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What Breed of Cat/Dog are your Characters
Tagged by @brynwrites for what has to be one of the funnest questions ever (thank you to the anon who asked it) I followed in Bryn’s footsteps and created a couple canva grids for my two WIP’s.
Keeping Secrets:
Winter’s Mourning
Tagging @typentea, @chantingwrites, @theticklishpear, @aschenink, @mcubed35, @hklunethewriter, @dreamwishing, @talkingstoriesandstuff, @alittle-writer, @endlesshourglass and anyone else who wants to do this (no pressure if you don’t/ don’t have time.)
Original Fic Fest - Day 1 - Characters
Alright! After a very busy weekend I’m finally ready to sit down and play catch up with @originalficfest .
Day 1 is characters. I’ve put the two protagonists for each story above the cut and the rest of my mains are below the cut. You can click on their names to be taken to their tag pages. I’ve also included a brief intro for my side characters, for those of you who’ve already been following me.
Keeping Secrets
Main Characters
Liam
Liam is the protagonist of Keeping Secrets. He’s a 21 year old college student who left his small town for school and hasn’t been back to visit in over two years. He’s gay and out at college, but is not out in his home town. Rather than face the potential disappointment of his family Liam enlists Jess to come home with him and fake a relationship for the holidays.
Jess
Jess is the secondary protagonist in Keeping Secrets. She’s 20 years old, and Liam’s best friend at college. Always one to look out for the underdog, Jess readily agrees to Liam’s plan knowing that he was bullied in junior high and high school. She hopes that coming home with him will allow her to help defend him against Greg’s bullying, only to find that the situation isn’t quite as one-sided as she believed.
Winter’s Mourning
Main Characters
Khiar
Khiar is a Deity who’s abandoned his position. As the son of the God of Death, he was never meant to be born. His father bent and broke the rules, made deals and killed another child, all to have him. It wasn’t something he asked for, but the accountability seem to have fallen to his shoulders. Tired of being judged for his father’s actions and choices, and disappointed by his position as the God of Mourning (a position he sees as a penance for his father’s actions) Khiar fled his home and has since been living among mortals.
Frustrated and bitter towards many Deities, Khiar uses his ability to see spiritual energy to identify the talisman of other Deities and steal them. He then sells them on the black market. It’s proven lucrative, and Khiar has started to make a name for himself, so when a client seeks him out with a job to steal an ancient talisman that belongs to a sleeping goddess he thinks nothing of it.
Little does he know that stealing this talisman will put the entire pantheon in danger.
Visadelle
Visadelle despises the Deities. As the last born child to the God of the Ocean, she stands to inherit his Godhood should she die, and this has painted a target on her back. A deal struck between the Goddess of the Moon and the God of Death, was meant to see her dead at birth. The only reason she was spared was so that her fate could be bound to his son’s and she would die in Khiar’s stead.
Angry over the callous meddling in her life and countless others, she’s turned to the old ways, and prays to the long slumbering Goddess, Tam, who is the original Deity that created the world. Wanting nothing more than to live the years she has in peace, she’s gone into hiding and spends her days guarding the ruins of one of Tam’s temples. However, when Khiar washes up onto her island and then makes off with a dangerous sacrificial talisman she’s forced to make a choice. Continue to keep herself safe, or go after him and retrieve the talisman before it’s used to kill others.
Keeping Secrets - Mains Continued
Greg
Greg is technically an antagonist, but not all is as it seems. He’s 21 year’s old and is Liam’s step-brother. When Liam returns home initially it seems like everything is the same as it always was, but we’re quick to learn that while Liam is still stuck in the way things were, Greg wants to make amends. After seven years of animosity it’s hard for Liam to believe he’s changed, and old habits die hard, but a lot can happen in two years and Greg is determined to proved he’s not the same person he used to be.
Derek
Derek is Liam’s love interest. He’s 19 years old, transgender, and out about being gay and it’s made life in his small town hard, but he refuses to hide who he is. He and Liam them met online, after Derek went searching for people to talk to and share experiences with. Realizing Liam was born in a town right near his he reached out to form a connection. Despite Liam insisting he’s not interested in having a relationship with anyone from the area, they have gotten closer over the last year and things have started heating up. Derek is hoping that Liam returning home and agreeing to meet are signs of a change of heart.
