#Osvald Vanstein

[roaldseth]

Being out of SP doesn't mean you're out of options.

#Octopath Traveler 2 #osvald v. vanstein #Osvald Vanstein #Harvey

[asha-mage]

#Octopath Traveler #Octopath Traveler 2 #Temenos Mistral #Throne Anguis #Ochette #Castti Florenz #Osvald Vanstein #partitio yellowil #agnea bristarni #Hikari Ku

[auncyen]

Osvald watches Elena peer out the window at the sunset, momentarily distracted from his tome. She's been watching the sunsets often the past few days. At first he thought it was for aesthetical enjoyment, but the small frown on her face contradicts that notion. "Is something bothering you, dear?"

He expects something is, even if he does not know what yet. Their lives have both been turbulent for the past few years. She did not remember him after she was first saved from Harvey's twisted experiment, and he was too afraid trying to coax her memory back might harm her--he would never forget how distressed the normally calm Castti had been upon recovering her memories in Healeaks. Even now that she has remembered, he worries prison has left him inadequate as a father. His caretaking skills, the stability of their lives as they are still lodging with Lady Clarissa: there are any number of things Elena could find fault with.

He isn't expecting what she says.

"The sun's setting sooner." Elena glances away from the window to look at him, and his puzzlement must show on his face because she keeps going: "The nights are getting so long."

"Yes. It's nearly winter." He knows Harvey left various gaps in her education, whether out of neglect or to control her, but he thought...surely she understood the seasons? He could have sworn he had discussed the subject with her before, when she was little.

Elena flushes and looks down. "I know it's stupid."

"It's not stupid," Osvald responds. She shouldn't be embarrassed about making an observation, even if he doesn't yet understand why it's significant to her. "I appreciate hearing your thoughts."

He's told her that a few times. The first time she seemed so doubtful, but repetition seems to have helped reassure her that he means it honestly, because she only takes a few seconds to gather her words together. "It's...only winter, right Papa? It's not going to be the long night again?"

The long night. When there was no day at all, and unnatural monsters were roaming the land. When the whole world was on the brink of destruction. The nights lengthened before that, too. Of course she's concerned. Now that she's pointed out the possibility, he feels he's been obliviously complacent to not even think of it, and he thinks for a few seconds before responding. "Before that happened, the nights were growing long out of step with the season. If my recollection is accurate, night fell around this time previous years too," he says, pointing to the gentle dusk outside, where a little light still lingers, "so everything should be fine. But I'll consult my friends to make sure."

"Really?"

"Yes. That unnatural night came about because of a ritual which doused the Sacred Flames. My friends will know if three of them still burn. I may need to check the fourth myself."

He discusses the matter with Lady Clarissa that night, asking her patience as he once again leaves Elena to her care, even if he expects to be back in about a week. The next day Osvald sends word to Temenos, Hikari, and Ochette before setting out north to Crackridge. He's surprised by just how lonely he feels by the second day, despite having always preferred a degree of solitude at home. He became too used to having seven companions on the road, and now that Elena remembers him he doesn't want to miss any time with her. But he also wants her future safe and secure. He wants her to know she's safe and secure. And that makes a little time away from her worth it, if it means he can tell her with the utmost certainty that the nights are only growing darker for a little while, that there will always be a dawn for her.

In the vicinity of Oresrush, he decides to stop in town and see if Partitio is there. His company wouldn't be unwelcome, and the trip to the ruins would be safer with at least one other. But the only Yellowil home is Papp. Disappointing, but not surprising, given Partitio is now president of a large company. Osvald accepts Papp's offer--almost an insistence really--of a free supper, expecting to eat and be on his way. But Partitio certainly inherited his conversational knack from his father as Papp coaxes Osvald's reason for traveling out of him. Osvald doesn't doubt that he should check on the flame for Elena's peace of mind, but there is a moment, as he's saying it aloud, he thinks Papp will find it foolish.

Instead, the older father smiles at him. "Partitio said you'd shake down the heavens for your girl," he says, his tone warm and approving. "Well, Partitio's out o' town for a few more weeks, but I could stretch my legs."

"I'm not sure that's wise," Osvald says, after he's parsed that Papp is planning to accompany him. Papp has a broad build and a way of moving that says he knows how to brawl. He also has a history of illness and a son who would be quite upset if he were to get hurt.

