#alven

Good Luck Comes in Slender Currents

Chapters 4

Neve and Alven didn’t have the best of luck lately. Their contract was shitty, it quickly went south, and while they tried to escape with their lives, Neve almost drowned in the frozen river. Now, she is trying desperately to find some help for her wounded partner, before it’s too late for both of them. But when that help quite literally falls into their lap, will it prove to be everything she had wanted or something else entirely?

A/N: I really should fill out the WS form I need to send in by January 10th, but I'm feeling this story so chapter 4 it is. This is a toss into the past, because as much as I enjoy whatever misfortune befalls her and the witchers, I would also want to dive more into her past. This is a piece of it.

Alven

An Alf is a nature spirit well known in the Germanic lore. Most written sources about these beings come from old Norwegian sources but they are well known in basically all Germanic countries. I call them Alven here in this article because this is the Dutch name for an Elf.

The word Alf itself comes from the proto-indo European language, it is also linked to the Latin word Albus, which means white. The latin language itself also has its roots in the proto-indo European language. The proto-Germanic word for Alf is ɑlβɑz.

Alven are nature spirits with a humanoid look. Old Norse sources describe two kind of Alven, light and dark from the realms of Svartalfheim and Alfheim. They play an important role in the maintenance of the worlds. They help with the structuring the realms but they are also capable of demolishing them. They were already in existence before the Gods were. It were the Alven who turned Ymir's juice of life into the seas and oceans.

One of the earliest written works that mention the Alven is an Anglo-Saxon source from the late 10th century. Wið færstice is a medical charm intended to cure injuries caused by witches, elves and other spirits. "If it was the shot/pain of ēse or it was the shot/pain of ælfe or it was the shot/pain of hægtessan, now I want to help you. This for you as a remedy for the shot/pain of ēse this for you as a remedy for the shot/pain of ælfe." This is only a part of the charm.

More medical texts describe the Alven as the cause of certain diseases but these texts all come from Christian sources so there is a likely chance that the early Christians demonized these nature spirits into beings who cause mental and physical harm. Bald's Leechbook and Leechbook III, compiled in the 9th century is another example of an old English medical text that blames the Alven as cause of illness.

Similar in German tradition, the Alven were demonized as well in the early medieval ages as beings who caused mental disorders. There are even prayers that describe the Alven as demonic forces in league with witches. The church's attempts to demonize these nature spirits shows that the pagans viewed them as important.

Not only are the Alven linked to nature itself, they also had a connection with old Germanic ancestral worship. It is most likely that the belief in the Alven is actually much older than the Germanic culture itself, dating back to the bronze age.

In Dutch lore, Alven are also known as spirits of nature. They live in both their own world and ours. According to old Dutch beliefs, a human could easily wander into the plane of the Alven without even realizing it. Still Alven live in small hills called Alvenheuvelen. It is impossible to see the entrance of their domains but they are there. Just like in other Germanic cultures, the Dutch believe that Alven possess magic and can play pranks on humans. Unfortunately after Christianization they too were viewed as demons who drove humans insane or caused nightmares.

The belief in the Alven slowly faded away during the industrial revolution but they were reintroduced as the helpers of Santa in the early 19th century. Modern culture also made them popular again. The Alven species are incredibly common in most fantasy settings like the lord of the rings. It is interesting to see how the belief in a nature spirit turned into a demonic being that causes diseases and eventually into the fair folk we see in the lord of the rings films.  

Alven being a baby because he doesn't have hands

💋are any of your headmates dating?

Yeah!! I’m (Jamie) dating two lovely people (Ren and Alex)! Both of them are in systems actually and are hosts :0 So it’s actually a triangle with a stick at the end because one of our members, Matthew, is dating Alex too!

Severous, the gay giant werewolf , is actually dating someone from Alex’s system!

Then Joseph and Louise are dating :0 I feel like their dynamic is actually a trope because Louise is like “encourages the chaos” and Joseph is like “Will stay away from the chaos as much as possible and just wants peace” skjdksjcksc, they’re so wholesome even if Louise is so loud dkjdkfj

Jaiden is dating someone also! So is Alven! their partners are also from Alex’s system :0!!

Jaiden is so cheesy and stuff because he writes mini poems for his girlfriend and it’s cute but kris finds it gross khdksckdjd

💥how much in-system fighting is there?

