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𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬 — 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬

Summary: Just some headcanons of what exactly was going through Aaravos's head during and after his imprisonment

Content/Warnings: Possibly OOC Aaravos (since it's my first time writing for a character), angst (him being depressed and angry (◞‸ ◟) ), Avizandum & Zubeia mention, Claudia & Viren mention, some sweet/hopeful parts here and there ₊˚⊹♡ (wc: 1.1k)

A/N: AHHH this is my first time writing!! (seriously I've never written headcanons or a oneshot or anything oof-) I honestly think these hcs are bad and I'm not sure they're really accurate or if I did this right, but I enjoyed writing them nonetheless 🥲. I had to keep stopping myself from thinking too hard as I imagined myself as him, and sort of just relax my mind and type whatever thoughts came to me, which is what I assume most writers do lol. Anyway, I hope this is up to par 😅. Don't be afraid to send requests and/or interact with me! ☺️✨ (tdp masterlist)

Divider/Gif Credit: @/cyberangel-graphics & @/firefly-graphics | Gif was made by me <3

✧ Aaravos is so relieved to be out of his prison.

✧ Honestly, the council having killed his daughter had already damaged his mental health enough. Being trapped alone in what appeared to be the same place he'd raised her in didn’t help his state at all...

✧ Don’t think he didn’t try to learn about what he was confined in. He examined every part and every oddity, sifting through all his knowledge to figure out the who, what, where, when, why, and how.

✧ I guarantee that not long after he was imprisoned, he attempted at least once to use his Star powers to escape. It was honestly aggravating to go from being a powerful being who could teleport anywhere in the universe to a captive, either halted by the prison or ending up in a different part of it (I’m not even going to mention him trying the portal-).

✧ You'd think because he's lived for so incredibly long that time would go by in the blink of an eye for him, but NOPE, he keeps track—he always does. And being imprisoned made that time feel torturous. To spend centuries without anyone to talk to? Heavens, he was so lonely that it got to the point where he started murmuring to himself...

✧ He would think a lot about his plans; how he’d get out and what he would do once he did. He was sure that the dark mages out there were getting stronger, and knew they’d be even more useful to him than before if one were to ever take the mirror somehow.

✧ The only way he could relax, even just a little bit, was by reading or thinking about Leola, moments spent gazing out of the window or at different parts of the house with a nostalgic smile on his face as memories from long, long ago blurred into his vision...as if time hadn’t passed at all... But that smile would soon disappear as those images faded away, his mind returning to why she wasn’t there with him.

✧ Whenever Avizandum watched him, Aaravos would either ignore him, give him a full-on death glare, or a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. Many times, he’d leave the room just to spite him. Oh, why wouldn’t the dragon just drop dead?

✧ Even though patience is one of his greatest strengths, that certainly didn't keep him from being very upset about his predicament. Sometimes he’d look like he was in a trance, lost in his thoughts as all the rage and hurt he harbored made him want to curse and destroy all he bore ill will toward. But behind all that anger...he’s just so old and miserable from all the suffering he’s known and been through. Deep down, he aches for peace...

✧ It was a pleasant surprise however (if he didn't expect it that is) when the mirror brightened again and revealed a human. Aaravos didn’t allow himself to get too eager though (he definitely saw Viren; he’d be great at poker I swear 😂). Those scenes of him walking around the room seemingly without noticing Viren were just him assessing the human, waiting to see if he would be the right vessel he needed.

✧ The mortal staying showed him just how curious he was, and it was perfect. He was pleased because finally, he had a chance. An opportunity to be released. To continue his work and get around this exasperating obstacle.

✧ It was truly gratifying to see the world outside again and move about in it in apparition form. He’d used the caterpillar spell or ones like it before with those in Elarion, secretly whispering into their ear y’know?

✧ His playfulness and carefree smiles are pretty much a mask, a facade...but even though he’s severely depressed underneath, that’s still a part of his personality; it just takes the right person to genuinely bring it out...

