#aeolid

some nudi pictures I took in tulamben, bali!

[I do hab seadwellers!  I’ll give a basic rundown of them all, but you can read (most of) their full bios on my trollcall page!

This is Kirent! I need to get new sprites of him so he can be as lanky as he should be.  He was kidnapped from his loving lusus at ~2 years old by deep sea doomsday cultists.  He never really fit in or understood his place with them, but after learning about his past felt even more out of place.  He snuk away to begin living on the surface, slowly trying to learn common alternian in place of his deep sea language and trying to unlearn the prejudices that the cultists who raised him ingrained into him.

This is Aeolid.  He spent most of his life living under water, but found a quick love for books as soon as he moved to the surface at adulthood.  He does his best to fulfill his “duties” as a violet (which include mostly aiding other violets, heirs/heiresses if asked, and keeping up with politics, but he also wishes for a life where less is expected of him.  It’s for that reason that he spends much of his time as a hemoanon working odd custodial jobs.  The work may be more strenuous, but he finds that he likes it.

Helfyr is a warrior from my colony world Ursus Mazatari.  It is a world of mighty warriors, fae rules of conversation, and better hemoequality- assuming that you are physically strong and uphold the tennants of The Vengeful Creator.  Helfyr became Artume’s moirail when they worked together on the same fleet battleship, but she was assumed dead after a great battle, and ultimately left to fend for herself after the ships departed.  It wasn’t until the teraforming teams arrived nearly a whole sweep later that she was found and sent back to Alternia where she would find Artume had a new moirail.

Parson is an ancient violetblood from Ursus Mazatari.  He is a high priest to The Vengeful Creator, and served as a teacher to many wrigglers on the colony world.  Artume, the world’s “little prince” as he called him, was the closest thing he had to a child of his own.  He felt is was important to impart as much of the world’s and the Lord’s insight on the young heir... and it didn’t hurt that he was a wonderfully energetic and adorable child.  

He still sees Artume as that little 3 year old that liked to hide under the long tails of his robes, and he holds him to a much higher standard of performance than anyone else.  Even in the HIM AU where Art becomes emperor he still does his best to seem nonplussed.

Artume Somnum is my one and only fuchsia!  He is rather young for his caste, but he has had a relatively full life within the fleet and when considering his accomplishments.  After meeting his current moirail Jaiana (by @ask-some-trolls-with-cool-hair) he started to realize that conquering worlds for the empire was not something he wanted to spend his life doing.  Fighting with honor and especially dying with it is all that an Ursine warrior could hope for... but now he hopes for a simpler life with those he loves, and redemption for the death and destruction he has caused in the Empress’ name.

He has no desire to become emperor in any timeline, and in his current main universe he is taking an “extended leave of absence” from the fleet.  What this means is that he has agreed to abstain from fleet duties in order to stay with his lowblood moirail until the natural end of her life while doing paperwork and short jaunts into space to check on established colonies when he has to.  Whether or not hw wants to overthrow the empire to stop Alternia’s spread of terror throughout space is something he is still mulling over with the help of his friends, however.

BONUS:

Xhialo, my mutant blueblood fishy!  He fell between the cracks (literally) within the caverns and found his way as a grubby into the sea.  He was raised by a prawn who taught him survival and scavenging.  His psionics (which allow him to “hear the memories” of objects around him when in silence) came in very handy when it came to treasure hunting and learning general information about the world above sealevel.

Send 💝 for a a kiss on the forehead

Spending lazy nights in bed with his matesprit was one of the finer things in life.  At least it was in the seadweller’s opinion.  Aeolid wrapped his arms around the lowblood, purring softly and nuzzling against his hair.  It was bind to be a long night after they got up... Every night was when you had a stupid double life like this...  But he didn’t mind.  if afforded himself more freedom and more opportunities for Circsi- and wasn’t that all he could really ask for?

A nice, easy life away from trolls who wanted to hurt him or take advantage of him... anything to keep him happy and safe.  The seadweller knew that he didn’t need to coddle his mate- far from it!  Circsi was so strong and level headed, Aeolid didn’t doubt that he could make a good name for himself if given the chance.  

Aeolid looked into his dozing mate’s face.  He was soft, even after ell he’d been put through in his life.  how could he not want to keep him protected at all costs?  Gently, the highblood pressed his lips against Circsi’s forehead, lingering for a moment.  He’d never really had aspirations until he met him...

[When it comes to Oberon, Shoren’s affection probably comes by way of protective gear and an excess of bandages.  For a troll who seems to be constantly getting hurt, he wants to make sure he’s taken care of!  He likely also does his best to keep tabs on what Obe is doing and if he’s going out and getting into trouble.  It’s not exactly stalking- it’s just using surveillance at his disposal to keep his mate out of danger.

[Aeolid unfortunately has no sprites so you’ll have to bare with me here ;v;]

🌧- For a heavy, emotional secret

Wish... was not violet... don’t like the base high status... prefer to be hemoanon forever, but that’s dangerous... Friend of mine was a mutant but... got exposed because of me.  Can’t let that happen ever again...

🙃- For a lighter, slightly embarrassing secret

Was working as a custodian once... just applied as janitor, but somehow got assigned with other “slurry architects”... disgusting spell, shitty job... embarrassed to have been around so much material...

🍏- For something they secretly wish didn’t exist

Wish seadwellers were just normal trolls... too much strength, too much responsibility, too much status for nothing... so tiring for appearances

🍎- For something they secretly wish did exist

Longer burgundyblood life? lifes...?  Matesprit is so low on the spectrum... worry about him and his future a lot. 

🍻- For something bad/mischievous you did as a child or teen that your parents don’t know about

Tried to have a party while slugdad was sleeping... got snacks and games and shit for other seadweller kids... best seashell collection for them to see too... only one kid came and he was a jackass... it was fun.

🌜- For a ‘weird’ habit or tic that no one knows about

Sometimes will play with my gills... told it’s not polite and may be obscene... but it feels good to run fingers over them and hear sound they make... thicker than most seadwellers’ so it sounds better and different.

👻- For something that scares or disturbs them, but they refuse to tell anyone

Caterpillars.

🐇- For a secret item they keep (stuffed animal, comfort object, etc)

Have a small piece of fabric to touch... very soft, very old.  Had it since wrigglerhood and before being schoolfed.  Feels good... helps to sleep when the nightmares are bad.

📒- For a secret journal/diary they keep (Bonus: Share an entry from it!)

Shaggy Mouse Nudibranch - Aeolidia papillosa

Edmonds Underwater Park, Washington

January 20, 2020

[Aeolid’s fins flutter slightly and a small blush crosses his cheeks.]

Thank... love you.

Well.  This was definitely... a problem... The seadweller sighed and repeatedly his his head gently against the wall, already having forsaken the locked door.  It was such a stupid accident- neither he nor Circsi were the most coordinated trolls in the world, and tripping over one another was bound to happen in even his moderately sized walk in closet!  How was he supposed to know the doorknob would break off like that just because he used it to catch himself from falling?

It was... an entirely embarrassing situation.  Aeolid sighed and glanced at his matesprit.  One of the housekeepers would be around eventually!  It would just... take a few... hours.... hopefully.  This was incredibly dumb!