#askoberon

Good question! I will list each gaian High Royal and their specialties.

Oberon - Illusions and Telepathy. He uses illusions to do sneaky illegal shit and telepathy to manipulate people.

Sanctoria - Not magical.

Wynnala - Telepathy. She has trouble speaking out loud, so she prefers to use telepathy to get her words out better.

Oberon Jr. - Illusions. He's not very good at them yet, but he tries to use illusions to change his appearance. It annoys Oberon when he gives himself wacky hair colors.

Tristabella - Illusions. She's still a young child and can't do much with this yet, but she's in school learning the basics.

Naetorus - Not magical.

Chua: Alchemy and curses. Chua can brew up some crazy potions, but they're most famous for their curse which turns people to stone.

Gultopp: Not magical. He didn't want to risk having a weakness to iron when his greatest enemy, Evangeline, is famous for using iron weapons.

Juvella: Curative and Floemancy. She decided to learn healing spells after working as a nurse, then figured if she was going to be weak to iron, she may as well learn offensive spells to protect herself, so she chose floemancy (frost magic).

Blomi: Not magical. Her dad wouldn't let her be magical, fearing iron weakness.

Hestal: Not magical, same reason as Blomi.

Sygbarne: Not magical. Her parents assume she's incapable of learning it, and even if she could, they wouldn't trust her to use it responsibly.

Maris: Hydromancy. Growing up on the coast, she's spent a lot of time on boats, and learned hydromancy for her own benefit.

Kast: Not magical, but he is interested in becoming magical and learning galemancy one day. He thinks storms are exciting.

Hethor and her family: Not magical, as Hethor believes magic is a "crutch of the fae". However, Mutara is a skilled alchemist, cleric, and floramancer who has managed to teach Thetos some floramancy as well.

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You know what? This is so fucking funny I have to declare it canon lmao👩‍⚖️

Like, OJ knows it's stupid but that's the point. They not only disrespects their father by rejecting his name, they rub salt in the wound by replacing that name with something totally ridiculous.

"King Junior, I--"

"Please, it's King Juice now. B)"

Cut to Oberon dying of shame in his padded room or wherever the hell he ends up lol

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I think that's a very likely outcome for him! Just check out this commercial for his dealership!

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Pretty much "so rich it doesn't matter", but it also kind of does sometimes. Their drug habits may not affect them financially, but it can affect their personal lives and their decision-making quite a bit.

Titania, for example, is a functional addict. She's been abusing crazy beans for so long that they barely affect her anymore. She can still do her job because the beans don't even get her high, they just bump her up from "crippling depression" to "slightly bummed".

Then you have Oberon Mogdir, who can't even get a boner anymore without snorting a fat line of pink sugar because his body has become so accustomed to it. Most people who take pink sugar end up so high that they can't do anything but lie on the floor and hallucinate. But Oberon has built such a tolerance to it that he remains lucid when he's under its effects. It just relaxes him and gets his blood flowing like normal.

Marghan Matuzu often goes on wack-fueled rampages around his palace, where he picks fights with his own bodyguards and breaks priceless royal heirlooms. He's not the least bit functional on drugs because he just does them willy-nilly. He'll snort or inject anything you put in front of him without a thought. He's not exactly an "addict", just an irresponsible opportunist.

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Gaians don't have it as rough as commoners, but it can still be pretty dicey. So, Mogdir Kingdom's whole culture is centered around magic. All their infrastructure is built around magic-users. If you can't use magic, you're going to have a hard time in this kingdom. Nothing is going to be convenient for you if you don't have a grasp of some basic spells they teach in Mogdiri primary school.

Gaians aren't born magical, but they can become magical if they choose. Most gaians in Mogdir Kingdom do choose to learn magic. Commoners, however, can't learn magic no matter what they do.

While there are a lot of gaians in Mogdir Kingdom, they tend to hold lower places in society compared to fae. Most of the kingdom's richest and most powerful people are fae, and there is an undercurrent of fae-supremacy (elven supremacy in particular) running through this culture. Commoners are considered the lowest in society, and gaians are only a step above them. It also depends on the species of gaian. Satyrs, minotaurs, and gorgons have it the roughest. Attitudes towards fauns and centaurs are more positive.

