#twilightsylvari

[r0selace]

bBY YOU ARE MY ANGGGEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

Maelgwyn likes to look femme for dates with his starlight, but he still gets nervous about not being good enough, along with the shame of Being PerceivedTM. It leads her to doubt herself and how much his partner loves him despite their history together. She's gotten better about it! This is a depiction of one of the rare moments when it resurfaces. (also not pictured is his spouse off screen, probably thinking to themself "oh we're going to be late for our reservation.")

[the-desert-beast]

hey did u know that the average twilight sylvari's height is 7-8ft tall. did u know the Nine Firstborn are all insane in their own special ways including their fucken heights

Maelgwyn - 8'3" | 251 CM Rhosyn - 8'5" | 256 CM Llacheu - 7'3" | 220 CM Faeryl - 8'4" | 254 CM Kynwyl - 8'6" | 259 CM Morven - 9' | 274 CM Evnyssyen - 7'9" | 239 CM Cerwyn - 9'3" | 281 CM Lynette - 6'8" | 203 CM

[the-desert-beast]

welcome to the shapeshifter monsterfucker tree where your partner/boyfriend/girlfriend can turn into a big fuck off creature and hunt you for sport sexual style

and,

its literally just part of their culture. aside from personal preference why tf would any twi-vari feel any shame about using all the options they have available.

[the-desert-beast]

I want to just go insane about my sylvari and their shapeshifter stuff, okay so- The twilight tree is an elonian sylvari tree.

All 9 Firstborn after the death of Primordus gain the ability to shapeshift after completing "in-universe collection acheivs"- basically, their mom has to teach them about what The Fuck Just Happened. Maelgwyn is so so so out of it for like three weeks. The rest of the Firstborn are recovering from the absolute SHOCK of the [ORDEAL] (I have to eleborate another time i dont wanna get distracted also its like a whole thing anyway-) They start with this "collection acheivs" thing and it's just. Long. not difficult or anything. Also I will detail the collection acheivs thing eventually instead of just referring to it like that LMAO The actual shapeshifting is something "adult" twilight tree sylvari have full control over;

they have their humanoid form which is a basic twilight tree sylvari form.

They have the "second form" which is a sort of demi-human design (this is just digigrade peets and a tail)

the third form is also demi-human but it's much MUCH more creature; "horns" more "scales" almost-snouts, digigrade peets, tail etc last and final form is beastie-mode; four legged cryptid cat creature. Full on Monster.

I'm describing these like "tiers" but honestly it's more spectrum-like it's just that it's easier to explain like this.

The common trait of the beastiemode is that they are all ambush predators. cat-like. cryptid. monsters. absolute monsters. Beastie-mode is just a tad shorter than the large cat-like creatures the firstborn use as mounts (more on that another time teehee :3) Each of the firstborn has a unique beastie-mode that goes off their normal Motifs, builds, fighting styles, choice of combat, etc.

Maelgwyn is bulky but agile; he can overpower others with ease. His design is primal, it's like, bestial. It's spiked, his scars are still visible, he LOOKS like a BEAST, a monster.

Kynwyl is much like Maelgwyn but less bulky- still lithe and agile. His design has a dual-blades motif. He's very fast, and tends to overwhelm his opponents; Maelgwyn does this as a humanoid but doesn't really Need to as a beastie. Kynwyl's design keeps his sleek vibes. Keeps his markings. He stays calm he stays focused, he's VERY formidable in beastie mode and a very hard target to pin down. (Also retains his willbender shadowstep abilities. because I say so. <3)

Rhosyn is a monster, absolute beast; muscular and STRONG. Just, barrels into enemies and they all die. (/joking) But she's so goddamn strong and vicious. She can turn FAST and while she's extremely dangerous, she is still Rhosyn. (Berserker-brained, himbo, easily distracted/fucked with in battle.) Her design is very, firey, very berserker-esque.

Faeryl is smaller, FAST, sneaky, retains her mesmer powers in beastie mode (I.E can fucking teleport and just PELT you with a series of smaller attacks very quickly.) She keeps her little, "royal fae" vibes within her design.

Llacheu is, right between Fae & Kynwyl for fighting style. Sleek, fast, hard to pin down, sneak attacks a lot. Very very difficult to account for in group fights. Bastard. Continues to be Bastard in beastiemode. extremely annoying to fight but exceptionally easy to piss off so you can gain the upper-hand.

Evnyssyen's form is SO sleek and clean, colorful, made to escape and to run. He can get herself into SO many little spots and ledges and just. Leave. He's still not to be fucked with when cornered. His magic is kept around even in beastiemode aswell, though it's more like, enchanted claws for an attack bonus. Being an elementalist and all. She keeps her DECORATED eleborate and regal design. So many colors all over her.

Morven is fucking huge. I mean it's already nine feet tall in humanoid form; imagine it in beastiemode. nightmare. fucking huge. It's style of combat in beastiemode is to. Intimidate and scare the shit out of you with it's beloved little companions and it's larger cat-like companion. If you see it's eyes; it's too late for you. Scary and nightmare fuel and just. yeah, terrifying. Morven's design is, shadows. You cannot spot it. it's just. MAXIMUM cryptid.

Cerwyn is. Gigantic. and to paraphrase in a jokey way; his fighting style is "good fucking luck." cerwyn doesnt have a solidified design or motifs yet. and last but not least-

Lynette, who is also, fast, agile, hard to hit, but CLEVER. Pinning her down is extremely difficult, you can barely succeed if ever. Her fighting style includes condition damage; in beastiemode she is venomous, just so fast and violent as well.

