#{val headcanon

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To welcome them hopping on into the royal verse!

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It’s been a while so I figured it was time to make an updated list of who in my muses knows who, for newer mutuals and in case it doesn’t confuse if one alludes or mentions another. This might just be a two-parter, depends on how long it ends up, the dragons alone might need their own post. 

Everything in on everyone’s respective relationship pages too if more info is wanted. There may be gaps though since I won’t be redundant and include stuff or relations that are already explicitly in history sections of their bios.

Ren, Lucia, and Aeon are all essentially childhood friends who formed a little group for a few years when they were younger and out on the streets. A falling out between Ren and Lucia caused things to splinter though, and while Aeon is still of good terms with each, things are dicey between the other two. 

Val was there with Alexander Moore during the meeting where everything went wrong. Arata personally witness Val shoot and injure his mother, and it was Val who he also specifically held a grudge against over the years. It culminated with Val being sent to kill Arata once Alexander realized the other was still alive. Arata managed to escape, which led to Val’s own eventual escape from the Moores. During their last meeting where it was believed that Val would kill him, the two seemed to come to some mutual understanding of the things they'd been forced to do during their lives. Not forgiveness, but an understanding. They have not seen each other since.

Cousins! Uh, sort of! Maybe fourth or fifth cousins, I haven’t really done the math or managed to figure what their official title would be but they basically call themselves cousins. Dawn met Cornelius on a trip to her parents’ hometown in Texas and was struck by how much he looked like her deceased father. It turned out that Cornelius is a paternal relation descended from her uncle (from the 1960′s) side of the family. Though her meeting with the rest of that side of the family wasn’t as pleasant, the two remain incredibly friendly, almost like siblings, and keep in touch. Cornelius is fully aware of Dawn’s whole supernatural dealings.

Basically coworkers. Their personalities are very different though so honestly they don’t really ever interact. Or think of the other much. Arya barely keeps track of the other sins anyways since it’s only a matter of time until new ones rise to take their titles. 

Aur is currently without memories so this is kind of moot on his end, but basically think of “two kids whose parents know each other and so they ended up at a lot of the same functions together.” 

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What is your earliest memory that you can remember? What is your Full name? Include any maiden names, aliases, or nicknames. (Alexa and Val)

Interview the Muse

Earliest memory

“Nosy little shit, aren’t you?” Val grumbled. Much as he didn’t like thinking about his time with the Moore family, he hated thinking about the time before that even more. “An apartment. Small. Sitting in front of a tv. Someone in the kitchen behind me. Peaceful.” Before it all went to shit.

Earliest... “Her selling me to those men.”

Names

Aggravation was growing clear on his features. He was tired of walking down memory lane, and he’d already had the pleasure of having his old name thrown into his face once before. “...Full name, Rhys Cade. Now, Val. And that’s it.”

“Cassia.” She couldn’t remember her surname, she had been too young and it had been so long. “Alexa now. And nicknames--”

“Demons, the Moore’s guard dogs, lapdogs, and less polite shit-- anything along those lines people called us.”

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Songs that give off great music video vibes for my muses that just makes my little brain happy (pt 3)

Every D.ay a Little Death-- The Count of M.onte C.risto (plus Zale)

I Know Those E.yes / T.his Man Is Dead--  The Count of M.onte C.risto (plus Zale)

O.nce Upon a D.ecember-- A.nastasia

In My D.reams--  A.nastasia

In a Crowd Of T.housands-- A.nastasia (specifically Dmitry’s first part, and towards Aur)

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Throughout a few points in his life, Val ends up getting a few body modifications/piercings. 

Ears: After his first proper escape from the Moore’s during the time that he spends with Bijou and the Winged Marauders, Val gets a series of piercings on his ears all at once. In a way, they were a signification of his freedom from that family, and him doing something that he wanted to do despite its ‘impracticality’ (in a fight). Basically, it was a big ‘fuck you’ to Alexander Moore and his family. He gets them up the outer edge of his ear.

Tongue: This one happens after a big jump in time, after the Moore family is done for good and Val is actually finally free of worry from them. So basically, a second ‘fuck you’. And also done because of course he just thinks it’d look cool and his boyfriend finds his piercings hot.

Tattoo: Pictured below, not much behind this one, just him adding to the collection of things he never really got to do before his freedom. It covers part of his shoulder and is a sleeve down to his elbow. There’s no specific meaning to the pattern chosen or anything.

Genital: Sometime after, Val gets a PA. For the of course benefits along with wanting it and also yet again cause of his boyfriend/husband. 

