#Warlock Annithia

[orbdotexe]

I feel mildly bad about not answering those asks yet BUT I've been really busy so I'm just gonna leave some old drabbles and other stuff I've collected here

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"There is nothing in any vex simulation or psion prediction that could keep me from being a thorn in the side of existence"

-YW, after coming back from the dead, in some probable AU I'll never write

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“I’m… I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to worry you. But, I’ll be fine, you can-” They hug him tighter as he starts to push away from them.

…They aren’t letting him go, are they?

“...Guardian,” he warns, “Put me down. Now.”

They only let out a garbled hum in response, perfectly happy to squeeze the life out of him.

“We do not have time for this- I will stab you, let-”

“You and what army, old man?” Even through the layers of harsh static, the smug edge to the Young Wolf’s voice was abundantly clear to anyone listening. They were as infuriating and stubborn as ever.

And Saint and that flamboyant Cloudstrider were not helping.

“We- We have work to do, you can show your affections later- Saint! Stop laughing!”

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Crow: Why does The Guardian call you babygirl?

Sam Moleyn: how about we stop talking for awhile

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Ann, banging on the door: Guys! I need you to hide me! Noble, ushering her in: Ann, what happened?! Ann: G! I spilled bleach on their cloak- Noble, pushing her back out: Not a chance. You’re on your own. Ann: Wait- They’ll kill me-! Noble, slamming the door: Goodbye.

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Wolf: STOP IT Wolf: STOP TALKING ABOUT BEING POSSESSED Ghost: i’m free real estate Wolf: YOU ARE NOT FREE REAL ESTATE-

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Crow: How do I get revenge? Ann: I am legally obliged to tell you ‘forgiveness’. Crow: Guardian, how do I get revenge? Ruin, “Godslayer”: I am also legally obliged to say ‘forgiveness’, but you- Noble, putting his hand over their mouth: I’m gonna stop you right there.

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ALSO SOME LORE

Wolf is canonically a little shit but also terrifying. You love to see it

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Ann: Let’s apologize on the count of 3. Phyra: I didn’t do anythin- Ann: 1… 2… 3. Phyra: Ann: Ann: see, now I’m just disappointed in both of us Phyra: intense glaring

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"In the Age of Triumph, in the final battle, when the light began to wane, one stood. Burned by the embers of Armageddon, their soul blistered by the fires of hell and tainted beyond redemption, they choose the path of perpetual torment. In their ravenous hatred, they found no peace; and with fiery conviction, they scoured the Ascendant realms, seeking vengeance against the dark Disciples who wronged them. They wore the crown of the Iron Lords, and those that tasted the bite of their sword named them... The Young Wolf."

i don't know what i was on for this one, but I rediscover it every once in awhile and alter it a bit

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"He's all they've been thinking about, but he's going to have to get used to their absence. The flat will be quiet. The Tower, normal... Their bed, empty.

It's how things must be.

Things could be different in another life, perhaps.

But not this one.

They have to go, one day soon."

-on Crow-YW angst about Wolf's predicted death.

[asklordfelwinter]

What do you think of everything, thus far? I mean- things could definitely be better, what with all the new drama every few months, and new, bigger threats with every time and things looking more and more bleak with every victory... But- I mean. Still! There's a bright side, I promise, I was- I was wondering if you could see that bright side, too?

-Warlock Annithia

Bright side, indeed.

Lord Saladin has done his best to keep me apprised of the situation in the system at large. I myself have been keeping my nose out of things. Better for my health that way. If you had told me centuries ago that we would be such fast allies with the Fallen—or, the Eliksni, rather—or any other people from beyond the stars, I would have thought you mad.

I know that things are looking dark, Guardian, but look at all that you have accomplished. In my day we struggled to keep so much as a single village safe. Your people have built a magnificent City under the watch of the Traveler. You defend it with your lives, as we would have done. Every assault that has come your way, you have weathered, and come through stronger for it.

I may have my reservations about relying too heavily on Rasputin for aid, given my past experiences with the Warmind, but I have spoken to Anastasia and have offered my support where I can. Provided, of course, that Rasputin is never made aware of my involvement…

But I digress. If you are feeling lost, Warlock, you need but look around. Think of your fellows, fighting these battles at your side. Of the lives you have saved. Those that look up to you. It may not feel this way now, but you will see this through. There is hope. As long as you and your fellow Guardians continue to fight, there will always be hope.

[orbdotexe]

Okay I need a better pinned post, since my last one is just TFC and that is only a small portion of my blog (how did I get here-), so!

