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ot-hoe-me · 1 year

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OC Tag Game

I was tagged by: @stephschoices

I tag: anyone who wants to do this.

I am putting this under a cut because some of these responses got LONG lmao.

* I am SO sorry that I’m so late responding to this but I needed time to Think Thoughts and then get them at least mostly in order (I hope.)

FAVOURITE OC: WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME CHOOSE THIS IS SO HARD!!!!

I mean, I love all of my OCs in one way or another so it’s very hard to pick. In the interest of not having any overlap with the other categories I’ll answer this one last. I was initially stuck choosing between Valencia Talward my Hunter-heritage Battle Mage, Trouble-mancing Main MC for Lena’s/ @shepherds-of-haven IF because I do love her a lot because she’s very kind and courageous, and the way Lina has coded the personality/talent stats you can excel in more than one rather than picking one and sticking with it (ONLY charisma or ONLY intelligence, cunning, etc.) and you can choose multiple and it be feasible. The biggest selling point is the immaculate found family vibe you cultivate with the ROs (that is, if you choose not to be an evil sob) and even better - see the relationship developments between each other this game and these characters and this world are made with obvious love and care. Can’t recommend ShoH enough. BUT.

I decided that the most logical choice for Favourite OC is my apprentice Estelle Circinus from The Arcana game. I have her as my icon and as my blog banner along with Asra, she’s the OC I have the most art commissions of - and I plan to add to that particular collection in the future. And finally, she’s also up there with Alice of being one of my most developed OCs with lore, backstory, what her future looks like beyond canon and I also have multiple AUs for her in various stages of development. So, Estelle is my final answer.

NEWEST OC: Aruna Chase/Singh

Aruna is my newest fleshed out OC who is my Baxter-mancer for Our Life: Beginnings and Always (surname Chase to fit this MC’s family.) and is my secondary MC for Our Life: Now and Forever (surname Singh because here the family is MC’s bio mom.) Of course she is obligated to flirt with Baxter at every opportunity before he leaves Golden Grove, but beyond that I don’t know if she’s going to actually romance anyone. (I already have a Qiu-mancer and they’re crushes from childhood. So my options are; making Aruna a Tamarack-mancer from Step 3-on, a Qiu-mancer Step 3-on, or not giving her a romance at all within the confines of the canon storyline for OLNF.) And of course, both games are by @gb-patch though the latter is only a demo at the moment. Highly, HIGHLY recommend playing OLBA though if you haven’t already (especially if you like guys but if not then that’s cool too, you can play completely platonically or aroace instead and not miss TOO much story.)

OLDEST OC: Alice Walker

Alice is my MC originally from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky so when I bought Darkness when it came out in 2008 (according to bulbapedia, geez that really was 15 years ago. I was 12 years old when I first made her. Wow I am feeling old right now lol.) So playing that, then watching Lucario and the Mystery of Mew for the first time years after it was dubbed even, which I saw for the first time around that time + the release of Sky and playing it helped me develop her more. Alice was my first OC, first with an in-depth backstory and lore, and has without a doubt been the OC who has undergone the most evolution (lol) over the years. I still think about her to this day. But yeah, first she was just my MC for Explorers of Darkness/Sky who turned into a Pikachu in Darkness, but then she became someone who could wield Aura, so when Sky came out I made her a Riolu even though only boy MCs could be Riolu but I said screw that. Originally she was born in the Dark Future, but more recently I changed her backstory to being born in the “present” of the Pokemon Universe in the Kingdom (honestly, think it should be Queendom though frfr) of Rota. She’s four??? (this is me forgetting for the moment if I have her start her journey at 13 or 14 years old lol) years older than Red, Blue/Green, Leaf, etc. but still leaves Rota to start her Pokemon Journey at the same time as them and like. Going through the regions/games including The Mains, PMD: Explorers, Rangers of Almia/Oblivia and more recently, fan games like Pokemon Reborn, Insurgence, Empyrean and Rejuvenation (Rejuvenation is without a doubt my favourite of the fan games by far, though they are all really good, but this is still a WIP while the other three are complete.) So yeah, Alice’s new canon birth timeline/existence is a mix of game and anime worlds. She’s an aura guardian and after Arceus resurrects her after her sacrifice to prevent Temporal Tower from collapsing and stop Dialga from becoming Primal Dialga - they make her immortal. But not only that, they also bestow a portion of their power on her so she can act as their agent, and essentially as an avatar or proxy to carry out their will (by continuing to carry out her duty as an aura guardian to safeguard all of creation/life - but to the extreme) in return for them bringing her back to life. So she’s elevated to become a demigoddess, essentially. After that, she’s sent back to her own time, and then all across other points time and space and other dimension, becoming The Deus Ex Machina of Heroes. Because of all this her Trainer Title would have gone from Trainer Alice -> Aura Guardian Alice -> Eternal Guardian Alice. Basically THE Ultimate Mary Sue but she deserves this as the privilege of being my first-ever OC and because cringe is dead...also I ship her with Steven Stone because the age gap definitely closes because of the time-fuckery. Shhhhh.

MEANEST OC: Araina Emroth

I don’t really have any mean OCs tbh because I don’t like making or playing rude/bitchy or cruel characters, so the closest I can get to answering that question would have to be me asking myself who is my ANGRIEST OC? And how do they use that anger/how morally dubious do their actions get because of it? I have a handful of OCs that fit the bill but my reflexive answer to this is my MC Araina Emroth from the IF Spellbound: A Ghost Story. It is solely on the CoG forum but I am begging you - if you haven’t played the demo already please PLEASE do it - it is so good!!!! Anyway, to give you tiny tidbits to make you want to play, the reason why she’s angry is that, since I chose the rebel backstory over the knight backstory, putting it mildly, her kingdom is corrupt. So not only is she out for revenge, she’s of the mindset that she’s ready to take on the ‘whole world’ to cut out the rot of her homeland in order to redeem it even if she has to do it alone. Also in regards to Callum...I chose the childhood rivals bully route for him and as in all things, she never can fully let go of a grudge. So yeah, she's the passionate, charismatic revolutionary in life. And while she mellows out after 800+ years of being dead, hm. Wonder where the future will lead? (I am torn between getting her to time travel to her own body while she was still alive, and to snatch the amulet off of Callum and destroy it and then go on how it should have been. Or her finally being able to let go and find a way for her to live a new life in the present.) ANYWAY - play it!!!

SOFTEST OC: Fallon Rose

Most of my MCs are pretty-very soft so it’s kind of hard to pick just one, but, I will go with Fallon - my MC from Underfell IF and Mafiafell IF by @darkpetal16 for the fact with how she writes MC, especially in Underfell - is very kind, empathetic, optimistic, and very very forgiving by nature. You’ll see what I mean if you decide to play~ Please do, if you enjoy Undertale and AUs. (Also fun fact, her name is a pun on Fall and Rise.)

