⚔ House of Blades ⚔

[cheesechatot]

Front body markings!

Top picture: Maesiks, Felkis, Nasiks, Vyseriks, Ritas, Draviks

Top middle picture: Ceris, Viksis, Satis, Toniks, Riskis, Krysis

Middle bottom picture: Khardris, Khavis, Korvis, Naevis, Quiviks, Revis

Bottom picture: Kysiks, Falsik and Kysis (prelim name)

[johannescena]

42 character development questions!

PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND GESTURE. 1. How do they move and carry themselves? Pace, rhythm, gestures, energy? 2. How much physical space do they use, active and at rest? 3. How do they position themselves in a group? Do they like to be the center of attention, or do they hang back at the edges of a crowd? 4. What is their size and build? How does it influence how they use their body, if it does? 5. How do they dress? What styles, colors, accessories, and other possessions do they favor? Why? 6. What are they like in motion–in different environments, and in different activities? What causes the differences between these? 7. How do they physically engage with other people, inanimate objects, and their environment? What causes the differences between these? 8. Where and when do they seem most and least at ease? Why? How can you tell? 9. How do they manifest energy, exhaustion, tension, or other strong emotions? 10. What energizes and drains them most? 11. How are they vocally expressive? What kind of voice, accent, tones, inflections, volume, phrases and slang, and manner of speaking do they use? 12. How are they bodily expressive? How do they use nonverbal cues such as their posture, stance, eyes, eyebrows, mouths, and hands? DISPOSITION AND TEMPERAMENT. 13. How do they greet the world — what is their typical attitude towards life? How does it differ in different circumstances, or towards different subjects? Why do they take these attitudes, and why do they change? How do these tend to be expressed? 14. What do they care deeply about? What kind of loyalties, commitments, moral codes, life philosophies, passions, callings, or spirituality and faith do they have? How do these tend to be expressed? 15. What kind of inner life do they have — rich and imaginative? Calculating and practical? Full of doubts and fears? Does it find any sort of outlet in their lives? 16. Do they dream? What are those dreams like? 17. Are they more shaped by nature or nurture — who they are, or what has happened to them? How have these shaped who they’ve become as a person? 18. What kind of person could they become in the future? What are some developmental paths that they could take, (best, worst, most likely?) what would cause them to come to pass, and what consequences might they have? What paths would you especially like to see, and why? CONNECTIONS WITH OTHERS. 19. How do they behave within a group? What role(s) do they take? Does this differ if they know and trust the group, versus finding themselves in a group of strangers? Why? 20. What kind of individual relationships do they have with others, and how do they behave in them? How are they different between intimate relationships like friends, family, and lovers versus more impersonal relationships? 21. What kind of relationships do they tend to intentionally seek out versus actually cultivate? What kind of social contact do they prefer, and why? 22. How do people respond to them, and why might these responses differ? 23. How do they respond to difficult social moments? What makes them consider a social situation difficult? 24. How do they present themselves socially? What distinguishes their “persona” from their “true self”, and what causes that difference? 25. What do they need and want out of relationships, and how do they go about getting it? 26. How do they view and feel about relationships, and how might this manifest in how they handle them, if it does? ACTIVITIES AND PREFERENCES. 27. What do they strongly like and dislike, in any category? Why? 28. What are they likely to do if they have the opportunity, resources, and time to accomplish it? Why? 29. What kind of activities, interests, and hobbies do they have? What significance and impact do these have in their lives, both positive and negative? 30. What is their preferred level of activity and stimulation? How do they cope if they get either too little or too much? 31. Is there anything that counts as a “dealbreaker” for them, positively or negatively? What makes things go smoothly, and what spoils an activity or ruins their day? Why? 32. Do they have any “props” that are a significant part of their life, identity, activities, or self-presentation somehow? What are they, how are they used, and why are they so significant? How would these props’ absence impact them, how would they compensate, and why? THINKING AND LEARNING. 33. How do they learn about the world–what is their preferred learning style? Hands-on learning with trial and error? Research, reading, and note-taking? Observation or rote memorization? Inductive or deductive reasoning? Seeking patterns and organization? Taking things apart and putting them back together? Creative processing via discussing, writing about, or dramatizing things? 34. How do they understand the world–what kind of worldview and thought processes do they have? Why? 35. How and why do they internalize knowledge? What effect has that had on them? 36. How much do they rely on their minds and intellect, versus other approaches like relying on instinct, intuition, faith and spirituality, or emotions? What is their opinion on this? 37. Have they had any special education or training that colors their means of learning about or understanding the world? Conversely, do they lack some kind of education considered essential in their world? What kind of impact has this addition or lack had on them? 38. Is there anything they wish they could change about their worldview or thought processes? What, and why? 39. What sort of questions or thoughts recur in their lives, either specifically or as a theme? Why are these never answered, or answered permanently to their satisfaction? 40. What do they wonder about? What sparks their curiosity and imagination, and why? How is this expressed, if it is? FREE FOR ALL. 41. What associations do they bring to mind? Words or phrases, images, metaphors or motifs? Why? 42. I have a question of my own!

