#illdiyhr

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Illdiyhr’s journal notes, part 1

its much hotter here than i thought it would be, but unlike the jungle. its dry. silverwastes was dry and hot but elona is drier and hotter. dont mind terribly though.

so many people need help. jungle was bad but then i could just fight. i dont know how to heal, only kill. cultists under the god of war and fire like burning villages. unsurprising. pulled a corpse from ashy rubble. saw my own face on it for a second. dont know why i went to elona, im not helping. forged get so surprised when others can use fire too. dumb. funny though. miss the grove. hope everyone is doing well. 

i saw a raptor under burning rubble and i pulled the beam off of it with my hands. the skin was stuck to the inside of my gauntlets after that, but peeled off rather easily and made for easy wounds to dress. 'course, my hands are no good for a couple of days, but people are willing to pay me back after helping them out with the fires. thank the pale tree it was a fire and not a flood. tae's poultice does wonders, hands feel better already. the raptor will recover just fine i was told . im glad. food here is very expensive, having to spend a lot to have meat every meal. lentil stew is nice. it isnt meat, but everyone assures me it covers the same nutritional value. good to know. ps: ask for recipe didnt know sylvari could tan like i do. more vibrant than ever, and spots have gone lighter. i stand out like an amanita.. elonian humans are a bit taller than krytans, they seem less wary of me for being tall. still wary of me for being huge, red, and made of bark and sap.

i checked on the raptor today. it seemed to recognize me. stablemanager seemed delighted at this. dont know why i need a raptor. can carry my own things. we are leaving the village today as i my wounds are healed over. raptor bucked me off just outside the village and charged at me. will stay 'nother day or two. learn to ride. replicating raptor noises seem to be something that humans dont easily do. they in fact find it unsettling. kallaffina and her brethren were intrigued, and she forgot to struggle for several seconds before throwing me back in the dust. [there are bloodstains on the paper] dont touch raptor snout. very teeth. i tried to leave the village on my own. she followed. tried to grab her, got smacked with tail. went back to village. she likes jerky. girl of my own heart. [a small heart is scribbled by the note] i stayed with her past sundown for the first time. she must have never seen me glowing before, because she was transfixed. thought she was gonna attack, was wrong. just curled up next to me, snout under my arm. told her about home. dont know if she understood anything, just felt right. she likes hearing stories. calms her down. seems we have a lot in common. the biggest of her clutch. just like me. bad temper and all. even the fire... [there is an additional note that is scratched out] i get it now. not a pet. not a pack-dolyak. i wouldnt want someone to strap a pack to my back and lead me by a leash either. RAPTORS ARE AWESOME RIDING WAS SO COOL I HAVE NEVER GONE SO FAST BEFORE Kallaffina. something as powerful as her should have a name that is no less.

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Illdiyhr and Taerryn

"Nooooooooo.." A growly whine came from the tent. Taerryn smiled to herself, Illdiyhr must finally be awake. Adder looked towards the tent and sniffed the air for any signs of danger.

"Hush dear, I’ts just our friend. Go back to sleep." She petted him gently, scratching between his fronds just how she knew he liked. Adder sighed and laid back down on the sand next to her to doze off.

Another groan from the tent and Illdiyhr clumsily crawled out of the opening, tripping twice in the process. Irritated cursing and mumbling was interrupted by a loud yawn, and Illy made no effort to conceal their terrifying maw.

"Good morning sleepyhead." Tae laughed. The red sylvari stretched and flexed their limbs, yawning and snarling like a big cat. They rubbed their eyes and ran their hands through the silvery white leaves on their head, trying as best they could to rid themselves of the sleep.

"Mmmm g’murnin.." They mumbled as they methodically cracked all of their knuckles, followed by neck, shoulders and back. When Illy felt limber enough they plopped down on the sand next to their friend.

"Slept well?" Taerryn inquired as she poured Illy a cup of tea and handed it over.

"Mmmyeah I guess.." Illy mumbled, sipping on their tea. "I dont get it though.. Why would you do it?" They faced Tae, confusion in their round yellow eyes.

"Huh? Do what?" Taerryn blinked, brows furrowing a bit. Had they done something bad? Tae’s bright smile faded in worry.

"All of that money.. You gave me so much. You know I can’t repay you.." Illy sighed.

"Oh you big silly!" Taerryn grinned and elbowed Illdiyhr lightly. "You’re my friend, if I can help you I will~ Don’t worry about it." She rested her head on Illy’s shoulder.Illy smiled. They didn’t feel like they deserved any of this, but they were very grateful.

"Thank you." They placed a little peck on Tae’s cheek. "I dont know what I would do without you."

