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Piera is a native of the 13th

When Avi’li was recruited by the Lemures, his morbid curiosity about the process of becoming a Reaper led him forging a pact with a being of the Void; the being he met was Piera

When they met she was weak and resentful, but accepted her lot as it was simply the way of the Void to find yourself in the service of another if you are too weak to stand on your own

However, Avi’li is kind and his aether sweet and dense; powerful

Genuine trust and friendship grew between them, and eventually Piera became strong enough to exert her will and possess physical objects such as a paper lantern to better spend time with Avi’li

Piera’s voidsent abilities are used to power both Avi’li’s RPR and DRK skills

After Avi’li’s ego death in Shadowbringers, Fray and Myste were reconciled and rejoined Avi’li’s psyche; though still capable of utilizing most of techniques taught by Sid, the dark root of a Dark Knight’s power was limited for Avi’li

Piera supplements Avi’li’s Dark Knight training with her own darkness tinged aether, as well as acting as his avatar companion when he wields a scythe

Piera is able to possess and manifest as physical objects, and she manifests as weapons to aid Avi’li in battle as a Dark Knight or Reaper

Meeting for the first time…

When Avi’li entered the voidgate, Piera accompanied him in her monstrous greatsword form

But when they stepped through the gate, she appeared different in the Void

Instead of the monstrous boney visage she was used to, she found herself in a body she had forgotten long ago; she looked like herself

Feeding on Avi’li’s aether had ebbed away the corrupting oppressive darkness

What is Piera like?

Centuries in the Void have jaded her to the workings of society; she believes that it’s dog eat dog and distrusts and belittles altruistic motivations

Against her better judgement she trusts Avi’li; it was hard won trust born from battle and travel

She is covetous and protective; she hates when Avi’li is physically in the Void, territorial of this wellspring of aether that helped her grow strong

As such, she regards voidsent that approach as competition and handles them with extreme prejudice; she did not like Zero at first, though she came around to a cool tolerance

Piera often follows Avi’li as a paper lantern

Have a full body pic of her because her outfit is cute:

As a Scion

Feliz became involved with the Scions a year or so before Avi’li was brought on

He didn’t think much of Avi’li at first

To him, Avi’li was a mewling pathetic boy out of his depth (harsh… but fair) who obviously didn’t want to be there (true); he was undisciplined (true), self centered (true), and uninterested in their work (half true) and he was beneath Feliz’s time and notice

Avi’li wasn’t used to Feliz’s particular brand of intensity or honesty (Feliz didn’t hide his opinions above lmao), but Avi’li kept his distance and things were fine

Feliz began to thaw towards Avi’li after the massacre at the Waking Sands, but they remained distant up until the Bloody Banquet

Months after the banquet, Feliz met up by chance with Avi’li again in Dragonshead while he was tracking the Archons; he became a valuable asset during the Dragonsong War, and helped in the fight where he could

During the War, Feliz saw Avi’li grow into a comrade worthy of respect… who desperately needed help and guidance

As a retainer

It was during Stormblood, before Avi’li left for Kugane, when Feliz approached Avi’li and offered to help him manage his affairs in Eorzea while he was away—an offer that surprised Avi’li, but he was happy for none the less

Though they hadn’t been the closest of friends, Avi’li respected Feliz’s skill, intelligence, focus to detail, and integrity

For four years now, Feliz has been a trustworthy constant against the chaos of Avi’li’s life

Even as the sky falls and worlds end, Feliz makes sure Avi’li’s finances are balanced, he has the resources he needs, correspondences are answered, news is delivered

Feliz cares for Avi’li, and is protective of him—especially protective against Avi’li’s worst impulses to ignore self care and not properly manage the mundane parts of his life

Facts and tidbits about Feliz

~90 years old in 7.0

Feliz left his home in the Skatay Range roughly 50 years ago when his mentor passed away

He’s snippy and honest to a fault with a sharp tongue, but he keeps cool headed

People often comment that he has great intuition, but really he’s just paying attention to details

He started as a catboy joke about one of my favorite characters ever, and he’s taken on a life of his own

He’s a shrewd accomplice to many of Tataru’s schemes (except the island sanctuary; really you gave Avi’li an ISLAND for him to run? all by himself?? look at him, Tataru, he has depression)

Currently, he splits his time between Tural, Eorzea, and Othard, though he stays mostly in Tural and is learning the Turali markets

Gets along well with Erenville; they can hate that bike together ❤️

Aymeric was the most beautiful man Avi’li had ever seen in that moment, when they met in the cold and snowy Camp Dragonhead

Up until this point Avi’li was confident he was only was attracted to women

The Cieldale island he hales from has a small population, and there weren’t many boys around his age that he wasn’t related to

Same-sex couples are common on his island—he saw many romantic relationships between miqo’te women—it’s not a taboo just something he had never considered before in regards to himself and other men

He was exposed to various forms of queerness in Limsa Lominsa, where he was exploring sexually (affectionately referred to as his First Slut Era). During this era, he found sexual partners in roegydan women, au ri women, hyuran women, and of course his much beloved miqo’te women, but still never with men

If Avi’li was attracted to a man, it didn’t register as attraction for him, but more akin to what he considers admiration and looking up to them; he admired Jacke of the Rogue’s Guild (who is very much an “elder queer” to me but that is a different headcanon post lol) a great deal—if he thought Jacke was hot well that was strictly in a professional way

But the attraction to Aymeric was so quick, so big, that Avi’li was forced to stop and consider for the first time in his life; an unfortunate time for new crushes as he was dating Y’mhitra at the time (they’re not together for long…Avi’li ghosts her after the Bloody Banquet, unable to face her after believing Y’shtola dead)

Haurchefant was a much needed voice in Avi’li figuring out his attraction; a bi man who was raised in a conservative ideology and recognizes the struggle of personal identity

His counsel helped Avi’li settle into this new identity, and he was the only person Avi’li spoke with about his unrequited attraction for the Lord Commander (Haurchefant was the foremost supporter of averic)

Aymeric, for his part, knew Avi’li was attracted to in him—Avi’li is very obvious with where his interests lay—but in my canon, Aymeric is demisexual, and he did not return Avi’li’s interests…