MOST ALOOF/STANDOFFISH OC: Serena Klein

Like with the mean OC category I don’t really have any aloof or standoffish OCs so the closest I can answer for this category is Serena Klein, my MC from @attollogame because I play her as intimidating/stoic, and cunning but. I would never say that she’s uncaring or unemotional. If anything, she cares too much and is very emotional but is able to mask it really well (unless it concerns her brother Atticus) and she also has natural RBF.

DUMBEST (AFFECTIONATE) OC: Belle Duval-Emma Tie

It’s a toss up between my main MC for @trinitytrilogy Zeus’ Dilemma, Belle, Demigoddess and Daughter of Aphrodite, who currently has a literal intelligence stat of 0 (RIP) though my headcanon is that she does at least have average intelligence. And my MC for Last Legacy (RIP because of NixHydra the company being complete idiots, and Dorian not really being better it looks very likely it will never be finished because the writers don’t have the creative/ownership rights to it. Not bitter about this at all.) Emma, because she is mostly a self insert aside from the whole barista and makes-own-cosplays cosplayer deal. And me being who I am...enough said lmao.

SMARTEST OC: Chloe Rodgers

Chloe is my main MC from the Keeper Trilogy by @keeperofthesunandmoon is without a doubt my smartest MC as with how high her intelligence stat is, and how quickly she grasps magic in her new life as a magician is prodigious - she is a literal genius.

OC I'D BE FRIENDS WITH: Ava Holden-Last

I’d be friends with Ava for sure, and why am I choosing her aside from making sure there’s no overlap? She’s one of my most normal and well-adjusted OCs, she’s successful, has no mental illnesses, she’s also plus size like me so she knows my struggles. She’s also a fashion designer so you know she’d be putting out fire clothes that I’d go broke for. She would be the extrovert who would adopt me, and of course I gave her my interests and hobbies/hobbies I wish I had as well so we’d get along really well. And I just have to say the she is defying the ‘mean girl californian’ stereotype and absolutely help a guy out with his English homework so he can go out on a date to kiss a cute guy, you know it. You best believe. Also she would threaten to beat up my depression, and I wholeheartedly believe that she would succeed in eradicating it. Right, and she’s my main MC for Our Life: Beginnings and Always by @gb-patch who eventually marries Cove.

#In conclusion BLEASE ask me about my OCs and not just about the ones I listed here - any of them #And I will do my best to answer #My OC #My OCs #Valencia Talward #Estelle Circinus #Aruna Chase #Aruna Singh #Alice Walker #Araina Emroth #Fallon Rose #Serena Klein #Belle Duval #Chloe Rodgers #Ava Last

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a-star-aquarium · 4 months

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The Apolloverse

Welcome to my blog! Here you'll find all my OCs for fandom and not fandom-related content. To start out, I'm going to a couple things clear about myself:

Currently this is the only blog I am using---While you may see my original account that has now been based around Last Legacy, and another side account I have, I am only cohesively using this one.

You can refer to me as Apollo (though this name is just a place holder for this account because I am no longer comfortable with being called Ayla) and I use they/them. Also I know when I first starting posting my account was called "themajorarcanalesbian" but I would no longer refer to myself as a lesbian, just queer for now.

While there may be some mature content on this blog, it won't be a lot because I feel my writing and drawing skills cannot adequately portray that sort of stuff without sounding, well, cringe. That being said, be aware that I will likely reblog mature content from my mutuals as they freely post that content, and I will always want to share it.

Last but not least, the only character I have that is associated with The Arcana universe is Astarium, who only remains in that fandom because the storyline set up for the game adds to their character in a way I feel I might not be able to at the moment (cough cough, writers block) The rest of my characters remain in what you will see tagged as #theapolloverse as their universe doesn't have a set name!

And now, to get to my many characters (fyi, I will edit this post when I do, but some of their intro posts are outdated and need refreshing!)

Also, every character will also be filed under #Apolloverse

Astarium The Magician | They/Them - Queer | Asta, remaining in the arcana verse, takes the storyline of the apprentice, only a few things differentiating. They grow up in Prakra and run away after their father passes because they fear their mother will abandon them. At first, they are put on stage to be ogled at, from age 12 to 15, before they eventually make their way to Vesuvia. They meet Asra, stay with him for a long while, and when the plague hits, they fear death when it becomes clear that their healing magic, just like with their father, cannot heal the people of Vesuvia. Asra assumes their dead for many months, but Asta only dies the day before Asra revives them, so they remain with their memories of the plague, and seeing Asra with Julian. This is important because it has an effect on each storyline no matter what love interest you choose, because Astarium never actually wanted to be brought back to life! Asta's information, and any HCs or drawings, will be under the tag #astariumthemagician or #astathemagician

Their bio: Astarium The Magician

Juno, The Mad King | He/Him - Bisexual | Juno Ara Malik, a bastard child who, yes, is his father's son, but his mother was not of royal decent. Juno's father is not completely to blame for this, as his wife, The Queen, passed away of an illness, and he had to resort to sleeping with a servant to produce an heir, otherwise his line would've been endangered. Juno will not take after his father though, his cousin Amaria will; ergo why Juno's father had him take over a small Provence at the age of 14. He felt bad that his son would not be able to take after his footsteps. Juno was raised by his teachers, servants, and guards when he was sailed across the sea to Roya. His grandmother took no interest in him besides hating him, she would regular burn his hands and back, and he remains to have a scar on his face from her dagger. In fact, her treatment only resulted in Juno growing to be spiteful and cruel in some ways, and at the age of 17, he decapitated her in a purple blaze. Her very own sword being used to do the beheading. Juno's information, and any HCs or drawings, will be under the tag #Juno Ara Malik

His bio: Juno Ara Malik

Jayda, The Golden Handed Servant | He/Him - Omnisexual | Jayda grew up similarly to Asra in a way, living off the streets with nobody to raise him, only learning from the books he stole and the lessons he was taught by strangers. Sure, the people of his city got to know him, and he even got many of them to give him free stuff, but nobody offered him a home. He remained on the streets until the age of 16, when he met Zahra, who had ran away from a forced marriage. At the age of 30, Jayda seeks out the Magician (not specifically the one in the Arcana) , who offers him one wish. Jayda wishes to be more virtuous, to be a man of the people, and the magician grants him that. Of course, working with a major arcana can have its drawbacks, so Jayda is changed into an almost completely different man. The once confident man had gained the gift of awareness, which has made him hypersensitive to every single thing he does, including his actions and physical state. The gift also helps him be more on top of his work at the palace, so it's not the worst. His third eye is for sight, to be seeing clearly and all knowing, so that he can help those around him. And his 6 limbs, which are for strength, with so many arms, surely he could help out all of Roya at once? {he can but it's utterly exhausting}. His hair turning from the beautiful chestnut to the interesting orange was a reminder from the magician to Jayda, a piece of him, so that he will never forget the gifts he was given. Not that Jayda ever could, as he's lived this way for the past 12 years. Jayda's information, and any HCs or drawings, will be under the tag #Jayda Ronan Chidal and #Jayda The Golden Handed Servant

