#topic ; windaria

[symphonicsoul]

Sitruuna Shokki was a royal knight in the service of the crown. He lead a squadron during the Kuoleman Tuojan Sota or "The Death Bringer's War" against Windaria. He was known for his insane speeds and his deadly accuracy. He found with two lightning charged blades known as Salamanhammas or "Lightning Fang" and it's because of this it earned in the name "The Lightning Tiger".

Shokki's best friend from a very young age was Indigo Tuulta - who he drug around with him every where they went, including straight into enlisting for the knights. Shokki then met the love of his life, and his bond/wife, Palava Tuli a little later in life and they together had a baby boy, Sitriini Sinfonia.

Due to the nature of Shokki's position in the Knights and with the war raging, he asked Tuulta to look after Tuli and Sinfonia should anyhing happen to him in battle. He was killed in action when Sinfonia was only three (3) years old after a devasting surprise attack from the Windarians.

[helixoflife]

Windaria || The Land of Soil

Windaria was a planet which orbited two suns. It had three moons, though the largest one was by far the most visible in the night sky. Its climate was a mix of vast deserts and lush forests, depending on where one chose to go. Regardless of where one found themselves, though, it was generally warm. The forests were humid whereas the deserts were dry. Windarian deserts were often quite cold at night. Neighboring planets in its star system were completely inhabitable to all life, leaving Windaria the sole ruler of their galactic neighborhood.

It was ruled by its military and was largely governed by that military's commander, essentially under martial law at all times. Smaller city-states existed under the larger overarching government, but all deferred to the military as the highest authority.

Windaria's people, called Windarians, were the closest to the God of Destruction, Bahamut. As beings made of pure Soil and attuned to the Soil Spiral, they acted in favor of the collective with the knowledge that rebirth was imminent in some form or fashion. They knew Bahamut as their Infernal Father and Bahamut's six lower gods as their direct bloodline. Different city-states typically had different primary gods of worship out of those six.

Windarians were a humanoid species, though they were often quite a bit larger and their senses were much sharper than that of a human's. It wasn't out of place to see a Windarian whose claws were left unfiled, and their canine teeth were extremely sharp. This made them excellent warriors and fantastic combatants, which fueled their general sense of pride and superiority over beings of Mist, whom they largely viewed as more fragile and selfish. They were at war with the kingdom of Mist, called Misterica, for thousands of years. Battles were often fought on Windarian soil or in the dimensional tunnel that connected the two planets.

Their prophecy foretold of their chosen warrior, whomever could attune to the Magun and survive, winning in battle against Misterica's chosen warrior, the Child of White and wielder of the Maken.

[aquaticsoul]

@muses-of-kira asked:

tuulta, tell us more about yourself! whose your friends? your family?

"I'm truly not all that interesting," he replies. "My parents were good people even if I didn't know them well. They were busy, often. I ended up becoming a Knight at the earliest possibility because there was a shortage of medics - my initial plan was to be a doctor. That did end up working out, obviously, after the ceasefire.

I became friends with Shokki early on. And he eventually met Tuli, and they bonded - I still have yet to meet anyone more in love than they were. Shokki eventually had a little boy named Sinfonia, and not long after we both were sent back to Windaria.

Shokki didn't make it home. He asked me to take care of his family. So I do... best I can. I love them more than anything, especially the longer I know them. They've been around for me and done more than they know.

Friends, of course I have... anyone I served with in Windaria for the most part. Varjo, especially - he's a good man. Joki, Taivas - Taivas' boy Aurinko is basically like my own too. And now he's got boys of his own... The whole palace and most of the Knights are my family, to me. I'm quite fond of Leimahdus, Kesä, and Hiillos as well."

[symphonicsoul]

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ And he needed to learn it quicker if he ever wanted Rorahm-Vahree to be proud of him. He wasn't supposed to talk to anyone else. He wasn't supposed to say a word to anyone but Rorahm and Raiya-Vahree and he wasn't even supposed to be seen but he didn't know how he was supposed to do that when he wasn't allowed to fly.

