𝔬𝔣𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔯𝔰

          ☆.｡.჻· hi, i’m ellie, she/her, gmt+3, and these are my children —

AIDAN FREY, mercenary, intro; ARISTEO OLIVIER, blacksmith, intro; CAIUS REN'LAYN, elven crown prince, intro; CELESTIA SOREN, bastard lady of house soren, intro; ELIAS CELIO, templar, intro; KAYA ARDEN, owner of a tavern in Elysia, intro; LEYLA AURE'THIEL, lady-in-waiting, intro; VIGGO ASGEIR, lieutenant in Gwynn’s army, intro; YANG MEILIN, teacher in the circle of magi, intro.

This was the type of thing Lucian lived for. The festival was one his favorite nights of the year. Not to mention it had a tendency to be a rather…profitable night for him. And for the guild. Many of its members could be found working at the festival. And while Lucian was mostly here to simply enjoy the night, he wouldn’t turn down an opportunity if one presented itself.

And as an elf walked past him, Lucian’s wandering gaze caught sight of some rather lovely jewelry on their wrist. But as soon as he starts to think about how to best acquire said jewelry, an all too familiar voice is at his ear, the sudden closeness sending a shiver up his spine.

“What? Who? Me?” He’s quick to shove his hands in his pockets, doing his best to appear as innocent as possible. “Nope. Not at all. I’m actually rather offended you would even suggest that.” He glances at Theo, unable to stop the smile that crossed his features. “But feel free to spend the festival with me if you don’t trust me, I won’t complain.”

          Aristeo was far from self-centered, but he did enjoy being right. Over time he had grown to know Lucian very well. Well, if not his past, then his body language definitely. He could easily tell when the other man was up to no good. He always had a feeling about those things that he couldn’t quite explain

the reaction her had expected of her made him smirk. she had definitely hoped for a stranger instead of him, but it wasn’t even an insult to him, it just made it more amusing somehow. “ and who says i’m not here to find myself a wife ? ” but the expression on his face told otherwise and the lie was too obvious. even if one was not aware of where he got his coin and what he spent his days doing, he did not look like a nobleman or a commoner. men like him did not marry. he never even let himself wonder about the possibility of marriage with his lifestyle. “ in my defense, i originally had other plans. but why would i lose this opportunity if it was given to me? ” malakai explained, observing her somewhat cautiously. “ i thought i didn’t have as much influence on you to ruin your night. ” if she were to have that power over him, admitting it to her would be the last thing he’d want to do. 

malakai hadn’t predicted that she’d lose her footing, but he had a feeling something was about to happen, when she took those steps back on a ground this rough, without even a glance over her shoulder. he took a big step towards her and caught a hold of her arm to prevent her from falling past the tree as an instinct. the realization of her being so close to him came with him not wanting her to leave. he let his hand slide up her arm to her neck, as he looked down at her. “ seems like you’ll need help getting back. ”

          “You? A wife? Please! You’re making me laugh,” she snorted at his words. Kai had never seemed like one, who’d want to settle down and marry someone. Besides, she was sure there was nobody who’d be able to live with him and his annoying personality for more than a week. It was clear he was there just to mess with her, he didn’t even need to say it, Celestia already knew. “And you changed those plans to annoy me. Hmm... Either you absolutely love to do it or you just can’t keep away from me. Which one is it, mh?” she asked looking at him with a smirk. “You kind of do. But not today,” she replied with her head raised proudly.

          Elise had found Silagui in the crowd and Aidan didn’t want to come in between them, he wanted to let them talk, so he stood a bit further away, but he just couldn’t stop sneaking some glances at Elise that were full with never-ending love and adoration. They were married for almost half a year now, but he was still riding that high from her finally being his wife.

          Having Lucian near him while Theo was working in the smithy was nothing new. At this point he was starting to think the other man was spending more time with Theo than at his own home, but he didn’t mind that. Even though it was distracting at times, he loved having Lucian around.

