// hi friends.....i think i've been sh/dowb/nned already because i suddenly can't view any of my messages (its just a blank white box) and i cant click on the message option for anyone? 😭 i sent a support ticket to staff so i'll give it til tonight to hopefully be fixed, but if that doesn't work then ill remake my blog !! just wanted to give a heads up bc if i don't respond to our DMs, it's because i can't access or see any messages at all. for ref, i messaged 3 people last night between 15-20 intervals or so and it still did this, so ig be careful even with that many messages 😭
edit / in case this takes longer, my dc is @ heartsweep !
hiii 🌱 i'm duha and this is my lovely sorcerer and princess of delusion, minhae (he/him ok, xe/xem + neoprns ok). he comes from an old rich family, who lived in yeonghae before the blight and founded the reflection's light temple to worship the sun until the blight drove them north and underground, where they've been secretly living since. 😖 as u can imagine, they've been pretty out of touch with reality, and still believe that the surface is an inhospitable place infested with darkspawn, that he must somehow call upon the sun-god to save.
so, now, you'll find him performing at the butterfly theater or occasionally whiskey's tavern, putting on performances that involve his magic or simply telling stories / orating / generally trying to get more ppl to recognize his sun-god. or putting on rituals, face to the sun. or in odd places seeming a bit lost, a bit out of time. as expected
i'll link his half-finished pages below ; like this post and i'll reach out for plots, or we can go with chemistry and just start writing !
bio - profile - plots - inspo
background recap:
born under a "prophecy" that he would be the one to reconnect with their god, ultimately sacrifice himself as its vessel, and cleanse the world of shadows, etc etc. by doing so, he can make the world a safe place for his people to return to and ensure that blights will never happen again.
the first step to this, in his view, is to reestablish control over the reflection's light temple, which he thinks is now littered with heretics who don't even know a thing about the sun god anymore!! they don't know the origin of its name!! no wonder they were punished by the blight!!
arrived in yeonghae abt a month ago, arranged to marry into an influential family, which his parents are hoping will get them that first foot back in yeonghae's door, yk
celestial sorcerer who sources most of his powers from the sun. i described his abilities in his profile more, but basically, his powers are mostly offensive/destructive (similar to fire), with an emphasis on holy purification ? has some minor healing abilities from the other domains too, but it's suntouched healing so it kinda hurts to be healed by him.
fucked up most nerve endings in his hands + feet through some "trials" involving fire and proving himself in his childhood. can't feel anything in his fingertips/palms now. as a remedy, he semi permanently manifests tendrils of light around his hands/wrists which he uses to interact with objects, and that's how he "feels." it's not the same, but it's better than nothing.
personality + general demeanor:
he's inspired by a combo of dany & melisandre from GOT and a book called klara and the sun, hence all the sun-isms…sorry
very devout, very spiritual. very staunch in his beliefs (because what else is he as his own person ha ha) and can come off as argumentative and abrasive because of it, but it stems from a very deep-seated fear of god. or so he thinks:
though he knows it's not proper, and he isn't really aware of this yet, he conflates god with all other things he fears, like his parents and the unfathomable depths of their disappointment ; darkspawn, which he's never seen before but just Knows are horribly dangerous ; the abyss, completely unknown.
he's been raised to play the role of their savior in his people's little myth, and yes it has gotten to his head, not all in the good ways. 😦 he's so insistent abt his beliefs because it's like if he can't do this, then what was he made for?
authority issues bc of it. finds comfort in structure/direction/command like finding a god to follow, but also, he's never had the room to understand who he is as a person. but also x2, he wouldn't even know where to begin, so he goes back to the structure...so on.
has a tendency to run out of energy every few days and withdraw into himself, though he kind of views that as a shameful thing. he wishes he didn't have human needs and could just burn with righteous energy 24/7 like the real sun, but.
he spends a lot of time these days sitting at the cliff's edge @ the end and watching the rocks and the water. he's never seen this much water in his life, tbh.
