REGENT: I certainly have in the past - I reckon that Iāve probably done one of each in the years Iāve been doing this - but that wonāt stop me from doing it again.
REGENT: The Knight of Life is an interesting case when it comes to personality; those attuned to life are often positive, but unlike most Active Aspects, they suffer social stress more readily. This fact is pretty easily compounded by being instilled in a Knight, as they tend to distance themselves emotionally from people and situations - creating an aloof facade to avoid dealing with things.
REGENT: On top of this, the Knight of Life can be very harsh overall - both to themselves and to others, making them somewhat volatile and possibly necessitating the Knightās typical need to wear a mask.
REGENT: As for Powers, a Knight of Life has a limited ability to manipulate the essence of life - and so theyāre more keenly capable of exploiting that connection. Whether that be in spot-healing, nurturing growth, or what have you, even with what can be generously called a crapshot connection to their Aspect, a Knight of Life can be a veritable miracle-worker.
REGENT: As well they should be, too, since most often the biggest hurdle a Knight can face is typically a lack of their Aspect being in the session, often via fated imposition. People could die early, quests failed, planets stagnant, gates untraversed; etc.
REGENT: Hopefully you find this useful - or failing that, at least interesting.
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REGENT: Whoo-, yeahp, that is a longer one. Iāve said it before and Iāll say it again; never apologize for these longer ones. With Titles being so intrinsically tied to our personalities, more information is always good information.
REGENT Iāll say from the get-go, youāve got the Aspect pretty good down, even with much more complex traits. Hope is the Aspect of personal beliefs, and as far as Aspects go, I reckon it might be one of the most corruptive and potentially damaging. And I say that having damn-near mastered the Void.
REGENT: Those bound to Hope often conjure this ideal image of themselves;Ā āIām an adventurerā,Ā āIām the only light against the darknessā,Ā āIām a suave-ass greaserā,Ā āI am the embodiment of a Kingās measureā. These conceptions can be extremely difficult to shake, even when they wind up souring and poisoning the Hope-Boundās existence.
REGENT: And yet, just as dangerous as these ideals can be to them, a Hope player can find immeasurable power in them. Just as much as the Hope player shapes these ideals that they hold to be true, so too do the ideals shape the person who made them to accurately reflect their beliefs.
REGENT: The adventurer picks up the moxxy and intuition, the bastion of hope finds the spark of power, the King emanates virtuous authority......We will not talk about the results of the greaser.
REGENT: And this duality of both boon and danger, the ideal becoming reality, and what that means - I think, is the crux of a Hope playerās evolution. Which is, ultimately, a long-winded way of sayingĀ āyouāre right on the money, hereās some additional thoughts to support itā.
REGENT: Moving onto Class, itās a bit of a tossup; my gut instinct is telling me that itās likely an Active Class, since a lot of the traits line up to be self-centric - the singleminded pursuit of their ideal, the supposition that theyāre being held back...
REGENT: But, with the knowledge of that latter point, part of me wants to lean towards Bard, due to their greater strength often being inhibited in some way. However, a similar trait rings true with the Knight, which is an Active Class.
REGENT: If I had to say, Iād give my gut the benefit of the doubt and say Bard. Though Passive, a Bard can command worldshaking power - but are often inhibited by the natures of their Aspects. It is worthwhile to note that most of the Bardās shortcomings come from a lack of conviction or adherence to their conviction - fucking dammit I just said I wasnāt going to talk about Cronus...
REGENT: Whatever. From my observations, Gamzeeās convictions - those of his dread harlequin god, his rulership over others and the subjugation of lower blood castes, were inhibited by his idiocy and willing consumption of what basically amounts to fuckloads of sleep medication and emotional suppressants.
REGENT: Whereas Cronusā convictions, if one could call them that, are constantly undermined by his own scummy nature. His desire to buddy up to people - or more specifically, have them fawn over him - is always undercut by his own tendency to abuse and harass others, interjecting where he isnāt appreciated.
REGENT: And I will say, as much as I loathe talking about Cronus, I will find it interesting to note that here, we have a similar case - a Hope-Bound Bard being the biggest thing holding themselves back.
REGENT: So, long-and-short of it, judging from the extant personality traits and issues this Achilles have to face, I would most confidently say that their Title would be the Bard of Hope. While little is known about Bards, it does have - at least to me - a satisfying closeness to Achillesā growth, and as I stated before, you were exceptionally keen to begin with to pen him as a Hope player.
REGENT: Hopefully this helps, and that you find it to be accurate. And hey- my response was pretty fuckinā long as well, so, donāt ever be shy about sending in long asks. Iād be quite the hypocrite to turn them away. .P
REGENT: An interesting scenario...Hopefully nothing hinges on my tactical acuity, because Iād be really fuckinā pissed at myself if my advice dead-ended a session.
REGENT: /Ideally/, all three of them would band together to stop the Knight, but if I had to pick one...Itād probably be the Witch.
