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Don’t look back

Hades & Persephone.

Persephone was gathering flowers with the Oceanids along with Artemis and Athena—the Homeric Hymn says—in a field when Hades came to abduct her, bursting through a cleft in the earth. Demeter, when she found her daughter had disappeared, searched for her all over the earth with torches. In most versions she forbids the earth to produce, or she neglects the earth and in the depth of her despair she causes nothing to grow. Helios, the sun, who sees everything, eventually told Demeter what had happened and at length she discovered the place of her abode. Finally, Zeus, pressed by the cries of the hungry people and by the other deities who also heard their anguish, forced Hades to return Persephone. Hades indeed complied with the request, but first he tricked her, giving her some pomegranate seeds to eat. Persephone was released by Hermes, who had been sent to retrieve her, but because she had tasted food in the underworld, she was obliged to spend a third of each year (the winter months) there, and the remaining part of the year with the gods above.

but even that hardest of hearts unhardened suddenly when he saw her there: persephone in her mother’s garden, sun on her shoulders, wind in her hair, the smell of flowers she held in her hand and the pollen that fell from her fingertips. and suddenly, hades was only a man with a taste of nectar upon his lips

To live your life in darkness is no easy task. Evil may be just a point of view - one you may not ascribe to yourself - but a black heart or a ruthless mind is hardly quieted. While you don't regret what you've done, at least not outwardly, you do wonder if there isn't something more. Grey morality has discolored your world.

That is, until you see them.

They are beautiful, pure, good: everything that you are not. You should be annoyed or at least ambivalent to their presence; after all, they serve you no purpose, promise you no gain. But oddly enough, you are drawn to them, and not even in hopes to destroy or corrupt. No, you want to have them, to keep them with you. What to do with this newfound feeling?

Act on it, of course. You've never let anything stop you before. What you don't realize (or perhaps do, you just don't exactly care) is that the object of your...affection may not be too keen on being taken what they see as a prisoner. Yet you only have their best interests at heart! Still, you do care for them, in your own fashion, more than almost anyone else, so surely a deal can be struck...

You just couldn't bear to lose them.

This meme, obviously, is inspired by the myth of Hades and Persephone. Feel free to be as literal or as loose with your interpretations as you'd like.
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( m/f, either role. would make an interesting Persephone. )

[Can easily be a Persephone, especially for castmates/previous CR, but if you're looking for a twist, consider her as the eponymous fairy knight in Tam Lin.]

[Most likely Persephone, but it's fun to mix things up.]

( Okay... I'd actually love Persephone-Becca tho. Regular Becca or

bexthered )

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[ probably persephone but happy to mix things up. info here ]

( my entire kingdom for a Sylar or a Peter. but open to other ideas as well. )

( ota, slight f/f pref. open to either role. )

[While his inclinations are definitely Hades, his personality is pure Persephone.]

( f/f pref, but open to m/f with discussion or previous cr. info in journal. no smut. probably hades. )

[ Most likely Hades (he was King of the Underground once... not in a supernatural way though). Happy to go for a complete myth-AU or a more loose symbolic interpretation. Slight preference to m/m or m/nb but I'm flexible! Similar age and/or emotionally mature characters please; talk to me if unsure. ]

[ either! persephone would obviously be easier, but hades with a scarred genya could be interesting too! ]

[Definitely a Persephone]

[maaaan my favorite AU to play with this one, Persephone!Cinnabar. there is info in the journal. usually he is a demigod, or human, but i can roll with whatever type of story/characters you want to do]

serious, blunt, driven, older brother type with a lot of hidden trauma. shows he cares through cooking and acts of service.

he would definitely be hades here. ~~except for one guy from his canon~~.

(WIP) info is here.

m/m + m/f + m/nb = OK.
OCs + crosscanon + assumed CR = OK.

[ Hades. her name means 'death', she's defeated death, and she is a god, so. would love to do an AU line where she's come up with a way to end the Dreaming City curse but it requires someone to essentially be trapped there as part of a counter-spell, which is where your character comes into play. sure it's beautiful there, but like Riven said, even paradise is a prison when you can't leave.

for other thoughts... Destiny does love mythology so good to do something wildly divergent (she gains control of the Ascendant Plane? secretly created another paradise pocket universe?), or full-on AU shenanigans in a different world. fantasy, urban fantasy, celestial alien goddess pops up in your character's verse, etc. this lends itself best to cross canon/media or original characters but canonmates are always welcome. ]

[He could actually be either role depending on what the Matron of Ravens would want from him.]