His Bio: Jayda Ronan Chidal

Zahra | She/Her - Lesbian | Zahra, originally coming from a rich background, was arranged to marry at the age of 15 by her mother. Her mother had sold her into a marriage with a much older man after learning Zahra was a trans woman, and she told her if she wanted to be one, that she could face the same struggles a woman would. After about a year of this, she runs away and meets Jayda. It's important to note that Zahra wasn't as open with Jayda as she is now, but her mother had attempted to force her to de-transition, when she could not make her, she was sold off like cattle, and when the man no longer wanted her, her cold dead stare every night haunting him, her mother DID force her to de-transition, and they gaslit her back into the closet, so ergo why she left, and why Jayda met her pre-transition. Now she rules as Juno's head advisor with his council and remains by Jayda's side. Currently, most of the info, including Zahra's intro post, is incorrect, so I will not link it. But her tag remains to be #Zahra Masarn Ártar

Atlas | Any/All Pronouns - Pansexual | A young mercenary working under Ruthie Sloane (oh I promise, we'll get to her) Atlas, the nephew/niece of Zahra, grew up with their mother in a small village. His father had banned any sort of magic when Atlas was young, causing quite the struggle when her mother had to use it to heal Atlas from a cold that had almost killed them. The people of the town decided to hunt her down, and unlike his mother, Atlas had lifted herself up into the air with their own magic when jumping from a cliff. That day, the day he lost his mother to the rocks below that cliff, was his birthday. Atlas ended up running to falling less of a feet into the ocean, trying to find her mother in the depths of the ocean, eventually washing back up onto the beach where they were found by Ruth. Now, they remain her side no matter what. Same as with Zahra, Atlas' intro post and most of the posts ive made surrounding them is not correct, so I will not be linking it here. Though if you'd like to look for it, her tag is #Atlas Bentlee Àrtar

Ruthie, The Midnight Mercenary | She/Her - Pansexual | Born Oxana Valentina Sloane, Ruth took the name of one of her oldest friends when they were slaughtered by the man she once used to work for. While not much is known about her, she is known for being one of the biggest threats to most pirates, and with Atlas along with her, she appears a lot more scary than she actually is. Despite being 6'4 mercenary, Ruth is actually quite kind, she's taken quite a few people in over the years, and she's never one to hesitate when it comes to feeding, or housing those in need. She is the eldest of the Sloane Siblings, and she actually left her family at quite a young age. Now, she just rides around with Atlas, always cleaning up their dirty work. She also needs an updated bio, but the rest of her info remains under the tags #Ruthie Sloane, #Oxana Valentina Sloane, and #The Sloane Siblings

Pier | He/Him - Omnisexual | The younger brother of Oxana, who was abandoned by her from a young age---right when he was learning his abilities--- resulting in him losing control and running away when he was 10. For the most part, he can't see, or, well, its not that he can’t see, he refuses to open his eyes, because when he does, he can't see people, he just sees their aura, and their thoughts, and its like a surround sound to his head. This developed at the age of 9 and he runs away at 10 to get away from his mothers, not to scare them, but because he was afraid of hurting them by letting them know what he was going through. Where he’s constantly on the move, one of his favorite friends is Asta, they met on a pirate ship back in Prakra and they're very nice to one another. On the note of Pirates, he does get kidnapped by a certain crew due to his relation to rue. But that I'll leave off there. Pier's information, and any HCs or drawings, will be under the tag #Pier Sloane and #The Sloane Siblings

Mathéo | He/They - Bisexual | As the youngest of the Sloane siblings, not much is known about Mathéo. While he remains to live with his mothers, he still lives a rather independent life. They take charge in doing all the task their siblings left behind, and they try to make life happier for their mothers. But, he longs so be selfish, and adventurous, and he feels lonely without his siblings, creating an odd family dynamic when he meets up with them in the future. Mathéo's information, and any HCs or drawings, will be under the tag #Mathéo Sloane and #The Sloane Siblings

And always, a reminder that you can always ask about my ocs (or inquire about shipping) in my inbox, and anon will always stay on!

Now make yourself cozy, and feel free to look at the rest of my blog <3

#apolloverse #astarium the magician #asta the magician #Juno Ara Malik #Jayda Ronan Chidal #Jayda The Golden Handed Servant #Zahra Masarn Ártar #Atlas Bentlee Ártar #Ruthie Sloane #Oxana Valentina Sloane #Pier Sloane #Mathéo Sloane #The Sloane Siblings #oc lore #lore

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handfulxfhearts · 1 year

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OC Bio: Elle

The Arcana game OC.

Age: 29 years

Birthday: unknown

Species: Human

Occupation: Apprentice Magician

Gender: genderfluid (she/they)

Sexuality: bisexual

FC: Bryce Dallas Howard

Elle is an apprentice magician to the magician Asra and lives with him in his shop. Elle has no memories of life before working alongisde Asra and feels there is more to learn about their past and what lead them to where they are now. Elle is hired by Countess Nadia of Vesuvia to help solve the murder of her husband, Count Lucio. During their investigation they discover that they had in fact died of the Red Plague and that Asra had brought them back to life; this is why they have no memory of their life before the investigation, though they learn things about themselves along the way. Before their death, Elle was a powerful and skilled magician, but upon being brought back, forgot even simple things such as speak, and had to re-learn everything from Asra.

Personality Traits: quite often Elle doubts their own abilities and their own importance; there are some definite self-esteem issues there. Elle is a funny, sharp-witted, loving person, but is also someone who isn’t afraid of speaking their mind. They can be kind and gentle but can also be blunt and sometimes appearing cold. They are courageous, despite their self doubt, and will always put the needs of their loved ones above their own.

Appearance: 5’9’, slender form, stronger than they look, long brown-red hair, blue-grey eyes, high cheekbones, high arching eyebrows. Usually seen wearing a white shirt with billowing sleeves, underneath a brown leather corset, decorated with subtle gold and teal floral embroidery. They usually wear a layered skirt in blues and purples, and gold coloured sandals. They were a lot of jewellery, usually rings and bangles, usually gold or precious gems/crystals. Elle’s favourite is their Tiger’s Eye. They usually wear their hair up in a messy bun or ponytail, kept up by a striped gold and teal scarf. They also wear a similar scarf tied around their waist.

Skills/Spells: Elle can hear the voices of ghosts, cast illusion spells and binding spells. They are a skilled spell caster but are having to re-learn their trade.

Triggers: none known, due to memory loss.

#the arcana game #the arcana game oc #elle bio #elle #original character #oc

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lonely-shine · 2 years

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Summary of Exclusive! art

You can have a peek into my exclusive art. As a treat ~❤

You can join me anytime at my Tip Jar (linktree on my bio)

Now, without further ado:

January- WIP of 'Unseathe' (flats + background + overlay) February- Lineart WIP of 'One Sleepless Night' March- Textless version of 'To be saved is to be doomed' April- (now scrapped) Lineart WIP of 'Breathe' May- The Arcana doodle comic (feat. Asra, Muriel, and Alnair) June- Early sketch WIP of 'Vesuvia Pride' July- Concept sketches of knight Alles August- WIP of 'Under the lemon tree' (flats + tree) September- (now scrapped) Lineart WIP October- Almost finished WIP of 'Cozy Cabin' (only lighting details left) November- TMA doodle (you can also find this at my personal tumblr!) December- Apprentice Shell sketch (you can also see this on my Apprenticember on tumblr and Insta highlights!)

