#oc: agria lebeda

[silversiren1101]

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Agria! Yes of course! It would be an honor, my lady. Mino is picking this out for you for an ice cream and carnival date! Try not to get too competitive at the carnival games, you hear? She can’t control herself that well, either.

(Both ladies walking away with oversized stuffed animals and some very angry carnies wondering how their rigged games were bested by the most stubborn women ever)

Top: Reminiscent of your signature look but light and airy! Much more breathable and suited to the hot sun of Cheliax than blisteringly cold Sarkoris. Tied front and cropped for hot girl summer, which will go perfectly with your...

Bottoms: High-waisted sunshine yellow shorts! The blue floral pattern on them works with the floral print of your top and calls back to that azata blue, and is too ridiculously cute! I'm a big fan of the white inside, as it really gives a great 'bookends' feel with your white top when they're rolled up! Wider flail on the legs is cute and playful, and will keep you cooler all day long.

Shoes: Hightops with the high waisted look, absolutely. These are a nice cream color with a cute floral design and butterflies!

Hair/Hat: Agria, with hair like that it'd be a shame to cover it in anyway, but the sun is a demanding tyrant. Try this denim and leather ballcap! The faded colors will work with your outfit and it's cute as all hell! Plus, it's a blank canvas perfect for some customization. Pins? Patches?

Other Accessories: A labradorite cuff with a striking blue butterfly on it - a reminder of Elysium. Just the single, chunky accessory I think will do wonders with this outfit - after all, wouldn't want to take away too much attention from your gorgeous red hair. The blue will contrast perfectly with it.

[offsidekineticist]

💎💎💎for agria if you're still taking these and it strikes your fancy lol!

I am still taking them! Sorry it took so long, took some time to decide who would be most interesting to answer this one. So here's Giliys's thoughts on Agria (whom he has nicknamed 'Threads' because Giliys can't just call people by their names like a normal person, I'm so sorry).

"Threads? Well. I think I'd have liked her better if we met before the fifth crusade. I know she's got rich family, but she doesn't really count as nobility. I mean, she coulda stayed in Brevoy and tried to blend in with with the fancy Lebedas, sucked up to them, tried to marry up, but she didn't. She went and said she was part of a people with no home scattered all over Avistan, and when she realized their culture had been stolen from them, she went and said she'd steal it back. That takes guts.

"But then Areelu fucking Vorlesh got ahold of her, and - " Giliys stops himself, face taut with rage. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. "Look. I know most people think I don't have a conscience cuz it's calibrated different than most. But I do know this: the worst, most unforgivale things you can do to someone are the things that hurt the soul. And I know, I know, I done plenty of that in my time, but I also know it's fucked up. What Areelu Vorlesh did was un-fucking-forgivable. And Threads did her best to pick up the pieces and stitch herself back together, but...she decided not to fix what she did to her, didn't she? I don't know if she didn't think it was possible or if she actually thought she was better off for it, but either way - I mean - that's not something you choose if your soul is whole.

"So yeah. It's funny, I don't have a problem with her having magic powers from the Abyss. But the power she has as knight-commander...yeah, that's the kind of thing that twists you up inside, makes you into something else. Something that can't be fixed. And I hope Galfrey rots for pushing her into that when she was already torn up inside by Vorlesh."

[arrow90-alrakis]

Agria for @thesolemnhour for the art trade!!!

Aaaaa she's such a delight to draw!!!

[thesolemnhour]

OC Smash or Pass

art by: @/oakfathers-blessings, @/eurekq, @/mooreaux

Agria Lebeda Gender: woman (she/her) Sexuality: Bisexual

☀️🔥neutral good emberkin aasimar + brown-fu transmuter🐻🔮

if a border collie could run a crusade

hugely intense, hugely enthusiastic

cheerful and openly friendly

competitive maniac

goal-oriented

pros: warm. will remember how you like your coffee and your favorite skittles colors. confident. supportive. will try anything once. can cook. unintentionally funny!

cons: vain. will project her many issues onto you. manipulative at times. crazy ex-girlfriend material. pushy. avoidant attachment style. annoying.

tagged by: @dragonologist-phd and @first-talon

no pressure tagging: @commander-lariel @yunessa @eurekq @amatres @goddevouringserpent

[thesolemnhour]

OC Mannerisms - Agria Lebeda

Art by @/iwoszareba

Thank you for the tag @the-raging-tempest!