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"Shh, c’mere…", Illy and Tae

What Illdiyhr had heard was comparing them to risen, and otherwise implying they were equal to dragons minions. Having a short fuse Illy had of course confronted the Lionguard, who had no intention to apologize. The entire situation had ended with Illdiyhr having to be held back by two Charr lionguard after the argument had escalated into a full on fight. Illdiyhr had sustained a couple of wounds, but seeing how they had a physical advantage of about five feet and two hundred pounds Illy had managed to knock out the front teeth and break the ribs on the asura. In the chaos of the scene, with Illdiyhr raving and screaming while being held back Taerryn had gotten caught in the crossfire and Illdiyhr had accidently scratched her across the cheek. It was barely deep enough to bleed, but inflicting damage on their most precious friend had shocked Illdiyhr enough for the fight to end before anyone got killed. In the end Illdiyhr got yet another warning from the Lionguard, but avoided a fine since the racism displayed by their employee was considered a valid reason for their aggravation.

Ever since they had gotten back outside the gates of lions arch Illdiyhr had valiantly avoided Taerryn, from shame and fear of hurting her further. They had hidden in a small forest, taking out all their aggressions at the surroundings; destroying foliage and relentlessly punching tree trunks until the bark was all gone from their fists and the bloody mess underneath was visible. It wasn’t until the first stars had appeared on the dark sky that Illdiyhr’s chaotic train of thought had been cut of by a familiar voice.

“Illy? Illy! Oh thank the mother!” Warm arms were wrapped around Illdiyhr’s waist and they snapped back to reality. Suddenly they were cold and their body ached, and soon the stings from the nicks and scratches and the peeled off bark on their hands reached their mind.

“Where have you been? Me and Adder have been looking for you all day, I was so worried!”  Taerryn panted. Her trusted fernhound Adder followed her and greeted Illy with an arf. “Your hands!” Taerryn gasped in horror as she grabbed one of Illy’s hands. “Oh Illy no what happened? Were you attacked?” She looked Illdiyhr in the eyes with the utmost concern. Illy slowly shook her head, pulling their hand back from Tae’s gentle grip.

“Could.. Could we just go back to camp? I’m tired.” They asked, voice more stale than usually. Taerryn felt Illy’s need for space and helped them back to their camp. The walk was silent and awkward, and felt like it dragged on for much longer than it really did.

 As they closed in on their camp Taerryn was greeted by Feather, who sqwaked displeased at the fact that he hadn’t gotten his dinner yet. As Tae took care of her cranky moa Illiyhr tried to bandage their wounds, but their hands were shaking wildly and they weren't doing a very good job. The frustration grew and Illy wanted to curl up and hide away.

“Let me help you with that.” Tae’s soft voice cut through the thoughts in Illy’s head. She gently grabbed their hands and cleaned the wounds with care and presicion, dabbing the dirt and dried blood away from the wounds before washing it and wrapping fresh bandage around the wounds. During the entire procedure Illy avoided eyecontact, and thanked the pale tree Taerryn didn’t ask any questions. When Taerryn was done treating the others hands she lit the campfire and placed their tea kettle on its holder above the growing flames. In the meanwhile Illdiyhr washed up and changed into fresh clothes. When they came back to sit by the fire Taerryn wrapped a blanket around their shoulders and served them tea before lying on her back and gazing up at the stars.

“I’m sorry.” Illy spoke.

“What?” Tae sat back up, looking at her companion with confusion in her eyes. “Illy what are you talking about?”

“I’m sorry I hurt you. I-I never meant to hurt you, you know I don’t I-i-I just didn’t have time to react when you stepped in front of me and I know I need to stop lashing out at people but I-“ A soft green finger landed on their lips and Taerryn shushes them softly.

“It’s just a scratch, I’m fine. And I know you would never hurt me. Don’t feel bad about it.” Taerryn moved closer and smiled at her friend. Illdiyhr met Taerryns gaze with sadness on their face. They carefully stretched out a bandaged up hand and slowly traced the scratch on Tae’s cheek. It cut cleanly through the outer layers of her bark. Illdiyhrs eyes welled up with tears at the sight and their lips quivered, making the smile drop from Tae’s face.

“Oh no Illy.. Shh, c’mere now..” She spoke softly and she scooted up to her friend and carefully wrapped her arms around their wide shoulders. Illiyhr sobbed openly into the smaller sylvari’s neck, their big arms very carfully returning the embrace.

“I’m sorry.. I’m so so so sorry…” They repeated over and over again, while Taerryn rubbed their back and held them tight. Illdiyhrs tears didn’t drag out for long, in the warm embrace of their best friend they soon fell asleep from the exhaustion of the days events.