'Tis I, Orb! I am shoving people into the Young Wolf box as we speak. Feel free to send me anything in general tho (talk about your headcanons, ask about mine, just about anything). I think these are all my tags?:

Fallen Division (original writing. HFY/Humans are space orcs-esque): #~Fallen Division~

TFC characters (Destiny OCs. Unrelated to everything else on here Destiny-related):

#Task Force Chaos, #Young Wolf Hunter Ruin-7, #Titan Noble-5, #Warlock Annithia

Extra TFC AU: #Dark Age Lightswap

AUs of my interpretation of canon Young Wolf, seperate from TFC:

#Comedy Show Crew, #DragonLight AU, #Pure Chaos Wolf, #Reverse Forsaken AU, #Angel!YW

Quite a few are just tagged as #the young wolf that holds the posts that people seem to really like by me (the first CS Crew post, Crucible Handler, some Reverse Forsaken, etc)

There are some misc ones: #Give Ghost a Gun 2023, #Poor Zavala, #Orb Rambles

There is also frequent screaming with @/formallyacryptid over their A Little To The Left (YW and Cayde are eldritch things!!!) and Achievement Unlocked Verse (timelines get fucked because... that's spoilers but there is much unresolved trauma and anger all around just go read it there's Death Tag and puns)

^ check out Cryptid's AUV posts. there is alot of us screaming at each other about angst!!

Edit:

There is now also another Forsaken-based AU #The Forsaken Exile (main focus of this blog rn), a YW/Cayde roleswap #Little Wolf 6 AU, and a corruption arc #Corrupted Wolf AU

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thinkin about Dark Age Lightswap and my dear Terror Twins and their dad

Gale uses camo white and bright red as his color palette, to match his plates and optics, with a lot of horn and antler decorations. Meanwhile, each of his kids get half of his colors. Ruin got the red and Ann took the white, which also ends them both with opposite colors: Red and black for Ruin, white and blue for Ann.

And, in game, I do actually use cloaks with horns for Ruin and the Stag for Ann... Ruin gets the horns, Ann gets the antlers

[insert "Oh yeah. It's all coming together." gif]

On a non-main cast note, (Lightless) Eerie-3 and Echo-4 hiding out with Warlord Banshee as he teaches Echo gunsmithing (it seems in most of my train of thoughts with TFC, Banshee and Gale play hot potato with teaching him...) while Eerie entertains the kids and helps with hunting to feed the enclave

I am. still figuring out where everyone goes. my brain is only supplying Ann, Ruin, and Gale content right now-

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Thinking about the Dark Age Lightswap thing with TFC again and now you get my brain mush:

I realized I could have Gale-2 replace Lord Shaxx as that Warlord. He's not as tall, maybe not as beefy, but he's got the horns as an actual part of his head and I imagine having a Lightless version of a Warlord and an actual ex(ish)-Warlord as his daughters would force him to adapt to protect them better.

i am, however, not fully dedicated to the Lightswap and done a thing with Ruin-7 and Annithia

So, Ann and Ruin are still basically sisters, but I wanted to keep Gale as Ruin's father figure pre-Light and figured if this was a Lightswap, then it wouldn't hurt to have him adopt Ruin again after they turn. Which means Ann, despite very much being a Lightbearer, gets to have a dad anyway!

I imagine Ann joined this fucked up family before Lightbearer Ruin, so the two of them were likely training together under Gale, and then Ann later joined the Iron Lords while Gale stays a Warlord (since he's taking Shaxx's place in this AU)

But I wanted Ruin to become a Lightbearer, still. So we end up with a series of events that goes:

-Powerful Warlord (probably Hideo, since I'm unoriginal) decides that he doesn't particularly like Ruin's... attitude and starts trying to break them. When nothing works, he seeks out an unpaired Ghost and puts a bullet between Ruin's eyes

-He wanted to turn them into a Lightbearer 1) to wipe their memory and 2) so that, with said wiped memory, he could puppet them much easier It was a play for control, basically

-Some time later, Ann discovers them having a Ghost and rushes to tell Gale that Ruin died and came back. Gale resolves to get his kid back

-Which means he spends between months and years (haven't decided) trying to convince Ruin that Hideo isn't who they think he is, which eventually works and he and Ann bring them to the Iron Temple

I am far too much of an absolute sucker for Crow/Wolf, so you know what happens next- But since this is Lightswap, Crow was never actually Uldren, and is his own person. Debating whether or not pre-Light Ruin knew Crow, or if that was something much later after they had already become a Dark Age version of the Young Wolf under the Iron Lords - But I do know what happens next

So... these two end up falling in love, as one might expect. And they take leave from the Iron Lords under the agreement that they would not become Warlords so they can settle down. At some point, they adopt and kid they found abandoned. (I guess Ruin and Crow replace Zavala and Safiyah here?? which also means... tragedy strikes.)

