#geraint.

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Ive been thinking about them, their friendship gets to me (Also the height difference)

The friendships in this series come out of nowhere but damn if they aren't fun! And this is so adorable!!!! The mortal angel and the guy who will steal your fingernails if you look at her wrong.

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Context???? Who threw the man?? Why???? Was it out of spite or was there a tactical advantage??? Did he forget he can levitate?????????

He annoyed Kay too much one day and paid the price.

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I remember you saying that Geraint has all the same powers as Infinite does in Forces but it’s mellowed out for OP sake.

Where does the line usually end when it comes to that power? He can teleport great distances in the game so is it only smaller distances or in short bursts in Avalon? Is he still able to create energy beams / energy balls that are used to attack the resistance and sonic in the short cinematics?

The line is drawn mostly around visuals and sound. Like the clones he makes aren't always solid (that takes a lot of power) and usually his illusions desolve as soon as they're touched.

He can't teleport at all. He can make it seem like he teleported with a clone and by obscuring himself (semi invisibility!) but he can't actually move long distances without moving there on his own accord (or being thrown, it has happened before).

He can make the glowy red cubes but they don't transport anyone into a mental dimension (though he is trying to hone his powers more so maybe with time he'll get there). He is, however, completely able to trick someone into thinking they're somewhere else; warping the visuals of the world around him doesn't take much power or concentration, as that was the first thing he was able to do with his powers as a child.

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I have a headcanon about Geraint.

He keeps his hair long and neat when in times of peace, during war time he cuts it short (a sign of hostility and so enemies can’t grab it.)

During special events it’s in a braid. For his wedding the braid had ribbons or some bling.

And for other days it’s in a bun, ponytail, or just let loose.

I like to thing it’s Jackal traditions or at least culture traditions from whatever culture his family was. Something he picked up before he lost everyone.

That's pretty cool! I like it, especially since there's a kind of sweetness to the concept of "the longer the hair, the longer we've been at peace" and long hair being a signifier of prosperity.

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Office Geraint has those roller skate shoes that are popular and uses them in the office to slowly glide towards Lancelot and call him a stinky red head.

Geraint in Heelys???

Yes. Absolutely. Takes out the wheel, looks you in the eye, and says "No one will ever believe you." before stepping in the building.

(Everyone believes you.)

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How would Geraint react if he lost his other eye? Would he try to memorize the castle like Bedivere? Would that affect him as a Knight?

I was hoping to make a big post about disabilities in Avalonverse but I just can't seem to get myself together enough to write it, so I'll make a smaller post now and hopefully expand upon it at a later date.

So one thing that I'm very sure of is that losing a sense is like losing a limb; once it's gone, it's gone. No magic is bringing it back, it's not something that can be regrown. It's why Gareth is deaf in one ear, why Bedivere has a prosthetic hand, why Gaheris' leg won't be back to how it was before his accident... If Geraint were to lose his sight in his one good eye, the man would be entirely blind. Magic might help as a tool of sorts, for instance taking his visual memory (depending on how good it is) and using it to help him orient himself in a space he's been in before, or put a sort of mental animation of a person in front of him, by making him "see it in his brain". Aside from that, he would need to find ways that work for him to get around.

Luckily, Geraint already doesn't rely much on his sight to begin with. Seeing is believing, and people rely far too much on their eyes. It's part of why his illusions can be so effective... His good eye is closed more often than you'd think underneath his helmet, especially when he casts his own illusions. Why be swept up in his own fake reality? So I don't think his fighting capabilities would change much, aside from relying more on his powers and less on his swordsmanship (again, unless he found some sort of magic or tool to assist him in battle).

But he wouldn't be able to see the colour red ever again, which would upset him.

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Day 14: Chess

Rarely did Geraint find himself attending any Game Knights, but when he did, it was always a day when they played chess. Chess was delightful; a dichotomy of black and white, set patterns and rigid rules, and to win, one needed to envision many steps ahead and to read their partner.

Geraint never lost a game of chess. Many accused him of cheating and rarely did someone challenge him outside of the round-robin tournaments that Gaheris organized. During these games, his opponents would always demand that he not use his illusions to win, and every time, Geraint would swear on it, but it was impossible for most to tell if he was being genuine or not.

Black and white, right and wrong, real and illusion, with a fixed set of moves but near infinite patterns to use them in... Geraint took to chess in a way that went beyond a simple enjoyment. Game after game, he found himself in the winner's seat, claiming that he hadn't once pulled an illusion to win.

Swapping the pieces while his opponent was distracted on the other hand... well, no one had accused him of that, yet.

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How old was Geraint when he learned he had powers? How did he react? And when he first started using illusions did they effect him, like whatever he tried to show other people did he see it all as well?

How did everyone else with powers react when they learned they had powers and how old were they? (Galahad, Percival, Bors, Lancelot and Arthur, etc.)

It's slow moments at work so I guess it's Lore Time™.

So I'm still figuring out the intricacies of the magic system of the knightverse, but what's important to note is that everyone has some degree of magic in them. The magic tends to manifest in three ways:

1) Divine/Otherworldly. This encompasses the gods, minor deities, Fae and Fae-born, etc. Their magic is on another level that even the most skilled and learnèd of wizards can't hope to achieve.

2) Wizards/magic users. This encompasses people like Merlina, Ælle and Ban, and also people like Yseult. For the former case, there's a magical affinity in which learning new forms of magic is considerably easier than others and their abilities to master them exceeds most others. In Yseult's case, she has a particular affinity for healing (or Life Magic) and all the branches of magic related to it, but it's not a passive ability. These sorts of people never cast their magic by accident; it must always be intentional.

3) The Rest. Practically everyone else falls under this category. It's hard to discern the line between less powerful magic users and very powerful people of this category, but a lot of it has to do with when the powers manifested and whether or not they can be used passively. The Rest (for lack of a better term) tend to gain their abilities from a very young age and can use them without thinking (though practice still makes perfect!), but they will never be able to gain branching abilities; what they get is what they get. More powerful people in this category are Lancelot, Gawain, Geraint, Lamorak, Percival and Galahad. Less powerful people include Uther and Igraine (Uther's magic manifested in a Jack of All Trades type of skill gain, Igraine's in a knack for learning and remembering healing methods... "Talents" if you will).

So, to answer the actual question, Geraint (as one of the Rest) got his powers young and he was very difficult to raise as a result. Geraint sees the illusions he makes, but he's long since learned to never rely on his eyes.