#ryanley

thank you for the ask! 🐴

1. Does your character canonically have specific mounts?

Ryan has a griffon named Askel, he was rescued by her as a cub back in Bitterfrost Frontier. Though at this point Rashmi (her gf) has claimed Askel and Ryan rides Rao instead, which is a tigris griffon she got for Rashmi but he got attached to her instead. She might have a skyscale as well? Considering the whole skyscale questline but I haven’t really thought about all that 

Nikita has. a bunch actually. Kind of a remnant of her being a ranger originally, she has two big cats (jackals technically) named Raafe and Aisha, a tigris griffon named Na'ilah which was a gift from her father and a skyscale named Ihsan, which was a gift from her brother 

2. Do you have any canon mount skins / coloration for them?

Ryan’s griffon (technically two) griffon(s) is the Clouded Corvus in off-white dyes for Askel and Swirling Mists Tigris in reds and black for Rao

Nikita’s two ‘jackals’ are the White Tiger skin with either full black dyes for Aisha or typical tiger colors for Raafe, her griffon is the Skyborne Sprinter Tigris with I think the default dyes, and the skyscale is the Glademire skin with a bunch of reds and golds

3. How likely are they to rent one versus own one?

Ryan besides her griffons is more likely to just rent one if needed, worse case scenario her gf does have a raptor as well 

Nikita evidently, more like to own one, or several lmao 

4. Are there any mounts they prefer using (or others they can't stand)?

Ryan generally prefers griffons and to an extend skyscales because of the verticality they offer, and because she’s owned a griffon for years now, but besides that doesn’t have much of a preference, whatever gets the job done 

Nikita generally prefers jackals and raptors because she’s been around them her whole life really, she’s impartial to the aerial mounts but she can appreciate their advantages and she’s getting the hang of them. She’s not touching skimmers with a 10 foot pole, nothing wrong with the creatures themselves but she’s not about to fuck with water like that (< can’t swim)

5. Do they keep their mounts stabled, take them with them, or some secret 3rd thing?

Ryan generally keeps them with her, and despite her protests, they generally all (two griffons and a raptor) end up in her and Rashmi’s bed because someone loves to spoil them 

she'd wear that shirt better than I ever could 🫡

and bonus ryashmi because love is real

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🍍: Where does your OC feel most comfortable?

Raph feels most comfortable in the company of her guild, and by extension their various hideouts (as long as there's another guildmate there as well, being alone puts her on edge)

Mei doesn't really have any one place she's most comfortable, she's comfortable as long as she's in control of a situation and is confident she won't be caught off guard by anything. She'd once feel most comfortable with Raph but they haven't seen each other in years since

Ryan predictably feels most comfortable with Rashmi (@/kornyo) by her side, no matter the place, typical battle couple they know they have each other's backs no matter what. Extra points when she gets to go all ostrich mode and hide her face at the crook of Rashmi's neck for a while world cold and hard titty warm and soft

🍒: Has Your OC had their first kiss yet? If so, with who?

Raph had her first kiss back when she was still running with her DR gang, it was a typical celebratory kiss in the high of the moment after a successful haul. It was with another gang member, named Cas, but it didn't really lead anywhere, especially considering Raph left the gang soon after

Mei's first kiss was with her late boyfriend, Nova, a memory that's not quite pleasant at this point but she's over it, she's had plenty (better) kisses since

Ryan had her first kiss back when she was still fighting in the Mist War, it was during some drinking game with her squad during what little downtime they had, the 'with who' has been lost in time and the memories she lost along the way in the Mists

🍆: Does your OC have any favourite form of affection, physical or otherwise?

Raph doesn't really have a favorite form of affection per say, though she's more likely to show it herself through small gestures like just being in the general vicinity, nudging, pinkie holds etc

Ryan's favorite form of affection is any form of embracing, hugs, cuddling, whatever. She's 280lbs and she decides when the hug ends She does also love giving little kisses like on Rashmi's forehead, the back of her hand etc

Mei is being left out because I'm honestly not sure at the moment fhjskdkfjf TBD

🍾: Does your OC believe in luck? If so, do they have any charm or ritual they do before a stressful event?

Raph does believe in luck, she doesn't have any real ritual to will it into being but she does have a couple of lucky charms. She has a lucky rabbit's foot and a bracelet of charms, she's not particularly devout anymore but she does still on to her amulet of Lyssa as well, it may or may not hold some form of luck as well

Mei honestly scoffs at the idea of luck, either you take matters into your own hands or you don't, you're in charge of your own fate yada yada. Even supposedly being favored by a god doesn't make her complacent

aheem heem let's see

🖊 Ryan doesn't really have a place she calls home (home is where Rashmi is 🥁) and she certainly hasn't stepped foot in the Grove in a long time, but she does has several little apartments scattered around in cities like Divinity's Reach and New Kaineng, mostly inherited or leased at some point to stay overnight and the just forgot to give them up. Girlie's getting bills and rent in the mail every month and she's like sure whatever here you go < the privileged of having money. someone is going to take advantage of that one day for real, if they haven't already

🖊 Yweyn as powerful as a necromancer as she is, could've potentially been even more so with the influence and connections her parents had ie she could've had extensive training and mentoring growing up instead of stealing tomes of dubious origin and trying out spells on her own in some broom closet in the orphanage or some foster home (potential adopters sure don't appreciate rampaging undead minions coming out of their broom closet). Still, despite the Ministry Guard's best attempts to pretend she'd died along with her parents in the bandit attack they caused, one too many incident reports caught the attention of the Church of Grenth who realized who she was and took her in (even if yknow she was like 18yo and had her own place at that point) and even helped fund her Academy Scholarship

I don't tend to post in-game screenshots but I finally got off my ass and made my first legendary so I have to show it off