#Nico Woodwhisper

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OMG I'm so excited to see the drawings of all the characters!!!! For a prompt for the group;

"Where the hell did you come from?"

The Crux (Pt. 2)

In which a group of odd individuals meets another group of odd individuals.

The group of seven had been traveling together for a few weeks now, and they had gotten to know each other, for better or worse.

Natasha and Nico had grown quite accustomed to the other four, however Nathaniel was not as open to becoming friends.

Nathaniel stops walking alongside the group, “Seriously?! Pandora, we can’t stop and help every single village we see!”

The others stop and look at Nathan. As much as he hated to admit agreeing with the prick, Noah agreed that he had a point. He puts a hand on Pandora’s shoulder.

“He’s right, Pan. We’re going to waste all of the energy we need if we keep doing this.”

She swats his hand off of her shoulder, looking over at the others with a stern and frustrated look.

“Fine, if you all don’t want to help me, then fine. But I am never going to turn my back on the people that need me.”

She continued walking without the others, Noah begins following her at first, and reaches out, but draws his hand back and stops.

“Dumbass.” Nathan mumbles.

Noah turns and gives him a look that could’ve killed.

“What? You know I’m right. She’s wasting her time.”

“She may not know how the world works, but she’s not stupid.”

“She is if she thinks that everyone is going to sing her praises.”

“You both are wrong.” Natasha intervenes.

Nathan scoffs “How?!”

“Because she doesn’t want people to sing her praises Nathan. If you had actually spent the time to get to know her, you would’ve known that she hates attention and shies away from it.”

He rolls his eyes.

“And Noah, she does know how the world works, you know that better than I do. Just because she has a good heart, good intentions, and the most compassion I’ve ever seen in a person, doesn’t mean she doesn’t know how things in the world work.”

“But she is naive.”

“I’m not arguing that she’s not! I’m arguing that you both are making her out to be someone she isn’t! Now then, are we all just going to sit here and let her kill herself or are we going to help?”

Ambrose and Constance look at each other before nodding, Nico also nods, Noah reluctantly agrees, and Nathaniel says no.

“Fine, suit yourself, but do us a favor and keep watch over the outer area of the town.”

“Fine. Just go.”

Several shots are heard by the civilians, as they see a young woman helping them to kill the monsters.

After some time, all of the monsters have long since died or fled the area.

Pandora hears some slow clapping from behind her. As she turns around, she sees an old woman, dressed in black cowboy attire, with bright yellow eyes peering back at her.

“You’re not too bad with your gun, toots.” The woman says.

“Oh… yeah I’m not nearly as good as my siblings though-“

“Honey.”

“Yes…?”

“Take the compliment.”

“Okay…”

“Anyways, with what you just said, I’m assuming guns are a family affair with y’all?”

“Well of course, my mother is the one who made them after all.” She smiles.

“Ohh, you’re Lady Diana’s daughter. I was wonderin’ why you looked so noblely. Well then, needless to say I’ve got a lot of respect for y’all up in Morgana.”

“Really? But you’re-“

“From the borderlands? Yes ma’am. But I’ve always had respect for y’all because Morganians are the originals. The borderlands wouldn’t have guns without y’all.”

“Oh, I guess that’s right.”

“That being said.” The woman approaches her and holds out her hand.

“Name’s Barbara Monroe, it’s a pleasure to meet you hon.”

Pandora shakes her hand.

“I’m Pandora, Pandora De La Dáinn.”

“Ah you’re the youngest. So tell me, what’s little miss noble gal doin’ all the way out here?” She jokes.

“Well, I’m not sure if you keep up with Morganian news, but I’m looking for my brother.”

“Oh damn, He’s still missing?”

Pandora nods solemnly.

“Well, maybe I… could see about helping you out. I know people all over the place. Besides, me and my partners are trying to find some purpose and that could maybe help.”

“Thank you very much Barbara, I think I’d appreciate that greatly. So… who are your partners?”

