#See eroeh and sword get a joint tag because they are a set

[the-arilouverse]

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i have been pulled in by sword and his weird green son. tell me more ab them would ya :3

btw i jst wanna let you know- if i could ever hold shiv irl, id put him in a sock

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^^ I'm glad you like them! I can't take all the credit because Sword and the rest of Shiv's family members are all my friend/Co-Author Kurumi's OCs. That being said, let's dive into this weird green family! Shiv's parents are a Cacturne named Eroeh and an Aegislash named Sword. The two of them met deep in the desert, in a place known as the Sea of Sand.

Sword was originally part of a crew of ghost types sailing on a previously-sunken ship. They attacked Eroeh, but he single-handedly defeated them all and was able to escape.

During that fight, Sword saw something in Eroeh. Maybe it was like-minded bloodlust, or maybe he just.. had a feeling about the guy. Either way, Sword followed him out of the Sea of Sand, intent to join him wherever he was going next.

It was rough at first, to say the least. Eroeh is mute and had been alone chasing bandits for years. He didn't want Sword's company, but punching only works so well on a pokemon made of solid metal.

What ultimately won Eroeh over was that Sword could fight and fight well- And insisted on teaching him how to do the same. Sword recognized that Eroeh was strong, but he was also unfocused and his defense was lacking. So, Sword taught Eroeh to wield him like a weapon, and use his shield to defend himself.

Together they were a force to be reckoned with, and they soon became infamous across the Pale Desert. Legends were being spread far and wide of the terrifying Spirit of Vengeance and his Ravenous Blade.

With the parents covered, let's talk about the kids! Some number of years after Eroeh and Sword clean up their act, (You can thank Snek for that, by the way. He's been a very good influence on them.) they find an "abandoned" egg in the remains of a bandit camp after they cleared it out the night before.

At first, they decide to make the long walk back to the nearest village and drop off the egg, where it would hopefully hatch and be placed in a good home. But.. the longer Eroeh carried the egg with him, the more he wondered if they should keep it. He'd spent most of his life without a family- having lost everyone he held dear when his home village was destroyed almost twenty years ago. This could've been his only chance to have a family again.

Sword was vehemently against keeping the egg. He and Eroeh were a couple of scoundrels- They didn't have what it takes to be parents, they didn't even have a home! The two argued back and forth about it while they traveled, until one day, in the middle of an argument, the egg started to crack.

Eroeh forgot about the argument entirely, choosing instead to focus on the egg. Sword kept his distance, still furious from their fighting.

The egg hatched into a little Cacnea. Eroeh was instantly overwhelmed with fondness for the little tyke, though Sword was less than amused. He knew in that moment that he lost out, and that they'd be keeping the baby whether he liked it or not.

Eroeh decided to name him Heome.

Sword would keep putting up a fuss over it, but he eventually came around to being a parent. For one, it made Eroeh extremely happy to be a father, and two, Heome was just really cute. Just the sweetest, cutest little baby.

They took Heome everywhere with them. When they needed to bring in bandits, they'd find someone to look after him for a little while. (Occasionally Heome would be babysat by none other than Snek. He loves kids, and by this point he was very good friends with Eroeh and Sword.)

When Heome got too big to carry around anymore, the little family found a home in a modest village called Little Oasis. Not long after they settled in there, Eroeh and Sword found themselves with another egg. One that would hatch into a Honedge that they named Shiv.

Heome and Shiv's childhood was fine. Eroeh and Sword tried their best to strike a balance between being vigilantes and being fathers.

Heome and Shiv would go stretches of time without seeing their dads, but it was alright, the rest of the village would take care of them. One pokemon in particular was quite fond of the boys. A Hisuian Decidueye named Artemis. He had a young son of his own, a Rowlet named Orion. The three boys would go on to be the closest of friends.

Heome grows up to have a very protective personality. He looks up to his fathers a lot, and wants to protect and help people like they do. He's also a softie, a sweetheart, and is just an all around friendly guy.

As a child, Shiv is very timid. Choosing to hide behind his brother or his dads whenever he can. He's not very brave, and he doesn't really want to be a fighter, even if he is a sword.

Shiv eventually grows out of his shyness, or at the very least by the time he evolves for the first time he's learned to hide it behind an attitude and humor. He learns to fight alongside Heome in the same way Eroeh and Sword fight together, although Heome and Shiv have a third teammate in the form of Orion. Unlike his dad, he's a regular Decidueye and isn't half bad as an archer.

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I could probably go on about this cast of characters for hours- they're some of my absolute favorites, but I think I'll leave this here before the post gets too long. This is certainly the gist of 'em!