Each of them also has their own personal realtionship to the shapeshifting thing.

Maelgwyn fucking despises it he has SO MUCH baggage attached to shapeshifting that he just never addressed.

Cerwyn absolutely loves beastiemode and basically lives in it once the twilight sylvari gain the ability to transform.

Kynwyl enjoys beastiemode and shapeshifting in general a normal amount. It's not anything he's super attached to but it IS fun. and he does feel freer with it as an option. He'd feel like he lost a part of himself if he couldn't shapeshift. (he's also not against using it for nsfw reasons. why tf not honestly. he has the same attitude with his guardian magic tbf. also it is hot to him too. anyway.) The rest of them basically just feel normal about it like it's just a facet of their being and they enjoy using it. Rhosyn & Faeryl really think it's fucking awesome to just. be Creature for awhile. some of them just chill out in a demi-human shapeshifted state. some of them prefer beastiemode. and some like Kynwyl or Maelgwyn prefer daily life be just humanoid mode no shapeshifting. Saplings of the twilight tree are banned from shapeshifting before they can handle the magic-management related to shapeshifting. The ones who break that rule and try to shapeshift anyway have a bit of a moment, go a little bit feral, kind of overstimulated-cat mode. in this state they have to rely on a mentor (kynwyl or cerwyn) to help them calm down and ease out of it. most saplings don't try to shapeshift again for a while. Twilight tree sylvari generally have a favorite shapeshifted state and for most it is humanoid or demi-human but it's not too uncommon to see some of them chilling out at home around their tree in beastiemode.

[the-desert-beast]

@aetherblooms HI !! (: your choice!! 💎, ❓, 👑, 💢

👑 - Person who raised your OC and/or was important during their formative years

Maelgwyn; Zefiro was his mentor & older brother figure for years and they're still best friends to this day. Zefiro taught him everything he started with and pulled strings to get maelgwyn on his feet, ready to tame that legendary title he hungered for, for years. Maelgwyn would kill anyone to keep Zefiro safe, he's family. Somewhere in his heart he'd betray the ones closest to him for Zefiro, they're that close. Thankfully nothing will ever come to that.

❓ - Estranged family/relatives they've never met

Louis Ebonpromise: Since he was orphaned very young there's plenty about his biological family he doesn't know and never will. He was too young to remember well, his family were commonfolk, deep in the woods in a small village mostly ignored by divinity's reach. If he ever wanted to find out about his own bloodline it'd be extremely difficult. He has an aunt or uncle, or two, out there somewhere. He'll likely never meet them. Most likely they're living as commonfolk themselves in another village somewhere in kryta, one or two of his unknown relatives is in divinity's reach it's self somewhere.

💎 - Chosen family (including warband)

The Black Wolf Brewery is made up of five misfits who have no one but eachother. Esyld & Iniss founded the syndicate, later taking in the Miyake Siblings and Arlais. Esyld and Iniss woke up, pale tree's children, at similar hours. They became close quickly, finding the other saplings liked the two of them less. They've chosen eachother as sister and brother, through thick and thin they'll suffer it all together, there is no other option. Miyake Yuuji & Kirari are also adopted siblings, yuuji connected with the mists demon "kitsune" quickly. their dynamic is very "one of them is a chaotic demon from another realm entirely and the other is autistic. good luck figuring out which is which" because I loved that idea i think its fun and amusing. They're smarter than they seem. Arlais, much as she hates other people, would never let harm come to the brewery; they pay her too well, and, as she loathes to admit- Iniss & Esyld are an awful lot like the younger siblings she lost years ago. Arlais refuses to ever reconnect to the dream, she has no interest to know if they themselves are the ones she lost. It makes no difference. Iniss and Kirari regard eachother in a very close knit friendship, theyre joined at the hip when yuuji isnt around. it's something like two step siblings that get along just grand. Arlais can stand Esyld, iniss is a close second, and the other two are on thin ice at all times. esyld and arlais share expensive tastes, regarding eachother as powerful equals- independent, equals. Esyld knows arlais has a good chance of betraying them if anyone else with deeper pockets takes notice of her. But they both know that arlais is lying when she says she's only there for the money. Yuuji and Iniss have an estranged little and older brother relationship. it's playful, distant, and neither really understands the other one but they're glad that their sister gets along with the both of them.

💢 - Person they can't stand

Marshal Belial Soulshatter wants to fistfight ryland in a denny's parking lot next question

okay but genuinely? I dont have an answer idk im not a opiniated person until im actually pissed off + all my ocs dont really have enemies or hatred for anyone else. im genuinely racking my brain trying to find an answer.

i have to be forgetting something i said previously.

oh wait i know how i can answer this

Morven and Llacheu despise eachother. Which is very confusing to every one around them because the two only ever choose the other's company. As if their fights, disagreements, so on and so forth, are normal conversation for them. They are not enemies to lovers they are enemies and something very deeply undefined and disorganized. Llacheu can't fucking stand the way Morven looks down it's nose at them. The way it chides them for every single damn mistake. The condescension, it's enough to drive even "the prince of the tree"* mad! *(derogatory nickname given to kynwyl by llacheu.) And Morven regards Llacheu as utterly inept, a true waste of their mother's blessings and inner potential. Spending all of his time in resentment, bitterness, those toothless insults that even a newborn sapling could parry. Llacheu, to it, is a bug that must be studied and picked apart at the seams with every little insult, jab, snide remark, and cold, fixating gaze. They are truly a match made in hell. "they match eachothers freak to a degree that is dangerous to the public."