#zrise lore

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Due to Trickster being an underwhelming path story wise (outside of those sweet sweet sneak attacks) I've decided to merge Trickster and Demon for Zrise's KC canon in my mind. Demon is so sick. He surely wouldn't choose Demon at first but he could be easily swayed. Socothbenoth and Nocticula being toxic awful siblings who hate each other helps me solidify this in my mind. Seeing as they are the advisors for those paths... That and even on his Trickster run Zrise betrays Soco and sides with Nocticula.

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Okay but what if I also asked for 🔞,🚬,🤝, 💌 for miss Aria? 💕

🔞 for a nsfw-headcanon

I feel like foreplay and teasing are Aria's favorite parts of the process. Like making someone want her so bad it's embarrassing or vice versa lmao. She's someone who has always struggled to feel wanted, and I think feeling like someone NEEDS her does a lot for her!

🚬 for a headcanon about a bad habit

Aria has a lot of bad habits similar to Zrise lol she drinks and gambles way too much. She's almost always trying to numb herself as much as she can because she's just plain unhappy with herself :(

Opposite of Zrise I think Aria is really prone to melancholy moods and sleeps too much because of it lol.

🤝 for a headcanon about a connection with one of the receiver's mutual

While they would be awful for each other and reinforce each other's worst habits and characteristics, I also think there's something very cute about two characters who both feel very hard to love finding a connection together! That being said, I think Aria would absolutely love getting into trouble with him. Breaking rules, being horrible and cruel with him would be very liberating for her and I feel like one of her main draws to him would be how much fun she has when she's with him. <3

💌 for a romance-themed headcanon

Aria would also hate showing it but when she's genuinely in love she can be very sweet! She's usually haughty and grumpy but with someone she really likes she gets much more playful and affectionate.

Depending on where she's at and if she even has access to one, she would love to just be on the beach with someone at night to watch the waves and be held close.

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gay posts can’t be deleted. bring back that post about their HOMOSEXUAL attraction SPEAK ON IT 🗣️

Anon… I’ve been sitting on this. Sometimes I think I snipe a post fast enough and yet. Here we are. I deleted it because I was trying to put it in more elegant words. Not that I was trying to hide it LMAO I always worry about being misunderstood. Perhaps too much if I’m being honest. That and I included my own feelings and experience. Which always makes me self conscious. But thank you I’ll do my best! Anyway here we go.

Boy oh boy we are getting into the weeds. Let’s talk about some sexuality. Also brief talk of sexual trauma here so read with caution. Zrise in particular gets messy.

In the spirit of oc’s being queer. Shout to Min @another-heroine for this lovely piece. For some Lariel being gay. And Dujour @dujour13 for this wonderful gift. For some Zrise being gay. Both from OC kiss week back in February 💕

I think I’ve said this before, but in my mind Zrise is hit with the bisexual awakening early. Lariel much later in her life.

In my mind Zrise had much less expectations to carry on his name and family through marriage. (As he can’t have children biologically due to the curse) So he had to find some other ways to be ‘useful’ Vs Lariel was basically used as a pawn in her arranged marriage.

What I mean by this, is for Lariel there is a lot of comphet going on. That and she is a very sexually repressed character. She denies that part of herself out of fear and shame. But also because she doesn’t want to be like her family. She has to find someone she feels safe and comfortable with. She’s easily flustered by anyone she’s attracted too.

Zrise doesn’t really have to worry about making the same mistakes his mother did. OR at least not THAT mistake in particular. (Unwanted Children) He is not currently the type to yearn for children or marriage really. So he finds it to be a freeing notion.

Lariel’s grandfather really emphasized her sorcerer bloodline and how she might be ‘useful’ in marriage to a cis man and having children. The fact that she was engaged to a man was not the main issue it was that he just didn’t care about her.

Basically what I’m trying to say is a lot of BOTH of their attraction is tied up in their relationship with how their family treated them.

Zrise got to realizing he didn’t have to ‘marry’ a woman very young. He’s currently not one for really liking the idea of marriage but as a child he wanted to get married. He and Lariel spent a lot of the time reading the same books and things. So up until his drowning he was quite a ball of sunshine and optimism.

Zrise also got out in the world and experienced a lot more than Lariel. At the half elf equivalent of 16 he was basically sent off to Calistrian boarding school in Galt. Where he got to experiment and express himself a lot more. His first real crush/love/attraction being on Oria who was non-binary.

Zrise’s attraction to femme vs masc is… interesting to me. He is actually fearful of men who seem like they can overpower or hurt him. He finds he is not attracted to men who have certain tendencies that are hard to put into words. Anyone that reminds him of his time with Relik or at the Golden Palace or of himself.

Woman and non-binary individuals he is less default afraid of. He knows they can and probably will hurt him. He actually is more into femmes who make him feel powerless. Masc it’s the opposite. But this is just strange logic from him. Because he does have a lot of trauma from femmes as well.

I think it stems from the fact of WHEN it happened to him. Deeply ingrained into his psyche as a child vs happened to him as he was more aware and ‘in control’. Something he feels he ‘deserves’ vs Something he resents and was ‘made to sufffer’. It’s difficult to describe.

Lariel. Is more directly trauma free in that regard. She has no sexual experience and her knowledge comes from what books she has tried to read. (But she gets embarrassed easily) Her trauma is more tied with comphet and misogyny.

For Lariel her attraction to femmes would be a surprise to her. It would be a slow slide from ‘well of course she’s beautiful’ to ‘of course I want to hold her hand’ to imagining getting a kiss and becoming a mess. Then slowly it would dawn on her that she feels more than friendship for this person. And as always she… gets embarrassed

ALSO to be clear I'm saying comphet not to erase her bisexuality. Just to say that same sex attraction would not be 'useful' to her family. For some time she internalized that her own wants and desires don't matter. She has attraction to both men and women and those in between.

I think her taste in femmes is actually less specific than her taste in masc people but it just flies under the radar for much much longer. HAHA.