This has been the last post of the year! See you in January! ❤️❄️

#art #digital art #traditional art #wip #sketch #doodle #summary of art #summary of art 2022

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cinnella · 4 years

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Name: Eris Zaramoza (chosen name); Yin Abo (birth name)

Age: 26 years old

Sex: Female

Sexuality: Pansexual

Zodiac sign: Scorpio

Birthday: November 5th

Patron Arcana:

Death (Major); Queen of Cups (Minor)

Occupation: Magician and Shopkeeper; Former Necromancer

Height: 5'7" (1.71 m)

Weight: 64 kg (141 lbs)

Relatives:

Sethos Abo - older brother

Nuwa Abo - mother (deceased)

Kek Abo - father (deceased)

Xié Dongmei - aunt (deceased)

Origin: Born in Venterre, but grew up in Vesuvia

Race: Half chinese, half egyptian

Powers: Blue (astrology) and purple (divination) magic. Also has an affinity for controlling and summoning water

Intelligence Level: On a scale from 1 to 10, she's a 7

Backstory:

She was born in a small home in Venterre. Her father was already dead at the time of her birth, her brother only 5 years old and her mother deadly sick.

Only two days after her birth, her mom passed away, from the lack of proper medication. Sethos knew that she was way too young for him to take care of, so he tried to seek out their aunt, who lived on the other side of the city.

That night, he sat under a makeshift shelter with his baby sister, but he was so hungry that he had no other choice but to leave her there and try to find some food. Eventually, Yin started crying, which a passerby heard and when they found her, they took her with them.

Sethos was utterly crushed when he came back and she was gone... He tried to look for her, but he was so exhausted that he passed out in the middle of the street. Luckily, he was found by a woman with children and brought to her place.

When he had woken up, he explained his situation to her. The next morning, the woman helped him travel to his aunt's home. But by the time he got there and told her what happened to his sister and mother, Yin was already on a ship heading towards Vesuvia.

There, she was brought to an orphanage, in the South End, where multiple kids and babies from different places had been found, to be taken care of by people whom founded the building. She grew up a rather lonesome troublemaker. The caretakers were kind people, but the kids were mean. So she had no friends.

Soon enough, the adults had realized that most of the kids had no names, couldn't remember them or never knew them. So they took to liberty to name them, but because there were about 30 children and 15 adults, there was a lot of confusion and mis-naming.

They decided to teach the kids to read and write when they were old enough to understand the concepts, and on their 7th birthday, they'd choose their definitive name, something that they felt represented them.

And so, Yin Abo became Eris Zaramoza.

On that day, she met two kids that both looked younger than her. One was small and frail. Porcelain skin, black hair, mismatched eyes. Her name had been Saiya. The other was slightly taller than her. Umber skin, magenta eyes, jet black hair. The caretakers often called him Sykes. They were both known troublemakers and apparently, best friends.

They offered her to become friends and although she'd been sketchy about it, she agreed. They were her first friends, after all.

Years later, the three of them became inseparable and two new children joined their group, both of them noticeably younger. One had skin the color of limestone, ashy blond hair and silverish eyes. The other had dark espresso skin, curly chestnut hair and jade green eyes.

They were often referred to as "accidental troublemakers" because they did naughty things without even realizing it. These four kids became her kin, her family. For years upon years, the five of them brought migraines to the entirety of Vesuvia with their shenanigans. They were known as "the southenders".

The orphanage had a set rule. Despite the caretakers doing their best and raising the kids as their own, by the time Eris reached her adolescence, the amount of kids had doubled.

The set rule was that, once the kids would turn 17, they'd have to seek a home of their own. Eris is the eldest between her and her friends, so she had to leave first.

Heartbreaking as it was, they'd anticipated this for months. They'd made plans to try to find their roots. Upon talking with the adults, the one who'd found her so many years ago told her she'd been born in Venterre, near the west-coast.

After a couple of tear-filled fair-wells, she promised to visit from time to time, and then left to find her bloodrelatives. A couple of days later, looking through her instructions and map, she stood in front of an old, small house.

On the porch, a young man who looked to be in his early twenties, was seated there. She called to him, asking if he could help her out. When he looked up, shock was written on both of their faces.

He had grey-ish short hair and sapphire blue eyes. His skin was just a little bit lighter than hers, scars on his nose and lips. Same round nose, same almond eyes, same strong eyebrows. The resemblance was groundbreaking, almost like looking into a mirror.

Though she never met him, she knew, deep down, that they were related. He was utterly convinced he was dreaming but she reassured him he wasn't. They didn't hug, for they barely knew each other, but they both cried. She was invited in his home, where their aunt had been preparing dinner. Eris' presence brought her to tears.

In the next few hours, while they dined, she learned that their names were Sethos and Dongmei, and that they were her older brother and aunt, respectively. She learned of her parents and their unfortunate fate, of the night Sethos lost her.

It was a relief to learn all this, and although she wanted to head back to Vesuvia, to her friends and find a home, she spent a couple of days with them. Dongmei mentioned that she had an abandoned magic shop in Vesuvia from her youth, close to the center of the city. Giving Eris the key, she told her to make her home there.

Once back home, it was time for Count Lucio's yearly Masquerade. There, she met Asra, whom she soon became close with. When she learned that he was an orphan, and had no place to stay, she offered him to live with her in the shop. It needed some repairs and a lot of cleaning but it was a start.

Years passed and they became closer. Unspoken feelings hanging in the air, but something stopped them from confessing. The Red Plague had arrived and it was taking anyone it could grasp. Eris and Asra, while discussing the situation one night, had an argument.

In the years he'd taught her magic, she'd also taught herself necromancy and wanted to help the plague doctors with the dead, possibly reverse their fate. But Asra didn't agree, "magic isn't supposed to work that way" he said.

So she ran away, found Julian and became his apprentice.

Soon died from the plague...

And the rest is history.

Personality: curious, caring, bold, kind, polite, calm, patient, self-less, motherly, gentle, open-minded, truthful, loyal, trustworthy, out-spoken, honest, stubborn, too forgiving and can never hold grudges for long

Interesting facts:

The small scars on the right side of her jaw, left collarbone and left shoulder are all from fainting while trying to get back her memories. Every time, she had the unfortunate luck of hitting something and scarring her skin.

She has a huge scar on her left thigh but she doesn't remember how she got it.

She also has an "apple of discord" tattoo on her right shoulder.

God forbid you ever make her wear gold, she cannot stand it. She only wears silver.

Although she's an ambivert, she leans towards introvert.

Hates lying and liars in general.

HAAAATES Lavender. Do not put her near those flowers.

Appearance: Sienna skin tone, wavy waist-length silver-white hair, bright ice blue eyes, pear-shaped fit body, B cup breasts.