Barbara smiles, and then turns around and yells for someone. Two similarly dressed people to her step out from behind a house. One is also in typical cowboy attire while the other looks more like a southern belle.

“Lookit what I found Chance!”

“What? A noble?”

“No you dumbass, a purpose. This young lady is on an adventure of her own, and she’s okay with us traveling with her.”

“Honey are you sure? I mean these two argue till they’re blue in the face.” The southern belle mumbles to her.

“It’s okay. I already have a bit of that myself with two of my traveling companions…”

“Ah… I see, anyways, my name is Amelia Hayes (or Boone), you can just call me Amy.”

“A pleasure to meet you! I’m Pandora.”

Barbara elbows the man next to her, he sputters out an apology and introduces himself, “I’m Chance, Chance Boone.”

“Pandora!” A familiar voice yells. She looks behind her to see almost all of her group behind her.

“Ah… and that’s my group…”

“You don’t sound too thrilled about it.” Barbara mentions.

“We had an argument just before I got here, so…”

Constance runs up to Pandora, “Are you okay? I know you can handle yourself but that was a lot of monsters!”

“I’m okay Connie. Um… do you guys care if we add some more members to the group?” She smiles nervously.

After a brief explanation of who the three borderlands dwellers are and why they’re here, the group agrees with the acceptance of them into the group.

Natasha shifts uncomfortably, “Nathan probably won’t be happy…”

“Who cares what Nathan thinks, he’s a dick.”

“Noah.” Ambrose looks at him.

“What?!”

He sighs, “You haven’t exactly been non dickish either.”

He scoffs before looking away and crossing his arms.

Pandora leans over to Amy, “About that “I already have a bit of that in my own group” thing…”

“Definitely see what you mean…”

The group grabs a quick bite to eat at one of the local taverns, and then sets off to begin traveling once more.

And no.

Nathan was not happy.

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Well, ig I’ll just do The Crux members in order then, give you guys something to work with? Idk, anyways here’s some descriptions of each of The Crux members:

Pandora De La Dáinn:

Pandora De La Dáinn, the youngest in the next generation of the noble family of Morgana, has lived in the post of her relatives’ massacre her entire life. But the tragedy doesn’t stop there.

At eight years old, her eldest brother, Victor, suddenly disappears into the depths of the night after saying goodnight to Pandora, and is never seen again.

At fourteen, she is stolen in the dead of night and murdered by the woman known as Alice Ripper. Alice working under a man named Lazarus’s orders. She awakens in the Neverwhere, a place full of souls of the deceased, and finds herself in front of the god of death himself. She pleads with the god, asking him to give her one more chance as she hasn’t done what she feels she must do. The god agrees, under one condition, she become the champion of death for him, and she will gain one more chance. She awakens in front of her family’s ancestral mansion, her hair white and her limbs a transparent navy blue, only her bones showing.

At eighteen, she finds one of Victor’s many journals and discovers where he went next. She then hastily writes a letter, telling her family what she expects from them when she gets back and why she’s leaving. Ending the letter in:

“If I return without Victor, it will be bad news, or, it means something more important than Victor has happened”

She sets off to find out what happened to her brother, and through these journals scattered around Selcouth, will learn why he left to begin with. All the while finding who she is outside of her family, who she will become as Champion of Death, and what she stands for as an individual.

Noah Ripper:

The finished project of two people’s genius, Noah is an android who was created to be nothing more than a weapon to the cruel and self absorbed Alice Ripper.

Running away at fourteen after seeing his mother murder a girl his age, he finds himself in the heart of the Agrona Branches, in the kingdom of Morgana. He takes in this new world after being hidden from it for so long, and eventually meets two tiefling kids whom he befriends.

The three travel together throughout the kingdom, until eventually, Alice finds him and attempts to dismantle him. Saved only by a girl his age with white hair and a knack for engineering and tinkering, he and his two friends promise to repay her for her kindness.

