#vialgo

[fungalcavity]

over protective

[sycamorre]

WHATEVER we're allowed to know about Killian. Also one TES character of your choice.

[Send me a “🖊+an OC“ and I will talk about that OC!]

KILLIAN —

I'm honestly ready to answer any questions about Killian at this point so have a backstory snippet

Despite Killian's normally positive and easy-going demeanor, there is at least one particular topic that will cause him to nearly switch on a dime: asking him about his family.

Killian did not have the best upbringing. He grew up poor, in a small village, the son of a fisherman. But all of that was fine. He enjoyed learning to sail with the others in the village. He didn't necessarily care about having anything fancy like the nobles and merchants had in the big cities. The worst part was actually his father.

They did not have any kind of positive relationship, even as a child Killian did not feel like his father cared much about him and seemed to barely acknowledge his existence. His mother, while a bit more attentive and emotionally available, did not help matters much as she would often just give excuses for his father ("He's just so tired, he was out fishing all day..." "It's his day off he needs his rest..."). What he didn't figure out until later was there were also signs that his father may have been developing alcoholism. Still, by the time he started reaching his teens, Killian had become resentful of both of them. Primarily his father, but even his mother to an extent, though he would never say that out loud.

However, he did start to argue with his father on a near daily basis.

There was never a physical fight, fortunately, but the arguments and insults began to grow worse and worse. Eventually, Killian was fed up with his situation: a father he couldn't stand, a home that didn't feel like his anymore, and no opportunities to do anything besides fish and work the docks if he stayed in the village. Shortly after he turned fifteen, he grabbed what he could from the house: some clothes, food, a stash of money from doing odd jobs at the docks that he had managed to hide away, and a case of rum his father had recently bought. And then he left, no looking back.

He would fall in with a group of thieves once he reached the nearest city, but that is likely a story for another day. After eventually deciding to join the navy and getting some of his first promotions, he did run into his mother one day while on leave in a port city close to his home village. He didn't speak with her long besides updating her on what he was doing, as neither had a lot to say (and he didn't want her knowing where he lived in case his father got the info from her and tried to come find him), but it has been something that he will think about from time to time.

And while I don't have concrete details, he likely had an older brother (or half brother) but they were not close in age. The brother would have left home early as well, so they never really had much of a relationship to begin with and Killian wouldn't know where to even begin to look for him, if he had the desire to.

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VIALGO ALVINIUS (Elder Scrolls) —

Indes is pretty protective of her little sister, but that doesn't mean she's the only one that gets this treatment. After leaving Valenwood and moving to Cyrodiil with her uncle and mentor (Thoron and Arrador respectively) following a rough run-in with the Thalmor (before the Great War), the three of them found themselves working with Imperial nobles near the city of Cheydinhal, the Alvinius family. They lived on the estate as groundskeepers and animal handlers. But over time, Indes found herself with a bit of an additional responsibility: making sure the children didn't run off and sometimes keeping them occupied/entertained. Not quite like a nanny or babysitter, for the most part, but she would get protective of them. Big sister instincts kicking in.

But Vialgo was one of the kids that just seemed to latch onto her more than the others. I wrote a snipped with them here. He begged her constantly to take him off the estate to go explore the woods. Asked her endless questions about Valenwood and all the things she used to hunt. Eventually asked her to teach him proper sword-fighting, which she did once she felt he was ready.

So when he showed up in Skyrim years later, after Indes had joined the Companions and risen to the Circle ranks, it was a bittersweet reunion when she realized he was coming to join the Dawnguard of all things. Vialgo was still a kid in her eyes, he had no business hunting vampires! He did eventually go back to Cyrodiil once things started to die down with the Dawnguard but as much as she enjoyed seeing him now and again, and getting to see that he took her lessons to heart, the relief she felt was massive.

As a bonus fact for him his personality and looks were absolutely inspired by Gwaine from Merlin.

[notalwaysthiscuddly]

“What did she say?”

[Prompt]

“All the things I’m sure any aunt would say about their nephew,” Arlow replied with a smile, reaching out to pat the young man on the shoulder. “Nothing so good it places you on a pedestal above the rest of us, but nothing so bad that it puts you in a hole.”

[bolstertheranks]

“I want to know what is essential to life. What is really important.”

[Prompt]

“I’m not sure the Dawnguard can offer you the answer to that question, Vialgo,” Thias replied, turning to face the man. He furrowed his brows in thought for a moment before letting out a soft sigh. 

“I believe the essentials to life are what we make them to be. Surely, they’d have to be different to each individual in order to please everyone, aye?” Offering the Imperial a smile and a pat on the shoulder, Thias turned his attention back to the recruits that were sparring with one another.

“I’m sure you’ll discover what’s important in life to you in time, if you don’t already know.”

[bolstertheranks]

“I’m not a man, I’m a weapon in human form. Just unsheathe me and point me at the enemy.”

[Prompt]

“Alright, let’s take the cocky down a notch,” Thias replied with a short laugh, shaking his head at the fellow Agent. “We’re only here for a warm up, no need to go all ‘weapon’ on me.”