#watcher lenneth

[rannadylin]

This elf lady dollmaker didn’t quite work for Fjóla (no braids, and the closest thing to white hair was still definitely blonde...) but it did turn out a dazzling Watcher Lenneth!

[rannadylin]

Hmmm Violet might smell a bit of pilgrim’s crown, assuming it has a smell, and now boy do I wish I knew what it smelled like if anything XD, but anyway she wears it in her hair sometimes. She also, of course, smells of wet fur at times, such is the orlan life.

Lenneth smells of caramel, always a bit sugary and also a bit burnt. The burnt part might be a gunpowder smell from practicing with her pistol, or it might be literal caramel, who knows!

Watcher Question 1/?:

What does your Watcher smell like?

[ohlawsons]

30 DAY WATCHER CHALLENGE | NERIA ELERI

1. the basics: introduce us to your watcher! (i absolutely love the way @rannadylin​ did this for violet and lenneth so i���m borrowing it for neria!)

Caed Nua is pleasant this time of year, bustling and welcoming. The main hall is cozy, filled with the quiet drone of conversation without being crowded. The Watcher herself is sprawled out on the throne at the end of the hall, sitting sideways with her feet propped up on one arm of the throne and her head resting back on the other. An orange tabby is curled up on her stomach, and she pets him idly as she stares up at the rafters; at least, you assume she’s staring up. It’s difficult to tell, given that a portion of her face and eyes are covered in rigid maroon growths that mark her as one of Berath’s godlike.

She turns to you as you approach, her head rolling lazily to the side as she gives you a wide grin. “Good, you made it. I was starting to get really fucking bored.” She scoops up the cat and shifts so she’s sitting upright. “Neria Eleri, the Watcher of Caed Nua. This is Pepper,” she says, holding up the cat before letting him climb up on her shoulders, “my best advisor and closest confidant.” 

The Watcher reaches a gloved hand out to shake, and her grip is surprisingly strong despite her small stature. “Will he be accompanying us?” you ask.

“Nah. He’s gotta hold court in my absence.” Her voice is entirely sincere, and she stands and places Pepper down on the throne. “Let’s get this show on the road, shall we?”

[beammetothemoon]

A fact for a fact: When my Watcher Lenneth, whose playthrough of Pillars of Eternity I'm now working on, finishes the main quest and all, she's likely to take up gardening. She's always been a drifter but now she has a keep to run and taking care of the garden helps her feel more settled there and less inclined to head off wandering again.

I’ve never played Pillars of Eternity! I’m going to have to check it out. Also, I really love this fact about Lenneth!Selena Lavellan’s favorite place in Skyhold is the library. If you’re looking for her, she’s most likely there with her nose in a book. If you can’t find her there, she’s most likely been dragged off to the tavern by her friends. Tell me a fact about your OC, and I’ll respond with a fact about mine.

[queen-scribbles]

rannadylin replied to your post: rannadylin replied to your post: Hey Tavi, when...

Now I’m pondering the same sort of thing for Lenneth… :-D I think I’d make it an accidental meeting though - one or both parents showing up somewhere Aloth didn’t expect them to be, rather than intentionally bringing the Watcher home to meet them.

Oh, yeah, that would make sense. He thinks his past is still all the way back in the Cythwood and they bump into his mother in like Dyrford or Defiance Bay or something. xD Oh, now I have to write this. Eventually. *sigh* Add it to the list.

[rannadylin]

No bingos for my Watchers, but a few things in common!

For Violet Itzli, priest of Eothas:

(alas that Vi doesn’t care much about fashion! her family even has some business in Ixamitl’s textile industry, but Vi is philosophical...)

And for Lenneth Morelli, rogue:

(SO CLOSE on so many lines! But sorry, honest and dependable are not Lenni words...well, maybe dependable in *some* ways, but she can’t really claim that.)

Inspired by @ariela-of-aedyr‘s Watcher Bingo. I decided to make one for Amali.

If your character gets six or more…well it makes no difference. Amali actually likes the company of those who are different from her, so long as they are not cruel

[rannadylin]

Alignment, offspring, and sing for Violet and Lenneth?

Thank you, those were fun!

Alignment :: What would be their D&D alignment? How might it come into play?

