#haedain

Witcher AU - Bard Heddi's gift

You come back to the inn after some monster slaying and see this, wyd

Witcher AU - Haedain (Heddi/Hottie/Hee)

A half-elf serf-turned-assassin-turned-bard. Seeking to make his name writing poems, and leave behind a bit of fraught past. He thinks of himself as an ex-assassin (if not for all the assassinations he still occasionally does). Living a harsh, abused existence since birth due to his lineage led him down the path of a “resistance fighter” in his teenage to young adult years--that’s where all the ‘assassinating’ started--but as he got older he became tired and wondered if he could live a more legit life. Though, he isn’t sure if he could ever fully assimilate. And there are always questions as to whether he actually wants to.

His rogue skills are excellent, and even now he is, as he puts it, “secretly pointy,” in reference to all the daggers and throwing knives he has hidden in his instruments and clothes. That being said, he avoids letting anyone know that he has any sort of capability in that, and would rather be seen as a soft, delicate performer that, while capable enough with a short-sword, otherwise needs protecting. His Assassin skills are definitely a “I’m good at it, but I don’t wanna do it,” thing, and utilizing them is usually due to necessity or coercion, and he does it with a grumble.

He's been hopping around following different adventurers, trying to find anyone worth writing about that he can stick around, with no long term luck. Many have died, abandoned him, or worst of all, have turned out to actually be very boring. He does eventually end up with the Witcher Massif, in a very strange arrangement indeed.

This was from a while ago, and I didn't post it until now because tumblr was not letting me post images (it almost didn't work this time as well, I had to randomly remove one of the images, so there is a piece of art here y'all will not see, whoops. Probably for the best, it was pretty slutty).

Why the hell do I always make bards