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Every Friend Group Has:
I will win the knife fight by bringing more knives: Xandrie & Kressie
I will win the knife fight by bringing a large gun: Zailie & Jedu
I will win the knife fight with my bare hands: Rann & Lorie
I will win the knife fight by simply stopping the knife fight: Mos & Ved
And I am just here to watch whatever happens next: Lynie
'Grandkid Round-up'
Dalem Royal Family edition
(I don't have all the adults or youngest kids powers worked out so adults it's not mentioned and littles have a ?)
King Gregorin & Queen Lindal
Princess Kirree & Lord Mierauc
Terann: 16-19yo Superhuman Speed & Strength
Namos: 12-15yo Geokenisis & Zoolingualism
Vedon: 10-13yo Aerokenisis & Quiekinesis
Kresint: 8-11yo Hydromancy & Healing
Emailli: 4-7yo Cryokinesis & ?
Natia: 3-6yo* Agrokinesis & ?
Lynberlyn: 6w-3yo* Healing & Zoolingualism
Crowned Prince Bardyl & Princess Shara
Axandrela: 15-18yo Pyromancy & Telekinesis
Ezailabeth: 13-16yo Invisibility & Clairvoyance
Kalynet: 11-14yo Teleportation & Force Fields
Alore: 10-13yo Electrokenisis & Sonokinesis
Divadly: 7-10yo Gravity Manipulation & Zoolingualism
Saphori: 1-4yo Pyromancy & Sonokinesis
Princess Carty
Prince Rotber & Lady Caram
Gailiabi: 3-6yo* Geokenisis & ?
Miwilla: 1-4yo* Super Strength & ?
Belasi: <2yo Electrokenisis & ?
Ronexan: (Newborn in Fearless epilogue 1y later) Siren Song & Sonokinesis
Princess Amaniki & Lord Hojnatan
Jashou: 7-10yo Walking Through Walls & Afterimage Mirage
Tranent: 5-8yo Power Borrowing & Psychometry
Raia: 3-6yo* Silver Tongue & ?
Arzycah: <2yo Gravity Manipulation & ?
=21 Grandkids
*rounded up a few weeks, cause Powerless starts mid August, while Fearless ends end of May, and they're all summer birthdays
(Oldest 7 in semi-random order, little 13 by age)
(And I mean, powers kinda manifest at random times through childhood, so most of the babies haven't manifested any powers yet by the end of the series - let alone both, but I know them even if it won't be relevant till 10y after the epilogue...)
Ok, so I've been obsessed with Encanto lately (especially the songs!) and my mind keeps drawing parallels/similarities between Encanto and my Edramel Chronicles, and giving me more character/world building ideas. And I already have character aesthetic playlists for all 5 narrators and the next 4 most important characters, so that is obviously the only thing my brain will let me think about.
I know I'm putting Surface Pressure on Kressie's playlist; isn't the oldest, but ends up with that stress and has power that makes them seem invincible? Yup! And I'm seriously debating putting Waiting On A Miracle on either Kalynet (can't intentionally use/refrain from using her powers) and/or Terann's (powers manifest late) playlists. Namos might get Surface Pressure too simply because applied to him the "I'm as tough as the crust of the earth is" is both irony and a pun that makes me giggle hysterically. And with Zai's 'lawful good to chaotic neutral' story arc What Else Can I Do could definitely fit.
But I'm also wanting to and really debating whether or not putting What Else Can I Do on Xandrie's is a bad idea. Cause yes 'oldest sister/(f)cousin in a huge family where everyone has magic and 3 generations all live together, is expected to be a perfect princess but is actually a feral chaos gremlin' definitely describes Xan just as well as Isabela. But Xan also only ever puts on the facade of perfection for a few hours at a time, and is already half feral on a good day. And yeah having her explore the extent of her telekinesis like that would be cool cause she doesn't play with it alot, but with Xan primarily being a pyromancer... yikes...