He wasn't allowed to do a lot of things. Most of them were corely Misterican. He wasn't allowed to fly or float or hover or do anything that would take him from the ground because there wasn't anything on the whole of Windaria that moved in such a way and the Windarian people had very much adopted the mindset of if it flies, it dies. So doing anything close was out of the question.

But it was the easiest way to become soundless. So then - this would be so much easier if he could merely float even just several inches above the ground because it would make his footsteps impossible to target. Windarian hearing wasn't nearly as sharp as his own but their eyes were a thing to be reckoned with. Rorahm -Vahree seems to see him no matter where he hides when they are playing and he always seems to no when he takes his hood down even if they aren't close to each other.

Raiya-Vahree too. Both of them can tell instantly if he's taken his hood down and he's met quickly with cries of "Seejvariil!" Causing the young prince to scramble to get the dark cloth pulled back over a head of bright white spikes.

He doesn't know how they do it. He just knows it isn't allowed. He was told that he was to never take his hood down under any circumstances but neither of them are here. Rorahm was out hunting and Raiya had left to go gather flowers. He only stepped out for a minute. He knows he's not supposed to leave the cabin alone but it wouldn't hurt if the just got back before they did - right?

He could hear better than they could anyway. There wasn't a way for them to beat him back home and he could only be out for a moment so he can see the stars. They're shrouded by the forest canopy though so if he just floated up for a moment -

If he just took down his hood for a split second then he might be able to see them better. He just needs to float up a little bit so he can find a better vantage spot. A twig snaps under his foot as he brings himself just inches from the grou - his body jerks and the boy is dragging himself just barely out of the way as a bullet beds itself into the tree trunk right next to his head.

"MISTERICAN!!!"

It's a loud angry yell that is echoing all through the space around them and he can feel his heart thud in his chest at the sound of it. A booming war call as the boy finds himself dropping all the way belly to the ground as a second shot rings out and drills deep into the tree behind him.

That voice isn't Rorahm-Vahree. It isn't Raiya either. Oh he's in trouble. He's in trouble. If that man finds him, he's dead. He'll kill him. He'll really kill him. Is he going to die out here? Is he going to die just because he wanted to see the stars a little closer? Just because the view of the cabin window was so poor?

He's springing back to his feet to do the only thing he knows how to do in this situation. His steps might not have been soundless but they were fast and he was shifting and bounding over every piece of wood or fallen tree that comes in the way of his path.

There was an art to running away and he was certainly still learning it but now it seemed it was either pass or fail exam and the only answer to this test was to run.

There is an art to running away. To disappearing without a trace for people to only wonder where their target had gone.

It was an art he was still learning.

[helixoflife]

The Children of Destruction || The Infernals

Windarians are Soil-souled beings who are directly descended from Bahamut. Being so close to the God of the Soil, the Windarians' Soil matches the color of their blood. A Windarian with green Soil would bleed green, for instance.

The Windarians organized their society around Soil, with people typically assigned certain places based on the color their Soil was read as at birth. They also based their society on collectivism and contributing to Windaria as a whole, as their Soil would eventually enter the Spiral once the person passed away. Soil Mages could then utilize the Soil to cast spells or summon beings known as Eidolons.

Additionally, Soil in the Spiral tends to reincarnate over time regardless of whether or not it is called upon by a Mage. Windarians are the only species capable of utilizing the Spiral and consider themselves to be the guardians of it and those who speak for Bahamut, who they refer to as the "Infernal Father." They are the universal opposites to the children of Tiamat, the Celestials.

[symphonicsoul]

Would you ever destroy the world if it means freeing it from Chaos?

Ask my Muse 'would you ever' questions || Accepting

The swordsman grimaces as the words are spoken and he looks to the stranger with a deep frown stitched into his lips. A heavy sadness takes his form, filling his gaze to its brim as he sighs.

"Firstly traveler, I am going to need you to play that sentence over in your head again because it is both disturbing and makes me deeply uncomfortable.

