#also pretty much the same reason i haven't included yaga yuki or mei mei

[forest-hashira]

(Found) Family Dynamics

originally i was gonna post about the colors of everyone's dragons (that i've gotten to so far) after explaining dragon hierarchy, but i realized it would be easier to understand that if i explained some of the character dynamics here first. i will try to make this as clear as possible but if it's still confusing let me know & i'll do my best to clarify!

also yes the place where they live is just called "the settlement" for now i haven't come up with anything better ssshhhhhhh

Satoru is the heir to the Gojo clan. Reader & Suguru are his best friends and eventual romantic partners.

Suguru is an only child who gets brought to the settlement to train with the Gojo clan after he bonds with a single color dragon

Reader is an only child, but has lived in the settlement their whole life

SatoSugu, Reader, Nanami, Shoko, & Utahime all grew up and trained together.

Reader is obviously very close with SatoSugu, but they're almost as close with Shoko, and often work with Nanami. Readers sees them as siblings.

Nanami has a younger sister (an OC who will have very little impact on the plot) who he is very protective of, and who absolutely ADORES Yuji

Shoko & Utahime are very close. I'm planning on leaving their relationship kind of ambiguous but i don't think i'm very good at that lol so they will likely wind up as a background couple whoops

Yuji is from outside the settlement. He moves to the settlement after Nanami & Reader find him and rescue him after his village had been completely wiped out (Yuji was the only survivor left in the village). He's about 4 when this happens.

Nanami adopts Yuji because the boy refuses to leave his side, and Nanami is secretly glad he doesn't seem interested in living with any other families in the settlement, bc he's gotten rather attached to the sweet little gremlin

Sukuna is Yuji's older brother (like 15-ish years older than him; roughly 19 when Yuji is about 4). He does not die when their village is massacred, but he's not there when Yuji is rescued

Nanako and Mimiko are from the same village where Suguru was born. Their parents were friends with is parents, so he saw them fairly often when he would return to visit his family. Suguru takes them in when everyone in their village is wiped out, too (roughly a month after Yuji's rescue)

Megumi and Tsumiki are abandoned in the settlement by Toji (he's an enemy of the Gojo clan and basically leaves the kids as a sort of peace offering, or something. idk toji's not a good dad ok lol). Satoru realizes they're destined to become servants for his family for the rest of their lives if he doesn't do something, so he claims them as his wards

Toge is from a well to do family/minor clan in the settlement

Nobara is from a village just outside the settlement

Yuta gets shipped off to the settlement a few years after he bonds with his dragon (so about age 12-13) because they're "more trouble than they're worth" according to the leaders of the town where he grew up

Maki is from outside the settlement (being a Zenin and all) but she came to the settlement because she wanted to, not because she was forced to

Nobara, Yuji, Megumi, Tsumiki, Nanako, Mimiko, Maki, & Toge all train together. Yuta joins them after he gets somewhat comfortable in the settlement

they'll all be minors for the entirety of this fic (or at least what i've got in my head so far) so there won't be anything too suggestive or anything, but just know that Yuji is very affection with Gumi & likes to tell him that he loves him/Gumi's his favorite person in the world (after papa Nanami, of course). Nobara is also pretty affectionate with Maki. feel free to interpret that as you will.

THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED SPOILERS IF YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT UP ON THE ANIME SO BE WARNED

i don't think it's all that spoilery at this point but i wanted to give a warning just in case

Sukuna is the leader of a group of murderous marauders that become known as The Curses, due to their brutality and ruthlessness. this group includes Sukuna (obviously), Kenjaku, Mahito, Uraume, and Choso

Characters not mentioned here are either not included in this fic (yet or at all) or are inconsequential to the plot!

after triple-checking my google doc for this AU, it looks like i've covered all my bases here. but as always i am more than happy to answer questions you might have!

#dragon rider au #this was kind of a long one sorry!!! but it's crucial to understanding like. everything that happens so. y'know. #i haven't included any of the kyoto students yet on purpose bc idk how i would go abt doing that as of rn #also pretty much the same reason i haven't included yaga yuki or mei mei #& i've gone back and forth abt including haibara bc i feel like i don't have a good grasp on his vibe & i don't wanna do him dirty