Sorry I went on this long ass ramble. Hope this makes any sense. 💕

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It is killing me. Share the voice claim

LMAO you aren't alone Anon. I actually got a few DM's about it. I might as well share all of them, not just Zrise. My recommendation is to either look at a picture of them as the voice plays or close your eyes. HAH

Lariel - Danfe Keen

Zrise - Connor Marc Colquhoun

Anton - Vasiliy Zotov (Specifically as the character James in the game Neuro)

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OC Meme

B A S I C S

Full name: Lariel Aldonlel

Gender: Cis woman

Sexuality: Bisexual

Pronouns: She/Her

O T H E R

Family: Twin Brother: Zrise Aldonlel, Mother: Ordielau Ellvesem, Half Brother: Valondriel Ellvesem, Step Father: Thohan Ellvesem, Grandfather: Ianthos Aldonlel. Family they don't know. Father: Banom, Half Sister: Nelka, Half Brother: Korek, Step Mother: Desha, Half Sister: Elowen

Birthplace: Nerosyan; Mendev

Job: Noble Lady

Phobias: Crowds, Public Speaking, Large Dogs

Guilty Pleasures: Eating sweets, long baths, romance novels, buying expensive luxuries

Hobbies: Playing the harp, painting, drawing, embroidery

M O R A L S

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Sins: Pride, Sloth

Virtues: Charity, Kindness

T H I S  O R  T H A T

Introvert / Extrovert / In between

Organized / Disorganized / In between

Close-minded / Open-minded 

Calm / Anxious / Restless 

Disagreeable / Agreeable / In between 

Cautious / Reckless / In between 

Patient / Impatient / In between 

Outspoken / Reserved / In between 

Leader / Follower / Flexible 

Empathetic / Un-empathetic / In between 

Optimist / Pessimist / Realist 

Traditional / Modern / In between 

Hard-working / Lazy / In between

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

OTP: NA (Hard to describe, but I consider their Commander as Companion more canon than either of them as Commander at this point so idk man)

Acceptable Ships: I simply can't list the friend oc's. So for canon characters: Lariel/Woljif, Lariel/Lann, Lariel/Seelah, Lariel/Arue, Lariel/KC

Brotp: Lariel/Seelah, Lariel/Woljif, Lariel/Lann, Lariel/Arue, Lariel/Aivu, Lariel/Ember, Lariel/KC

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B A S I C S

Full name: Zrise Aldonlel

Gender: Cis man

Sexuality: Bisexual

Pronouns: He/Him

O T H E R

Family: Twin Sister: Lariel Aldonlel, Mother: Ordielau Ellvesem, Half Brother: Valondriel Ellvesem, Step Father: Thohan Ellvesem, Grandfather: Ianthos Aldonlel. Family they don't know. Father: Banom, Half Sister: Nelka, Half Brother: Korek, Step Mother: Desha, Half Sister: Elowen

Birthplace: Nerosyan; Mendev

Job: Inquisitor of Calistria

Phobias: Deep water, confined spaces, the afterlife

Guilty Pleasures: Drinking alcohol alone, people watching, returning to old books, procrastinating

Hobbies: Working out/Training, gardening (He works too much for real hobbies...) Worshipping his Goddess

M O R A L S

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Sins: Wrath, Envy, Lust

Virtues: Diligence

T H I S  O R  T H A T

Introvert / Extrovert / In between

Organized / Disorganized / In between

Close-minded / Open-minded 

Calm / Anxious / Restless 

Disagreeable / Agreeable / In between 

Cautious / Reckless / In between 

Patient / Impatient / In between 

Outspoken / Reserved / In between 

Leader / Follower / Flexible 

Empathetic / Un-empathetic / In between 

Optimist / Pessimist / Realist 

Traditional / Modern / In between 

Hard-working / Lazy / In between

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

OTP: NA (Hard to describe but I consider their Commander as Companion more canon than either of them as Commander at this point so idk man)

Acceptable Ships: I simply can't list the friend oc's. So for canon characters: Zrise/Camellia, Zrise/Daeran, Zrise/Wenduag, Zrise/KC (mostly as a joke but Zrise/Ramien)

Brotp: Zrise/Greybor, Zrise/Nenio, Zrise/KC

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Backstory NPC's

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Ianthos Aldonlel

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Maternal Grandfather

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Kyonin born elf: Aiudeen

Deity/Religion: Calistria 

Class: Wizard; Spellbinder

Background: Noble, Diplomat, Arcane Scholar

Alignment: Neutral Evil 

Appearance: Pale silvery blonde hair. Silver blue eyes. Triangular face. 

Personality/Traits: Aloof, detached, cold, ambitious, analytical, apathetic, independent, proud, 

History: Born and educated in the Kyonin capital of Iadara. Close with the Queen. Moved to Mendev to study and help the crusaders with the demonic invasion. 

Current: Retired. Lives in his wizard tower with the Maelstrom. Visiting his daughter and grandchildren from time to time. 

Long-lived ancient elf. 

Has only one daughter, Ordielau. After his wife passed away mysteriously, he isolated himself and is now barely seen in public.

An accomplished dangerous high-level wizard who specializes in enchantment magic. A Kyonin diplomat. He passed down his title and role to his daughter.

Infamous and highly debated in academic communities for his immoral use of enchantment magic. 

Spends most of his time locked away in his wizard tower which is rarely on the material plane.

Takes Lariel and Zrise into his family tree to save his daughter and son-in-law's embarrassment, but also in a very selfish interest in Lariel's sorcerer bloodline.

Helped in creation of the Wardstones. Has been in Nerosyan since the first crusade. 

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Ordielau Ellvesem 

Status: Alive 

Relation to the twins: Mother

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Kyonin born elf: Aiudeen

Deity/Religion: Calistria 

Class: Witch; Gravewalker

Background: Noble, Diplomat 

Alignment: Neutral Evil 

Appearance: Golden blonde hair. Sky blue eyes. Heart shaped face. 

Personality/Traits: Charming, spiteful, insincere, conceited, excitable, judgmental, fickle

History: Born and educated in the Kyonin capital of Iadara. Moved to Mendev with her father and mother. 

Current: Took over her father’s position as the current Kyonin diplomat in charge of research in fighting the demonic invasion. 

Middle age elven woman. 

A friendly and charming person on the surface.

Infamous for hosting hedonistic events. And equally known for her brutality in regard to those she views as 'lower' than herself, including her own servants and staff. Punishing them thoroughly for mistakes or thievery.

Gave away her and her husband's first child to a hag to fulfill her deal. Told her family she lost the baby.

Drowned her own son, Zrise. Also then attempted to kill his sister, Lariel.

With her father's help, they resurrected Zrise. The necromantic ritual was intentionally left incomplete as it would require a sacrifice.

Is the one who commissioned and made Lariel wear her anti-magic collar.

Has a bat familiar named Mori who often spies in her absence.

Her infidelity is a constant strain on her marriage.

Has been in Nerosyan since the first crusade. Though she often travels to other countries to make connections. Away from home often.

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Valondriel Ellvesem

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Maternal Half Brother 

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Forlorn born elf: Aiudeen 

Deity/Religion: Calistria

Class: Magus: Spell Dancer

Background: Noble

Alignment: True Neutral 

Appearance: Golden hair. Brown eyes. Square face. 

Personality/Traits: Proud, motivated, immature, pretentious, impudent, mean-spirited, 

History: Born to his mother and father. 

Current: Heir to the joint Ellvesem and Aldonlel titles. 

Elven teen. 

Resents his half-elven half-siblings for 'ruining' his life. The sole heir of both his parent's titles and wealth. 

The favorite child. Has a lot of pressure placed on him.

Spent most of his childhood tormenting Zrise. Ignores and avoids Lariel. Views them both as his family's biggest embarrassment.

He tries to study magic but finds himself lacking. Though is an accomplished fencer. Often dueling with Zrise.

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Thohan Ellvesem

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Step father. Mother’s current husband. 

