#draucor

[titusdrautos]

There's a grief that can't be spoken

There's a pain goes on and on

[cantripandcharm]

Another round of commissions for @garbria Thank you so much for commissioning me! And I will never say no to drawing some DrauCor for sure lol

[ahkaraii]

Cor and Drautos!! I keep wondering what their relationship (if any) was like. They at LEAST knew each other in a professional capacity, both being Captains of their respective units. But I speculate even before that-- because surely Titus was a Royal Guardsman before the Kingsglaive was established, its literally the predecesor of that group + he must've had enough justified time spent abroad in Niflheim to have had the time to become General Glauca undetected in the first place.

The Royal Guardsmen in episode Ardyn are pretty much heavily implied to be Black ops / Wetworks, who infiltrate Niflheim's secretest of secret bases with permission to attack indiscriminately to complete their mission (whatever it may be), so it stands to reason Titus may have been one of them for a long enough time (and sufficiently successful at surviving lol) that he was eventually given the title of Captain of the Kingsglaive.

Since I HC Cor was a Royal Guardsman for a few years as a young adult (because I very much like the fancanon that he rescued Prompto, tho I think he did it with Monica and Dustin instead of alone), I figure he and Titus must've crossed paths in this fashion at some point. Enough to make Cor confident enough to, at the very lest, not veto him becoming the Kingsglaive captain later down the line.

So when did Cor stop being a Royal guardsman and start being fulltime Crownsguard instead? I headcanon it was straight after Episode Ardyn, pretty much because Ardyn single-handedly invaded Insomnia with no trouble, summoned the Infernian and provoked massive casualties, and presumably beat/burnt the tar out of Clarus (is that why he's bald later on..? lol) before beating the shit out of Regis (THE KING!!! the motherfucking king!!!), and noping out via bahamut without being caught. Like! Internal security failed MASSIVELY! Cor must've been APOPLECTIC!

Honestly throughout that stupid assault I kept thinking "where the fuck is Cor in all of this!?!", and my brain eventually figured, "maybe he's not even in Insomnia..?", and thus the Royal Guardsman headcanon was born. So presumably after this incident Cor's like, IM NEVER LEAVING INSOMNIA AGAIN. And becomes round-the-clock Crownsguard.

Too overqualified to be a glorified policeman and too restless to be kept as a mere bodyguard to the king, Cor turns to being a teacher and administrator of soldiers, 1) to train those little fuckers to defend the crown properly god damnit, and 2) to lessen the burden on Clarus, who probably suffered one hell of a blow after Ardyn casual-as-you-please made a mess of Insomnia -- both physical and emotional.

Aaaaand I headcanon that it's at this point that Titus starts becoming Glauca. Titus is both trusted by Cor (who has the ear of the king and is verbally confident titus is a trustworthy asset even when abroad in hostile territory for ages and ages) and backed up by Ardyn (who is now determined to make the king's final moments miserable, as HE specifically can't kill the king by bahamut's decree, but someone close to him definitely could), so it could partially explain how Titus fast-tracked his way up BOTH enormously paranoid militaries, even when being incapable of being in both places at once.

Anyway. Yeah. Cor and Titus. Lots of feels.

I dig the Grudging-Respect/hateship vibe, like, Cor disliking Titus even while respecting and trusting him immensely. And Titus of course loathes Cor and everyone associated with the crown, but he's good at disguising it as workplace jealousy instead of the genuine hatred of a man long since wronged. It's a fascinating dynamic, moreso if you imagine them having grown up together in the military -- like, barely 20 year old highly-decorated Cor meeting 16 year old recently-joined Titus, then meeting again in the black ops as 20-somethings, then Cor gets retired early because Ardyn fucked shit up and Cor's like >:/ ....I wish I had Drautos' job (i miss being badass superspy assassin and killing niffs instead of giving out parking tickets), and Titus is like >:/ I wish I had Leonis' job (so i can get closer to the king and one day kill him)....

and maybe they hatefuck once or twice

[feral-for-drautos]

Cor, over text: Turn around :)

Cor: No, the other way.

Cor: Wrong away again.

Titus: Where are you?!

Cor: At home, but the idea of you turning aimlessly in circles amuses me. ❤

[amarabliss]

for @garbria DraCor, a pleasure to do this pairing!

[corviddenart]

And now for some recent commissions and other projects! Some are even available as prints in my store, preorders are closing today but the shop will be reopening next month once I've restocked!

[garbria]

Drautos + Cor?

Ok, so I really do like DrauCor. Not as much as I like CorNyx, obviously, but it’s probably one of my top ships for FFXV. They just really seem like they’d be a good match.

We never get a canon age for Drautos, that I’m aware of, but Drautos and Cor seem like they’d be around the same age. And while I think Drautos joined the Crownsguard well after Cor, since I don’t think he joined at 13, Drautos is clearly a skilled soldier, or they wouldn’t have made him Captain of the Kingsglaive. So I think it makes sense that they would be deployed together often as two people of comparative skill. Working together with someone in a high stress environment like that tends to bond people.

Then, when Titus is given command of the Kingsglaive, Cor already has some years of experience in a leadership role. So Cor can provide advice and an ear to listen as Titus gets his feet under him. Plus, I really like the idea of Cor and Titus getting together after work for drinks and to bitch about the latest stupid shit the Crownsguard and Kingsglaive have gotten up to.

Personally, I prefer DrauCor where Titus is not Glauca, because that’s usually a little too tragic for me, considering what Glauca does. It does make from some good angst, though. I do think that as much as Cor and Titus can relate to being career soldiers in positions of command, Cor just doesn’t have the personal experience of losing his home, and working with people who are kinda dicks about it. That kind of mismatch in experience provides plenty of opportunity for angst and misunderstandings, without blowing up the whole thing with canon. Who needs canon, anyway? Not me. XD

Thanks so much for the ask!

[worldofruinbigbang]

February 22 - A Light In The Darkness

🌘Today’s story is by @data-hex​, with art by @asoeiki​ 🌒

DrauCor |  No Archive Warnings | Mature Rating

As the world falls into darkness, Cor is left searching for anyone still alive when someone he once thought to be dead appears on the "doorsteps" of Lestallum unannounced.

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