Genital 2: After the PA, sometime after that he’ll add to it with a set of ladder piercings

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A VERY DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF YOUR MUSE.

NAME. His birth name is Rhys, however when he first was taken to the Moore family Luther Moore renamed him Val as part of a way to psychologically separate him from his past and make him feel more “theirs”. In a way, it worked. Rhys is now unfamiliar to him and “Val” feels like a product of the years and trauma caused by the Moores-- and a “him” that he can never escape.

NICKNAME(S). None really, both Rhys and Val are already short enough.

TITLE(S). Him and Alexa ended up having quite the reputation so they’re informally known by a lot of monikers in the underground due to their work for Luther Moore. The Moore’s two demons, the guard dogs of the Moore family, their lapdogs, etc. they ended up being viewed as harbingers of doom for the Moore family so having them show up at your doorstep is usually viewed as a very bad thing.

AGE. 23 at the beginning of things but after a canon four year time skip he is now 27.

SPECIES. Elf

GENDER. Male

ALIGNMENT. Woof. I’d go with true neutral. He’s aware and accepting that his actual actions because of his job trend more towards evil but Val himself has little care about doing any morally good or evil thing, only what will ensure the survival of him and those he cares about. And if it means staining his already blood-stained hands even further, then so be it.

INTERESTS. Free time wasn’t something he had a whole lot of growing up and so there wasn’t a lot of time to pursue any interests (and it was why he didn’t even fully realize until his late-ish teens (17/18) that he was gay). During his first real time away from that environment though that he spent with the Winged Marauders, he...still didn’t pursue any personal interests. Mainly because he didn’t know how to.

PROFESSION. Bodyguard, hitman, and generally whatever Luther, Alexander, and Felicity require of him at the moment.

BODY TYPE. 5′10″ and athletic. His body is physical evidence of the years he’s spent fighting, killing, and surviving, and there’s the scars to prove it. He gains a lot more over the four year timeskip due to a general disregard for his own wellbeing.

EYES. If it wasn’t for his generally disagreeing attitude and expressions, people would describe his eyes, and specifically their color, as hauntingly pretty. As Alexander Moore likes to describe them they “tread the thin line between beautiful and unnatural, lit by an oddly captivating light”. The colors already attracts attention as it’s a vivid persimmon, but they also, when looked at closer, have a tint to them that gleams and shimmers a luminescent gold when the light hits them. However, a patch now covers his left eye where (tw: eye injury discussion ahead) Alexa’s knife was forced to cut through. His left eyelid and eye proper now has a neat line that cleanly bisects through it down to just below his eye and the color of the iris is faded. Val can still see some from his injured eye but it’s extremely blurry to the point of being useless and trying to focus on anything with it for too long will give him a headache. 

HAIR. Dark blond and has that same odd sheen as his eye color. It usually has a tousled without effort look to it as Val makes sure it looks somewhat neat but otherwise doesn’t care. Because of that it has a habit of sneaking up on him and getting longer before he remembers to get it cut. It is a bit longer and messier after the four years, along with a portion growing long enough to partially cover his eye patch.

SKIN. Healthy, just a shade or two below what could be described as “tan”

FACE. Triangular and comes down to a pointed chin.

HEIGHT. 5'10″ average? 

VOICE. Biting, trending towards deeper, and easily carries his bad attitude within it. A lot of times his tone comes across more harsh or rude than he actually intends out of habit. For reference, it’s F.elix Hugo F.raldarius from 3.H (that’s a link right there to a sample but it doesn’t even look it’s showing up right on my end)

COMPANIONS. It’s changed a couple of times but the one constant has always been Alexa. His first real friend and their bond forged through the suffering they endured together for years with only each other as comfort. To call it merely “friendship” feels like doing the depths of their bond a disservice so I usually refer to them as soulmates. Now for a time him and Alexa also traveled with ( thewolfisawake‘s) Winged Marauders but other than their leader Bijou, Val had trouble actually growing close to any of them. During that time he also struck up a friendship with (shxtteredillusion’s) Zale and a something with his sister Laguna, though whatever he felt for Zale he now tries not to think about.

ANTAGONISTS. The entire Moore family. He’s stated before if he could kill them all and be done with them then he would have long ago. They’re his own personal boogeymen and Alexander Moore in particularly is the encapsulation of the hardship he’s gone through and his overall twisted view of the world and himself

COLOURS. Red and gold association by myself personally, though black is primarily the color that he wears. He’d say he has no favorite color really.

FRUITS. Apples? Bananas? He eats what he gets, he doesn’t really bother with “like” or “dislike” and would say he has no preference.

