#lightningelite

Starting any competition between Siruud and Tahira is really asking for a war and getting annihilation.

Hair: Tahira

Long, brown/black, and pulled put of her face. She cannot have a hairstyle she cannot party and/or throw down in. It's just impractical for her lifestyle.

Hair: Siruud

Very long, very glossy black, kept out of his face through virtue of having horns on his hairline so he sometimes just doesn't do anything with it at all but let it hang.

Personal Sense of Style/Decor: Tahira

Unornamental but bougie, you know? She is working hard to look good but she's also not a fan of ruffles and ribbons and long, hanging sleeves. They just get in her way and she's never been a chill sort of person so she always wants full range of movement. That isn't to say she isn't capable of getting silly with it, but the most important thing is full range of motion.

Personal Sense of Style/Decor: Siruud

Aspen: The day that his family’s heirloom, the lute that he still plays to this day, was handed down to him.

Tempest: The day she was made captain of the No Return.

Humans tend to have more simple names, one or two syllables and are kind of more specific on the region than “humanness”. A lot of human names are names from nature, too, like Aspen. 

There’s a whole section on elven names in my Elvish 101 style guide :) https://abardstale.tumblr.com/post/623672639353929728/eianurian-elvish-101

Half-elves usually either have a human name or an elven name, depending on which community they grew up closer to. 

Sori names use a lot of Ks, Js, Ts, Hs, Rs, and SH/CH sounds; they are usually made up of two or three simple syllables. Because there’s a lot of reliance on those aspirations and fricatives, names can sound more... harsh? If that’s the word? Staccato? My vocabulary is just linguistic and music terms LOL. Sori names have some overlap with Japanese names, but it’s not super intentional, more a result of the naming conventions. (Sori culture is not based on Japan.)

Fairfolk have softer-sounding names - common sounds are B, N, M, F, L, S, Y, J. Lots of glides and nasals, labiodentals and bilabials. Fairfolk names are one or two syllables, more commonly two. 

Anything for the Bug Queen 🐛🦟🦗

Voice

I've always. And this is indulgent. But I've always pictured her as having a very airy voice, but like, a ghost? Like she sounds haunted. Haunted doll noises. And an Australian accent.

Posture/Physicality/Movement

Igor. L Lawliet. She is hunched. She is slouched. She is slinking. She is coiled like a snake. She is trying to stay out of your direct line of vision. She has a certain kind of "listen up" stance that's straighter, but she kind of relies on Crave, in those moments, to be a springboard upon which she is bounding around on.

Quirks and Personal Habits

beep

i’m just like ‘meh’

Could have been a lot better. Could have been a lot worse