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// ocs as patron saints. [x]
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– PATRON SAINT OF RELICS.
patron saint of remembering. patron saint of holding something close. patron saint of holding on for too long. for a saint, a relic is often a part of the body, kept for some physical memento of their holiness. they are all in your hands, now: does it feel like remembrance? does it feel sanctified? are the dust and blood as precious as they're supposed to be?
hindsight carries the gun of his deceased father, the last memory he holds of the past and of what used to be his family; he is alone, a vessel for all that used to be, carrying the burden of remembrance like a chain around his neck. he has made himself easily digestible, to fit in, to not stand out; yet the past clings to him tighter than the present and forces him on his knees, forced to worship a twisted and faux idyllic retelling of a place he can no longer get back to.
– PATRON SAINT OF HEARTBREAK.
not of comfort. not of condolences. there is a heart and there is a fissure, a fracture, something that starts to splinter and break open. you're the patron saint of the way a heart is rent open. the way it tears itself apart. patron saint of the rift. patron saint of the gash. when they say to "open your heart" to somebody, you are the patron saint of bleeding out.
erytheia is a grave domain cleric, and has witnessed more burials in her lifetime than any being ever should. she has seen the countless ways in which the best of her abilities still did not suffice, her healing more than often merely prolonging a life rather than saving it; and she carries the consequences of it wherever she goes, the faces of those who were left behind, the broken hearts and wails of sorrow like a symphony in the dead of night, chasing after the trail of blood left by her bleeding heart.
– PATRON SAINT OF BLOOD.
patron saint of the life that flows through our bodies. patron saint of violence. patron saint of love. something that does not watch over but exists within: not for protection but for vitality. there is no passion without a beating heart at its core. when that heart breaks open, someone has to be responsible for what it bleeds.
juniper is full of life, full of passion. her heart hungers and beats viciously within her ribcage, threatening to burst out; all of which shows in her unexpected ferocity in battle, as well as in the way her hands hold the waist of her lover, whoever is within her reach when her desire threatens to spill over. a mouth that kisses as much as it bites, and teeth that graze vulnerable skin and dig into tender flesh; she is a predator, and gods save whoever becomes her next prey.
#tag games#ask:erytheia#ask:hindsight#ask:juniper#sorry for being insane with the commentary but i'm not normal about these guys okay#they're all part of my homebrew world btw :]#but yeah basically hindsight is being eaten alive by the past and every bad thing that happened to him that he can't even see#that the present is now also swalling him whole because of how far he's gone to mask all the things he believes make him stand out#and make him unloveable. he basically turned himself into that smooth spongebag freak and then wonders why he barely feels alive#meanwhile erytheia is so happy and cheery all the time and she deals relatively well with death and losing people#but she is absolutely HAUNTED by the people who were left behind. the loved ones of the people she couldn't save#being haunted by the living as a cleric is something that can be so (eats my fist#and then you have juniper who is overflowing with this energy that she needs to get out of herself somehow#and it translates into anger and lust and violence and desire and pain and love and the lines between all of them have blurred so much#to the point she doesn't even know what she's after anymore. she wants to have it all she hungers for more and more and more#but she can't just keep taking. and what happens when she's had enough? will she have ever had enough???#anyway as you can see i'm being normal about these people
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juniper + 4, 16, 29 / hindsight + 35, 30, 25, 11 / erytheia + 26, 12, 33 AND i would like to know about 8 for all three of them :]
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8. do they have a nickname? who gave it to them? if it's not derived from their real name, what's the story behind it?
erytheia's nickname is niaue (pronounced ni-a-we)! she isn't entirely sure of the origins of the name but she just knows that it's her nickname, and people she has helped in the past tend to refer to her by this name as well when telling tales of her and her deeds
the name is actually a nickname that has been given to her by the tidemother, which is the deity she serves as a grave domain cleric! niaue means "lighthouse" in an ancient divine language that is not spoken anymore, and the tidemother gave erytheia this descriptive nickname because it fits who she is and how she helps people in need :]
12. how long have they been around? do you know their birthday? is their birthday the day you made them or another day? what do they think of celebrating birthdays?