frequently wanders the roads/the blackwood and the beach in his full formal garb. your muse could join him if they want, or maybe bail him out when he's out there in his full mantle and cloak and it starts to thunderstorm lmao.
plots:
he has some established plots here ! i might add some more but we will see .
minhae: i can fix you (eyes start glowing w the fire of 9 thousand suns) . muse, who is just trying to mind their business:
he's terrified of darkspawn (thinks that the only kinds of darkspawn are the lesser, more bestial ones), so i think it would be fun for him to discover a darkspawn muse's secret and learn more about them that way ? if you're looking for drama for your muse, he's def the type to hold secrets over someone's head to gain smth from them. we can plot it out!
someone to spiral into codependency with ... like, ok. one must imagine that in the search for god/the truth of god, u would have naturally tried to find it in other people at some point right? right ?
muses from other old family names who had some friction with the yoons before the first blight. i'm thinking specifically of families whose reputations were damaged or downright ruined by the yoons, who used to hold a lot more influence back in the day and could have convinced a decent number of people that a family was "consorting with the darkness." minhae and your muse would have heard of each other's family names and would definitely be aware of each other's existence since minhae arrived. we can plot out how they finally meet and handle all their nasty family history.
objects of his obsession 😦 in the way where ur muse intrigues him so much for some reason and he is incapable of not yapping in their ear when they're around.
worshippers of the weave for him to throw down with 💥 jk! but ideological rivals sound sooo fun to me, esp when, yeah, maybe the rivalry started bc of their different beliefs, but now it's just a knee-jerk reaction to Hate the other!! then we can throw them in a situation where they're forced to work together or be in eo's company for a horribly long time hehe.
a muse who is close with his future partner in marriage aka @/sinkpearls and tries to get to know minhae out of politeness/some other reason... minhae can be an acquired taste, but maybe for the sake of appearances they have to at least try to get along.
i haven't decided yet where he's living atm, but if someone had room to take him in about a month ago, could they temporarily live together... i love writing plots where they're just such Distinct People who are abruptly thrown together and forced to adapt to each other ykwim...
a muse who can get him loosen up a little, maybe. who can get him to stop holding onto his faith as a shield maybe .
someone who realizes there's something wrong with his hands and could maybe try to heal them? bring a little feeling back into them? or not . but it's the thought that counts to him.
anything ! everything ! i love angst and drama and exploring Less Savory Themes esp in contrast w minhae's obsession w virtue and justice and purity (despite not always embodying those traits himself lbr). let's write it out 💫
POSSESSIONS BELONGING TO THE LAMB, THE BUTCHER, AND THE HOUND:
1 / THE CARRIAGE
wrought in dark iron and gold, carrying you in its dark-curtained belly. that which delivers you to your destiny.
2 / THE ROPE
for all good lambs must be still and docile when their time comes.
3 / THE HARP
a hand harp, in the shape of a crescent moon, purchased from one of the first towns you encounter on the surface. its dulcet notes will buoy your voice, allowing it to carry easier through the air and into those who will need to hear your songs the most.
4 / THE DAGGER
a small, sharp thing, to be easily concealable. the hilt is obsidian inlaid with gold and the blade is dark, steel forged from the dark fires of your home. your parents would explicitly forbade you to bring such a thing; dark suspicions breed dark outcomes.
they are not here to tell you anything, now.
5 / THE BODY
since you were born, you have carried it over your shoulders, like the pelt of some animal hard-fought and won. this is the vessel that someday your god will fill with light, and yet your people used to stare in such horror, such fear. none would tell you which it was: was it the lamb or the hound? which shape are you under its open jaw?
@roach-works // Melissa Broder, "Problem Area" // Mary Oliver, "The Return" // @annavonsyfert // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer // Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance // David Levithan, How They Met and Other Stories // Tennessee Williams, Notebooks
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