Like:
Xandrie: *on fire* *levitating herself* *everything around her on fire* *eyes glowing red* *ash flying everywhere* *EVERYTHING flying everywhere* *using so much power that she's hurting herself from strain and accidentally actually burning herself* *deranged giggling* *utterly feral grin* 🎶WHAT ELSE CAN I DO!?!?🎶
Kressie: *in a bubble of water in order to even come close* *kinda amazed but mostly terrified that Xan might have lost it* *frantically trying to both douse and heal her before she kills someone - possibly herself* 🎵Bring it in! Bring it in!🎵
(And yes, simultaneously dousing and healing hugs are already an established thing for those two when Xan let's her powers go wild)
I realize that power-wise Kresint is literally just a waterbender, even her name is a play on 'Cresent Moon'. And I think I subconsciously knew that when creating her. But I also based all characters off family members and assigned powers based on a multilayered criteria of personality, what would fit story wise, and what I thought would be funny, and picked names as anagrams with a letter or two added/removed/changed to help it flow. And I hadn't watched or even thought about Avatar in years at that point. Like yes, thanks to Netflix I've re-watched it several time since then, including with the cousin Kresint is based on, and I even jokingly call her my little waterbender. Kresint is also my 'thousands of hidden blades' knife thrower akin to Mai.
But surprisingly these were not some of my MANY intentional fandom references in this series, this one was completely subconscious.
She got water powers because somehow, even as a teenager, if this cousin has even a quarter of a glass of water, she ends up drenched head to toe, sitting there sputtering in confusion because "I was going to drink that..." but muscle memory insisted that she needed to be drenched. Because she's the girl who will starfish in a kiddy pool fully clothed, simply because she sees water and needs to be soaked. Because she's the kid who's favorite prank is to randomly put a few drops of water down the back of someone's shirt, and then falls over laughing at how funny it is. Because she's the kid who can be having the worst day, but will instantly perk up at the suggestion of swimming, and is always impossible to get out of the water because "I live here now." (until you point out that she can't read if she never leaves the water.) Because she's calm and cool, but a fridged tempest when provoked just like the ocean.
She has healing powers because she's the kid who always has bandaids in her pocket, and knows how to help even if she doesn't have the typical treatment for something. Because she's one of the biggest clutses I've ever met, and yet she rarely actually ends up hurt, and even then no where near as much as she should be. Because she's the one kissing the little kids' 'boo-boo's better before sending them back to play. Because if you're having a bad day, you go to her for a hug, and suddenly EVERYTHING is better.
She has water and healing because they just work together. Because I needed a healer and she made the most sense. Because I needed someone the same yet opposite to counter and compliment my own/Axandrela's fire, and she was the obvious choice. Because I had an idea in my mind for a scene where Xan’s fire and rage are out of control and literally burning her up from the inside, where she needs to be calmed, doused and healed all within seconds, and a hug from this cousin was the only thing I could think of that could calm me that fast.
And Kresint has a million knives, often stolen from other characters, because this is something 110% taken out of reality.
I make alot of intentional fandom references in this series. Because the people many of the characters are based on are major geeks. Because these fandoms have had a significant influence on both my life and storytelling style. And because its easier to adapt other fictional works to exist as such in a story than to create a million additional stories of your own to be merely referenced briefly. But this reference, as perfect and blatant as it is, was not intentional.
Though Vedon - Kressie's brother just older than her - wielding a boomerang was totally intentional. Since he's an aerokinetic it works really well with his powers too. We tried to convince the cousin he's based on to have fans as weapons as well, but apparently they're "too girly"
TLDR: Kresint is essentially a healing trained waterbender with as many knives as Mai. Vedon is an airbender with a boomerang, who thinks fans are 'too girly' of a weapon. Only the boomerang part was intentionally meant as a ATLA reference (the fans were intended as a reference to Kagura from Inuyasha, but he turned them down)
No one took TVTropes away from me, (this counts as character development right?) so I now present:
Edramel Kids according to TVTropes
Terann
-Blue is Heroic
-Trickster 'Twins' (With Xan)
-Promotion to Parent (temporary while on adventures, mostly in Book 1, also because of the Massive Numbered Siblings trope)
-Heroic Neutral
-Lightning Bruiser
-BA Normal (ish...)
-Took A Level In BA
-The Strategist
-Jerk With A Heart Of Gold
-Action Hero
-Didn't Think This Through!
-Dork Knight
-Super Speed
-Super Strength
-Does Not Know His Own Strength
-Knightly Sword And Shield/BFS
-Big Brother Bully
-Large And In Charge (at least, he thinks so and compared to the other kids...)
Axandrela
(this girl is a walking trope... I tried to limit her list, but it didn't work... I could probably add another dozen or so...)
-Action Girl
-Chronic Hero Syndrome
-Magic Knight
-Rebelious Princess
-Mind Over Matter
-Playing With Fire (Required Secondary Powers: mostly fireproof and My Blood Runs Hot)
-Firey Redhead
-Red is Heroic/Red is Fire
-Flaming Sword
-Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me
-Attention Deficit ... Oooohhh Shiny! (Actually ADHD though, even if certain symptoms are played for comedic effect)
-Didn't Think This Through!