Despite its name, Mogdir Kingdom hasn't been a true monarchy for a long time. They elect a new leader every 3 generations. Oberon is the first of his reign, and presumably one of his children will take over after him, then one of his grandchildren before a new leader is elected from a different bloodline.

Mogdir Kingdom has seen a decent number of gaian rulers in its day, and even a few commoners here and there. Monsters? No, as they don't have the same rights as peoples here. Even faerys can't legally vote and they aren't eligible to become politicians.

Because of fae supremacist attitudes, a significant chunk of Mogdir's population always raises a big stink and drums up controversy whenever a non-fae candidate is introduced ("This is a fae nation, we should be ruled by fae only! We've had too many gaian leaders in a row! It's not a good time for their kind to be ruling! Whaa whaa whaaa! etc..." Things were no different when Oberon stepped up to the plate.

However, Oberon managed to charm the Mogdiri so much during his campaign that the majority chose him over his two competitors--both of which were fae. That's pretty significant for this kingdom. His approval rating remains high because whenever he has to do something controversial, he appoints a "fall guy" to take the blame for it. Nothing bad that happens is ever his fault. Everything good that happens, he takes credit for, even if he had nothing to do with it. His secret to success is:

A) being an incredible liar and manipulator

and B) having an extraordinary PR team to micro-manage his public image

Recent asks made me want to sketch up a concept for Oberon and his wife, Sanctoria :)

Good god, That’s despicable! You did say Oberon did some terrible things at his own peoples expense, but I’d like to know what those awful things were!

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Damn King Oberon is truly a disgusting person! What kind of heinous ass things has he been doing to his people behind their back that’s so bad they would immediately storm the palace and kill him?! And I’m assuming that it goes above and beyond just things like stealing tax dollars for his own leisure activities?

There is...a lot going on with this guy. Here’s some of the things he does in the shadows:

-Refuses to address the slavery and abuse of commoners in his kingdom (and deflects blame onto the commoners themselves for “combating his attempts to help” (attempts which never existed btw), thus causing even more hostile attitudes and violence towards them)

-Embezzling tons of tax money so he can pay off various crime lords. Oberon has shady deals going on all over the world, including but not limited to: drug trafficking, sex slavery, exotic animal smuggling, and even some involvement with Kelvingyard.

-Publicly expresses disgust at Zareen Empire’s pollution and has enacted embargos on their goods, which has screwed over a lot of his own people economically. At the same time, he’s literally in bed with Zareen’s queen and does secret trading to benefit himself, while his people struggle because they can’t do the same. Most of the goods he trades depends on Zareen’s factories, so he secretly funnels money into their dirty industries that he claims to oppose.

-Related to the above, but secrets funnels money into industries that are poisoning the Aquarians and leading to deaths/deformities/illness. He knows this is causing the Aquarian Alliance to aggro and even attack his own people, but doesn’t care because $$$.

-Has a habit of dipping out and going on vacation whenever a disaster hits (earthquake, flood, disease epidemic, etc.) except he tells his people he’s leaving to speak with foreign nationals about receiving aid for them...in reality, he’s enjoying some hookers and blow in Matuzu Capital while his disaster response team sweeps up the mess and takes the blame for his failings when he returns.)

-Has had countless mistresses assassinated because he was afraid they’d blab about his affairs. Threatens the rest of them to stay quiet via mafia harassment. Will straight up have women and children tortured/murdered just to make sure his image stays clean.

-Is in bed not only with Qara Zareen, his kingdom’s greatest enemy, but also with the queen of the Seelie Court, Titania. His kingdom is actually on good terms with the Seelie Court, but he markets himself as a wholesome family man, so this would NOT go over well with his people.

-Claims to support free speech, but silences all criticism of his regime via mafia harassment and murder.

(Translated via Google Translator)

I feel a little sorry for Trista, the father is a jerk who uses her and doesn't really love her, he just uses her as an object for his own benefit

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Trista really is is a tragic character! She's easy to hate because her behavior is outrageously bad, but it's not her fault that she acts this way. This behavior was created by Oberon's neglect and manipulation.

Unfortunately, I don't think she stands a chance. She's on course to carry this behavior into adulthood and grow into a dangerous person. I think this could be corrected if she was surrounded by the right people and got the help she needs, but this isn't likely to happen with Oberon around. It benefits him if she's a raging psychopath.

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