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The ‘Mark of Eshu’ :

       The god of trickery and chaos is a deity who is by default very disconnected with most mortal connection and emotion. While Eshu Heyoka CAN feel emotions, and has them he has them on a different scale than his mortal followers. His morals being those unrecognizable by most beings of the mortal world do not help this, and keep these emotions he possesses unregulated and difficult to understand.

                        Because of this, it is said that deity does not make connection with mortals. As he does not understand them the way the titan does. He finds them funny, amusing, and much like pets or playthings at best. && At worst, pests  && fun ruiners who he can and will rid of like insects to a human. He may be gregarious with his mortal followers, even kind and playful with them at times, but this does not equate respect or seeing them as equal. Eshu may have emotions about them, but he does not carry emotional connection TO them. His emotions are centered around his own interests, and entertainment.

             There has only ever been one exception to this rule;

   The Mark of Eshu.

        It is said that every few thousand years, Eshu Heyoka is given the opportunity to brand one mortal with his Mark. The Mark of Eshu.

       This mark is given to a specific mortal that the deity forms a once in a dozen millennia emotional connection to. The OPPORTUNITY for the god of trickery to experience a ‘mortal-like’ connection, to one mortal. While it is foretold that this mortal is of his choosing, most often they are not actually chosen by the deity themselves.

 It is simply legend that every few thousand years he becomes attached to ONE special mortal. An honor that has been revered by his followers and the possibility of being honored with the mark has been FOUGHT for by them multiple times.

            This mark while told by his followers as a blessing could very well be seen as a curse as well. The mark is a branding of OWNERSHIP over the mortal, and guarantees an eternity of playing with Eshu, being his pet, and being by his side loyally forever. The mark does not simply brand a person, but rewrites their mind, to make him the center of their universe. Their everything, their best friend quite literally forever.

                           Many of eshu’s followers want this semi-immortality, and this opportunity to be seen as important by their god && have fought wars for this opportunity in the past.

The last time this connection was made was prior to them being sealed away. The Titan (Kings Father), along with talking down to the deity, took their last marked from them. Sending the Collector into a jealous fury quite quickly.  Not only would their marked be destroyed, but they would be sealed away (much like in canon), and alone for several thousand years before being stumbled upon by Phillip Wittebane.

(** sorry if this isn’t as detailed or coherent as I’d like it to be, I’m very tired and brain dead tonight.)

The main thing to note about Arsa’s timeline is that it is the first timeline in which Eshu (The collector in canon), is released. During Asra’s day of unity (They were 16 at the time), they had went in with the intention of fighting Belos and stopping his plans, but he ended up being killed by an unseen force (Eshu), in one shot. At first Asra and the others did not understand what had happened, and believe to have won the fight. Unfortunately moments after, Eshu revealed himself to be the true one to take Belos down, and very quickly it becomes clear that he didn’t do it on the behalf of good. Rather his own self interest.  The chaotic being gloats about his revenge on Belos, literally in song form, before beginning to tear Asra’s timeline apart. (*** This is very similar to canon, and i realize this, u gotta trust me when i say this was something i thought up not long after hollow mind, which is why the s2 finale validated my very soul lmao.)

Asra’s timeline being the first time Eshu was released in thousands of years, meant that most of his forms and shadow selves (its literally what it sounds like, the title of the pre-released forms of Eshu/Collector,  his shadows) were locked away in the multiverse. Given the magic in Asra’s timeline is some of the strongest in the ‘owl house’ multiverse if you will, Eshu’s form in this timeline was also a ‘full’ form (i.e. a form resembling his truth, a mimic. A fool), and was therefore more powerful. His shadow also reflected this in Asra’s timeline, being longer and taller and more angled than canon

While it is similar to canon in that Eshu’s very nature is self serving, and to treat everything as a joke, a game, or use unbridled freedom for entertainment, He chose to not only tear apart Asra’s timeline but the multiverse in his image, to create a never ending ‘game’ with never ending ‘players’,and believe it or not he has a motive as well. (for this part, you’re going to need some backstory). During the first fight, the golden guard is also killed, rather early on. As Eshu sees grimwalkers as even less than mortals. They are merely ‘things.’ (which to be fair isn’t much worse than how he already sees mortals)

(^^^HISTORY: Eshu Heyoka, which roughly translates as God of Chaos and Deciet / && The Sacred One’s fool, Is quite literally the Titans Foil, his ‘jester’ and his fool. Standing for the opposite of everything the titan is (Diplomacy, Logic, Order, Earnesty), Anarchy, Absurdity, Chaos and Deceit. They have always been in a sense second to the Titan, He serves the titan, a deity but still second in command. While he had followers, and wild witches that served him and worshipped him, they always were second to the Titan, and in his SHADOW.   This led to Jealousy, as is the very nature of the being Eshu does not do humility, they are PRIDEFUL and SELFISH. The Past Titan (Kings Father), as legend had it would be the reason Heyoka finally became fed up as he was pushed aside by more and more followers, looked down upon and just treated as Lesser than. They had grown TIRED of this, and wanted THEIR TURN in the spotlight, to be the most LOVED and WORSHIPPED God of The Isles. So they devised a PLAN to wipe out the Titan’s lineage, (King included), so there would be no one left to oppose this plan. Unfortunately this did not work out that way, Eshu ended up killing the first born of the titan, but was confronted and FOUGHT OFF to protect KING, the last of the two titans born. This fight is the one that SEALS eshu and his powers away, and begin millennia long animosity  from Eshu towards Titans (He already had some but this sealed the deal no pun intended)  King is put away in the titans temple, protected by guards and symbols to keep him hidden from Eshu should he ever manage to escape. Soon after, the last living Titan succumbs to his injuries sustained in the fight with Eshu, the last living titan is dead and several hundred years later phillip wittebane appears on the isles, with no titan and no eshu to stop his agenda, and no known titan left alive.)