Pronouns: He/Him 

Species: Forlorn born elf: Aiudeen 

Deity/Religion: Yuelral

Class: Alchemist; Tinker 

Background: Artisan, Merchant 

Alignment: True Neutral 

Appearance: Mousy brown hair. Brown eyes. Square face. 

Personality/Traits: Vigilant, focused, meticulous, unconfident, thin-skinned, gutless, uptight  

History: Born in Galt capital of Isarn to a merchant family. His family still lives there. Traveled to Nerosyan where he met Oldielau. 

Current: Travels for work around the Inner Sea region. Training Valondriel to take over his business. 

Middle-age elven man

His family is known for specializing in enchanted high-quality jewelry.

Spends much time away from home. Traveling for business often.

Puts a lot of pressure on all the children. Though he hates and resents Lariel and Zrise.

He and Zrise's relationship is the worst. Viewing him as a worthless troublemaker. Has taken it upon himself to discipline him.

He treats Lariel with polite but strained tolerance. Often using her good behavior against Zrise in an attempt to push them apart.

Is the one who insists everyone at his home refer to them as, "boy" and "girl" in an effort to elevate his own son above them.

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Drago

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Mother's Loyal Butler

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Human: Ustalavic

Deity/Religion: Formally Urgathoan

Class: NA

Background: Servant

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Appearance: Older man. Pale skin. Once black hair that is now salt and peppered. Sharp features.

Personality/Traits: Loyal, callous, neat, meticulous, cold, silent, stern, observant, vindictive

History: Was 'saved' by Ordielau on a trip to Ustalav. Used to serve Count Manfray Muralt.

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Eithon

Status: Dead

Relation to the twins: Lariel’s Teacher

Pronouns: He/They

Species: Kyonin born elf: Aiudeen

Deity/Religion: Sarenrae

Class: Sorcerer; Celestial Bloodline. Oracle; Seer 

Background: Scholar 

Alignment: Neutral Good 

Appearance: Long silver hair, triangular face, silver eyes. 

Personality/Traits: Charming, compassionate, dedicated, earnest, gentle, independent, observant 

History: Left Kynoin once he was of age to be tutored by Ianthos. 

Young adult elven man. 

Lariel's teacher until his death. 

Taught her via magical projection most of the time. Only saw her in person a handful of times.

Taught Lariel a lot of her skills. Including the harp.

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Venan

Status: ???

Relation to the twins: Lariel’s first crush  

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Half-elf; Urchin (Neither dual heritage or kindred raised) 

Deity/Religion: Norgorber

Class: Rogue; Scout 

Background: Urchin, Pickpocket 

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral 

Appearance: Wavy chestnut brown hair, one brown eye, one glass eye that's blue. Scar across his nose and cheek. Freckled. Square jaw. 

Personality/Traits: Adaptable, curious, cowardly, enthusiastic, dishonest, humorous, individualistic, manipulative, short-sighted, selfish. 

History: Raised in an orphanage in Nerosyan. Started thieving young. Joined the thieves guild. 

Young adult half-elf

In escaping arrest scaled the walls of the estate. Lariel helped him. Though he always kept a distance.

Venan used her affection and infatuation to get money from her. Promising one day to return and run away with her.

Only to be caught red-handed selling her things by Zrise who beat him, cut off two of his fingers, and left him for dead (without Lariel’s knowledge). After that, Venan never returned.

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Kraler Karden

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Lariel’s fiance   

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Half-elf; Kindred raised

Deity/Religion: Iomedae

Class: NA

Background: Noble

Alignment: Lawful Neutral 

Appearance: Dirty blonde hair, brown eyes, heart shaped face.  

Personality/Traits: Arrogant, controlling, disorganized, greedy, haughty, irresponsible, lazy, social, brown-noser

History: Middle brother of a crusader family in Kenabras. His oldest brother is the current leader of the Knights of the Rampant Dragon. A socialite who does not want to marry. 

Adult half-elf.

Engaged to a young Lariel whom he never showed interest in. She is much younger than him. He had no interest in befriending or getting to know her. Viewing their marriage as an obligation. 

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Docilia Livianus

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Zrise’s swordsmanship teacher

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Human: Chelaxian

Deity/Religion: Abadar 

Class: Fighter; Mobile fighter

Background: Noble Warrior 

Alignment: Lawful neutral 

Appearance: Almost black dark brown hair, now salt and pepper, blue eyes, square face. 

Personality/Traits: Abrasive, authoritarian, brutal, confident, eloquent, stoic, precise, thorough

History: Left Cheliax during political turmoil. Worked with crusaders in the Fourth Crusade where she encountered Ordielau. Becoming Zrise's teacher. As Thohan would not allow the boys to share.

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Oria

Status: Dead

Relation to the twins: Zrise’s Calistrian’s mentor, ex-lover, first love 

Pronouns: They/Them

Species: Aasimar: Musetouched (Azata-Blooded)

Deity/Religion: Calistria

Class: Alchemist; Saboteur

Background: Acolyte, Courtesan

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral 

Appearance: Metallic silver hair, glowing gem like teal eyes, silver freckles, round face. 

Personality/Traits: Fickle, sarcastic, unsentimental, spontaneous, persuasive, flirtatious, venomous

History: Their mother escaped Clelaxian slavery and became a faithful worshiper of Calistria. Oria was raised in a brothel. They along with their mother and siblings work with the Gray Gardener’s. 

When they were both children Oria encountered a young Relik. They and their family took him off the streets. Offering him food and shelter. He came to worship Calistria as well.

Looked after and trained a teen/young adult Zrise. 

In a hierarchical poly relationship/open relationship. Oria and Relik the primary couple. Zrise secondary. 

Ended the relationship with Zrise, seeing his growing feelings as a betrayal against Calistria. 

After this there was a fight that escalated that resulted in Oria and Relik’s deaths at Zrise’s hands. 

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Relik

Status: Dead

Relation to the twins: Zrise’s ex lover, romantic rival, tormenter  

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Tiefling: Spitespawn (Div-spawn) 

Deity/Religion: Calistria 

Class: Cleric; Cutpurse

Background: Urchin, Courtesan

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral 

Appearance: Almost black reddish brown skin, Black eyes, short black hair. Long ibex like horn, one broken at the base. Thick tail with tufted fur at the end. 

Personality/Traits: Aggressive, aloof, callous, conceited, destructive, dogmatic, resentful, sadistic

History: An orphan who grew up on the streets of Isarn until they befriended Oria. Treated cruelly but those around him. 

Unwaveringly loyal to Oria and their family. 

Barely tolerates Zrise often taking his anger out on him. 

In a hierarchical poly relationship/open relationship. Oria and Relik the primary couple.

Died by Zrise’s hands.