Papp isn't the slightest bit deterred. Unsurprising, considering he's Partitio's father. "Look, I get you're doing this for your daughter, and I think that's right admirable of you. But people in town have been really down about the seasons changing. Didn't make a lick o' sense to me before. Our winters are real mild. But maybe your daughter's not the only one worried the night'll get too long. So I wouldn't mind helping you check."

When he puts it that way, Osvald finds it a little harder to refuse the man. It is dangerous, yes, but he's doing it for his own reasons as well--

"Plus, Partitio left behind some real interesting gadgets. I've been meaning to give them a try sometime."

--and this is clearly Partitio's fault anyway for leaving Arkar's inventions around as temptations for his father. Osvald resolves to make sure Papp knows how to use them properly as soon as they have an open space for demonstrations.

While Papp needs breaks sooner than Osvald, his endurance is still good, and talking to the man makes it clear to see how Partitio became the man he is, and what sort of man he might be as he gets older. The additional company over the next days is more welcome than Osvald expected, a buffer against the slight worry as the days are getting ever shorter, the darkness creeping over the land earlier.

It's just the seasons. They find the flame by Crackridge burning strong, and after returning to Oresrush, Osvald parts ways with Papp with a promise to forward what news he receives of the other flames and not rat the elder Yellowil out to his son (though he would not be surprised if Partitio figures out how adventurous his father still is anyway).

He returns to Conning Creek to letters from his other friends. Temenos reports that the cathedral's Sacred Flame is unchanging, that he has not found evidence of any new plots within the church, even if that does not rule them out, and the Darkblood Staff recovered upon Arcanette's death is still hidden away. Hikari reports similarly that the Sacred Flame near Ku still burns, the Darkblood Blade is secure in the castle, and the kingdom is still peaceful. Ochette reports "all good Pops!" and seems to have drawn the hiding place for the Darkblood Bow before she realized that may not be wise to put in a letter and scribbled it out; the only remaining legible part is of an ocean, which would not have particularly helped any malicious parties even if the letter had been intercepted, as water completely surrounds Toto'haha. That last letter he freely shares with Elena so she can enjoy Ochette's other enthusiastic drawings while reading her the most relevant bits from Temenos' and Hikari's letters.

Elena is smiling, and perhaps it's because of Ochette's attempt to draw him from memory (he does not look like that), but all that matters is that she's smiling. "Thank you, Papa," she says. "You didn't have to go through all that trouble."

"Any amount of trouble is worth it, to make sure you're safe," he says. "You are the reason I helped bring back the dawn."

She blinks quickly and then darts forward, burying her face in his coat as she hugs him. He wraps one arm around her, using the other hand to pat her head. And when that night falls, she only glances briefly at the window. Then she goes about settling in for her evening reading, and once she is tired, sleeps soundly through the night.

#octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler 2 spoilers #osvald vanstein #elena vanstein #papp yellowil

[mogai-headcanons]

Osvald Vanstein from Octopath Traveler II is bisexual!

He's good friends with Temenos Mistral, a gay trans man!

dni link

#osvald vanstein #octopath traveler ii #bisexual #temenos mistral #gay #gay man #trans man #mogai headcanon

[hiraganasakura]

Osvald and Partitio eat the rich for breakfast together calling it now

#original post #sure i'll make this its own post instead of tacking it onto the one i just made. why not #octopath traveler #octopath traveler ii #octopath traveler 2 #osvald octopath #osvald vanstein #partitio octopath #i should probably come up with a spoiler tag soon huh

[danaterrace]

Other fanart I've done recently.

Crossposting is annoying but the resolution on Insta images will never not bother me. Hope Bluesky app works out (@danaterrace there as well).

#octopath traveler 2 #osvald v. vanstein #octopath osvald #hellboy #fanart

[timolech]

Eight more travelers. Eight more adventures. Octopath Traveler II Fire Emblem GBA-styled Portraits.

