#;sleipnir

“Have you ever considered that you simply aren't looking hard enough, Phoenix?” Sleipnir muses, something akin to amusement flashing across their features. Of course, though, it comes as no surprise that they're lying. Sleipnir is the only member of House Harbard because they simply made it up. A long time ago, when they were first given mortal form by their wise and merciful King, Barnabas informed them that they ought to think of a name for themself. A family name. Because everyone had one, so it was the best thing to do for no one to question them. Sleipnir doesn't remember where they saw the name Harbard or how they thought of it, but simply that it felt right.

yanno

after barnabas' defeat and subsequent death, sleipnir thought that they would die too. such is not the case, however, as when clive took odin, it inadvertently put sleipnir under his command, for sleipnir only exists because odin exists. sleipnir can only be killed by odins dominant. they begged for clive to kill them, to have mercy, to let them be with barnabas, but he didnt. instead, for one reason or another (this can be plotted out ofc), he took pity on them and took them back to hideaway.

sleipnir is absolutely miserable. all theyve known in this human life theyve been given is barnabas. now that hes dead, they dont know what to do with themselves. to make matters worse, ultima is still around, still visits sleipnir in their dreams in the form of barnabas to make sure that all plans still come to fruition. sleipnir feels obligated to listen, for what else can they do?

yet there is some conflict here because they do genuinely start to turn a new leaf. they were pretending at first, but it started to become real after a while. (if plotted out they can also catch feelings for clive if thats a route we wanna go down heheheh). they want to do good, but ultima has other plans.