AU Workshopping Post

[nashiramods]

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This post is for players who have an approved invite to Stars of the Nashira to brainstorm AU concepts for a character (or characters, if you're trying to decide between more than one) you're thinking of apping. Post a comment using the form below with your thoughts and plans for your character's present and past lives, and reply to other people to help them decide on things they're not sure about yet or to suggest ways your character might already know theirs! If there’s a specific role that someone could fill for your character or vice versa, this is a great place to discuss those details.

Remember: you don't need to have all of this figured out before you app! The details of your characters' past lives, powers, and relationships will develop over time in game; this is just a handy opportunity to coordinate some stuff in advance.

Note: this post is intended for players with approved invites. Please wait until your invite has been approved to post.

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Invite:</b> please link to the comment with your approved invite! <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Character Blurb:</b> <b>Code Name:</b> <b>Domain:</b> <b>Combat Type:</b> <b>Awakening:</b> How will your character awaken to their powers? If you want this to coincide with another character’s awakening, here’s a great place to plan it out! <b>Present Life:</b> <b>Past Life:</b> <b>In-Game Plans:</b> Put plans you already have in mind for your character here, if any. <b>Pre-Established CR Hooks:</b> Existing connections your characters could have before the start of the game — roles in your character's life such as family, childhood friends, colleagues, etc. <b>Desired CR/Hooks:</b> Relationships with other characters you'd like to develop in game. Friendship, romance, weird one-way rivalry, and everything else in between! <b>Other:</b>

Comments

Re: Kalvin Brnine 🐟 Friends at the Table

[nashiramods]

MAX I LOVE THIS. Some food for thought to help you flesh out Brnine's past life:

- If you haven't figured out where Brnine was in the social hierarchy, would it make sense for them and Valence to be of the same class, or would there have been a class divide between them? Based on Brnine's canon details, it seems like the best bet would be Aster for both of them.
- Would Valence have also been a revolutionary in some capacity on Hassaleh? One potentially interesting option is having Valence's faction be really opposed to the Abyss's previous Harbingers, the alien envoys who came to Hassaleh.
- If you want Brnine's past life to mirror their present life more closely, they could have been some kind of artisan on Hassaleh. And I know that the "avenge them" wish that Brnine takes to mean protecting the teens is REALLY about Valence, but considering their Coral Reef domain, do you think Brnine could have had some kind of relationship (or a conspicuous lack of one) with local kids in their past life? Or maybe there was another group of people they felt protective and supportive towards besides Valence? It could provide a little fun contrast if Brnine wasn't able to fully realize that in their past life.

Re: their awakening, I think it'd be great for their awakening to happen jointly with one of their students to reinforce the initial misconception about their dying wish. I currently don't have anything planned for Mutsumi's awakening so I'd be happy to volunteer her, but it definitely doesn't have to be her if someone else wants their character to have a joint awakening with Brnine!

Re: Kalvin Brnine 🐟 Friends at the Table

[swaglessfish]

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- I think it would make sense for them to be the same class! I just took another gander at the past lives page and I think you're right, Aster sounds like a good fit.

- Ooh, I love the idea of Valence having been an anti-Harbinger revolutionary on Hassaleh. Not that you need all the FATT canon details, but this dovetails nicely with Valence's canon backstory; they were from a star system that had been besieged by a space empire, so resisting the external threat of the Harbingers makes perfect sense.

- I also really like the idea of the protection angle of Brnine's domain being reflected (or glaringly not reflected) in their past life too, tysm for that suggestion! I'm going to ponder that that one.

- Joint awakening with one of the students is perfect omg. And I'd love for it to be Mutsumi if nobody else feels like it would be a good fit for their character!

Re: Kalvin Brnine 🐟 Friends at the Table

[nashiramods]

- Oh that's really good to know re: Valence's canon backstory! The previous Harbingers first presented themselves as cultural ambassadors (not TECHNICALLY untrue); I think Valence and Brnine being part of a very early political movement being against these guys getting involved with the Hassalean nobility/royalty would be great, esp because I think it would come off initially as a very isolationist movement whose reputation and standing then changes when Shit starts to go down.

- yesss fuck w that protection angle!! I'm excited for whatever you come up with.

- since no one else has chimed in, let's do Mutsumi and Brnine's awakenings together! Mutsumi was two people in her past life so she's going to be hella disoriented by hearing two people. And also she needs a hug

Re: Kalvin Brnine 🐟 Friends at the Table

[swaglessfish]

- perfectttt Mutsumi-Brnine joint awakening it is!!!!!