Secondly, please don't dress up such an act to sound more noble than it actually is. It's genocide and I won't allow it to be spoken of as anything less than what it is. It's slaughtering the people of Wonderland for a selfish cause without looking for alternatives or understanding what Chaos actually is and anyone who thinks in such a way is both deranged and twisted. Any act that involves killing innocents is never the answer, much less children, and if you need to phrase in such a way that makes it sound like the person performing the act is in some way a hero or a savior of sorts is also deeply concerning. A murderer is still a murderer no matter what clothes they wear.

Also, even if the people of Wonderland are in an unfortunate situation, myself included - there would be nothing noble about slaughtering them for a cause that most of them aren't even privy to. It's playing God with the lives of the people and deciding what is best for them and forcing them to make a choice that the end result would then be their demise. There is no such thing as "wiping out a civilization for the better good" and anyone who thinks that way needs to set back for a minute and question their morality. Anyone who thinks that way has something fundamentally wrong with them and I'm not willing to stand here and argue about that.

Again, this all makes me deeply uncomfortable. Even more so as someone who was present for the death of both Misterica and Windaria. I've watched two entire worlds die and you ask me something like this? Even the Windarians showed more grace than this when we were locked in war with each other and it seemed the only thing they were capable of doing was trying to kill us.

Thirdly, to imply destroying the world would be somehow saving the world is flawed thinking because it doesn't even come close to the beginnings of understanding what Wonderland even is. While it has become an amalgamation of a multitude of worlds forcibly put together at its core it resides it's original lands and where Chaos originated from.

Chaos is a godly being just as I am, just as Black Wind is and to believe 'destroying the world would destroy Chaos' is nativity at its finest. Chaos is a being of it's own life force. It is neither Soil nor Mist and I have felt this when I have fused my soul to its core in our many battles. I have been one with that beast and I can tell you it is a spirit like none other. It is a being of darkness but not in the way my Other is but instead a feeling of corrupt infection.

Chaos is feeding off the negativity of the living beings of the universe and if you think "destroying the world would free it from Chaos" means you don't understand the problem at all and are looking for a fast solution, which is most likely born of your simplistic nature of looking for a fast solution instead of actually doing the work. Destroying Wonderland would only cause more problems.

Wonderland and Chaos are intertwined at their cores. Wonderland and Chaos exist because the other exists. Chaos can however be pacified because destroying Wonderland would be destroying the fabric of the universe and if you break out a single part of a window then the rest is sure shatter out right along with it. The unwilling sacrifice of Wonderland's inhabitants is not worth destroying the universe all for a rash solution.

I'm not that stupid and neither is Black Wind. Even if I don't always completely agree with the man, neither of us are willing to run a fraction of a chance that the universe would somehow not crumble into nothing at the aspect of losing one of its pillars. Black Wind might be a ruthless man at times but he isn't cruel. He isn't without mercy and he certainly isn't without a brain. Senseless violence is all this would be and neither of us operate on those terms.

I have survived the genocide of my own people and then again of the Windarians and you would ask me if I would do such an act onto another? Of course I wouldn't. Genocide is never the answer and now I seriously need you to stop and rethink that sentence, stranger because you have me worried."

[symphonicsoul]

Sininen Taivas was bodyguard and prime bind to Lord Aurinko. Taivas joined the knights when he was just a young man in an effort to help with the war against Windaria. He let his troops to victory in countless battles and as such it got him climbing the ranks fast. When he was 34, the current King's son, Aurinko was born as he was assigned to his protection and care. He bound with the boy a few years later when Aurinko turned 7 - thus Taivas becoming Aurinko's first soul bind.

He continued to help with the Knights as much as he was able, and continued to climb the ranks for his accomplishments until the current head of the military was killed in action, and Taivas was awarded the role by Lord Huippu.

Not long after, Lord Huippu fell ill and died young only to leave his son left to take the throne at the young age of 20. Taivas has stood faithfully at Aurinko's side through the entire endeavor, including the ceasefire negotiations with Windaria.