Hideo is still pissed about losing his puppet. And he finds them. While Crow, from working as part of this Warlord's Terror Trio with Ruin and Ann, knows plenty about defending from Lightbearers... you can only do so much without your own special weapons. And Ruin wasn't there.

The kid and Crow do not survive. The Wolf goes missing.

For half a century, the Wolf has not been seen.

At some point, much later, Ann finds Ruin again, disguised among a group of refugee Lightless, while on her own hunt revolving around Warlord activity. It's here that Ann learns of what happened, 3 decades after the incident, and that Ruin has been jumping between Lightless groups, hoping to find Warlord Hideo and return the favor.

That is... about all I have thus far. But I wanted to get this down, and figured I might as well do it now

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Found more Thoughts (TM) about my characters, did my best to copy the Thoughts (TM) down, and got this weird, short thing. Like, really short. Vaguely poetic 2nd POV of attempting to fight this one fireteam in particular.

They fight like they exist.

Annithia, life of the party, bright and flashy, unable to be ignored and stealing every inch of attention. You cannot ignore her.

Ruin-7, always along the edges, head down - but their presence is always in the back of your mind, itching. You cannot ignore them.

Noble-5, always by his Sun’s side, peacekeeping, protecting, and too ever-present to disregard. A Tower. You cannot ignore him.

If a Flaming ball of Light is raining Hellfire upon your comrades, and its orbiting Shield is pushing your every attack back, then your attention is exactly where they want it to be. You don’t see, you can’t pay attention to, the knife in your back. And that, is where the frustration becomes panic. Your comrades, without prompt, are falling behind you. The ones in front are turning to ash and Void dust before your eyes. You cannot focus, your comrades’ screams echo in your brain, bouncing around with equal parts terror and confusion. You cannot see what’s culling the ones in the rear. It is too quick to see. Or maybe You are too slow. You can’t tell.

There’s too much going on everywhere.

And You, cannot focus.

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okay screw it! I’ve already got Ruin//Renewal out there, I might as well talk about my OCs in a proper post. So! meet the cast of Task Force Chaos. I only have pictures of the ones I could actually replicate their canon looks for, though..

The actual main Fireteam of TFC:

Exo Hunter Ruin-7: Void/Arc + Stasis/Strand My Young Wolf! They aren't as mean as they seem, I promise- Assigned Non-binary at rez. Sorry. No one knew what else to call them, and they weren't really helping on that case. (They haven't even given anyone their name! They're just The Guardian or Young Wolf!) They're quite comfortable with it though. Comfortable with feminine addresses in most cases. (Sister, proper titles like Lord/Lady, etc) Although they use a bunch of subclasses, they mostly use their powers to compliment their weaponry and movement. Arc-skating and blinks, Stasis shields, obviously the Strand Grapple. Their most used super is Spectral Blades (or, their Arc/Void version they call Spectral Dance) Canon Ghost! At some point in the future, when they finally give in and embrace being a person instead of a weapon, he adopts the name Renewal. He doesn't now because, personal canon, he told Ruin he'd pick a name when they did. (to be clear, literally no one calls them Ruin. Only Ghost and Osiris even know that name. Noble and Ann just call them G) They also have damage to their plates on the left top part of their head.

Exo Titan Noble-5: Void/Solar + Strand Slightly shorter than Saint and Shaxx, and just as beefy! Big boi. He's so done with this fireteam, but they're his idiots. Probably one of the most Just A Guy characters I have, even though you can't be Just A Guy when you're out godslaying and scruffing the Archangel and Young Wolf to stop them from destroying everything in a 10 mile radius. Basically TFC's babysitter at this point. I'm so sorry, big man. Your girlfriend and her sister are awful. You deserved better. Mostly uses Sentinel Shield, though his Burning Maul manifests as a similarly oversized, single-bladed axe. Complimenting his status as Big Boi, is his Ghost, Uri! Small. She uses a flower shell! Very shy, and also done with this fireteam as well.