-Rapunzel Hair/Regal Ringlets
-Compressed Hair
-Bezerker Button
-Nobody Touches The Hair
-Knight Templar Big Sister/Big Sister Instinct
-Wholesome Crossdresser/Sweet Polly Oliver (Mulan style)
-King (Princess) Incognito
-Trickster 'Twins' (With Rann)
-Promotion to Parent (temporary while on adventures, mostly in Book 1, also because of the Massive Numbered Siblings trope)
-Jack of All Trades
-Cuddle Bug
-Bite of Affection
-Motor Mouth
-Does Not Like Shoes
-Definitely Just A Cold (Book 1)
-Belated Injury Realization (Book 2)
-Handicapped BA/Hiding the Handicap (as result of the two above)
-Unexpected Successor/She's the King (Book 4/Epilogue)
Ezailabeth
-Deadpan Snarker
-Snark Knight
-Lady of War
-Ninja
-Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
-Smart People Wear Glasses
-Blind Seer
-Dreaming Of Things To Come/Dreaming Of Times Gone By/Dream Spying
-Dual Weilding
-I Did What I Had To Do
-Unscrupulous Hero
-Femme Fatal
-Invisible Means Undodgable (her own feet)
-Supernatural is Purple
-Regal Ringlets
-Bow and Sword in Accord
-The Bard
-Big Little Sister
-Statuesque Stunner
-Tall, Dark, and Snarky
Namos
-Redheaded Step Child (inversion. Rann and Xan once convinced him he was adopted because he's the only one of his siblings without red hair)
-Butt Monkey (all of Rann's and alot of Xan’s jokes)
-Dishing Out Dirt
-Animal Lover
-The Cynic
-Took A Level In BA
-Only Sane Man
-Stout Strength
-Drop The Hammer
-An Axe To Grind
-The Beastmaster
-Not Good With People
-Beware The Quiet Ones
Kalynet
-Baby of the Bunch
-Incorruptible Pure Pureness
-Adorkable
-Wide Eyed Idealist
-The Heart
-Didn't Think This Through!
-Fun Personified
-Kid Hero
-The Trickster
-Cheerful Child
-Barrier Warrior
-Random Teleportation
-Power Incontinence
-Cheshire Cat Grin
-Pint Sized Kid
LITTLE KIDS
Vedon
-Blow You Away
-Flight
-Tornado Move
-Adorkable
-Wide Eyed Idealist
-Blue is Heroic
-Battle Boomerang
-Sensitive Guy
-The 'Quiet' One (at least compared to his family...)
-Silent Snarker
Alore
-Little Miss BA
-Little Miss Snarker
-Shock And Awe
-Make Some Noise
-Battle Ballgown
-Emo (Pre)Teen
-Yellow Lightning, Blue Lightning
-Dual Weilding
-Drama Queen
-Choleric
Jedu
(He's really not tropey, and I could barely find this many...)
-Child Prodigy
-The Smart Guy
-Gageteer Genius
-BA Bookworm
-Automatic Crossbow (semi auto at least, but crossbows are really rare...)
-Light 'em Up (ish. He has lumokinesis and thermokinesis but not the sacred/holy implications...)
-Honorary True Companion
Kresint
-HIDDEN WEAPONS
-Extended Disarming
-Combat Haircomb
-Flechette Storm
-BA Adorable/Pint Sized Powerhouse (she's 7yo at the start of the series, and only 11yo at the end)
-Making A Splash
-Blue is Heroic/Blue is Water
-I Have Brothers
-Combat Medic
-Healing Factor/Healing Hands/Empathic Healer
Book 3 Hopeless: *Mid Battle*
Terann: Quick! Hand me a knife!
Kresint: *checks sheaths* I'm out!
Terann: Well what do you have?
Kresint: *starts pulling stuff out of her pockets including a book, a paintbrush, a fan with built in knife sheaths, a few toys, and a metal sugar bowl sealed with clamps*
Terann: Wh...Why do you have all this in your pockets?!? What do you need a sugar bowl for?!?
Kresint: For Very Flavorful Deliciousness in Violent, Fearful, Dangerous situations.
Alore: It's filled with chocolate because I'm Very Freaking Depressed.
Kresint: *opening the sugarbowl and handing Alore a peice of chocolate* Eat, you'll feel better.