Vi is Neutral Good (she’d tend towards Lawful except that I’m pretty sure the main law-giving authority she’d recognize would be Eothas and uh. She too is not unlikely to cause a little mayhem in pursuit of a higher good). Lenneth is…I think I said Chaotic Neutral at some point? Or possibly True Neutral. She has an altruistic streak especially where children or other vulnerable people are concerned, she can get quite protective; but apart from that she can also be very survivalist and concerned first with her own safety and not above a little lot of cons and deception.

Offspring :: What kind of parent would they be? Would they prefer one, or multiple?

They’re both big sisters which is a point in their favor as mothers. :-D Vi, especially, helped out a lot with childcare of the ten siblings younger than her, and has an excellent Stern Teacher Look for discouraging mischief, and even more excellent nurturing MomFriend skills. Lenni has only the two younger siblings and to be honest, her sister Briella was a lot better at the childcare for their baby brother than Lenni, who was mostly taking on the household provider role after the three of them were orphaned. And Lenni has all that lingering survivor’s guilt about recovering from the fever that killed her baby brother, which makes her a bit hesitant about raising kids of her own. She will, however, encourage childhood curiosity, mayhem, and fun once she gets a little more comfortable with her children’s actual resiliency!

Sing :: Do they like music? Do they listen often/sing/hum/play songs in their head?

Violet spent many hours hearing Lottie practice her chants in their youth and she’d also see a lot of crossover between her philosophy studies and the meanings in music. She’ll sometimes hum a folk song from her homeland while working on embroidery or even a more cerebral task. Lenneth’s early years involved a lot of hanging out in Rauataian taverns while her dad was performing there as a minstrel. She picked up a little of his skill with instruments (more of his tinkering skill, though) but especially gained a love of dance. In her travels since leaving Rauatai she’s built up a sizeable collection of danceable earworms from all the various towns and taverns she’s passed through.

A-Z Headcanons

[rannadylin]

More cute picrew character sheets for Watcher Wednesday! Watcher Lenneth; her past life Inquisitor Glynis; and Glyn’s best friend and Watcher Vi’s past life, Inquisitor Ianthina! With a bit of editing to get Lenn’s and Ianthe’s eyes the right color, and Glyn’s ear-fur to match her hair...

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Jaded&Question for Vi and Lenni?

Thank you!

Jaded :: Do they buy into the “happily ever after” ideal? What’s their standard?

Well Lenni is a big fan of romance novels and despite some badly failed relationships in her street-rat days, still kind of years for the romantic ideal. She’s a little cannier about the odds and the risks nowadays but still hopeful.

Vi’s standard is probably her parents. A bit of [possibly scandalous? They’ve yet to really tell her details] romance in their past, ending with a really committed marriage…and thirteen kids. Vi, having been the big sister to ten of those kids, is a little skeptical about that part of a “happily ever after” but she certainly has a high standard of expecting the kind of support and teamwork from her partner that she saw between her own parents.

Question :: How often do they feel doubt? What topics are they defensive about?

Ha, well Vi has the philosopher background so she has juggled doubt on a pretty regular basis throughout her formative years and on. Which is probably why her faith in Eothas developed into something strong enough to survive everything she saw in the Dyrwood and Deadfire…I guess that would be a topic she’s defensive about? But…more like determined about.

Lenneth, on the one hand, doubts herself in a lot of ways – her cons have not often been all that successful and there’s the survivor’s guilt again, too – but then she’s made such a habit of putting on her mask of confidence that she kind of grows into greater self-confidence from it and comes to believe in herself more than she realizes. She’s most defensive about anything involving her family and sometimes things involving the demonstrated or likely success of her plans past and present. :-D

A-Z Headcanons

[shimmer-like-agirl]

There are a lot of wonderful Watchers already on this list and I don’t want to repeat any, but I can add more!

@queen-scribbles‘ Emiri, whom I love, and her crush on Kana which is spectacular

@rannadylin‘s Lenneth, because who doesn’t love an awesomely curious rogue (no one I want to know, anyway)

Wanted to do something a little bit different for Watcher Wednesday this week, and celebrate some other people’s Watchers for a change! So, if you haven’t already, you should go and check out:

@rannadylin‘s Violet, who is the sweetest ball of fluff and deserves all the hugs

@goblin-deity‘s Aoife, who is soft and kind, and who’s relationship with Aloth gives me life

@fangmich‘s Len, who is an absolute cutie and deserves the world

@queen-scribbles‘s Tavi, who could kick my ass and I would thank her for it

@arrenkae‘s Iris, who should be everyone’s favourite Science Aunt

This is by no means a comprehensive list of Watchers I Love (as I love all Watchers), just the ones I’ve interacted with most recently. If you’d like to add on your favourite Watcher of someone else’s (or your own), I would absolutely love for you to do so!

