ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤTHIS IS A 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ follows from remauriel ;
multifandom, multimuse ; consists of muses from various ( mostly niche ) fandoms with a semi-heavy focus on ARKNIGHTS. ㅤExtremely cross-fandom & Original Character friendly. ㅤ*UPDATE: i have retired carrd and now moved to sites which is linked proper below. while still available, carrd will no longer be updated due to size.
written by 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖 / 𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐌 . ( 25+, they/them/don't care )
can have extremely low activity at times.
𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍: ㅤ grey morality ;ㅤ godhood ;ㅤ making hard decisions & choices ;ㅤ a desire & passion in living, not just surviving ; ㅤholding onto hope ; ㅤsearching for a light in an abyss of darkness ;ㅤ experiencing violence , & being kind despite it ; ㅤlove, war, & death ; ㅤ sacrifice.
ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤplease note that i am very heavily plot driven on this blog.
Also so sorry if i have been awfully quiet/low activity for IC content. i know i shouldn’t apologize or anything... But i have been needing to step away and reset. I’ve been playing games, contemplated on starting a new game or continuing another game i had put on the backburner. I will come back in a couple of days.
Have been considering on adding a couple of muses, or moving a few to a very private place. Also thought about moving this blog to its own standalone blog and/or changing the url. But I don’t think I will. Though I did save a nice url and might use it for a ramblings/ooc/personal blog.
I'm just copypasting everything from that FB post i linked because its really too good to go ignored.
Loved the way Logos talks, especially every time he counters Sanguinarch and Damazti's ranting about their fury and vengeance from the past.
He just shows up and activates the OK boomer card to the Royal Court lords 🔥
Logos has a vision for the change Sarkaz needs, one heavily influenced by Theresa. Not only Logos, but other Sarkaz who side with Rhodes Island such as Closure, Ascalon, Misery, and W are also shaped by Theresa's ideals. Now, imagine how they must feel when they find out that someone who once passed down those ideals has abandoned them and now stands on the opposite side.
Logos' loyalty to Theresa and Amiya isn't because of the "King" title attached to them, but because their honesty and courage align with his own principles.
Logos criticizes the Royal Court for being chained to memories of a distant past, refusing to change, and seeking nothing but the destruction of the entire land.
Logos believes that even if the world they live in now is a "wilderness," it is those living in the present who must clear that wilderness and pave the way to create fertile soil for the next generation.
"How can someone who has seen daybreak return to an eternal night?" – Logos
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was looking or something else and i found this, i think its a great ref for some of the subraces of Sarkaz. I went ahead and transcribed what is on the image below.
Goliath -
The most common subrace of Sarkaz. They are characterized by their muscular builds, (usually ) ram-like horns, and thin, pointy tails.
As a subrace of soldiers and warlords, the goliaths are feard by other Terrans for their raw physicality and violent nature.
Wendigo -
Wendigos resemble the eponymous evil spirit in Algonquian folklore. they differ from other Sarkaz by having antler-like horns, skull-like faces, and a larger stature than any other Sarkaz, which bestows them with immense physical strength. They also practice cannibalism, which is taken to the extreme by literally consuming their own kin.
Today Wendigos are considered by Terrans to be a dying race, with only dozens of them remaining as of the Chernobog Crisis. The majority of them are defending the Ursine Northlands from the eldritch demons.
Patriot, of the Reunion movement, is considered the last pureblooded Wendigo.
Gargoyle -
Gargoyles are one of the most anciety Sarkaz subraces, distinguished by their lean yet muscular statute, horns that point straight upward, and their association with the eath.
Described as "children of soil and stone", Gargoyles are proficient in earth-based Arts, and claim to be able to "talk" with the ground and rocks. They also have a tradition of giving out soil to friends, and a stone statue for close partners and relatives.
Damazti -
Damazti resemble living slime, with a malleable liquid body which allows them to assume the appearance of others with uncanny similarities and divide themselves into multiple semi-autonomous clones. Their physical composition is askin to clusters of countless miniscule organisms bound together as a colony, in the form of a single "body".
Due to this unique biology, the Damazti see themselves as a dividual instead of an individual, referring to themselves with first-person plural pronouns.
Vampire -
Vampires differ from other Sarkaz by lacking horns and tail, and possessing distinctively sharp fangs. As their name suggests, Vampires are known for their appetite for blood and nocturnal lifestyle, although not all of them are hematophagous, and most are perfectly capable of operating during daytime. Vampires are often nicknamed "red eyes" dye to some of their eye color, but they consider it an insult against them.