*5min Later*
Kresint: *Throws another blade into enemy's throat*
Terann: I thought you said you were out of knives!
Kresint: That was my hair stick!
Modern Clothing Aesthetics:
Rann: This kid doesn't care. Its jeans or cargo pants and t-shirt with a pair of sneakers. Sometimes he'll spice things up by adding a sweater, or swapping his runners for hiking boots. If he wants to look nice he'll make sure his shirt is a solid color and throw a leather jacket on. His entire color scheme is dark blues, red, black, and camo.
Xan: I mean she would prefer to be in nothing but a swimsuit for her entire life, but that's not an option. None of her jeans started with rips, all of them have rips now. 80% of her tops are from Comic-con. Gryffindor Letterman tied at her waist in case it gets cold. Has worn through 5 green cargo jackets. Collects leather jackets. Hates shoes, but has worn through multiple pairs of ballet flats, combat boots and knee high boots. Navy, army green and reds. Typically goes without makeup or with just mascara. Either just throws on a cardigan or let's Zai control her wardrobe and makeup if she has to look nice. Has a red trenchcoat and a pair of heelys she wears together 'for the aesthetic'; no one knows what this aesthetic is.
Zai: She's actually just a model. Makeup, particularly eyeliner is poppin and she knows it. Flowy blouses and lightwashed high waisted skinny jeans. Pastels, florals and deep burgandy. Has a pastel pink leather jacket and a pale tan trenchcoat. Won't hesitate to wear 6inch heels even though shes already 5'10". Always looks straight off the runway, even when wearing geeky stuff she bought at Comic-Con.
Mos: This kid cares even less than his older brother. Wears basketball shorts outside in the middle of a snowstorm. Has 8 of the same emerald green t-shirt. Never wears a coat, and has one pair of shoes that he's worn through but refuses to replace. But when he actually tries he looks like a greaser, with dark jeans, a white t-shirt, and a black leather jacket.
Lyne: Mostly hand-me-downs from Zai, and whatever survived Xan. Doesn't really care but prefers bright colors. Cardigans and ponchos. Leggings and babydoll tops. Ballet flats. Looks like she stepped off Disney Channel. Like Xan she prefers function over fashion, but like Zai she realizes that fashion can still be functional. Also has lots of geeky attire from Comic-Cons.
Ved: He just kinda puts on whatever is closest to his bed, and ends up wearing jeans and a t-shirt every day. Unlike his brothers he hasn't quite realised that a leather jacket can up the coolness of an outfit by a thousand percent.
Lorie: This kid's entire wardrobe is from Hot-Topic. Blacks and navy blues. Black jeans or yoga pants. Wore out her Slytherin Letterman and got a new one. When it's not that jacket she steals one of Xan's half dozen leather ones. Combat boots. Learning to do her makeup as expertly as Zai, but tends to do her eyeshadow in darker colors. Dyes her hair black, much to everyones exasperation as it makes her look even paler, which none of them thought possible.
Jed: This kid is a tiny Professor. He has skinny slacks and jeans paired with sweatervests and pullovers. Wears suspenders and patterned socks. All of his t-shirts are solid colored, so even when he's relaxed he still looks put together.
Kressie: Fell in love with Xan's cargo jackets and got one herself to match. Fluffy oversized sweaters for warmth. Leggings are the only pants she wears. Steals Rann's hoodies. Mostly blues, greys and white, aside from her green jacket. Also relies on Zai and Lyne for fancy outfits.
I really want to do more colored art for this series, because although one of the laws of magic in Edramel is that it doesn’t/can't affect the physical form in any way, some of the characters you can look at and know their powers just from their appearance. Like Axandrela has heat bronzed skin, wild red curls, and carmel/amber-ish eyes that glow gold when she's overjoyed or feeling rage, and just an aura of uncontrollable yet warm energy; you look at her and you know she has fire even when there's not even a trace of ash on her person. But then we have characters like Kresint and Emailli, who both look very similar to Xan, their skin a similar base shade that just doesn't tan as easily, their eyes far darker brown, and their curls less wild yet still the same firey shade, yet they have powers over water and ice respectively. Meanwhile, Saphori is this pale and frail looking toddler with flowing waves of dark hair and startlingly bright silver eyes, yet she's the one with fire both because she needed that power to survive and it fits her. And the moment you see any of these three younger girls in action you understand why they have the powers they do, yet compared to the chaotic red & gold living flame that is Xandrie it almost seems a startling contrast.
