#Inoxiam

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Inoxiam finally got a new face to match his twin \o/

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i just think they're sooooooooooooo fun.

OR WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET YOU A MAN WHO CAN DO BOTH

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And also, Eldulis and Inoxiam doodle from today. Meows pathetically. I'm going to go home and by the Raven Mantle for Inoxiam, ive waited forever :')

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We are living a lie, indivisible by everything that we try, I need you to know if we carry this on, we'd be foolishly wrong, and we'd end up alone, in the end

Sylvari pod twins :) + how they looked as saplings and some thoughts below the cut

Obviously Tryllwenn had the most drastic change of the two of them, with every little piece of him changing--which I think is symbolic in some ways of their separation; if they were to meet at this point he'd recognize Inoxiam as his twin, but all Inoxiam would have would be a gut feeling of "hm I know you." A big part of his choice to change so much may have been because of that feeling of loss; loss of twin, loss of self. Etc.

I decided that Inoxiam's gained a lot of his scars as a result of his job in the Order of Whispers + his longtime position infiltrating the Nightmare Court; the glow spots on his face as a sapling were there from pre-life, the newer ones are all slashes and proof of battle.

I think it would be neat to explore them meeting again someday in the future, but I don't think it would be cathartic for either for a long time. Inoxiam is still keeping Whispers secrets, and Tryllwenn still thinks he's an actual courtier, which he's still not exactly happy about.

I started out lazy and then got more serious as I went, so Tryllwenn ended up taking the longest and looking the best orz

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they are here on a strawberry picking date. in my imagination.

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Eldulis: so basically it's a number puzzle, it looks a bit like a crossword but the purpose is to get the digits 1 through 9 into each row column and square exactly once without repeats. There are variations as well that I can show you. This one took me eight and a half minutes. See I'll show you, on this one you want to start with--

Inoxiam, trembling with fear and lust, thinking: (oh god I can't not fuck him.)

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Shitposting about Eldulis and Inoxiam (and Lacrimosen also) but also this may well be where they are during soto. Chillin.

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I was also thinking about Inoxiam and Eldulis ouuugh... I've talked about it before but I have to again I think. Inoxiam is of course not a real Courtier, he's a Whispers agent trained specifically to tear down these courts from within and salt the earth so that they can't rebuild. He specializes in turning courtiers against one another and sabotaging court plans, pulling out the most important load-bearing pillars of whatever orchard or grove or copse he's stationed at and letting things burn.

He fucked up his first mission of this type. He couldn't take the cruelty he was witnessing and went off the rails, started attacking courtiers outright and blew his own cover. His Whisperskeeper had to pull him out from the burning remains, and he went back into training for 6 months before he was given another chance. It's painful, seeing the absolute torment and depravity, the things that the Nightmare Court will do to other people. He has to standby as other sylvari are tortured and killed, knowing that he can't do anything now but that if he bides his time, he may get a few out later.

He has so many secrets. And then they sent him into Lionsbane where Eldulis resides as the Duke of Torment. And he has this unique and terrifying ability to flay minds, to peel away deceit and peer into the hidden truths that people lock away. Impossible to keep a secret around, because at the first hint of suspicion he'll use his truthseeking ability to force a person to speak what is real. And Inoxiam isn't meant to catch his attention; he's still physically recovering from being tortured at Twilight Arbor, and they want him keeping a lower profile here, small acts towards a broader purpose...

But then Eldulis takes a direct interest in him. Of course he does. He can tell immediately that Inoxiam is keeping something safe, and he wants to know what, but enjoys the challenge and chase of trying to pry it out with conventional means. In other words, Eldulis courts him, trying to corner him near the edge so that he'll give himself up of his own volition. Inoxiam is strong-willed, but he can only do so much, only go for so long, and again, still recovering from Twilight Arbor. Still hurting. Still having nightmares and panic attacks. And he's so easily cornered in this state. So tired and scared of what will happen to him this time if he's found out again.

Then I think Eldulis would finally use his power to peer into Inoxiam's mind and see how terrified and hurt he is. He'd pause and consider going further, peeling to the center of his lies. But the chase is more fun. He's supposed to head to Twilight Arbor, soon. Faolain is dead and they need someone to replace her, and he wants that. He wants Inoxiam to be by his side for the Dark Vigils. So he backs out without looking at the truth, and tells Inoxiam that he'll be coming with to the Arbor.

And then I think Lacrimosen shows up and ruins everyone's plans yippee!

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Last night I was thinking hard about Inoxiam. His role in things and his mission in the Nightmare Court... I want him to have people in the Order of Whispers that he can lean on and rely on. Considering the missions he's been on, having to live within the Court, separated from his people and despised by them; he lost his twin by taking this mission because he couldn't tell Tryllwenn why he was going to the Court. And especially with his last mission in Twilight Arbor ending in his torture and rescue by the Order of Whispers, and them needing him back on his feet to head into Lionsbane Copse as soon as possible.... He would have needed a lot of support or he'd break all the easier when he reached Lionsbane and met Eldulis.

