〔 ✱ 〕 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐓 as foretold by jinx for ilthoriatm.
your heart, a frozen orange, a centre, within, without light, of sweet juniper oil and a porous appearance of gold: a surface that promises danger to those who look. my heart, a feverish pomegranate of clustered blushes, and opened wax, which might offer you its tender seeds with an enamoured obstinacy.
Ishaan’s laugh is loud and deep, the kind that it is rare for the heir to exude, yet it was much more common when his friend was near him. in fact if they had not inherited the title to rule over their own house as their birth right ishaan would’ve proposed a union both from political gain and out of respect for the other, she was a strong figure on her own accord. “she will see me wed before the year ends, and i am not opposed to it, i do agree it is time.” however it would only be on his terms, of that he would be certain of it. “all the potential women i care to consider are already in ceago, if she truly wishes to fast forward through it all, she needs only to pick from the ones she has already witness growing into fine ladies.” he shrugs, as if it was the most obvious thing to do. and perhaps once they returned to their home she would do just as much after finding the ordeal exhausting and with no result. “i will not marry a woman who is not ceago born and raised, i do not find that to be unreasonable.” he extends his hand for them to take so that he can guide them to the dance floor.
"I expect the invitation to your nuptials in my quarters before the rest of our fellowship," would Vik ever marry? They simply didn't know. Eyes scan the ballroom for more people that Ishaan would deem worthy, realizing that they were casting scrutiny upon any potentials who dared to try to marry him. It was not jealousy, per se, though the idea of losing their friend to marriage was present in her mind. It was more so the very fact that Ishaan was a gem, trustworthy and fierce, who deserved him? Taking his hand was easy, even if letting anyone lead them anywhere was not. "Some would call you....discriminatory for that ideal, Shaan. Though, I do not agree with all our dear Ceago has been through...would you not consider other alliances through marriage? It may be ...forward thinking." A face is made then, because really, there was a pride for their homeland that Vik was not sure others could have or knew how to have. Redhearth was theirs, barren sand, heat so scorching & unforgivable -- only it's people could forgive. "I'll help you. I'll make sure to vet the women who've caught your eyes. Give me names and before the wedding of Ilthoria has to come to pass, I will have tea with every single one. Then, I'll give you my thoughts on WHOMST should be the next Sankaran of Ceago."
the gardens had slowly but surely become something of a refuge for andromache ─ the weather was easier to absorb beneath the shade of the towering trees, dappled sunlight peeking through the leaves as she strolled through the relatively empty grounds, bare feet sinking into the soft earth. those that had been added into her household believed that there was no grass on the isles and she was not going to correct them if that misassumption allowed her to feel the ground beneath her feet, thrumming with life. the bottoms of her soles were damp with morning dew, still clinging to each blade of grass, and andromache felt the most at peace she had been since stepping foot off the barge that had brought her from the isles to ardora.
that peace was why she did not flinch when coming across the other woman, sprawled out on the grass with little care in the world.
andromache could not pin a name on her face ─ not yet, at least. she had been assured that the knowledge would come with time and familiarity amongst the people, but that implied making friends of these people and she was not the most forthcoming with that. ❝ ... i will stand. ❞ her new ladies would have something to say about this, undoubtedly, but as they were not around to tut disapprovingly at her from behind their hands, andromache saw no harm in approaching the other woman, admiring but not participating. there was still a hint of tension in her posture, spine rigid and shoulders straight even as she wiggled her toes into the earth, watching as an ant ran over her pale foot to get from one side to the other. ❝ though i hope you will not find offense in the refusal, my lady. it is been a while since i felt the earth beneath my bare feet. is this where you usually hold court ? amongst the bugs and the morning dew ? ❞
"If you do not find offense to me in your grass, unwilling to get up, then I will not find offense in your refusal." A soft smile in the other's direction, the sun blinds at first -- Hikari is unable to see who her company is. So, she does not try for the time being, noticing the bare feet and realizing that maybe this person is a kindred spirit. A few deep breathes in and out, then her hand goes to shield her face to get a good look at the other and the flash of recognition strikes like a lightning bolt. This does not prompt Hikari to stand just yet, though her facial expression does betray the shock she felt previous at the woman above her now. Who was to be above her in many ways.