✧ Which ended up being Claudia. Even before he was released, he was somewhat fond of her. She was willing to do anything necessary to help Viren, and when working to resurrect him, she often gave Aaravos's unsettling instructions a quirky/amusing remark. It made him feel some sort of way...

✧ At the beginning of season 4, that expression on his face as he was first looking around Zubeia's lair? Yeah, he was peeved. He hated being back there. That’s one of the reasons why he broke the mirror: one, because he was confident enough in the vessels he had to be his ONLY means of escape; and two, because he refused to be watched by a dragon for one more second.

✧ It’s obvious that he likes insects. If the caterpillar had been with him for the past few centuries, that’d have been his only friend. 🐛❤️

✧ As we all know, Aaravos tells half-truths, and although he meant what he said to Claudia about Viren being a great man and everything, it’s sad to say that it’s likely he knows he’s the cause of her father’s death. He had to conceal the truth though, else he would’ve risked losing the only one who would willingly free him.

✧ It was always the same inside his prison; there was no weather, no times of day (which makes it even more remarkable how he kept track of time imo, but he is a Startouch elf so... 🤷🏽‍♀️), nothing. So when he was finally released, everything felt...intense. He seemed calm but his senses weren’t, and he had to get used to all of it again. At some moments he would suddenly close his eyes (esp when the sun first came up omg), looking like he was just having a moment with his thoughts when really he was trying to deal with the bothersome sensations.

✧ And an arrow to the neck? Explosions hitting his body and eyes? Dragons beating him up? Getting bitten by the dragon and then BLOWING UP? I’m telling you, he took it like an absolute champ after having spent three centuries in a tranquil environment!

✧ But all of that doesn’t matter to Aaravos, because his plan had gone exactly how he wanted it to go, and now, he might just have one more reason to live. Losing Leola made him feel empty, devoid of happiness...but Claudia, she gave him the bit of solace his heart had desperately needed for the past few millennia. She had become his only light; his only light in the dark world he felt tormented being in.

✧ So even now, as he waits in the heavens for his return to finish what he started, his decision remains: to not let that light get put out.

𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 = 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 😚🩷

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Omg..?

Why didn’t I pay attention to details like this-

I swear I never thought of it

This theory deserves a bigger audience!!

An improbable theory I’m quietly vibing with is that if (when?) we get Arc 3, Aaravos’ star in his chest will be completely lit up again.

Because what if his star isn’t bright because he “fell” or “was banished” or “lost his true heart when his daughter died”? What if it’s simply because he hasn’t returned to the stars in a very long time?

I think it’d be cool if maintaining a physical form is taxing for Startouch Elves (hence why they don’t visit Xadia a lot). The longer a Startouch Elf stays corporeal, the more their strength diminishes and the darker their star becomes. Normally, Aaravos would replenish his power every few years before returning to Xadia - but when Leola died he was grieving too much to care about returning to the heavens.

By the time the 100 years had passed, Aaravos’ star was completely dark. But, of course, he had no intention of leaving Xadia until he got his revenge. It’s very inconvenient, missing a sizeable chunk of your essence, but Aaravos was still powerful enough to mastermind everything throughout history.

Then he got imprisoned for a few centuries, weakening him even further than he would’ve liked (and that’s perhaps why he relied on Claudia so much in S7).

But now? He’s been sent back to the heavens for the first time in a millennia or so. He’ll replenish his missing power, and once his stars realign he’ll return to Xadia much stronger than before.

Imagine he comes back looking like he does in these pics

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Little Unicorn 🦄

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The fact that Leola didn’t even know giving the magic to humans was a bad thing,she wasn’t aware of it

She’s just an innocent child and the council judged her like she was an adult familliar with all laws

And she didn’t even use magic for a bad purpose,it hurts me😭

basically what happened (based off this)

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I was laughing during this scene,I didn’t expect that😭😭

You know, for kids

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we go just right.