Familiar: Kage, a sarcastic silver fox that can actually talk.

Voice claim: Margot Robbie

Full sprite:

Lmao sorry for the backstory being so long but.. My inner writer kinda jumped out. 😅

ANYWAYS I FINALLY DID IT, I MADE ERIS' BIO AND SPRITE!!

By the way, HUGE PROPS to my lovely beyotch @sahana-anand for giving me her bio template, it helped me SO MUCH. Thank you, love, couldn't have done it without you!

Hope you'll show some love to my girl Eris!

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drustvar · 3 years

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Rosie Springwald : Bio 2021

Basics:

Age: Late 20’s

Pronouns: she / her

Voice Claim: No specific one yet, but she has a vaguely glasgow / central accent

Birthday: April 12th

Zodiacs: Aries (Sun); Leo (Moon)

Height: 5’8” (172 cm)

MBTI: ESFP (The Entertainer)

Appearance: A tall, sturdy woman with frizzy, curly hair the color of flax that only adds to her height. She has a square shaped face with thin, high eyebrows and hazel eyes with a striking ring of gold around her pupils. She has a mole on the left side of her face just below the corner of her mouth. She has bony hands with long nails. Always seen wearing a Tiger’s Eye amulet. Core Traits:

Fiercely Protective / Aggressive

Superstitious

Compassionate

Warm

Sentimental

Sharp tongued / blunt

Vindictive

Love Interests: Portia, Muriel, Julian, Asra

Favorites, Back story, Family info and Trivia below the cut!

Favorites:

Food: Stuffed Mushrooms Drink: Apple-Cinnamon moonshine

Flower: Poppy

Color: Umber

Magic Info:

Preferred School of Magic: Kitchen and Green magic (Hedge witch). This typically involves magic connected to nature and the home. (helping a garden to grow, enchanting a broom to sweep, etc.) When she casts more arcane centric / advanced forms of magic, it manifests as teal colored sparks.

Familiar: Pippin, a European Red Squirrel.

Patron Tarot: 08 Strength

Upright: Courage, persuasion, compassion, and physical strength

“Strength can be quiet; often she shines through patience and compassion, not aggression.”

Reversed: Inner strength, self-doubt, a lack of control, and aggression

“Strength has lost her careful equilibrium, and with it, control of her inner beasts.”

Family:

Forsythia Calligan (Maternal Aunt)

Poppy Anne Calligan (Mother)

Amos Springwald (Father)

Backstory:

Rosie’s mother, Poppy Anne, lived with and was essentially raised by Forsythia (it was never clarified if Forsythia was Poppy Anne’s elder sister or her aunt, which would have made her Rosie’s Great Aunt..it’s not important.) They ran the same shop that Asra and Rosie would later run together near the main marketplace, specializing in herbal remedies.

Hedge Witchery was a longstanding tradition in the Calligan family, and was passed down through the women. Forsythia had taught Poppy the craft, but soon became jealous as Poppy’s skills began to surpass her own.

As Poppy grew older, Forsythia started to become more and more resentful, envying her skill, her youth, her beauty...Forsythia did everything she could to undermine Poppy’s confidence and isolate her from others, fearing that she would someday abandon her and the shop otherwise.

When Poppy was in her late teens, Amos Springwald arrived in Vesuvia. He came from a family of skilled artisans in Zadith, jewel-crafting and smithing being the family's main trades.

Amos was the youngest of four children, and had struck out on his own to make a name for himself. A big man with a big heart and always willing to lend a hand, he fit right in with the folks of South End; working a number of odd jobs as he began saving to set up his own storefront.

During a harvest festival, he met Poppy. (Who had snuck away briefly from the vendor tent where she and Forsythia had been selling their wares.) Poppy, at that time, had completely retreated into her shell and was very shy, much of Forsythia’s own anxieties had been projected onto her. But ever so slowly, as their friendship and love progressed, Poppy began to bloom again. Amos encouraged her to take pride in her skills and to open her own shop. (Poppy and Forsythia butted heads over business practices often).

Forsythia did NOT take kindly to ANY of this. She was jealous that Poppy had found a partner, and also fearful for her safety. Forsythia had always struggled with paranoia, and Amos entering their lives had only increased it, as he was changing the life she had spent years cultivating for her and Poppy.

Eventually, after months of tension, her and Poppy had a terrible fight, which resulted in Poppy packing her belongings and leaving in the middle of the night.

Forsythia would spend months trying to track down Poppy and Amos, only to eventually receive a brief letter one day informing her that they were soon expecting a child, and that Poppy wanted to make amends. The response was... initially bad. Forsythia was furious that Poppy had married Amos without her permission knowledge, and that they had the gall to want to reconnect after Poppy had abandoned her. But… she did want to be a part of the child’s life. Forsythia began to think that maybe, she could right what she had wronged with Poppy...

Childhood:

Rosie was born to Poppy Anne and Amos on April 12th. She was raised in their shop in South End, and from an early age helped her mother with some of the work. Rosie didn’t see her Aunt Forsythia much, and Amos and Poppy had planned to keep it that way. Rosie knew her Aunt of course, she saw her during the solstices and on birthdays, but aside from that Forsythia was something of a mystery, and at the time, Rosie was too young to notice the underlying tension between her parents and Forsythia.

When Rosie turned ten, catastrophe struck. Someone tipped off the Palace Guards about the smuggling business that her parents had run on the side, along with a multitude of other accusations that held no truth. Because this happened during Lucio’s time as Count, her parents were arrested (read: dragged from their home) and given no trial, and she never saw them again.

Before any of the family’s friends could step in, Forsythia made an appearance and declared herself as young Rosie’s new guardian, hastily packing the child’s few belongings and returning to her shop, abandoning the home Amos and Poppy had built together in South End.

At first, things were great! Rosie was getting to spend time with her super-fun and mysterious Aunt and learn magic! But she always wondered when her parents would come back, they’d been gone for so long! One day Forsythia snapped on her, telling her to stop asking. They were never coming back, and Auntie was all she had.

This is when a disturbing trend began, of Forsythia going between being very warm and caring to Rosie, to also belittling and undermining her. (Repeating the pattern she had done with Poppy, only much, much sooner..). Rosie grew older, and Forsythia grew colder.

Through most of her childhood, Rosie didn’t have any friends, as Forsythia would convince her that any friends she’d started to make didn’t actually like her, and that sooner or later she would be abandoned. And for a short time, Rosie had surrendered to it. Working in the shop was fine, she loved her craft and she loved her Aunt. But still, seeing the gaggles of other girls her age in the marketplace, or hearing the townsfolk buzz with excitement whenever a Masquerade was coming up made her ache...

Pre-Plague:

When Rosie was in her mid-teens, she met Asra. It was the eve of another Masquerade, but this one was special. A Princess from a far away land was coming to Vesuvia to marry the Count, and this Masquerade was to be more lavish than any before. And more than anything, Rosie wanted to see it. Just a stolen glimpse, that was all! Forsythia had forbidden her from ever going near the Palace, having convinced her that the Palace guards, as they had taken away her parents, would take her away, too. But surely, during a Masquerade, especially this one, where everyone was wearing a mask and concerned with the festivities, no one would notice a peasant girl slipping through the crowd.

