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the villain besties <3

this is really Dusk's book 2-3 design, and no I will NOT explain the face scar, but I like this hairstyle A LOT more than I like her boring-ass book 1 bob. Book 2 is when most of the Feilan dorks reach their "canon" designs, the way I picture them in my head when I talk about them.

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48, 24

24. Do any OCs have friends they haven’t met in person?

I mean, does Fianora count? Technically she’s not there in body, only in spirit.... that’s the shittiest pun I’ve ever made on this blog. Apart from that, Feilan takes place in a pseudo-medieval world, and most of my stories are fantasy ‘verses that don’t have modern technology, so I don’t think so! You kinda have to meet in person, there aren’t many other options. 

Nobody’s met the FOE in person, but he’s not exactly a friend. He’s kind of the polar opposite. 

48. Who is OC’s least favorite person?

MMmmmmmmmmmmmmm. No OC was specified so I’m gonna talk about whoever comes to mind, oh boy!

Sayara’s least favorite person is without a doubt this one councilman she has to deal with in the palace every so often. I keep changing his name, because he doesn’t ultimately matter, but he’s a huge jerk. He can’t hold a conversation with her without mentioning her family history and/or incompetence and/or stupidity (because clearly being forgetful is the same as being stupid, that’s definitely how it works). She finds the guy infuriating and wants to punch him in the crotch, and if she wasn’t clever enough to find sneakier tactics then she would’ve done it by now. As it is, she leaves pointy things inside the cushion of his Council chamber chair, and she figured out a curse to dye the seat of his pants neon green when he sits down. She’s quite proud of herself. 

Later on in the series, her least favorite person changes, but the new winner of the most-hated-by-Sayara award is a bit of a spoiler! 

Violet’s least favorite person is probably Kyrina. She hates how genuinely stupid Ky is, and she hates Ky’s obnoxious behavior, and she hates Ky even more after the war starts and everything goes to hell in a handbasket as a direct result of Ky’s bullshit. Violet also hates Sayara, but at least Sayara's intelligent enough to hold an entertaining argument. Kyrina just screams constantly and hits people with lightning when they upset her. 

Kyrina’s least favorite person is whoever the last person was to talk to her about something she didn’t want to hear. She has a severe temper issue and not much of an attention span. 

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DON'T FEEL TEMPTED TO ANSWER THIS UNTIL YOU'VE FINISHED THAT (relatable) AMOUNT OF WORK but I had to know: who are the three characters who can cause the most amount of damage on a battlefield??? Also, assuming Violet goes through therapy and finally has the energy to live a life she deserves, do u think she'd end up developing an interest in anything in particular???

lol I have some breathing time, I’m answering this now, because I need to scream. 

So I’m not totally sure what you mean by the most amount of damage on a battlefield--my initial read of this was most damage done on and to a battlefield, but that could also mean the most pain dealt, or... something. I’m tired, forgive me for my confusion. My top 3 on impulse are probably Kyrina, Dusk, and Amalie. 

Kyrina tops the charts no matter how the question reads, because she specializes in big area attacks. She’s going to do massive quantities of collateral damage in any fight she participates in and any attack she launches successfully will devastate multiple targets. 

Dusk is sort of an odd case here. She’s not well suited to one-on-one fights, but she absolutely ranks in terms of damage on a battlefield, because she specializes in arena control. Dusk doesn’t deal damage directly, but she is able to use a difficult spell that basically puts her in control of the field itself. She can take people by surprise and hit them with constructed obstacles, or herd large groups of enemies into a small area (where Kyrina can obliterate them with minimal effort). She’s a deciding factor in any major battlefield she enters. That counts as damage in my book. 

And Amalie has her air shatter and dark lightning. Air shatter is basically a controlled black hole, and Amalie’s dark lightning does continuous necrotic damage until it’s reversed by healing magic. Both of these are area attacks and they’re pretty powerful. 

Violet is OP in her own way, and she’s a very effective fighter, but her strikes are more targeted. Plus she’s a psychic who doesn’t do physical damage, so I don’t know if her specialty even qualifies for this! Violet is best used strategically as a sniper, supporting her allies. She has big area attacks and effects, but she can’t fire them off as often as the others. But she gets an honorable mention for being Really Freaking Cool. 

And speaking of Violet... yeah, she’s gonna do all kinds of things! I think when she’s older, she’ll actually go back to school. She and Aelia dropped out when the war started, Lavender’s the only one who keeps working towards her education during the story action. After things calm down, Vi’s going to go back and finish her education and learn how to really use the power she’s discovered. She’s a Darkness elemental, after all--she's naturally inclined to be a good study. 

