Rivière Renais

Regarding martial status: even after becoming an item with Krile (and bringing in Mashi!), Rivi wanted to take things slow for a while after Endwalker. Then Dawntrail starts going and hasn't exactly stopped... I like to think, at the latest, after the whole MSQ they all tie the knot somehow.

🎨Name: Rivière Renais
🎨Origin: Dravanian Sharlayan
🎨Job: Artist; Student of Baldesion
🎨Nameday: 10/20
🎨Race: Plainsfolk Lalafell
🎨Gender: Transfem nb
🎨Sexuality: Pan
🎨Age: 25
🎨Height: 3 ft
🎨Social Status: WoL, unfortunately
🎨Marital Status: Eventually...
🎨Battle Style: Imagination & raw emotion

In addition, Rivi's treatment of the goblins was much more understanding and empathetic than Slowfix was used to from other folk. How well they got along with Roundrox also wasn't lost on him. Come Heavensward, the Scions' passage into Idyllshire was no trouble at all thanks to the trust Rivi built!

When Amelaine and Rivi finally left Ishgard behind and tried to make a case to stay in Idyllshire, Rivi was eager to offer to earn their keep. Slowfix was skeptical of the meek little thing's usefulness, until seeing their Pictomancy in action, helping gobbies and treasure hunters alike.

I can appreciate that for sure!

... also this is the first time I'm ever hearing "neuro spicy" and I'm not sure how to feel about it ._.

Rivière is based on myself in a lot of ways and shares my personal mental cocktail of ADHD, autism, anxiety disorder and PTSD. (Possibly some other things neither of us really understand yet!) My experience with all of these informs my writing of Rivi a fair amount.

Aww ^v^ I'm glad she has him!

My beloved... Seriously needs more appreciation (and a PC release!)

rebloggin' onto here since all my FFXIV mutuals are also doing it

Rivi never met Zlatan, but Runar was definitely good people to them. ❤️ They could see his huge gentle heart from a mile away, and are really grateful to him for caring for Y'shtola for so long.

They're actually a little sad those two couldn't stay together, Rivi thought he was really romantic...

That said, his tendencies for subterfuge ate at them more and more, and the only time Rivi ever got seriously angry with any Scion was towards him for his deception over G'raha's sacrificial plans. They came to understand in hindsight with time but it took them a while.

Finally chipping away at these!

Urianger is an interesting one. Intimidated Rivi a lot for a long while, until they eventually found out he's actually a shy awkward dork inside just like they are. I like to think their shared love of Il Mheg is when they began to properly bond.

No this is a good thing, 'woesome little worm' is now a brainworm

The way you talk about her has infectiously permeated my brain

I knew she had to be one, they have the same Echo!

Hehe thank you ^v^ The only proper choices for both!

Pretty late response, but... I felt compelled. #riviart

My queen....... so elegant and proud and strong 💖

I won't comment on certain aspects of the new variant dungeon, but I will say an enchanted painterly storybook world featuring a FAIRY MERMAID is extremely Rivi-core. They absolutely fangirled all about it to Krile afterwards

Close-up of my WoL Rivière Renais

"Give me an NPC and I'll tell you their relation to my OC"

Curious to see who I get, and interested in exploring less-talked-about connections!

Thank you! It's a very interesting exercise to explore how a less violent WoL handles what the story throws at and requires of them, how that might mold them, and how they move past it.

Past that point, they try their best to avoid killing but if necessary they can handle it. But it still hurts. Their inherent empathy never really died, and it still reminds them of those dark years. They're still in a drawn-out healing process but have the support and breathing room to do so. (6/6)

Krile's reaction to what they'd become forced them to step away for a good long while and finally reckon with it all. They'd probably go off the deep end entirely if they didn't. Going Dark Knight for a while wasn't smooth sailing, but it did heal them just enough to carry through ShB. (5/)

During Stormblood they felt resigned to just being a war machine. Totally numb to it, or so they thought. Literally only there for muscle (well, paint), too broken to provide anything else meaningful.

Then Krile's capture made then snap again, even worse, and oh lord there came the bloodbath. (4/)

The Dragonsong War pushed them over the edge with it, with a whole bunch of trauma and pent-up pain, especially over their birth parents lost to dragons, aligning perfectly for them to go ballistic on Nidhogg's horde. A very unhealthy sort of mental wall popped right up past that point. (3/)

To say they got used to it isn't quite right, but they certainly got better at pushing through, and deadlier to boot. But hey couldn't bear to stop to think about what they were doing, because they can't afford to have any breakdowns, they're the Warrior of Light now. (2/)

This is a pretty relevant qotd to Rivi!

Prior to ARR they were a sheltered, soft-hearted little thing, with experience in scaring off weaker monsters with magic paint, at best.

They broke inside real early on with what they were forced and pushed to do. Had no choice but to numbly adjust. (1/)

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