DRINKS. Same as before really;;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? Nothing too strong, basically whatever his friend/boyfriend (depending on the time period) Zale makes for him he’ll say is his favorite. Won’t even know the name, would just wave and say whatever he had last that Zale gave him. Particularly though only drinks Zale himself makes.

SMOKES? He tried a cigarette once, hacked his lungs out, couldn’t get the smell of smoke out of his clothes for the longest thanks to sensitive elf nose, and said no thanks forever after

DRUGS? Nope.

DRIVERS LICENSE? Yeah, for the job and he’s a speed demon too. 

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Scars

I find myself ranking how scarred a muse is by literally comparing them to another muse (i.e ‘x has less scars than y but more than z’) so I figured for the sake of having it down somewhere I might as well write down who’s got the worst of it. So here’s the most to the least scarred of the ones that have them

Alexa: It's a close tossup between her and Val but due to the nature of their specialties, Alexa being a close-ranged fighter and Val a long-ranged shooter if the need arose, she’s been in more one on one confrontations than him. And the busy nature of her job saw to it that, while she is quick and difficult to hit, over time the wounds and subsequent scars do accumulate. Sleeveless things would garner attention should she wear them. She doesn’t care.

Val:  As stated before it was very close, not helped by the almost reckless abandon he’d display over the next few years once recaptured by the Moores. While he had some notable scarring before, especially afterwards there’s no denying he’d draw some looks of surprise were any normal people to see him shirtless. Of note is the neat scar through his left eye that starts at his brow and ends just at his cheekbone. He has very bad feelings regarding that one and is very particular about who gets close to it.

Emil: Being a hunter for the Bastion likewise sees him often in combat situations. And having been a licensed hunter for about seven or eight years, they’ve had time to accumulate over his body. Like Val and Alexa there’s enough of them for a normal civilian to take note but not enough to where he’d feel self-conscious going to the beach or pool. He’s mostly used to them but they do serve as a reminder of the choices he’s made in life and how he now lives in his mom’s world instead of his dad’s.

Katarina: Katarina is lower due to being a functioning hunter for only five or so years compared to Emil. That, coupled with her half-elf speed, natural speed, and smaller stature makes her a bit better at dodging and avoiding attacks than him. However, she is a hunter and so there’s no denying the unusual amount of scars scattered here and there across her body. She doesn’t particularly mind them, scars are normal for a hunter and they’re reminders that there’s always room for improvement. Like Emil she doesn’t worry about showing skin or having them visible, although the sight of them on such a “refined” looking young woman like her probably draws even more stares...

Veritas: Veritas has had many close experiences and also often has to work but the guaranteed promise of a fight isn’t as high as a hunter’s mission and her speed, along with her elven blood, tips the scale that much more in her favor. Likewise, her power also usually aids her when it comes to avoiding attack or keeping from being ambushed. She doesn’t usually show skin anyways but still she doesn’t care about her scars, they are what they are and that’s all there is to it.

Lucia: Lucia is very good at dodging, small stature and speed and all, but the job is the job and while usually being unseen in the core part of it there’s no denying when situations get sticky so she does indeed have a mildly notable amount. Unlike the others though, she doesn’t care for them at all. They just serve as reminders for how abnormal she is and the life she leads and what’s led up to that and so on down that dark path. Of note is a scar, faint and made with a knife, on the inside of her upper right arm. That one’s from her dad when she was younger and it especially upsets her.

Aeon: This bastard’s lucky in that unless it’s a serious wound, his power usually won’t leave a scar. And reckless as he is he pretty much always uses his power to heal himself up. 

Eira: Despite being a hunter, Eira’s been a hunter for only a year and has the same smol, hard to hit advantage. She’s the least scarred among her family (non-hunter mom not included) and though she has a few that might raise some brows there’s not really any to draw serious concern or attention. That will change with the years and it’s something that Eira has mixed feelings on Part of the job and proof you’re still alive and fighting, yes, but she’s not ready for any odd looks or questions or treatment if she wears something that shows them or a swimsuit. A lot of Eira boils down to kinda wanting a sense of ‘normalcy’ but that’s for another headcanon post

Notable scars. Or muses that don’t do things to consistently scar them but you should totally take note of the ones they have because they’re there for a reason. (under the cut because this post wasn’t supposed to get this long. (also in no particular order))

Imani: Has a faded burn scar across her right shoulder from when she was sixteen. It’s noticeable and there’s no denying it. Despite the rude overly-friendly patron asking about it (and we won’t linger on Dominic’s comments about it, phew), she has no problem with it and makes a point not to seem like she’s trying to keep it hidden. Ayo was the unintentional cause of that wound and as bad as he still feels about it, Imani doesn’t want to make him feel worse and seem as if she’s ashamed over it

Ren: Has scars across his knuckles from punching people and around his wrists and ankles from when he was chained and in captivity. The knuckles he doesn’t care about but depending on the person he’ll not like any mention or touching of his wrists. Also has a few assorted ones from his job and life before but nothing of particular note.