No, instead, she gets up in a measured way, slowly and with a bow to her out of respect at acknowledging her. The soft smile then returns to her face as she ponders, "I see you as well enjoy the grass, Lady Styx. Bodes well for the future of our kingdom to know that the future Princess may be an enjoyer of the hearth around us. From what I know, the Isles and Haelstorm share a few similarities so I've been in these gardens as much as I can be."
Her fingers go to pick out any of the grass on her dress, inspect the rest of it before continuing. "If I COULD hold court amongst the bugs and morning dew, I would be a lucky woman indeed. Not usually do I hold court among them but being lady does mean to hold court for all subjects in our atmosphere, does it not? Should the bugs and the morning dew not have the same right to our presence?" The soft smile has a glint of mischief, if Hikari's read on the others bare feet is correct, she hopes they'd be able to play along. Just a little.
"is that really the only requirement? you technically would hold all the cards at the moment. I would have asked for more." the northern lord asked as he approached with a witty smile before he himself laid down on the grass. he was always unbothered with what other thought of him. maybe it had to do with being the baby of his family or being left to his own devices, but he had a confidence to him. "though if you are going to dismiss me, I would have done it would more flair to it." he quipped as he enjoyed the sun on his skin and the feeling of the grass beneath him. "but be careful, one of those handmaidens might tell on you." rickard was joking, of course.
A smile blooms on her features, true and radiant at someone else finally joining her on the ground. "Oh? What would you have asked for, then? Pray tell, I'm curious now as I didn't realize negotiations for my company needed to be so RIGOROUS." But the idea of it did give pause, he was right to a degree -- her siblings had always said her presence was worth more than any price in gold or crystals. Her neck twisted in the direction of her company, the grin still staying put, "if the handmaidens told on me ...let them. The worst they could do would send me back home, I suppose? Tell on me to my siblings? They know my nature by now. Besides, I'd love to know what sort of flare you would've dismissed me with. If you put on this performance for me now, I won't summon a feared handmaiden to tattle on you in return."
as the lady wandered the gardens , she was surprised to come across a lady laying down in the grass as such . it was not expected and likely not entirely proper , but yiseo would be lying if it did not seem comfortable and a little bit enticing . simply taking to bask in the sun above and the smells of the flowers around them . " my only fear of lying in the grass is the bugs that might find their way inside my dress but , " the lady shrugs as she moves to set herself down next to the other . " may i ask what has prompted you to lay in the grass ? the castle is not without corners and areas that would have a far more comfortable chaise to lounge in . "
"And if the critters were to join me then that would be the price I'd pay," though, Hikari rather liked bugs & insects, as such creatures for the most part were harmless and adorable even. She gives the lady a bright smile as she sat down next to her, more grateful than the other knew at not further embarrassing her and now making it seem like they were in this together. Sitting up is easy as she adjusts herself to face her, "I can find a chaise ANYWHERE in Ilthoria, but grass is a bit harder to come by where I'm from. There's something about sitting in the hearth, feeling it underneath. I could wax poetic but perhaps it's easier to just say I feel closer to Atesia this way. I feel her presence in the very bugs that may find their way in our dresses, even."
it gives her pause , both words and act . sprawled out onto the grass in a most unladylike fashion for the whole of the kingdom to see , but the sight delights her . so many had entered her home as if it was a curse to endure , rather than the start of a celebration that could bring ilthoria together in unity once more . " i must confess , i have not been dismissed in quite some time . " the princess began with a smile , showing that she knew it was not to have been taken seriously . " while i am not able to join you upon the ground , i am glad you have found somewhere enjoyable to rest . would you like a blanket ? " though it was odd , they needed to be hospitable and try to provide for even impropriety .
Two blinks in recognition and Hikari was up on her feet with a bow. "My SINCEREST apologies, Princess." There was still a part of her that yearned for the very grass her body had just laid, but knew that her time was up -- for now. "You are so very kind, a blanket would've been lovely. I know it may be uncouth of me to enjoy the gardens in such a way but in Haelstorm, we simply do not have the privilege to do the very thing you caught me in the act for. So for that, I ask your forgiveness." A deep breath is let in and out, having to explain to any of her siblings then that this was the first impression an Eissen Princess would've had of her would be embarrassing to say the least. "I'd be happy to make it up to you in any form you choose. I did bring some jewelry from home that I made to give to some here as a show of good faith. A few candles as well. Would you like to see?"
the slight smile that touches shiori's lips is locked in frenetic combat with her sense of propriety. she approaches her sister, hands clasped loosely in front of her hips — a girlish gesture, all considered. she struggles to keep her red - tinged irises clear, untouched by the mild alarm she truly feels. " peace, kari, " shiori insists, though it falls from her lips in the form of a quiet plea. it nestles itself in the grass at her slipper - clad feet, right by the small of her youngest sibling's back. " we cannot afford to make cads of ourselves so early on in the celebrations, can we? " this much is an understatement. the upturn in shiori's inflection near the end of the sentence softens the blow, making it more camaraderie than chiding. at least, that is what she hopes. she had never been suited to the role of disciplinarian.
