Alternate Universes Masterpost [Reboot]
There is already a small description of my AUs in Acci’s Characterpage, but I decided to dive a bit more into them, describing how Alternate Universes work on this blog and explaining them further.
Timeline
The canon timeline follows Accipiter’s normal life as a mercenary through Shurima. He does not know of the League of Legends, and it is up to the RP partner under which lore they will operate (after the fall of it or without it ever existing).
All further AUs are extensions of this canon and sometimes follow each other:
Explanations
Soldier AU
The AU in which the former canon will be put into. Accipiter travels to the new risen capital and works under Azir as a ‘soldier’(’guard’/’mascot’/’nuisance’/...). He believes Azir has the power to stop the Void, and wants to lend the emperor his strenght. He would be put in the Horse Division under Makani, a group of people who ride on mounts. The Commander AU and the Deserter AU are extensions of this.
Commander AU
Shurima and the Void were at an all out war, the latter invading the desert. Accipiter fought in it and saw his Commander Makani (NPC of mine) die, being ripped apart by the Void beasts. Seeing his Division, brothers and sisters in arms being without a leader, helpless and unconcentrated, he calls out to the River King Tahm Kench, with whom he has talked before. Tahm offers him a way to undergo the Rite of Ascension while the war wages. However, it fails. The Sundisc, angry about the attempt or maybe just seeing Accipiter as ‘unworthy’, almost burns him to ashes. Accipiter manages to flee with injuries and has to rest, seeing Azir leading the army to battle without him. Both frustrated with himself and the entire situation, he get’s on Gahiji as quickly as possible, leading his Division instead of Makani (even if Azir didn’t exactly allow it), uniting them as a leader. The war is won, and Accipiter is announced the Commander of the Horse Division (and possibly the youngest Commander in Shuriman History). Shurima defeated the Void, bringing peace back to the desert as far as ‘otherworldly attacks’ go. It is unsure if Xerath and Azir still fight each other or if they have come to terms after combining their strenghts. The failed ritual, the war itself and a possible kick in the butt from a certain Darkin has made Accipiter a lot more bitter but also calm, pushing his idea of a ‘hero’ into a different light. He also seems a lot more adult now, being responsible for more lives than his own now.
Deserter AU
In this AU, Accipiter joins Azir’s army, but never quite makes it to the Void War. He gets frustrated with Azir not taking him serious as a soldier, with people judging him by appearance and age, and finally, by the inactivity of the emperor against the Void. He gets into an argument with Azir, which ends in Accipiter leaving the army and going rogue. Through this, he get’s caught by Xerath’s troops and brought to him. The Ascedant, promising him everything he wanted, recruits him as his own soldier. His morales have shifted a lot. He left most of his naivity at Shurima, making him more mature (but not less reckless).
Ascended AU
Shurima wages war against the Void once more, and to bring victory to it, Accipiter attempts the Rite of Ascension with the help of the River King Tahm Kench. However, this time, the Sundisc actually gives him the power he seeks, turning him into a hawk-like being (without getting rid of his albinism, though it does not seem to bother him as much as it did before). With the power to control the storms to his will at an instant, Accipiter immediately takes on the army, scattering their human forces as well as slaying the beasts. The Void is defeated and peace is brought back to Shurima. In this timeline, Accipiter is a lot more selfconfident and also cocky, gaining immense power at a relatively young age and not exactly using it ‘accodingly’. Gahiji has become part of the boy druing his Ascension.
Void AU
Again the war against the Void, though this time, with a different outcome. The Void wins... or at least, is not defeated completly. Somewhere in between, Accipiter loses his Division, standing alone against the Void Army. The exact procedure is open to the Malzahar willing to RP the scenario, but sooner or later, Accipiter will be brainwashed back into becoming a Cultist, a Herald of the Void and enemy to Tyria. His mind has become a lot duller in this AU, loyalty and destruction are the only thing in his mind, even Gahiji is only a steed to him rather than a companion.
