silent, Pale Reaver Elspeth, Briste, Falling Petals, Priestess Kutay, Trahaym, Eona Jofreidrdottir, Warmaster Rowyn

Trafern, Lavender Honey, Nightlight, Juniper Breeze, Fiachra of Raven, Ruanaidh, Radhiya, Channe, Izar the Forsaken, Mad Kings Goose

Ok Bloomer, Crystal Bloom Aria, Mad King Simp, M R Claus, Oighrig the Atlas, Harbinger Kiah, Artaxiad, Fiadh Grimshaw, Dympna the Bold, Siriol Dynomira

Reforged Caladbolg, Mordrem Caladbolg, Plantearne, A Very Short Norn, Veltan the Harrower, Astrophel, Rosary Pea... And the one off to the side is one that should've been in between Trafern and Honey. I just somehow skipped him... Mortician Vekkuz.

&. 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 

(  a  mix  of  fluff  and  angst  for  all  your  shipping  needs.  )

❛ you look happier. ❜

❛ they’re teaching me to kill, but who’s teaching me to love? ❜

❛ it’s hard to sit here and be close to you and not kiss you. ❜

❛ you left like i was never a reason to stay. ❜

❛ i never craved attention until i tasted yours. ❜

❛ if i kissed you, i don’t think i’d be able to stop. ❜

❛ you had my heart before i could say no. ❜

❛ but friends don’t look at each other like we do. ❜

❛ i like you. a lot. like a lot, a lot. ❜

❛ you’d look cuter holding my hand, but whatever. ❜

❛ they say you’re dangerous, but you’re my safe. ❜

❛ you are the peace i crave in this chaotic world. ❜

❛ i need you, you idiot. ❜

❛ i’d be yours, if you asked. ❜

❛ what’s meant to be will always find a way. ❜

❛ i never planned to have you on my mind this often. ❜

❛ you still live in the silences between my thoughts. ❜

❛ we’re not perfect, but we’re perfect for each other. ❜

❛ with a heart like that, you deserve the world. ❜

❛ i will look for you in every lifetime until we finally stay. ❜

❛ it’ll always be you. ❜

❛ i am yours. no refunds. ❜

❛ meet me in my dreams and stay for a while. ❜

❛ please don’t let me forget your voice. ❜

❛ i am in love with a moment we never had. ❜

❛ you steady me and stir me all at once. ❜

❛ i never want to stop making memories with you. ❜

❛ what i have with you, i don’t want with anyone else. ❜

❛ you smile a lot more since we’ve met. ❜

❛ do you think the universe fights for souls to be together? ❜

❛ i may not be your first, but i want to be your last. ❜

❛ i have passed by many eyes, but i only got lost in yours. ❜

❛ i’m pretty sure i didn’t meet you for nothing. ❜

❛ for you, i’ll risk it all. ❜

❛ i’m happiest when i’m with you. ❜

❛ i wonder what i look like in your eyes. ❜

❛ you’re important to me, you piece of shit. ❜

❛ and now you’re a stranger with all my secrets. ❜

❛ it terrifies me what i would do for you. ❜

❛ anywhere with you is everywhere i want to be. ❜

❛ my soul just wants to be closer to yours. ❜

❛ you’re still my person, even if i’m no longer yours. ❜

❛ you didn’t just break promises, you broke me. ❜

❛ some people search their whole lives for what i found in you. ❜

❛ you return like autumn and i fall every time. ❜

❛ i think about kissing you all the time. ❜

❛ maybe i’ll see you in another life if this one wasn’t enough. ❜

❛ the most beautiful part is, i wasn’t even looking when i found you. ❜

❛ your eyes hold everything my heart thirsts for. ❜

❛ you are enough. a thousand times enough. ❜

❛ a sky full of stars, and i’d still watch you. ❜

❛ i broke my rules for you. ❜

❛ you give me fireflies. ❜

❛ in your eyes, i found gravity. ❜

❛ you have no idea how much i like you. ❜

❛ my heart is so full of you i can hardly call it my own. ❜

❛ so do right people with wrong timing get a second chance? ❜

❛ i pushed everyone away because they weren’t you. ❜

❛ you were worth the wait. ❜

❛ c’mon, we’d look cute together. ❜

❛ if you take care of everyone, who takes care of you? ❜

❛ i think i might be in some kind of love with you. ❜

[ohpollenpowder]

I'm gonna go with 2, 7 and 15 for Elspeth and another sylvari of your choice!

Hilariously, when I randomized...it chose her birthday neighbor. I made Lovel before Elspeth.

2] How much do they remember from the Dream? Did they have any particular experience in it before awakening?

Elspeth - Her Dream spoke of fire and ash, explosions going off everywhere and the ground shaking in response. For her it was a blur of noise and smells, the majority of it covered in smoke and punctuated by flashes of gunfire. Ignoring the fact thaaaaaaat they don't actually flash. And the screams. She can never forget the screams; screams of the injured and dying, the roars from those still attacking, the groans… Elspeth chooses not to recall those memories of her Dream—it was bad enough to relive it when it actually happened.