As always, Shiori is right -- even though a part of her wishes that she could just enjoy these moments without the worry of war, political sensibilities, the implications of what it all means. Easily, she jumps up, making quick work of inspecting her robes, their surroundings, wiping off any grass (grass!) off of her. "I would be a absolutely DESOLATE without you, dearest sister." It's said with love, even with a slight hint of teasing -- propriety in these conditions was paramount under the watchful eyes of her siblings. "Perhaps there is a part of me that wonders if we would draw in the right people if they were amenable to laying in grass. Akin to an experiment." As if they weren't in one of the greatest ones right now. "The real cads are the ones who wouldn't lay in grass. I know, I know it's no measure of anything really but this feels like the first time I've been able to enjoy myself in a many many a moon."
the nightly dances with lady tazrin albeze, lady nalitha starling, lady daivika albeze — @crvwncd , @celest1als , @bloodslust
His mother had suggested, to not say she had basically forced him, to attend the nightly dances. as much as the woman was ceago through and through, she insisted that he should get to know ladies from every region before completely closing himself off to the possibility of having a bride who came from another fraction. but no amount of sweet talking, or pretty faces, would convince ishaan to take a bride outside of his fragment. in his mind only a ceago woman could rule over ceago, something that had been a thing for a few generations now. his dark copper eyes scanned the room, not bothering for more than a second on any face he did not recognized no matter how pretty or delicate it seemed. until he landed on a familiar one, setting his goblet on passing tray he approached with the familiarity that growing close by allowed them. “my mother insist i must dance tonight, would you give me the pleasure of not only being my partner but also saving me from a sure lecture?”
A grin as Ishaan approaches, Vik felt like they could breathe, knowing the eyes on them meant little even if it the weight of it felt like it held much. "Oh, your mother is ARDENTLY pushing for a bride now, isn't she? May be the only upside of mine no longer in the land of the living. Their ceaseless nagging of when I am to marry has ...ceased," Vik puts their drink down but not after a hearty gulp, downing it's contents quickly as these nightly dances reminded them of their youth. Did they hate them? Yes. Mostly because they knew that now they were Liege, acting out so early in them would cause much more strife than wanted. Yet. "We'll show them how Ceago dances. With all due respect," which was none, "I cannot stand how lifeless some of these movements are. Are we not on the dance floor? You'd think Enerin would've come back to curse them once more with the wood up some of their bums." Of course this candor was only given to few, Ishaan had been one of the few. It felt freeing."Then, your mother may give you a new lecture -- how will you ever find a bride then?"
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤfated for . . . semi - open, @celcstine, @felledivines, @prophcsy, @bloodslust & 2 others . located in . . . the people's market, early morning, when the streets are not yet too crowded .
the morning's mist had still been gathered on the ground when shiori had exited belveil palace. her silver slippered feet had cut through it like a ship's helm through water on her way down to the marketplace, meandering in a way that she might usually consider to be self - indulgent. despite the early hour, she was still characteristically adorned, arms lined with thin bangles of hammered silver, mass of dark hair held up by a silver and lavender stardust comb. all made by her own hand, she is perusing the market for inspiration as much as she is looking to purchase goods. " these are impeccably made, " she remarks of a stall laden with jewelry, unable to keep the morning's silence. a modest smile graces her features, unused to launching into conversation unprompted. " certainly worth the purchase. "
"They are, yes, but you Lady Igarashi, rival the beauty that ALL of this jewelry eminates, " Vik says easily, a warm smile on their face hoping that the greeting isn't too forward. But if it was? Who were they to care. To be on this soil, to inspect these marketplaces, Vik had not been able to sleep so while the morning was early to some -- it was late to them. Eyes go from Shiori to the jewelry, scanning all of the items and finding themselves not sure of which purchase to make. It would be for their sister, not for them and though Vik liked to think they had taste -- they also knew theirs was often gaudy. "You didn't happen to buy the comb in your hair, did you? Don't tell me I'll have to get back on the boat to Ceago already."
