So, I would like to introduce you all to my newest fixation, which is also an old fixation in a way, Hythlodaeus. Only this time, instead of being sacrificed to Zodiark, he was caught in the Sundering.
He was born Iðunn, a young Vieran girl who always felt like she was missing something. When she was still just a kit, she dreamed of becoming a wood-warder, so that she could go out into the forest and search for whatever was causing that odd longing. However, when she came of age, her clan determined that, since it was now known she was a woman, it was her place to care for the village and children. Unhappy with this, she left, leaving the forest entirely.
Of course she gets wrapped up in the events of A Realm Reborn, meeting the scions and learning a bit more to be herself as she realized more and more that everything felt just that little bit wrong.
And then she fought Lahabrea, and she died.
As Hydaelyn brought back Her champion, she brought back...rather more than intended. Memories of a past life flooded Iðunn's mind -- or rather, now, Hythlodaeus' mind. He remembered all now, how he had lived in paradise once, how he had loved, how the star had burned and, of course, how he had died.
He cut and restyled his hair into his familiar braid, and took the name Hythlodaeus as his "city" name, leaning on the traditions of his current life to give him an excuse. If the Scions noticed how his eyes now had a faint glow, or how he suddenly spoke slightly differently, they made no direct mention. And no one was surprised that he, who had been struggling so much with his identity up until then, finally voiced that he would prefer to be referred to as a man, if they would be so kind.
And so, believing all he knew and loved to be gone, Hythlodaeus struck out to continue aiding this world he now lived in. Of course, little did he know not all he had loved was gone.
...And that's where we'll hit pause, as anything more would be spoilers. :3