Lovel - Dream… Lovel can't say that he can recall his with much accuracy. Like Elspeth it was a more of the other senses that were bombarded. But thankfully, he never faced the scenes he saw in his own. When he finally Awoke and wandered into that area, all he felt was familiarity in a ruined Caer. The one thing that did stand out for Lovel strong enough that he could remember it is often folks would be wary about him.

5] Are they from the first batch of Secondborn or did they awaken at some later point? What's their opinion on the Firstborn?

Elspeth - She's a late Secondborn, right on the cusp, so depending on who you talk to in the Grove, they'll say she's Secondborn or one of the later blossoms. Honestly, Elspeth couldn't care less what they consider her. She's here to do a job and that's that. As such, she hasn't really interacted with any of the Firstborn herself. Caithe seems like she's carrying the world on her shoulders, Trahearne did too. Elspeth doesn't really see the need to bother her older siblings, especially when most times she can solve it herself. Or with the aid of the other Pale Reavers.

Lovel - Lovel is one of the early Secondborns; yet for a while he lingered within the Grove, coming to terms with his countenance—he was spooky, especially with the glow. Thankfully, being so early, there weren't many Sylvari to scare by accident. Also—with the blessings that is the magic of GW2 armor—a helmet with face-guard let him help those he came across swiftly. Kinda hard to help when they're screaming and pushing you away like you're the enemy too. But…relationships! So Trahearne is the one he had the most contact with, mostly because of the location Lovel first chose to patrol was much closer to Orr than most of the Forest. He holds massive respect for the Firstborn and doesn't at all regret introducing him and Oighrig, despite all the sorrows that have happened.

7] What was their first experience with other races? How did it impact them?

Elspeth - Her first experience with other (playable) races ended up being a Charr cub that got separated from a merchant wagon-train. She honestly mistook them for a mutated Jungle Stalker at first, she wouldn't have put it past the horror stories she'd heard of Asura from the others. Elspeth still ends up seeing that cub from time to time, they're now a young soldier in the Vigil, inspired by her experiences. They always passed stories back and forth with one another when they met up, except for when the Call had gone out and Sylvari were mistrusted (yet again) by others. She's fond of her Charr comrades from the Vigil, and they of her.

Lovel - Asura. He wasn't one of the ones taken, thank goodness, though he did help those that had and were rescued. Even went with several teams to do so. So his trust with Asura is…very limited. Not to say it's as far as he could throw them, since as a Warrior he can throw even a stocky Asura pretty far. But slowly he's gotten to the point where he will turn his back on them if he actually trusts them, and that's on an individual basis.

[ohpollenpowder]

Weh? What do you do? Because when I press, nothing happens. In the mist lounge thing...

[ohpollenpowder]

Year 3 is her emo phase, I swear... Elspeth has 27 hours and 49 minutes for her birthday this year. And she's also pulled out of Rabbit. Perhaps a...lighter state of Dragon instead. Gave her that new rifle skin too, it looked like it was meant for her.

[ohpollenpowder]

Elspeth has gotten firey.

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[ohpollenpowder]

Our belated Knight of Swords is here! :D You can't even tell that I faked the raised sword arm... Used the 7-year chair for that. Now I'm off to gather the one for the next card!

[ohpollenpowder]

lmao Every third shot she's not wielding something... Elspeth has found herself upon the precipice of her sixth birthday! 26 hours and 16 minutes. I forgot I was putting the rabbit shirt with the helm/shoes. So she's got a different shirt on for now.

[ohpollenpowder]

Mistgate Graveyard has a moment of quiet for tea for Pale Reaver Elspeth

So today's actual location is in Drizzlewood Coast!! I love this little area of the map, it's so quiet looking. At least when there's no enemies attacking. I like the meta for the map? But I don't like the map?

[ohpollenpowder]

Here's some more themed... Raiden at the top/original then we have: M R Cláus, Mad Kíngs Goose, Mad Kíng Simp, Warden Astarina, Vieliessar, Crystaled Caladbolg, Izar the Forsaken, Pale Reaver Elspeth, Emyrs the Sly, Cala Wolfclaw, Zivis, and You Trade Bones.

I keep getting distracted by themed mounts.

Also this trip has not been conducive to me writing a thing.

[ohpollenpowder]

Elspeth had her birthday and I decided to recolor her! I chose the “Bird’s Foot Trefoil” flower for her new coloration. A bunch of bright yellow plus a splash of red~ The flower itself means vengeance. Which she’s seeking for her lost brethren while they still clear up the mess of Mordremoth. 21 hours and 23 minutes for her.

[ohpollenpowder]

Kutay is another of many colors!! But there's one that has many many more to come!!!

[ohpollenpowder]

Also, Elspeth got to her 80th level! So now we’re moving on to Luke.

[ohpollenpowder]

Pale Reaver Elspeth swoops in with tea at the Abandoned Caverns

:'D Life delayed me to almost the last minute.

[ohpollenpowder]

Pale Reaver Elspeth finds some spicy tea outside of Briarthorn Den

:)