#warrior virtue

[walkingthroughthisworld]

[kurithedweeb]

Since I’ve ended up filling the ranks of side characters with background NPCs and fleshing them out to the point of basically being original characters, I’ve been considering adding OCs with no basis in canon to the mix. I’m already halfway there by giving Katelyn’s unnamed brothers a story, so why not?

For example, members of noble households. Nursemaids and pages and groundskeepers and such.

Kenmur would have had at least one nursemaid when his old village was attacked who would have likely been with him at the time of the attack and therefore likely been the one first able to get baby Kenmur to some semblance of safety and possibly survived as a result. Pages were men or boys employed to be personal attendants to people of rank who might have also done chores and errands for the household or establishment they worked for, and each of the Ro’Meave brothers might have had a page around their own age growing up, Zane might even have the same page he had when he was young still on his service as an attendant when he’s grown. Meteli’s a pretty backwater and casual place, but a Lord’s household is still a Lord’s household and so the Zvahl family probably had a few servants who might have lived in or very near the household, a groundskeeper among them that I think Cadenza would have been close to and learned about flowers from.

There’s also a big thing about succession in MCD, so I’d need to add some heirs and apprentices to the Lords in the various villages, plus actually fill some of the villages we never see in canon. Nahakra needs an heir, so do the Neopolitan villages, I need to figure out Matataki’s whole situation and someone has to fill the void in Boboros’s leadership after Gene killed both the Lord and the heir and they also need a head guard.

I’ve been dabbling with how I’m handling the families of the main and supporting cast that we don’t see or hear about in canon too.

Zenix was an only child and his parents belonged to a sect that worshipped the Destroyer and he grew up worshipping Shad instead of Irene alongside the rest of their small settlement. The settlement was found and divided when he was about ten, and his parents raised him in seclusion where it was safe after that. All three of them died in a house fire Zenix set by accident when he was a teen, and after being brought back Zenix can’t remember much about them due to injuries sustained in the fire.

Nana has an absolutely massive family. In MyS she mentions being the seventh child of twelve. In her clan’s compound in Tu’la there’s the main branch of the clan which includes Nana and her siblings, their parents, a scattering of uncles and aunts and cousins, and any nieces or nephews she may have. Then there’s the vassal clans under them, at least one of which should be a clan of craftsmen so they don’t have to outsource their gear or clothing very often. They also have the servants of the household and possibly their families, any gladiators sponsored by the clan, tradesmen under contract to the clan, and possibly any orphans the household sponsors and trains to eventually make a contract with. There would also be aides and attendants and advisors. When I say massive family, I mean it.

Then we also have a few of the main and supporting cast where I completely fudge the canon. One of Cadenza’s bio parents is a Shadow Knight and that’s why Shadow Knights are always after her. Esmund and Xavier had an older sister, then Xavier had a wife and several kids that turned into the Ro’Meave line. Aaron had a brother who’s only a few years older than Jacob. Vylad has a slew of half-siblings across the continent. Travis has a twin who the Demon Warlock stole away to make his successor when they were young. Kiki and Brendan are estranged from their father and sister. Ein was the unnamed pup from the werewolf tribe near Brightport and was adopted by an older woman from the werewolf kingdom after being split from his tribe. Dante and Gene had a father who they never saw because he was always working, alongside their canon mom and uncle. Malachi has a whole line of indirect descendants because his parents had another kid after he was sent away, and they have old family stories where being turned into a ghost like their ancestor Malachi is what happens to bad kids. Enki and Kul’zak had two kids, one by adoption and the other by magickal means.

This isn’t even getting into my whole Seven Sinners of Virtue thing, which is basically the generation before the Divine Warriors if they were part of a cycle of people whose purpose is to keep the world spinning by whatever means necessary. There’s the Seven, the families, their enemies, and the gods who were worshipped before the Divine Faith came about.

This is. So Many Characters.

[heathfall]

Is The Prophecies Begin truly better writing than some of the later series or am I just tempered by nostalgia? Looking back, they FEEL more enjoyable, but I'm not especially well versed on what would make them actually better than the later series.