Actually there’s a few ;; We don’t fight often- like, everyday 24/7 but it’s not like we’re totally at peace either ;;

Me and Chara I think fight the most- but we don’t hate each other at all!! when we tend to raise our voice at each other we tend to be emotionally charged? We don’t mean it;; For me, I usually get annoyed sometimes by the others- and while i am working on it, it’s hard not get annoyed sometimes– being in a system is really being roommates with so many people ;;

I used to argue with Matt a lot, again usually because we’re emotionally charged- and we sometimes blamed each other for stuff ;; Nowadays I would be raising voices with Chara or Kris, but we both try not to- and I notice i do that and i try to make up for it!! Everyone works so hard and when i know what i’m angry about is fixable then i apologize after because i didn’t have to be angry about it

other than that, sometimes you would hear chara and kris arguing in the background, and in other times, Chara gets mad at someone- like if they’re too emotional, or doing something wrong or not properly, they’ll scold them and chara sometimes has somewhat above average standards, but they don’t mean to be angry so easily and they do realize that!! so they try to walk away or in the middle of it, try to stop be angry and try to understand the other person if possible, but they tend to like being angry than feel sad or anything else ;;

Jaiden and Alven used to argue A LOT,,, like they HATED EACH OTHER SO MUCH,,,, they’re best friends now but there was such a big rivalry between them at first

🤝are you out as a system to anyone?

Im out as a system online in this blog and ogeeitsme! We’re also part of some discord servers where we’re open about being a system! The only online spaces we haven’t been open about it on are may main social media’s that have @/ebonytails in the name.

In real life, my family knows but they’re,,, not nice about it, mum isn’t nice about it

i’m out to my therapist!! and my guidance counselor in school!! A few friends at school know too! I actually have 1 IRL system friend but i haven’t seen her in a while because we’re so busy ;;

😶any headmate that rarely front?

Yep! We actually have non-fronting headmates!!!

Non Fronting

Alven, Penny, Louise, Joseph, Severous

Fronters (from Fronts to most to Fronts the Least) (as of May 22 2019)

Jamie (I’m a host :0)

Chara (Co-host!)

Kris (may or may not be co-host but he doesn't want to be ksdksd im sorry kris but it's possible that you're in there)

Sal

Peter

Kobe

Aco

Jaiden

Matthew

Jade

Liam

Icari

That’s it so far!! I would honestly group Jade, Liam, and Icari together because they barely front at ALL, to the point where we have no idea what their fronting triggers are too much, especially Liam and Icari

🕸what's your oldest memory of being a system?

Honestly my oldest memory if of when i met my first headmate, Jaiden- which is when I thought the system FIRST came to exist (jade corrected me and told me she was here since 2014,,,, i don't try to think about that lol)

I had a headmate before Jaiden but i didn't realize she was actually a headmate and i thought she was just a very complex oc i had made

For the Jaiden one, I was having a conversation with this, gross guy, Him, and he was scolding me and getting mad at me. It was probably 12 am or something and he was getting mad over chat 

I was crying so much I walked out to the backyard of our house in the Province (country side of our country i guess kjksdkskj) to just cry and be alone in the fake, in the middle of the night, under the stars

I was just hugging myself and sobbing my eyes out and I hear a voice and it was weird but then Jaiden, who could front at the time (before he lost the power to front and got it back again) confronted and we talked using the body’s mouth??? i guess because i couldn't hear him properly. I don't remember this anymore because this was like in 2016 but he said something like “Are you okay?” and he would ask me questions and introduce himself “my name is Jaiden, maybe I can help?” i don't remember the rest of that conversation, but it made me feel less alone and ever since that night, he's been taking care of me ever since-- but yeah it was him an di confronting and talking to each other outloud. i was self conscious about using the body to talk to each other outloud since it's not a common way to communicate- but i've heard (literally) and seen other systems do it so i feel less alone in that regard too!

then when we started getting more and more kids Jaiden moved back and stayed inside to help them, and he would be too busy taking care of them to front- and when he does, he comes back to them always ;; he wants to take care of them, especially after some bad stuff,,,, i'm not sure if he blames himself for that, he probably does and that's why he's always with the kids 24/7 now

It's okay!! It's really fun to answer! I took a while to get to this because I thought I'd draw them! I'll link references to them if I have any!

In order from oldest to most recent:

Jaiden's Reference // Alven's Reference

Kobe's Reference

Leo's Reference

Aco's Reference // Jade's Reference

Liam's Reference

Did I say we were even??? I meant there are 9 nonhuman headmates vs. 8 humans ;;

*those with asterisks mean they can front!