erytheia is 32 years old, and she was born on the 25th of nyn; the second month of the year and the last winter month. she hasn't celebrated her birthday in many years, since in genasi culture (in my homebrew world) it is mostly celebrated with family; erytheia has not been home since the age of 19, and thus has not felt the need to celebrate since it would not be the same without her parents and siblings there :(
26. how do they move? are they clumsy? light on their feet? do they use mobility aids?
erytheia prefers to float, since she, surprisingly enough, is VERY clumsy when she's walking. she's incredibly tall and a bit lanky and often forgets about it, and she hits her head into door frames and ceilings a LOT (also when floating but she can be a lot more graceful about it then JSKGJFDKGDFJG). she only ever walks when out with @mojaves' oc bela, because he's much smaller than she is and she wants to be able to hold on to his arm or hand :]
33. if applicable, how would your other characters describe them? i mean specifically the people around them.
hindsight would describe erytheia as ethereal, and he means that wholeheartedly because he doesn't know many big words. he thinks it's amazing how she sees the good in basically everything and manages to stay so positive through it all; he tends to get very demotivated by bad situations pretty easily, but erytheia's attitude helps him power through and she's just very inspiring to him :]
juniper honestly shares that opinion, but for her it's more of a curious perspective rather than getting inspired by it. she's not entirely sure how erytheia can remain so positive especially taking into account what erytheia has seen and been through in her days; logically, anyone else in her position would not manage to be like that, and it makes juniper wonder what else is going on that the party so far does not know about her. putting all that aside, much like hindsight she sees erytheia as a very good friend, and she respects her a lot ^_^
8. do they have a nickname? who gave it to them? if it's not derived from their real name, what's the story behind it?
hindsight gave himself his nickname, which is sort of comparable to a tiefling's virtue name except it's not really a virtue for him, but more just a rather ironic descriptive term that he started going by when he fled his home country, the frozen shore, after his father's death
the name mostly refers to how he shoots first and asks questions later, but at the same time it is also kind of meant ironically, referring to his entire life back in the frozen shore and how, in hindsight, almost none of the decisions he made in there had been the right ones. he's starting a new life AS hindsight, knowing what he knows now, and he builds up this whole fake persona to try and fit in with the crowds, trying to pass as human rather than embracing being a tiefling, having gone as far as getting rid of his horns and hiding his tail and everything :( with that i also accidentally ended up making him a trans allegory but that's a suitcase to unpack another day
11. what do they have in common with you? how are they different? would you get along with them?
the autism. straight up. getting embarrassed about having wants and needs, overly apologetic, absolutely cannot handle misunderstandings and needs to sort things out IMMEDIATELY to just get it over with. he's good at noticing changes in atmosphere or behaviors of others but doesn't know what to do about it, how to bring it up, and also what it's caused by, and his brain is quick to tell him that he did something wrong </3
tying in to what i said above with the trans allegory, that mostly comes from his relationship with his horns. he got rid of them because people stared at him because of them because they were so prominent and he didn't want them to be, he wanted to be able to blend in normally and be comfortable in his body. he got his horns removed, and then years later when he's comfortable in his body, he kinda wishes there had been a way for him to just keep his horns but be able to take them off on some days and then put them back on the next day. not regretting his decision, but just wishing that there had been an alternative now that he has the comfort that he wanted all those years ago. which is basically how i feel about my chest ^_^ so there's that
i would definitely get along with him. he's a bit defensive and sarcastic and kinda pessimistic but i do love to complain about situations and scenarios so we would be like them two old man muppets basically and get too caught up into the bit and piss everyone around us off. and the possessive sex would be out of this world
25. how good/bad is their hearing? what about their eyesight?
hindsight's hearing and eyesight are both pretty decent!! in fact, perception is his expertise skill LMAO he used to be a guard so he has very sharp senses :] however he does need glasses to be able to see, which is why he's wearing those round glasses in the art i did of him :] his eyes are sensitive to sunlight so the glasses have a warm hue to them so he can see his surroundings better without getting blinded. when he learns how to read at some point (different suitcase for another day) he'll end up with rectangular little reading glasses too
30. do they smell like anything notable?
