The Ruthari Archive/Every Canon/Semi-Canon Ruthari Fact (1/?)
disclaimer: this was made for archival purposes for fan artists, fanfic writers, fandom theorists, or just fans of ruthari in general! this is the first of (hopefully many) lists on this topic to come. if a certain fact is incorrect and I've made a mistake, please refrain from coming after me for "spreading misinformation."
the semi-canon category exists because some additional head canons or ideas shared by the staff have been given the "not entirely canon" disclaimer.
enjoy, and happy shipping!
Ethari made Runaan’s bowblade, pendant, and heartbloom. The pendant contains a magical moon opal which allows its user to use Moonshadow spells. He also made the Shadowhawk that Runaan uses in s1 e3 to communicate with Zubeia. [show and website]
They have matching pendants. [show]
They live in a treehouse together.
They each have a pet—Shadowpaw and Moonstrider, respectively.
They were given care of Rayla after Tiadrin and Lain left to be a part of the Dragonguard. Rayla was 8. Before then, they had been present in her life since her birth. [spellbook]
They promised their hearts to each other in a field of Lunablooms. [lunabloom]
They have been together for any amount of years additional to 7. [spellbook + Bloodmoon huntress]
It makes Ethari sad when Runaan gets injured during training. [lunabloom]
Ethari uses a Sun’s Tears healing salve to treat his husband’s injuries. [lunabloom]
Runaan collects stones for Ethari as a gift. [lunabloom]
They forage summer fruits together with Rayla. [lunabloom]
They disagreed about Runaan bringing Rayla on the mission to Katolis. [show]
Ethari has gems in his horn cuffs that match Runaan’s eye colour. [show]
Runaan and Ethari go for a picnic with Rayla each year to celebrate Runaan’s birthday. [website]
(For Runaan’s birthday): “Ethari has a little tradition: he crafts a tiny metal trinket for Runaan every year. He made the first long before they were married: a tiny jeweled mouse (a joke, as Ethari had often said that Runaan was too quiet, like a mouse). The next, a moonstrider cub (he knew Runaan liked them, he’d seen the young assassin pet them when he thought no one was looking). Later, a songbird, for affection. After they’d married, a tiny silver heartbloom flower…Last year, he’d made his gift while Runaan was away on his dire mission in the human kingdoms: a three-eyed nightfox. A hunter, a beast of deadly fang, its crystal eyes glinting pale green and tail a swirl of coiled black wire…Ethari makes another [after season 1], and sets it beside the dark metal fox: the tear-shaped leaf of a weeping tree, wilting at its end.” [website]
The spellbook lists Ethari as first in Runaan’s list of ‘likes’, and a tweet from the official account states the same, vice versa. [spellbook and twitter]
It has been said that the pendant Ethari made for Runaan was made to protect him when Ethari isn’t there to do so. [Tumblr]
Runaan is a Taurus and Ethari is a Virgo; highly compatible star signs which were purposely chosen. [twitter]
They each have mugs corresponding to the other’s main colour. [bloodmoon huntress]
Ethari can easily make his usually stoic husband smile. [show]
Their wedding is said to have involved a lot of dancing. [Tumblr]
It has been said that Runaan fits the trope “duty before love” before becoming “saved by love.” [twitter]
Believing that Runaan is dead has caused Ethari the worst grief that he has ever encountered. [podcast]
Ethari braids Runaan's hair. [twitter]
In the official twitter account’s Pokemon AU, Ruthari are a part of the elite four and make up a pairs team. Runaan has an Aegislash and Ethari has a Doublade.
There is a Spotify playlist made for them by the lead writer.