Vampires are proficient in blood-related Arts which allow them to augment others with their blood as a "blessing". One of their unique traditions is to brand their close relatives with their preferred scent as a declaration of protection and a means of locating the branded person, even kilometers away. Younger Vampires, however, see this tradition as brutal and no longer practice it.
Banshee -
Most Banshees are femals, and male Banshees are considered a rarity within their subrace. Banshee leaders, titled the "Great Banshee Lords" are [ usually ] females who lead a powerful matriarchal society.
Banshees are notable for their supreme oral Arts which they can cast with their voice, and sometimes through writing as well.
Like The Wendigoes and the Nachzerhrer, they also possess the ability to absorb and utilize the wrath of the deceased.
Nachzehrer -
Nachzehrers have the traits of flesh-eating ghouls or undead specters, and can be identified by their very tall stature, slender builds, and bodies that give off the appearance of rot and decay, which they hide under long white robes.
Nachzehrers are feared for their rot or decay Arts, which are horrible enough to deter even other Sarkaz. Like the Wendigoes, Nachzehrers also practice cannibalism and are capable of absorbing the abilities and memories of anyone they consume.
Diabolus -
Diaboli, nicknamed "Flame Devils", are known for their proficiencyy in pyrokinetic Arts and can be distinguished by their metallic horns and tail.
The Diaboli were among the most powerful subraces in the Kazdel Royal Court. Nowadays they are believed to be extinct; however, many Terran factions, including the Columbian military, are said to possess their "shards", which they have utilized in at least one instance in an attempt to artificially revive the Diabolus subrace, by implanting the shards into a test subject of another race.
REALLY random, but i have the sudden urge to write Hamel from Path to Nowhere. The only problem is that… I havent touched the game in a hot minute. But then… what if i just made Hamel an OC of sorts with some loose inspiration from PTN. Would anybody be upset with me if I did that…?
Would anybody even WANT to write with her… 🥺👉👈
Honestly… I might do that. I sort of want to explore more with love interests too. I just dont know how i would go about with that. But, at the very least, I would like to at least make Hamel a bit more loose so she can fit in other worlds as sort of her own thing.
also REALLY random burst of andoain muse but i HAVE to say this.
Andoain is neither heartless nor is he cruel. he just feels TOO much. he is TOO empathetic. He is honestly so quite overwhelmed with all that has happened in the world and with what he has experienced and witnessed. And he wants to DO something about it. Be he truly believes that he must do it alone.
This man has caused SO much harm to those he loves and cares about. but not because he wanted to hurt them. He just wanted to help. He wanted to good. And I think that is truly one of the reasons WHY he hasn't fallen when he pointed his gun at another Sankta and fired. Because he wasn't actually breaking The Law.
also cause he's apparently gods favorite angel too but thats besides the point.
His ideals were SO strong and he came from a place of wanting to do right by the people. Not JUST the people within the Holy City, not JUST sankta, but EVERYBODY.
And he's so disillusioned with SO many things. but the fact that he was told, by the pope, that the holy city should remain 'untouchable' and 'unattainable' to outsiders so that they can have something to pray and hope for made him SO upset. Because wtf do you mean that the holy city should be impossible to enter?? How does that give ANYBODY any hope?
Andoain is mad and upset and stricken with SO much grief over the fact that the Holy City REFUSES to help people who are suffering.
He literally came at their doorstep begging them to help his hometown, and... because they were not sankta, the city refused, and everybody back home perished because of it.
This man has SO much grief and guilt, like honest to god... i really do not blame him for having the crashout that he did. Like yea, he's shitty friend. he crippled one of them and another one fell because of him and he refused to apologize to a third one for the LONGEST of time because he 'did what he had to do'.
He is walking home alone again.
He always walks home alone, this time should be no different.
It is no different.
ㅤIt’s late. Very late. Most of the world is asleep. Most of the world should be asleep. Daywalkers : he could call them. Tucked away in whatever dwellings they chose as their homes. Plenty of them are in bed; some, perhaps, on a couch. For those that have a roof under their heads anyway. But some… maybe not.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Nightcrawlers.
ㅤHe has found a few humans who prefer the night. ( it is definitely alluring to a certain type of person . ) They call themselves night owls. They’d probably call him one too. Night owl. Strange. Ironic, too, given what he was. He doesn’t know if he likes it. He also doesn’t know if he dislikes it either. It’s just… different.
But it’s also not really correct. Owls are very graceful. Elegant. Silent in their flights.
