#waiola

“Waiola”

“The living waters. Symbolic of the new life found in the islands of Hawaii by all peoples and of the harmony of aloha achieved here through the mingling of cultures.

This fountain form is made of silicon bronze, weighs two tons, stands fifteen feet high and cascades 1000 gallons of water per minute.”

Artist: George Tautakawa

Engineer: Jack Uchida

JUNE 30. 1966

finally have the motivation so IVE FINALL FINISHED IT-

Day 23

I mean neither Waiola OR me have favorites, but the pet adoptions that stuck out the most for her were the baby laguefaeth, wyrm, and the undead cat!

Day 24

Waiola prefers going back to Caed Nua often, as long as she nearby. She really loves renovating the keep as often as possible, and she especially loves tending her garden and hedge maze(which i just remembered existed). She also makes an effort to teach herself reading and writing when possible- Aloth usually helps when he can.

However, when she’s not close by, she also enjoys sleeping out in nature. She feels that keen connection to all life, it helps her fall asleep. She’s going to have the nightmares either way, so why bother staying up, right? She doesn’t really enjoy inns, but doesn’t hate them either, since most of her party usually prefers being indoors. She usually takes the bed closest to an open window, though.

Day 25

Other than the gardening and general upkeep of Caed Nua, Waiola enjoys healing. She also likes collecting items that she’s given after helping people. She tends to take a lot of mementos from her travels- the diving helmet from White March, for instance, and the empty bottle of wine that Lady Webb left behind. She never drinks from it.

Day 26

Other than being a watcher, Waiola gained an aversion to fire after the plantation burned. If she sees a flicker of flame out of the corner of her eye, she flinches. She’s alright when she sees someone casting it directly, though. She’s just afraid of fire suddenly sneaking up on her.

Also, she’s afraid of Galawain.

Day 27

At the start of the game, she’s skittish, quiet, timid, more easily startled. She tends to help people no matter what, usually without needing to think first. She’s very unsure of herself and her safety.

By the end of the game, she’s mellowed out considerably. She’s still highly empathetic, but less easily shaken. She’s more confident, not as frightened. She’s still easily flustered by compliments, but she doesn’t react as strongly. Having gained so many friends, as well as finding a home, did wonders for her. She’d lay down her life for these people.

Day 28

Here’s a whole bunch of songs that fit Waiola!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/waiola/pl.u-6mo4l1WFB6Bo2lL

Also as a bonus, Alarhî’s playlist!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/alarh%C3%AE/pl.u-PDb40pAsLgL4MPR

Day 29

Her first thought was that it was very cold. She liked the people. Although she almost had a panic attack fighting those slavers to help Ailef become free, she’d do it again in a heartbeat.The tragedy she heard unfold on the dwarves of Durgan’s battery saddened her greatly, but she was glad she could help them find peace. She seemed out the forge to help the people of Stalwart. She negotiated peace with the Crag ogres.

Day 30

If you thought Waiola would ever not try for a peaceful solution you clearly haven’t met her yet. She helped the people of Stalwart, the readcerans, and the ogres come into a beneficial relationship.

After much debate in her mind, she decided it would be best to put the low tide ondrites out of their misery. In them she saw Maerwald, and what she might become, and decided that if she ever ended up like them, she’d want to be put to rest. After all that, when she realized Kaoto was going back on his duty, she was angered.

“After putting your predecessors through such an ordeal, you’d deny your responsibility to them out of fear for yourself? You’d disrespect them like this?! Shame on you!”

She was able to sway the other ondrites there to her side of the battle.

She’s very... intimidated by the eyeless when she’s fighting them, but when she’s talking to them, she realizes they actually look kind of cute, in a silly way.

She felt conflicted when she heard about Ondra and Abydons past. While she was saddened by the loss of love, she was also highly concerned about how Ondra was manipulating Abydons lack of memory to change him. She was sympathetic to their plight, but she won’t say it didn’t confuse the hells out of her.

Briseis Ix Ionos was a gender neutral wood elf, with a loving but overprotective and sheltering family. Born sickly, Briseis was kept rather isolated until they were seventeen. This is when they met Iovara and became friends- and also possibly grew a crush. They were intrigued when they heard about the inquisition, and thought it sounded lovely. A place for people to come together as a religious family. Briseis loved the family they had, sure, by why not make more friends?

Their parents were less than pleased. They were terrified their only child would leave forever, and forbid them from joining the order out of concern. However, Briseis did not take no for an answer, and left in the middle of the night.

They questioned themselves for this decision for the longest time- until they met Thaos. It was as if they had found a father figure and mentor, who wasn’t overbearing or inconsiderate of their wishes. Over time, they thought of their family less and less, as any letters they sent never got any response... to their knowledge. Unbeknownst to Briseis, their parents’ letters were always hijacked by the order, leading them to believe both parties had abandoned each other.

Iovara leaving the order was a great blow to Briseis- their first and greatest friend, abandoning them too? They were heart broken. Thaos was sympathetic, but stern- Iovara’s past with them could not interfere in her judgement. They knew this, but... still they began to doubt themselves. Not Thaos, though. They didn’t doubt Thaos.

When they were sent to trick Iovara, they were shocked, but understood Thaos’s thinking. Still, when they saw Iovara... they couldn’t do it. They decided to at least give her the chance to change her mind.

When she didn’t, their heart sunk like stone to the bottom of a well. Losing all hope to keep any sort of family or friend from their life before was lost, all that was left was Thaos and the Inquisition. They followed their orders stiffly, behaving almost like a hollowborn until the trial day.

Their mask was fractured that day- the points Iovara brought up, what she said- but that couldn’t be true, could it? Thaos wouldn’t lie to Briseis, he was always there to reassure them! But the seed of doubt was planted, and they had to know for certain.

At Sun in Shadow, Briseis went to confront Thaos about the trial. About Iovara. About the truth of the Gods... about the family they abandoned for this cause. And what they got in return was... nothing. Nothing but fear of the man they once went to for comfort.

———

After awakening as part of Waiola, Briseis limited themselves harshly. They never spoke, or tried to communicate. They didn’t feel strong enough to talk to anyone without fear of abandonment ever again, even less so when the other person is also them self.

They suffered the flashbacks too, putting Waiola through some tough second-hand suffering. This, they also scolded themself for.

Waiola made several attempts to speak with Briseis and was met with silence all but once. When she spoke to Iovara for the first time, as herself- she could see them, out of the corner of her eye, standing aside in silence. They couldn’t make themselves come any closer, how could they? In the end, they were the one who betrayed everyone they ever loved, not the other way around as Thaos had led them to believe. But then Waiola, who had never used her powers in such a way before, pulled their essence physically, and drew them straight in front of their oldest- and in the end, only- friend.

And Iovara... forgave them.

At the end of pillars, when Waiola returned the souls of the hollowborn to the children of the Dyrwood, Briseis was pulled free as well. In the process, they were sucked through the machine, through the air, and over the border between the Dyrwood and the edge of the Living Lands, and into the body of a little baby girl, named Alarhî. In recompense for not agreeing to Woedica’s plan, Skaen sent Briseis into the body of one of his godlike children- intending for her to one day trick Waiola and make her suffer.