After the incident regarding his near dismantling, he vows to seek revenge on his mother and anyone involved in the horrible abuse he endured growing up. And finds his opportunity to do so when Pandora asks him, Ambrose, and Constance to travel with him.

They agree, and he sets out with a thirst for blood, a gun, and a handful of ideas on how to murder those who hurt him.

Ambrose & Constance Lockwood:

As two of the three children of the terrifying and dangerous Lockwood couple, Ambrose and Constance are born into a life of destruction and conquest. They are set to inherit their parents’ fortune and the countless kingdoms they ruled over as dictators. However, once the two were forced to take up a contract with two demons, they begin to question the righteousness of their family’s actions.

Seeing their eldest brother, Lazarus, fall further and further into torment, anger, pride, and violence, calls this into question even further.

After overhearing a plan to attack another noble family’s daughter and kill her, the two decide to run away that night. They quickly escape at fourteen and twelve years old without incident and make their way to the one kingdom they know Lazarus and their parents’ cult won’t want to touch, Morgana.

They meet an android boy their age, and quickly become friends due to their similar situations. But when the boy, named Noah, is attacked and nearly dismantled, they find a noble girl and beg for her help.

She fixes Noah up, and they learn her name is Pandora. They vow to her that they will find a way to repay her some day, and that day would come soon enough.

When Pandora asks for them to travel with her, the two plus Noah agree.

Ambrose and Constance make a promise to each other that they would do as much good in the world as possible, and that they will learn the details of what atrocities their family has committed and right those wrongs.

Little do they know what Lazarus is planning…

Nathaniel, Nico, and Natasha Woodwhisper:

Growing up the children of the Last Hunt Tribe’s chieftess, Dawn Woodwhisper, they lacked any knowledge of their father until age fifteen. Their mother begins telling them stories of their father, how he was a strong warrior and the Champion of Death.

Nathaniel despises him, seeing as he left their mother alone with triplets, and never once came to visit the family.

Natasha idolizes him, and does everything in her power to be just like him.

Nico is stuck in the middle, he understands Nathaniel’s position, but also understands Natasha’s. He is trying to balance his opinions.

One day, a group of strange people attack the tribe, setting the forest it’s in on fire and burning the entire forest to the ground. They are left without knowledge of where their mother is at or their tribe, the last words they heard from Dawn were:

“No matter what happens or how you feel about it, please go find your father, tell him what happened, please.”

And thus, the three set off with a group of four to find their dad, and figure out their familial mysteries.

Josiah & Lilith Mantlebar:

Josiah and Lilith Mantlebar are the children of a renowned cleric and bard. Lilith herself is a bard, playing the guitar, while Josiah is a paladin.

When Josiah was sixteen, he was chosen by the Thunder God Asterope to be their paladin and made an oath with them.

Lilith has had her dream since she was younger, that she would try to become the best bard there was out there.

One day, while the duo is out and about in a neighboring village, they return home to find their village in ruins. Their parents and neighbors nowhere to be found.

They stay in the ruined village for a few weeks, before they decide that in order to find their parents, they have to travel. And maybe they could achieve their goals along the way.

So the two set off, to find their parents, one to be the best bard in Selcouth, the other to learn his role as a paladin.

Karissa Jester:

Karissa grew up in a small village with her parents, she was a small tiefling girl and was happy for a long time, until her parents decided that the best option for her, was to give her up for adoption. She never knew the reason, but she knew it wasn’t a decision they wanted to make.

Going through dozens of different adoptive families and ultimately being put up for adoption every single time in the end, she decides to run away from the orphanage she was staying at and find somewhere she fit in at.

She’s finds that place eventually in Magnus Wanderlust, a traveling circus. She felt unconfident and afraid, but decided to try and see if she could join. The ringmaster, a lovely changeling woman, known for her changing in appearances, took Karissa in and decided that she would train her in the ways of the circus.