So, she left in the afternoon under the guise of foraging in the woods, and waited until nightfall to join the crowds of revelers. But she soon got lost and turned around, having never been around so many people before, and stumbled into a small tent, bumping into a young magician selling masks.

Asra and Rosie would spend the next three nights exploring the Masquerade together and taking in everything about it that had been previously unobtainable to them, the lights, the music, the foods...it was everything they had dreamed of. It was the first time she had experienced anything outside of the woods or her immediate neighborhood, and Asra was her first real friend. Forsythia begrudgingly accepted Asra, and took pity on him when Rosie offhandedly mentioned he was an orphan. Forsythia offered Asra room and board as long as he would help work the shop and tend the garden, as Forsythia was becoming too frail to do much of the labor anymore.

During this time Asra began to teach Rosie more arcane-centric magic, as well as tarot and helping her to solidify contact with her patron and establish her own gate.

Eventually, likely while out foraging in the woods, Asra introduces her to Muriel. The two easily became friends, much to his delight.

On Rosie’s 18th birthday, she was attacked by a wild boar while out foraging. The animal’s damage was severe, and her left leg was almost severed at the hip. By some miracle, she was able to drag herself back to the shop, and through a mix of magic and herbal medicine, Asra and Forsythia were able to save her leg. She was bed bound for several weeks afterward, before slowly starting some physical therapy with Asra and Muriel’s help.

After she was able to stand / walk again (albeit with a walking stick and Asra’s help), she and Asra took a small trip into the marketplace. As they were walking through the butcher’s lane, a small, red furred squirrel in a cage caught her eye.

The connection was instant. She could understand the squirrel and he could understand her, akin to how Faust and Asra could communicate. Asra bought him for her as a belated birthday gift; Rosie gained a familiar and Pippin escaped someone’s soup pot.

Something happened (that I need to write out my headcanons for) that ultimately resulted in Muriel being enslaved at the coliseum. Rosie was PISSED and wants to break him out, marching down there in the dead of night with an assortment of tools to do it herself.

Muriel convinced her not to, that she couldn’t because he was doing it to protect Asra, and that the three of them are lucky that Lucio doesn’t know about her, a girl, because if he did...well neither of them wanted to think about that.

She begrudgingly accepted his choices, but she and Asra try to sneak him food or blankets or similar comforts whenever they could.

Plague:

The Plague started to spread, and because Hedge Witches will often work as folk healers, Forsythia was exposed very early in the epidemic and died.

Rosie had a lot of conflicting feelings over Forsythia’s death. On one hand, the older they both got the nastier Forsythia was to her and to Asra, and she didn’t like having to hide their relationship. But Forsythia was the only blood family she had left, she had cared for her after her parents were taken and had taught her her magic… Her and Asra bury her and try to come to terms with it. They had a few drinks and Rosie gets very emotional; they have a bonfire and burn some of Forsythia’s things.

The Plague continues to worsen. Asra started to suggest that they should flee the city and stay with Muriel in the forest. They bickered back and forth over it until Rosie just snaps. She accused Asra of being a coward and wanting to abandon their city, wanting to abandon their neighbors, their friends! She told him he could take his things and leave if he wanted, but she won’t be going with him nor will he be welcome back.

Rosie tried her best, but the neighborhood continues to dwindle. People either die or flee the city, and several times she has other friends try to convince her to leave but she can’t. She’s too stubborn, and, deep down, she felt like leaving now with anyone else other than Asra would have been wrong.

Eventually, the neighborhood is empty. She decided to start working at the Palace in the Plague dungeons, being employed as herbal overseer (and later being “promoted” to dissection duty).

During her time working in the Plague Dungeons, she grew very protective of any of the younger doctors working there (which there were...a surprising amount of teenagers working there, having been orphaned by the plague and at least being given food and shelter while employed there.) She’d often take over some of their tasks if she could tell that they were having trouble / couldn’t cope with the often gruesome work.

She also entered a relationship with Doctor 069, Julian Devorak, during her time working in the dungeons. The couple that's mentally ill together stays together <3.

Rosie contracted the plague after about a year and a half, having been bitten by one of the beetles while cleaning. (A job she took in place of one of the other doctors, having seen how terrified they were at being assigned Pit Duty.)

She hid her symptoms as long as she could, moreso for Julian and the other’s sake than for fear of the vivisection chamber. She had several fever dreams in her gate with her Patron. Strength warned her her time was running out, and at first Rosie denied it, before trying to bargain for anything, anything to give her more time. But Strength refused to make any deals with her to avoid her impending death.

On her deathbed Rosie thought about Asra and Muriel, the latter who she’s convinced must hate her for kicking Asra out. She regretted a lot of things, and at the same time, she didn’t. She eventually comes clean about being sick to Julian. (“Sorry for making you fall in love with me and then dying of the plague. That’s on me, that’s my bad.”). She gave him her amulet, and asked him to find Asra and give it to him, knowing Asra would know what it meant.

Post Resurrection:

Post-plague, Rosie still dislikes figures of the government/authority. Even though she can’t remember her parents being taken, the sentiments of fear and resentment still remain.

She also still struggles with feeling confident in herself, despite Asra always encouraging her, there’s still faint, painful memories of the way her Aunt treated her.

Her leg is still scarred and she walks with a limp.

Despite Asra’s attempts, she’s been unable to regain contact with her Patron or her gate.

T R I V I A

Her horse, Pepper, was her late Aunt’s Familiar. He’s fairly old and prefers to stay in the back garden and nap in the sun.

Her mother’s side of the family hails from the Emerald Strait, a small ring of islands just off the coast of Firent, however they left and settled in Vesuvia many generations ago.

Her father’s side of the family is from the Clouded Mountains and the Northern region of Zadith. The family was made up primarily of artisans and crafters.

The amulet she wears was a birthday gift from her father on her tenth birthday.

Has a mild shrimp allergy.

Her favorite ice cream flavor would be butter pecan.

Her favorite fruit is raspberries.

A lot of the physical therapy she did after her leg injury was swimming; her, Asra, and Muriel would spend all day during the following spring and summer in the sun and the water.

Her ID number in the Plague Dungeons was 083.

She used eye drops that were made from boiled Belladonna and eyebright to hide her symptoms when she contracted the plague.

She could pick up and carry any of the LI’s. Except Muriel, but don’t think she wouldn’t try!

Obsessed with mushrooms. Almost everything she owns has a mushroom on it somewhere. She grows mushrooms out of the shop’s walls to act as shelves and cabinets. The way to this woman’s heart is through fungus.

She writes sappy, sweet poetry on her napkins and draws small sketches of her loved ones in the margins of her notebooks. She takes great care not to let ANYONE see them though.