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Characters the twins haven't met in Canon:

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Lahaliel Aldonlel (Morgethai)

Status: Dead

Relation to the twins: Maternal Grandmother

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Kyonin born elf: Aiudeen

Deity/Religion: Mainly; Ketephys, but polytheism for the Elven Pantheon

Class: Shaman; Speaker For The Past. Druid; Menhir Savant. Riftwarden

Background: Guide, Healer, Diplomat

Alignment: True Neutral

Appearance: Strawberry blonde hair. vibrant green blue eyes. Heart shaped face.

Personality/Traits: Fawning, purposeful, perfectionist, hardworking, flexible, generous, dutiful, gullible

History: Born in the elven town of Riverspire. Through her connection to nature and the spirits of the past she befriended many fey. Wishing to help when she came of age she began traveling around Kyonin. Looking for ways to combat the demonic corruption. Her efforts taking her to the capital of Iadara where she met a young Ianthos. She is the reason he chose to go Mendev at the start of the opening of he Worldwound.

Came from the large Morgethai family.

Fey-touched, for her help and efforts she was given the gift of a favor by a Swan Maiden. She never took the opportunity in life. So it was passed to the first suitable along the family tree. Lariel. Manifesting as the Fey: Bloodline

Lariel's name is in part in reference to her Grandmother. Though it is unclear if it's meant as a slight or an acknowledgement of guilt.

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Elowen

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Maternal Half-sister

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Forlorn born elf: Aiudeen 

Deity/Religion: Groetus

Class: Rogue; Counterfeit Mage

Background: Urchin; Pickpocket

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Appearance: Dirty blonde hair. Brown eyes. Heart shaped face.

Personality/Traits: Adaptable, argumentative, calculating, cynical, erratic, hateful, morbid, power-hungry, secretive, uncharitable

History: 'Raised' by a Moon Hag, Auntie Agharna. She does not know her real family. Living on the streets of Nerosyan. Auntie mostly leaves her to her own devices until she is given a task to further the Harbinger of Last Days.

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Saesha

Status: Dead

Relation to the twins: Paternal Grandmother

Pronouns: She/Her, They/Them

Species: Sylph; Stormsoul. Raised: Varisian

Deity/Religion: Ashava

Class: Bard; Thundercaller

Background: Urchin, Nomad, Entertainer

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Appearance: Unnaturally pale skin, with white markings on her skin in the shape of Lichtenberg Scars. Dark brown, almost black, wavy auburn hair. Pale blue, almost white eyes.

Personality/Traits: Confident, spontaneous, welcoming, compassionate, independent, curious, odd, absentminded, hot-tempered

History: Born in Pitax. An orphan picked up in a traveling Varisian group who worshiped Ashava. Her heritage, adopted family, and strange makings always marked her outsider. Despite her friendly nature most people did not trust her. She learned music as a way to make a living.

Tried to keep her son's father a secret to keep him out of Brevoy politics. He does not know he is of house Lodovka.

Traveled and lived in Brevoy, Numeria, Ustalav, Mendev and the River Kingdoms

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Banom 

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Biological father; He doesn’t know they exist 

Pronouns: He/Him 

Species: Human: Brevic. Raised: Varisian

Deity/Religion: Gorzeh / Desna / The Green Faith / Ashava Sarkorian spirits (Whatever suits him) 

Class: Sorcerer; Elemental Bloodline Air

Background: Soldier, Pirate

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral 

Appearance: Auburn Hair, Green eyes. Strong jaw and underbite.   

Personality/Traits: Courageous, dramatic, forceful, friendly, humble, loyal, passionate, playful, resourceful , stubborn

History: Raised on Acuben Isle. Traveling with his mother with no home city. Until he was made a page for house Lodovka. Becoming a soldier. Until he was imprisoned in an attempt at a political coup. Became a pirate using his previous training. 

Current: Captain of the Bloodstone Rose. Pirate of the Lake of Mists and Veils. 

Middle-aged human. Neither Lariel nor Zrise know him. He doesn't know they exist. Ordielau kept his identity to herself.

A sailor/pirate. In procession of the bloodline Lariel inherited. He uses it to control the weather.

Married with a wife and children of his own.

First wife passed away and he remarried. Has one daughter from his first wife. A son with his second wife. 

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Nelka

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Paternal Half-sister

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Human: Brevic  Raised: Kellid: Sarkorian

Deity/Religion: Stag Mother of the Forest of Stones; The Green Faith

Class: Druid; Mooncaller

Background: Acolyte

Alignment: Neutral good

Appearance: Mousy brown hair. Hazel eyes. Square jawed.

Personality/Traits: Competitive, outspoken, stern, faithful, insensitive, loyal, rowdy, strong-willed, focused

History: As her father was often away she grew to resent him. Her mother Yelen died while she was very young. She was made to fend for herself until taken in by Desha. How the two of them met after she gave him an earful for abandoning his daughter. She is much closer with her step-mother than her father. Her relationship with Banom is strained.

She is married to her wife Kalen. They take in orphans.

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Korek

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Paternal Half-brother

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Human: Brevic. Also; Kellid: Sarkorian

Deity/Religion: Whatever his dad says is convenient

Class: Skald; Totemic

Background: Entertainer

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Appearance: Red hair. Brown eyes. Triangular face. Freckled

Personality/Traits: Adventurous, arrogant, cheerful, contradictory, daring, inconstant, fun-loving, noncommittal, short-sighted, lazy

History: Was born after Banom and Desha married. The youngest of the half-siblings. He grew up hearing stories of his father's life. He looks up to him and wants to be a lot like him. Has taken to insisting he also travel with him. Though the life on the ship is a lot more boring than he thought.

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Desha

Status: Alive

Relation to the twins: Paternal Step-mother

Pronouns: She/Her

Species: Human: Kellid: Sarkorian

Deity/Religion: Stag Mother of the Forest of Stones; The Green Faith

Class: Alchemist; Beastmorph. Arcanist; Occultist

Background: Healer

Alignment: Neutral Good

Appearance: Black hair. Freckled. Dark brown eyes. Triangular face. Freckled

Personality/Traits: Clear-headed, honest, decisive, eloquent, demanding, idealistic, obstinate, organized, reliable

History: Her clan fled Mendev after the Worldwound opened. Sarkorian Kellid diaspora. So she was taught in the Sarkorian ways but is an outsider in Brevoy. A trained alchemist who sells her potions to make a living.

Alignment: Neutral Good

Appearance: Black hair. Freckled. Dark brown eyes. Triangular face. Freckled

Personality/Traits: Clear-headed, honest, decisive, eloquent, demanding, idealistic, obstinate, organized, reliable

History: Her clan fled Mendev after the Worldwound opened. Sarkorian Kellid diaspora. So she was taught in the Sarkorian ways but is an outsider in Brevoy. A trained alchemist who sells her potions to make a living.

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Curse Lore

I’m realizing I should lay out the facts of the curse. Because I often say things that make sense to ME but I don’t know if I’ve ever put it into words or explained it fully. Basically this is just bullshit I made up and I’m sorry.

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Blood hunger!