[rannadylin]

I'm looking at your OC page. Does Vi and/or Lennie take the "other" OCs adventuring as mercs?

Sometimes, sort of? XD Most of them are Vi’s siblings and I did once make them in PoE1 for group reference photos of a sort (oh those tiny sprites) and then made them in Deadfire CC just for better character models but I haven’t actually adventured with them in the party, just lots of photoshoots. Although I did hire Anselm as a merc in a replay of Vi’s PoE1 game that I have yet to finish and she hasn’t yet recruited a full party of the canon companions yet so he’s still out there ciphering away with her in the vicinity of Gilded Vale. 

Vi’s siblings (and Anselm) (and Lenni!) are part of her adventuring party in my PoE fic though! :-D (Clan & Court and then the much-in-need-of-finishing Soul & Shield)

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📚 - Lenni, 🧒 - Anselm, 🗣 - Ianthina?

Thank you!

📚 Storytelling – Lenni

She’s pretty good atthinking on her feet, coming up with a convincing story to get her out of a bind.At least, it’ll be convincing for the ten seconds it takes for her to disappearbefore the mark realizes the plot holes. 😊 She’snot so experienced in telling stories just for fun, though, and has such ahabit of lying that if she’s trying to tell a true story, just to recountto a friend something that happened to her, it typically gets embellished alot.

🧒 Taking care ofchildren – Anselm

He’s very protective and not very overtly affectionatewith his kids, but he makes every effort to spend as much time with them aspossible (early on this takes the form of the baby playing in Dad’s office at theWatch while Mom is busy organizing the Archives there) (that’s, obviously, theAnselm/Lottie version of the story, but the playing in Dad’s office partcertainly happens in the Anselm/Vi version too :-D). He’s fond of rules andexpecting kids to obey them, but also fond of carrying them everywhere, beingconscripted as their tea party guest, listening attentively when they chatterto him both before and after they’ve figured out how to produce coherent words,braiding their hair, changing their diapers (OK maybe “fond” isn’t the word forthat, but he doesn’t shy away from the less pleasant responsibilities), dryingtheir tears, and very thoroughly vetting (he is, after all, a detective anda cipher) any boys his girls want to date.

🗣 Public speaking - Ianthina

Ianthina is never easilydaunted, and also fairly regularly convinced that her opinion or interpretationof matters is the correct one. So she tends to speak with conviction andauthority in a public-speaking scenario. That authority grows considerably throughouther career, of course, since she ends up as the high priest of Berath. Theremight have been some butterflies in her stomach the first few times she had togive a sermon but only from unfamiliarity; she turned out to be quite a goodspeaker who takes the audience very systematically through her points and isnot particularly bothered by their response, whatever it may be.

[Muse SkillsAsks]

[rannadylin]

@queen-scribbles tagged me a few days ago for the OC Face Claim thing and it will take me a while to put all of them together (or find face claims for some of them, heh) but let’s start on this fine Watcher Wednesday (er...it’s already Wednesday in some part of the world, right?) with Lenneth Morelli, either Watcher or just a Highly Suspect Person depending on the world state. Her faceclaim is Nina Nesbitt - perfect face shape for Lenni, and sometimes pretty close to Lenn’s usual hairstyle (then there’s that huge subset of Nina’s pictures with all sorts of different hair colors, and you know what, Lenneth totally would dye her hair fun colors if Eora has that option, so why not? XD)

Three of my favorite Lenneth refs on the top row; on the bottom we have Lenn’s PoE1 model, art by @rakiah, and a dollmaker Lenn from long enough ago that I don’t have a note on which dollmaker it came from (it’s somewhere in the Lenneth tag archives here, I’m sure).

I’ll keep posting face claims bit by bit, and also I have no idea at this point who has and hasn’t done one, but I’m gonna go ahead and tag @aban-ataashi @serenbach86 @lunarowena @risualto if you want to do yours! (or do additional OCs if I’ve forgotten that you already did ;-D)  And everyone else, please claim a tag from me if you want to do this, I’d love to see your faceclaims too!

