#divus lore

there is a city sized university called Gresse on the island nation of Yixa. Gresse is a university committed solely to the study of magic and magi, and they own a gigantic fleet of quite possibly hundreds of thousands of ships that go out to almost every country in the world - countries under the Gresse Concordisse - to pick magi up and take them back to Gresse. No one except the highest higher ups in Gresse themselves know exactly why this is considered necessary. Within the terms of the Gresse Concordisse it is plainly stated that any realised magi withholding themselves from the ships and refusing passage to Gresse is committing a crime against Yixa, as is anyone knowingly harbouring them.

Saal is (secretly. Secretly , secretly) a magi ; a Pathetic one, but one nonetheless. He also just so happens to live in what would likely be classed as the 3rd most anti-magic nation in the world, Ulor. (he has some serious self image issues.)

Ulor is a country that is almost entirely run by various underground thieves guilds that have existed as long as the country itself. They are deeply entrenched in the culture of Ulor. There is no Ulor without the guilds. Despite the lowlives that make up their ranks - known as scaru - and their propensity for drinks, drugs, gambling, whores, fights and cursing, the guilds are perfectly organised and calculated, and spare no sympathy for anyone in the way.

Saal Fera is a scaru belonging to the guild 'Fratera', the guild in charge of the southernmost territories of Ulor. He's pretty much the exact opposite of organised and calculated, and very much in the way. Him being magi and therefore technically a fugitive was enough to make him a massive liability as is - without the extra mess of him then going and accidentally getting a valuable and talented guild brother, a man named Omalivilian, killed on the job. His standing with the guild master Amaria dropping from unfavourable to straight up resentful, Saal is now at risk of being dropped by the guild; even worse, Amaria has threatened to save everyone the trouble and report him to the ships to have him taken away to Gresse if he doesn't seriously make up for what he's done.

The guild is split into groups called divisas, and Divisa three is made up by Saal and his two best friends: Vitra and Divus.

And then there's Livilial, who's a member of guild Fratera who joined after escaping from her home country to Ulor, who has now made it her life's goal to make Saal as miserable as humanly possible even if that means getting him kicked out the guild for good; Omalivilian was her beloved younger brother. However, Livilial and Saal already have a complicated past, meaning her feelings about him are a lot more conflicted that she'd like to admit.

7-What overdone joke does/would Vitra repeat constantly?

12-What does Livilial's laugh sound like?

10-Find/describe a dress that Omalivilian would wear/would suit him

21-Does Divus have any particular mannerisms, gestures or physical habits?

37-Does Saal keep any collections?

:D

12. Probably just absolutely angelic honestly . high-ish pitched , open , but not overly loud . No clapping or accidental snorting or anything , just really pure and simple . Birds fly by and the sun breaks on her face and her teeth sparkle type shit lmfao. Such a shame it's gone forever

10. I looked up yellow sundress with a very specific style in mind and I found it

this is the style of clothing most common for everyone in Brin where he's from; no defined waist , puffs out at the bottom, very short stopping just at the hips . Now just imagine this but with long , flowy sleeves , and that's straight up probably a piece of clothing he wore in Brin that he brought with him to Ulor .

21. He has quite a few ! He tries to cover his mouth when he smiles or laughs to hide the missing tooth . He often runs his fingers over the scarring on his face . When he's in fancy dress to pose as someone of import to get in somewhere , he puffs out his chest and lifts his head up high, and speaks with a fake affluent accent . When he's in normal mode , he slouches a lot more and speaks rougher. He probably also touches his hair a lot, making sure everything is in place. He's more than a little superstitious, so he does the Izuban ward against evil when he's nervous or in danger on instinct (which is closing your eyes, making a ✌️shape with your hand and quickly tapping your eyelids with those fingers .)

37. He actually does kinda ! He makes little statues to the god Vavahn (either using conventional means or magic) and keeps them all in his little secret fane .

Thank you for the ask ! This came out of nowhere what a nice surprise :D (I've actually been thinking about this a lot recently as I think it will be relevant to the beginning of the story)

Divus and Vitra both never really GOT Omal . He was a bit too plain speaking and literal for either of them . While the rest of divisa III was firmly at "best friends" status with one another , Omal was pretty much stuck at "colleague" with all of them

Vitra made fun of him a lot in the same ways she makes fun of everyone else she likes or spends time around, but Omal never really took it super well or laughed along - which made her think he was boring and/or stuck up . With Vitra being unable to take things earnestly and Omal being the definition of earnest they were like oil and water really .

Divus just couldn't really find that much common ground with him either . Despite being a thief , Omalivilian held onto his morals tightly (after all he only ever became a thief because livilial forced him into it, he never wanted to be one) which always made Divus feel judged by him . Omal wouldn't gamble , would get mad if Divus played a game with him and cheated , and his Brinik sensibilities didn't much sympathise with sleeping around , either . So Divus always felt Omal thought he was better than him . And Divus, being super sensitive to what people think of him , very much let that affect the way he treated and talked to the guy.

From Omals perspective, he always got the impression none of divisa III really liked him that much . He understood his place though - these three had been together since childhood and him and his sister had been the ones to butt in . It only made sense that they'd be outsiders. It was just extremely unfortunate that Livilial had then moved to a different divisa , leaving him alone as the odd one out .

OOO good one !! Okay so he has spent MUCH of his life trying to figure out who they might be and where they are (and why afahk they didn't look or come back for him) so he has a few guesses .

All he knows , thanks to the guy who scooped him up off the street and brought him to the orphanage to wait , is that his parents

1. were riding a wagon very fast towards the coast

2. the wagon had piles of random assorted cargo in it

3. he had been sat in the back with the cargo (otherwise he couldn't have fallen out)

and 4. they were in such a hurry they didn't notice him hitting the road