Side Characters
Christine
Christine is Liam and Victoria’s mom, and Greg’s step mother.
Scott
Scott is Greg’s dad, and Liam and Victoria’s step father.
Victoria
Victoria is Liam’s older sister.
Zack
Zack is Jess’s older brother.
Winter’s Mourning - Mains Continued
Nashari - Goddess of Wild Fire
Nashari is Khiar’s partner in crime. Having only recently come into her Godhood, after her father’s death she struggles to control her powers. Khiar agreed to help her with her control in exchange for her helping him get on his feet when he first left home. She taught him about life on the streets and selling things on the black market, and was the one who provided the contacts to have the talisman sold.
Having been an orphan from the age of twelve, Nashari is living it up now that she and Khiar are making money. She feels an immense sense of gratitude towards him, even though she refuses to admit it, and when push comes to shove would stand by him at all costs.
Arisu - Goddess of Navigation
Arisu has been watching over Khiar since he left home. It’s a fact Khiar has been aware of and tolerates, believing that she does so for his mother. The truth is Arisu is actually serving Qual. Initially charged with keeping Khiar away from Visadelle, Arisu has had an easy time doing her job, and has developed a soft spot for both Khiar and Nashari. However her loyalty is about to be put to the test, when their latest job takes them directly to the island Visadelle is staying on.
Talas - God of Tides
Talas is one of the few Deities Khiar has kept in touch with, after all he’s never had room to judge, since it was his mother that asked for the girl’s death. Caught between his parents struggle for power and vengeance, Talas yearns to follow in Khiar’s footsteps and abandon it all. Only he could never disappoint his parents like that. But when Khiar asks him for help with his latest job, Talas jumps at the chance, considering it a small act of rebellion. Little does he know he’s about to get swept up in a plot that could easily see him dead.
Other Characters
Satu
Satu is Arisu’s first official follower. When Arisu returned her youngest sister to her family, Satu offered her devotion as reward. She has since followed Arisu and acts as a means of contact to other Deities for the group.
Tigua
Tigua is the main antagonist to the series. She’s young demi goddess whose been wronged by the Deities and is tired of the way they stray further and further from their responsibilities and instead use their powers for selfish means. Sick of being the victim, she’s decided to take matters into her own hands and fix the problem.
Qual - God of Storms
Qual is Myr’s oldest child, and one of the first demigods to attain Godhood. When he found out that one of his favourite followers was pregnant with his father’s child, he knew her life and the baby’s would be in danger. After failing to save Neria, Qual took Visadelle in and has watched over her since. He’s determined to keep her safe no matter what the cost.
Ereb - God of Death
Khiar’s father and one of the two oldest created Deities. He always followed the rules and respected his position, but after dozens of failed pregnancies, he couldn’t bear to watch the love of his life loose another child. He abandoned his principles and morals, knowing there would be dire consequences for doing so. He’s just waiting for those consequences to catch up with him.
Aylin - Goddess of the Moon and Fertility
Aylin’s relationship with Myr has been a long and complicated one. There was a time when she loved him, but over the millennia that love has corroded and died. For her the only good thing to come of it was her son, a son who stands to inherit his father’s powers, and rule his father’s nation provided she can kill him before he produces another heir.
Moiral - Deity of Fate
Moiral is one of the oldest Deities in existence, and like Ereb has been loyal to Tam’s rules for all their life. However with Tam long gone and more and more Deities cropping up who care more about their self interest than caring for their followers, Moiral finds themself struggling to help maintain the balance of the world. They know the mortals are questioning the Deities place in the world, and it’s only a matter of time before things boil over. They only hope the pieces they’ve put into play will be enough to balance the scales before the entire pantheon is destroyed.
Tam - The All Mother, Goddess of Life
The original Goddess. Tam created the world, the people and six original deities eons ago. She charged them with caring for the world and maintaining the balance she’d struck. Only over the centuries her powers waned, as more and more life populated the world. As her children gained favour her own followers dwindled until her power could do nothing more than sustain the world she built. For Millenia she’s slept and no one has been able to wake her.