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River Reed and Settlers Arrow for both Watchers!!! ^^

Thank you! River Reed is answered here for Vi and here for Lenn.

Settler’s Arrow:What’s your Watcher’s opinion on Waidwen’s Legacy (the Hollowborn Crisis)? Didit affect their opinions and decisions with Lord Raedric?

Violet was especially upsetby all the repercussions Eothasians in the Dyrwood had faced because of theLegacy, whether or not it really had anything to do with Waidwen. I’m sure thataffected her judgment of Raedric but I can’t remember much about that part, soearly in my first play through, beyond that she did kill him…

Lenneth, who is alwaysa softie for kids in need after being one herself and having to be the parentfigure for her younger siblings too, thinks it is HORRIBLE! All those babieswith no souls! All those poor disappointed parents! Also, all the crazy thingsgoing on in Gilded Vale and elsewhere in the attempt to fix the Legacy. Sheabsolutely pledged to Hylea at endgame. And I absolutely remember nothing ofwhat she did with Raedric. XD Killed him, I’m sure, because I can’t recall everresolving that differently, but I also can’t recall Lenn’s reactions there.

Floraof Eora Questions – by @pillarsheadcanons

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Blood Moss, Cave Coral and Blood Moss for Vi and Lenni?

Thank you! Cave Coral got answered for Vi here and for Lenn here.

Blood Moss: Did theexperiences in game one lead to any major wounds (physical/mental or both)?

Hmmmm Lenni definitelygot hurt/KO’d in a lot of battles, reckless as she is, and also suffered a lotof emotional trauma from the nightmares and freaking out over Watcher/Awakeningstuff, but also she’s tough and resilient and really good at bouncing back fromall of that. And also, it pretty much never occurs to me to leave my characterswith scars or any other permanent reminder of what they go through in a story,sooooo nope, nothing major to speak of in the end!

As for Violet: Nope, nothing to speak of for her either. She’s very emotionally/intellectually resilient with all that philosophy practice, so even the gods reveal at the end did not shake her as much as it probably should have. And she is not a front line fighter, she keeps out of harm’s way, rocking that crossbow, so she didn’t take too much damage most of the time either.

Floraof Eora Questions – by @pillarsheadcanons

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Character Interview: Lenneth

Another Watcher for Watcher Wednesday today! Once again I’ve lost track of who else (if anyone?) tagged me for another of these, and that means that I’m also open-tagging anyone and everyone! Got an OC who hasn’t done the interview yet? I’d love to read it! 

Lenni’s chibi art, just as cute as Violet’s, is also by @artpigeons​!

name ➔ Lenneth Morelli

are you single ➔ Nope! I have laid claim to one very handsome wizard!

are you happy ➔ Hey, I make the best of things.

are you angry ➔ Not usually.

are your parents still married ➔  I think they still would be if they weren’t dead, yeah. Pretty sure Dad died of a broken heart after Mom died, anyway.

NINE FACTS

birth place ➔ Rauatai, a town on the coast.

hair colour ➔ Brown with a bit of red to it

eye colour ➔ Hazel with a bit of green to it

birthday ➔ So fun story, over the years there’ve been about five different dates I’ve claimed as my birthday for, uh, various reasons pertinent to my goals of that moment. So I’m gonna have to not actually commit the real date to writing at this time.

mood ➔ Easily amused!

color scheme ➔ I like greens.

gender ➔ Female.

summer or winter ➔ Summer! Easier to travel then.

morning or afternoon ➔ Guess I’m more of an afternoon person, but I don’t really have a problem with mornings.

EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE

are you in love ➔ Am I ever!

do you believe in love at first sight ➔ It sounds nice in the novels, but it’s usually not worked out that well for me in real life. Not that I didn’t think Aloth was cute from the start, because he sure is and I sure did. But he grew on me.

who ended your last relationship ➔ See, this boy I was running the streets with, a few towns back, more or less double-crossed me and made off with all the goods, so I guess he ended it in a sense.

have you ever broken someone’s heart ➔ I try not to get that connected with a mark, it’s just unprofessional.

are you afraid of commitments ➔ I…well…I do move around a lot. And I wear enough masks to know better than to trust easily. But I really want to make this one work. For as long as possible.

have you hugged someone within the last week? ➔ Have I? *thinks* Hurry up with the interview, I’m gonna go hug the first person I see just to make sure!

have you ever had a secret admirer ➔ I…well…ha! I wish. Actually I do get weird letters like that at Caed Nua sometimes but I’ve got people now to screen things like that for me. Weird, huh?

have you ever broken your own heart? ➔ My heart’s pretty good at bouncing back. And moving on.