BASICS

- NO. OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES >> Taldane, Hallit, Varisian (roughly), Celestial (innate).

- TONE OF VOICE >> high / average / deep - Agria speaks quickly and enthusiastically. She has a bird-like chirpy quality to her voice.

- ACCENT >> yes / no - Brevic, which I like to imagine is the real world-equivalent of Polish or Ukrainian depending on what part of the country you're from. Agria's accent is closest to Polish, and you can hear it mostly in her vowels.

- DEMEANOR >> confident / shy / approachable / hostile / cheerful / other - While Agria holds herself with clear confidence, she smiles often and initiates conversation at the slightest provocation.

- POSTURE >> slumped / straight / stiff / relaxed / easy - Agria has excellent posture as a way of making herself look bigger than she actually is. She demands attention and takes up space.

HABITS

head tilting / swaying / fidgeting / stuttering / gesturing / arm crossing / strokes chin / er, um, or other interjections / plays with hair or clothing / hands at hips / inconsistent eye contact / maintains eye contact / frequent pausing / stands close / stands at a distance / lip chewing - Agria is physically incapable of sitting still and seems to vibrate with energy even when she does manage it.

COMPLEXITY (Fill in the circle’s as you wish)

- VOCABULARY >> 🔴🔴🔴⚪⚪ - In her younger days, I think she would absolutely have flexed her vocabulary indiscriminately, but as an adult, she has scaled it back so people don't find her completely insufferable. The Sarkorians whose oral history she is trying to collect in particular probably wouldn't appreciate her putting on airs.

- EMOTION >> 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 - Agria is a deeply emotional person. At times, she tries to hide it, but it's pretty obvious to everyone what she's thinking at any given moment

- SENTENCE STRUCTURE >> 🔴🔴🔴🔴⚪ - She has a lot to say, and her sentences can wind on for a while. This is a habit from her childhood she hasn't been able to break.

PROFANITY

- FREQUENCY >> 🔴⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️ - It's less about her upbringing and more to do with her having spent the last four years helping her aunt to raise her cousin. She starts to find the self-censoring more and more absurd as the crusade goes on.

- CREATIVITY (in regards to profanity) >> 🔴🔴🔴⚪️⚪️ - It would be higher, but she's out of practice.

BOLD THAT APPLY

arse / ass / asshole / bastard / bitch / bloody / bugger / bollocks / chicken shit / crap / cunt / dick / frick / fuck / horseshit / motherfucker / piss / prick / pussy / screw / shit / shitass / son of a bitch / twat / wanker

THIS OR THAT

straightforward or cryptic? / finding the right word or using the first word that comes to mind? / masculinity, neutrality, or femininity? / formalities or with abrasiveness? / praise or equivocation? / frankness or flattery / excessive or minimal hand gestures / name-calling or magnanimity? / friendly or blunt

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

- DO PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING OR UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHARACTER? almost always / frequently / rarely / never

- DOES YOUR CHARACTER’S POINT COME ACROSS EASILY WHEN THEY SPEAK?

 almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER INITIATE CONVERSATIONS?

almost always / frequently / sometimes / never

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE THE ONE TO END CONVERSATIONS?

almost always / frequently / sometimes / rarely / never

- WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE ‘WHOM’ IN A SENTENCE?

yes / no / only ironically

- YOUR CHARACTER WANTS TO MAKE A COUNTERPOINT. WHAT WORD DO THEY USE?

but / though / although / however / perhaps / maybe

- HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER END CONVERSATIONS? 

walk away / ask if that’s everything / say that’s everything / give a proper goodbye / tell their company they're done here / remain quiet / they don’t

- WHAT SOCIAL CLASS WOULD OTHERS ASSUME YOUR CHARACTER BELONGS TO, HEARING THEM SPEAK?

upper / middle / lower

- IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE WAY YOUR CHARACTER SPEAK STAND OUT TO OTHERS?

accent  / vocabulary / tone / level / politeness / brusqueness / curiosity / it doesn’t - Agria is genuinely interested in almost everyone she comes across. She is enthusiastic about meeting new people and getting to know them. She likes to socialize, and you can tell.

No pressure tagging: @minthy-fresh @desnas and @baneschosen!

