#cayenne garamonde

[meranie]

Waking up to yet another day in the World of Ruin.

Cayenne / Cyan Garamonde on his birthday

[friends-w-ghosts]

After replaying Sabin’s scenario I started thinking about Cyan and Doma again more.

There’s a line where, right before dying, the king talks about the fact that Cyan knew his father and had been retainer to the king of Doma for that long.

King Doma: CYAN… you have defended the realm since my father’s days… hack, cough… Thank you… it’s over… Our kingdom is through.

I assume two things from this:

1.) the king is young. If I were to guess I’d say about in the 27-30ish range. This would make Cyan 23-20 when he was born, which is definitely old enough to have had a substantial amount of time serving under his father.

2.) Cyan probably has known him since he was a child. This interaction and all of the emotions that it evokes make me think that Cyan viewed the king of Doma as a son to him, as well. I can’t really point to a specific line, but I say this just off of the energy and how personal it all feels. The king is above him class and authority wise, yes, but is still someone he had a significant part in the life of from a very young age.

It’s vague and it’s totally possible this is not the case but if it is I think it makes his dynamic with Sabin even more clear than it already was.

Backing up for a second first to better make this point, we know it’s likely/implied Cyan sees Gau as a son because of Gau being an orphan and it’s safe to assume he’s around Owain’s age. (Cyan being 50 and having a 13-ish year old son, maybe a little older, would make enough sense). So it’s very likely imo that Gau specifically reminds Cyan of Owain to some extent.

Then, I think this same logic can apply to Sabin. Sabin is (former) royalty, probably in the same general age group as the king of Doma, and also has lost his entire family other than Edgar. So I think he likely reminds Cyan of the King of Doma — someone he also saw as a son and recently lost.

[wyverncult]

Waltz

[tinamaciasfkfk]

桜、桜、桜吹雪

[slingbees]

I mostly hate this because he made me walk all the way through Zozo again

[meranie]

Sketch-A-Day - "dress up / 着飾る"

[meranie]

Kimodameshi! Featuring young Cayenne (imagine Mina/Elayne peeping this hot samurai in a stream near Doma castle 20+ years prior to the start of the game), Umaro, and Mash/Sabin.

[meranie]

Day 8 : Reflections / 反射, heavily based on Sailormoon/Usagi imagery, featuring Tina/Terra in both her forms

Day 9 : Elemental / 元素　- an abstract study

Day 10 : Camping / キャンピング　featuring some LADS

Day 11 : Perspective / 立場 - where I use an image of a wolf spider on my door from different angles

Day 12 : Polaroid / ポラロイド - featuring Lady (and me) based off an early pic of us

Day 13 : rest / 休憩 - the dream, tbh-- a blend of reality and the abstract

Day 14 : Fixation/ こだわり - based off a dog I stumbled upon in my grief that I cannot stop thinking about