I tend to think of it less like a normal dhampir or vampire. There is a desire for the blood like when you smell food when you are hungry. But the more powerful feeling is actually a desire for the relief it brings. Less a craving and more a necessity. Like a drug that dulls pain. The fresh blood is not a replacement for food or water like vampires. Think of it more of a corruption like someone needs to replace their white blood cells and get a transfusion. Only very much supernatural.

The Necromancy

The true intention of the undead curse is actually the opposite of how it’s been used in this case. Usually the state they are in is supposed to be very temporary. The times this necromancy spell was used historically the one who becomes undead is the one who wants to become more powerful. Using their apprentices/minions/devotees as the sacrifice. Ordielau and Ianthos used this necromancy curse in a manner it was not intended to be.

The curse is a constant that will not resolve unless one of these two conditions are met. (And a secret third thing I’ll touch on)

1. Host dies. The curse has consumed them. They become a shambling corpse in the control of the caster of the ritual.

2. Ritual that began is complete. Including original casters heart within the body of the host. The subject is now reanimated and fully undead. More powerful. Now immortal.

3. Ascension. Host has surpassed mortality but the curse has fused with their divinity.

The Symptoms:

When host is low on uncorrupted blood they start to deteriorate. How quickly that happens varies but depends on the hosts health. Consuming uncorrupted blood will start the healing process which brings them back to their default state.

- Sweating, fevers, while having a lower body temperature

- Swaying, losing balance, fainting

- Skin discoloration about eyes, mouth, nose

- Loss of sense of smell or taste. Everything begins to taste like ash and rot

- Not able to retain water weight. They look and become dehydrated

- Loss of motor function. Shaking, trembling, muscle weakness, loss of control of limbs

- Loss on mental facilities. Trouble remembering, losing track of time, in a haze or fog, tiredness, fatigue

- Pins and needles, phantom pains

- Loss of appetite, weight loss

- (Zrise specific because his cause of death was drowning) Coughing, wheezing.

- Any wounds begin to fester and rot

How the Family Handles It:

Only two individuals know the truth about the curse.

Ianthos Aldonlel, their grandfather. Who knew of the ritual. Informed and assisted his daughter but did not perform the ritual. Got her the required components. He intends to use the information to his advantage but would only betray is daughter if he felt she would do so first. The inciting incident of Zrise knowing a hit of this information is that Ianthos discovers the truth of how his late wife died.

Ordielau Ellvesem, their mother. Who performed the ritual with the intention of keeping her child in the state of in between life and death. She knows that her heart is required to complete the ritual and has no intention of allowing that to come to pass. So she never intends to tell him what would end his current state of existence.

Already known for their cruelty it’s an unspoken rule (punishable offense if the rule is broken by staff or strangers) that they ‘harvest’ blood from ‘acceptable’ sources. This is never done by any actual members of the family. Always done by trusted staff. Usually organized by the family’s loyal butler, Drago.

The family does not acknowledge that they require blood. Calling it ‘medicine’ even though through taste it is obvious. Despite trying to hide it. Even as children something was obviously off.

Usually they have about one half a pint of blood once a week. A week is about as long as one can go without symptoms starting to show. Unless they consume more blood more regularly.

Hope you enjoyed my deranged rambling

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OC Voice Template

Finally. I finished this for both the twins!

Lariel

BASICS

NO. OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES >> Fluent: Taldane (Common) and Elvish Inherently knows via sorcery: Sussuran (Auran), Sylvan (Feycommon, First Speech) Read: Azlanti, Draconic, Kelish, Arcane (notation) Understand somewhat but not fluent: Hallit, Empyrean

TONE OF VOICE >> High, but breathy and quiet. A little ethereal.

ACCENT >> Nerosyan; Noble so a posh British accent with a few elvish flairs.

DEMEANOR >>shy / approachable

POSTURE >> straight / other A natural grace and a well-trained posture.

HABITS

head tilting (when listening intently), swaying (If she is absentmindedly standing), fidgeting (If vulnerable), playing with hair or clothing (When self-conscious), inconsistent eye contact (Not used to looking at others. So she is shy)

COMPLEXITY

VOCABULARY >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️ She often tries to not sound too academic or stuffy. She's just not used to talking with people at first.

EMOTION >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️ Can vary greatly, but she is almost always earnest and sincere. Speaking her truth in some manner. Though she is a quiet and soft-spoken person. So her emotions may not come across to those who don't know her.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪ Once again at first, she is just doing her best to hold a casual conversation. Sometimes she trips over herself and sounds too formal. Though she is well-meaning and trying to be friendly. Looking for reasons to drop the noble speech mannerisms.

PROFANITY

FREQUENCY >> ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ She doesn't really curse.

CREATIVITY (in regards to profanity) >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️ But when she does, it's always in elvish and sounds like some kind of old Shakespearian curse.

BOLD THAT APPLY

arse / ass / asshole / bastard / bitch / bloody / bugger / bollocks / chicken shit / crap / cunt / dick / frick / fuck / horseshit / motherfucker / piss / prick / pussy / screw / shit / shitass / son of a bitch / twat / wanker

THIS OR THAT

straightforward or cryptic (A bit of both. Though when she is cryptic it's usually to avoid embarrassment.)

finding the right word or using the first word that comes to mind

masculinity, neutrality, or femininity

formalities or with abrasiveness

praise or equivocation

frankness or flattery (Though she is always polite)

excessive or minimal hand gestures

name-calling or magnanimity

friendly or blunt

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

DO PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHARACTER? almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never Because she has a soft voice. Though she can project when necessary.

DOES YOUR CHARACTER’S POINT COME ACROSS EASILY WHEN THEY SPEAK? almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never Sometimes she loses the point of what she is saying when it comes to her own feelings.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER INITIATE CONVERSATIONS? almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE THE ONE TO END CONVERSATIONS? almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE ‘WHOM’ IN A SENTENCE? yes / no / only ironically

YOUR CHARACTER WANTS TO MAKE A COUNTERPOINT. WHAT WORD DO THEY USE? but / though / although / however / perhaps / maybe

HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER END CONVERSATIONS?  walk away / ask if that’s everything / say that’s everything / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they're done here / remain quiet / they don’t

WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WOULD OTHERS ASSUME YOUR CHARACTER BELONGS TO, HEARING THEM SPEAK? upper / middle / lower

IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE WAY YOUR CHARACTER SPEAK STAND OUT TO OTHERS? accent  / vocabulary / tone / level / politeness / brusqueness / it doesn’t

Anything that wasn’t touched on?

Her politeness and formal ways of speaking can make her come across as snobbish to those who don't try to get to know her. However, I believe her sorcerer's charm draws people to her. Along with her earnestness, I think her slight awkwardness would be charming as opposed to off-putting. Lariel covers her mouth when she smiles or laughs. As she was discouraged from letting her emotions get the best of her. But her smile is brilliant, if you are lucky enough to catch a glimpse. She was taught to sing and play the harp. She’s a Thundercaller Bard as well as Sorcerer. I imagine her singing voice is somewhat like Nicole Dollanganger.

