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I was going to make Shy’s last Spirit a thunder chicken since she is very fearful of both lighting and chickens. (Chickens were more of an after affect of living at Dulcedomum)

But of course that would mean a fire element chicken and that just wouldn’t fly. Same with snail, which would have been my second choice (that was actually my first choice of spirit for Shy before Aze was revised as a frog)

One of her spirits is going to be an earthworm, but that will probably be reserved for her second, water spirit. 

Honestly I just wanted Shy to deal with her fear in the worst way possible- by having to learn to wield it.

#shyvanderbuilt #Dulcedomum

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Shy: Pansexual (whenever she starts thinking about dating)

Damien: Demi-ace

Bastian: Gay as hell

Van: Straight

Mayla: Asexual

Eva: Bisexual

Thursday: Pansexual

Kerry: Straight

Mathias: Gay

Analia: Straight

Zoe: Bisexual

#ShyVanderbuilt #DamienPools #BastianRei #VanLanis #MaylaEnero #EvaMitchi #ThursdayBurke #LilyKerrington #MatLeRoux #AnaliaJordan #ZoeMahelona

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You see, Shy’s father, Ephraim has a marijuana garden (and other herbal plants) out in his backyard - being a part of his religion and all. When Shy was born, the garden started to flourish and Henley was… a little disappointed about the earth element, but happy for the clue that her daughter would be something more. Ephraim noticed as well, and noticed even more after he and Henley divorced and the garden seemed to lose a bit of it’s ‘glow’, getting it back only when Shy came back to stay at his house.

He thought it was just good luck and his daughter’s green thumb, obviously not noticing the glowing brown orb floating through when Shy came around.

To be fair, she didn’t notice it either.

#shyvanderbuilt #dulcedomum

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Shy was going to be a Demeter demigod (obviously)

Kerry was going to be an Apollo kid.

#shyvanderbuilt #lilykerrington #demigod au

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Shy met Azeren in her father’s ganga garden.

#shyvanderbuilt #this is why i should not be allowed to control character backstories #shit like this #dulcedomum

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Nadeem’s (Shy’s older brother) birthday is sometime in September. He’s a Virgo.

He misses his little sister dearly and fiercely, almost as much as their father. He took matters into his own hands in addressing Henley about Shy’s whereabouts, albeit after his father confronted Henley first and got nothing out of it but a headache. Henley was much more honest and open with Nadeem, knowing the boy was better able to handle the information. She still withheld the part about magic and the Redstones, instead saying her family was high profile and on the run. Thus she had to send Shy away to where should would be safer, with family better trained to protect her. And alone, Henley would be better able to protect herself.

Nadeem, being highly perceptive, knows that Henley is still hiding something. But for the sake of his sister’s (and even his stepmom’s) safety chooses not to pry any further, choosing to simply wait until Henley trusts him enough to tell him the whole truth.

#shyvanderbuilt #dulcedomum #nadeemrichmond

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Uhhh, this more for me that anything, but....

Here's my Dulcedomum Character Masterposter

When reading about the spirits/patrons, it goes Name (Element/thing they are).

Also some of these are subject to change, but most of them are set.

Playable/ Leveling characters

Shaydin "Shy" Vanderbuilt Wizard Base: Earth Spirits: Azeren (Earth/frog) Pact: N/A 

Lily Ann Kerrington Wizard Base: Light Spirits: (Light/book), [[(Wind/earmuffs), (Fire/dollie), (Water/glasses), (Earth/ring)]] Pact: N/A

Thursday William Burke Redstone Guardian Base: Wind Base Weapon: Sneakers (Air Jordan 11's) Patrons: Wednesday (Wind/turtle), Pact: N/A

NPCS

Wizards

Henley Vanderbuilt (mother of Shy Vanderbuilt) Base: Wind Spirits: Penelope (Wind/fish), Phillipe (Water/fish), Noni (Light/squirrel), Bobby (Fire/tire) Pact: N/A

Jeannie McLaren/Redstone (mother of Thursday Burke) Base: Fire Spirits: (Fire),(Wind),(Water),(Earth),(Light) Pact: Starlight Tremaine

Mayla Enero Base: Water Spirits: Luna (Water/Luna Alpaca Moth), Estrella (Light/Starry Sheep), Blankie (Wind/Blanket-Cloak), Isaac (Fire/millipede), Tardigrade (Earth, 6-legged bear) Pact: N/A or TBA

Parker Santos *deceased* (Sister of Thursday Burke and Gala Renard /Daughter of Jeannie McLaren) Base: Fire Spirits: N/A or TBA

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Guardians

Gloribel Kerrington (mother of Lily Kerrington) Base: Fire Base Weapon: Butcher knife Patrons: TBA Pact: N/A

Starlight "Essie" Tremaine Base: Light Base Weapon: TBA Patrons: TBA Pact: Jeannie McLaren

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Other/Mortals

Ephraim Richmond - Father of Shy Vanderbuilt and Nadeem Richmond, ex-husband of Henley Vanderbuilt.

Nadeem Richmond - Older brother of Shy Vanderbuilt, stepson of Henley Vanderbuilt

Gala Renard - Sister of Thursday Burke and Parker Santos, daughter of Jeannie McLaren

Rowan Kerrington - Father of Lily Kerrington, ex-husband of Gloribel Kerrington

#shyvanderbuilt #lilykerrington #thursdayburke #maylaenero #dulcedomum #dulce au #i guess this counts as a dulce au post?

