#though I'm pretty sure I stole all the best parts from claranon

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So I'm on mobile and can't do the cutie symbols but how about a happy and/or romantic headcannon for a DQXI character(s) of choice ✌ sorry your day was crummy 😔

*cracks knuckles* OKAY HERE WE GO here are my romantic headcanons for ALL the main characters that you didn’t ask for

The Luminary

After the events of the game, the Luminary settles in to become the Prince of Dundrasil, with a certain roguishly handsome prince consort by his side. Erik comes and goes as he pleases, but he’s in Dundrasil more often than not; and when he is around, he and the Luminary are inseparable. On occasion, he even manages to steal the Prince away on secret excursions, much to the consternation of the Prince’s ever-growing retinue. (The two of them disguise themselves in their old hoods and traveling clothes and head for a fishing shack on the banks of a small lake in the Champs-Sauvage.)

For centuries afterward, bards will sing songs about how, on their last day on Erdrea, the Prince and his Consort, now old men, stood on the ramparts of Castle Dundrasil, hands linked, watching the sun set over a rebuilt kingdom that stretched beyond the horizon. They die within hours of each other.

ErikAfter the Luminary notices Erik reading a book on astronomy in the Royal Library, he gives Erik an astrolabe, so that no matter where he and Mia sail on their adventures around the world, they can always find their way.

The first time Erik returns to Castle Dundrasil after the Prince takes the throne, he tells the Prince that the astrolabe did its job, because “it helped me find my way back to you.”

Veronica

Some part of Veronica has been in love with the Luminary ever since she was a little girl, when she sneaked into the library and stumbled onto a book about Serenica and Erdwin that was definitely too advanced for her. She even fancied that, should she ever be lucky enough to meet the Luminary, history might repeat itself and theirs would be a love for the ages. She never told anybody about this fantasy, not even Serena.

Over the course of their adventures together, Veronica realizes that the Luminary--even if he weren’t obviously in love with someone else--is a bit too goody-goody for her tastes. Later, she realizes she mostly only fancied him because of the story (and his hair). 

When she grows up, (uh, again) she ends up marrying Placido, who has been in love with her ever since his best friend stole her staff all those years ago. She then proceeds to win the Signor Universo contest six times in a row.

Serena

When Serena sees Don Rodrigo dance in the Mardi Garb, she discovers that she has a thing for silver foxes. The memory is so strong that it persists in her subconscious, even in the Alternate Universe; and when she comes upon Rodrigo again in Act 3, she surprises everyone, even herself, by gifting him a fan of feathers.

After the game, she and Rodrigo quietly carry on a courtship that lasts for many years, but which ends on good terms. Even after it ends, however, Sylvando insists on calling Serena “mom”.

Sylvando

This isn’t so much a headcanon as it is actual canon, but: Sylvando leaves a trail of broken hearts wherever he goes, because he’s just so goddamn lovable. However, there’s only one whose feelings he reciprocates: Davé.

It takes him a while to figure it out, though; and when he does, Sylvando isn’t sure how to act. It’s only after the two are swept up on an adventure involving a tentacular, a shipwreck, and a lost civilization that the two actually get together.

Sylvando and Davé’s hypothetical MMA team name would have been Feathers And Leathers.

Rab

Rab was desperately in love with his late wife, the bookseller (did she ever get a name? I can’t remember). He was the first Drasilian prince to buck tradition and marry a commoner--and in so doing, started a tradition of his own (his daughter married a knight; his grandson would have a prince consort; and so on).

When his wife passed, it broke his heart. The dirty old man schtick is mostly just a way to hide his grief from others. Also, his wife liked to dress up as a bunny girl. 

Hendrik

Realizes that he is in love with Princess Jade after she personally rescues him from a green dragon and carries him all the way back to Heliodor in her arms. When they get married, Jade and Hendrik’s rings are inscribed with the phrase, “But thou must,” a private joke that only the two of them understand.

Jade

On aforementioned road trip, Jade and Hendrik are caught in a snowstorm and spend the night in a cabin trying to stay warm. This time, however, things are decidedly not platonic. Hendrik tries to resist out of a sense of duty/propriety/shameboner, but eventually, Jade puts her foot down and orders him to fuck her, insisting, “But thou must.”