#oh lore

Which is interesting to say the least because I haven't had a sip of alcohol in almost 3 years now and I have meds making sure I basically die if I drink

Thank you so much for the ask @dragonbleps!

(Edit: I have been going between writing this up and getting my Commission Sheet in order, it’s been a welcome break and I might have gone overboard, sorry for taking so long on this .... uuuh I cast OC lore upon you) 

Asim is a Zaixaudai(dark elf with orcish heritage) and Gearheart is a Wilbi(a woodelf)! Asim was a town watchman, and now he's fucking around as an unconventional freelance paladin while the Big State Church pays him and begs him to do what they want (he won't. he's a paladin of the people and no matter how much money the government pays him, he's not going to do what they want). He moonlights as an entertainer under the name Balam Yunuen, and his act includes pit fighting, singing, dancing, feats of daring, and anything else that strikes his fancy, especially if it's dangerous.

Gearheart was a hunter and an Adventurer™ as well as an entertainer at the town Asim was a watchman of. He'd sell meats and hides from things he'd hunted to local butchers and craftsmen and tell tall tales and sing songs about his adventures at the local bar. How they met in this life is rather simple. They crossed on the trail when Gearheart was hunting and Asim was patrolling, and after that Gearheart started to go out of his way to accompany him and to spend time telling him stories in the watchtower while Asim was keeping watch. They'd even team up to take down large threats near the town like wild boar other hostile wildlife.

There’s reincarnation shenanigans though, and they actually first met in Asim’s first life 2000 years ago when Asim was a wilbi prince known as Daoinrai the Dearheart, and Gearheart was his dairau(dark elf) attendant, Hilal. They were in love then too but died before they could marry in secret.

Asim’s pet name for Gearheart in their current life is “Dearheart”(like Asim’s old princely title!), “deerheart” or “kroixhorn”(an elven/common mashup pun which roughly means heartstring horn, but there’s more too it than that and I’ve already talked... a lot... here)

Specifically in that he has two- and that one is heavily implied to be better than the other- one made of flesh and bone as opposed to one made of silver. 

Dian Cecht did not like that cure. He hurled a sword at the crown of his son's head and cut his skin to the flesh. The young man healed it by means of his skill. He struck him again and cut his flesh until he reached the bone. The young man healed it by the same means. He struck the third blow and reached the membrane of his brain. The young man healed this too by the same means. Then he struck the fourth blow and cut out the brain, so that Miach died; and Dian Cecht said that no physician could heal him of that blow.

Of course in this same translation of the text, Miach appears in battle after he’s been dead and buried in the text, so take this as you will, but- the text does nothing to put Dian Cecht’s actions toward his son in a favorable light, it doesn’t put them an unfavorable light either, but considering this particular text’s emphasis on the goodness or badness of feats, that feels like a very particular choice. 

we just got key items,  we just got key items, we just got key items,