#caliam

My half of an art trade with @lady-merian, featuring her ocs Caliam and Raya! They're a great brother-sister duo, they both work so hard to support each other, and I love them very much. They deserve all the good things.

:D

Arric is clever and he’s good with his words (He always seems to know what to say. I’ve tried to figure out how he does it, but I can’t.) and responsible but not in a way that interferes with a good sense of humor, just the kind that makes people think he’s the older one of the two of us.

Erran is trickier. I’ll answer the last question first because it seems like he’s hiding a whole side of himself from us at times. It’s not that he’s reserved, it’s that even Arric will talk about things from before he moved to Wettham—and he’s got more reason than most to not want to talk about that— and for Erran it’s like that time doesn’t exist. It took me a little while to pick up on that though because he *doesn’t* seem reserved at all, but rather open. I thought it odd once I did notice it.

Wynn: what's your favourite meal?

Ahh, for all the famous regional dishes of Northern Dorenan, naught beats a savory pie for me. Ye’ve made me hungry just thinking about it.

Erandir: what's a special memory from your childhood?

I have vague memories of coming along with my mother when she was visiting someone recovering from an injury. She was bringing a basket of food and medicines. …Sorry, Merian, I don’t remember more details about the injury or medicines. Just that she sang to me on the way to amuse me.

Merian: what's a good cure for stomach ailments?

*is distracted with Erandir’s story* Hmm? Oh, sorry. It is hard to say. It depends on the ailment and also the person. My old standby of ginger makes some people feel worse somehow, though it works well for me. Peppermint… cinnamon… lemon balm… bee balm… bitter greens to stimulate digestion… *steeples fingers and takes deep breath* I do not care if Caliam thinks this is cheating, I have found an article that says it better than I can, and in the name of giving useful information I will share it! But the short answer is that it depends on the ailment and the cause. *hugs*

Arric: what's your favourite view?

Nothing against mountains or forests, but I like wide open spaces. Meadows, or fields of grain stretching out till they meet the sky. I don’t know that I have a clear favorite yet though.

Raya: what's your favourite thing to bake?

I have one oatmeal scone recipe I use a lot. It’s delicious and nearly foolproof—or else I’ve made it so often that I can tell what it needs more or less of—so it’s nice to try different things with. Blaeberries or heather honey with cream are my favorite additions.

Caliam: do you feel you're in the wrong tale?

>_>

Not really, I guess, though I want to be doing something. Isn’t it a bad thing to have a passive protagonist?

Is Caliam pronounced CAL-ee-am or cal-EYE-am?

hi! :D It’s the former. I stole the name from a character from The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson but changed the spelling from Kaliam to Caliam. (Typing it that way now looks weird to me, but it’s important to me that you all know that)

pictures of my guy <3

(by @urban-hart)