And I think she’d also pursue fashion! She’ll make some really weird avant-garde stuff and Sayara will make fun of her, and then Vi reveals that it’s all inspired by one of Sayara’s weird stories, and then they’ll both get sassy with each other and get a nice nostalgia kick out of it. 

Maybe one day in the far distant future, she decides to start writing the same stupid bodice-rippers she so enjoys reading. That’d be wild. She’d have to publish them under a pseudonym, though, because otherwise they’ll do quite a bit of damage to her reputation! 

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In a Violet vs Kyrina fight, who would win?

Violet if it’s a one-on-one fair fight, Kyrina if it’s not. It’s usually not. 

To elaborate, Violet has powers and abilities that can slip around Ky’s defenses, and she’s also good at dodging. It’d be a long fight, because Violet takes time to prepare her attacks, but Vi should be able to win fairly easily. She’s a powerful psychic and Kyrina doesn’t have Illusion magic. She can turn invisible and teleport and Kyrina does not have a counter for either of those skills. Vi gets double victory points if they’re fighting in an area with cover or obstacles, because she hides well and she can use her surroundings as a shield while she charges up her finishing moves. 

However, Kyrina’s possessed by the FOE, and it’s nearly impossible to mind control someone who’s already being mind controlled by someone else. Brainpaining her also isn’t a very significant distraction, because if she’s in a fight then she’s probably being actively driven around by the FOE. Violet can’t brainpain the FOE. She can only target people she can see or sense. Plus, Kyrina doesn’t usually fight alone, she’ll come in the company of an army. Violet has area attacks but the more players you put on the field, the harder it’ll be for her to dodge. Violet’s also very easy to bait. If you threaten someone or something she cares about and provoke her aggro then she will throw strategy out the window and charge you. Once she’s up close, you really just have to punch her once or twice, and she’s down. 

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27, 33, 38 for Kyrina and Violet

27. If your character was going to get arrested, what would be the most likely reason for it?

Kyrina is arrested for YouTube crimes for throwing a temper tantrum and punching someone in the face, because she’s a twerp with an entitlement complex. 

Violet gets arrested for threatening a guy with multiple deadly weapons because he dared to flirt with Lavender or Aelia, probably. She’s the queen of disproportionate retribution. And/or she gets arrested for stalking someone after getting caught pulling weird pranks during the wee hours of the morning. (In canon she’s already a wanted criminal by virtue of being a princess in the rebel faction, but that’s political.) 

33. If your character wanted to be alone, where would they go?

Dusk cultivates a private garden in the castle courtyard, and Kyrina likes to hide there when she’s avoiding people, because the flowers are pretty and she’ll hear someone coming before they see her. 

Violet just locks herself in her bedroom and doesn’t come out. 

38. What kind of weather does your character like? Cloudy skies, rainy days, sunshine, etc?

Ky likes big nasty thunderstorms, but also those days when it’s so hot that you see heat waves. She hates the cold, she would rather be too hot than even a little bit chilly. 

Violet likes snowy evenings. Watching the snow fall is calming for her, especially when she’s inside and tucked away somewhere quiet by a window. 

Thanks for asking! 

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Im sorry if these power asks get a bit annoying, please don't answer them if you're annoyed! Assuming they all completed their evolutions who would win in a fight: Sayara vs Aelia; Aelia vs Violet; Sayara vs Violet; Sayara vs Kyrina; Aelia vs Kyrina; Aelia vs Amalie. Thanks, and again, sorry if this got annoying.

I am not annoyed at all, I am loving this excuse to talk about battle royales. Are you kidding? This is what I LIVE for. 

My one caveat here is that this is based on a neutral showdown--there’s some stuff that happens over the course of the series that changes how various people’s evolutions work, and a few characters (looking at you, sayara and kyrina... and tbh aelia....) have magical items and interfering factors that act as powerups or modifiers. I’m not factoring those into this, because almost all of them are major spoilers. No ghost powerups, no special necklaces, no legendary weapons, no sears, no curses, no cheating Paleness stuff, just the magic they’re born with. 

Putting the battle royale under a readmore because it’s very long and I don’t want to eat anyone’s dash!

