The Parents of Team LARL

Also how would Nikkal and Mithras react when they notice Ren and Liane spending their nights in the other’s room in an au where they visit Liane’s home?

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Mithras would be furious. Nikkal would be amused, I think.

Which is funny. Ajue and I are still working on Nikkal’s characterization, but so far it seems that she was the responsible parent vs Mithras being the fun parent (in no small part to Mithras often being gone on huntsman missions and the like, so he made up for it when he was around).

But Mithras is so fucking overprotective and just such a traditional “gets the shotgun when a boy comes over” dad that I think in that particular situation the roles would be reversed.

Name: Mithras Bahram

Gender: Male

Place of Birth: Vacuo

Age: 40

Academy: Shade

Semblance: Fire Manipulation

Weapon: A dagger and a javelin

Body Type: Large and muscular

Hair Color: Dark red

Eye Color: Green

Inspiration: Mithras

Face Claim:

Biography:

Mithras Bahram is quite the accomplished man. Born in squalor in the slums of modern Vacuo, his parents toiled away tirelessly in the dust mines. This resulted in the young Mithras largely being left to his own devices and raising himself. As a poverty stricken lad with nothing better to do, he took to the streets where he soon became known as an accomplished brawler. Life was hard in Vacuo, and strength greatly respected. Mithras was quickly proving he was the strongest of the schoolyard boys who dared cross him.

He never attended a combat school prior to attending Shade Academy, for he had learned all he had needed from living on the streets. By that point his parents were long dead, lost in a mining accident. Not that he cared, for they had never been around in the first place. They had been as good as strangers to the young Mithras. But their deaths had served a purpose, and the compensation from the fallout was what allowed him to pay for his education. Their deaths paved the way for his career as a huntsman.

And what a career it was. Mithras quickly made a name for himself; he and his flames always burning away anyone who stood in his way. He became beloved for the frequency in which he would chase Grimm away from the outlying villages, and infamous for his combat prowess.

But Mithras had a goal. To ascend to the Vacuan nobility, those most noble and powerful gladiators, above all other men. What a story that would be, starting from the bottom and rising to the top. For Vacuo respected strength, after all.

And he would have been well on his way too, if not for his unruly daughter.

Personality:

Mithras is a hardened man, focused to the point of callousness. He is someone wholly focused on securing his legacy, and ensuring his family’s dominance. It’s important for him, who grew up so alone and poor. His ambition has led him far in life, but it was also the cause for the rift with his only child.

Mithras Bahram

Single-handedly raised his family from squalor, Mithras is an extremely competent fighter. Which goes for a lot in the sandy wastes of Vacuo where strength is everything. A man focused completely on ensuring his family’s dominance for generations to come.

He’s Liane’s father.

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You’re not the first to suggest Mithras and Ren interacting.

Personally? I think Mithras would hate Ren’s guts lol. Would snap the rich pretty boy in half.

So, Liane is inspired by Ishtar, right? Or at the very least, has been for a good year and a half now. I initially had her as a sort of Helios/Apollo analogue, but that wound up not working out much.

ANYWAY POINT BEING

One of Ishtar’s origin myths is that she was born when one god castrated another god and ate the testicles, then becoming m!preg with that god’s kid in the process.

An origin myth that neatly lines up with Aphrodite’s own origin myth of being born from the foam produced by Ouranos’ castrated balls falling into the sea. Aphrodite evolved from Ishtar, you see.

Now what does all of this mean?

It means I’m cutting Liane’s dad’s balls off right after she’s born. Literally. And probably metaphorically.

Send a 🙌 and I’ll introduce you to an NPC related to my Muse.

Wei-Feng Yonghai - The last emperor of Mistral. Largely responsible for the Great War and was deposed at the end of it, the monarchy abolished. A stubborn old man that thought he was smarter than he really was. He is the ancestor of Mingzhu.

Jinn - The genie of the Lamp, a servant of the God of Light. Once upon a time, before the Lamp, she was a slave girl named Amateru. She broke her chains and went on to become a hero of legend, fighting against the invading witch and the warlock of the west, and helped to found the city of Mistral. Over time, she began to be worshiped as the Mistrali Sun Goddess... Which is fitting, as a reincarnation of Ra.