Taivas is an extremely skilled swordsman and one of the best that Windaria has ever seen. He's a masterful Mist Mythic and possesses the rare ability to use all Mist Magics but holds a favor for water and ice. The blade he wields is named Ukkosen Aalto. (Thunder Wave)

[symphonicsoul]

Helakanpunainen Aurinko is Misterica's reigning king. Known formally by his kingdom as Lord Aurinko, he took the throne when he was only 20 years old due to the death of his father. Aurinko was a child king, as Misterican adulthood is not reached until the age of 25.

He was a child king with a child bride, marrying Kuu when she was 19 and as such they assumed the throne and brought in their reigning age - Age of the Eclipse.

When Aurinko took the throne, Misterica was still locked deep in war with Windaria. However after some intense work and negotiations, when he was 23 years old, he managed to forge the Tuuli-Sumu Tulitauko between the two worlds. This put the war in the state of a ceasefire until the agreed upon demands could be met.

In order to get the Windarians to agree to such a thing, Aurinko promised for their prophesied champions - the Demon Gunman and the Demon Swordsman- to meet in battle to decide the end of the war once and for all. Except neither world had yet to find their champion. Misterica knew of their legend and that the chosen Misterican would be the Child of White, but that child had yet to be born.

Four years later when Aurinko was 27 years old his first son Punainen Usva was born and he showed care and concern to his child in the best ways he could. He was a doting father when he managed to have time amongst the chaos of leading a Kingdom in tandem with the Religious Council and showed great pride in his son's accomplishments.

Until four years later when Aurinko was 31 years old, his second son was born and not only was his second son born but he was the prophesied Child of White. Valkoinen Pilvi came to be and he found himself both overjoyed and mortified at the same time, because in signing the ceasefire, he damned his unborn son to a life destined for war. So Aurinko became distant to his son, trying to find a way to cope with what was to come in the future but he found himself being swayed over and over by this child's energy of pure joy and his seemingly endless talent for just about everything.

He couldn't help feeling extreme pride in both his sons and he loved them dearly, so he began doing everything he could to avoid the pushing from the Religious Council to prepare Pilvi for war. He did not want that innocent child to ever have to see battle despite the circumstances. He did not want to have the discussion with the Windarian leaders and he did not want to talk to the Religious Council because everything was different now. The Child of White was his son, and Aurinko saw "His little Pilvi" before he saw anything else.

[symphonicsoul]

Valkoinen Pilvi, youngest son of the Eclipse, is second born to Lord Aurinko and Lady Kuu. He is Misterica's prophesied savior and The Child of White. Pilvi is the only Misterican in their history to ever be born of the color White and as such that makes him the one destined to inherit the Holy Blade, The Maken, in which Lady Tiamat, The Celestial Mother's soul resides.

Misterican religion dictates that The Child of White shall be the Child of Salvation and lead Misterica into an age of prosperity and growth, because of this Pivli was seen as not just the second son of the Royal Family but also a Religious Icon - even a Religious Artifact to the Religious Council themselves.

The Ritual to obtain the Holy Blade was performed on Pilvi's 13th birthday and in it he was to offer himself as a sacrifice to the Celestial Mother, so she may be born anew. No one knew what was going to happen during this ritual, and thanks to Usva's teasing and Kuu and Aurinko's tension - Pilvi came to the belief that once performed he would die during the ceremony.

Lady Tiamat accepted him as her vessel however and their souls mixed. Now they are both contained with the Maken and Pilvi shares his body with the Celestial Mother - truly becoming her proper vessel.

When he was 15, he had to engage in what is known as the Rites Ceremony to decide which sibling will obtain the right to ascend the throne. Being so close to his older brother, Punainen Usva, this was devastating news for him as he did not want to ascend the throne nor did he want to fight his brother but his brother made him promise to give it everything he had and not to throw the match. Pilvi agreed and in turn ended up winning the match and the right to ascend the throne.

