i straight up did not realize this was a common trope amongst xaela ocs, my boys just a nameless king ripoff who Was exiled in the og dark souls and im like "ok well i gotta keep that element to honor his story" CIDJVKXJCK

oh lastly, i am not religious by any means, but it has been fun and interesting to write about gerelts faith in father azim. he has had his moments of doubt over the years, but he now mostly believes he must not have been forsaken after all. we love hopeful sunshine himbos in this house

when he finally visits, he barely misses his fathers untimely death and the chance for closure. i totally havent been inspired by wuxia drama tropes or anything haha... anyway, hoping gerelt gets to reconnect with the azim steppe, even if he might not consider himself part of the oronir ever again

gerelt feels anger/remorse over his banishment (like he did almost kill his father after his failure, but i dont think steppe xaela practice enough modern medicine to know a traumatic brain injury was the problem and not some evil spirit) so he hasnt visited the steppe in over a decade. (continued)

like im vietnamese, but gerelt is essentially my exploration of asian cultural expectations for the firstborn and asian immigrant experiences. he thus is still proud to be a xaela, but though he has enjoyed his time in eorzea, he misses the azim steppe. (continued)

wait a minute... so when he killed that sylph... i really made that little man relive his trauma cifivjdjvjxvj

i forgor i drew these of my oronir himbo too so im just throwing them in the reply chain

i genuinely think somethings been going on with the bluesky algorithm lately, like some settings update they didnt explain thats been removing posts from feeds without warning... your art is Swaggy and Cool tho