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resolart · 3 years

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this has been sitting in my wip folder got Way too long so i finally sat down to finish it up! please accept this xio in these trying times 😔💕

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photonflight · 4 years

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Have y’all ever noticed that this fandom is (one of?) the literal only fandoms where art will only blow up if it looks a “certain” way or up to a “certain level” like

Other fandoms do not care this gaddamn much they’ll like tf outta your post if it’s on their hashtags and if it’s of their characters 🤣 but for some reason the arcana fandom be like “mmmm this one’s angle is off by 2° it’s trash I can’t like this”

I can’t 😭😂😂y’all I kid you not someone came to my Instagram post of domi’s heart hunter sprite telling me the legs should be slightly further apart when walking I laughed soooo hard 😂😭😂😂😂😂

Not that they wrong 😭😭😂😂I just- we have protractors and rulers in this fandom yall 😭😂😂😂 I will never forget that 💀💀💀💀💀

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the-apricotapprentice · 3 years

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The runaway druidess with resentment in her soul and love in her heart.

Full name: Isolde Tlachtga Rosach

Name pronunciation: Ee-Soldt Clack-Ga Rose-Ak

Name meaning: Isolde means ‘she who is gazed upon’, and as the town’s future leader her role would be to be looked upon, and looked up to, but not more. Tlachtga is the name of a powerful druidess of legend, famed for her red hair and far-reaching travels.

Pronouns: She/Her

Birthday: June 26th

Age (when the Arcana game begins): 29 Notes: This makes her age 25 when she dies, and 26 when she is brought back by Asra. She is 20 when she arrives in Vesuvia and almost 24 when Arthen dies of the Plague. I headcanon the characters ages based on this post

Orientation: Bisexual

Innate Magic: Natural Energy Manipulation, Animist Communication.

Learnt Magic: Light Bending, Lunar and Stellar Energy Manipulation.

Familiar: Clídna the forest cat

Love interest: Julian Devorak

Theme song: Runaway by AURORA

Playlist: Though she be but little... (This really could have been 100% Florence + The Machine)

ALIGNMENTS

Zodiac sign:

Sun: Cancer

Moon: Sagittarius

Rising: Cancer

Element: Water

Patron Arcana: Queen of Cups (minor)

Upright: Compassionate, caring, stable, intuitive, warm, counselling, energetic.

Reversed: Insecure, dependent and co-dependent, fragile, martyrdom, over emotional.

Magic:

Natural Energy Manipulation

With this ability Isolde is able to harness significantly more power than she possesses, provided that there is a natural source of energy in the vicinity. This can manifest in many different ways, the most obvious being that she can draw on power from the natural world around her to empower specific spells she is using or potions she is making. It also allows her to rearrange natural energy (anima) to take different forms. For example, pulling the anima from a forest to rapidly grow one tree, or drawing in a fog from the moisture in the ground.

This can be heavily influenced by her mood: in extremely negative moods she can unconsciously suck the life from her surroundings, and the opposite is also true. This only really happens in states where she is beyond controlling her emotions to any degree, and she is extremely cautious not to have a negative impact.

Animist Communication

As with her energy manipulation, Isolde can use anima to commune with nature, to varying degrees depending on the strength of the life force in whatever she wants to communicate with, and heavily depending on her mood and frame of mind. This works as a sort of partial possession, transferring some of her life force into the being she is communicating with – always keeping a thread between them to find her way back. She can communicate with plants, in this case it is more like hearing an echo of what has been happening in the area with varying degrees of clarity, and with animals, where she gains a deep understanding of their emotional state – neither are like a conversation but she has learnt to intuit a lot of information. Using this skill puts her body into a trance like state and leaves her vulnerable.

Light Bending

Light Bending is a form of visual augmentation – by changing the way light refracts off objects she can partially change the way specific objects, or with a lot of effort, peoples surroundings, are perceived by them. This can be as simple as making colours appear more vivid to brighten her day, or to make a doorway blend into the wall so passers-by don’t try to enter. It is by no means flawless, and can usually be seen though by anyone looking for it, like a holographic image that shows a different picture depending on the angle you view it from.

Lunar and Stellar Energy Manipulation

Much like Natural Energy Manipulation, this allows Isolde to harness more power than she herself possesses. As this is a skill she taught herself, and is not innate, it is far from as powerful as Natural Energy Manipulation, and is heavily dependent on a clear view of heavenly bodies. She has a much greater affinity with the moon and certain stars (particularly those in the Cancer and Lynx constellations), so when they are more visible she has more power. This doesn’t grant her any additional abilities, so is really just a way to augment her other spells, or to infuse potions.

Other abilities: Isolde is a talented herbologist, and more casually, gardener. She speaks two languages, though one, being Celtic, doesn’t often see use. Isolde can ride well, and drive a cart or carriage. Finally, she is an excellent baker and cook.

PERSONALITY & PREFERENCES

Personality:

Isolde is a lover and a fighter. She is strong-willed, fiercely self-reliant, passionate, and holds herself to very high standards. She is also very scared. She craves having the chance to let go of her responsibilities, and to be vulnerable, but she is afraid of what will happen if she does. There are really two sides to the coin with her, and for most of her life she has struggled to find a balance, and to allow herself to be both parts of who she is.

Initially, Isolde is very responsible, she likes to be in charge and she carefully considers her actions to be sure she is doing the right thing at all times. She is very proud of how reliable she is, and how she doesn’t let things slip, but she is also deeply resentful of how, to her mind, everything rides on her. Not that she would admit it, because it is vital that she can believe herself to be good, and kind, and correct.

On another level, she wants to let go of everything, to be able to let her life become a bit messy without the guilt that her responsibility slipped, and she desperately wants someone to help her pick up what she misses. She can be much less uptight, becoming gentler and more relaxed, more affectionate as she lets the mask slip, and accepts the difficult parts of herself.

Isolde is terrified of abandonment, but takes a sort of sick satisfaction in people leaving her – it proves her right and gives her a reason to break down for a while. She is a very compassionate and loyal friend: her relationships are what she values the most, and secretly what she is most proud of. She is very emotional, and scared, and hates to be in the wrong, but she is also very warm, caring and loving.

Likes: Animals, especially wild animals, sunrise on a dewy morning, singing and dancing, baking, dozing next to a flowing river or under the shade of a tree.

Dislikes: Coldness and lack of emotion, lack of empathy, being in the wrong or worse being told she is wrong, feeling powerless.

Fears: Being trapped, physically or emotionally, and abandonment (ironically, she has been known to do the trapping to avoid being abandoned).

Most likely to: Bring an apple to her teacher for brownie points

Quirks: She always has cold fingers, so it’s not unusual to see her with her fingers tucked into her cuffs, or bundled in her skirt. In the wilderness, she can go into a trance like state, sometimes that’s what it is, and sometimes she is just so taken with the sound of the wild.

Mental health: Isolde has terrible nightmares about being trapped in a cage, back in her village. She would not openly speak about this. She holds herself to an impossibly high standard, and lashes out when she is not meeting it. As mentioned before, she has massive abandonment issues, and is also overcoming something of a victim complex.