[thesolemnhour]

OC Profile

Thank you so much for the tag @amatres @dujour13 and @turbulentpumpkin43!! I was so excited to get to do this! Sorry for taking a million years lol!

NAME: Agria Lebeda

NICKNAME: "Ags" by Woljif when he wants to annoy her. "Showtime" by Lann when she's annoying him.

GENDER: Cis Woman

STAR SIGN: The Pack/Leo

HEIGHT: 5'4

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Sarkorian Kellid & Brevic (Iobarian and Taldan, for the pedantic)

FAVORITE FLOWER: Daisies! It's what grows for her when she uses her Staff of Flowers.

COFFEE, TEA OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Coffee! In a modern au, she'd be an espresso fiend, but in game, I think she'd be super into the Golarian equivalent of Turkish coffee: very strong, and you get to be obnoxious about how you make it

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: A slick 4 to 5 during the crusade. She had insomnia even before Kenabres from a combination of emberkin nightmares and a tendency to push through until the job is done.

DOGS OR CATS: Both, I think! She loves Tiger, who I like to imagine is the grumpiest house cat of all time, and after the crusade, she waits for Woljif to leave town for something and gets a dog as soon as he's gone. He pretends to hate it, but he totally knew it was coming.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: Yes. You'd think she'd be used to the cold--she's from Brevoy, she's been traveling the north for years, and she spends a lot of time outdoors--but she's not, and she's inclined to be a baby about it. The peri influence also makes her an absolute space heater. This is a double-edged sword if you're sharing a bed with her. On the road, everybody wants to share their tent with Agria. At home, Woljif negotiates her down to two blankets so he doesn't sweat to death.

RANDOM FACT: She can play the mandolin! Not especially well; it's just not something she has any touch for to her infinite frustration. But she likes it! It's fun, and she likes playing reels especially. It's the closest she can get to dancing like she used to before she broke her leg.

I no-pressure tag @offsidekineticist and @punkish-flora! Sorry if you guys have already been tagged I'm a bit late!

[thesolemnhour]

💯for Agria? ^^

thank you, arrow!! this is so fun!

share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

She is a big snacker! She prefers sweets, but she's not terribly particular. She likes to snack when she's working and when she's anxious so that's. pretty much all the time, really.

She likes to swim! She grew up on Lake Reykal, and I like to imagine that she and the other Lebedas were very fond of sailing and the like in the summers.

Her cousin Gwyn is a dyed in the wool Bug Kid™️. There's not a beetle known to man Gwyneth Istul doesn't love with her whole heart. Agria is not a bug person, but Gwyn would cry real tears if anyone tried to kill one stuck in the house. Agria still carries spiders out of the citadel in Drezen under a cup years later because of Gwyn.

[thesolemnhour]

Hello Lairiend :) 3, 4, 15, 17 for Agria?

omg hey dujour! nice to meet you! i love all of your writing you were a huge inspiration to me to start sharing my stuff!❤️

tysm for asking these are such fun questions! sorry this got long under the cut lol

3. Companions: your OC’s platonic best friend?

LANN. Agria thinks Lann rules and likes him immediately. He also agrees with her choices maybe twice in the whole game, so it's the duality of man(n), I suppose. Agria recognizes qualities in him that she really wishes she had herself: honesty, stability, straightforwardness. Lann takes slightly longer to warm up (he rightly thinks she's annoying), but he similarly appreciates things Agria has that he lacks in comparison: she's outgoing and sensitive in a way that he struggles to be.

It strikes a nice balance, and she basically considers him family by Act 3.

4. Companions: your OC’s rock / person they go to for reassurance?

Agria trusts and admires Seelah tremendously. Early on, she's kind of in awe and crushes on her for a hot second in Act 1. Faith is one of Agria's very few insecurities, and she's deeply impressed by Seelah's confidence in hers, even when what she wants to do might be at odds with conventional doctrine. In the moments where she is truly unsure of what to do, she goes to Seelah.

Later, as they start to get closer, she also goes to Woljif! He is the one she really trusts to understand her, whatever the circumstances may be. She spends so much time trying to get a read on him and anticipate his choices in Acts 1 and 2 that it actually really takes her by surprise that he was watching her back just as closely.

She is briefly mystified by the realization that all her little tricks for deflecting and getting people to only ask her the questions she wants to answer suddenly aren't working anymore. That kind of awareness of her would be terrifying, but there's a real sense of safety there. It's just us; what's there to be afraid of?

