#silas karalis

[whypolar]

You were laying on the carpet Like you’re satin in a coffin. You said, “Do you believe what you’re sayin’?” Yeah right now, but not that often.

Are you dead or are you sleepin’? Are you dead or are you sleepin’? Are you dead or are you sleepin’? God, I sure hope you are dead.

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The Fire Emblem Fates Cast but I give them middle & last names

While there are a lot of things about Three Houses that I’m excited to experience when I finally get around to playing it, one thing that really excited me about it is the fact that the characters like... actually have last names. I love tiny details like that. 

Which got me to thinking that “hey, I’m still experiencing Fates for the first time right now, what if I gave them full names”? And thus, this blog post was born. Enjoy, and sorry if you don’t like any of them haha. I certainly don’t expect everyone to like/agree with these!

*Obviously, spoilers for the game, if you’re like me and are still experiencing it. Shout out to my fellow behind schedule friends!*

Valla:

Prince/Princess Kamui “Corrin” Kalivas (Kamui “Corrin” Argiri Kalivas if female, Kamui “Corrin” Adonis Kalivas if male.)

Princess Azura Eleanora Myron

Queen Arete Cosmia Myron (née Kalivas)

Queen Mikoto Mari Masahide (née Kalivas)

Hoshido:

King Sumeragi Masahide

Queen Ikona Masahide (née Asano)

Prince Ryoma Masahide

Princess Hinoka Masahide

Prince Takumi Masahide

Princess Sakura Masahide

Suzukaze “Kaze” Okuda

Saizo Okuda

Kagero Mizuno

Azama Nanba

Setsuna Kanamori

Oboro Shibata

Hinata Takeda

Tsubaki Katahide

Kazahana “Hana” Nagaharu

Mozume “Mozu” Nakamura

Orochi Soseki

Kaden Kireina

Reina Takabe

Yukimura Ueshima

Hayato Yuasa (née Mazawa)

Rinkah Kiyabu

Duke Izana Akaboshi

Chief Fuuga Yuasa

Nohr:

King Garon Achille Soranus

Queen Katerina Lizabeta Soranus (née Alogrina)

Prince Alexander “Xander” Tobias Soranus

Princess Camilla Celeste Soranus

Prince Leo Augustus Soranus

Princess Elise Cecilia Soranus

Silas Adrian Lussier

Inigo “Laslow” Sebastian Carlisle (or insert preferred husband of Olivia’s surname)

Peri Breina Kohlenberg

Beruka Lavinia Remis (née Tavoularis)

Severa “Selena” Gloria Leanos (or insert preferred husband of Cordelia’s surname)

Niles Ainsly Fotheringham

Owain “Odin” Tyrian Lowell (or insert preferred husband of Lissa’s surname)

Arthur Lionel Canaveri

Euphemia “Effie” Rose Milonas

Gunter William Laguerre-Bladow

Flora Leigh Santori

Jakob Emory Odegaard

Felicia Evangeline Santori

Keaton Bonefinder

Nyx Rosalind Karalis

Charlotte Amelie Bassett

Benoit “Benny” Azriel Rechter

Scarlet Abrielle Durand (Chevois)

Chief Kilma Sten Santori

BONUS - Second Gen:

Siegbert Arian Soranus

Forrest Felipe Soranus

Dwyer Fridolf Odegaard

Sophie Sylvie Lussier

Percival “Percy” Rowan Canaveri

Ignatius Ornice Rechter

Velouria Bonefinder

Soleil Viviette Carlisle

Ophelia Lorelei Lowell

Éponine “Nina” Meline Fotheringham

Shinonome “Shiro” Masahide

Kiragi Masahide

Saizo “Asugi” Okuda

Midori Okuda

Miitama Nanba

Hisame Takeda

Selkie Kireina

Caeldori Katahide

Rhajat Yuasa

Shigure Vitalis Myron

Kana Kalivas (Kana Esaias Kalivas if male, Kana Edlyn Kalivas if female)

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Alright, so I thought about just doing the post and leaving you guys with the results, but I wanted to explain some of the choices I made because some of them might seem kind of weird unless explained. So:

‣  The first thing you’ll probably notice is that a lot of the surnames are heavily Greek. This is because Valla is supposed to be based on Greece from my understanding, but the problem is that... Nohr is supposed to be Western-based, but it draws a hell of a lot of inspiration from Rome and Greece as well. Hence why there’s a lot of Greek influence in the choosing of the names.

‣  You’ll also notice that none of the Hoshidan characters have middle names. That’s because it’s apparently not something done in Japan, which we all know Hoshido is heavily based on, so I didn’t think including them made sense. The only “Hoshidans” who have middle names are the Vallites, being Arete, Mikoto, Corrin, and Azura.

