#kyuusei

After a long time and many words written, I left WoW roleplay in mid-2021. While some of my OCs might be re-interpreted in other settings, they aren't continuations. For the foreseeable future, these characters are retired.

Kyuusei Shadowleaf

World of Warcraft, MG-A & WRA-A @kyuusei-shadowleaf​

Cenarion Druid, a child of Ashamane, Kyuusei was a Night Elf often at war with her own nature - and who wished, more than anything, to find the embrace of home. Not just the place, but home of the soul. She's semi-retired to a cottage in Val'sharah, shared with a druidess named Alania, a sapling teldorei, and a sleeping emerald dragon in a nearby meadow. Her epilogue is here.

Seraanna Longveil-Morrowsun

World of Warcraft, MG-A & WRA-A @longveil-morrowsun​

Seraanna Longveil, Marquess of House Morrowsun, found herself pressed by need and adversary almost to her unmaking, but emerged instead a sibyl of the Void’s myriad truths. The ren'dorei has left her apartment that once overlooked Stormwind Harbor and is now rumored to have taken up residence on the grounds of the Temple of the Jade Serpent, where she practices calligraphy, dances with a fox, and listens. Her coda is here.

Annadia Thorn-Morrowsun

World of Warcraft, MG-A @annadia-thorn​

The younger daughter of Morrowsun, Annadia wields blades and sheds blood as easily as her dear sister Seraanna twists Shadow. Apprenticed among the cartels of Murder Row, Annadia flirts with darkness and gives allegiance to none - save for her undying love for the last living remnant of her family. She now flits from place to place, rarely seen long, more shadow and rumor than fact. Her coda is shared with her sister.

Tavarres Stagheart

World of Warcraft, MG-A @tavarres​

Old beyond reckoning with calm patience to match, the hermit’s son was driven from his mountain by Cataclysm only to find a Grey Path laid by one even older than himself. Only a few voices among the capricious and short-lived ever truly caught his ear. Perhaps he's returned to Stonetalon, or found interest in ancient lands that make him feel young again.

Lane if you ever read this: you’re a jerk.

Yesterday was busy. I got into an argument with Haxley about letting me leave Stormwind. I thought he was going to kick me out or throw me in the brig but after he calmed down he said I was right. Because Abby’s right Stormwind’s a big cage.

So after that Mun-Li and I went to see Kyuusei in Val’sharah. I was really nervous. I haven’t talked to Kyuusei about much and Mun-Li and I haven’t left Stormwind overnight before. Kyuusei’s letting us stay in her house! It’s kind of intimidating. I hope I don’t break anything.

So I saw a monkey parade tonight. That’s the weird Stormwind thing for the night.

Mun-Li keeps making friends with new Dragoons. That makes me happy. It’s really important. Gar even wrote a 29 page report about her. I would have been bothered a week ago. Now I know he’s trying to help.

Kyuusei invited us to her cabin in Val’sharah. It’s close to the shrines of Ashamane and Aviana. I want to visit them even if they won’t let Mun-Li join me. I need to learn more about druidism. I need to be better at it.

I haven't written in a few days. I've been busy. So the important part? Mun-Li's mead is the featured drink at the Warg this month! She didn't tell me but I understand why. Things were busy. I'm so proud! Khaz and Ely also came to the Warg and got to meet my new friends.

The nightmares have improved. I talked about it with Atvir a little bit. He's not worried. I wanted to stay with Mun-Li in case she needed me but she's right. This is safer for me. I don't want my brain to break again. So I went to Tel'andu with Kyuusei. We talked about druid stuff. Mostly about the den and the Dream. I didn't feel like I belong here before but maybe I do now? I was worried I'd end up in the Dream but she said I wouldn't. She was right. I didn't have nightmares either. It was relaxing. Maybe I should have come here after I was stitched up. But I would have felt bad leaving Mun-Li alone with her nightmares. Hmf.

Most admirable quality: Kyuusei strikes Tyra as someone who’s one with her preferred form in a way that Tyra can only currently dream of. If someone asked Tyra who she wishes she could be she’d point at Kyuusei without a second thought.

Most attractive physical feature: Much like Alexandria, the way she carries herself. To Tyra, Kyuusei is a nearly ethereal (adjective not species) forest creature to the point that she would believe it if someone told her Kyuusei is secretly a nature spirit in disguise. That intrigues the eternally curious worgen. 

Most annoying habit: She appears and disappears seemingly at will and not in that “I’m a cat and can sneak” way. That drives Tyra up the wall because...

I would kill you. ✧ I would physically hurt you. ✧ I would attack you unprovoked. ✧ I would manipulate you. ✧ I dislike you. ✧ You annoy me. ✧ You scare me. ✧ You intimidate me. ✧ I hope I intimidate you. ✧ I pity you. ✧ You disgust me. ✧ I hate you. ✧ I’m indifferent toward you. ✧ I’d like to get to know you better. ✧   I’d like to spend more time with you. ✧ I’d like to be friends with you. ✧  I’m unsure what to think of you. ✧ I’m unsure how I feel about you. ✧ You are my friend. ✧ You are my best friend. ✧ You are my mentor. ✧ I look up to you. ✧ I respect you. ✧ You are my hero. ✧ You inspire me. ✧ You are my enemy. ✧ You make me happy. ✧ I want to protect you. ✧ I would fight by your side. ✧ I consider you an equal. ✧ I think you are beneath me. ✧ I think you are above me. ✧ I would lie for you. ✧ I would lie to you. ✧ I would sleep with you. ✧ I would sleep by your side. ✧ I would hug you. ✧ I would kiss you. ✧ You are family to me. ✧ I would die for you. ✧ I would kill for you. ✧ I would trust you with my life. ✧ I would trust you with my most precious belonging. ✧ I would trust you with a secret. ✧ I would trust you with my biggest / darkest secret. ✧ I love you (platonically). ✧ I love you (romantically).

This one was tough.

Kyuusei intimidates Tyra in an intellectual sense. When she looks at Kyuusei she sees a predator who’s comfortable in her skin(s) in a way that Tyra is discovering she wants to be. Unfortunately, their interactions so far have left Tyra feeling like either prey or a child who’s blundered into her power. She doesn’t like that. She’s also pretty sure that if she talks druidism with her long enough some kind of test-through-violence is inevitable.

That said, Tyra’s introduction to Kyuusei was her jumping on a bomber while Mun-Li dragged Mozelle inside for healing and Tyra blocked the door. So if Kyuusei told her to do something druidic in a crisis she’d probably obey.

To the savage daughters whose hearts still burn My body is my temple, my heart is my own To the savage daughters, who dare to dream With the power to move mountains Yet wild and free