#braham: retake cragstead

[herald-of-aurene]

Here's a little timeline / rundown of Braham and Athinri's relationship and how it develops over the years

1326 (LWS1): Braham and Athinri first meet when Spite calls on her to help them retake Cragstead. Braham is instantly drawn to her. Over the course of season one, Braham very quickly develops feelings for her, and his feelings are just made worse because of how naturally touchy she is (like a lot of sylvari.) Due to his feelings for her, Braham quickly becomes very protective of her and is often found by her side or standing behind her. Athinri, of course does not notice his feelings at all but deeply enjoys his company. Athinri

1327 (LWS2): Athinri begins to slowly develop feelings for Braham. Braham is even more so protective over Athinri when she begins to delve into the memory seeds. She realizes her feeling for him when he's comforting her after the point of no return.

1328 (HoT): Braham and Athinri begin to lean on each other and quickly become even closer.than before

1329 (LWS3): in Braham's grief he becomes more and more volatile, especially towards spite. Athinri tries to stay with him and help him through it, but at the end of frozen out Braham yells at both Athinri and Spite. He yells and says that he couldnt believe she was siding with spite over him angrily, and Athinri shouts at him that he's irrational and a dumbass. She stays behind and travels with Spite.

LWS4 - they are still very tense, but it's very clear that they deeply miss each other. They are still cold to each other until Braham becomes injured protecting the commander from one of kralkatorik's blasts. Cause of this Athinri is pushed by her fear of losing him again and they make up. They don't get to spend much time together in Dragonfall, as Athinri, as his general, is helping Logan with the pact.

IBS - by bound blood they had finally just gotten into a romantic relationship. When Braham got drunk and called Spite, Athinri was with her and Braham began loudly gushing about her and how much he loved and adored her. When they got to Bajora Marches, he forced her to be bundled up more than what was necessary bc he was worried she would get sick from the cold. In A Voice in the Deep, Athinri is the one who is shot by Bangar, and it allows him to become the wolf. Spite hears Aurene calling her to return to the Eye of the North. Braham carries Athinri in his arms until they meet up with Widget and put her into W.a.f.f.l.e.s. till they could get her to a safe place to heal her. Afterwards, he watches over her until she awakens and for weeks afterwards he refuses to leave her side and tries to do everything for her. Which she finds very sweet and endearing, but very annoying at the same time.

When Braham is forced to become Primordus's champion, Athinri takes to try to convince Jormag into fight Primordus face to face to get Braham back, however this ends in her being branded and becoming one of Jormag's champions.

≈1335 (EOD): they are healing from IBS, and they finally marry

#guild wars 2 #oc: athinri of twilight #braham eirsson #brathinri #oc x canon #👍 im done with this even if it doesn't make sense lol

[queer-as-used-by-tolkien]

Character Study: Braham (Part 1: Retaking Cragstead)

Braham has been a major character in the Icebrood Saga, and due to the confusing ending, we're not exactly sure where Braham's at right now or how he'll be going forward. I want to take this opportunity to go back to the beginning and see how far we've come, and how our relationship has evolved over the years - we've had ups and downs, but I want to see what the core of our friendship is.

Part 1: Retaking Cragstead

~oOoOo~

We meet Braham in Season 1 as a worried sixteen-year-old with an insane hairstyle (according to Taimi), who barges into Rytlock's office demanding aid for his people, citing his relationship with Eir while also being averse to talking to her.

We had come in looking for a way to help, and this seems like a good place to start, so when he decides to go to Hoelbrak despite his mother being there, we decide to go with and back him up before Knut Whitebear.

There - after learning the dynamics between Eir and Braham are complex - Braham shows a bit of an attitude, a bit of fire, some bitterness - but at heart he just wants to save his friends. Whitebear and Eir can't help, so you offer to go with him. He thanks you profusely.

At Cragstead, he shows stunning positive character traits like loyalty to his people, determination, courage, and - to top it all off - an amazing amount of responsibility.

He fights with energy and intensity, the sort you only get from a sixteen-year-old whose life is crumbling around him. His weapon is the blunt-power mace and shield and he tends to charge in recklessly.

After liberating some prisoners, his love interest, Ottilia, is mentioned (who remembers Braham used to have a love interest?!?) - the dredge had taken her away somewhere, which would incite anyone's fury - and yet, we have this line:

Braham: I hate this. We have to help Ottilia - and her family — but first, I have to make sure these 'steaders are okay. Braham: I've got this under control.

Later, he even tempers his hotheaded teenager-ness a bit:

Braham: I want to tell Brimstone and Whitebear that we managed without their help. Rub it in their faces, you know? Tell you what. You go tell Brimstone. I hear he's in the middle of a big meeting in the Imperator's Core. Player: You going to inform Whitebear? Braham: First I have to get these people to Hoelbrak. Once they're safe and healed and fed, I'll find out how I can rescue those who were taken.

