Dovev is a deliciously thorny character. He's fun to read because while he's rude and abrasive, he draws you in with sneaky feelings about the people he cares about, and complicated motivations to all of his actions. His posts always leave you waiting to hear what happens next, which of course is what we all strive for. Congratulations to Dovev!
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Family History (thanks to Lydia)
Katriel was queen of the Deserts and Arcteryx was the king of the Tundra. They made lots of babies (in order = Errant, Roark, then a set of triplets who are actually Alecto, Crito, and Scorch). But Echion was the queen of the Jungle and was not on the best of terms with Katriel and a bunch of other monarchs at the time because basically Echion was a homewrecker to Katriel's mom, Nera, by having a kid with her dad Set.
So because many of the rulers of the kingdoms were related (referred to as the Blood Alliance), there was a big hate-on for Echion. So one spring when Echion gave birth to twins (Rharian and Tivona), she was afraid they would be used against her by her enemies and therefore she switched them at birth with two of Katriel's triplets (Scorch and Crito).
So basically, everyone went on with their lives none the wiser. Rharian and Tivona believed they were triplets with Alecto, yadda yadda. When the triplets were still young, Katriel started planning ways to secure good positions for her kids' futures, so she started prepping Tivona to rule the Valley one day, and she made a deal with Pascal (king of the Gates) to make two of her sons and two of his daughters (twins, also known as the starsisters because they are blue and sparkly) consorts to strengthen the ties between the Deserts and Gates. So in an impromptu meeting, the two rulers set up Roark with Svetlana, and Rharian with Stelle.
Little did anyone know that Rharian had met Svetlana prior to this arrangement in the Meadow, and though they were still young it was kind of sort of basically love at first sight. So needless to say, Rharian became pretty bitter towards Katriel and politics, and eventually he left the Deserts for the Gates without ever saying goodbye to his family.
He kind of became an alienated pony from his family after that, and at first being with Stelle in the Gates had seemed unnatural and wrong. He would see Svetlana when he looked at her. Stelle was as sweet as can be, trusting to a fault. All she wanted was a family of her own to love and care for and spend the rest of time with in the Gates. But when the time came, for the first few seasons they tried to bear a child and failed. Stelle was worried that she was barren, and Rharian worried that it was his fault he couldn't give her this one happiness because he didn't love her enough.
Eventually though, Rharian did come to truly love her. And that season, they had Dayfall and Nightbreak! Unfortunately their story doesn't end there. (*See Rharian's most recent post in the Gates for further details haha). But basically Rharian finds out he is Echion's son just as she dies at Tivona's hands and chaos ensues. Yep.
Technically all of Katriel's children (except Fury) are Rharian's half-siblings still because they all have the same father (being Arcteryx), but there's this whole other side of the family he doesn't have a clue about too (i.e., everyone from Echion's side of the family).
Past History
-Met Makai in the meadow. Created trouble between them by harassing him.
-Met her half-brother, Ivanov, in the meadow.
Present
Recently returned to Beqanna. Currently met Michaelis, Khaedrik, and Trekori in the forest.
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