Everything went to hell however when Pilvi turned 17 and the Pillar of Darkness that had sat on Misterican since he was only a baby activated and smothered the world in darkness. Misterica was destroyed despite their best efforts to save their home and Misterica was plunged into Wonderland. Pilvi died that day only to revive on the enemy world of Windaria where we was found by a young girl named Aura.

She took him back to her home, and that was when he met the man of Black Wind -Fekete Szél- his fated counterpart. His Other. Pilvi was given the name Holdfény by the pair as to not draw attention to him while living there. He lived with them for three years until Windaria was soon plunged into darkness in the same way Misterica had been. Pilvi and Szél engaged the darkness known as Chaos head on but ultimately even Windaria fell to it's might.

The two of them were killed in battle and both of them were plunged into Wonderland along with what remained of Windaria.....

[symphonicsoul]

A Prince's Thoughts || Accepting

@dont-call-me-a-lyre asked:

for seejvariil: 💭 + moogles (no specific one, just in general)

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ "Rorahm-Vahree said I had to hide when they were around. I couldn't let anyone see me when I was living with him so that meant the moogles too. Only Rorahm and Raiya-Vahree could see me. Even worse after what happened with that man. I don't know exactly what happened to him but I know Rorahm-Vahree was mad. He was friends with some of the moogles... I don't remember their names. I wasn't allowed to talk to them. They could tell the others that I was alive and that would have been bad.

They were strange though. Small little white creatures and I didn't really know what to make of them. They flew. They flew like I did and I so desperately wanted to talk to them but Rorahm said it was too dangerous. What if they told someone else that I was living with them? Even if they hadn't figured out that I was Misterican, if they told anyone else that someone was living with Rorahm and Raiya-Vahree then people would have started asking questions about who it was and then someone could have come to try to meet me...

and then - and then they would have tried to kill me again like that man did. Like Rorahm-Vahree's friend did. I could hardly leave home, let alone the forest. There was no way for me to meet anyone else and I suppose that was for the best. Windaria never would have excepted me even if I didn't mean them any harm. I would have loved to see their cities and how they lived. I would have loved to learn more about them before ...before the darkness spread.

I'm sorry, can we talk about something else please?"

[symphonicsoul]

@dont-call-me-a-lyre asked:

Seejvariil, do you have any Windarian accent quirks in your non-Windarian speech that you picked up from Raiya or Rorahm given the fact you were there with them for quite some time?

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ He's shifting around as he listens, twiddling his fingers together awkwardly from underneath sleeves much too long. Does he have quirks in is accent now because of speaking Windarian? Um...

"I - I don't know. I suppose I might. You should ask Rorahm-Vahree. I've spent so much time around him, I wouldn't be surprised if I picked something up?" He sounds being sure to keep his eyes to the ground as he speaks.

"I think I speak deeper in my throat when I speak Windarian so sometimes it's hard to switch back and forth. Misterican comes more from the middle of your throat and behind your ears. We roll sounds a lot when we speak and Windarians hiss. I would have to listen to myself but I probably have. Ask Rorahm-Vahree."

[symphonicsoul]

All about culture || accepting

@thefatalmarksman asked:

are there any dishes from my muse’s culture they know how to make? 

Kumo actually cannot cook any Misterican dishes much to his own dismay. Even if he wanted to, the aspect of Misterica's agricultural livelihood was lost when Misterica was consumed by Chaos. He can tell you about them but he cannot make them himself. Due to living in the palace and his place in society that mean he wanted for not and as such was lacking the ability to cook entirely until he landed himself on Windaria after Misterica's destruction.

Kumo didn't learn how to cook anything until he was seventeen, when Aura took it upon herself to teach the boy some of the life skills he was so sorely missing. So he can cook a few Windarian dishes but he cannot cook anything Misterican.

|| @cryptidsncurios

[symphonicsoul]

Anon Summon Circle || Accepting

Anonymous asked:

(For any cloud :3c) What's an insignificant-in-the-scheme-of-things or otherwise very casual memory that you cherish a lot from Misterica? What's one from Windaria? How about Wonderland?