Karissa soon mastered her fire magic and proceeded to be a fan favorite by many, eventually becoming one of the highest paying acts the circus had.

But she wanted more, she’d seen some of the world, but only the small populated areas, never the unpopulated areas or the big kingdoms. And she wanted to learn who she was and where she came from. Lastly, she was ultimately lonely, she knew nobody her age who she was friends with, she didn’t mind being friends with all of the older members of the circus, but she wanted to experience true life as a young adult in Selcouth.

She brings this concerns to the ringmaster who nods and agrees that she has most likely outgrown the circus, and gives her some necessities and trinkets before she leaves.

And then, she’s off into the world, eventually meeting a pair of halfling siblings, one named Josiah, one named Lilith.

Lilith introduce Karissa into the world of music, and she never went back since, playing the guitar alongside her. Josiah taught her how to use her fire in a variety of different ways as well.

And thus the three became inseparable, traveling the world to find themselves and to explore.

Chance Boone:

Chance Boone was a famous cowboy out in The Restless Borderlands. He was known for his work with sheriffs, helping people out, and riding off into the sunset at the end of the day.

However, he was also known to be a violent man, destroying an entire town from his childhood who abandoned and ostracized him.

He loved the life he lived, but over time he became bored with the constant struggle of finding food or getting gold. And something kept gnawing at him.

He’d been kidnapped as a child and managed to escape, and his family had been murdered by these people. It was one night when he decided he would find the people who did that, and make sure they would be served justice.

And thus he hopped on his horse, and rode into the dawn, on a mission.

Barbara Monroe:

Barbara Monroe was known for being the outlaw of The Restless Borderlands. And her track record with Chance is certainly one to behold in the amount of times the two had met. She led her life, stealing, killing, and on the occasion finding a partner who’d inevitably stab her in the back and end up dead.

She always wondered what the rest of the world had in store. But knew she’d never leave The Restless Borderlands. That is, until her band of outlaws attempted to get rid of her under orders from a new outlaw king. Limping out into the desert with a gunshot wound in her side, she found the place Chance was staying at, and stumbled inside.

Chance was surprised to find his rival and nemesis asking for his help, he could’ve let her die, he should’ve let her die, but for whatever reason he chose to help.

The two talk for a while, until the topic of Chance’s family comes up, Barbara had a similar story about her family, and mentions the fact that she was put in the outlaw group to begin with because of that incident.

And with that, the two make a deal. They’d work together to get back at the outlaw group, and then they’d help each other with anything else.

For Chance that means exploring the world, for Barbara that means escaping her past.

Amelia Hayes:

Amelia was a noblewoman from the kingdom of Eudaemonia, she wasn’t from the noble family of Eudaemonia, but she was a noble nonetheless.

She would travel out to The Restless Borderlands in order to provide medicine and other sorts of technology to the people there, as they were behind on the times.

That is until she comes across a town that labels her a witch, and proceeds to try to burn her to death. Until, a pair of cowboys shows up and fights the ones attempting to kill her. One was a woman, the other a man.

They scare the rest of the townsfolk into leaving her alone, and then begin talking to her.

She explains her want to give medicine and other forms of technology and science to the world, and the two explain their wanting to explore the world.

And thus, after that, she began traveling with the two.

Owen Cogwright:

Owen, or, the second mind in the making of Noah, is a troubled man. Cursed with the heirloom curse given to his family by the god of souls, he is forced to work on the project for the god lest he be in an immense amount of pain.

He locked himself away like so many do, attempting to do the project on his own. That’s until Alice weasels her way into his life, and promises more than she can offer.

Owen works with her, creating the first 5 blueprints for Noah, ages 5-10 years old. However, Alice one night threatens Owen with his life if he didn’t leave the project with her and that he would have to deal with her taking credit.

Scared for his life, he unwillingly left, heartbroken for having to leave the one creation he saw as his own son behind.

Years and years passed and Owen never made another project, suffering with the pain and agony he endured from not working on it.