i'm always very bad at describing scents, but hindsight would smell very good. it'd be a warm and comfortable smell, like a hearth or a campfire in the woods; though not Literally that smell, but the warmth of it if that makes sense :] though there's definitely a hint of the crackle of a campfire in there because of him being a tiefling. but then mixed with a little bit of the sweetness of the marshmallow that you're roasting above it :]
35. do they ever return home?
quite literally in every way, yes. hindsight returns back to himself during the story, dropping the act and persona he made for himself by using his own accent again, showing his tail, and dropping the stoic and distant personality he created in order to keep people away from him. he also goes back to the frozen shore with the party, when they're forced to go there to investigate the next lead they have in the overarching storyline; and it even circles back to him being forced to return to the still ongoing trial surrounding his father's death, where hindsight's testimony can decide the fate of the rebels in the country which is part of the endgame of the whole story >:]
4. how crafty/resourceful are they?
juniper is very resourceful! she thinks in solutions and is quick to jump between different plans when the party is getting stuck on something, and while she doesn't necessarily have all the skills to execute the plan herself, she is more than willing to take lead on it to get the others to focus too
one of her main focuses is learning more about the world, and with that she's always learning new things that can help the party out later in time, which also greatly contributes to how resourceful she is :]
8. do they have a nickname? who gave it to them? if it's not derived from their real name, what's the story behind it?
juniper chose her nickname herself sometime after settling down in dumad, caspen, after she ended up on the material plane and gave up trying to get back to the feywild. she still goes by shivani to those closest to her, but prefers to introduce herself as juniper because to her it's her material plane name and it feels less heavy than her real name, which brings along (forgotten) memories from her time back in the feywild with her family :( as for now, the only one who knows about her real name is andy's oc mairwen!! though later in the story juniper will also tell the others about it :]
16. do they have any pets? what do they call their pets?
right now, juniper does NOT have a pet but i have been thinking about giving her one :] the party does in fact travel with a cart pulled by two wingbeasts (imagine a snow leopard mixed with a dire wolf and a hyena, with big wings), which can be considered their shared pets in a way?? they're both boys, about four years old so they're still young, and their names are darshan and naghi :]
fun fact is that juniper actually came up with their names!! the names are from a feywild legend in my homebrew world, which tells the tale of lovers darshan and naghi who were the feywild's guardians, but from their position on the plane they couldn't do their jobs well and thus took positions in the sky; but their shared presence in the sky was too much for the feywild and it began to burn. the lovers had to make the difficult decision to no longer be present in the sky at the same time, darshan becoming the sun, naghi becoming the moon, which saved the feywild, but they could never be together ever again :( it is one of the few things juniper remembers from the place and she still loves the tale a lot <3
29. are they associated with any particular element (air, earth, fire, water)?
juniper can most of all be associated with blood. she's a warlock, and her patron is vashna, a primordial hag who feasts on blood, and juniper eventually ends up as some sort of vessel for vashna to sate her hunger. in fact, it affects juniper in such a way that she ends up cursed with lycanthropy at some point in the story >:]
#asks#deadrlngers#ask:erytheia#ask:hindsight#ask:juniper#oc asks#THANK YOU SO MUCH RENA ILY THESE WERE REALLY FUN TO ANSWER#the tidemother is the same deity who took hektor to the beyond when he walked into the ocean btw ^_^#also the whole thing with hindsight as trans allegory is like. a very personal thing and i know it probably won't be relatable for Everyone#but that's not the point so i hope nobody takes it out of its context ASGFJDGLFDGDKGJ#anyway. i love these guys a normal amount why do you ask
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BONES, i don't know if you''re still doing that ask meme, so how about a wildcard ask: which of your DND ocs would win in a fight?
OUHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH!! this one is very tricky because all three of them are very powerful in their own ways. i think erytheia would lose first because she's a cleric and thus more of a healer than a fighter, and despite having some strong spells in her arsenal she wouldn't be able to keep up with the other two :(
between hindsight and juniper... i feel like they both have an equal chance to win i think! hindsight is a gunslinger fighter and juniper is a great old one warlock, so it's trickshots versus eldritch blast and both have a LOT of potential; hindsight is very versatile and can switch over to fighting with a scimitar just as easily and he can land a lot of combos because of his extra attack, but juniper's eldritch blasts are INSANELY powerful and would very easily blast him off his feet
i think it would mostly depend on who gets the upper hand first; hindsight can choose to get close to juniper with melee combat, in which case he would win because she doesn't have a very high HP total. but if it comes down to ranged combat, then juniper would win because of her eldritch blasts, which would chew through hindsight's HP total pretty quickly
#asks#fashionablyfyrdraaca#ask:erytheia#ask:hindsight#ask:juniper#oc asks#THANK U this is so interesting to think about tbh. they would never end up in a situation where they have to fight each other#but it would be very sexy to watch if it did end up coming down to that at some point. they all fight with so much flair#especially hindsight can get super dramatic with it SHGKLFDJGFDKG whereas juniper is very direct and. well#almost Rough i guess?? with her spellcasting#and erytheia is SUPER fucking fast. very fluid and graceful movements. very mesmerizing to watch
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🍂🍁🌳 for Juniper please!
d&d oc asks!
🍂 Does your OC enjoy hugs? What do they do as a show of affection for: their friends, their family, their significant other(s) or for strangers? Over all what are they like with recieving affection from others?
juniper loves to hug :] she loves being physically close with people in general and especially her friends, as a sign that she trusts them a lot. she + @mojaves' oc mairwen are especially close and they always walk next to each other, either holding hands or having their arms hooked together; though the more time they spend with the rest of the party, they'll both also end up walking with others on occasion, and especially juniper loves to hold on to erytheia's or andy's oc caius' arm when they're out for a walk :]
she enjoys physical contact from her friends a lot because to her, it means that they trust her too. she also doesn't mind it when strangers get close to her, though it will be easy to tell that she's wary of them; and she's more than ready to shove a knife between their ribs the moment they try something she doesn't appreciate
as stated above, juniper mainly shows love through physical contact, but she likes doing things for other people too to make them feel loved. a very clear example of this would be with andy's oc bela, who needs a daily intake of blood as a dhampir; juniper eventually starts collecting blood samples of various animals in vials, in case bela can't get a kill in himself that day, to make sure that he doesn't miss a day and thus won't risk going feral
🍁 Where does your OC go when they need to have some time to themself? Would they ever have their own “comfort corner” filled with all the things they like? Do they have a favourite spot outside that feels like its theirs and theirs alone?
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🌳 What is your OC’s favourite way to relax after a stressful day? Do they have a favourite book to curl up with? A hobby? Or do they have a nice bubble bath and have an early night to bed?
juniper keeps a journal!! she loves writing in great detail about what she did that day and especially if the party learned something new about the various trails they're chasing she's writing entire reports in that thing with little drawings of found evidence or little maps of locations they went to. it's a way to get all the knowledge out of her brain so she doesn't have to remember every single little detail herself, and in a way it kind of clears her mind which is exactly what she needs in order to not get overwhelmed ^_^
#asks#neonshrike#ask:juniper#oc asks#THANK YOUU :]#she also definitely likes bubble baths but those are a rare find in this world unfortunately :(
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COMING IN HOT WITH 🌹🍁🌻 & 🌾 for shivani pretty please 🫶 GORGEOUS design btw
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🌹 Where in the world does your OC feel most at home? Is there any reason why? If it’s not the place they were born, where were they born? Is there a certain somebody that makes them feel at home where ever they may be? What does home mean to them?