"Rorahm-Vahree loves books. Did you know that? The library he had at our little cabin in the woods was so large. He let me read whatever I liked and he would bring home a new book every now and then when we had the money. I wasn't allowed to leave the cabin alone without permission and I was strictly forbidden from leaving the forest. I wasn't supposed to be anywhere close to any of the villages. It was much too dangerous. That's why I had to stay home even when Rorahm and Raiya-Vahree weren't.

I would read to him all the time. Constantly. He would stay home with me sometimes when Raiya-Vahree was out gathering flowers or doing her daily errands, so I would read to Rorahm-Vahree and it was always so nice that I had someone to listen. It helped me practice my Windarian. I was already fluent but some sounds were still just difficult for me.

I don't ever remember finishing a book though. He is so warm that I always fell asleep. I swear I'd fall asleep on him but most of the time, I always woke up in bed. I miss him, I miss him a lot.

As for Misterica, it's more a thing than a memory I suppose. I just miss. Something so small but I miss being Mother's Snow Cloud. That was something special. It took weight off my shoulders. It was just such a simple way to say she loved me. I was Snow Cloud and I didn't have to be anyone else, but I - I don't know if I've ever been to a place called Wonderland.

Is it nice there?"

[symphonicsoul]

A Prince's Thoughts || Accepting

@dont-call-me-a-lyre asked:

💭 + The arts are regarded as unimportant in many cultures.

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽◯☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ "It's troubling to me and I do not understand it. The most experience I have with this is Windaria and they were very focused on battle and war. A warriors' people if you will and it came to clash with the world I'd known all my life so harshly. It's no wonder we were locked in battle with them for so long.

I have started to notice it in the humans' culture as well and from the conversations I've had with Miss Lisa and the Hayakawas. It seems valued in their culture but not the way Mistericans did. Not to the same degree. I expect differences in culture obviously, it just concerns me that there is being an gross overlooking of one's mental and spiritual health as well as that of the body.

Soil Souls I've come to find are much more attached to their physical forms than Mist Souls are. I am a soul that has been granted a physical form, whereas I have noticed that a good portion of Soil Souls feel the opposite. Maybe it is due to the difference in element or perhaps patron deity?

I feel if they would put a bit more importance on the arts then perhaps their lives could be a bit more fulfilling, but that is just the personal opinion of but the lone Mist Soul left in the universe. I am aware there aren't many left who would share in my opinion."

[symphonicsoul]

taivas + TRUTH + how do you actually feel about the ceasefire?

SEND  ‘ TRUTH ‘  +  A  QUESTION  AND  MY  MUSE  HAS  TO  ANSWER.  NO  LYING  ALLOWED.

"His Majesty gave those Windarian dogs more than they deserve. I am proud of him for forging the ceasefire and he's a better man than I. I will admit to it. I am loyal to my Liege, and I will follow his command but my distain for those monsters also runs deep. They have killed countless numbers of my Knights and, while not in my time, but in times before - there have even been attacks on the Kingdom that burned parts of it to ash.

They have slaughtered innocents not trained for battle and I just cannot forgive them for that. Somehow Aurinko managed to look past all they have done and the turmoil they have wrought to bring it to a situation that benefitted both sides. Somehow - he did it.

He forged that ceasefire with Misterica's best interest in mind, unaware that when the future played out, he would be the one paying the greatest price of us all. I don't envy him. I know it keeps him up at night. I know it haunts him... and I really can't blame him for it one bit. "

[symphonicsoul]

hey taivas, what would you say if pilvi befriended a windarian?

"If his highness somehow befriends a Windarian then His Majesty must have done something to end the war entirely without the toll of the ceasefire being enacted upon. Which in the truth of matters, would be wonderful but it is hopeful thinking, and highly unlikely. The Windarians hardly see us as friends. I've stood in the meetings with Rohanás and she speaks to His Majesty like garbage and I have exchanged glances with her right hand, Penge - and he too - thinks of us as less than worthy.

So the probablity of his highness befriending one of them is excessively low. Rohanás would see Pilvi dead before welcoming him into her lands."