Little Alcryst: I made a marshmallow dad! His arms are crossed because he's mad at marshmallow Diamant for grounding him. Do you like it?
Morion: [choked up] That's fine.
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I feel people forgot to point out, as much as loving and wholesome the Brodia family was, their dynamic is also like this:
Morion: Boys it's 4pm time to invade Elusia
Diamant: FATHER NO
Alcryst: FATHER YES
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Tav has an enormous extended family - while she is an only child, her parents both had multiple siblings, and she has many many cousins. The closest to her is Morion, who is the same age as her and who's parents also lived in Baulder's Gate. The two frequently interacted as children, although they did drive each other nuts at times (they are both only children - they get along well now.) Their parents liked to compare horror stories of headbutting ankles, biting, and setting things on fire - typical tiefling baby stuff.
Long-winded explanation of a minor character under the cut. (I just wanted to poke at him a little. I like him.)
For all this, Morion is a very gentle soul, fairly quiet and reserved. He's done adventuring in his time, although he returns to Baulder's Gate between adventures to run his mother's shop when he's in town (she also adventured in her time, although she's up there in years now, and simply runs a potion and scroll shop to amuse herself.)
Most of their extended family is tieflings*, though there are some humans in there too, and the occasional oddities by marriage**. Morion's mother, Marian, is Tav's aunt on her mother's side. They are both Clerics of Lythander (They are both Level 12, mechanically.) His father was a half-orc Marian adventured with once upon a time, although sadly did not live long past Morion's childhood (due to the nature of half-orc genetics.) Morion has had multiple 'fathers' since, as his mother has remarried three more times (outliving all her spouses), although currently she is a widow with a long-term girlfriend in the city.
Morion lives in the little loft above the shop when he's in town, while his mom lives in her own home in the lower city.
Morion and Marian (even given her age) were both on the front lines at the end of BG3 - fighting off thralls and helping survivors. They both worked hard to help reconstruct their city after the netherbrain's destruction.
Interestingly, he's an Asmodeus tiefling, where most of his blood-related family are Zariel tieflings. The thought is that it must come from his dad's side, and he would have been a tiefling no matter who his mother was.
*A little unusual - a lot of tieflings end up orphaned because they come from human parents not expecting a 'demonic' looking child. But Tav's family is what happens when multiple of those people find each other, and turn into a cohesive family unit over the generations. There are parts of the family all up and down the Sword Coast.
**There's also a few oddities like her cousin who, for all intents and purposes, looks fully human (and mechanically is) but is bright maroon (is it a birthmark or what?) - she became a warlock out of spite, and she's a lot of fun.
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thinking so much about the nature of the brodia royalty’s names because morion is a type of helmet and helmets protect what’s most important and often end up dented or broken in the process and that’s what happened to morion because he was protecting diamant alcryst and brodia and diamant is the male variation of diamante which is a middle english name varying from diamond and diamonds are sparkling and gorgeous and perfect and formed under pressure which diamant was and alcryst is derived from crystal and crystals are so broad in their structure and some are weak and some are strong and people always forget that diamonds are crystals and that represents how alcryst forgets his strengths and the similarities he has with his brother and just. i’m obsessed with them.
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One of the most astonishing examples of renaissance goldwork in the world, this Morion, which was made by the goldsmith Pierre Reddon, belonged to King Charles IX of France.
Though the museum provides little information, and so I cannot be sure, this piece seems to have been raised from a single solid gold plate. The figures on either side of the helmet have been delicately repoussed into the gold, depicting a different scene from classical mythology on either side of the helemt, before being accented by enamel. The Interior has been lined with what seems to be a red silk, which has been embellished by golden embroidery along the helmet’s brim.
Height: 17.7 in/45 cm
Width: 10.6 in/27 cm
Depth: 14.6 in/37 cm
This piece was made in France, ca. 1555-1560, and is housed at the Musée du Louvre.
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Based on an idea me and @moe-broey had
Bernie's part of the Brodian family now, sorry we don't make the rules
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Best Fire Emblem Parent Tournament: Round 1 - Match 33
The winner will be randomly slot in one of the Round 2 matches, which will have three contenders instead of two!
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Morion: I don't need an escort to my room.
Diamant: I don't know - between here and upstairs, there's still time for you to do something stupid!
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