Humans…. Are not.
ㅤMinerva stops walking. Stands still, and listens. Somebody is following him. ( preying on him ? ) Somebody has been following him. Tailing him. Stalking him. But it’s been like this for days now: the watching. Did he have something they wanted? The professor never carried anything special on his person. He doesn’t have anything really to possess. Or was it yet another suspicious individual - another paranoid - questioning on whether or not he was even a person to begin with?
A fan. Or maybe just a hater.
Oh, please, he wasn’t that famous. He was but a lowly professor.
Who could he ever possibly attract for attention?
ㅤHe begins walking again. Minding the unwanted shadow enough, but also pretending to ignore it as well. Feigned naïveté. It would be foolish, to act this inexperienced, when walking in the dead of night, but he is no stranger to the hunt. There is a reason why he prefers the term Nightcrawler, as opposed to the more… refined title.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤyou do not deserve to call yourself … owl .
ㅤHe makes a right. The ‘stranger’ does as well. The street is still lit. Dimly but still a light nonetheless. So, he makes another right. Sharp, and sudden. It seems like the shadow does as well. ㅤㅤ( ah , this again ? ) ㅤㅤMinerva doesn’t like to be stalked. Like prey. And he’s growing tired of this. How many days will this prowler keep this up? Surely they are bored of doing this day in and day out, no? Aren’t they getting tired too? Especially since… they can never keep up with him? He always manages to escape; they always lose. Because unlike so many humans, he, perhaps, can be correctly called… a night owl.
ㅤLeft, then, next. Right. Left. Left. Right? Maybe. And then, suddenly, it’s a dead end. And… the professor is nowhere to be found. The only man in that back alley was the undesired pursuer.
He lost the professor again. Couldn’t keep up.
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤBetter luck next time.
ㅤAn unseen owl watches from above, in silence. It watches the slim figure look around for a while before crying out in frustration. The stranger also seems to be giving up. Again. At least for tonight. The owl watches as the human turns around and walks away, disappearing the moment they turn the corner. The footsteps fade into nothing.
ㅤWhat number was this night? The fifth? Did today mark the fifth night? In a row? Yes. It must have been. It was Friday. This started on a Monday. They spent the entire work week doing this. The professor was going to have to start doing something about it. It was becoming a problem. Especially since they were tailing him for much longer each day. They were catching up. But…. Why was he being tracked down in the first place?
ㅤA moment passes, and then another. The air settles and stills. It becomes eerily quiet. Finally, after what seems like an eternity, a foot steps out from the shadows. Then the other foot. It is a man: Doctor Aletheia ‘Atticus’ Minerva. The owl is nowhere to be seen. Vanished, just like the man when he was being pursued.
Tomorrow was Saturday. Another week’s end. He had the entire day to figure out a plan. Tomorrow: it would be his turn to play the hunter.
Might elaborate on some of these later. Some are still a sort of work in progress. Others are completely reworked from what I have talked about in the DMs after doing a bit more digging on his character. Mostly because I didn't feel super great about some of the stuff I had thought for him.
I did have refresh myself on his story a bit, at least to better understand what is canon for him, since I do try to adhere to it. There are some slight canon divergences and alterations. But not so much to make him completely removed from the material though. They are still relevant, after all. Just a little different.
I also once talked about the characters of the Nihillity path IN THIS POST. There, I discussed WHY Jiaoqiu ( and others ) are path striders - which are DIFFERENT than emanators - of Nihility.
Their core belief actually goes AGAINST what IX believes in and seem to try to actively try to prove THEM wrong: ㅤㅤexistence is MORE than nothing.
and... ㅤLife is not pointless.
But I won't talk more about that ( for now ) since my last post really did explain it well enough. ( i think . ) Maybe one day I will talk about the differences between Pathstriders and Emanators, because there is an obvious and clear difference, but that is not this post.
Now, without any further delay, lets get into some Jiaoqiu HCs.
━ -- 𝐇𝐈𝐒 ' 𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 ' .
☆ . ㅤ It has been mentioned before but jiaoqiu has developed synesthesia following the loss of his sight. I need to look into which type or if its a mixture of things. But.. still, he's developed some version of it. He's still trying to test out his own theories on it as well because it seems to be still developing.
What he 'sees' is still a little debatable and very situational. But, he's figured out that he can 'see' colored auras ( and colors in general ) depending on what he can sense with his other working senses - mostly through smells and sounds.