The tiny scar the incident left on Taerryn’s cheek would make Illdiyhrs heart hurt every time they saw it.

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♚♞☾ Illy

Sits: Illy sits lazily and spread over more than one seat. Terrible posture.

Runs: Illy runs really fast in short bursts, but can't keep the speed up for long. Xe lacks endurance when running and preffers to go at a slow jog-pace for longer distances.

Sleeps: Lightly at night, heavily at daytime. Often gets anxious at night and gets nightmares. Snores loudly and takes up so much space. Steals your blanket and rolls ontop of you if youre next to xer.

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Illy, Matricia and any third character of your choosing! >:D

What they smell like:Illdiyhr smells like smoke and chilipeppers, and more often than not the coppery smell of blood doesn’t completely wash off.

Matricia smells earthy like soil, with hints of flowery herbs and rotting flesh.

Cheriach smells like machinery; Rust, oil, coal, pine sawdust.

How they sleep (sleeping position, schedule, etc):

Illdiyhr loves sleeping on the days. Xe falls asleep mostly everywhere, especially if its sunny outside. Nighttime xe lays awake a lot and tends to have nightmares. Xe sleeps on xer stomache or side to avoid pain from the scars on xer back.

Matricia doesn’t sleep a whole lot, she likes night better than days and usually goes without sleeping until she collapses, at which point she just sleeps wherever for however long she feels like.

Cheriach tries to keep a normal sleep cycle, but often finds himself staying up late tinkering with something.

What music they enjoy:

Illdiyhr likes all calm music, as long as it isn’t too sad.

Matricia really doesn’t care for the music of others, but sings to herself every now and then. When she does it’s more of a wordless melody than song.

Cheriach likes drum-heavy music, clanking metal and things that has a steady rythm.

How much time they spend getting ready every morning:

Illdiyhr doesn’t care much for beauty, and even less for morning. Spends more time getting out of bed than getting ready, but usually washes up and makes sure xer foliage isn’t all over the place.

Matricia dusts off herself and brushes her hair. She washes if there is water nearby, but really doesn’t care about appearance as long as her scarred up eye is concealed.

Cheriach does care about his appearance, and eaither spends ages making sure his bark is smooth and his leaves in their place OR he doesn’t do anything at all. Some days energy isn’t enough, but he likes to do it when he can.

Their favorite thing to collect:

Illdiyhr likes teeth. Xe usually yanks them out of dead opponents skulls and keeps as trophies. Don’t tell Taerryn though, she might be freaked out.

Matricia really doesn’t care for posessions, but likes surrounding herelf with insects. Moths in particular.

Cheriach likes everything, he has a problem throwing away anything, thinking it might come in handy at some point later in life. He is especially into collecting little trinkets and doodads, the cheap kind sold to tourists.

Left or right-handed:

Illdiyhr and Matricia are right-handed, Cheriach is left-handed.

Religion (if any):

Illdiyhr is open to most things, and while xe doesn’t outright believe in a set deity xe likes to think something is keeping xer safe. Especially after surviving the attack on Lions Arch.

Matricia is very religious, but always leans towards darker gods like grenth. Could easily fall into corruption seeking power or answers.

Cheriach has a strong aersion towards most things magic, and has some bad experiences with religious people. Still respects others personal beliefs.

Favorite sport:

Does murder count cause thats probably Illy’s favourite. Otherwise any kind of fighting where one gets to go all out.

Matricia somewhat looks down on physical activity so she wont do any kind of sports.

Cheriach is more of a chess and math kind of guy.

Favorite touristy thing to do when traveling (museums, local food, sightseeing, etc):

Illdiyhr loves loves loves food and will eat everything in sight.Matricia likes to just observe and take in her surroundings.

Cheriach likes most things but has trouble paying attention to one thing for long and can easily get overwhelmed in situations full of new exciting things.

Favorite kind of weather:

Illdiyhr likes scorching hot sun and will soak up as much heat as xe can.

Matricia likes still weather, especially heavy fog or light rain.

Cheriach loves storms of all kinds.

A weird/obscure fear they have:

Illdiyhr fears that anything is going to happen to Taerryn much more than anything that might happen to xer. Pretty claustrophobic, and gets triggered by anything that reminds of whips.

Matricia isn’t outright scared of anything, but would want to avoid being burned alive if possible.

Cheriach really doesn’t like magic, but necromancer minions really freak him out the most.

The carnival/arcade game they always win without fail:

For Illdiyhr probably whack a mole or the sledgehammer thingy.

Matricia has an uncanny luck at lotteries.

Cheriach would win all the shooting based games.