Everyone knows Braham is reckless! But here we see his self-control. He couldn't rush off and yell at Brimstone and Whitebear immediately, so he was able to cool off and focus on the important things. He's capable of setting aside instant personal gratification for his responsibilities.

He was the only one both willing and capable to come to the rescue of his friends. And he was capable, and he was willing - that says a lot about him.

Braham is a teenage norn, and yet he takes the time to write us a letter and tell us how things turned out after, even calling us legendary... and yet he also says "I hope you still want to come with me."

Braham, Braham, Braham. Of course we still want to come with you. And so we do! Six Molten weapons facilities, where Braham and Rox get to know each other (and Rox shows him caution and tempers his recklessness a bit).

Afterward, Braham sends us another letter containing the line "I owe him [Knut] nothing, but reporting what happened is the right thing to do." And, y'know, to rub their faces in it like he mentioned earlier.

But then - when Braham gets there - he's more furious about the people who died. The people he grew up with.

Braham: I thought you should know. They were almost all... by the time I got to Cragstead, a dozen of my friends... Braham: If we'd stood together... but no, it's every hunter for himself, right?

Afterward, Braham thanks you again for your help when you were a complete stranger who didn't have to. He's expressed his gratitude at least thrice by this point.

He's sixteen. The destruction of his whole hometown caused him to grow up fast - but he didn't grow responsibility just because of that. He had it all along. His dad trained him well.

Let's have some love for Braham! Spirits know he needs it.

~oOoOo~

Credit to the Guild Wars 2 Wiki for the dialogues from these story instances! (in the tags if you want to look them up yourself!)

Next (P2: Ottilia)

#braham eirsson #braham: help from the legions #braham - eirsson #braham: retake cragstead #molten facility #braham: avenger of the dispossessed #<- actual instance name #really cool imo #season 1 #flame and frost: the razing #flame and frost: retribution #eir stegalkin #rox #ottilia #knut whitebear #rytlock brimstone #norn #gw2

[i-mybrunettelady]

Warmaster Aisanne Bjornsdottir, a short bio

Born Aisanne Hellesdottir, she was the eldest daughter of Hel Kernsdottir, younger sister of Forgal Kernsson and daughter of the last shaman of the Ox  who felt the calling of the Bear instead, and Njal Svenson, a gifted hunter. She has a younger sister, Ragna Hellesdottir, who is a Raven shaman.

She inherited a keen eye and a connection to nature from her father, who took her hunting often when she was younger. At the age of 20, she became the Slayer of Issormir when she won the Great Hunt organised by Knut Whitebear and Eir Stegalkin, who’s taken her under her wing after that and the two forged a great friendship.

It was at that hunt that she met Kiaran Vidarkin, a fellow hunter, and despite their competitive natures, they found they got along well and before they knew it, they were mates, sharing a loft in Hoelbrak’s Great Lodge. Aisanne considered becoming a skaald, due to her gift for music, or a bear shaman like her mother, but before she could make that choice, Kiaran was killed on a raid on a Svanir homestead just three years into their relationship.

It was then that her uncle Forgal approached her with a message: Join the Vigil. Grieving and needing to be away from Hoelbrak and wider norn society for a while, she accepted, and even changed her name to Bjornsdottir (Bear's daughter) as a way to signify that shift in her life and search of her own legend, while remaining norn in essence. There, she found a love for birds and recognition beyond anything she could’ve imagined. By age 23, she was named Warmaster for her skill with the bow (just before the start of the personal story for Nyra) and to this day she remains one of the best shots in the Pact. The newly-minted Warmaster took part in the retaking of Claw Island, following her uncle’s heroic death, establishing herself as one of the battle's heroes. She assured that Orrian ship went down, even if it took Tonn's life to do so. She also took part in final battle against Zhaitan atop an airship, as well as led a small group of scouts, which included Deborah Ainsaph, into Orrian territory.

She wasn't with the main force that crashed when Mordremoth took down the Pact fleet and was part of the reinforcement troops that came in afterwards. Her biggest achievement during that time was finding lost Pact soldiers with her team, proving herself as a skilled tracker. She was also present when Pact engaged Kralkatorrik as well as Jormag and Primordus, taking part in both Dragonfall and Dragonstorm.

In the aftermath of Dragonstorm, she stayed with a wounded Braham to take care of him in Cragstead and that's where current moment finds her. Also, she is planning how to kiss Braham. It's a work in progress.

#gw2 #aisanne bjornsdottir #this is mostly a reference for me #i mean like shes the most well adjusted of my characters rn but it doesn't mean she hasn't had some difficulties in life #so yeah #and i realised some dates were off sooo #yeah