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✨Belong, Seek, Avoid Tag!✨

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Rules: A person's identity can also be shaped by their social connections. Identify three things about your character: What groups do they belong to, and what groups do they believe they do not? What kind of people do they tend to seek, and what kind of people would they rather avoid?

Let's go with Kye Thalax (Supernova Initiative), and Emrin (The Crystal of Ash)!

✨Belong

Kye

Initially, Kye believes he doesn't really belong anywhere, and shuns his inner need for belonging in the name of getting revenge. He hates his people (the Khylet folk), because some he considers weak - as his father's subjects did nothing to object to Eldora's cruel treatment of their own Prince (Damen) and let him die because of it instead of defending him - and others he considers cruel - he DESPISES those who follow his mother's doctrine and fight in her name.

However, as the story progresses, Kye finds himself unexpectedly making friends with Jack & his crew, eventually joining their found family - it was the first family Kye had had since his father was killed, and honestly, he needed one badly. Though shocked/in denial at first, Kye grew to embrace his newfound bonds with his friends, becoming fiercely protective of them and finding a new sense of belonging in their midst.

Emrin

Emrin considers herself as belonging with her adoptive brother's coven of assassins, as they took her in when nobody else would (being a half-Levaethian, half-human child, she was shunned and considered an abomination by both sides, until Astyr - a young Levaethain outcast took her in as his apprentice and they developed a sibling bond). She also embraces her elven (Levaethian) side MUCH more than she does her human side - she considers her elvish blood as the "innocent" part of her, and blames her human blood (admitedly because she only knows humans as invaders and killers, and because in their world humans are much more vicious/cruel than elves) as the "taint" that "cursed her to be a monster".

As time passes and she begrudgingly becomes friends with a group of human adventurers from the neighbouring kingdom of Callonor, while on her quest to find Astyr and close the Rift, Emrin learns to forgive her human side and eventually accept it as a part of her that deserves to be loved rather than shunned. She also finds belonging amidst their little group of misfits as they venture on their adventure.

✨Seek

Kye

Kye tends to seek people who are clever/cunning and smart like him, but who also have a weird side, an open mind and specific interests so he can converse with them as an equal rather than being deemed the "overly nerdy freak" or a "weirdo". He also tends to gravitate towards people who have some sense of morality, honor and kindness, even if he thinks he himself doesn't have his qualities anymore (he does, deep down, he just has the shittiest self-esteem). He loves a good challenge, but also tends to only like people who respect other people's integrity or dignity - he would NEVER be friends with a known bully.

Emrin

Emrin is a very introverted, withdrawn and grumpy girl. Having been shunned and outcast her whole life, she does not comfortably seek the company of strangers, as a part of her dreads facing more rejection, and she also didn't learn proper social skills at the right age, so to speak. So she has a... feral, for lack of better word, disposition. Emrin tends to only actively seek the company of Astyr, her mentor and adoptive brother, who - for the longest time - is the only person who has trusted and loved her unconditionally, and who is also, admitedly, the only friend she has really had. She also does feel more comfortable around Astyr's friends and non-judgemental elves than around humans.

✨Avoid

Kye

Kye tends to avoid abusive people, and anyone who bullies/disrespects others. Having witnessed firsthand how degrading it is to be abused and bullied (as some of his earliest memories are unfortunately of his father suffering under his mother's abuse, and later he himself became a target as well), Kye cannot stand it, and people who act like that towards others really get under his skin. Kye also avoids anyone who has no ethics, dignity or who is generally known to be shitty.

Emrin

For the longest time, Emrin avoided humans like the plague. Not only did she blame humans for "making her an outcast" in elven society, but she also knew that humans were known to be dangerous and liked to hurt elves for sport when in the mountains (which is true and she witnessed). She knew that her half-elf nature would only make her more of a tagert. So all those factors combined, she really avoids humans. She also avoids prejudiced people (both humans and elves), cruel people and anyone who justifies hunting other living beings.

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@oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab, @winterandwords, @eccaiia,

@the-letterbox-archives, @illarian-rambling @agirlandherquill, @anoelleart,

@ray-writes-n-shit @writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @topazadine

@forthesanityofstorytellers, @finickyfelix

@cauliflowermaterial @thepeculiarbird,

@clairelsonao3, @memento-morri-writes, and OPEN TAG