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Zrise

BASICS

NO. OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES >>  Fluent: Taldane (Common), Elvish

Understand somewhat but not fluent: Hallit

TONE OF VOICE >> Deep but almost mid, a little flat and gravelly most of the time. Until he gets expressive.

ACCENT >> Nerosyan; Noble so a posh British accent with a few elvish flairs on the vowels. Though he can modulate more about how ‘proper’ he sounds. Sometimes fighting it. Though he at times uses Galtan phrases or slang.

DEMEANOR >> other He's very on edge. Not quite hostile. Looking for something.

POSTURE >> stiff / relaxed Depends on where he is and what he is doing. He's been trained to be proper. So if he's very mindful he comes across as stiff. He can also flip between a more 'carefree' demeanor when his guard is lowered is relaxed.

HABITS

gesturing, arms crossing, inconsistent eye contact (There are times he holds it too long, or too intensely. Other times he refuses to make eye contact.), standing close (When trying to win someone over, show authority / social dominance), stands at a distance (When trying to not be within striking distance, or trying to emotionally distance himself.)

COMPLEXITY

VOCABULARY >> ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Like his sister, he was taught to speak very formally. So often when making a first impression he speaks well, but quickly his vocabulary deteriorates. He also lived a commoner for a brief time. So he can slip into less formal speech.

EMOTION >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️ He can swing wildly from one extreme to another. Usually he is explosive, though he can be very cold. As much as he hates it he usually wears his (wounded) heart on his sleeve.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE >> ⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪ Like his vocabulary, he quickly loses his ability to string together sentences. Especially if his own emotions are involved.

PROFANITY

FREQUENCY >> ⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️ He acts formal at first brush but… he curses often.

CREATIVITY (in regards to profanity) >> ⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ Simple and to the point in his curses.

BOLD THAT APPLY

arse / ass / asshole / bastard / bitch / bloody / bugger / bollocks / chicken shit / crap / cunt / dick / frick / fuck / horseshit / motherfucker / piss / prick / pussy / screw / shit / shitass / son of a bitch / twat / wanker

THIS OR THAT

straightforward or cryptic (Both. Depending on his mood and what the context is.)

finding the right word or using the first word that comes to mind

masculinity, neutrality, or femininity

formalities or with abrasiveness (Both. He uses formalities in a derogatory sense.)

praise or equivocation

frankness or flattery (Both. Depending on the context. Aka what he wants)

excessive or minimal hand gestures (Neither. A normal amount I'd say)

name-calling or magnanimity

friendly or blunt

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

DO PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHARACTER? almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

DOES YOUR CHARACTER’S POINT COME ACROSS EASILY WHEN THEY SPEAK?  almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never A lot of the time the point he wants someone to take from what he's saying just does not come across. It gets lost in translation because of his tone, attitude, and his lack of willingness to be vulnerable or honest.

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER INITIATE CONVERSATIONS? almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely /never

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE THE ONE TO END CONVERSATIONS? almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE ‘WHOM’ IN A SENTENCE? yes / no / only ironically

YOUR CHARACTER WANTS TO MAKE A COUNTERPOINT. WHAT WORD DO THEY USE? but / though / although / however / perhaps / maybe

HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER END CONVERSATIONS?  walk away / ask if that’s everything / say that’s everything / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they're done here / remain quiet / they don’t

WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WOULD OTHERS ASSUME YOUR CHARACTER BELONGS TO, HEARING THEM SPEAK? upper / middle / lower

He can hide some of his more ‘noble’ speech mannerisms.

IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE WAY YOUR CHARACTER SPEAK STAND OUT TO OTHERS? accent  / vocabulary / tone / level / politeness / brusqueness / it doesn’t

Anything that wasn’t touched on?

He gives people nicknames. Not always clear if it's meant as an insult or with affection. He can turn on a version of his charm. Though it is unsettling in my mind. Like a predator trying to corner or lure its prey. When he is acting friendly or flirty it's almost like he's behind glass. Not quite all there. Usually, he is seeking and searching for something. Though from the outside it's unclear what.

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TV Tropes Page for Zrise

I may update this in the future. Just a general content warning because it touches on some potentially triggering topics below.

Fake Tv Tropes for Lariel

Abusive Parents: As a child he was corporally punished by his step-father until he got big enough to fight back. Treated not as a child but as a weapon.

All for Nothing: As he looks back and sees the ashes in his wake he realizes too late that what he burned along the way was what he really needed. 

All of the Other Reindeer: His family treats him like an outsider. Then when Zrise gets exposed to the outside world most people treat him as strange and scary. He resents this. Never welcome where he is. As a noble he’s a bastard. As an inquisitor he’s a noble. Even when people treat him with kindness it’s because they want to use him.

Always Second Best/Can't Catch Up: No matter how hard he tries his sister is better at almost everything. 

Ambition is Evil: One of the driving forces behind his actions. He wants to become so powerful that no one can hurt him. 

Anguished Declarations of Love: The only way he ever admits any romantic feelings. 

Bastard Understudy: Each mentor who attempts to take him under their wing. He eventually turns on them. 

Being Evil Sucks: After the temporary highs of revenge, power, and hedonism fade. All he is left with is the truth that he doesn’t even know how to be happy anymore. There's always someone looking for justice and vengeance. He will always be fighting to stay alive.

Beneath the Mask: Having to be many things to many people on many occasions. And often failing to live up to the expectations the Mask set. Zrise is afraid to look Beneath the Mask because he believes he will hate whoever is underneath. That whoever is underneath is truly worthless. He can slip into Becoming the Mask. Where he loses himself and it’s too late to turn back.

Birthday Hater: Each birthday he sees as a day closer to death. Despite his sister’s request to spend the day together, he always flakes. Caught up in thinking about how he’s wasted his life. He avoids it, gets drunk, and picks a fight.

Blessed with Suck: He worships his Goddess so that he wouldn’t have to die and slow agonizing death. To get his medicine. His gift is an almost normal life, the only problem is the price he's always paying is doing their dirty work.

Blood Knight: He loves to fight. At times he says it’s his life's purpose. It’s the only time he feels competent. Battle is where he feels he has purpose.

Cruel to Be Kind: Zrise often pushes people away because he believes himself to be dangerous. He knows what he’d do to his enemies and those they love. He knows what he himself has done to the ones he loves. He doesn’t want it to happen again. Though he never goes about explaining it this way. He often pushes people away in moments when he does not trust himself. 

Dark and Troubled Past: Zrise was killed as a child. Drown intentionally by his mother. Only for her to realize she’d have to suffer consequences after his sister ran off. He was then resurrected through a necromantic ritual. Though the ritual was not complete as it required his mother’s heart as sacrifice. A price she wasn’t willing to pay. Through his childhood he was constantly sick and weak due to the ritual being incomplete. Leaving his body wanting to decay and corrupt. He required blood transfusions to retain his personhood and not become a shambling corpse. Though the curse still makes its way through his body and soul. He was fully aware when his soul was ripped away before his untainted self could be judged. Warned that the punishment for trying to cheat death was far worse than death itself. Zrise tells himself that this experience was a bad dream. Though the memories of that day still recur in his sleep. Not allowing him to rest. He blames the Gods who wish to punish him, rather than his mother for his murder.