Now that everything was said and done, Dorian isn’t sure how to feel.

After they had finished everything, Dorian had returned with Orym to Zephrah, and the Voice of the Tempest had kept her promise and retrieved his brother’s body. And, even though it had been a bit of a long shot, Keyleth had offered a chance to try and bring Cyrus back to life, with some help from her friends in Whitestone.

With the assistance of Pike Trickfoot and the Lord and Lady De Rolo, Cyrus was indeed able to come back to life. And of course Dorian was glad to have his brother back. But he knows, after letting his brother rest and recover, they would have to eventually return to the Silken Squall, if only to make certain that nothing else happens to Cyrus in the meantime.

Abut after everything that’s happened, after everything he’s been through…Dorian isn’t sure he’s ready to return home. Or even if it really still is home to him. But what else is he to do? Cyrus needed him, and he didn’t really have any reason to stay any longer.

Did he?

Percy knows how people see him, hell the last time this group had been in Whitestone he hadn't reacted well at all. But any mention of the name Briarwood tended to make him twitchy. But Vex had gently reminded him that he couldn't assign sins to innocent souls like Laudna, so when the call for help went out the Terrible Tinkerer had done everything he could to help and more. He smiled with pride as the war was won and when Keyleth requested use of the Matron's temple he allowed it.

Percy was well aware of the Skillen Squall, the High Winds had reached out to Whitestone several times for a trade alliance, but he hadn't met the princes until today. Cyrus was a decent heir if a bit dim, but it was the younger prince that caught his attention and he could tell from the way Vex was looking at the young man her attention was caught as well. There was a reason the couple had a ten year old daughter even at their age. An idea occurred to him and after discussing it with his wife walked slowly over to Dorian and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Your Highness...may I speak with you privately," he asks, not wanting to draw much attention to the both of them, "The Lady De Rolo and I have a...proposal for you that would be of great benefit not only to you but to your people as well."

Dorian startles a bit at the touch to his shoulder, and he turns in surprise to Percy. While he’d known that the Squall had some trade agreements with Whitestone, he had never met the city’s lord and lady until coming here with Keyleth. And despite his title being used by the older man, he can’t help feeling just the slightest bit intimidated by the lord’s reputation and presence.

“Lord de Rolo,” he says after a moment, trying to recover himself. “That…I’m just Dorian right now, my lord.” He manages a small smile as he tilts his head. “Just a humble bard here, nothing more.”

He wants to be just that for a little while more. Before he had to go back to being Brontë Secondsun Wyvernwind, second prince of the Silken Squall.

"Please call me Percy then," he replies with a slight smile, "I do believe after everything that has happened I can be a humble inventor and you can be a humble bard. If you will follow me we will discuss this proposal in my study. And I would like to make it clear you can say no to this and we will never mention it to the High Winds."

He leads the way to his private study leaning a little more heavily on his cane as he moves. It had been a long day and while he wasn't in the path of the fighting or spells, the tactical command of the Pale Guard still took a bit out of him. He makes sure the door to the study is shut and he looks at Dorian with a thoughtful expression.

"You have earned the regard of not just myself but my wife as well and with the return of your brother we are well aware of what returning to the Squall will mean for you," he says, "there is not much to be said for being the spare and I understand that feeling well myself. We propose that you remain in Whitestone as a...well to the world outside you will in a sense look like an alliance hostage. You will live here and be free to wander within the city as you like. Provided you choose to stay, I will offer your parents several additions to their trade agreements I have been reluctant to give them,"

Percy wants to make the additional offer he and Vex discussed, but he wants to see how Dorian reacts to this offer first before he extends another.

With a curious frown, Dorian follows behind Percy, keeping an eye on the way the older man leans on his cane. The offer to try some healing is on the tip of tongue, but considering the lord of Whitestone is friends with Pike, his own meager healing probably wouldn’t do much.

Stepping into the man’s study, Dorian turns as Percy shuts the door, and as he explains the proposal Dorian’s eyes widen a bit in surprise.

“So, essentially would I be like a representative of the Squall here in Whitestone?” Alliance Hostage does sound more appropriate, but claiming him as a representative would make it an easier sell to his parents.

[Very much the Hades here.]

[Persephone.]

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