Until one day, he meets a group of people in the tavern he worked at, who he tells his story to. The short half elf girl with white hair asks him if he’d like to travel with them. And Owen, seeing as his time was running out in life due to the curse, decided to go with them. To see the world before he died.

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How do the WoodWhisper kids relax after a long day?

Nathaniel has his own version of a spa day lol

Natasha just stays out in nature

Nico sleeps a lot most times, or meditates

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Who are the Woodwhispers? And are they connected to the trees?

Kinda? They’re from a forest tribe and some can control nature and earthy elements.

Long story short, Balor and Dawn used to be in the same party that Diana and Eliza were in.

Balor used to be a lot nicer and lot more of a feel good kind of guy before he was chosen as champion. He was in a relationship with Dawn before they joined the party, but ultimately was forced to abandon Dawn and the relationship due to his role as champion.

He wanted so badly to live with Dawn in the Last Hunt Tribe but he knew that would be nigh impossible.

He… doesn’t even know his kids exist.

For a while Dawn was mad at him, and never mentioned him to any of the triplets. But once that anger settled down, she realized that she really just wanted to see him again.

So she started telling stories of Balor to the kids. Hoping that it would make up for the years she never spoke of him.

The children had mixed reactions. Natasha idolized him, Nathan hates him, and Nico doesn’t know how to feel.

Sooo yea

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The Crux (pt. 1)

While exploring a burnt forest, Pandora, Noah, Ambrose, and Constance find themselves face to face with three individuals.

Swipe!

A loud slice was heard throughout the forest as Ambrose cut the smaller branches off of the burnt trees. Constance and Noah were searching diligently for any enemies that may appear, while Pandora uncomfortably walked in silence.

“Pandora.” Ambrose speaks.

“Hm?”

“What is it?”

“What do you mean?”

“You’re uncomfortable about something, what is it?”

“A-ah…”

She looks around at what she could only assume was a once thriving forest.

“Is it really a good idea to be cutting down those branches? It feels disrespectful…”

“They’re already dead.”

“I know but need we disrespect them any more than they already have been? It could upset someone.”

“Nobody is here Pan.”

She pinches the bridge of her nose, “You don’t know that. The forest spirits and dwellers are probably displaced among the ashes at the moment, I’d like to not ruin their home further than all that has already happened.”

Ambrose sighs in irritation, “Fine. If it makes you happy, I’ll stop.” Just as he desummons his swords, an arrow comes flying towards his head. He manages to grab it before it pierces his skull.

The four draw their weapons, preparing for the worst, when three people walk out from behind the burnt trees. They look scared and uncomfortable, one looks down right angry, and is presumably the one who shot the arrow judging by the longbow in his hand.

Pandora sighs, “What did I say? I knew we were going to make someone mad by doing that.”

“Who are you?” The young man with the longbow demands.

“Hm… I’m Pandora, these three are Ambrose, Constance, and Noah.”

A short young man peeks out from behind the taller, first one, “You… you guys don’t look like you’re from here.”

“Ah, we aren’t.”

“So then what do you guys want?”

“Hm? We… don’t want anything?”

“Usually whenever someone comes into the forest it’s because they want something.”

“Is that how…” She looks at the trees.

Tears prick the shorter boy’s eyes as his presumably sister hugs him. She stares with distrust at them,

“Yeah. It is. And we’ve got nowhere to go now.”

Pandora’s expression sorrows, the other three seem disinterested. She thinks for a moment before deciding on an option.

“You guys could travel with us? See if you’re able to find another place to settle down for the time being while the forest regrows?”

“Pan—“ Noah begins to protest, she quickly shoots him a look and he stops speaking.

She turns back and smiles gently, “It’s up to you guys.”

The three siblings look between each other before looking back, the taller boy comments,

“What other choice do we have?”

“Ah… well then, I’ll make this clear. You guys don’t have to like us, you can simply just travel with us and decide on a place you want to stay.”

