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new character!
so this is the bull character I asked for help naming a bit ago.
I had such a difficult time deciding what his name was, the joke came up that “why not just give them all the names” so now
uhhh comically large amount of names! The design is not yet set in stone but please give a warm Welcome to:
Cinnabar Carmine Vermilli Cameron Denlo Apheroth Kizumi Aron Mik Aneru Henemi Salidar Evelion Ironhearth (the 8th??) newdawn Heromaker of the Crimson Citadel
He usually will just go by Cinnabar or Carmine, but has been trained to respond to each name given. She will accept any pronouns and more often than not just switch them around whenever they feel like it. The Ironhearth family is rather famous for one reason or another and is often seen as a terrifying force. Stoic hotheaded bulls with control over what people could only assume was hellfire.
The job of a hero maker is an important but thankless job. People are often ungrateful for the families wealth wondering why they were even necessary.
But the world is always in danger. There’s always some monster or threat trying to make it their own. Cinnabar has been alive for at least 2 of such attempts. And it’s well known that those who want to fight against these evils must get the hero’s mark.
Of course good natured people too far away can fight on their own but it’s well known that to be recognized one must go to the Crimson Citadel and be evaluated. Once they pass they will receive a signature soul infused weapon. Many people came to the Citadel doors seeking fame and wealth through the title of hero. It was the job of the hero makers to stamp that out.
To crush the dreams of fame fortune and power. To suffocate pride, and sort out those filled with greed. Many times people have come for these things and left furious when they were denied the status of hero. Cruelty became second nature to the Bulls of Ironhearth, to stomp out hope of wannabe heroes. Their brutality was seen as nothing short of barbaric. But in actuality was an act of kindness
One might think this idea absurd. Barbaric tests that could very well risk the sanity of whoever is subjected, in most cases it would be. But good things don’t happen to heroes. The world unites in danger, but when peace comes people are far too comfortable being unjust and crueler than any monster. The path to being a hero is not easy, physically it’s exhausting and incredibly taxing on the body. But more importantly the mental toll is greater than one can ever imagine. People are hardly kind to those they don’t recognize and they likely won’t recognize the hero once they return. The Ironhearth family is in charge of ensuring the potential heroes know this. Their job is to teach them absolute fear, to drag their mental states through the mud, and suffocate them with the darkest pits of despair. If they can push through then they know these people are worthy, if their will and desire to save others is strong enough to handle this, the family can rest easy knowing they can handle the mental cost of being a “hero” and they get to work preparing them for what lies ahead.
all in all.. they remain record keepers of past heroes forgot by the world. Heroes that return have a place in their Citadel. The family of bulls will forever be excluded from being hero's. But that doesn’t mean they cannot help ensure the best outcome for them.