REGENT: The Sylph, while potent, has the highest margin for error due to the nature of their powers, all the more so with how volatile the effects of a Sylphās powers can be when applied incorrectly or in haste.
REGENT: The Mage has a reasonably high chance of narrowing down exactly how to stop the Knight, given their ability to descry causality, though they would have to lean hard into their intuition and planning abilities without a really definitive edge over the Knight.
REGENT: Whereas the Witch, with their ability to manipulate Time, can put a pretty hard stop to the Knight in basically every situation. I can think of no biggerĀ āfuck youā move than complete temporal lockdown.
REGENT: Though, this is assuming that all the respective potential players have ascended, have a firm grasp of their abilities, and that the only real end-goal is to stop the Knight from killing the Prince. If the goal changes over to talking the Knight down, then my money goes to the Mage, with recognition that the Sylph could also be valuable.
REGENT: The Mageās obscene knack for logical thinking would likely give them some ability to provide counterpoints to the Knightās reasoning for attacking the Prince, though Iāll definitely hazard to say that I doubt theyād be the most empathic of individuals. Therein, Iād reckon, the Sylph would shine, given their aptitude towards emotion.
REGENT: Hopefully that answers your question - and also, again - that nothingās riding on my input. The scenario here is an odd one to be certain, but there are so many fucky things with SBURB that Iāve come to embrace the oddities where they crop up.
REGENT: To start with, never apologize for lengthy questions or the like. Minute details help piece together a better understanding of an individual, so honestly, the longer-slash-more-detailed the question, the better.
REGENT: Secondly, Iām flattered. .)
REGENT: As to the question at hand, I think youāve probably got a good read on them from the get-go, but just sayingĀ āyeah sounds about rightā would be anticlimactic, uncharacteristic of me, and would honestly sound like something Dirk would say. So, Iām gonna do as we Seers are wont to do and take something simple and answer it in a more complicated way than it deserves to be said.
REGENT: In regards to the Lord part; that sounds spot-on. Ruthless, domineering, petty, obsessive, spiteful, rampant - these traits all fairly accurately describe the nascent Lord. It is possible for a Lord to move past this stage of personal being, tempering their worse determinations with wisdom and compassion, but such is rare.
REGENT: As for the Aspects, I can easily rule out Breath, if only because it is an element which deals largely in freedom and forward movement; restlessness, personal liberty, and constant action are the hallmarks of Breath, and such traits would likely be magnified and perverted - but not inverted - by being fixed upon a Lord.
REGENT: Void is a fairer secondary possibility; the Aspect of lack, absence, secrets and obfuscation. It is certainly possible for a Lord of Void to manifest their connection to the Void through omission - active or otherwise. After all, Void is intrinsically connected to the Aspect of Light - that of knowledge - and so would easily manifest through āhiding knowledgeā, in a manner of speaking.
REGENT: But, I think Heart is the most appropriate aspect for this Heiress. Heart is the Aspect of the Self, and as such - and I say this with full respect to all the Heart players I know - those with a strong connection to the Aspect are strongly self-oriented. Self-reflecting, self-obsessive, selfish - and refusing outside assistance to do things oneself isnāt uncommon at all for the Heart-Bound.
REGENT: Not all Heart players have to deal with multiple unique splinter-existences from themselves as Dirk does; sometimes they have to deal with self-discovery, and sometimes - as would be the case with the Heiress in question - it can simply be a matter of having two separateĀ āfacesā. One of honey-tongued benevolence, and one of cruelty and spite.
REGENT: Now, granted, this does kind of all boil down toĀ āgut feeling backed by extensive studyā, so it should be taken with its measure of salt, but after a handful of years researching this subject, I reckon Iāve got a very good handle on feeling these things out accurately.
REGENT: Hopefully you found this assessment either - preferably both - agreeable and informative, and I hope I never have the displeasure of running into that Heiress.
WR: So, this is coming a fair few months later than it really should have - but, between welcoming some new faces to the library, keeping tabs on a couple sessions Iād best keep an eye on, spending time with a few people, and so on, the few opportunities Iāve had to think about this have been...Poorly spent, to say the least.
WR: And, what Iām talking about of course is the subject of Fused Aspects. I had mentioned a while back that I was working on a few postulates with which to further study and understand the concept, so...I guess, here they are.
WR: One; Fused Aspects can only be a combination of two separate Aspects - an Aspect cannot be combined with itself, for obvious reasons. Two; Fused Aspects are distinct from regular Aspects in that their names are, at the very least, disyllabic, or composed of two or more syllables.
WR: ......Thatās about it, honestly. Iāve tried to reason, fathom, and guess as to what all else Fused Aspects may entail, and Iāve gotten...Nowhere. So, for the time being, those are the two Fused Aspect postulates.
WR: I can only really wonder how Fused Aspects would work - do they combine natures of the two Aspects into a whole other concept, or do some Aspects accentuate the natures of others?