“Thanks.”

“Not a problem.”

“What’re your names?”

The shorter one pipes up, “R-right! I’m Nico.”

The taller one puts away his bow, “Nathaniel Woodwhisper, you can just call me Nathan”

“And I’m Natasha Woodwhisper, Nat or Tash works fine.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you all.”

With that, the group of now seven head off out of the burnt forest, Pandora smiles to herself, maybe this is the start of something.

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Owen is like “I’m cursed don’t b around me :(“

And the entirety of The Crux is just like “[ points ] group dad.”

Then they become his found family and try to help him with the project he’s forced to work on. Nico, Pandora, and Josiah all help in healing him to ease the pain he gets when he’s not working on it.

Pandora’s magic isn’t really the best for healing (at least at first), so she typically gives him recipient life steal and then they go out and kill things so he gets the life steal from it.

Noah typically hangs around because he wants to learn more about organic people. Also he and Owen are super close and bond immediately after they meet due to their experiences with Alice.

Owen, who had locked himself away for decades and the only time he did open up to someone it… didn’t go well, is surprised to see all these people around him and wanting to be around him.

It’s nice to be wanted y’know?

Edit: I KEEP FORGETTING TO PUT THESE IN WRITEBLR AAAAA

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Does Nico have a dream tree house? If so, whats it like?

A treehouse but it’s an actual house, in basically a redwood tree. That’s his dream

Lots of windows and balconies, very secluded too

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Balor's kids meeting him? 👀

So before we get into that it’s important that y’all realize what kind of person Balor was compared to who he is now.

Balor used to be a tavern fighting mercenary who was really just looking for an excuse to be loud and have a good time. When he met Dawn, he chilled out a bit, but was still a very confident and jokester type of person.

However, after he became Champion, he lost that part of him, when you see that much death, it’s hard to not become numb to it. It’s hard to be as happy and joyful as you once were.

Hence why Dawn was so bitter about their relationship, because while it was a progressive thing, she still believed she could bring that old part of him back out.

So, when Balor meets his kids and sees how The Crux interacts with each other, it reminds him a lot of his time as a mercenary. And his kids, who look just as much like Dawn as they do him, remind him of all those things he forgot about due to his job.

A little bit of that old personality comes out, especially since he always wanted to be a dad, and now he knows he’s got three kids.

Nathaniel at this point is still on the fence about being mad at Balor or not. But when Balor outright apologizes for his absence, he decides it high time to forgive him after how long he’s been mad.

Balor and Natasha talk about what Natasha wants to become, and he encourages her to find her own path instead of being in his shadow.

Nico still doesn’t know what to do with himself at this point, Balor then explaining that there’s always a need for someone to be the bridge between realms. With Nico’s mediumship, it’d be a great choice for him.

This is also, however, when Balor meets The Crux, and he’s definitely taken aback when he sees fucking OWEN COGWRIGHT, one of his former mercenary party members. And two of the De La Dáinn kids (Clyde travels with the group temporarily because they’re on their way to another kingdom he’s going to because of journalism stuff).

More specifically, he immediately knows who Pandora is to Maveth. This doesn’t at all fail to sorrow him because of how lifelike and happy she seems to be currently, he doesn’t want the same thing happening to her that happened to him.

Nathaniel is the one to reassure him about this though, because there are some key differences between Pandora and Balor.

- Pandora has dealt with a lot of loss before, and has since learned how to cope with it better

- Pandora is naturally, due to her inclination to the Neverwhere, more prepared than Balor was.

- Pandora has a teacher to teach her how to do the job and how to cope with everything she’s going to see.

Balor himself has the ability to choose the outcome of Pandora’s situation in the long run, because he could simply not teach her and cause her to be unprepared, or he could show her how to do the job.

He obviously chooses the latter.

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The Woodwhisper children, we know how they feel about their father but what about their mother, Dawn?

All three of them love their mom very dearly, Nathaniel is on track to be her successor actually.

