The One. Perfect in every way, a holy vessel of the gods, and will conquer the world for his people! The Chosen One is taught to hate anything that is different from himself and the perfect image of those around him, but he is not the One. He was never made for the role the elders wanted him to be, oh, no. They worked him to the bone to get him there but in the end it was all too clear to them that this pathetic boy in front of them could never be what they had imagined the Chosen One to be. So Gillion Tidestrider cannot be it. They tried to get him to fit, but he can't. No matter how hard he tries, and gods, he TRIES. They banish him. And, after floating on the surface, refusing to leave the water, for so long and wallowing in self hatred, WHO LIFTS HIM OUT OF THE WATER???
The Bastard. The Bastard with warm eyes, a shit-eating grin, a missing tooth, and just ONE earring. Where is the other one? What happened to his tooth, and how could one kid have so many scars? He is HUMAN. The face of human nature, imperfection personified. He sailed on the waters which Gillion used live in with as much ignorance as possible, as a child, not thinking deeper than the surface and what could be used for himself. The Haunted One. The Bastard. The Pirate. He has seen so many things that while Gillion Tidestrider may be Gillion Tidestrider, Champion of the Undersea, Hero of the Deep... to Chip he's just another person. One that can be used. While Gillion Tidestrider's view of the world is confined to a perfect box, Chip's is vast and unlimited and they are POLAR OPPOSITES.
Gillion's name, his status, means so much to him. The world and more. Chip doesn't even know his "real name," and "Chip" is real enough, thankyouverymuch! Chip is everything Gillion was taught is wrong in the world, and he is the one who lifts him out of the water, and sees him as more than his destiny. Oh, and Chip wasn't taught anything. He doesn't even realize how much that matters to Gillion.
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y’know, the thing of having gillion lifted 300 feet into the air, pulling out a magical anchor that he made weigh 80,000 pounds, and then screaming “NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE” was incredibly fucking badass