Defiant to the End: He’ll always die kicking and screaming. Spitting in his enemies face. He never begs for his life.

Despair Event Horizon: Depending on his life path different events can trigger this. Usually though it is he loses his connection to both his sister and mother. 

Divine Punishment: Zrise can turn from his Goddess should he choose. But then he must face the consequences of becoming like the very heretics he hunted.

Doom Magnet: The ones who he actually cares about suffer the longer they are around him due to the consequences of his actions and his inability to face them. 

Even Evil Has Loved One’s / Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Zrise has a deep soft spot for both his sister and his mother. Both are tied in deeply with the trauma of his death. His mother for his murder, and his sister for leaving him behind. His craving for love from his mother drives him to act out, longing for her attention. The comfort of his sister's love often causes him to selfishly drive others away from her. His loyalty to one or the other can greatly influence his fate.

Face-Heel Turn: Can be in relation to his sister, mother, and the Knight Commander. Applies to Oria and Relik.

Fate Worse Than Death: His soul is tainted from the necromancy performed on him as a child. Taken before his soul could be judged untainted. He deeply fears what awaits him in the afterlife. 

Handsome Lech: Faithful worshipper of the Goddess of Lust. Known as a rake and a scoundrel in high society. He is known to pursue sex with anyone who can tolerate him with something to offer. When people can look past his undead nature he is attractive enough to get people’s attention, but they don't stick around for long. His personality and behavior drives others away from him. This is often intentional and self destructive on his end. 

Heel-Face Turn: To the Knight Commander on certain paths. Going from wishing to betray his sister to choosing a slow death to protect the ones he loves. Trying to be worthy of love.

How The Mighty Have Fallen: At his highs he is protected by some of the most wealthy and powerful. It all comes crashing down and he’s left with nothing, not even his grandfather’s name. And all his former allies are out to kill him. 

Identity Breakdown: Can either make or break Zrise. At his lowest he realizes how long he’s been a shell of himself. 

Kick the Dog: He has many moments that could be considered kicking the dog. Cruel to both animals and children when they bother him. Don’t ask him for charity. His version of mercy is a swift death. He is also often cruel to his sister. 

Love Makes You Crazy: How this manifests greatly depends on the object of his affection. Though he will do increasingly bizarre and desperate things for their attention, affection, and loyalty. Can include; Attempting to scare, fight, or kill any rival. Murder on their behalf. Changing the way he dresses and speaks. ‘Accidently’ bumping into them. Full blown denial that they aren’t interested in him. Being violent at perceived rejection. ‘Tests’ of their loyalty. Pursuing someone else in hopes they become jealous. Looking through their personal belongings. Etc. 

Love Makes You Evil: In the past Zrise killed his former rival and lover. Happens in certain paths if enabled by the Knight Commander.

Love Redeems: If the Knight Commander and Lariel can get through to him.

My God, What Have I Done?: Often Zrise realizes much too late that his plans will require a sacrifice he was never ready to make. Only now if he fails to follow through he might just end up losing it all anyway because it’s already been set in motion. 

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Even when Zrise does try to finally atone and ‘make up’ for what he’s done, it’s too little too late. The enemies he’s made along the way are not satisfied until all the suffering he has brought is paid back in full. Leaving those he loves in the crossfire.

Pater Familicide: One of the worst outcomes for him. When he doesn’t see a way out and he can’t bear to let his family see who he's become. 

Professional Killer: Torturing and killing enemies of the faith is his job. He gets very defensive when people criticize this. 

Sadist: Zrise has found a way to enjoy his work. That is to enjoy suffering. Both of others and his own. 

Sanity Slippage: Guilt, fear, and forces greater than himself, make him start to slide further and further away from sanity. 

The Berserker: Charges into battle like he has nothing to lose. Sometimes it's arrogance that the divine will protect him. Sometimes it’s full blown rage. Sometimes it’s a deep desire to hurt himself. Either way he doesn’t back down.

The Caligula: In some timelines; After murdering all the family above him he rules over all of what the Ellvesem family held. With one surviving family member he believes he can control. Abusing and using his family’s former allies. OR rising to Godhood his divine powers let him become his worst self.

The Hedonist: He often looks for a quick fix for his mood. Sex, drugs, etc. Sex is often his go to. Though in certain circumstances he can also indulge in his bloodlust. He's bad at thinking of the long term and looks for what is quick, easy, and pleasurable. (Even if that’s self flagellation)

The Starscream: In trying to befriend those more evil and powerful than himself he ends up envying and resenting them so much he plans to kill them and take their place.

Tragic Villain: It’s hard to say what path his life would have taken if his mother had not done what she did. If he didn't feel he needed to do whatever it took to survive.

Troubled Abuser: As much a victim and a perpetrator in the cycle of violence. Often accepting abusive and awful behavior because of how he was treated. Believing he must dish it out so he doesn’t have to be at its mercy. 

Unwitting Pawn: Often he falls right into the traps his mentors set for him, even when he tries to defy them. 

Undead Always Ends: Usually Zrise does not survive succumbing to the curse or worse.

Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Lariel often tells stories of a younger less jaded Zrise. One who carefully tended to plants in the family’s greenhouse. Who wanted to be a knight in shining armor. Who played tricks and pranks. A boy who tried to befriend everyone he ran into. Her brother who would look at the stars with her and talk about the adventures they would go on when they grew up. 

What Have I Become?: After he was brought back to life Zrise found his own body, a stranger. Fangs, cold gray skin, dark hair and nails. He has believed himself a monster since that day. 

Your Approval Fills Me With Shame: Certain mentors' approval fills him with a deep sense of shame once he starts to try to pull himself together. Often paired with trying to do the right thing and failing miserably.

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If oc asks are ok. What fears do they have?

Of course! Honestly love any excuse to talk about them. Thank you!

For Lariel most of her fears revolve around loss of control. Which is extremely reasonable. But she can also be very strangely calm about a lot of things other people see as a lack of control. She means that much more literally I think than most. Like she embraces the chaos of the world and the universe but she doesn’t really accept people who leverage power over others.

She has a fear of abandonment. That someone will leave and never come back and they will forget her. That she’ll be waiting and waiting. This has to do with her brother and father. I think she always kind of hoped her father would appear in her life and take her away. Hoping for a family that might accept her and love her.

For her part of the toxic relationship between her and Zrise is that she basically doesn’t know much of what goes on in his life. He’s gone for years. Comes back a very different person. And then he is very sporadic in his appearance in her life. So she’s always worried one day he just… won’t come back.