I have two other Whispers characters, but one has left the organization... I just don't know what to do about giving him friendship lol. And colleagues and superiors. People who know what he's doing and why and who can be around. Holds my hand out 🫴 give me your Whispers characters and let them be buddies... he don't bite...

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An ask for you for the tag game of mine fellas asking your fellas stuff, from Ayghül (fellow Whispers operative, former NMC) to Inoxiam! (he's mute so imagine him signing very calmly to your guy)

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"How can you stand them? How can you stand what they make you do, and how do you manage to hold yourself steady with them?"

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@massivechildshark was here stepping all over your yard >:3

HIII @massivechildshark ty for sending this! ☺️

Inoxiam watches the other operatives' hands carefully as he signs. He's not quite fluent, and his memory has been spotty since Twilight Arbor. Or spottier.

Ayghül's hands still, and he allows his eyes to move away, back to his task. "I don't stand them," he admits. "I hate them as much as anyone."

He's snapped a few times. His first mission, he'd tried to slaughter the courtiers and free their prisoners--and made some small amount of progress, before he was stopped. Stopped by the court. Pulled out by the Whispers Keeper. Chastised and given grunt work for a year, for flying off the handle.

"It's a learned skill," he divulges, when he realizes Ayghül is still standing there, waiting for an answer. "It's… you have to pretend that they're right, that what they do is just, and you have to pretend it so hard that you forget it's not. Forgetting is easy enough. And the payoff is worth it."

Razing the court. Burning a blighted grove to embers and freeing what remains of its prisoners. Watching the sun rise over the ashes. Forgetting is easy. Remembering is harder.

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i deleted this right after posting it last time because it was stupid but sometimes..... things that are stupid... are funny.

(inoxiam and eldulis at the Roseate Canaries' hq for the first time, in da waiting room)

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Dama, 30, he/him -- pinned post updated May 14, 2024

This is my GW2 blog! My main is @damazcuz so follows, likes, and sometimes even replies come from there.

Art tag -- Writing tag AO3 -- Toyhouse -- Artfight

Here's my roster. For more info, click on a character name! This post is a WIP, these links will eventually lead to fully detailed intro posts for each character, for now they are just tags.

Mains: Alba -- Auruim -- Bourbon -- Aeris

Mordrem: Venasis -- Darlionia -- Ilieros -- Siraz -- Mandibles (no image)

Nightmare Courtiers: Eldulis -- Inoxiam

Roseate Canaries: Lacrimosen -- Lychen -- Audden

Mists Travelers: Nemeos -- Kiva -- Aeries -- Chesha -- Glaz -- Laerling

I am constantly updating plotlines and things occasionally become retconned, but if you have a question about a character my ask box is open!

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I'm map completing Fireheart Rise on Inoxiam and gathering every single tree and ore i find which is reminding me of when I map completed it on Bourbon the same way, and a concerned friend whispered me like "why are you in that map?" and i was like haha i'm map completing! ^_^ and they were like "you've been there for hours... 😟" TH. THERE'S A LOT OF TREES TO CUT DOWN HERE OKAY LISTEN THE

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will be at art party tonight on at least one of these guys -- Gunpowder Gelatiine, (Tego) Aeris, and/or Inoxiam. I don't make decisions <3

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I made Tryllwenn 8.5 years back and barely developed him in that time… 😨The few things I'd done with him years ago didn't lend much to his personality or anything so I'm figuring that out now as I go. A lot of what I do know about him right now is just in relation to others lol.

I do know he's a non-identical twin; even before he changed his identity (gender, appearance, name) he and Inoxiam never looked alike, but they awoke from the same fasciated pod. They were very close at first, sharing a bond that transcended the need for speech; but when they were a couple of years old, Inoxiam was recruited into the Order of Whispers, and soon sent on his first mission to infiltrate the Nightmare Court as an initiate. He could not offer any reasonable explanation to his sibling, who was unaffiliated with any order--I.E., he couldn't blow his cover to tell his twin what he was really doing. Tryllwenn vehemently opposed this turn of events and the two parted ways, a separation which has lasted nearly two decades as Inoxiam continues his deep dive into the Court, and Tryllwenn explores the lonesome reaches of the world.

They still share some kind of bond; if one of them were to be in danger or hurt, the other would feel it despite the distance--I can imagine it would lead to some distress, not knowing if your estranged twin is okay or not, feeling fear and pain and panic overwhelming you with nothing you can do to put an end to it but sit and wait.

He's an engineer and a chef; he enjoys tinkering and cooking, and is pretty good at both. His favorite mount is his roller beetle, which he calls Ruteli, and he built the saddle himself and upgrades it frequently. He's exploring the Crystal Desert at the moment, exploring and finding relics and sweeping up some remnants of corruption that linger there in the wake of everything that's happened.

I think he'd like to go to Cantha... right now he's been away so long he probably hasn't heard that Cantha's opened back up, but he'd be fascinated by the Jade tech I think.

That's ALL I GOT but I want to have more -_- I want him to have a buddy or something that he can meet and travel with but right now he's all alone.

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Today I am thinking about Inoxiam and Tryllwenn again...