#auri trivia

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So, I have a few things that are canon to Chrys and Auri particular timeline, and I took a couple of liberties in terms of sylvari behavior and reaction just for my oc's canon.

Following the trail of "some sylvari feel everything too strongly and get overwhelmed in the Grove", Chrys is one of those types, with the unfortunate side effect of a physical cue when he gets too stressed out. Namely, flowers sprouting in his hair. If the stress gets too out of control, or he tries to force it all down for too long, it makes him physically ill, sometimes coughing up petals and flowers in an attempt to force him into a state requiring medical attention or a few days bedrest in order to recuperate.

Chrys despises the fact that this happens, but it's forced him to learn better stress management as a result, especially since this came to light during HoT where he collapsed in the middle of camp some time into the campaign. Auri, being both his lieutenant and personal mender at that point, chewed him out for letting his stress get that bad.

In terms of reactions, especially in combat, I imagine seasoned sylvari warriors have a subconscious reaction to use whatever means necessary to make sure they can defend themselves. In this, parts of their skin may prick up, so to speak, and coat their bodies in a temporary layer of thorns. Kinda like how a cat fluffs up their fur to seem more intimidating, but these thorns could do very real damage to unsuspecting attackers.

While Auri is more a support type mesmer, they have learned how to reflexively activate these thorns, usually when trying to protect Chrysallus when he's otherwise incapable of defending himself. These thorns require a conscious effort to activate, so if they are untrained or unconscious, then a sylvari wouldn't be able to use their thorns as effectively.

[mirage-of-the-virtuoso]

Some random trivia bits for today!

• Arioch is not the name it was born with. This is a name it chose upon becoming a courtier, a sign of leaving it's old life in the Grove behind. This is especially true when others came back and condemned it as a coward, which aggravated it. It did what was needed to save lives, and it's act of sacrifice is seen as an act of cowardice? Fuck them then. Burn the Grove down for abandoning it, for scapegoating it when it was unnecessary. Also, it has more than one name, an alias used for not being recognized later on in the Mist War if it ends up back there again.

• Aurienal was a mesmer mentor in the Grove, and is actually pretty good with bows as well! When Chrys came along, they swapped roles from mentor to mender officially, but is still willing to teach and train other mesmers, or teach others how to do some mending if they are by themselves without a mender.

• Chrys's skin is hypersensitive. No one is sure why, but because of this, he has actively avoided prolonged touch (with Auri as the exception so far) and can never seem to be comfortable in his own skin. This is currently being handled with either several layers of clothing, or with a blanket of some kind as a cloak (including weighted blankets). He's sure something is wrong with him, even though Auri believes it may just be a sensory issue of some kind.

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{Anyone else make the decision that characters with infusions in their gear can turn them on/off as they please? Like, Chrys has the eye infusions, but while he can't turn them off in-game, he has them flare up as a means of intimidation, and they are flaming in the midst of combat. Auri's fascinated by this, and Canach loves to push his buttons just to watch those eyes of his flare with different colors ~🌸}

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{The ambient dialogue I hear from some of the kid npcs, mainly the one about whether or not sylvari should get candy too since they awaken fully grown

Chrys absolutely would be confused and accept the candy regardless. Auri takes it and gives most of it to Chrys for his hoard of sweets ~🌸}