15. Your OC’s backstory?

This got so, so long, and I can only apologize.

Agria is a card-carrying member of House Lebeda, one seven great houses of Brevoy, but she's not an important one. Her father Victor was a deeply disposable fourth son, which meant that he would inherit precisely nothing but was afforded a certain level of freedom his brothers never got.

The first thing he does with this freedom is make himself a very unconventional love match with one Lady Alase Istul. The Istuls are former Sarkorians who only gained lands recently: wild choice for the son of a great house, but everyone decides that at least the novelty keeps them entertained.

For a while, everything is great! The junior Lebedas certainly don't have the kind of status their cousins have, and Alase and the in-laws don't get along, but that's to be expected. And, hey! Agria is born an aasimar! That's probably a good sign, right?

Even if Victor is busy all the time, Alase and Agria get along just fine. Mom cultivates in her daughter a deep love of Sarkorian culture and history.

As she grows, she picks up the typical knack for fire magic common to ember-kin aasimars. Trouble is, little Agria is igniting the drapes, so she's going to need some help here. Dad had some instruction as a kid, so he pulls himself away from work for once to teach her the basics.

And, wow, uh? She's really good? Huh, interesting. Victor has spent enough time desperately trying to break into the world of politics to know an opportunity when he sees one. When the ruling Surtovas start making noise about turning Brevoy into a legit hub for magic in the north, he can't raise his hand fast enough to volunteer his daughter.

He moves his family to the capital, and for the first time, the junior Lebedas matter. Agria thinks, "Well, maybe I'm working really hard, and I don't have time for stuff other kids do, but it's for magic!" And she loves magic!

That is, until her mom dies when Agria is fifteen. Agria was so busy she barely knew she was sick. Then, she thinks, "Uh. Um. Guys. Maybe I should slow down?" Dad reacts like she just stabbed him.

It takes a few years, but eventually she does blow up her life spectacularly. Agria limps out of New Stetven with a ruined purpose in life to match her new broken leg. No one who she loved will speak to her after that.

The only one who will speak to is her mother's sister-in-law, Dalla. She has a young daughter, Gwyneth, who only just started doing magic herself and needs a teacher, and this is the pretext Dalla uses to justify inviting her to stay with Clan Widowknife for a while. Agria, nursing a leg that will not heal, is determined to hate life, but but Gwyn wears her down. Damn that sweet kid and her bug collection.

Over time, she starts actually listening to Aunt Dalla, who becomes her guiding star. Aunt Dalla is the coolest person ever, so why not do everything she does? She starts worshipping Desna because she so admires the way that her aunt sees the world.

But she's still Agria, and love is an action, so she needs to do something meaningful for the Istuls and Clan Widowknife. After a few years, Gwyn wants to learn the kind of summoning magic the Godcallers of Clan Widowknife did before the Worldwound. But they can't find a single person who still knows it! This sparks her grand quest to seek out the scattered Sarkorians to collect their lore for future generations, which leads her to Mendev!

17. Your OC’s high point?

Right after the Mephistopheles fight on the Azata path in Act 5!

Agria is not a good Desnan and is so desperate for clear instruction that she doesn’t really suspect “Early Sunset” until Arue points it in the Abyss. Then, it seems completely obvious. No Azata would ever have made it this easy for her!

So, going into this fight, Agria keeps the mythic powers, choosing to take their manifestation in this particular way as a sign that she’s on the right path. But she doesn’t feel great about it yet. It’s the kind of going out on a limb that free-spirited Desnans live for and that she is terrified of.

Going back to the island for the first time since Act 3 is a little bit like facing that unsure version of herself that still needed Early Sunset to feel confident in her choices. She figures killing Mephistopheles properly is more work than it’s worth, but making sure that he knows she’s better than him feels pretty great.

The big moment for her really comes when Maitresse Olla Devara tells her that Elysium backs her up on the decision to keep the mythic powers. She says, “it doesn’t matter who or what was the original source of your powers. What matters is where your heart calls you.”

It’s the first time Agria really feels sure in her faith, and it’s an incredible feeling.

She also gets the “run away with me” event in the Woljif Romance Mod right afterwards, which is both the nicest thing anyone has ever done for her and the moment she knows she’s in love with him. I will happily elaborate on that if anyone would like lol!