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒: OPEN ✱ ╱ UNCAPPED!
𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: BELVEIL KEEP GARDENS.
Eyes closed for a moment as she lies in the grass, there is nothing like it and Hikari is more than glad that she went on this venture with her family. To sit in the grass with the warmth of a temperate sun against her skin, in a garden? EUPHORIC. "The only requirement to keeping me company would be to lay in the grass with me," it's said as if they're the ones in the wrong for being on their feet, she knows this display could be improper to some but she simply does not care ( for once ). "Or sit. Whichever you prefer. Otherwise…you are…DISMISSED." A joke, as evidenced by the curling of her lips. This was where the queen resided most of the time, afterall.
.¸¸.•` [ IMADA MIO , DEMI-WOMAN , SHE/THEY ] the almighty has blessed us once more, it seems HIKARI IGARASHI has come to ilthoria. the LADY OF HAELSTORM, brings with them such glorious fortune and they are known for being ELOQUENT but also ECCENTRIC. joy will spark when the TWENTY-FIVE year old comes to court. what songs would be sung in their name ? [ FRANKENSTEIN + RINA SAWAYAMA ] for in the decades to come they will sing of : the sickening crack of pristine golden framed mirrors on vanities, in hallways, in rooms full of broken glassed reflections, being devout to atesia in more methods than just prayer; garnishing your own brand of spirituality through the rocks & crystals that hold your home away from the scrutiny you cast upon yourself, a chameleon changing not only color but shape, playing with puzzles & making candles, enraptured by the hot wax that coats all it touches, even more so by the fashioning of pieces that should not fit, your hands as valuable an asset as your mind or visage . may enerin bless your soul, welcome to ilthoria child.
𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄: Lissa Dragomir ( Vampire Academy ), Ellen Hutter ( Nosferatu ), Spencer Hastings ( Pretty Little Liars ), Dawn Summers ( Buffy The Vampire Slayer ), Claire Littleton ( LOST ), Susie Bannion ( Suspira )
𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅: 𝐢. love me more by mistki ╱ 𝐢𝐢. poor fake by kelsey lu ╱ 𝐢𝐢𝐢. fresh laundry by allie x ╱ 𝐢𝐯. witchknife by seawolf ╱ 𝐯. angel on a satellite by magdalena bay.
FULL NAME › hikari igarashi.
NICKNAME › kari, kar.
AGE › twenty-five.
GENDER › demi-woman.
TITLE › lady hikari igarashi, the scintilla of haelstorm.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN › pisces.
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION › panromantic.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION › pansexual.
ALLEGIANCES › her siblings, house igarashi.
FACECLAIM › imada mio.
𝐈 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐈𝐍.
Have you ever been your own? Belonged to yourself? Some say that the youngest sibling carbon copies the elders personalities & likeness, unable to form one of their own. In your case, this is more than correct -- it was your birthright as much as the House Igarashi's insanity. In a way, it is a comfort as much as a predestined fate. You come into the world in darkness, you go mad at trying to transfigure yourself into the perfect daughter and perfect devotee to an entity you do not know if you believe actually exists. Your elder siblings piousness is what guides you to prayer and the guilt that your soul does not feel as comforted by the begging for light as the others do eats away more. There is something that starts to bloom within you, is it self hatred born from confusion? Is it that you do not fit into the spaces in which your siblings occupy already? Are you unable to carve your place into the mountain because you do not know what to draw? You know you love them, in the way you can, but you know at the core of this love is NEED. You love because you need to be loved, you need someone or something to show you the way and you hate it. Abhor the fact that you are so flimsy, so prone to devolving into spirals that the sibling closest in age to you knows how to glide through with ease. It is not fun for you to not know where you fit, it is not enough to just be an Igarashi of Haelstorm like so many others, it is never enough to just be Hikari. Being devout to divinity means that there is always a higher purpose, a reason or cause, you have not found yours yet and faith wears thin when it is not anchoring you in yourself - as you have no idea whomst that is.