Eshu’s motive is REVENGE on the Titan, as well as REVENGE on Belos, as he wiped all information on him as a deity in ALL Timelines in the multiverse. Essentially wiping away his following, his history and his PLACE on the isles. A domain he helped rule and CREATE for thousands of years. This time he’s going to make the multiverse in HIS image instead of the Titans, so he and his followers can play forever. Free of Rules, restrictions and the logic that the self centered titan imposed.

Much like Cottage, Asra too had previously made friends with other Luzes near them in the multiverse, this fight would be the last time all of them would be friends. Eshu would scare half of them off, who would turn and refuse to fight him, and expose one as a liar, as is part of his fun time, he enjoyed exposing ‘mortal’s to multiverse truths, events that would transpire across timelines. To mentally manipulate and frighten the group.  

The last luz would be killed in a later fight, As Asra and the group attempted to defeat Eshu not yet knowing they could not win, they had no chance without being able to seal him away, without a titan. This is the same fight where Asra would become possessed by Eshu, nearly dying as their friends were forced to fight them to free them. Eshu ends up ‘Healing Asra’ by siphoning off the last luz’s life, effectively killing them in the process. (At some point Asra had tried to use the ‘luz’ tactic on Eshu and offer peace and allyship...this had backfired into becoming Eshu’s FAVORITE ‘toy’ with dire consequences) Asra still bears the scars of this fight, the permanent mark of Heyoka on their face.

That second fight would also be the fight that Emira Blight is killed, as she attempts to fight off Eshu to keep both Edric and Amity (Nyx) Alive long enough to escape. 

After Eshu takes over, the isles are plunged into eternal night. Giving strength as he is the god of the house of lunar magicks. (Titan, alternatively is the god of the house of solar magicks). Asra, having strength in light and life magic up until this point is set painfully backwards in her skills, as she is now forced to use lunar magics exclusively, and the dark arts are not their strength.  ( Not for any luz, its a multiversal truth you know). But they pick it up quickly.

^^^ This is partially why Asra’s timeline has the darker, muted aesthetic, but it really did even before Eshu, its just the vibe.

After a while, the Isles become broken, overgrown by nature, and the moon starts to crumble and crack from how much magic is siphoned from Eshu. Overrun with Mimics, and with resources dwidling, Asra begins timeline hopping, hoping to find answers on how to save her timeline and stop Eshu.

Asra, eventually finds out about Cottage’, her timeline and her place in how to stop Eshu. They begin writing letters to her, in the hopes that maybe, there are still some Luzes in the multiverse she can ally with, and some hope left to stop Eshu before he unwravels the rest of the multiverse tree.

Extras: (mostly eshu)

- Eshu has MULTIPLE forms, his weakest being his ‘shadows’. (think introduction to the collector with flaire’ added to each version depending on its power level), His ‘deception’ form (The childlike form, unlocked when the ‘canon’ part of the tree started to fall), and his TRUE form, (The MIMIC. A creature of deceit, the FOOL). ;; There are 3-4 versions of EACH, depending on which side of the multiverse tree a timeline falls, and at what power level their magic is. 

These are called Eshu’s ‘pieces’, Each power level has a piece, and each timeline holds a portion of that piece. Once one section of the tree has all the pieces released, that version of Eshu is at full power. (Example: Canon “collector” Is 1/6th of Eshu’s full power, consisting of shadow self and deceiving form, and will hit full power when all ‘canon’ and canon ‘adjacent’ timelines have fallen to him and released their collector.)  

Shadow selves are tied to ALL Forms of Eshu, whether it be a deceit form or a true form. The shadow WILL change depending on which version of the deity is present in a timeline.

- At some point Eshu made the comment that the ‘weaker’ timelines would never believe Asra about him, and they would fall. Predicting the Canon release of the Collector.

-Asra being the first mortal to offer him companionship in thousands of years, was a mistake and he now follows them around constantly. They’ve made the comment that they want Asra to play with him forever. Regardless of the cost, or what trauma it causes Asra. Eshu is mentally Ill about them. (Think red string of fate, but probably around the throat lbr) Possessing Asra only made this worse, as it creates a permanent connection to him by the sheer nature of it.

- your mom.