juniper was born in the feywild and lived there for most of her life, in the uncharted wilderness below the risen districts. she always loved exploring and this is what caused her to end up on the material plane at some point; accidentally wandered too far and crossed a border without realizing, and the portal had long closed when she found her way back to it :( with reality working so differently on the two planes her memories of it faded entirely too quickly, despite spending entire decades there; and even though she does end up returning to the feywild with her party much later on, she never manages to find her true home within back, and thus it no longer serves that purpose to her
her actual, real home nowadays lies within the city of dumad, a jungle town located in the feygate rainforest in caspen. it's small and cozy, a little cottage in the outer districts with a small vegetable garden; though she mostly uses it to grow various wildflowers and fey-touched plants, attracting dozens of insects that the neighbors don't really like but are vital to the rainforest's ecosystem and many would be threatened with extinction due to the feywild's influence on the environment. it makes her house more of a home for others, and she herself would've grown less and less comfortable within its confines over time
that's why her real home is with her party. she's always had the wanderer's spirit and with her friends she can go anywhere and everywhere, she can see so much of the world and that freedom is essential for her to feel comfortable and at peace. especially @mojaves' oc mairwen (an equally as tall firbolg barbarian girlie) makes her feel so at ease; the two of them met about two decades ago and juniper's life on the material plane has been so much easier since
🍁 Where does your OC go when they need to have some time to themself? Would they ever have their own “comfort corner” filled with all the things they like? Do they have a favourite spot outside that feels like its theirs and theirs alone?
juniper rarely needs time for herself as she loves being around others and she really just. RARELY leaves mairwen's side. the two are always glued together wherever they go, and if juniper needs to wind down she feels most comfortable in mairwen's arms. if for whatever reason she does need to be alone with her thoughts for a little bit (often triggered by a night full of night terrors from her patron, or direct contact with her) she likes to wander off from the rest of the party when they're resting somewhere, to just be surrounded by nature for a little while. if they're staying in an inn, she will go out into town by herself, preferably in the dark, and walk until she becomes sleepy enough to fall asleep immediately the second she gets back to the inn
🌻 What little things do they notice about people or the world around them that make them happy? What tiny little treasures do they find in the normal every day that makes the world seem a little brighter for them?
just in general juniper is forever fascinated by other people and their little quirks and mannerisms. gestures and body language indicating excitement would be what gets her excited as well, a very clear example of this being whenever mairwen or hindsight get excited about something and their tail starts wagging; it'd in turn make juniper's tail wag too, though she can hide it a lot better since it's very short and often covered up entirely by her dress
in addition to that, she loves seeing little critters in nature but also in the streets in towns and cities; rodents, but also insects, and she especially loves seeing little flowers blooming between rocks and stuff like that :]
🌾 Describe your OC through the eyes of someone absolutely head-over-heels in love with them
asked andy very niceys to describe juniper from mairwen's point of view for me and this is their answer: juniper is very warm and inviting. not necessarily in a ray of sunshine kind of way, but she just has a very vibrant personality that shines through in everything she does. she's very curious (mostly thanks to her fey background) but in a good way; nothing ever gets boring with her, she knows so much and because of that she always has so many interesting stories to tell. mairwen could listen to her all day
#asks#aztarion#ask:juniper#oc asks#THANK U SO MUCH 🫶 i love her so much it's unreal. she just wants to travel and learn new things and basically chew on the world#sprinkled in some worldbuilding lore. risen districts in the feywild are the mirror part of part of caspen + kharfaldir kingdom#which rose up from the ground because of massive earthquakes caused by the jungle in material plane kharfaldir kingdom#breaking through the mountain ridge separating the two countries. xoxo#so the uncharted wilderness that juniper is from is a place that is not a mirror of Anything on the material plane#it's unique to the feywild which is why it's so hard to get back to. and why she will probably never return there :(#the rainforest breaking thru a whole mountain ridge is why it's a big fuckass portal between the two planes btw#it's so full of magic. unstable magic even. that its vegetation is so strong that it just. did all of that. invasive species through magic#anyway i'll stop talking now i have said. so much
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🍄💐🥀 for juniper!!!! <3
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🍄 What are your OCs favourite snacks? Their favourite comfort food which always cheers them up when they’re down? Favourite meal to make? Do they enjoy baking and cooking and are they any good in the kitchen?