For Zrise his one of his biggest fears is deep and wide natural water. Lakes, oceans, rivers. He doesn’t want to go in them. I imagine as a child he fought tooth and nail to not bathe. But he eventually was forced to grow out of it. He doesn’t want to put his head underwater. I think he does not really find baths relaxing or calming. Mostly he tries to get them over with. As someone who likes baths irl I want to believe one day he could learn to love it.

His other fear is more interpersonal. He has guilt and fear about hurting the people he cares about. I know I meme on him but he’s on the knife’s edge near constantly of killing him mom and loving her so much. He’s both resentful and sees her as one of the few people who ‘knows’ him. For Zrise vulnerability is duel good and awful. He craves it, wants to be close and show his weakness. On the other hand, everyone he knows and knew really used that against him in his moments of weakness. Lariel being the exception, but she’s also never had power over him.

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Just thinking some thoughts

Lariel does not actually smile too often. Her default expression is very melancholy/dreamy/distant. But when she does smile it's completely genuine and heartfelt. Often transforming her whole face as she covers her mouth.

Zrise too has a bit of a resting bitch face. Gloomy. He smiles and laughs much more often, but usually very insincere. Never quite reaches his eyes. His genuine joy is much harder to glimpse. They both have a bit of a pout.

Something that is also hard to articulate about their relationship.

Lariel is not afraid of Zrise. Usually her horror and negative reactions to his behavior come from a place of being hurt. Emotionally. Feeling betrayed by him. Feeling helpless to stop him from becoming something worse. Feeling like she is losing her brother. The one person who might understand her. Feeling more alone than ever.

Zrise IS afraid of Lariel. Unlike his sister. Zrise saw Lariel cause the death of someone. Zrise was witness to most of those moments Lariel loses control. Accidentally hurts others. Even at times hurts him. It is a love and fear of her. And guilt over that fear. Fear and love are deeply intertwined for him. Lariel never SAW Zrise at his worst. He tries very hard to hide the dirty work he does. He is deeply afraid of destabilizing her. Part of why he resents but keeps up appearances.

As ‘scary’ and ‘mean’ as Zrise is to an outsider looking in, he is the one who could be easily destroyed by his sister and they BOTH know that.

The side effect of Lariel’s complete isolation is a lot of her mental health hinges on people who are distant and absent in her life. Zrise is the only one who feels worried for her. He does care about her.

His want to ‘collar’ her again is not because he thinks it’s right, he just doesn’t know what else to do. He wants to feel in control. Not get hurt. He feels he ‘must’ and he’s forgotten right and wrong long ago. And he’s scared, and he wants his family to love him.

Lariel lives in the world where once she’s free, she and Zrise should be able to go and live a happy life. But he doesn’t see it that way. He has debts to pay, he has a curse to lift, which unfortunately means he needs to stay close to his family. (In his mind, not saying that’s actually true)

She feels betrayed, not that he’d collar her, but that he’d abandoned the dream. That as children they always said it didn’t matter as long as they had each other. But Zrise and Lariel are both different people then when they made that promise.

Lariel who waited for Zrise to come home and found he didn’t want to talk to her anymore. Who wrote letters to him that were never replied too. He returned from Galt a jaded and cold person. Now more traumatized. And he won’t tell her what happened. He feels like he can’t be honest (not her fault really, but also understandable from Zrise’s pov)

So of course Lariel will feel deeply betrayed when the truth comes out and the walls come down. Knowing a lot of their relationship feels like a lie. And of course Zrise will feel misunderstood and judged. Because he did what he felt like he had to.

But they can work through it…

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🚬 for Lariel and 🎡 for Zrise?

Hey Ash!!! Thank you for the ask!! Also for the other ask yesterday! Tehehe

A bad habit for Lariel! Her bad habit is certainly forgetting to eat or drink enough. I think she’s so used to living isolated and alone, doing nothing but reading, her studies, her hobbies, and practicing skills, that time just gets away from her. I think she’s always multitasking and by the time the sun is going down she’s realizing she forgot to eat breakfast let alone lunch and dinner. I also see her having problems eating when she’s nervous. If she’s anxious about something you can tell because she’s just moving the food around on her plate as her mind is elsewhere.

Hobby for Zrise! He’s abandoned most of his hobbies outside of his combat training. Though I imagine it’s the one thing he does where he can actually get out of his own head a little. I think of Zrise as very active. Having that kind of brain where if he’s not doing something physical he’s overthinking too much. Sword training his where he can go to clear his head. Gardening I think sits in the same spot. Where he’s like so into the labor of it, he’s free from his thoughts. Not related but in a modern au I think he’s a car guy. Not like he buys expensive cars, no he’s a buys piece of shit old cars so he can fix them as a hobby kind of guy.

[the-raging-tempest]

Welcome back Dolly! I gotta try whatever it was you had lmfao

🔞,🚬,🤝 and 💌 for your boy 😌

LMAO I got you Jay! Remember I only had half. Splitting this with my partner we were like off of earth for a full day. I’m only barely conscious enough to do these asks! St Ides Georgia Peach High Tea! It tasted great but I lost a day in the zone. Now ASK TIME for which I am already so sorry I hope this is coherent! I’m still out of it 💕

A nsfw hc…. I feel like I’ve shared so many of my own free will let me think of one I haven’t said… HAH maybe this one does not need to be said and alas. It’s what popped into my head. He’s into getting pegged.

A bad habit. Damn this made me realize he has a lot. LMAO I mean easy feels like it doesn’t need to be said but his smoking. He’s got a lot of self destructive ones. He’s always looking for some quick fix to feel a little better. But I’ll also include not getting enough sleep. He has an awful time actually getting in bed and going to sleep. He puts it off for as long as possible. Always looking for a reason to avoid it.

A connection hc!! Tehehe I love that this one is here! God I feel like I have so many. I mean best worst couple ever. Aria and Zrise would be fighting one second and then all over each other. I feel like both of them would be awful at apologizing or owning up to anything. So I feel like Zrise would have a few go to ‘apology’ moves. Where he doesn’t actually have to say it LMAO Probably where he goes out and buys her something very nice because he’s a hint prideful but also in his own way wants to show he cares / doesn’t want to lose her

Romance themed! I’m gonna go with more actually romantic rather than the many unromantic and weird things Zrise would get up to LMAO! Zrise would never consider himself romantic but I think he has a romantic deep down in there. It’s just a little… wounded. If someone were to actually get through to him and he were showing his heart… I think him being vulnerable would be trying his best to grow them a flower. Or he’d insist on looking at stars. But he’d certainly try to pass it off as not because it’s romantic… it’s just…. Dark and uhh we can be alone…

[the-raging-tempest]

Listen no one asked. But if you were ever curious what I consider scents close to what the twins would gravitate towards I present me being cringe 💕

Lariel

At first brush is very dreamy and clean scent but the longer it sticks around the more it’s like a warm creamy delicious cup of aromatic coffee. Light, floral, and sweet with darker base notes.

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Zrise

Masculine, needs a light touch or it’s a bit much, tobacco, honey, woody and spicy. That bit of rich animalic smell underlying below the surface. Kind of got a pleasantly addictive funk.