Christine Ina Ryze

Probably writing Fanfiction. Or doodling... Or probably both. They/Them, old. Talk to me, I'm desperate. I don't bite unless asked to.

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Oblivion - We are all Monsters here

Rating: Mature

Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M ; M/M

Fandom: Tales of Symphonia

Relationships: Raine Sage/Zelos Wilder, Forcystus/Magnius

Characters: Raine Sage, Zelos Wilder, Mithos Yggdrasill, Forcystus (Tales of Symphonia), Magnius (Tales of Symphonia), Kratos Aurion, Remiel (Tales of Symphonia)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Emotional Manipulation, Hurt/Comfort, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Fluff and Angst, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Declining Tethe'alla, sorta - Freeform, AU where Kratos had Lloyd during the ancient war

Language: English Series: ← Previous Work Part 3 of Call of the Betrayed

START HERE: AO3

Prologue:

Once upon a time, there existed a giant tree that was the source of mana. A war, however, caused this tree to wither away, and a hero’s life was sacrificed in order to take its place.

Grieving over the loss of the hero, the eternal emperor took the remains of fertile earth from the very roots of the withered tree and formed the Chosen One, giving this edict: “You shall fill the land with life instead and rule in my absence. Send your sons to find me and let them become the hero, or this land shall face its eternal end.”

The Chosen One, princess of the hearts of mankind, sent her beloved children towards the tower that reached up unto the heavens. And that marked the beginning of the regeneration of the world.

Illustrations Chapter 1:

The world Map (Tethe'alla):

[checkuu]

Raine Sage anyone ?

[hachiyarou]

Commission of Raine Sage from Tales of Symphonia! ✨

[bisexuel]

this world doesn't give a fuck about yuri but i do. i do

[kittychan-sings-enka]

presented without commentary or apology

[tariqah]

Why OP

[adulthoodisokay]

slam that fucking unmute button

[ciryze]

I never expected the Zuka fandom to come back with a vengance like this

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Every once in a blue moon I have the urge to draw a Raine and since I'm in my villain era, of course it gets to be the Odin-Design from Butterfly effect (everyone needs a good villain design).

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This is Wish and Dan Rei all over again.

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First of... quite a bit of pictures we made xD I love my Raine so much

Raine is itsemirin_ Photo by: @fantastic.photographic // @romanticphotographic

Make sure to give it some love here too!

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We did a thing. Pics soon.

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I did move some pictures over to my external harddrive, so have some more Cruxis!Raine AU Versions ✨

(shamelessly reposting them)

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2/3 of my AU-Raines. Posessed Raine is best Raine IMO. It was a good warmup <3

(@crush3dmary this one is for you because I know you like this one)

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“I suppose you know what this is?”

Butterfly Effect - Chapter 97 - End of a Hero

Links: Masterpost, AO3 Start

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Well I realized I never posted this on their own before. And since Butterfly Effect is approaching 2k hits (you guys are insane), I figured I would post this Odin for you!

Inspired by @frayed-symphony s TOS template, I of course had no shame making a version myself! It's a little wider and based on the ports rather than the original, but I seriously love both versions so much. Also I just wanna promote this once more lol

Make sure to check out the Versions!

Frayed's V2 Download My version Download

(and because I can, have some old version character screens and a bonus Pandora from The Broken Ones)

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Friendly reminder that I made a Cruxis-Raine AU that one time and somehow I thought about it again this morning 👀 I also felt like trying some updated techniques for a change

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I have not drawn her in a bit

Still one of the most gorgeous characters in game-history. (despite me hating her coat to oblivion)

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Long shot since idk how active you are on here, but I would like for you to infodump as much as you know and speculate about Exbelua and Exsphere aptitudes please; like, I know removing an Exsphere without a keycrest results in this mutation, but do you think this can this also happen after a certain period of time whilst it's still attached? Does it or these host body testing have any correlation to an individual's mana signature? I also keep thinking about Rhodyle's transformation after equipping the fake Cruxis Crystal and wondering if that kind of phenomenon happens with regular Exspheres, with the body reacting extremely badly to the stone.

Well I am so glad you asked! I literally compiled a HUGE file of Expheres and Exbeluas a while ago!

On Expheres and Keycrests

The Expheres and Keycrests of Tales of Symphonia… and some Mana-stuff Even in my initial Symphonia years, there were several theories about

Rhodyle is such a special case imo though. I do think that his fake Cruxis Crystal fucked with his mana flow, thus leading to the mutation, but since it WAS in parts a cruxis crystal (maybe just a partially mutated Exphere?), it does have some body-control powers. It could absolutely be that he was able to keep control over his body even after mutation due to those control-abilities, but exploded as soon as this excessive control was shut down and his mana just did whatever.

In short: I find Expheres so fucking fascinating <3

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Okay imma add a little to that because ahahaha I had 2 seconds to think about it.

I do think a mutation could happen slowly after a keycrest is removed, kinda like a tumor spreading. It's difficult to put something back once it's out of control. Think trying to push a river back into its original bed after its gotten out of control.

I could see external factors pushing into this though. Like if you are light-alligned and are in a place where it's mostly dark-mana, you would be handling a possible mutation way easier than somewhere else. Also things like emotions and stress could trigger a possible later mutation in contrast to an instant one. I would consider removing a keycrest a stressful situation, which could be the initial trigger for a mutation int he first place.

There's possibly also the fact that, if we consider expheres having seperate mana-flows, that they "vibrate" in a certain way, the host body could be way more stable and the host body to adapt to it more easily. If a crystal is made from a relative, you'd be able to resonate with it more easily (hinthint).

[ciryze]

Long shot since idk how active you are on here, but I would like for you to infodump as much as you know and speculate about Exbelua and Exsphere aptitudes please; like, I know removing an Exsphere without a keycrest results in this mutation, but do you think this can this also happen after a certain period of time whilst it's still attached? Does it or these host body testing have any correlation to an individual's mana signature? I also keep thinking about Rhodyle's transformation after equipping the fake Cruxis Crystal and wondering if that kind of phenomenon happens with regular Exspheres, with the body reacting extremely badly to the stone.

Well I am so glad you asked! I literally compiled a HUGE file of Expheres and Exbeluas a while ago!

On Expheres and Keycrests

The Expheres and Keycrests of Tales of Symphonia… and some Mana-stuff Even in my initial Symphonia years, there were several theories about

Rhodyle is such a special case imo though. I do think that his fake Cruxis Crystal fucked with his mana flow, thus leading to the mutation, but since it WAS in parts a cruxis crystal (maybe just a partially mutated Exphere?), it does have some body-control powers. It could absolutely be that he was able to keep control over his body even after mutation due to those control-abilities, but exploded as soon as this excessive control was shut down and his mana just did whatever.

In short: I find Expheres so fucking fascinating <3