‣  Another thing I wanted to mention is that Nohr has a wide variation of name origins because it’s encompassing so many things. Since it’s supposed to have this Greece/Rome vibe while also having a hugely European one, I tried to match characters to the origins of their first name. So like, the Scottish name Niles warrants Fotheringham, the Latin name Felicia brings Santori, Hebrew-borne Peri brings Kohlenberg... that kind of thing.

‣  A little fun piece of trivia about this is that you’ll notice that Kaden and Keaton’s last names are entirely made-up. I imagine that the kitsunes and the wolfskins don’t really have a need for a last name back with their groups, but if they’re out with Nohr/Hoshido, I imagine they come up with something. So Keaton chooses “Bonefinder” because he loves bones. And Kaden chooses “Kireina” because it’s (supposedly, I don’t speak Japanese yet unfortunately) the Japanese word for “beautiful”.

‣  There is one character on this list who’s name doesn’t go with their name origin because nobody seems to be able to decide where it came from. And that’s Silas. I went through a couple last names for him until finally I was like you know what? He seems French. 

Alright, anyway, I hope you liked it! That’s all I have to say for now. Maybe I’ll do an Awakening one sometime soon...?

[whypolar]

Character Creation Tag

Was tagged in this a few days ago by @diseonfire

(If I tag you in this and you don’t want to do it for any reason don’t worry about it. I just picked some people who sprung to mind.)

I’m going to use Maria for this.

1. What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?

Appearance. She was one of the first four IC characters I designed, before IC was actually a thing. Maria, Vikas and Ravi were all conceived as cousins, and they were all based on the same old character from when I was in highschool.

2. Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?

Yes. Pretty much all the characters in IC were built with each other in mind, since it’s a story about family.

I would say that she links most closely with Tommy and Lila (since they are her most immediate family members), followed by Ravi (since they have a few very important things in common).

3. How did you choose their name?

I don’t remember exactly how I picked them, but she and her siblings all have names derived from figures in Christianity. Maria is easily the most blatant choice you can get for that lmao

Karalis is a greek surname (constructed from borrowed turkish afiak). It has a number of meanings in other languages, too, which may not have any shared etymology but are still pretty neat imho - latvian karalis and latin caralis.

4. In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?

f a m i l y

5. Is there any significance behind their hair colour?

Red Brown Looks Cool.

6. Is there any significance behind their eye colour?

Brown Eyes Are Common.

7. Is there any significance behind their height?

Heights for ic were decided collectively based on 1) structure of the family tree and 2) visual variety in character design.

She’s on the shorter side, like Lila, while Tommy and Silas are both taller like their father.

8. What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story?

She’s one of the characters who I consider to be more ‘like me’, particularly in regards to self-perception and how she relates to other people (or doesn’t).

9. Are they based off of you, in some way?

I would argue most of my characters are based on me, even the ones that don’t resemble me at all by the end. I’ve only ever been myself. Maybe that’s just being pedantic though.

The very earliest incarnation of her relationship with Cindy in IC was basically a cautionary tale, directed at myself, about selfishness. Since I was writing that version while in the middle of a long-term abusive relationship, I eventually had to gut all of that content and rebuild from the ground up. The ‘moral’ from that version of the draft was pretty nonsensical and unfair, since it was driven by personal guilt and a partner with unreasonable expectations.

10. Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation?

She’s been a lesbian since day one. Pretty sure she’s the only character under 30 who hasn’t had their canon sexuality change at least once.

11. What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: Writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?

A lot of what is most compelling about her is not visually apparent by design, since her storyline is themed around being closed off, flat, etc. It doesn’t especially make for interesting standalone illustrations.

12. How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

Oh, not at all. IC ends where it ends, and where the characters go after that is anybody’s guess.

That’s a long way off though. Maybe I’ll change my mind eventually.

13. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?

She is driven more by obligation than desire.

She habitually prioritizes other people’s needs and wants, and has a difficult time even identifying her own.

14. What is something about your OC that can make you laugh?

Her general demeanour is deadpan, and it drives the more reactive characters up the wall. She can antagonize a good chunk of the cast without even trying.

15. What is something about your OC can make you cry?

That’s probably spoilers.

16. Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

Hah. I have had regrets before, but I usually just… change the thing. I can’t say I won’t regret anything in the future, once I’m far enough along in the comic that they can’t be changed, but I can’t really predict that. If I could, they wouldn’t be regrets!

17. What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC?

Bro I have so much more parental health angst material now, it’s gonna be a nightmare

18. What is your favourite fact about your OC?

In the very oldest version of her character - before any of the current plot or structure existed - I decided that she was going to ‘steal’ Ravi’s girlfriend by the end. lmao

(They both had fairly different personalities at this point. Ravi was still being written as a man. He wasn’t the protagonist yet, either! Vikas was the protagonist!!!! 

Anyway, proto-Ravi fucking sucked. The fact these early versions of the characters were not very likeable or fun for me to write is a large part of why I scrapped them.)

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