[travelingtwentysomething]

Does anyone else remember this absolute FEVER DREAM of a 90's movie because I remember renting it MULTIPLE TIMES from BLOCKBUSTER on VHS when I was a kid. And here I am, 31 years old, just sitting on my couch and suddenly out of the foggy cesspool of my subconscious came a whisper, "Warriors of Virtue..." and all I could picture were KANGAROO NINJAS and I had to Google it to confirm it's existence and now I need to watch it. Pretty sure it was like Karate Kid meets Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, there were sewers involved...

[shreksstepfather]

Pontus not knowing any of the human things Zomo talks about is one of my favorite ongoing bits.

Full comic on Webtoon

[fromtheseventhhell]

When people describe Arya being forced into situations where she literally has to fight for her life as her "choosing violence"

[uppercut-athletics]

Training hard every day to fight like a warrior. Let strength, bravery, and virtue guide your path. 🥊

[wutheringmights]

Spirit: When I graduated high school you were only 13 isn't that weird

Wars: Can yuo put that out on me

Based off that one chapter lmao

LMAO DAMN OKAY YOU ARE VERY CORRECT ABOUT THIS ONE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS VISION INTO THE WORLD IT WILL PLAGUE MY EVERY WAKING THOUGHT FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK BUT PROBABLY MORE 💛💛💛💛

[faithchel]

finished hera & started lady macbeth and we have got to start blaming women for shit again for real

[celestiall0tus]

For those that thought they'd never see the Sins and Virtues in any of my works, we have a surprise for you.

"You all see these as curses, and for what reason? Because they wander alone without a proper bloodline? Because they go by their own morals and codes? Or is it because they can also pick you royals? Slander me, curse my name and legacy, but my choice was made long ago. What you all would call a curse, I call a blessing."

[unconventional-lawnchair]

Don't get me wrong, I love the fandoms I'm in now. But I also miss being happy.

[who-do-i-know-this-man-s3]

⚠️Vote for whomever YOU DO NOT KNOW⚠️‼️

[gingermaple]

Hihi, I'm planning to cosplay Cuteguy in the next few months, I was wondering if I could use your design for him specifically and credit you? I am in love with how warrior cats esque he looks and your art style is *chefs kiss*

YES OFC YOU CAN!!!!!!!

if you did i would lose my mind, please send/tag me in any pictures you post so i can see them!!!! god it's so crazy to me that people would want to cosplay my designs, stuff like this always makes my day

[still-nix-d-goffic]

No propaganda just the covers.

[furryprovocateur]

it's always weird to me that this is the response AO3 people bust out to the "your website hosts child pornography" accusation. like do they realize they're literally saying that they're okay with child porn if they don't have to see it? the cognitive dissonance is stunning

[baalzebufo]

'Ostro Balmont, the Red. Beloved father, grandfather, and friend.'

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Wanted to do a headshot of my WoL! Ostro is a kind old gentleman who is doing his best to help people. A scholar and anthropologist, he was originally studying magic and the customs and culture of the Eorzean beast tribes before getting dragged into main plot. He dabbles in a bit of magical everything, but his main 'canon' job is Red Mage.

I'm currently pre-Endwalker patches, and his design has changed over a few expansions- blew his ear off in Stormblood, obtained the pure-white eyeball in Shadowbringers. I don't think he'll change anymore physically from here out, but who knows?

(Fun fact, that eye is constantly emitting a uncomfortably powerful beam of light. It's like having a headlamp he can't turn off. He usually wears red-tinted glass over it in the form of shades or a monocle. Or an eyepatch occasionally. So he doesn't high-beam people in the face all the time.)

Gonna add some other Ostro fun facts here: He's Alisae and Alphinaud's adopted grandfather. He runs an 'embassy' out of his private estate in Ul'dah for Namazu wishing to visit Eorzea. He also has an adopted Namazu son named Gyopeko. He is close friends with the Manderville family. He loves mahjong. He also definitely always carries those awesome strawberry grandpa sweets in his pockets. He could spend the rest of his life fishing and be happy.

old man :)