Perhaps this is what makes you spiral into yourself, the curse of House Igarashi makes sense to you because you have felt it in the corner of your irises', you have seen shadows where there are none, you have fought your mind with what is and isn't, electing to believe in the tactile to get you by. Puzzles soothe you, the rocks and crystals that come from your home mystify you. You feel something within them that GROUNDS you, you watch your sister make things that are its own magic and wish to be just like her. As you develop your crafts, you make candles for the days spent in prayer with your family and see your parents approval at the fact that there is something you have found that is your own. That is not primping, priming, playing around with your appearance & robes, or your head in the storm clouds of your psyche. It is through developing your mind that your hands become more skilled, reading what you can to learn about worlds that are not your own. A mind like yours, spinning & spiraling, demands such dedication to something and if it is not Atesia -- it is these things you can hold in your hands. That you can make with them too.
Learning about Ancient Ruins, about your sister's sandwalker heritage, any map you can get your hands on feels like it's own type of prayer. When your eldest sibling is chosen as sereen you only feel jealous for a moment until realizing the expectations placed upon them now are more than you could ever bear -- so you become closer. You hope that you can assist in any way to your family members, that you can be of use, their own personal atlas. A right hand woman, an accomplice at worst, a companion at best. If you could bear some of the weight too, would that make you worthy? Your mind does not cease -- convincing you that you must give more, be more, because it is never enough. Maybe if you could bear the curse of your house, absorb the MALEDICTION and expel it from the Igarashi bloodline you would finally be of use to a house that you know does not really need you in its lineage. If you could give your family peace, it would give meaning to an existence spent at war with yourself.
.¸¸.•` [ DICHEN LACHMAN , GENDERQUEER , THEY/SHE/HE/ANY ] the almighty has blessed us once more, it seems DAIVIKA GYALTSEN ALBEZE has come to ilthoria. the RULING LIEGE OF HOUSE ALBEZE, brings with them such glorious fortune and they are known for being LOYAL but also MERCURIAL. joy will spark when the FOURTY-THREE year old comes to court. what songs would be sung in their name ? [ SILVER TREMBLING HANDS + THE FLAMING LIPS ] for in the decades to come they will sing of : red like the color of your home, alike the ever-present blood on your fists because you are not a complacent ruler, unable to initiate combat both necessary & frivolous; red like the chambers of your heart, the passion that surges through your veins with ruthless relentless vigor unable to know when to stop; red like the inferno you've been banished to, like the rage of what should be yours blinding your vision, like the diamondback rattlesnake who's scales glisten in the blazing sun spilling over into everything you do . may enerin bless your soul, welcome to ilthoria child.
𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄: Mercutio ( Romeo + Juliet ), Nikita Mears ( Nikita ), Elektra Natchios ( Marvel ) Bellamy Blake ( The 100 ), Arya Stark ( ASOIAF ), Kady Orloff Diaz ( The Magicians ), Sara Lance ( Legends of Tomorrow ), Kara Thrace ( BSG )
𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅: 𝐢. king by florence + the machine ╱ 𝐢𝐢. simmer by hayley williams ╱ 𝐢𝐢𝐢. know your enemy by rage against the machine ╱ 𝐢𝐯. punchin' bag - unpeeled by cage the elephant ╱ 𝐯. rage by rico nasty.
FULL NAME › daivika gyaltsen albeze.
NICKNAME › vik, vika ( to family only ), daivi & dai on occasion.
AGE › fourty-three.
GENDER › genderqueer.
TITLE › the ruling liege of albeze, valkyrian stormbringer.
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN › aries.
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION › demiromantic.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION › pansexual.
ALLEGIANCES › house albeze first and foremost. ready to ally with anyone other than the crown, probably allegiances to the ruling house of ceago and noble families within it.
FACECLAIM › dichen lachman.
𝐌𝐘 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐂𝐇𝐎
𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐌𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘.
The only heir of both of your parents, they instilled in you the fact that being bound by blood did not matter -- not in that way. Your siblings, cousins, extended kin would prove to be related to you either by half of your parents lineage or not at all but they reinforced that did not matter. If it ever did, that would be a shame to House Albeze -- bastard a dirty word only for the implication that ANY child was illegitimate. However, the privilege you were given of the first born, the heir, was that of the ancient history of your birthright and why this struck such a chord to the song of your ancestors. The rumors were true in your household -- you were descendants of the throne of Ilthoria. You were the keeper of this secret. In keeping it, would you prove to be the heir. If you did not, it would be passed off onto your other sibling. This was what your father had said was his first test as it became yours. This knowledge festered within you as you realized what it meant over time. Why was this kept secret? Were they unsure? Were they not up for the challenge of taking what was rightfully theirs?
