#kyssandrith

Music Monday - Iron by Woodkid

I found this really interesting, because... the last time I pondered "what would be a good themesong for my character?" this is the song I settled on for Kyssa. And you know, it really fit. A year, year and a half ago.

But not anymore.

I asked myself, if Kyssa had to choose a dress and fancy hairstyle out of things in-game, what would she pick?

This was the result.

YES I GOT ONE

[Catching up with some old asks…!]

Keia gave her companion a long, look.  “You’d know that better than I.”  Her head thumped against the stone wall of the cell as she adjusted her position on the thin mattress.  “I can’t say I think much of your Order so far, either.  Just what exactly have you people gotten Veriinya involved in?”

 There was no reply from the Kaldorei.  Kyssandrith had fallen asleep, exhaustion catching up with her.

Slowly, Mikkaelos approached the mountain. Through fire and wind and rain, he trudged on his death-defying mission: to save Jhuuni from the evil catdruid monster Kyssandrith.

At last he arrived. Panting before the base of the mountain, he clenched his fists, and his singular uncovered eye narrowed.

"Kyssandrith!" he bellowed. "I've come for the girl!"

The catdruid smiled.

 She knew he had no chance. She knew his mission would be for naught. She knew that all she would have to do was say her peace, and he would turn away- never to be seen again. And so she opened her mouth to deliver her fearsome rebuttal-

"MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW."

Oh shit.

She'd left the Tongues addon enabled.

She was doomed.

OH DEAR GOD

Don't act like I didn't see that, missy. You're so grounded.

Heheheh. Well.

It already shows in how I play her, but it’s never really had attention called to it because she’s only been around better druids in passing since I started RPing her. 

For one, she can’t heal. At all. But it’s more than that. She lacks the strength to pour the energies she wields outside herself to any significant degree. Now, I have bent this on a few occasions for the purposes of a greater story she ended up pulled into. BUT, the gist of it is, she just… can’t. Doesn’t work! More training required!

For two, she’s too… squishy in her animal forms. At least according to my headcanon (and game mechanics? kinda?), powerful druids could toughen their animal skin, enabling them to shrug off blows that would have caused extensive damage to their bodies. Kyssa can’t do that. Not really.

For three, she’s definitely not powerful enough to enter the Emerald Dream. She wouldn’t even be close, even before Nordrassil’s destruction. Her connection to the druidic magics just isn’t strong enough.

 What she does have going for her is that she’s spent considerable amounts of time in her animal forms. She knows them well, and in some ways she’s almost addicted to how it feels. (Having a rich world of scent open to you is really something.) 

She’s also just got a natural aptitude for it. Put those two things together with her unrelenting determination and stubborn disposition… and well, you’ve got a recipe for seeming far more competent than you actually are. At least to an untrained eye.

Buuuuut any druid worth their salt would be able to tell.

So once Kelridor shows up, I can guarantee you a lot of this is going to show.