Don’t know if Oisli ever chatted with DuneToa in PMs, but never did see a public response to this.
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Yeah, I did. I planned on introducing Dune once you guys finished the scene I had for the both of you.
That’s what I still have planned for @DuneToa , unless we want to introduce his character whilst this is all going on..
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Soon, perhaps? 
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Legit forgot I entered this. Still willing to continue though!
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Today? Yes. Soon? Depends on what you consider soon. But now yes.
Luckily, there is a very simple explanation for this.
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I doubt I’m well-established enough on the boards yet, but I figured I would go ahead and enter my character:
Name: Keyari Sytharos
Age: 17
Appearance: Keyari still remembers the day his mother called his appearance “depressingly average”. He is mid-sized, neither particularly tall nor particularly short. He keeps his thin brown hair about chin-length. His pale green eyes always try to remain incognito on his light-skinned face. Typically, he wears a dark, tattered cloak over a dark green tunic and black pants. He is not athletic or strong, nor is he in poor shape or particularly weak; instead, he’s somewhere in-between. He has a scar across his right arm from a construction job a year ago that did not go well (to say the least), but he usually covers it under his sleeve.
Personality: Keyari is by nature outgoing, curious and optimistic, but his fear has left him anxious and closed. He is not necessarily naive, but he still knows very little of the world outside his village, even after two years away. No matter what, he strives to be kind and do what is right, but he is conflicted on what that means, given his upbringing. He’s also very conflicted on whether to trust strangers or not. In addition, he’s nervous about long-term commitments. Still, he will never turn down a chance to help someone in need.
History/Bio: When Keyari was young, he was taught of the glory of the moon. Look at Luna, his parents said, and how she always cleans up after Lun’s mistakes. That is who we are, they said, the ones who clean up mistakes. The outside world, they said, is a terrible place, full of danger and hatred. Even Luna’s other worshippers, they said, are corrupt. In addition, they said, the only way to protect from Obol consuming the world and all natural life is by destroying anyone who would not convert to their specific brand of worship. They said a great many other things too, all in the name of Lune.
What Keyari did not know was that he was growing up with a small sect, an offshoot of worshippers of the moon that believed that everyone not part of their cult was a servant of Obol’s destruction, whether they knew it or not. This cult, the Servants of the Starless Sky, were slowly building up an army in the hopes of converting or killing everyone else in Astrea, and operated from the coastal village of Moonview Peak, which was well-known among scholars of Lune for its observatory. They were nowhere near accomplishing their goals, and, given their astoundingly slow rate of progress, they likely never will be.
Keyari had been told since he was young to beware of strangers. Most children are, but Keyari’s parents were stricter than the usual ones. Everyone in the village knew each other, and outsiders were not to be associated with, no matter the circumstances. Still, one day when he was 14, he was told to get water from the well just outside of the village, but a boar chased him off path. After hours of wandering, trying to find his way home, he ran into a wandering scholar, who offered to help him find his way home. Keyari almost refused, but, realizing he would not be able to do so on his own, he accepted, and the scholar began to lead him back. But, after only a few moments of conversation, all the lies of Keyari’s childhood were lain bare. He almost refused to believe the scholar, but there was something about the scholar that made Keyari trust her. Her name was Yarla Blethoran, and she was kind and insightful, something Keyari’s parents never were. She returned him to the village, and then departed, leaving him with complicated thoughts.
The next day, he asked his parents about some of the topics of the discussion he had had with Yarla. For instance, he asked, why did his parents claim that the outside world was evil? Why did they insist on drinking a glass of milk with every meal, and on killing and devouring an entire boar every new moon? His parents evaded his questions, and, when he went to bed, their eyes narrowed.
For a few months, Keyari remained with the village, and his doubts grew all that time. Yet, one day, he was exploring the rocks by the coast when he found a desiccated corpse. Terrified, he turned the body over to find a face he still recognized, the face of Yarla. It took him only moments to realize his parents were behind this, and that he could never return to the village. And so, he fled, taking nothing with him. Since then, he has been a wanderer across the lands, always worried that he would run into one of the people of his village, always worried they would deem him a traitor, a servant of Obol. Always worried they were looking for him, always worried they were behind every bend.
And so, he has kept a low profile, finding odd jobs to keep himself fed and remaining ever-fearful they would find him. Perhaps this fear is unfounded, or perhaps it has some degree of truth; Keyari has no idea, and he hopes to never find out. And so, for the last two years, he has kept to the shadows, so it makes a certain sense that Ombre would choose him.
