We had our epilogue session yesterday and the characters attended a party 6 months after the defeat of the Midnight Sun, so I whipped up some party outfits. From top left to bottom right, Zephrine, Therila, Florian, and Arrian, an ex-assassin Zephrine helped reincarnate + rehabilitate and has ultimately adopted along with her husband, Viseryn (It makes sense in context)
I'm gonna miss playing Zephrine and I did in fact cry at some points but I'm happy she's gonna live her best life from here on!!
Fusion of Zephrine and Therila. How would that go/work? (DB nerd huehue)
Oh dear. Well, I’m really rough on how DB fusion works but I will do my best!
A Zephrine/Therila fusion, or a Therine, if you will, would be... interesting. She’d be a sorcerer/druid combo, so she’d be skilled in both natural and arcane magic. She’d also have like, REALLY good mental stats? Charisma and Intelligence out the butt, and a Wisdom that’s not bad either no thanks to Zeph lmao. Physical stats would be less amazing, but not abysmal. Strength is collectively their lowest stat at a mutual 10, so... no heavy lifting for them. But they would be incredibly skilled magically, and pretty good at figuring things out and talking to people.
Personality-wise, Zeph and Therila are both very alike and very different. If we emphasize the traits they share, though, and meet halfway with their differing ones... I think we’d end up with someone who was confident, but grounded in reality. Straightforward, but tactful when needed. Extremely passionate about people and about nature and doing what’s best for both. Someone who was very firm in their morals, but could be a bit self-righteousness as a result. She’d also be stubborn, and have a temper. Her heart though, I think would ultimately be in the right place, and she’d never turn her back on someone who needed her.
Also, she’d probably, most definitely laugh at dad jokes and crack terrible puns.
And yeah, hope that gives you an idea! Thank you for the ask, this was a neat lil’ thought experiment and very fun to do!
So now that the campaign is over (And before the dragon age brainrot overtakes me tomorrow), I can actually show off Zephrine's no-longer-hypothetical children! Zephrine adopts her first right after the campaign and then has her first bio kid about 10 years post-campaign, and goes from there. She doesn't exactly settle down in that she's still very very very politically active as that's her life's passion, but she does enjoy a nice, if unconventional family life while she's continuing to be a girlboss.
The art is a bit old for most of these but you'll get the idea, have a rough summary of each below:
Arrian Shaxarn- lawful neutral -they/them. fire genasi- blue draconic bloodline sorcerer/assassin rogue. (belongs to @greyfen)
The first of Zephrine's children, a former assassin who was reincarnated by Zephrine after they met their gruesome end at the hands of a vampire. They're in their mid 20s(late teens equivalent for fire genasi) when they meet Zephrine, which initially made her a bit bemused and apprehensive when her newlywed husband Viseryn suggested they adopt them after the defeat of the Midnight Sun. Initially it was proposed as a means to grant them citizenship in Tiamyra faster, but ultimately the two consider Arrian as one of their own and are very supportive and close. As far as Arrian themself; they're very thoughtful, polite and kind, though they do have a slight vain streak befitting someone with dragon blood. They end up being quite politically active and have similar views to Zephrine, which means they get along quite well, and they're very supportive of each other. Overall they're quite grateful to both Zephrine and Viseryn for the opportunity at a literal new life that doesn't involve being a tool of an assassin guild.
Marciel Celestine DuPrei- she/they/he- gold dragonborn -chaotic good- swashbuckler rogue/circle of the shepherd druid
Marciel is Zephrine's first biological child and only child with Florian. She was unplanned, which combined with Zephrine's political career meant that socially she may as well be a bastard (Zephrine is married to Florian but unofficially, her official marriage is to Viseryn, though she loves them both. The polycule isn't entirely secret but not publicly broadcast either. It's complicated), and therefore she was mostly raised by other people, predominantly Therila and Florian. She has a bit of a complex about this and thus her relationship with her mother can be a bit contentious and Marciel generally avoids her when she can. As for them, they're rebellious, hedonistic and arrogant but good-hearted and fall into the life of an adventurer quite easily as they very much enjoy fighting monsters, helping the downtrodden, and being the center of attention.
Circe is the first bio child that Zephrine has with Viseryn, and due to her lineage + being an aasimar, she has a lot of expectations placed upon her shoulders. While her parents are very supportive and understanding, she unfortunately is somewhat of a public figure and some people get pretty weird ideas about her and her future. Some even go so far as to believe she's some sort of Chosen One, which Circe, as someone who wants to succeed on her own merits, hates. She's an intellectual and very passionate about magic and faith, but lacks the charisma of her mother or her siblings and hates being the center of attention. Despite being a bit grumpy as a person, she still shares Zephrine's more idealistic version of Tiamat, and is quite idealistic in general, even if she's bad at showing it. She wants to invoke change, but she wants to avoid harsher methods of doing so where she can. She argues a lot with Kallista and Marciel but gets on well with Arrian.
Kallista Shaxarn- she/her, red dragonborn, true neutral, green draconic bloodline sorcerer (belongs to @greyfen)
The second bio child between Zephrine and Viseryn and the youngest overall, Kallista is charismatic, mischievous, and ambitious. Feeling somewhat in the shadow of her other siblings, she's definitely the Loudest of them and like Circe wants to stand on her own merits as opposed to her lineage. She's also the most politically minded of Zephrine's children and has a lot of potential on that front, something that makes her parents both very proud and somewhat wary. She’s also probably the most ruthless of the children when it comes to her goals, but she matches that ruthlessness with an equally gregarious personality and a strong loyalty to those who’ve earned her trust. She looks up to Arrian but idolizes Marciel and tends to clash a lot with Circe, who she often accuses of being boring and no fun.