Natasha doesn’t hold any ill feelings towards her mom for keeping the information about her dad secret from the three.

Nico loves both of his parents a lot but is caught in the middle of a situation where everyone is expecting him to pick a side, the sides of life or death.

All three of them are worried about what happened to their mother, as she disappeared in the fire that would destroy what is now known as the Searing Wildwood, formerly known as the Halcyon Wildwood

They will begin searching for her after they find their dad

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Do the three Woodwhisper siblings have pet names/nicknames for their friends or family?

Not really, none of them are big on pet names or anything like that, only shortening names if they shortening.

Or just nicknames the group has unofficially agreed on, such as Pandora, Constance, Nathaniel, Natasha, Amelia, Barbara, Karissa, and Lilith. (Aka the majority of the members)

If you’re curious:

Pandora - Pan

Constance - Connie

Nathaniel - Nathan

Natasha - Tash/Nat

Amelia - Amy

Barbara - Barb

Karissa - Kari

Lilith - Lil/Lily

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Would any of the Crux look for hours for a four leaf clover?

Hmmm

Pandora, Karissa, Nico, Noah, Constance, and Josiah probably all would

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What's something people don't expect from Nico when they look at him?

People typically don’t expect Nico to dabble in any death related magic.

Remember, death related magic is pretty taboo within Selcouth, it’s not as taboo in some places but it’s still looked at with fear.

Nico uses just as much death magic as he does growth or nature magic.

They also don’t expect him to be the son of the Last Hunt Tribe’s chieftess

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What are the aspirations of the Crux? Do they change as the story progresses?

While the overarching goal of each of the members’ doesn’t change too much, the specifics do.

Noah loses his want to murder his mother and her associates, rather he now just wants justice against them for hurting him and others, while also learning to focus on himself and making a life for himself.

Lilith gains a less shallow reason for wanting to be a bard, originally she wanted to be famous and rich but now she just wants to tell the stories of people she cares about and wants to see the happy facing of those who are listening.

Amelia goes from a pretty basic aspiration to wanting to make medicine a realm wide thing. She becomes a very good doctor and apothecary later on.

Chance’s aspirations start with murder and end with wanting to protect his found family

Nico eventually finds his place in the world as the bridge between Selcouth and the Neverwhere.

Natasha finds herself becoming a paladin of Maveth and working closely with Pandora

And Pandora’s over time becomes finding who she wants to be as a person and learning to have faith and confidence in herself

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I wanna know the Crux’s birthdays 🥺

Pandora: Mara 25th

Noah: Statera 20th

Ambrose: Boreas 17th

Constance: Lunae 50th

Natasha, Nathaniel, and Nico: Fauna 29th

Lilith: Concordia 6th

Josiah: Solis 47th

Barbara: Concordia 3rd

Chance: Marine 49th

Amelia: Anima 36th

Owen: Statera 34th

Karissa: Concordia 1st

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Do any of The Crux have tattoos? Or will any of them get tattoos one day?

Each of the crux members get a small tattoo of The Crux’s emblem :)

As for previously owned tattoos, Barbara, Chance, and the Woodwhisper triplets all had tattoos beforehand

Barbara has sleeves of tattoos, along with a neck tattoo and some tattoos on her legs. After joining The Crux, she gets some tattoos to cover up her outlaw emblem.

Chance has a few here or there, one on his shoulder, another, large one, on his back.

The triplets are covered in traditional Last Hunt tribe tattoos, Nathaniel’s is more flowery, nature type tattoos while Natasha’s is more so dead related tattoos. Nico has balance related tattoos.

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Feel free to ask about The Crux characters individually!

I’m looking to flesh out these characters:

- the Lockwood kids (Lazarus, Ambrose, Constance)

- Barbara

- Amelia & Chance

- The Mantlebar sibs (Lilith & Josiah)

- the Woodwhisper kids (Natasha, Nico, Nathaniel)

- Karissa