Anyways, Sayara vs Aelia depends on the arena. In a face-to-face open-field firefight, Aelia wins because of her speed and targeting skills. Sayara’s a Light elemental whose attacks tend to be very flashy and choreographed, and Aelia’s built for speed and accuracy and evasion, so she’ll dodge most of what Sayara throws at her in an open space. She’s just really freaking fast. Plus Sayara can tank through a lot of damage, but she doesn’t have much to defend her from a psychic attack like the ones all the Ravenharts are capable of using. If Elli brainpains her, Sayara stands a 50-50 chance of dropping her shields and being open for an attack. And Aelia’s strong enough to just keep on doing that, which would incapacitate Sayara pretty effectively. 

In a confined space or an area with obstacles, the odds even out, and Sayara has a decent shot at winning. Sayara’s very creative and will supplement her subpar magical firepower with improvised weapons and distractions. Psychic attacks are most effective when you can see your target, so Elli can’t hit as hard if Sayara’s hiding, and Sayara will have places to go if she’s knocked out so she can recover. Plus, if you take away Aelia’s maneuvering space, then she can’t go nearly as fast. She’s agile but she has limits. Sayara could corner her and take her out, because she wouldn’t have anywhere to go, and her defense is pretty subpar. 

Aelia vs Violet is the battle of the psychics. These two have similar specializations, similar abilities, and firm defenses against each other’s best attacks. Violet wins here, because of a few very specific skills, but it’ll be a long fight. They both have the ability to target the mind directly, aka the brainpain I mentioned above, and they’re both rigorously trained to resist the same. Their primary elements are in opposition to each other, with the potential to cancel each other out. Aelia specializes in enemy debuffs and fast, accurate attacks; Violet is a classic glass cannon sniper with some very interesting defensive skills. 

The reason Violet wins here is because of two things: one, Violet has a skill that casts absolute darkness over an area. Within this darkness, it’s impossible for anyone to see anything, so Aelia wouldn’t be able to find Vi or move without being at risk. Two, Violet has a power I’ve nicknamed the “air shatter,” which literally creates a temporary black hole and completely destroys whatever matter is around it. This is fucking DEVASTATING when applied correctly. A bonus third thing, both girls can sense mental presences and sort of track each other in the dark, but Violet is much much better at it and can do this with more accuracy. Aelia hits moving targets easier, but she has to see them. 

Aelia attacks significantly faster than Violet, whose powers have very long casting times and cooldowns. This is the reason this is an endurance match. If Elli interrupts Violet’s spellcasting, that forces Vi to restart, and Vi can teleport all over the place but every time she does that it prevents her from preparing another attack. The reason Aelia doesn’t win with this is that Aelia doesn’t have as much endurance as Violet, and if all Vi’s doing is teleporting around to dodge then Elli will wear down fast. 

Sayara vs Violet is hands-down Violet’s win under normal circumstances. Sayara has really bad aim, and Violet’s good at hiding. Violet can be invisible for a lot longer than Sayara, and Vi is the empress of brainpain, and Vi can teleport... Sayara’s pretty screwed here. Her shields are great, but one good air shatter from Violet will rip one to shreds. Plus, Violet’s just a lot stronger in general. Without the powerups and items she hoards in canon, Sayara’s magic is the epitome of average, and Violet is one of the most OP fairies to have been born in centuries. It’s not a fair fight. 

The only way Sayara could win this is if Violet makes a strategic error and lets Sayara get too close--Vi’s specialty is long-ranged area attacks, and if she fires off an air shatter against someone who’s right next to her, then she’s gonna get hit too. Sayara will charge her and try to tackle her to the ground and beat her up physically, and Violet weighs 90 pounds soaking wet, if you punch her she’s going down. 

Sayara vs Kyrina is a win for Kyrina, probably, but it’s a very tough match. What you have here is a carefully-tailored unstoppable force vs immovable object situation. This is a fight that happens at least four or five times during the series, since Kyrina is one of the main antagonists... It’s a perfect pairing of specific skills and specific incompetences. I’ve built these two to balance each other out, with Kyrina slightly ahead. They’re actually very similar in terms of fight style, with Sayara leaning towards defense and Kyrina leaning towards DPS. 

Kyrina hits hard. She hits very, very, VERY hard. As a fully-evolved adult, she is strong enough to completely vaporize a person with one solid lightning bolt. Frankly, she’s strong enough to do that by her 8th evolution. There are... multiple character deaths in book 3. Kyrina can and will one-shot Sayara if she lands a decent hit at the beginning of the fight. Ky also has pretty decent shields, but she’s a sloppy fighter who leaves her blind spot open. Ky’s weakness is her endurance--she tends to blow all her power on the first few hits, and her attacks will grow steadily weaker of the course of a fight as she loses stamina and energy. 