WR: Would there be any difference in how Passive Aspects mix with themselves to how they would mix with Active ones - and vice versa.
WR: And, beyond that - what sort of Aspects would these combinations produce? Iāve jotted down a few tentative names for possible Void-Fused Aspects - Twilight, Umbrage, and Shadow - but, by and large, the concept remains a mystery to me.
WR: Weāre still definitely working to try and get such a fusion to occur. I imagine that Light players might be able to actually trigger something to fuse Aspects, but we still have yet to test it.
WR: Iād love to hear other peopleās thoughts on the subject. Someone somewhere out there has to have something of a guess as to how all this works, so - if anyone would like to theorize with me, donāt hesitate to send a message our way.
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TT: The Sylph of Light is one who animates or fosters growth or empowerment of light, luck, or knowledge, whose blessings upon others can just as easily turn into a bitter curse.
TT: Sylphs are known, for the most part, to be fairly vain, irritable individuals, who are often given to flights of fancy. They are very passionate people, but this passion comes with a general disregard for established rules, making them effectively solitary players.
TT: Light players are known for being knowledgeable, proud, and very outspoken people. Theyāre equally willing to give advice as they are to begin into long, thoughtful discussions. While Light is an Active Aspect, and therefor frequently consideredĀ āoutgoingā, Light players are actually more frequently introverted, taking their time to recharge alone while they learn new things to discuss.
TT: This combination - of Sylphs and Light - produces someone who is very talkative, proud and vain, and not averse to talking for long stretches of time. They excel at critical thinking, but lack the patience and composure to truly work through a problem as a more passive Light player might. This difficulty in working through problems properly can, of course, come with unfortunate consequences.
TT: As for their powers, it isnāt fully understood what exactly Sylphs can do, so the depiction I gave was really more of a paraphrasing of Regentās own supposition. The only example we have of a Sylph using their powers was of the doomed Araneaās blessing of sight upon Terezi, which unfortunately was only a brief example.
TT: That said, Regent has taken an impressive theoretical leap to define it asĀ āempowering their Aspectā orĀ āmending their Aspectā, which can in turn become a grave misfortune to whosoever receives the blessing.
TT: Which, now that I say that out loud, I realise something that Regent may have missed over in his own analysis of their powers. Perhaps, once Dogana and Aphros are done helping him cool down, I might be able to talk to him about it.
TT: Nevertheless, I hope this analysis for the Sylph of Light has been helpful. It was a pleasure seeing you again, Drake, and I hope to hear from you again in the near future.
WR: Well, itās primarily subjective, but I find that Heart is the most powerful Active Aspect, due to its inherent nature of being about oneself and their potential.
WR: Pair that up with an Active Class with much, much greater personal potential - possibly more than we readily know - and you have something theoretically overpowered.
WR: Though, at the same time, my idea could probably also be pretty dumb, since itās mostlyĀ āthis Title leans so hard into the Active side of the spectrum that itās knocked the spectrum over and is lying on the floorā.
WR: So, do take that with a grain of salt, as Iāve yet to really personally discover or think about more theoretically powerful Titles.Ā ā^_
AbsentInquiries Title Masterpost Part 5, Page 1: The Knight, Revisited
WR: Heheheh, I knew Iād be back here, but I didnāt expect to do so for this reason. Ladies and gentlemen, a wonderful fellow stopped by and provided me with some valuable information, which theyāve allowed me to put into the Title Index.
WR: As a preface, these will primarily be regarding difference in polarity and power definition from my own, as personality traits didnāt really come up in our discussion, but nevertheless, their input will prove invaluable for those seeking a more realistic interpretation of the Knight and the Page.
WR: So, to give a quick brush up of my own definition of the Knight powers, I claimed that they draw power from without - using implements, symbols, and artifacts imbued with the power of their Aspect to do their magical work, and that their polarity was Passive -Ā āother-orientedā.
WR: Chernubs proposed instead that Knights are Active Classes, and rather than drawing power from tools or implements, they instead have fairly limited access to their Aspect, but exploit what they have, wringing every last advantage they can get from it.
WR: Their two major examples were those of the Knight of Time, Dave Strider, using time-travel to make the very most of a session with a limited amount of time, and the Knight of Blood, Karkat Vantas, barely managing to bring his session through despite the lack of cohesion or solid bonds.
WR: To quote specifically;Ā ādave's ability to almost singlehandedly sustain his session purely through time hopping even with only 24 hours to work with or how karkat partially kept his session together through working what connections they had to benifit the group.ā
WR: So, in summation, this definition of the powers of the Knight is that they lack a greater access to their powers (which seems to take the form of a fated imposition - a lack of time, a lack of cohesion, and so on), but can manipulate it to amazing ends.
WR: I hope Iām doing Chernubsā take on Knights some justice! Keep an eye out in the next half-hour for Pages Revisited. .)