juniper loves savory snacks of all kinds, mostly roasted seaweed, roasted garlic butter corn, cucuri strips (it's like a very savory and slightly spicy cucumber!!) and beef pastries (meatball wrapped in pastry which she loves to dip in a wide variety of sauces but when they're on the road plain ones will do too)! she's not a good cook at all and would rather spend her time helping @mojaves' oc caius make potions and whatnot, but if the party has no other option then she could theoretically put together a sort of edible meal
her comfort food is a very specific rice bowl from one of her favorite taverns in dumad, caspen! it consists of jasmine rice seasoned with rosemary, sea salt from neighboring country athyae's subterranean ocean, and cicanise (a light and very flavorful herb reminiscent of chives), and is topped with cucuri, bean sprouts, mushrooms, glazed tofu, and pork bites :]
💐 How does your OC handle being unwell or forced to rest in bed? Who cares for them and in what ways? Does your OC enjoy being doted on or are they a terrible patient? Reversed: is your OC good at taking care of others who are ill or in need?
juniper is a terrible patient. she often fails to realize she's injured or sick and if she does realize she tries to brush it off and tells everyone it's not that bad even when it definitely is very very bad. luckily erytheia is very good at reading her friends and she will always heal juniper right back up, but juniper prefers not to because the healing magic makes her feel very sluggish (mostly due to her being a great old one warlock; it's a negative side effect that i've given her which makes her more prone to taking a point of exhaustion when being healed too much)
reversed, she LOVES taking care of other people when they're sick or injured. she makes very very very good tea which often also have some healing abilities (alternative healing method for herself since it doesn't make her feel sluggish) and will always sit with her injured friends when they're resting somewhere to give them some as well :]
🥀 How would your OC decorate a notebook or journal? What kind of things are written in there? Could you give an example of a nice entry?
answered here!
#asks#ncytiri#ask:juniper#oc asks#THANK YOUU ^_^ i'm having so much fun with the food questions it's forcing me to come up with regional dishes SHGNFKDHGFJG
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🌹🌾🥀🌠 for juniper <3
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🌹 Where in the world does your OC feel most at home? Is there any reason why? If it’s not the place they were born, where were they born? Is there a certain somebody that makes them feel at home where ever they may be? What does home mean to them?
answered here!
�� Describe your OC through the eyes of someone absolutely head-over-heels in love with them
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🥀 How would your OC decorate a notebook or journal? What kind of things are written in there? Could you give an example of a nice entry?
juniper's journals are always very professional, in the sense of her entries being very accurate and precise retellings of what happened that day or exact copies of paragraphs from books she liked. she leaves spaces on pages open to add in little drawings and notes later on and essentially already plans out the page layouts in her head before she even starts writing stuff down
another little detail she adds in (but often much later than the original entries) is little runes and other arcane symbols and the like!! they mostly serve as reminders for herself about certain spells and arcane secrets she's been taught by her patron (she's a warlock), but in a way it could also be used by other people to decipher these secrets themselves. juniper likes adding stuff like this in because the idea of people finding her journals many centuries later and attempting to decipher them excites her :]
🌠 On a scale of 1 - 10 how Baby is your OC?
i'd say juniper is a solid 5 on the baby scale! she does like getting close to people but initiates a lot herself and generally only really melts when @mojaves' oc mairwen is touching her, and even then it takes a good amount of sleep deprivation for her to actually cuddle up to her and let mairwen take lead on stuff all herself. she's a woman of (fantasy) science and wants to be treated with respect, and while she can be very warm and inviting and sweet with her friends, she does have this lingering distant and cold aura around her which mostly surfaces when she's busy with anything related to her class; or just when a situation calls for it
#asks#faerune#ask:juniper#oc asks#thank you!! in my brain she's 100% baby but in-universe there's many many layers to her which prevent her from reaching those baby levels#also because she's over 100 years old... which is also where the layers come from. she has so much life experience#not that her wisdom is all that high though. it's very selective life experience AHSKGFDHGFKDG
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