Only Eyes Blinded By Light Can See The Truth of the Darkness.
Hollow Knight and Silksong Spoilers abound! In addition, this blog depicts a character with mental health issues.
Apollodis was born with the name Artem.
His father was a moth, and his mother a firefly. His mother died when he was young, leaving his father to care for this child with wings and an abdomen that each glowed a bright yellow.
Artem was always plagued by visions, whispers, smells no one could perceive. He felt easily overloaded, and it was all around a true nightmare. His father, a skilled herbalist, managed to make concoctions to help keep his son grounded in reality... But he never did teach his son to make these himself.
Artem's father would die soon after Artem became an adult. His father always kept a box that he told Artem to never open, but once his father was gone, Artem opened it.
And inside was an idol depicting the Radiance.
When Artem went to sleep that night, he saw her in his mind. The Unyielding Light. And seeing her broke his psyche.
He became convinced that it was his destiny to create a cult in her name and gather power for her. That if he could manage it, she would usher in what Apollodis—for he had chosen a new name—calls the "Dawn of the Eternal Day." The sun would reappear in the sky, vanquish the darkness beneath the earth forever, and she would be an omnipresent, omnipotent force of nature in the sky, unstoppable, and ensuring an eternal era of prosperity.
As part of his broken psyche, Apollodis has a few unique Essence-based abilities. He can catch glimpses of others' minds, allowing him to more effectively recruit them. He sees ghosts and can travel via the Dream Realm. And most importantly, he can simply drain a creature of their Essence, though he doesn't do this with sapient creatures (partially because he doesn't want to and partially because it's far, far more difficult). With each mote of Essence he grows in power, and in brightness.
One day, he hopes to deliver enough Essence to the Radiance that, combined with the power she gains from the worship of the cult he makes in her honor, she will usher in the Dawn of the Eternal Day... And Apollodis will never be alone again, as he has been ever since his father's death.
RULES
Suggestive asks are allowed, especially as the user of this blog is now 18! Explicit sexual content is strictly prohibited, however. Don't put porn in my inbox, please, but I am willing to say, answer asks about Apollodis's taste in a partner; or you can try to flirt with him!
Magic anons are totally welcome! Curses, forced scenarios, those sound fun so long as they're not taken to too big an extreme or a permanent thing.
Angsty asks are welcome, too.
Roleplaying, be it roleplaying as one of the canon characters or as an OC, is perfectly welcome and deeply encouraged! And I'll try to always remember lore and whatnot, though I may have to make actual notes to do that (no offense, my memory is simply bad).
Please do storyline asks! I'd love that so much!
I don’t do well with vague or surprise-based RP prompts. If an ask involves hidden context or delayed reveals, please add a note like “this is meant to be ambiguous / a surprise may follow” so I can engage with it properly.
Main Tags:
#ooc (For when I'm out of character)
#Apollodisinteracts (For interacting with other blogs)
#Apollodisanswers (For answering asks)
#YIELD TO THE LIGHT! (For RP fights)
#Bright Kin! (For interacting with moths and the like)
#ApollodisFic (For little fanfics I'll write on here)
#ApollodisLore (For Apollodis's lore and the like)
#Moments of Lucidity (For when Apollodis has a moment of lucidity)
Arc Tags:
#{Come to the light!} (Arc Tag for cult recruitment)
#{Essence for the light!} (Arc Tag for gathering essence}
#[archivist's assistant] (Arc Tag for interactions and tasks for the @the-eternal-archivist)
Masterlist of Fics
Harbinger of the Light
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