[houseofblades]

“Strength of Blood”

“YOU HAVE NO LINE. YOU HAVE NO POWER.”

lineage in Eliksni society is often used to define an individual of one’s worth and importance. How it effects a House’s inner workings differs from one to another: some are more relaxed (e.g. House of Exiles) while others follow the practice more strictly (e.g. House of Kings). The ‘Strength of Blood’ is a core example of traditional Eliksni culture that defines the might of a Kell and the integrity of the House they lead.

In the event that the Kell of a House is slain or otherwise incapacitated, the importance of his or her descendants are obsolete. The inability to overcome a challenge proves one is weak and therefore impacts later living generations negatively. In comparison, a Baron of the same House who has little or no relations to the deceased Kell would hold a better position than another of the Kell’s direct offspring, all due to ‘weak blood’. This also extends to the House as a whole, as constant replacements of new Kells is a clear indication to other rival Houses that this House is ‘weak'. It is possible to run a House without a Kell but due to these social constraints, it will be proved difficult.

Houses that have been without a Kell for a lengthy period of time can be in danger of ‘dying out’ or, to put it bluntly, extinct. Such an event impacts any surviving members of a dying House greatly and is seen to be worth little more than Dregs. Members of dying Houses can survive by joining other stronger Houses, however their future is limited due to not being native to the new House, if they are not killed outright. 

Breeding between Houses are very much considered taboo, not only due to tension between Houses but due to pureblood lineage. Offspring with a known split lineage face a harder time in their birth Houses than those born whose parents are of the same House. Up until the time of the Battle of Twilight Gap, it was very rare to find an Eliksni with split lineage.

Newly formed Houses will find it difficult not only to be seen as a seriously strong contender but also to be considered a legitimate House. Self styled Kells of new Houses can produce a lineage of their own but do face the risk of inbreeding if not careful. 

[houseofblades]

Would any of my Eliksni (or Guardian) rpers want some RoI rps?

Specifically with Maesiks & co. over here

[houseofblades]

New Verse: ofStone

In relation to lastofstone’s story line some changes occur:

- After Draksis’ death, Ritas remains as a Captain but is willingly a subordinate to Vyseriks - Toniks, Riskis and Krysis are part of Ritas’ crew and are Dregs - Khavis and Khardris are Vandals and are also part of Ritas’ crew - All of Ritas’ crew survives the House of Wolves’ arrival on Venus - Draviks, Quiviks and Naevis remain on Earth with the House of Kings until the mutiny occurs, which drives them to defect and protect vulnerable Eliksni from the resurgence of SIVA on Earth. This is how they eventually meet Revis by protecting a Devils breeding den.

[cheesechatot]

Found that Eliksni skull interesting so I went to find it and took a nice video of it for reference

[houseofblades]

I’m watching an Aksis raid guide and HE IS A LITERAL GIANT ROBOT SPIDER

[houseofblades]

(( tdlr; I am still around... Just not active rp wise.

I have recently been doing some stuff with Maesiks so feel free to follow me there

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splicers.

[houseofblades]

basic Eliksni naming convention

Eliksni names appear to have a suffix attached to their names, which is identified below:

common: -iks (Variks, Taniks) -is (Drevis, Vekis, Chelchis) -sis (Riksis, Draksis)

uncommon: -or (Aksor, Grayor) -( r)ixas (Virixas, Parixas)

rare: -ek (Yavek) -ar (Keldar) -kin (Paskin) -ik (Beltrik)

literally no idea, or possibly just uncreative usage: -las/as/s (Skolas)

notes: - Prime Servitors seem to favor the “-iks” suffix (Sepiks, Orbiks, Kaliks, Simiks) - Any name ending with a “s” seems to be most common. The letters “i” and “k” are also widely used in conjunction with other letters

[houseofblades]

Here is the stubborn lady muse I’ve been secretly working on

[houseofblades]

who wants smol starters?

[filthycraftything]

*blocks khavis off* so……… do you come here often ::)

[houseofblades]

Khavis: *angrily poses at everything* I LIVE HERE

[cheesechatot]

Ceris, a Vandal from the House of Winter. She totally has a hard crush on a grumpy Wolf Captain named Nasiks.

[houseofblades]

when u wanna rp all ur characters but one of ur oc otps interrupts the muse/s like excuse u no need to be cute here

[houseofblades]

someone hold me

[houseofblades]

smol psa: I am still around, I’m just busy playing Overwatch until I get bored of it