          It could get quite hot at the smithy, it was just normal. But for some reason this time Lucian had decided he should put up his hair in a small bun. Theo almost didn’t notice it as he was working on a dagger, it was only when Lucian passed by looking around and admiring the finished weapons Theo had put on many shelves. His neck was completely exposed, even though Theo saw Lucian from behind, he was sure the first few buttons of his shirt were also undone, because as Lucian was fanning himself by the front of his shirt, he could see the collar slip down his shoulder revealing some more skin. Theo’s lips tugged into a small smirk. “What do you think you’re doing, mh?” he asked seeing right through that teasing little bastard. “You clearly have no shame,” he shook his head with a soft laugh, put the dagger and tools down and walked over to Lucian. He put his hand on Luc’s cheek to turn his head towards him and crashed his lips on his with a fiery hunger. He turned the other man around so he’d fully face him and pushed Luc against the shelves, the finished weapons clanked a little as they got shaken up a bit from the force Theo pushed Luc with, but they didn’t fall.

The more people seemed to be lost in their cups, the more Katharina was disliking the entire celebration but there was nothing she could do about it. She might as well enjoy any possible amusement brought by drunken foolishness in others, and quietly watch from afar. She’d only step in if someone were in trouble, and she knew her mere presence due to her towering height should be enough to put an end to it (or so she hoped.) 

And yet she found herself walking towards the area in which most of her people seemed to gravitate towards to, taking a mug of ale for herself - whether she’d drink it remained to be seen - and looked for a seat to take while an elven man, seemingly even older than her, told a story about the origin of the event they were celebrating. A part of her doubted the claims, but she wasn’t going to ruin the mood by being too serious or sour. Chance would have it, she ran into one of the elves from her own region and she’d be a terrible warden if she didn’t recognise those that had started to make a name for themselves. “ Thank you, my dear. “ She said kindly, smiling down at him as she walked around to take her seat. “ Have I missed any interesting stories, or is this one the first? “ 

it was a combination of circumstances that had ensured he would be participating in this running activity. malakai was never taught much of these traditions, so he had no attachment or feelings toward them, therefore if it had been up to him, he hadn’t even come to join in on the festival  of light and harverst celebrations. quite rarely though his agenda was fully up to him after having joined the rebels, so there were quite a few things that he did that was a bit out of his comfort zone lately. 

celestia had already started running with a crowd of other girls when he spotted her. an evil thought crept into his mind enough to motivate him to start chasing her. she was running fast and steady, but she had chosen a hard and loud path, full of bushes and branches, making noise right under her feet. it wasn’t hard to differentiate her as kai was catching up with her, seeing her tire and lose pace. when he finally caught up with her, he stopped her by lifting her in the air smirking about how furious she will be after she realizes it’s him who has caught her and not someone else she was probably hoping for. “ and who have i caught here ? ” he left a tone of surprise in his voice, after releasing her down.

          Elias felt a little out of place, he wasn’t keep on participating in big celebrations, especially ones that required a special dress code. White was not his color, but there was nothing much he could do. And he also had to leave his word at home, which he wasn’t happy about. He felt naked without it. At least he had a dagger strapped above his ankle just in case something happened. His movements were a little stiff and he didn’t know where to put his hands for the most part, but having some mead made him relax and loosen up a little. 

          He had a feeling letting her come along when he was going hunting would be a bad idea, but she insisted. As they were coming home with the animals they had hunted down, they were ambushed on the road by a group of thieves. It was nothing Viggo and the few of his men, who had came along, couldn’t take care of, but it was Amidala’s safety he was worried about the most.

          “Are you alright?“ he rushed over as soon as the last attacker was knocked out cold. Oh, this was bad. If her father heard about this, Viggo’s head would roll. When she asked to see his face, he was slightly confused, but that’s when he felt stinging and burning. He touched his lip and it left blood on his fingers, and his cheek right under his eye was burning. There will be a bruise the next day. “It’s nothing. I’ll be fine, you don’t need to worry about me, Princess,“ he replied with a small, reassuring smile.

          “You do know that this tradition is a complete horseshit, right?” she asked looking up at her only half-brother that she actually liked and fully trusted. Of course he had the genius idea to participate in the run through the woods. Celestia tried her best to shut him down, but Marek was a very smooth talker and eventually she gave in. But with one condition - he had to participate too.