#arisen oc: sylvas

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forever my favorite dd2 screenshot

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some. sillies.

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Was gonna say a little something about NG+ Syl lore and it derailed into a Syl & Pawns ramble.

NG+ lore thought of the day, each pawn was maybe harder for Syl to click with at the beginning. Safe for Eidolyn, the feeling was mutual. Part of it is the idea of having a pawn, whether he remembers his past or not, feels wrong. The loss of his only family made him feel absolutely alone in the world, overwhelming unless he accepted it, which he thought he did.

If Syl had his memories, he would have created a pawn copy of his father, but he longed for someone who would need him as much as he needed them, someone as lonely as he was. So, Winnie. When he saw her the name of his “pet” wolf from childhood popped up in his head and he named her. He didn’t realize he needed her also in a sense of survival. God won’t let him die he gave him a pawn that can magically appear and pull him away from danger by the scruff kicking and screaming.

They were both still grieving, whether they realized it or not — most importantly they had completely opposite ways of dealing with it. His self-destructive behavior and Winnie’s anxious carefulness on their own would not be healthy, but together it healed the both of them.

Syl growing up with his mother in the next cycle, the grief was slightly different. Nonetheless, loneliness should have has an effect. This time, he got a snarky sulky pawn, he was not happy. Thorne wasn’t either, but he was more confused than anything. It was hard to adapt to having a new Arisen, and one so different. It was extremely strange to him how the Arisen falls into line better than his old soldiers when he shouts at him not to fight so recklessly near the edge of a cliff. Syl often didn’t realize he was bossed around by his own pawn til later, when thinking about pointing it out made him feel bad. He can be a capable enough leader, but that idea was bordering on controlling in ways he wasn’t comfortable with. And that’s why he was right for Thorne after all the atrocities his old Arisen made him do. Thorne was most pleased to have an Arisen who needed him to survive, rather than conquer — too bad he was so stubborn.

Eidolyn’s face was familiar like a punch in the gut. Syl can’t remember, but he hates looking at him, it’s accompanied by so much guilt and confusion. The pawn’s kindness feels wrong, but Eidolyn came to exist with so much of the love and devotion Winnie and Thorne had for him, so the avoidance he gets is a bit hurtful - he would prove himself somehow.

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BLIGHTED ☠️

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i respect their way of thinking that shortcuts are worth dying, but it was not my idea.

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pet shaped.

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stop the arisen from pursuing you in 1 simple step -

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Top floor of the Vocation Guild puts the Rest in Checkpoint Rest Town. Now, let us actually!!

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martin went hostile 😧 hey man it wasn’t that personal it’s just that i wasn’t sure i got the perfect shot of kicking you in the face. actually no- they were good. lol

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captured the sunrise in my favorite place…

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FEAST YOUR EYES —

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some Syl & Winnie <3