Myr - God of Oceans
Father to Qual, Talas, and Visadelle. He not only is a God, but he rules over the people of The Hook.
Masozi
A sailor on the ship Khiar and the others use to book passage that ends up getting dragged along for the ride.
Khione - Goddess of Winter
Khiar’s mother. Khione has spent much of her time since Khiar has left trying to keep tabs on her son and attempting to find a way to reconcile him with his father before it’s too late
Pride Month Character Tag
Tagged by @elizzawrites to list my characters that are members of the LGBTQIA+ community for pride month.
Thanks for the tag, and for starting this off!
Keeping Secrets Liam - Gay Derek - Transgender Male, Gay One of Greg’s friends is Pansexual And one more character is revealed as Gay but I can’t reveal him cause spoilers.
Winter’s Mourning Khiar - is somewhere on the Ace spectrum. I won’t know for sure where he falls until I start writing him. Nashari- Lesbian Arisu - Pansexual Talas - Polyamorus, Bisexual Qual - Gay Myr - Pansexual Moiral - Nonbinary Winter’s Mourning is still in development, so I suspect by the time I’m done that list will get a lot longer.
Original Fic Fest - Day 2 - Romantic Relationships
@originalficfest Here’s my entry for day two! Keeping Secrets: Liam and Derek The main relationship in Keeping Secrets is between Liam and Derek. The two of them have known each other and have been talking via the internet for around a year. Liam has sworn he’s not interested in dating someone from around his home town, but he can’t deny the chemistry between them, or the fact that he’s really grown fond of Derek, and has agreed to meet Derek in person when he comes home for the winter holidays and see if things develop further. Derek has always been interested in Liam, but knows Liam is wary of having a relationship in his home town. Still that hasn’t stopped him from hoping and day dreaming that it’ll happen anyways. With Liam returning home and bringing his best friend and support system, Jess, Derek thinks he might be gearing up to finally come out.
Jess and Greg Despite having a terrible first impression of him, Jess can’t deny she finds Greg attractive, and she can’t help but notice Greg seems to be a different person when Liam’s not around to pick a fight. It doesn’t take long before a few late night conversations reveal he’s not all Liam’s made him out to be, and Jess finds herself falling for the one person Liam would never approve of.
Greg didn’t have high hopes for Liam’s new girlfriend, since the last one hated him almost as much as Liam. He’s surprised and humbled when Jess seems just as eager to impress him as she is to impress the rest of the family. Determined to make amends with his brother, Greg jumps at the olive branch, hoping Jess might be a bridge to Liam, only to find himself walking a thin line between admiration and attraction. Winter’s Mouring: Khiar and Visadelle Meant to be the main pairing for Winter’s Mourning, Khiar and Visadelle kinda fall under the enemies to friends to lovers trope. They may not be literal enemies, but between Visadelle’s history with his father and her death being tied to his, they don’t start out on good terms. Especially seeing as Khiar has no idea who she really is. It takes them an entire book to get past their personal issues and actually start to warm up to each other and work together, but events at the end of the first book will smash down their remaining walls and they’ll develop a strong bond over the course of the second book, setting them up to have strong feelings for each other by the end and leave them with some hard choices. I can’t really talk about their relationship going into the third book, cause spoilers, but they are end game. That being said, their actual fates are still up in the air, and really depend on what sort of ending I end up going with.
Nashari and Arisu Nashari has the hugest of crushes on Arisu when we start the book. It actually borders on hero whorship, which Arisu isn’t really comfortable with. She is attracted to Nashari, but having helped Khiar rescue her from the streets and teach her to control her powers, she knows that Nashari is still in a very vulnerable place, and doesn’t want to take advantage. This leave the relationship in a pretty one sided place to start, and when Arisu goes missing, it kicks Nashari’s feelings into overdrive. It’s not until much later, when Arisu’s relationship with Qual, and the nature of her joining Khiar come to light that the relationship shifts. Nashari is left feeling betrayed and Arisu is caught trying to explain herself and regain the trust of two of her closest friends. Truthfully I don’t know how things work out between these two yet. I know I want Nashari to have a girlfriend in the end, but until I start writing I’m not sure if Arisu is the right person for the role, or if they’re better off as friends. Only time and writing them out will tell. Background Relationships
Qual - Qual is going to have a mortal male as a partner that he’s off seeing when Khiar first arrives to the island. What role that relationship might play beyond that I’m not sure. All I know is he’s gay and a very protective big brother.