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♮ Illy and Tae :D

OOooh boy this turned out WAY sadder than i ment for it to be

“Illy have you seen my-“ Taerryn slapped a hand over her mouth. She had entered their tent only to find Illdiyhr in the progress of undressing.

“Oh gosh im so sorry!” She exclaimed as she averted her gaze.

“Tae it’s fine.. “ Illdiyhr sniggered at Tae’s flustered reaction. They were still in their underwear after all. Illdiyhr sat down and dug up some fresh rolls of bandage from their bag of medical supplies. The burns they had sustained when scarlet attacked Lions Arch were slowly healing, but still needed a lot of tending to. Tae sat down next to Illy to help them.

Without really thinking about it Taerryns gaze wandered over the red sylvari’s body. The bark had been charred badly in many places, and the big scabs covering the burns where a mishmash of coal black bark and hardened gold sap. It made quite a contrast to Illy’s otherwise bright red bark.

Illdiyhr carefully wrapped the burns on their arms, making sure the bandages sat nice and tight, but without cutting off the bloodflow. Tae took care of the ones on their legs, but was distracted by a curious scar on Illys left thigh. Thoughtlessly she traced the several lighter coloured areas that formed a curve around the entire outside of the leg. “It was a charr.” Illy said, catching Tae off guard. “I was attacked back when I lived in Ascalon by a group of Flame. Killed the whole lot of ‘em, but this one got a taste ‘a me.” Illy grinned, flashing razorsharp fangs. “I got a bit more than a taste ‘a them in revenge.” They laughed to themself.

Tae nodded slowly, feeling a bit squicked by the images in her head. They finished wrapping up Illy’s leg together.

“This one right here..” Illy pointed to a series of scratches across her stomache. “I got in a barfight. Things got out of hand, I was joking around with some norn and before I knew it they had broked a bottle on the counter and slashed me with it. Their loss though, I won the fight AND got them banned from the bar.” Illy snorted and Tae laughed in unison. “And the ones on your back? You got an awesome story about those as well?” Tae asked with a smile, drawing the conclusion that all Illy scars came from won fights. Illdiyhr face went pale, and their smile completely disappeared. They traced some of the long vertical lines that went all the way up on their shoulders. Illy thought Tae hadn’t noticed them, they thought they had faded by now. Tae looked with concern at Illy, clearly sensing something was wrong. Purposefully avoiding eyecontact Illy turned their head away.

“I was only some months old. I took my first journey out into Caledon. I was only going to be away from the grove for a couple of days. I met this other sylvari.. his name was Niwed. He was so charming and had so many tales of journeys around Tyria..” Illy bit their lip and drew a harsh breath. “I was such a fool. They had warned me, told me to bring some kind of weapon..”

Taerryn stared in disbelief. She knew Illdiyhr had faced hardships in their life, but not like this.

“He said he was going to introduce me to his friends so that I could hear their stories as well. We walked further into the woods and reached a small village. I was sweettalked by all of their members, and really wanted to stay there. They were all so friendly. Then…” Illdiyhr clenched their fists and bit their lip even harder to hold back the burning feeling of tears behind their eyes.

“They started talking about how The Dream is a lie, how I had been deceived by Mother.. I realized only then who they truly where. I tried to run but they stopped me. I was bound and kept in a cage like an animal for.. I don’t know how long. They tortured me Tae!” Illdiyhr finally turned to face their friend, tears pooling in their big eyes. “They.. they tried to make me fall.. They whipped me until I fainted from the pain more times than I can count. I have no idea how long I was there.. I blacked out every now and then. All I can remember coming to my senses one day with my arms around Niwed’s throat. He was already dead and cold by then. I saw nobody else in the entire camp, and after that I ran. I didn’t dare go back to the grove after that..” Speechless Taerryn embraced her friend, holding them until the sobbing stopped.

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♮ right back at you with the same babs

Taerryn looked up as Illdiyhr peered into the tent, waving cheerily. “Hey Illy! Oh!” she stood up quickly, looking for where she’d left her shirt. Her hands smoothed nervously over her stomach, covering the crescent moon scar. The worst of her few marks. “Um I can put some clothes on if you want.”

"It's fine." Xe tilted xer head at the patches of gnarled bark. "What happened?"

She looked down at the scars, feet starting to twitch. "Oh, this one was a krait spear." She ran a finger along the short scar. "Ran me through and pinned me to the ground. It was a good thing I had Adder with me.

"And these..." Taerryn paused to swallow as her fingers ghosted over the other scars. "A Nightmare Courtier attacked me last year, while I was walking home."

Illdiyhr scowled, stepping closer and pulling Taerryn to xer chest. "If I see that weed, they're dead."

"She's already dead, Illy," Taerryn assured, snuggling into the warrior. "But thank you. That means a lot."