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Alright, jokes aside. There are a few Major Changes™, but let's start with the relatively minor ones. For one, Orion made it into Aevium's Reborn cameo! A bit of refresher since a) I hardly talk about Orion here, and b) Orion did have a few updates over the months that I haven't gotten around to share yet hehe

If you didn't already know, Orion is my Reborn OC and also Hauyne's older sibling! By a lot tbh because there's at least a decade's age gap between the siblings but that's beside the point! Also like Hauyne, they're an Eidolon which is a staple in my own Chroniclerverse AU. Sleepy has already covered the basics of the three main tiers of the Eidolon tribe, aka the Mages (identical to humans appearance-wise but can "Bond" with a chosen Pokemon to gain their powers), the Anima (elf-like humanoids with pointed feet and can transform into a Pokemon), and then there's the Eikons (a rare subset of Anima with Legendary/Mythical alternate forms.) Both Hauyne and Orion are Eikons, and their alternate forms are counterparts to each other; Hauyne's alternate form is the Eidolons' creator goddess and supposed heir to Arceus Ashaveult, and Orion's is the Original Unova Dragon of my design called Astarealis. Like their current hosts, Ashaveult and Astarealis are siblings, with Asta being the older of the duo.

Anyway, Orion is a fun one to re-imagine since their pacifistic ideals does complement and clashes well with their sister's own ideology, so when they inevitably meet again on Aevium's shores (this is around the time East Gearen was renovated into Neo East Gearen fyi) it came as a whole shock to them that their sister became... someone completely unrecognisable. Well, they did expect that Hauyne would've definitely changed by the time they find each other again since it's been like almost a decade since they last saw each other, but Orion never actually expected her to change that Much™. Like, Orion remembers her as a quiet, passive girl who's terrified of her own shadow, and then there's the Present Hauyne who's. The complete opposite of those things. Present Hauyne is headstrong, taciturn and reserved in a confident, mysterious way - a far cry from her past self, assertive as hell, and might I even say somewhat to the point of aggressiveness?

Granted, Orion had suspected that this was her true self when they saw her snapping all those years ago, but they didn't want to believe it. They didn't want to believe that their darling baby sister was capable of violence. But then again, over the long years - both as them reigning over Reborn as its undefeated Champion and their tireless search after receiving the revelation that Hauyne was somewhere in the world they crashlanded in - they've become... somewhat accepting (however grudgingly) that sometimes violence is the only answer. They even managed to form a weapon out of their own aura after some years of training (it's a rapier btw if you wanna know, which can turn into a longbow and a revolver), where they previously struggled because they're still resisting the mindset. So... to put it mildly, a not-so-nice discussion happened between them, partly because Orion's in deep denial and also Hauyne lashing out hard (since Orion got too close too uncomfortably fast) as well as her trying to push them away so they don't inevitably get too deep in all the Interceptor business she's wrapped in. Not that it worked.

So, tldr for Orion: they have a multi-form aura weapon now (rapier, longbow and revolver), and also they found their sister but it isn't the happy reunion they were expecting. It gets better in ch16 but it's still not great at the moment. Why? Because apparently I always come back more for angst, and I feel that Orion hasn't gotten enough angst yet hence the sibling drama.

And also. Eidolon lore has changed. Mun (Crescent's older half-brother fyi) is a sort-of pseudo Eidolon-hybrid thing? In any case, while the rest of Crescent's old village slowly succumbed to the sleeping curse she accidentally cast on them during her traumatic Awakening, Mun was the only one who stayed unaffected: if anything, his exposure to the aura flares actually turned him into an immortal of some kind and also the ability to bond with Pokemon similar to a Mage. He eventually bonded with a variant of Umbreon known as a Blue Moon Umbreon, and during his long search for Crescent he found his way to Darchlight Village where he resided to this day and started his own family. Fun fact, when Crescent crashed there they were literally several meters away and they didn't even know lmfao. This was something long in the works since v13.5 came out but I didn't talk about it here somehow so. Here it is

Another thing, welp Hauyne has a Renegade counterpart now. Technically. Maybe. I might merge it with current Celeste lore to make it more cohesive with the rest of integrated canon, but the concept is there now. All of this came from a question you asked some months back btw, when you asked whether Hauyne has a Renegade counterpart like Paragon Sara did with Renegade Sara. Now she does (I'm attributing some credit to you here because you did inspire me to make Renegade Hauyne in some manner lol).

Onto more obscure Eidolon lore: Flying clan was renamed from Macuil to Varpulis (I didn't like Macuil as a name to begin with), and all the clans now have an official leader in the Mega-Doc! Or at least, the clans that didn't already have a character attributed to them canon or otherwise (seriously have you seen the Dark clan there's way too many there).