#riona ☀️

[dungeons-plus-dumbasses]

I have had this painting in my mind for AGES but as the Three Clerics campaign nears its completion, I've had a lot of thoughts about Riona and her goddess Islina.

Islina is, and forever will be, Riona's everything. The goddess practically raised her. Riona constantly chased her goddess's shadow and was happy there.

But as Riona learned more about the world, and ventured away from her Cathedral, she became aware of the darker side of her goddess and how she's been manipulated and conditioned by her her entire life. How she was crafted from Islina to be nothing more than a puppet.

Yet still, she can't bring herself to leave Islina, regardless of how badly it hurts. She forces herself into niavity. Like wise, Islina knows what she's doing to Riona. She knows Riona's fate — to die in Islina's name just as she had in all her previous lives. Yet she can't bring herself to be fully honest with Riona, or let her go, in fear of losing her completly.

So the two remain stuck in a toxic cycle

[asoulofstars]

☀️ OH talk to me about how riona's backstory has changed over the years

Okay, so this might get long. XD

Riona started as a self-insert, so she’s physically changed over the years. She used to wear glasses and had not-green eyes (grey, maybe, idk how I described them; my eyes are a disaster to describe).

Riona also did not have Soll until about 2-3 years after I made her. He came from a crack fic that my friends and I wrote in high school. He was one of my friend’s OCs and they were long-lost siblings. I, of course, made Soll the light of her life and ripped him away.

I think that her relationships with her parents have also changed over the years. Her father started off pretty distant anyways, but I made them have their own special bond over time with things like dancing or in her human AUs watching Star Trek together. Which makes it worse when he turns on her as harshly as he does. Riona’s mother always had specific Ideas (TM) about how she should be, and Riona never was that, so while Riona learned a lot from her mother, she doesn’t remember her as fondly.

Riona’s human AU backstory also has changed a lot. Integrating @divineduet’s Luke into her backstory gives her another rock during her college years, which I think helps propel her into getting the therapy she needs.

Also, in faerie verses, Aidan is no longer her first relationship, and I made a faerie version of her human AU college girlfriend, Brooklyn—faerie name Blair—who plays a large part in why Riona has a hard time trusting romantic relationships.

Also just. Figuring out Riona’s mental health has been a journey. You know I did not start with saying she has depression and PTSD. You watched me go “wait, why are you doing that?” and diagnosing her. I’ve also since added ADHD, insomnia, anxiety, to her list.

The finer details, especially for her faerie world, I am constantly needing to work out/edit/tweak. From things like faerie biology to just…if they wear shoes.

So, yeah. Riona is constantly evolving as I write more and more!

[beels-burger-babe]

D&D thoughts of my girl, Riona

I have had this painting in my mind for AGES but as the Three Clerics campaign nears its completion, I've had a lot of thoughts about Riona and her goddess Islina.

Islina is, and forever will be, Riona's everything. The goddess practically raised, Riona constantly chased her goddess's shadow and was happy there.

But as Riona learned more about the world, and ventured away from her Cathedral, she became aware of the darker side of her goddess and how she's been manipulated and conditioned her entire life. How she was crafted from Islina to be nothing more than a puppet.

Yet still, she can't bring herself to leave Islina, regardless of how badly it hurts. She forces herself into niavity. Like wise, Islina knows what she's doing to Riona. She knows Riona's fate — to die in Islina's name just as she had in all her previous lives. Yet she can't bring herself to be fully honest with Riona, or let her go, in fear of losing her completly.

So the two remain stuck in a toxic cycle