#tiachren fills that niche for me lmao

[duskroots]

Provided the personal story is canon to your commander’s backstory, do they keep in touch with the people from back then?

For Bria, she’s been pen pals with Tiachren on and off for almost a decade at this point, and he is quite literally the only thread still somewhat connecting her to the grove at all.

I daresay he of all people understood quite well what it was like being forced to kill the one person you love the most, so post-Maguuma exchanging letters with him was a big source of comfort for Bria when she felt like she couldn’t talk to anyone else they were close to at the time - talking to someone who hadn’t been there, who didn’t pity her but who just understood, who knew what it felt like to have a hole ripped into your very soul without having to try and explain when she lacked the words to describe just how miserable it was, who understood the anger and desperation. It was therapeutic.

Even after Bria had managed to somewhat work through all of that, they still kept in touch, albeit irregularly, exchanging news and the occassional gifts (mostly Bria sending home souvenirs I guess).

Also in my canon I like to imagine Tiachren went on to become a Warden and worked to keep Caledon safe from the influence of the court, to prevent others from sharing a similar fate to Ysvelta and himself. I also like to think that eventually he found love again because I am a sap lmao. So yeah! I love Tiachren tbh, I have very fond memories of playing the personal story with Bria for the very first time and in a way he was one of the first characters that introduced me to Tyria, so I just like the idea of them still being friends to this day, even if life took them to wildly different places.