Equipment/Weapons: Keyari carries a pair of small gunmetal daggers on his person, but he prefers not to use them unless necessary for self-defense. Both are usually kept on his belt, along with a pouch where he keeps his spare coins. He does not carry much else with him, outside a small cup of beans in case he gets hungry.
Blessings: Ombre
Trivia: Keyari has not had a good rest since he left Moonview Peak; he’s unable to shake his mind of the fear.
He hates milk, seeing it as emblematic of the ridiculous, nonsensical practices of his village. For the same reason, he is also vegetarian, which is one reason he is so impoverished all the time. His diet mostly consists of beans at this point, which is why he carries some with him.
He is skilled with a glaive, like all the children of his village, for the Servants of the Starless Sky were training them from birth to be soldiers, whether they told them that or not. However, he has not touched one since he left the village and is a little terrified of them now, just as he cowers at the sight of the moon.
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Establishment isn’t really relevant here. It’s whether or not you’re interested in writing and have the same kind of brain damage the rest of us do
I’m not the GM, or in any way authorized to critique your signup, so I’ll just poke at it from the position of local writing gremlin (feel free to disregard everything I am about to say)
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Gotta say, I’m not Oisli so I don’t know if this will be accepted or not, but this seems like the perfect kind of non-obtrusive worldbuilding for an rp. Adds to the character without invading the rest of the setting too much.
Dawg you gotta write a short story on this if it gets approved 
Quick question, is his village big into symbolic iconography for Lun/Luna? The moon, the snow, stuff like that.
Asking for a friend 
Sounds like someone’s going to go on a healing journey 
Can’t wait to see Keyari in the story
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Thanks for the “local writing gremlin” critique!
I mean, I imagine so, but Keyari’s got some negative associations, so Conleth (I mean, your friend, of course) likely wouldn’t be getting anything from him…
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Oh believe me, that’s exactly what I-
I mean my very real existing friend that I totally have (I have soooo many friends you wouldn’t believe how many 
) was hoping for 
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Good lord this is a lot to take in-
Okay, this is one HECK of an opening statement. Kudos to you, first and foremost. But uhhh…
How’d he get this? There’s nothing in his story that explains just how exactly he got his blessing, let alone why it’s Ombre.
I really, really LIKE this backstory. The idea of irrational fear due to a lack of understanding? Yessiree! But, I need an explanation as to why he has Ombre’s blessing, or change the blessing to better fit Keyari’s story. As is, it’s a wee bit confusing.
(I’m fine with some additional small bits of worldbuilding, that’s fine too.)
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My intention was that he was chosen by Ombre due to his propensity for sticking to the shadows over the past few years and his disgruntlement with the main four deities (no particular attachment to Sol/Solar and bad associations with Lun/Luna). I suppose I could have explained that more, though.
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That’s not a terrible reason for choosing, but most of the gods have far more personal or quirky reasons as to why they often choose their disciples- Not always with some characters, of course, but those are the exception, not the rule.
I’d rather find it interesting if Keyari mayhaps is still associated with Luna, and had been so at a young age- but tries to shut her out at every turn, but that’s just me.
In addition, remember that all blessings are obtained by imbibing the ichor of any one of the gods, so it is a very ritualistic endeavor, and I do doubt that Keyari would have any opportunity to be approached by any one of Ombre’s other followers.
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The idea of Keyari being on the run does lend itself somewhat to the idea of Ombre’s followers being at least slightly more possible than Luna’s, but the ritualistic aspect of the ceremony makes receiving any blessing seem highly unlikely.
If I may offer my thoughts here, perhaps a possible approach would be having Keyari going blessing-less for some time, and then eventually coming to terms with one of the gods later on? Luna would make the most sense thematically, especially with the (albeit extremely naive and clueless) firebrand Luna apologist Conleth in the party to act as the narrative flipside to the hard-coded extremism he’s endured, but it would at least give some opportunity for a more natural coming-around on Keyari’s part, if his backstory is upheld.
Of course, any path extending the deadline for receiving his blessing further into the future carries some inherit risk of main character syndrome, but so far Oisli’s done a good job of maintaining no specific plot crux heaped upon one character over another.
@Zhyndea
If you’re okay with waiting, I think this could be a great way to develop your character, and would be one awesome interaction between these two.
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Sure; that makes sense.
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