Ereb and Khione - Khiar’s parents. One of the rare sets of Deities that are monogamous, Ereb and Khione’s love is deep and full of respect and devotion. Having watched her suffer the loss of far too many children and knowing how desperately Khione wants a child is what drives Ereb to make the deal he did.
Myr and Aylin - Talas’ parents. Exes. These two are probably one of the unhealthiest relationships in Winter’s Mourning, and they’ve had millenia to make it worse. Myr was Aylin’s first love, and first partner, only he’s not monogamous in the slightest and he quickly moves on from her bed to another’s. Over the centuries following they have an on again off again relationship that leaves Aylin more and more bitter and less and less satisfied. Eventually she conceives a child between them, but not because she wants him to stay, instead she intends to have him killed and have her child take over his Godhood.
Insecure for the OC rank game
Okay, this was harder to rank because everyone has insecurities of some sort, but I’m going with most serious insecurities to least. 1) Khiar from Winter’s MourningKhiar is great at convincing people that he knows what he couldn’t care less what they think, but the truth is he’s easily hurt, and hates criticism. Constantly being looked down on and held accountable for his father’s actions concerning his birth, Khiar is hypersensitive and immediately discards any criticisms as unfounded and blames most of his problems on his father. 2) Liam from Keeping SecretsAt college Liam is at home in his skin and perfectly comfortable with who he is, but his insecurities flare up as he heads back to his home town. He spends most of the story trying to hide the fact that he’s gay, for fear of the backlash from the town, and out of fear that his parents won’t be supportive and might be disappointed. In fact disappointing anyone is something Liam struggles with, and he constantly tries to please the people around him.
3) Jess/ Derek from Keeping SecretsBoth Jess and Derek have been through bad breakups recently that have left them feeling undesirable and wary of a new relationship. Jess was cheated on and Derek’s ex boyfriend kept him a secret because he was ashamed of being bisexual, and both are struggling to move past these slights.Feel free to send me more traits and I’ll rank my top three ocs that match them
6, 14, 21 and 28 for Liam please :)
6. Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?Liam will always hear Jess out, even when he absolutely hates what she’s saying to him. As for who he won’t listen to, that’s totally Greg. It could be a life or death situation and Liam would do the opposite of what Greg’s telling him, solely out of spite. 14. Would they agree with the term ‘guilty pleasure’? Do they have any?Liam revels in the things that most people would consider guilty pleasures. He’s all about show tunes, and karaoke. He learned to twerk just to get a rise out of people, and he’s just as likely to belt out Miley Cyrus songs as he is to sing Aretha Franklin. The only thing he actually feels guilty about is when he sneaks baked goods from Jess’ fridge. He regularly regrets it when he hops on the scale the next morning.
21. What would it take for them to break up with someone? What would be the last straw?Liam has only ever broken up with someone once, and it was his ex girlfriend after she cheated on him. It wasn’t even because she cheated on him, instead he was relieve because it meant she wasn’t happy with their relationship and he could finally admit he was gay. They were together for three years. It would probably take someone else, namely Jess, telling him he needed to end it before Liam would reluctantly end things. The only thing that would push him over the edge is being told he had to stop hanging out with Jess. That would get anyone dropped in a heartbeat. 28. Would they date a fixer-upper?Depends on what needed fixing and if he was already attached. Liam’s actually pretty superficial and normally wouldn’t date someone with poor hygiene or terrible fashion sense. That’s how he knew he was in trouble with Derek, the boy dresses like a nerd, and Liam still found him cute. As far as partners with mental hang ups go, Liam’s got more than his fair share of issues and if he ever found someone he wanted to commit to would be more than willing to take on theirs as well.
Thanks for the ask! <3