#kh!auron

As soon as Terra landed in the Coliseum, he noticed things were different. He still hoped that boy that he had met was still there, the one that wanted to be a Hero. With a sigh, he glanced at the Wayfinder, that was tied to the underside of his gauntlet, and took a deep breath. His armor clanked as he moved toward the Vestibule.

Auron leaned back against the cool marble wall in the shadow of the building as he watched the combatants on the arena floor. One of the fighters on-stage batted past their opponent’s defense, a loud crnch echoed through the arena, and the crowd roared. The Tournament had only just started, and Philoctetes’ chalk scribbled madly as the faun continued to take down names to fill up the first round matches. There was no shortage of people still filing in through the wide gates. However, they were not Auron’s concern.

There is one thing that binds them all, even though they do not know it.

It binds the two boys on the islands, who play with a blitzball - more beach ball than proper blitzball, it doesn’t have half the density that it needs to slice through the water or to crack open a fiend’s skull, Wakka knows this without knowing, it just doesn’t feel right when he throws it - and with a toy sword, scrabbled together out of driftwood and twine - but Tidus remembers without remembering the weight of edged steel in his hands, the lethal dance of dodge-and-strike, and forgets that he should have scars from the moments when he wasn’t fast enough.

It binds the fairies in Radiant Garden who call themselves treasure hunters - searching searching searching for a treasure that doesn’t exist any more, or maybe it never did in the first place? They hunt for memories - of a dream, of a team, of the world’s past - always searching never finding and they cannot say what they are searching for even if they themselves knew, because the treasure of memory is too much like the treasure of a heart, and too many hearts have been stolen already.

It binds the guardian who walks the paths of the dead, fallen from grace and honor both. Both of your promises broken - one to live, the other to protect. It is the road you should not have taken, but did - in your rage and want of revenge you waded through a sea of blood to cut off the head of the lying Church, because your lord was dead and your friend was Sin, and it was your fault for not saving them but Yevon’s fault for driving them to the Pilgrimage, driving Spira to ruin, and in the end you were not as strong as Braska thought you were.

There is something that is instilled deep at the core of them all, even now - untouched by time, by Heartless, by the unraveled and twisted stories of the paths they should have walked.

Deeper than the beat of a heart, pyreflies shine, and clear voices rise, though none but one knows how they know these words, this song, this hymn.

                                “Ieyui…

There was a sense of serenity to be found at night on the roof of the grand Coliseum. Away from the light of the burning torches below, the stars sparkled like a jeweled net cast across the heavens. Hercules and Philoctetes insisted that the images of heroes could be found there, as the gods themselves recorded the greatness of their deeds for all to remember.

Auron found the thought ridiculous.

Still, it wasn’t as if Spirans didn’t have legends about the stars as well, and the shapes that they made. Where would they be, looking from here? Lady Asura, the guiding polestar. Mi’ihen and The Couerl. The Hunting Dogs. The Summoner and Guardian.

Would the gods of this place have put you up there for your deeds, my lord?

Footsteps sounded on the tile behind him, but his gaze did not waver from the overhead view. The boy is hardly subtle.

“Do you know where the star of your world is, Sora?”

At least it was better than the depths of Tartarus.

For those of you looking to RP with KH!Verse Auron, here's a few things to keep in mind or ponder:

Will be found in the Olympus Coliseum/Underworld area by default - no exceptions unless demanded by the plot

Can be encountered as an optional boss fight - for plot, or if you are interested in a combat thread (Not canon-supported)

He was in the deepest, darkest dungeon of the Underworld and classified as a 'bad guy' for a damn good reason - to get an idea of why, see this drabble: Every Broken Enemy (Pursuit Predator)