☆ . ㅤ With the above point, he's developed ( well , developing ) a new kind of sight. He's starting to be able to identify and locate others fairly quickly and without assistance. It has actually gotten to the point where he can actually sometimes do it before somebody even enters a room / general vicinity.
☆ . ㅤ He is actually quite terrified that he will forget what things actually look like. 'Seeing' colors has helped alleviate some of the fear, but he is still afraid. It is on him mind often enough.
☆ . ㅤ Jiaoqiu likes 'seeing' with his hands. When given the opportunity. It's become one of his favorite pastime comforts. Though he tends to not ask ( like everything else ) unless he's comfortable - and safe - with the individual.
━ -- 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐒 .
☆ . ㅤ Numbing and 'staticky' sensations: it depends, but, most of the time, he REALLY doesn't like it. The only reason why it is situational is because he's actually a little used to some 'slight numbness' due to always feeling cold, but that is a bit different than the very obvious, apparent, and overt numbing sensations.
☆ . ㅤ Anything that would temporarily nullify / dull or overwhelm his senses, will most likely leave him extremely tense and hypervigilant. He may also panic internally. Since he relies heavily on his ears and nose, any situations where he can't use them leaves him extremely stressed and anxious. While he's never really felt like he has a disability, situations where he cannot use his remaining senses makes him very vulnerable and weak and he hates that feeling.
EX: ( 1 . Hearing ) lets say there is something that causes his ears to ring, it really messes up and overwhelms his senses, and he doesn't like that. It's actually a bit similar to throwing sand in his eyes. ( 2 . Smell ) if he is congested, he might be a little on edge or just easier to frighten. because that REALLY makes it obvious that he is blind and very vulnerable and open.
☆ . ㅤ Anything that does cause his senses to be nullified is basically equivalent to making him go ' blind ', again. He is unable to use his 'new' sight, and it will cause him to react very poorly.
☆ . ㅤ Jiaoqiu DOES suffer from VERY BRIEF moments when he cant feel things. I think it is a little close to hypoesthesia, maybe? im not completely sure and i have to look into it, but its why there are times he doesn't mind the 'numbing sensations' since there are literally times when he CANT. It's just a traumatic effect from the war. ( but also because he just messes around with a lot of alchemy too ) If it goes on for extended amounts of time, however, then he will start to panic. Because that's not normal for him.
☆ . ㅤ Jiaoqiu always feels cold and is sensitive to cold temperatures, but that isn't because his body is actually cold. At least not to others. He is actually quite incredibly warm to others. Everything to him, however, is cold, and feels cold. He can't naturally regulate his own body temperature for himself, which is why he normally takes his own medicine to help with that.
Additionally, despite everything always feeling cold, he's actually seems to fare pretty well ( more or less ) with freezing temperatures. He doesn't seem to be overly bothered outside of just 'feeling' cold. but that is a normal occurrence anyway regardless of how 'cold' it actually is.
it doesn't matter if its 32 / 0 ( F /C ) degrees or 0 / -18 ( F / C ) degrees, it will feel SLIGHTLY the same to him.
━ -- 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 .
☆ . ㅤ Jiaoqiu is able to produce fire. His body naturally creates it within and it can build up. This does require him to expel it from time to time. It is something that he needs to regulate. But given that he is always cooking, it's not something that he personally pays ( or needs to pay ) attention to.
☆ . ㅤ He cannot feel his own fire. Its cold for him. Others can definitely feel it's heat, though. and it CAN burn. He also cannot be burned by it. He can burn others though.
☆ . ㅤ Because others can feel his fire, this makes Jiaoqiu sort of a living furnace for others. As mentioned, he is actually quite warm to others.
There must be some sort of cruel irony in this though, given the fact that he can't feel his fire and that he is ALWAYS feeling cold.
☆ . ㅤ He has a bad habit of not regulating his fire properly. Mostly because, yea, he can't feel it. Yes, this means that he CAN overheat.
☆ . ㅤ Expelling too much of his fire is very dangerous for him.
━ -- 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 .
☆ . ㅤ Despite the fact that they no longer have any use for him, Jiaoqiu's eyes will still glow if he is actively using his abilities / foxfire.
☆ . ㅤ There are a few reasons why his sense of 'feeling' is really messed up. Sure, it is mostly because of trauma from the war, but it is also because he has been touched / seen by Nihility.
☆ . ㅤ At the end of the day, the ONLY two senses he can really fully rely on are his hearing and smell. Since the others are either very messed up or completely lost. This has caused them to be extremely sensitive. They're heightened and actually quite unnatural, even for a foxian.
