#hw hosta

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Jade: Ancient Literature Artiste Jade is the one of the most famous beauties in Flora Street, as popular as Helena. She came from Essos. As a beautifil girl and also a gifted poet, she earns the love from many men. Jade loves collecting ancient books. In her eyes, an old Essosi book weighs much more heavier than a diamond necklace. Rumours say every night Jade leaves her home and goes to somewhere, some people say she goes to date with her lover, some people say she goes deep into the memorial park of Verselle. Runed Scroll: An ancient scroll where records some unknown words. According to the pictures, it is a spell book.

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So if Barris, for whatever reason (Juven), got dragged to the Calypso for his bachelor party I can see him, Hosta and Heather having tea and chatting. They tell him about how Magda may or may not have visited and asked racy questions. He may or may not do a spit take.

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cozytober2024: 15. Visiting the Dead

Hosta knelt on the cold ground, breathed in the chill air, and called the girl by name. She shifted so that more of the skin of her legs was resting on grave dirt, it always made things easier to have that simple connection. New spirits were always sporadic, harder to pin down. Normally she wouldn't call someone so soon from the grave, but this was an exception.

Isabel was only 16, young and new and only under Hosta's wing for three months. She was still training, and someone killed her. It wasn't anything new. People with money had bigger and better things to worry about than a nameless whore with no family and no connections. But Hosta cared. Hosta cared a great deal, and so she spun her magic and drew the poor girl's shade closer.

She was crying and unstable, still bleeding from wounds that no longer pained her. Hosta coaxed her closer, whispering sweet comforts, and she came. They couldn't touch, but Hosta kept her hands on the ground where Isabel could place hers on top, pretending they could, needing that small comfort more than ever.

The story came tumbling out in fragments. She was in love. He was going to pay her dept and marry her, a story Hosta has heard a thousand times before. It was the same back in Hondo too. He had a temper, but he was always sweet enough to make up for it. He swore he loved her, and maybe he did, but not enough to save her.

Isabel knew what Hosta wanted. Knew, now, that Hosta was different, something more. Knew that Hosta was Vengeful, it was a palpable thing lingering in the air. She didn't want death or revenge, but Hosta knew better, she knew that it wasn't about Isabel, it was about how girls like Isabel weren't worth much in the eyes of men like him. Foxes were territorial things, and Hosta protected her own with sharp teeth and fangs. She would eat his heart and in his last moments, maybe then he would learn regret.

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[ID:  The Pepe Silvia meme with "Hosta is a shinigami theory" written on the conspiracy wall.

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i'm working on hosta's bio rn and so far i have ruled out one of my previous theories, she was misnamed in the wiki because magda called her a tayuu in one conversation, and since tayuu isn't a name but a profession (tearing my hair out trying to find one consistent fact over four different languages) hosta doesn't have anything to do with the Hatred in my heart set, therefore she's not an oni guarding the gate between the realms of the living and the dead

But, she is for sure not mortal since foggy already said hosta can't die because she isn't dead

theory 2 1: she's a fox spirit, more specifically a kitsune since i think that one would fit her best seeing as she's magically proficient, knows things about history and magic that she shouldn't reasonably know, is beautiful, and has a supernaturally long lifespan, plus she also has a pipe fox, and according to yokai lore only proficient magic users/summoners/sorcerers (idk how to translate it) can control their effect on luck, while the association with a pipe fox doesn't necessarily mean she's a fox spirit herself, you could pull meaning that out of all the yokai that could have been chosen, hosta got a fox spirit, plus there's the in-universe rumors about her being a fox spirit

theory 2: undead, hosta was, at some point, a living person and for some reason was resurrected, this one doesn't hold much weight since i can't find a specific japanese spirit or monster that fits hosta and isn't a ghost, but it does fit the whole not being able to die because she's not alive thing, plus it would partially explain her abilities involving death, i'm not sure that it explains the respect the dead have for her though

new theory✨: shinigami, being immortal is one thing, but hosta's control over the dead suggests she has some greater connection to death itself, she can call on the dead from anywhere and does not need to have met them before to call them, on top of that hosta has stated that she can move between the realms of the living and the dead, WHICH also has some Implications about theology in the hw universe, but i'm not sure why hosta moved to the stardust continent in general if this is true, the only thing she says about it is that she crossed the ocean fleeing war, she doesn't seem to have anything to do with acting as a harbinger, leading people to death, or seeing out those who are going to die so if she is a shinigami then she's not a very good one

results: inconclusive, i'm begging you just give me one concrete answer, this is the black glove thing all over again

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The City of Innocence event partners

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The Weaver Hosta’s smoke emotes

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thinking about Helena’s crush on her boss