#vena hiraeth

[ishgard]

Gave Vena (thanahru kid) some little non-mod-dependent tweaks and I love her sm. Playing with the idea of expanding the time between EW and DT to at leeeeast about two years so-

Born some time post-EW

She has a slight over-abundance of light aether owing to moms [gestures to all of Shadowbringers] but it's been carefully managed through the help of [gestures to all of Ahru's friends and acquaintances and all else].

Natural proclivity for white magic, little surprise.

Has a greater aetheric density than most.

She likes to dabble in everything though, very influenced by her super cool mama. Studying other forms of magic helps balance and manage her aether.

Has little white freckles all over her body that glow a bit when she uses magic, and when she's really dialing it up her eyes glow too 😌

She was helping mama make dads magically enchanted bullets as a wee kiddo 😅

(May or may not be able to traverse the rift safely. But timeline wise who knows if we won't find a way to do that soon anyway.)

Not super spoilery but some Dawntrail-related bits:

So when Wuk Lamat comes looking for her champion Ahru delegates the role (maybe to Leto, haven't decided yet) but still tags along to help/offer assistance when needed the most - but is mostly just chilling and enjoying the sights with a toddler strapped to her back giggling all the way.

Very happy baby! Curious and excited about all the new things, very little danger sense lmao. (Hard, I guess, when your mom IS the danger.)

Gets passed around a few times between Thancred and Ahru

LOVES Wuk Lamat!! LOVES Gulool Ja Ja!! LOVES Sphene!! LOVES Bakool Ja Ja (hilarious) LOVES Erenville!! anyway the point is she loves everyone.

Erenville in particular is uncle though please imagine Ahru handing her over to him while sneaking around in Shaaloani and him just standing there, deadpan, with this tiny child chewing and drooling on one of his ears.

Zoraal Ja's vibes on the other hand made her cry once and it's On Sight for Ahru ever since.

Got to stay with Shale and Gulool Ja during Everkeep.

Got to stay with dad when mom went into Living Memory.

I'm gonna be thinking about these things for a while... 😂 Since she was born in 6.X she probably 'met' Zero too. Alas I think Ahru did not take the baby to the void lmao. Which is a fun fix in my head for Thancred's awful absence.

And then while I don't particularly plan on it being canon by any stretch of the means, while I'm playing around on her my mind inevitably leans towards 'haha of course she was messing around with mom's Azem tools and somehow got bapped into another timeline where she has to become the Warrior of Light'. 🤷‍♀️

[oubliettemagazine]

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[dravania]

Vena Hiraeth

“If I’m having this kid, you’re in charge of the name, you’re good at that. But I have to approve of it. And don’t complain to me, I don’t make the rules.”

“And yet that is precisely what you just did.”

The inevitable result of fresh ship brainworms. Yes, she was named after Venat (Thancred knows how important she was and still is to Ahru), though the pronunciation is a bit different. A more quick “ven - uh” instead of that slow-drawling “veh - nah”?