MONOMYTH

HOUSE LIONHEART

hello pls make gwen’s angsty family. these are all pretty flexible but i they must all be Very Tall and Deeply Full Of Love They Find Difficulty Expressing Properly

HUMAN BROTHER – (taken by stu) trapped in the captive court; taken as a changeling at a young age.

FAIRY SISTER – the replacement for gwen’s human brother, a fae sister who she grew up with. they love each other but do have their differences; the sister is physically stronger than most fae and is a warrior lady. has looked after gwen for years despite also being young at the time their parents left.

HUMAN FATHER – trapped in the captive court. when baby gwen was close to death, her father travelled to the fairy queen’s castle and offered to give himself over if the fairies would heal gwen. he thought it would be good for his wife / the mother because she was desolate at the thought of losing another child.

THE WILDLANDS, AN UNTAMED FRONTIER.

these are gonna be some MESSY thought so hold onto your hats. might be subject to change on the site itself once I get a full idea of him/where he fits into things but here are just some thoughts I’m kicking around if they spark any ideas!! lmk!

jay comes from lur and is the son of an almost proto-dynasty within the ranks of the library there (or mb one of the noble families? we’ll see). both of his parents are librarians so naturally he went on to become one too. ofc there are rumors of nepotism but he worked hard to get where he is, and he can prove it. so stay in your lane.

not interested in adventuring or literally any of that indiana jones stuff! he just wants to do his research and chill with some books! literally a huge ravenclaw nerd. 

PROBLEM: turns out that there’s celestial influence way back in his ancestry that’s been dormant for just long enough to be forgotten about. surprise! he’s not fully human, he’s aasimar. he’s pretty human-passing, so no one really suspected anything until puberty hit and he started growing feathers in his hair. unfortunate. 

this incidentally made him powerful, rare, and vulnerable, which put him in a unique situation to be taken advantage of. he was taken under the wing of a librarian with a strong interest in medical experiments. lets say jay was half patient/half assistant, tho the librarian had him convinced he was an equal partner in the endeavor. 

eventually this culminated in jay willingly infecting himself with plague in order to further the effects of his natural divine healing magic toward finding a cure. it sort of worked. the experiment carried on until jay realized that the librarian wasn’t finding sick people for him to try to heal, they were picking up orphans and purposefully infecting them so they could control aspects of the experiment 

jay realized the depths of what he was a part of, flipped out, and ran.

PROBLEM: the plague tainted his divine magic and now it’s wonky. he can still use it, but it’s volatile, and he’s just as likely to infect someone as he is to heal them, depending on a lot of factors. wears a mask in crowded spaces because he’s afraid he might be infecting people and not even realizing it, and also because this is fantasy and the aesthetic is KEY. 

is now hiding out from his teacher, who considers him their property, and the library, which has been convinced that he’s stolen something of value (himself, but they don’t know that bit). it’s not good.

GUNPOWDER & LEAD: A MIDDLEPASS PLAYLIST

PEREGRINE – air genasi

“You’re only given one little spark of madness. You musn’t lose it”