MIMICS

Descendants from creatures like the Basilisk, and similar to changelings in the canon timeline but on steroids. Mimics are known for their difficulty, deception and versatility in magic and sorcery. They get their name for their tendency to ‘copycat’ anyone and anything to catch someone off guard and attack. Much like basilisks they like to drain magic from those they defeat, to make themselves more powerful.  They will feed off every opponent they defeat until they grow and change to enormous sizes and powers (Known as Master Mimics.).

Mimics can come in all shapes and sizes && hide in plain sight, imitating any animal, person or object. However, in their natural form they are identified with a few key features:

-Bright, colors and patterns

-Elongated limbs or otherwise exaggerated features. (often times teeth, tongues, hands, ears , extemities etc).

-Sharp teeth

-Often times a lack of facial features, either with a dark void in its place, or sometimes completely blank aside from a gaping mouth

-Sunken eyes or glowing eyes.

- Unnatrual movements

-Odd, clothes, armor, or wearings.

(one comparison I like to make is the style of creatures such as heartless from KH)

repost, don’t reblog! bold what usually or often applies and italicize what sometimes applies.

anger.       jaw clenching, hands balling into fists, teeth grinding, yelling, going nonverbal, stuttering speech, rushed speech, slow concise speech, rambling, quiet, arms crossing, shaking head, tearing up, animated, expressionless, projects, internalizes, vents, withdraws, passive aggressive, direct, physical outbursts, verbal outbursts.

joy.      easy smiles, fighting back grins, suppressed laughter, loud laughter, giggles, chuckling, smirks, whole body laughs, covers mouth when laughing, throws head back when laughing, slaps leg, touches people around them when laughing (if they’re comfortable with it), looks down when laughing, looks for eye contact when laughing, sparkling eyes, bubbly happiness, quiet subtle happiness, obnoxious happiness, wants to spread joy, quietly savours joy.

sadness.      crying, bottling it up, seeks distractions, wallows, meditates & processes, avoidance, seeks out comfort, withdraws, talks it out, internalizes it, sad smiles, depression naps, uses alcohol, uses drugs, seeks out sources of joy, fidgets with sentimental item, sits in silence, broods, gets moody, wants someone to share the misery, tries to hide negative emotions, nurtures others to make themselves feel better.

embarrassment / shame.       blushing, looking away, rubbing at back of head, covering face, laughing nervously, laughs it off, overthinks, lets it go, self deprecating humour, deflects, gets irritated, smiles, withdraws, crossing arms over stomach, crossing arms over chest, hands in pockets, shoulders sinking, shrugs, falling into silence until comfortable again, talking a lot to compensate.

guilt.       avoiding eye contact, shoulders sinking low, head hanging down, crying, chest aches, lashes out, internalizes, apologizes, deflects, communicates, withdraws, grand gestures for forgiveness, accepts fault easily, punishes themselves, martyrdom, victim complex, over-active guilt complex, healthy conscience, internalizes even after forgiveness, seeking redemption, moves on easily, denial, lack of guilt / conscience, sorry they got caught more than caused harm, can’t handle knowing they hurt others.

fear / anxiety.       trembling, crying, sarcasm / sass (humour) to cope, rambles, goes silent, gets angry, fidgeting, clenching jaw, picking at nails, chewing at lip, pulling at clothes, adjusting jewelry / clothing, swallowing thickly, eyes widening, overreacts, underreacts, calm, logical, panicked, irrational, overthinks, carefully analyzes, talks to themselves, breathing exercises, flight, fight, withdraw.

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Gang Orca wouldn't exactly have a breeding kink, but more of a….mating kink.

Children are but an afterthought. His attitude towards them is positive, of course--who wouldn't want the children of the one they loved after all, and he will want them eventually--but they aren't the driving force behind his desire.

No, his instincts incline him more towards mating with you than anything else.

Sex is just such a sacred act, a bond between two people that is never fully forgotten, and Kugo craves that. He needs a stamp of his ownership on you, a sign that you aren't just his lover, but his soulmate--and though he is plenty the romantic outside of the bedroom, when it comes time for intimacy, nothing is held back.

His thrusts are deep. His teeth will draw blood. He will slow down if you beg, but he won't stop--no, he loves you too much to ever give you less than everything he has. Kugo will make you scream for him, and when you're close to unconsciousness, he will cum so deeply inside you your vision will go white. You deserve all he has to offer, even if it pushes your body to the absolute limit.

You won't get protection with him, at least not physically--even if you tried, he's torn more condoms than you could ever count, so you may as well be using nothing at all. In the beginning, he wouldn't object to you using some form of birth control--but it won't last forever. When you commit yourself to him, you receive so many gifts, and endless privileges...and preventing the possibility of him impregnating you is taken away for good.

And with how much he cums inside you, not willing to waste even a drop of it, it will only be a matter of time before your belly starts to grow. He'll be eager to put a ring on your finger, if he hasn't done so already. The pieces will just fall into place; first having your wedding, then watching the birth of your child, then moving in together and growing your family even bigger...and soon enough you'll watch your husband getting a firm handshake, as his colleagues laugh and congratulate him on snagging such a cute wife and giving you such beautiful babies.

No one would ever think of Gang Orca, one of the most villainous-looking heroes, to enjoy a life with such comfort and domesticity.