You were the perfect heir for the Noble House Albeze no matter how much you acted out, your heart was always aligned, you never turned any anger towards your family or siblings only to the social conventions. When put in dresses, you wrangled out of them, often destroying them for suits or robes that more so emulated your fathers. Taking up space that was not yours at tables you were sometimes not supposed to be, questioning everything, making a fuss and quick to rage -- your parents saw a hurricane of a child that would do well to take over the house once they came to pass. Yes, they loved their storm with skin, their child who was as loving as their siblings as fierce to speak up against things that did not sit right with them. To color outside of the lines and to be loved all the same grew a sense of confidence that often seemed arrogant. You took being the eldest seriously, ready to shield your siblings from any of the horrors if not take them on yourself. You dyed your hair where you could, abandoning its brown for a myriad of other colors, you dressed differently than what was culturally accepted. You had a penchant for trouble at events, often causing a scene just for fun and begged your parents for formal training in weaponry, combat and things that would expel the energy from your body. Your parents obliged, watching as these teachings helped quell the energy that otherwise seemed uncouth during events though entertaining to them. You were the perfect Heir to House Albeze because you were rebellious, autonomous and one of a kind -- it meant your loyalty was true, your anchor was always home & your motivations to be trusted by your parents. They were elated to not have bred someone easily swayed or someone would fall in line at OPPOSITION they let you be because of this. For that, you will always thank them even now at their graves.
It was music that soothed your soul, any & every instrument at your disposal. It was learning the creatures of Ilthoria and beyond that soothed your mind and when the time came to learn what it meant to properly lead -- you knew what some of that that meant as a natural born leader. However, you itched to travel, the vast expanse of the home you'd been given would be your birthright soon enough but you begged your parents to let you leave. There was not a question or not to whether you would come back -- loyalty to the House Albeze was paramount. But how could you know the kind of ruler you would be if you did not know the kind others were? There was so much of the world to behold, you deserved to know and see what beheld the history books, maps, word of mouth stories told to you since you were a child.
A firebrand, often getting into quarrels on behalf of women & those who seemed to be in need, you made your way a blazing trail of hearts & bruises left behind. They whisper that you are a STORMBRINGER to some and the VALKYRIE to others and you grin because yes, finally, they understood. You were happy to be an omen to those who deserved it, a monster and to have this reputation spread through the lands as there were some who would see past this. Who would fight beside you, understood the motivations behind such quarrels when they were not noble of nature but a manifestation of your temper. Some who would know that while you are no hero, you are no villain either. A tattoo for each location you visit, for every memory you do not want to forget, for the times that you feel so out of body that only the pain of the needle brings you back. By the time Redhearth beckons to you once more, you are littered in them, the tattoos you once had only in blood red ink from home accompanied by so many others there is less space on your body unoccupied than not. You learn much over your years away, half a decade of it, coming back at the knowledge that your parents were ill. Withering away.
When your parents pass you are DEVASTATED beyond belief -- the crown of House Albeze weighs heavy and the celebration of their lives even more so. A keeper of a secret that is a mere rumor, you know what you believe and hope that is enough. You grieve & mourn & fight & strategize & celebrate and try to be the very liege that your parents always knew you could be. At times, you wonder if you would've been better suited as a storm entity, no candle in the wind but monsoon more apt bringing destruction than harmony to your people. Perhaps you are still reeling from the loss of your parents as your people do not feel the same, as your siblings are embraced as who they are by you never questioning your devotion or heart. Perhaps in your grief you can only see the lightning, clash of thunder, rain that pours and not the flowers left behind. Redhearth is ruthless in landscape after all and so are you.
HEADCANONS:
House Albeze does not believe in bastards, all of Vik's siblings are half or adopted. The energy there is very rag tag team of rebels, found family, punk family etc. they feel disgusted at the notion that anyone would be lesser due to blood or not looking like each other.
Vik is an anarchist, though it does say that that they believe to the throne to be theirs etc. and the rumors are true -- I do acknowledge that this is up to the discretion of the admins. However, Vik believes it to be true and would die on the hill eventually. Would they actually want to rule? Perhaps.
I think all women are strong in their own way. In ‘Altered Carbon’ they are all represented as such. Even though they may be the product of bad circumstances they all have intention, passion, heart and strength physical or psychological, they are the heroes. And, yes, it will make a difference. We also have to be uncomfortable to effect change. That, to me, is art.