Awoken Warlock Annithia: Solar/Arc She earned herself the title Archangel for her unique Dawnblade, in the form of a spear. Which, inofitself, isn’t impressive (headcanon that everyone’s supers are unique in some way, depending on how they learn/invision it) - but rather what exactly she does with it. Where most Dawnblades do bursts of flight, Ann has taken to the skies! She mostly used it to rain hell on enemy combatants and in rescue missions. Her own unique AOE super similar to a Nova Bomb (which she calls Solaris Spike) plays a large part in the raining hell part. Although, quite literally, 10x older than Ruin, the two are basically sisters - and consider each other such! Although, as a result of being Guardians, the two also take the term Sibling Rivalry to the max. One moment the two are the best of friends, the next there's 2 glowing holes of Solar and Void trying to kill each other. Oops Her Ghost, Nova, is almost as peacock-y as she is, though on the opposite side of the spectrum. Nova's just mean :( She and Failsafe get along, at least Large part of the reason she focuses Solar so hard is the amount of times she froze to death while stuck on Europa after she was rez'd... Redhead (like actual, bright Red-red), blue skin, and fire-colored eyes. Prosthetic right arm, small scar over her right eyebrow

(Dead) Awoken Hunter Lorcarin: Haven’t figured out his subclass, though he feels like a bladedancer to me (at least, prior to his corruption) He was TFC’s Hunter some years before Ruin was rez’d, and had this whole powerlust-driven corruption arc where he modified himself, and likely his Ghost, to hell and back. In the end, the Vanguard dispatched Ann and Noble to take him out. Said mission is also where Ann permanently lost her right arm Not sure what to do about the corruption without being too lore breaking, though. Might just keep it to self-modification, no Taken stuff like I planned, as this happens long before D1

The rest of the cast:

Human Warlock Phyra: Solar Arch rival of the Archangel, man. Ann and Phyra hate each other SO much, it's not even funny. They take pot shots at each other constantly, though have never fought-fought. It's mostly a verbal pissing contest. Why are they even in the same clan Overall, Phyra's just an ass. Like, she is so pretentious about everything. Full-heartedly believes her Solar is second only to Osiris, before he lost his Light. ouch Like Ann, bright orange eyes! But this time, more chocolate-colored, short hair. Darker skin tone (not entirely sure of race! I'm bad with the names of things, sorry. Think Eris)

Awoken Titan Striker (name in progress): Arc/Void Don't have much on him! Though I know he runs the clan while Ruin and Noble aren't available. He's chill though, and usually has to reign Phyra back in.

The Exo Twins! Hunter Eerie-3 and Warlock Echo-4: Void Rez'd in Shadowkeep during the New Light campaign. Some canon devianting here and a couple headcanons, all around Shaw Han. Obviously, newest members of the Cosmodrome Cohort! (which is just. a series of abnormally powerful Guardians rez'd in the Cosmodrome, in canon. YW is apart of this group) While she originally had both purple optics, Eerie had a way-too-close encounter with Navota during the strike, which led to her having one of her eyes thoroughly screwed. Echo looks much more masc than his picture makes him look, but I had to use the female exo to get the head I wanted for him In my version of canon, Shaw was actually there for the strike, so it was him and the Exo Twins. Poor man almost lost another Guardian on his watch, right after losing his fireteam. The Twins meet TFC through Shaw, who met TFC through the Last Wish raid (personal canon! He wears the leg armor from that raid, so I've just ran with his fireteam and TFC having done the raid)

The clan's called The Syndicate! Just for the aesthetic tho. It kinda existed before the Red War, in a way. It was a semi-official thing set up out of a former Hunter hidey hole to help New Lights get them on their feet

Outside the clan:

An unnamed Captain (because I have no idea how Eliksni names work): Still figuring out his story! But he’s an ex-pirate who came to House Light while Ruin was out doing Lightfall things. Mostly there to flesh out Ruin's interactions/relationship with House Light/Misraaks and how Eliksni in general feel about The Young Wolf. He has had to be comforted by Misraaks and Eido on multiple occasions because his anxiety is through the damn roof. Poor guy (brought to you by: that one post chain about if the Eliksni have similar tales about the Young Wolf as they do about the Saint. That is such a fun chain to read) (Lightless Civilian) Gale-2: this one’s fun! I love him, but mostly because it’s so much angst. I’m so sorry, Ruin. Gale runs an Exo Modification and Engraving shop on the outskirts of the City, and is mentoring Echo to be a gunsmith. White-camo painting, red lights, celtic-esque designs along what would be cheekbones on an Exo. Big ol', backwards curved horns + two little ones right above his eyes.

my brain is tired now, and while I'd love to talk extensively about what I mean by "I'm so sorry, Ruin" in reference to Gale, I can't much focus on that right now. In simple terms: He's known them in most every one of their lives and was there when they finally died and has a lil bit of guilt over feeling like he caused it. Ruin was also a bit of a daughter-figure stand-in for one he had before he became an Exo. not that Ruin knows any of this. He's their tattoo artist and a tiny bit of a therapist! oof