#strength is actually etain's tarot card!

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8, 10, 14, 20 tarot asks for whichever you'd like between Etain, Nadia, and Qora :D

how about all three? :3

08. strength: how does your muse use their energy? do they tend to work towards their goals steadily or in bursts?

Etain is a persistence hunter. She chases after her goals without rest or distraction until they collapse and she can catch up to them.

Nadia uses most of her energy in strategizing. Despite Kurt’s some people’s insistence that Nadi has boundless energy and never stops moving, she prefers to plan every detail of what she needs to do before she ever starts actually doing anything.

Qora definitely works in bursts. She’s only recently gotten the ability to pursue her own goals, since most of her life has been spent in the unwilling service of others, so she’s developed a habit of waiting until the last possible second to make her move. It was a silent act of rebellion.

10. the wheel of fortune: how well / badly does your muse take setbacks on their goals?

Etain is externally nonplussed, internally devastated. Takes every setback as a personal failure, but no one would know it to look at her.

Nadia is used to them by now. In fact, she feels better about something if she runs into a few minor setbacks, and the longer she goes without something going wrong, the more nervous she gets about running into a major disaster.

Qora gets angry in the moment, but lets it go pretty quickly after. She takes pretty much everything in stride. You live through enough betrayals and you build up an immunity to actually feeling betrayed by them.

14. temperance: does your muse make plans? how impulsive are they? has this gotten them into good / bad situations and how have they dealt with them?

Etain is not impulsive at all. Even the idea of doing something without planning it first gives her anxiety. Queen of overthinking everything. It’s kept her alive all these years, but it’s led to her missing out on a lot of things, and no matter which version of Etain we’re talking about, all of her romances only happened because the man she was in love with spoke up first 😅 she’d have pined in silence her whole life, if it had been up to her.

Nadia strikes a good balance between impulse and caution. She likes to plan before acting, but can improvise if the situation calls for it. Her biggest problem with impulse control is a habit of running off at the mouth when she is nervous. Especially with Kurt. She’s been putting her foot in her mouth around him since she was ten years old. (it’s less of a problem with Vasco, but mostly only because she hasn’t known him as long and can pretend she said things on purpose)

Qora is 100% impulse. She is flying by the seat of her pants most of the time, and when she isn’t it’s because she’s following someone else’s plan. It’s probably why she had so much success against Valkorion/Vitiate/Tenebrae; he is long-term planning in physical form and she’s just driving a snow plow over all his meticulous strategies. (It’s also why she and Arcann were/are so evenly matched. He knows how to plan for chaos)

20. judgement: is your muse forgiving of themselves? how about of others who wrong them?

Etain is quick to give others the benefit of the doubt, as long as she was the only person wronged. If you hurt people she cares about, on the other hand, she holds grudges that can last generations. But she’s never harder on anyone than she is on herself. Any mistakes she makes - especially if it hurts other people - are never forgotten.

Nadia holds herself and others accountable for their actions, but is willing to forgive and forget… to an extent. Forgives Constantin for every reckless, dangerous thing he’s ever done, including what he did to Teer Fradee… but would happily resurrect Major Hermann so she could throw him on the fire a second time.

Qora is surprisingly forgiving for a Sith. The combination of being extremely Light-sided and also living in a society built on betrayal, she’s very quick to let bygones be bygones. Likewise, she doesn’t let past mistakes weigh her down. She learns from them and moves on.

#etain torren #nadia de sardet #qora rhiannon #strength is actually etain's tarot card! #reversed at the beginning of her journey (self-doubt. insecurity) and upright at the end (courage. influence. compassion) #nadia's card is either the fool or death depending on how optimistic she feels #both cards represent change and new beginnings but the fool implies joyful spontaneity and death implies sudden upheaval #qora is the chariot. reversed with the sith (lack of control. aggression) and upright with the alliance (willpower. success. determination)