Huaxiu: I kept going back and forth and kept forgetting what I’d say last until I finally settled on a definitive answer only to realize while looking up something for this very post that it was an answer I’d settled on almost a year ago anyways. Well. Anyways, Huaxiu has a scar over where his eye had been. Unlike Val’s, it’s not neat and precise and the eye itself that it crosses over is gone. Usually, dragons are impossible to scar but the huli jing armed with a magical blade and the power of Huaxiu’s true name and...well... Also, unlike Alexa, she had  no care for being as neat and painless as possible which is why it’s as jagged and ugly as it is. Huaxiu unsurprisingly hates the sight of it and does not let anyone see it uncovered. Honestly, even a hand brushing too close to his eyepatch has him withdrawing, he’s particular about it.

Arata: Has two scars on his torso and one on his right thigh from bullets from the day his mom died. Feels about what’d you expect towards them but they’re not so attention-grabbing that he’d feel too self-conscious about them. He has had some past flings take note and mention them ( ~ so mysterious ~ and all) but he always managed to laugh it off and brush it away.

Amara: Amara’s great in that if you see a scar/scars on him, it’s the result of the thing that had killed him last. Phoenixes only retain scars in their next rebirth of the thing that had done them in in a previous life. Only if it was physical, of course, poison won’t leave a scar. Often they’re a memory-less Amara’s only hints as to what could have happened to cause his death previously. He...doesn’t really feel anything about them. They’re there and they killed him, yeah, but...he doesn’t remember it. Honestly, he’d rather that than waking up to no scar because then it leads to more questions with very little chance for a way to find an answer. 

Olympia: A scar on her stomach from the gunshot wound that would have taken her life had Artemis not intervened. Normally, the god-touched to not develop scars but due to the fatal nature of the wound along with the fact that it happened when she was still fully human, a scar remains. It’s noticeable, and ugly, and Olympia does indeed feel self-conscious towards it, not that anyone sees it anyways. It’s also a reminder of how her deal with Artemis is only temporary and that once she leaves her body it will be that wound that takes her life.

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⚔👎🏻😈 for Soon-Hee, Val, and Luiz

Naughty Little Meme

⚔ : Does your muse have any specific kinks?

Fucking hell, what kinks doesn’t she have. Bondage, Public, Semi-public, dom/sub, orgasm delay/denial, toys, overstimulation, dirty talk, some light sadism, humiliation, and so on and so forth I’d be here all night.

👎🏻-What is an absolute deal breaker in the bedroom?

When she feels someone is getting too clingy (ha) or if feelings seem to start becoming a thing. No feelings.

😈-Favorite sex position?

She’s flexible and is fine with getting shuffled into all sorts of positions but she likes on her back with her legs pushed back or one over the other’s shoulder. ‘Easy access to the important bits’ she’d say.

⚔ : Does your muse have any specific kinks?

My gosh teasing/delay/denial/edging. My gosh will he not shut up about wanting to keep Zale on the edge for who knows how long. Not only does it fit with his bully nature but the idea of methodically taking him apart until he’s nothing more than a whiny red mess, well, gets to Val. Some Zale specific ones, especially after they’ve started dating, are ones like deepthroating and face fucking (specifically receiving). I think I mentioned this before but the more he cares about a person the focused he is on making them feel good and how hot it is to do so. So yeah. Also overstimulation. Dirty talk. Toys. So on.

👎🏻-What is an absolute deal breaker in the bedroom?

I was thinking on the contradictory nature of this a while ago and mentioned it to you too and upon putting some more thought into it, hair pulling unless he’s got some trust the other. And that’s only been one person. But yeah, Alexander was always fond of pulling on his hair whenever he was upset at him so Val’s got a lot of conflicting feelings about the act and if he’s not at any point of comfort with another person and they try it he’s going to subtly shut it down. If they keep trying it then they risk pissing him off and he’s full on stopping things. 

😈-Favorite sex position?

Anything with Zale. I don’t know if he has a whole all-time favorite but he’d like to bend Zale over once. Also likes Zale on top. And missionary with Zale. Against a wall with Zale. From behind with Zale. My goodness does he have it bad. 

Haha, the sneaky virgin slipped in here so unfortunately with his lack of experience there aren’t any real answers that could be given here, apologies.