#pixel art #ドット絵 #pixel artist #artists on tumblr #octopath fanart #octopath traveler 2 #partitio yellowil #temenos mistral #castti florenz #hikari ku #agnea bristarni #ochette #osvald v. vanstein #throne anguis #akala #mahina #octopath traveler ii #octopath traveler #octopath

[satsuha]

🎉 happy anniversary 🐙Ⅱ!! 🍻

can't believe it's been a year already!! i love this game to bits

#octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler ii #satsuhart #octo2 #osvald v. vanstein #throne anguis #ochette #castti florenz #hikari ku #temenos mistral #agnea bristarni #partitio yellowil #agnea is drinking raspberry juice as she should (and as she prefers) #really really love the concept of taverns in the octopath series... the banters... meeting travelers who aren't on your party... #2's addition of the gramophone is also extremely cute and i like how it's technically 'plot relevant' (to partitio's story) #also as a side i like how when you look at therion and throne across both gens you can see whether it's meant to be during or post-game #(or the artist forgot to draw it lmao but it's intentional here) #also if anyone cares: i know metal tankards are used in partitio's illust and is most likely what was used over glass mugs for alcohol #but uhh i just wanted to draw sparkly beer 😇 i did my research tho i prommy

[phlavours]

doodled the octopath 2 cast from memory 🐙

#octopath traveler 2 #agnea bristarni #throne anguis #temenos mistral #hikari ku #osvald v. vanstein #octopath traveler ii #castti florenz #partitio yellowil #ochette #myart #the boys are such shaky sketches in comparison to the girls LOL

[punymarshmallow]

a journey for the dawn

#bread doodles #octopath traveler 2 #throne anguis #castti florenz #agnea bristarni #partitio yellowil #hikari ku #temenos mistral #ochette #osvald v. vanstein #i love them so so so much #the grouping really went #east and west continent minus throne/castti lol #octopath traveler #octopath traveler ii #art

[hanpaopaoo]

I tried imagining them in modern outfits, I have no fashion sense though so this is the best I can do 🤣

#octopath traveler 2 #artists on tumblr #digital art #my art #ochette #castti florenz #temenos mistral #osvald v. vanstein #partitio yellowil #agnea bristarni #throne anguis #hikari ku

[roaldseth]

So the fellows not over on the other site don't miss out. Everyone's up in arms about no Octopath Traveler II, so it's fashionable to get around to finally upload cosplay photos.

Photography : @ falling_cat_media (Instagram)

Editing : @roaldseth

#Octopath Traveler #Octopath Traveler II #Octopath Traveler 2 #Octopath cosplay #Osvald V. Vanstein #Osvald cosplay #Osvald Vanstein #cosplay #Team Asano makes games so powerful I have to make cosplay before finishing the games #The other cosplay I had similar fervency was Benedict #I need to recraft his kirtle because the art book was so new at the time I hadn't gotten it yet #and then when I did con was too close #I can make it better now new AND improved #I really need to show a picture of the bottom of Osvald's coat tho #very proud of myself for not turning all my hard work to ash #because I quite literally needed to set it on fire #there's some other good shots from this shoot #so we'll see when those turn up

[ohprcr]

some octopath 2 stuffs from twitter

I am so normal about Temenos Mistral 🥰

#octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler II #temenos mistral #throne anguis #partitio yellowil #osvald v. vanstein #ochette #hikari ku #castti florenz #agnea bristarni #crick wellsley #mine

[mayordoi]

continuing my gimmick of redrawing the crossed paths art…… now w my two faves!!! love these two

#mayor doidles #fanart #octopath #octopath 2 #octopath traveler #octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler ii #partitio yellowil #osvald v. vanstein #digital art #painting #art #artists on tumblr

[thanksvideogames]

happy first anniversary to Octopath Traveler 2!

#chase plays octopath #octopath traveler #octopath traveler ii #octopath traveler 2 #ochette #castti florenz #temenos mistral #osvald v. vanstein #partitio yellowil #agnea bristarni #throné anguis #hikari ku #octopath traveler 2 spoilers

[drainbangle]

happy anniversary! here's to the road ahead 🗺️

#octopath #8path tag #my art #octopath traveler 2 #octopath traveler ii #ot2 #ochette #temenos mistral #castti florenz #osvald v. vanstein #partitio yellowil #agnea bristarni #throné anguis #hikari ku #acta (octopath) #mahina (octopath) #akalā (octopath)