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After watching a tree being struck down by lightning, Shy has been very afraid of thunderstorms. But her mother always taught her to face her fears, so during storms she’ll be at the window watching the lightning. She still flinches every time though.

#shyvanderbuilt

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When choosing a birth-date for any of my characters I consult my favorite and most battle worn book - “Darkside Zodiac”.  This lovely book has helped me determine almost all the birthdays of my characters, starting off with what I know about them and then running through zodiac signs that would fit that bit of personality. Also, toss a bit of numerology in there too - I’ve been known to switch around the birthday by a day or so if there is a set year I’m working with and the Destiny number doesn’t match what I’m going for.

All in all, there are only two characters that I can think or where this process didn’t apply-

**Van, who’s birthday came from his annoyance at his name Valentine. I thought it would be cute, seeing as I have a cousin born on Valentine’s day as well (I am a dork a pull a lot of stuff form irl experiences). However, it was really hard for me to grasp Aquarius personality traits and soon grew to hate him after a while. In the pokemon AU he’s a lot better and I have room to grow with him. (Feb 14)

**And Shy, who birthday as originally in March 15, but in her Dulcedomum revamp, I mistyped it as May and couldn’t be assed to change it back. Though she is very much like a Pisces, I can still see a little Taurus in her and I plan to work with that in the future. I have to many Pisces characters any way. (May 15)

As for the rest of the characters…

**Damien, my bleeding heart. Which meant he just HAD to have a water sign. Me being a Cancer myself I though Damien would be one as well, but after a little research Pisces suited him better. (Feb 26)

**Bastian had no contest in being a Leo. He’s dramatic, boisterous, loves a crowd, overtly sexual and touchy. He just oooozes Leo. So the better part of figuring out a birthday was making his Destiny number a 6 for his loving nature. (Aug 5)

** Eva, my motormouth, brash as hell, over dramatic hard hitting transgender DJ turn office queen… she was another one of my characters that came with her sign tattoo on her ass (not literally, but now that I think on it that one of those things that could easily become canon. Yup, it’s canon now.) So very talkative, but much rather take action at the same time, she ended up with the 11th because 1 in numerology aggressive, determined and unwavering, and double the number means it hits twice as hard- which is what Eva is all about.(Jun 11)

**Thursday, I thought, was going to be my first earth sign- probably a Virgo. But his flights of fancy and indecisiveness made me lean more towards an air sign. Then there was the fact that he’s very spendthrifty that made me lean toward Libra, but close to Virgo, to keep a little o that down to earth personality trait. (Sep 26)

**Mayla may actually get a birthday change if I ever use her again. I first imagined her as a Cancer/Leo cusp - laidback and caring but dramatic, a home body with a party girl that switches on with the drop of a dime. But the more I played her, the ore it felt to me that- while I was right about the water fire cusp, I wasn’t right about the TIME. Her highly secretive nature and her way of getting to the point of what she wants to do reminds me more of a Scorpio/Sagittarius cusp. (Jul 20 - may change to Nov 21)

**Kerrington, another water/fire cusp, this time with Pisces/Aries. With him it was all about how he made friends and handled his anger. He fumed in silence and loyally stuck with friends he found worthy. I dunno honestly. He just reminded me of a more calm fire sign. How do you calm fire? With a little water.(Mar 22)

**Mathias is a recent addition in the birthday mess, since I didn't think of a birthday for him until just now. XD For him, he's a rather playful guy and very sure of himself so I went with a fire sign. He perfectly content with being by his lonesome but thrives in a groups so that turned me to Saggitarius since that is most of the Saggi's I know Kthere are three in my family) Also I felt the need to put him in November. Also finding out the birthday I picked is right next to his lover's is and added bonus of hilarity.(Nov 25)

I THINK that’s it, though I feel as though I’m missing some people, I’ll update this if anything comes to mind.

#vanlanis #shyvanderbuilt #damienpools #bastianrei #evamitchi #thursdayburke #maylaenero #lilykerrington #matleroux

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Shy got two black eyes once when she was three. She was jumping on her bed and slipped, falling face first into the foot board. She doesn't remember the incident much anymore, but she still knows better than to jump on the bed, and is also careful when coming down from somewhere high.

#shyvanderbuilt #look at me stealing bit from my little cousin's life #the only differences is that my cousin didn't learn her lesson xd

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Shy's dad Ephraim is a Rasta. He was drawn to Henley's carefree nature and young looks, learning a little bit about her 'Spiritual' heritage, incorrectly assuming she was one of the chosen ones with Life Everliving from his religion. However, Henley is highly materialistic and Ephraim only figured this out after their daughter was born, blind to it until he just couldn't ignore the disregard of his faith. He divorced her soon after.

#henleyvanderbuilt #ephraimrichmond #shyvanderbuilt

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Shy's mom Henley taught Shy everything she knows about jet skiing and zip lining. So Shy is not afraid of heights or deep water - Which Henley would find as a disappointment seeing as her first two spirits were wind and water. Shy is, however, afraid of small enclosed spaces slightly since her brother Nadeem trapped her in a box when she was five and didn't let her out for almost an hour.

#shyvanderbuilt #henleyvanderbuilt #nadeemrichmond