𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞 “Hello! I'm Ash, and I’m a knight-in-training stationed here, in Oaklore…I’ve been in-training for a long while now. Every morning, the sun rises and I go looking for adventure. That involves getting cats out of trees and being stung by bees."
“I visit Battleon and offer my help to anyone that needs it, but there are always better adventurers for the job. Being turned away and told “you’ll have your day” all the time…it gets a little discouraging. The sun sets, and I'll have to hope that tomorrow’s that day.”
“But it never is. The sun rises, the day passes, and the sun sets...Sorry! I didn’t meant to dump that on you like that!” "If this place has nothing to offer you, then it's time to change the scenery." "Y-you think so?" "Take this. It's hard to start fresh somewhere new."
“This much gold? Just because…you felt bad for me? I can’t.” “It’s not that I pity you. It surprised me as well but..I see potential. A star about to find its shine.” “Really?” “You will have your day. Don't stop looking for it until the sun sets...for the very last time."
ooooh ‘Which canon character respects your OC most? What gained that respect?’ for Joanne 👀
Thinking the answer for a little bit, I think Joanne has gained a lot of characters' respect throughout the whole series (considering her position, mostly). But one canon who respect her the most would be Ash!
The mailboy is one of the few who knows Joanne the longest. He watched her from when she had just arrives, when he started out as a mailboy. Joanne is not only the closest hero Ash watched from childhood, but also his first teacher and at this point considered as his own older sister.
If public knows Joanne as the charming and undefeatable Hero of Falconreach, Ash knew her as Joanne of Oaklore first. He watched her closely, when she first started, when she saves Falconreach, when she fought against waves and waves of enemy, when she was at the top of the world and when she was rock bottom (grieving and blaming herseld for Celestia's, Tomix's, ans Serenity's death). Ash watched it first, how she kept her smile because as a hero and as an adventurer, she couldn't let her defense down. Not even a bit.
Ash respect Joanne as a hero. But first and foremost he loves Joanne as his own family
A couple of months ago, I asked followers on twitter to send me AE NPCs they’d like to see me write drabbles about - the theme being those NPCs giving the Hero/Player character chocolate.
Forgot to post them here too, but better late than never!
If Tomix still had his hands, they’d be wrapped tight in bandages. It was the one upside to his predicament.
Heroes’ Heart Day was upon Falconreach, and Ash Dragonblade was kind enough to explain the festivities to Tomix. They were supposed to give chocolates to someone they appreciated or even loved.
Ash had given up on home-made chocolates, and writing a thoughtful letter. He kept wasting food trying to make pretty shapes and he just couldn’t find the right words to express his affection.
Instead, the generous young man handed the remainder of his chocolates to Tomix and decided to buy something nice for the Hero.
The Soulweaver felt bad about turning his attention away from his mission. He should be focusing on the Voidship and tracking down Envy.
But when was the next time Tomix would ever experience Heroes’ Heart Day?
Making up his mind, Tomix borrowed a book on wood carving from the Falconreach Libraseum, and hunkered down on a stump near the portal to Ravenloss.
He thought being skilled at weaving would naturally meld with the techniques used for carving chocolate. The many cuts and tears in his leather gloves said otherwise.
Birds were pecking at all of the chocolate shavings on the grass. Tomix was so focused on his project that he didn’t notice them hopping around his boots.
A card had to come with the chocolates. He had an idea of what he wanted to say, but there wasn’t going to be any room for a book inside a candy box.
By the time he finished carving the third gardenia, the Soulweaver pieces some of his feelings together.
Tomix wanted to continue his adventures with the Hero and discover new mysteries together. The greatest mystery of all was the future. He knew what they are and who they were to each other today, but the Soulweaver yearned to know what they could be.
He managed eleven intricate gardenias in total, arranged them in a box, and tucked his letter under one of the petals.
The Hero was at the Inn and Tomix managed to catch Ash on his way there too. He held the exact same type of box as the young knight. All according to plan.
Ash was the trusting sort, not noticing that Tomix switched their boxes when he pretended to bump into him.
Apologizing, Tomix sent Ash on his way, turning down an invitation to see the Hero together.
The Soulweaver just muttered that he was busy, wondering if the Hero would throw their arms around Ash and agree to head into the future together.
Silently, he wished them a safe journey towards the sunrise as he slipped back to the forest, returning to the shade of Ravenloss.
AU headcanon where, while the hero is frozen, Big Daddy makes some other NPCs do his dirty work via a item called The Love Amulet. Granting the users powers based on the 8 forms of love, instead of wearing the snuggle bear armor you just turn pink.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DragonFable
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Warnings
Relationships: Hero & Ash DragonBlade
Additional Tags: Sibling Bonding, Set after quest "Player Hatching", Minor Angst
SUMMARY: The Hero was an only child, but if they did have a sibling out there, then they had no memories of them. But this was probably the closest to what it meant to be an older sibling.