Favourite food: Fresh baked bread with honey or wild strawberry jam

Favourite drink: Earl Grey Tea

Favourite flower: Snapdragon

APPEARANCE

Height: 5’6”/167 cm

Hair: A soft auburn in winter, muted ginger in the summer when the sun has lightened it. It has a natural wave, curling at the bottom where the weight of it is less inclined to pulling the curl out. It is long, just past her waist, and she usually wears half up in a bun, with many plaits to keep the volume more manageable day to day.

Eyes: Deep green, with just a hint of blue-grey near the centre. Large, with a deep crease, and downturned lashes.

Other: Isolde is quite heavily freckled and has moles all over, but especially over her nose and cheeks, shoulders, elbows, thighs and knees where she most catches the sun. She has several large scars, one on her left calf, another on her left thigh, and most prominently a large branching scar on the right side of her back. The main part of the scar is just below her shoulder blade, but it branches out like lightening across her back and reaches around her ribs on the right side – this is from where she very messily removed a tattoo.

Colour theme: Rich forest green, sage green, and lilac, with gold and white accents.

Fashion sense: Isolde’s fashion sense could be described as well-disguised practicality. She loves anything with a full sleeve and off the shoulder, and this gives her a good range of motion. Fitted bodices provide some minor support when she is standing in the shop for long periods, and loose skirts and wide legged trousers allow plenty of room for pockets. She likes to feel pretty, and feminine, so these things go hand in hand.

She likes to accessorise with jewellery, especially changing her many earrings frequently, and always wears gold.

She does long for the opportunity to dress more grandly, and perhaps to throw what she knows, and is comfortable with, out the door. Although everyday wear is quite simple, she is seduced by decadence.

FAMILY & BACKGROUND

Family:

Rowena - mother - alive | relationship: estranged

Unknown - father - alive | relationship: non-existant

Arthen - brother - deceased | relationship: very close

Background:

Isolde was born in a large, but well hidden, town called Dėrwintreb. Dėrwintreb sits in a cold, damp, and mountainous region south of the Sea of Persephia, and west of the Scourgelands. The people there, Atrebates, there are secretive, and know the land better than they know the backs of their own hands. It is not uncommon for towns to be a combination of stone and wooden dwellings, as well as homes carved out of trees and rocks, using what nature provides to make their structures.

Tradition is everything to the many tribes that make up the Atrebates, all slightly varied form one another, but all seated in mysticism and spiritualism, and very deeply routed in a respect for nature. They mistrust outsiders, or at least the change that they often bring, and this has driven an even deeper connection with the natural world.

In Dėrwintreb the leading Druidess was Isolde’s mother, Rowena. The Druidess is who the town looks to for guidance, as both a spiritual and governing ruler. The role and title is inherited, passed mother to daughter, with only very rare exceptions if aptitude is not shown. She spends almost all of her waking time in a trance, communing and sharing anima with the world and the wilds around her. She breaks the trance to use what she learns to guide and instruct the village. It is expected that she all but breaks familial ties, living for the good of her people and the forest, rather than for herself – and Rowena was proud to do this.

Which brings us to Isolde. She was born before her mother took up her duty as druidess, followed 5 years later by her brother Arthen. When Isolde was six and Arthen was one, Rowen became the Druidess. Isolde was used to having a distant mother, as she was always in training, but this was a new level. The saying “it takes a village to raise a child” was always the case in Dėrwintreb, so they were both raised by their neighbours, but Isolde felt responsible for, and protective of, Arthen, not wanting him to miss his mother as she had.

When Isolde turned 16, her coming of age ceremony was held – and as the moon reached its peak Rowena came out of the trance for the rare occasion. Isolde of course was overjoyed to be able to connect with her mother again, and did everything she could to be the golden child. She carefully lay still while she was tattooed with the tribe’s sigil, trying to prove to Rowena, and herself, that she was on the right path to become the Druidess no matter how much she dreaded it. A few days passed, like this, with celebrations and more attempts to “earn” Rowena’s love in a way Isolde had never felt it, but on the third day, when Rowena returned to her trance, Isolde couldn’t face it any more.

Horrified by being, to her mind, abandoned by Rowena again, and terrified of a future where she lived the same half-life, she took the 11 year old Arthen and ran. He didn’t face the same future as her, but he had the same absent mother. Wanting nothing more to do with the Atrebates, she used her innate magic for the last time in years to remove her tattoo, and then travelled east, through the Scourgelands.

After this, Isolde did everything she could to distance them from her culture, spending the next two years mostly living off the land and learning to draw her power from the heavens, instead of from the earth. She held deep fear, and resentment, of the connection she still felt to the wild, scared that it would draw her in and lead her home, so when a they chanced upon a traveling tradeswoman, Elmira, who spent all her time sailing from city to city, Isolde decided that was the way for her to separate herself entirely from the Atrebates.

Isolde, Arthen, and Elmira spent another 2 years traveling, Isolde peddling potions and astrological spells, Elmira working on building projects wherever they landed. Eventually, Elmira got word that her aunt had died, leaving her a shop, which is how, at 20, Isolde came to settle in Vesuvia. Elmira stayed around 9 months and in this time her and Isolde became romantically involved, but not wanting to settle she opted to move on and left the shop to Isolde and Arthen. This consolidated Isolde’s fears of being abandoned at every turn, although Elmira returned for regular visits and the two remained close, any chance of a relationship after that was scuppered.

She met Asra for the first time not long after Elmira left, out trying to prove to herself that she was okay, and that someone could still want her even though no one else had stuck around. Asra wasn’t what she was expecting, nor did they give her what she was looking for, but instead she gained a local friend, and that did more for her than any one night stand would have.

Isolde’s brother was among the first in Vesuvia to die of the plague, which is a large part of why Isolde chose to stay when Asra left. She felt entirely responsible, and if he was dead then she would make sure some good could come of it, even if that was just an extra set of hands working for a cure. Vesuvia was also the taste of a stable life Isolde had ever experienced, and being a city it kept her separate from most of the wilds that called to her innate magic, so the thought of leave terrified her.

Five facts:

o Isolde is quite uncoordinated – she loves to dance, but she is somewhat clumsy with it, and despite being a talented singer she has never been dexterous enough to pick up an instrument.

o She usually carries an assortment of dried flowers and herbs, and semi-precious stones that she has found while out and about and can use later for spells.

o She has terrible circulation, leaving her fingers and toes cold at all times – she is quite used to it so it doesn’t bother her, but as she gets more in touch with her innate magic this does improve.

o Her hair smells of apricots and vanilla – she loves to act surprised when someone notices it but of course it is very carefully curated.

o The plaits in her hair are normally simply for convenience because she has so much hair, but for certain occasions she plaits her hair into intricate patterns with different meanings.

A huge thank you to @leila-of-ravens for creating, and letting me use, this beautiful template, to @evarcana for always asking about Isolde and keeping me motivated, and both for inspiring me!

There are a few changes here from what I've said previously before I put any thought into her, so go ahead and treat this as Isolde's canon.

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