SIX CHOICES

love or lust ➔ Little of column A, little of column B…

lemonade or iced tea ➔ Lemonade. Unless you’ve weighted the tea down with plenty of sugar? That’s good too!

cats or dogs ➔ I’m more of a dog person but cats are cute too!

a few best friends or many regular friends ➔ Normally I’d say many – it’s good to have connections – but I’ve made a few friends lately that feel like something bigger than I’m used to, and that’s…really nice, turns out.

wild night out or romantic night in ➔ I’d say both but I can hear Aloth groaning as soon as I even think it, so we’ll compromise with In. 😉

day or night ➔ Night’s great for my line of work.

FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS

been caught sneaking out ➔ Not all cons run smoothly, sad to say. But I think “times caught sneaking in” still outweighs “sneaking out”, though that’s not really saying much in my favor either.

fallen down/up the stairs ➔ *outburst of laughter culminating in gigglesnorts*

wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? ➔ Oh, yes. Every day. I…mask it with laughter sometimes, if I’m honest; and sometimes that’s not a mask, it’s just me clinging to what joy I can, but some hurts never go away.

wanted to disappear ➔ Both for professional and social reasons, oh yeah.

been involved in a fight you thought you couldn’t win ➔ Ha! I do not hold the record of “most times dragged back to consciousness post-fight by my party members” for nothing. Good thing they can win them without me when that happens!

FOUR PREFERENCES

smile or eyes ➔ Smile! I love when I can tease a smile out of him, too.

shorter or taller ➔ Taller! Look, I’m kinda short even for an elf. Not saying I wouldn’t date a dwarf or an orlan under the right circumstances, but taller looks real good right now.

intelligence or attraction ➔ I mean, why stop at one?

hook-up or relationship ➔ I’m liking the serious relationship thing these days.

FAMILY

do you and your family get along ➔  It’s complicated. I think my parents and brother are too long dead for the Watcher stuff to help with that now. We got along as well as any ordinary family when I was a kid, though. And after our parents died, my siblings and I were as close as can be – had to be, to survive. My sister and I…well, it’s been a while since I talked to her, actually. I think that’s on me, though. All she did was settle down, and I’m realizing lately…that doesn’t mean she doesn’t need her big sis any more. I really oughta go back and visit.

would you say you have a “messed up life” ➔ It is a little weird, isn’t it?

have you ever ran away from home ➔ Not ran away so much as got evicted after Dad died and the landlord got tired of letting three jobless kids stay there. Okay, and there was one time when I was real little and Bree was just a baby that I got annoyed with not being the only child any more and went and sulked by the creek all night. Mom and Dad were so busy with the infant they…didn’t exactly notice right away, so I was stuck there till morning wondering just how dumb it would look to crawl back, when Dad came looking for me finally.

have you ever gotten kicked out ➔ …of a few rentals we couldn’t make rent for. Also of a few towns my cons got seen through in. Yeah, there’s a reason I stick to the road so much and it’s not just because I love seeing the sights (but I do!).

FRIENDS

do you secretly hate one of your friends ➔ There were some “friends” I used to associate with in the con artist days that were more like allies of convenience. And I guess there are some nobles I have to act like friends with when they come calling at Caed Nua on business. Don’t hate them exactly, but they sure are boring.

do you consider all of your friends good friends ➔ Of course! I am a people person! And I make sure to ask everyone as many questions as I can think of to show just how much I care about them! (Seriously, Aloth, I’m not just trying to annoy you!)

who is your best friend ➔ Edér. He’s as solid a friend as can be, and gets my sense of humor like no one else.

who knows everything about you ➔ I try not to unload too many secrets in one place (I’m a complicated soul! Don’t wanna overwhelm anyone!) but I also try not to hide them from Aloth anymore. He probably regrets that sometimes, but he’s very kind about it.