Some kind of,,? I'm not sure what category they fall under, but you can tell the main species sort of :0

DOODLE DUMP

In order it’s

I present to you a height chart!

5) Does your system have a name?

Yeah! We kinda didn’t have a name at first because I felt like we shouldn’t have one because- I was worried I was gonna offend anyone by not having DID/OSDD and then having a system name- but we eventually made one after some encouragement!

Our name is the Pinkberry System!!

It’s a mix of the suggestions Pink Meadow System And Blueberry (Because Kobe really likes blueberries). Everyone didn’t wanna day not to her so we just mixed the two!! So no it’s not based off of the yogurt shop kshsksk

7) What does the headspace/inner world look like? Is it just one building/area, several, or more?

It’s actually really really big, so big I am not bothering to explore even further kshsksk

I actually made a map of it! Not very accurate but it’s as accurate as I can go

It used to be just the Meadow but then we started going beyond that and then turns out we have more forests?? If you fly up into the sky the horizon is just forests and more forests, and we have other teleporters to lakes so I think we have a whole country there, or a planet, not sure!

The Ruined city is just a grey ruined city with degree and destroyed building everywhere. There’s giant 3-4 story robots with weapons so don’t go there kshsksk

8) Do members have separate rooms/areas? Does anyone share a room?

Yes and no to the first one I think!

When it was just the four of us, me, Dee (she’s gone now), Jaiden, and Alven, everyone had their own rooms! I don’t know how hat happened but I think they made them? Or they had a room when they came here?? Because when Alven showed up he already had a room?? Said he made it immediately and he had a key for it and jshsjsj

The ones who have their own room right now is Alven (In the Mansion), Severous (Providence), Matthew, and Chara (Both in the bunker). The ones who share a room is Jaiden and the kids (Aco, Carla, Penny, and Kobe), and the two lovebirds Joseph and Louise (All Mansion!). Then everyone else kinda wanders around! I don’t see Leopole a lot but he is probably around the forest or exploring? And Peyton is like?? A confusing thing because nobody has ever seen him in he headspace at all?? And he’s a giant dragon?? Then again he kinda doesn’t have a form a lot? He’s just a voice most of the time, when he doesn’t have a form.?? It’s weird but that’s just how it is I guess! He’s the internal self helper and he knows everything and it’s wack

14) Is anyone religious? What are their religions?

This is a good question because nobody here ever talks about religion?

Jaiden tells me he doesn’t know what maybexist and what doesn’t so whatever your religion, you’re valid! He doesn’t really care

Matthew says he’s raised Christian or catholic but he personally is agnostic

Severous says he used to be religious but doesn’t believe anymore so he’s atheist

Chara is atheist

Alven has no idea

And that’s about it :0

I personally am agnostic

18) Does anyone talk with a different voice in the outer world? In the inner world?

Yeah dude!!

I’ll do my best to explain how their voices sounds like

I’ll start off with outer world stuff- when they get in control!!

So far Matthew- I noticed, that when he talks in the body the voice gets a bit more low and rough? And the way he talks is different and anxious

Jaiden when he talks is more upbeat and “motherly”, he sounds like a Disney princess but subtle!

Kobe and Aco have tinier voices!

And Chara speaks normally so no change

In the inside everybody has a different voice from me!

If face claims exist, voice claims do too

I can never find an accurate voice for Jaiden but he sounds like a young adult who wants to help a lot? Not a helpful description skhsks

Alven is a mix of David Tennant and Bucky from ice age! Yes with the accent!

Kobe is baby Bones from Ferdinand- yes with the slight country accent!!

Penny is baby Dory,

Aco is literally a soft cute 6 year old

Charas gender changes a lot inspace so I won’t be able to do a voice claim but? When Chara is a guy their voice is organized-sounding and controlled? They aren’t like this but they sounds like a privileged white boy, and when they’re a girl it’s the same thing but an organized bully who knows what they’re doing and also does not sound like a white girl like girl bullies do in the movies

Charas voice by itself can be really really intimidating especially when they’re angry or upset, but Chara is very soft and I love them. Also sometimes their voice is androgynous so?? A mix of the two

Severous is like a big growly boss from your generic dark video game but his voice is very rough

Louise sounds and looks like Ellen Page, and Joseph has a soft voice and a British accent!!

Matthew’s is Tom Holland with an American accent like in Spider-Man Homecoming !!