Sayara can take a lot of hits, though. This is why she’s matched up against Kyrina in canon, because she has a level of bullheaded focus that makes her unbelievably tenacious even though her well of raw magic equates to less than half of Kyrina’s potential. Her shields are good enough to absorb maybe a hit or two from Ky before they’ll pop, and Sayara is focused enough to keep throwing up those shields until she literally runs out of power and burns out. She likes to dive in close to her enemies and hit them with as much force as she can muster, and then she’ll just keep doing it. Unlike most of the people you’ve sent her against today, Kyrina is not good at dodging, and will keep taking those hits and hitting back. 

This is an endurance match, plain and simple, and Ky wins by outweighing Sayara with sheer brute force. With both girls unaugmented and using only their own magic, Ky’s more than twice as strong as Sayara, so it’s just not a fair contest. Sayara gives her a run for her money, but if Ky’s lightning doesn’t bring her down, then she’ll bring herself down by burning through so much magic that she literally rips her soul apart. There’s a pattern to these Sayara matchups, and it’s that Sayara’s totally screwed in 90% of situations, because she relies on her legendary weapon and Fianora’s help (and a lot of blind luck) to win her canon fights. 

Aelia vs Kyrina is another toss-up. This is a fight where Kyrina’s other abilities come into play besides her lightning--when she fights against Sayara, she’s gonna mimic Sayara’s tactics and they’ll go at each other with brute force punches. Against Aelia, Kyrina will start to use her Storm powers with a little more creativity. She has the potential for a lot of arena control--she loves using lightning because it’s flashy and loud, but her aura is built for earthbending. If there aren’t obstacles already, then Kyrina will create some, by trying to hit Aelia with spikes of stone. Her aim is awful, but eventually this is gonna narrow down Aelia’s avenues of escape, and then Elli won’t be able to dodge Kyrina’s OP attacks. 

Aelia can’t use much psychic stuff against Kyrina, because when Kyrina gets brainpained her instinct is to lash out as hard as she can in every direction, and Elli can’t dodge when there’s nowhere to go. Plus she’s fast, but she lacks a lot of defense and like I said Kyrina is crazy strong. My instinct is to say that Kyrina wins here, but Aelia might have a decent chance, since she is definitely fast. I’m unclear right now about how much of these gals’ powers are their own, and how much is coming from [REDACTED FOR SPOILERS]. 

Both of these characters have several major factors influencing how their magic works in canon, and almost all of those factors are Major Spoilers. In canon, these characters fight twice over the course of the series. The first time, Kyrina beats Aelia handily. The second time, Aelia totally destroys Kyrina. Neither of these is technically a fair fight by anyone’s definitions. 

Aelia vs Amalie could be a lot like Aelia vs Violet, but because of the way Amalie’s magic works, she does not have any defenses against psychic magic. Amalie is physically incapable of resisting psychic attacks with any more skill than your average nonpowered human. That makes this matchup firmly Aelia’s win. 

Amalie’s skillset looks very similar to Violet’s. She has the same arena-darkening ability, she can use the same air shatter black hole spell (and she’s actually stronger with that specific move than Violet is), and she also uses a weird form of corrupted lightning-like magic that does what’s basically necrotic damage. Unfortunately, though, she cannot use ANY Illusion magic, so she’s mostly helpless against Aelia’s psychic abilities. She meditates a lot, and she’s smart, so she’s tougher to brainpain than average, but Aelia’s powerful. By the end of her evolutions, Elli should be well-trained to crush Amalie’s mind. 

If we disregard Aelia’s psychic abilities, then Amalie might win this fight, because she does have a number of area attacks. Aelia’s faster, but won’t hold up against a Darkness-fueled attack. Aelia’s psychic magic is the only reason this is an easy fight. 

Thank you so much for this ask, which wound up being super long! I love talking about my fairies and their abilities, because I’m really proud of how they balance each other out despite being ridiculously strong. 

An honorable mention, since we’re on the topic: Lavender could defeat every single one of these characters in a surprise attack, because she uses material magic, and her sleep-dust bombs are impossible to resist unless you see them coming and set them on fire before you breathe in any dust. She doesn’t need to be strong. If you don’t see her coming, which you won’t, then you’re doomed.