AU Planning Meme - March

[bravenewmods]

Given the nature of AU, below is a form that can be used for planning purposes when plotting out your character. While it is not required to fill out the form, we encourage you take a look at the listings in this post and use them as a guide when setting up plots or planning character backgrounds.

<b>Player Name:</b> (What name you go by in-game) <b>Contact Info:</b> (What is the best way to contact you for plotting purposes) <b>Character Name:</b> (The name of your character) <b>Canon Name:</b> (What canon they come from) <b>Brief History:</b> (A brief blurb about the character, does not have to be overly detailed. This is used to give a basic idea of who this character is) <b>AU Ideas:</b> (Here is where you talk about what plans you may have for your character's intended AU. Reading this, others should hopefully get an idea of what you intend to do with your character's back story pertaining to the game's setting.) <b>Looking For:</b> (This section is for hypothetical things you would like to see, be it events, people related to them, whatever; canon parallels, character proxies, all of that goes here.) <b>Anything else?:</b> (Anything that you feel has been overlooked or that should be noted goes here.)

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[liveforher]

Player Name: Yuff
Contact Info: randomtology
Character Name: Teresa
Canon Name: Claymore
Brief History: Teresa was considered the best of these half human hybrid warriors and was an overall badass with a large heaping of cold. However she met a young girl and started to become nicer once she grew attached. But then she got her head chopped off because she was not genre savvy enough to realize things never end well when you adopt a shonen.

AU Ideas: Teresa was born in Union as an Absol Shifter. After her parents died, some relatives sold her off to some group where she spent the next several years. When she escaped, she has no memory of what happened beyond it was very bad. She ended up joining the Rangers, and has been part of them for well over ten years. She's known to be incredibly powerful, but also very much a loner. Trust and friendship ain't really her thing.
Looking For: Ranger CR, people who have encountered her! She's not a bad person, so much as just...very cold, blunt and apathetic. But she probably won't kick...any orphans in the streets....probably.

Anything else?: Oh yeah and she always has a big sword.

[eggsellence]

Player Name: Minki
Contact Info: AIM: zeaob, Plurk: Froncentrate

Character Name: Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
Canon Name: Sonic the Hedgehog
Brief History: Resident mad scientist, Dr. Eggman's been trying to take over the world since forever, always getting trounced by that nasty little pincushion, Sonic the Hedgehog. Here, he's a Far from Ordinary Engineer and super-influenced by his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, for his accomplishments and the gross injustice behind his exile. Eggman believes humans should come first before Pokemon, but doesn't necessarily think either should be completely sacrificed. He entertains daydreams of defeating the gods.

AU Ideas: Eggman has been working in secret on his Eggman Engine, a nonlethal engine powered by Pokemon life force to bring human civilization up to speed to what it once long ago. But that's a long-term thing. As of now, he has started something of a self-imposed, scientific competition with Team Evolution in a bid to prove "I'm right, they're wrong".

So basically, he's finding his own ways to bring out the potentials of both Pokemon and Enlightened without evolution being forced on either. If opportunity shows up, he wouldn't necessarily be against trying to steal more Evolution technology to have a good luck at the stuff. He's not all that better than the people he doesn't like that much.

Also, he's interested in going to the very depths of the Old City, hoping to find more concrete evidence on the nature of the catastrophe.

Looking For: Rivals. While Eggman hasn't done anything horrid yet, some of the stuff he says and how he carries himself give every indication that he kinda would if he had the chance.

Friends. Not just people who he's cool with or goes gambling with on weekends, though those would be cool too. Maybe people who actually agree with him that the Savior myth and the Council's laws are just too heavy-handed.

Positive CR, negative CR, fellow Old City enthusiasts. I'm up for anything! I'm not 100% sure how to get involved with plots and such, to be honest.

Anything else?:

[90sbangs]

Player Name: church
Contact Info: mrsjesus | PM

Character Name: Bertholdt Fubar (tm50)
Canon Name: Attack on Titan
Brief History: Bertholdt was abandoned at birth for unknowne reasons. He's not sure what became of his mother, whether she died or simple abandoned him but up until the age of five he was taken care of by a group of other orphans. Around the age of seven he was woken as Enlightened, a Cyndaquil shifter, and was adopted by a motherly Magmortar in the habitats. His starter pokemon, Sundrop the Magby, is his sister.

AU Ideas: Things I've worked out with mods that I can't say but if you're looking for potential super negative or super positive CR Bertholdt would be a good snag. He's very shy and timid on his outsides so it might be a strange conversation and meeting at first. He's working on joining the rangers.
Looking For: SHIFTERS!! CR with shifters would be wonderful, also some Pokemon Rangers, really any organization is good but he doesn't mesh well with anyone that doesn't care for pokemon. I'm assuming most engineer CR would be awkward for both of us but if you like negitive CR he would be wonderful for that.

Character Name: Doug (riceaboo)
Canon Name: Rune Factory 4
Brief History: Doug birth mother and father were Enlightened, living outside the Union on the outskirts of the city. They were murdered when Doug was very young and he's never to this day found who these people were. Dispite his past he's rather careful and lazy, helping his adopted mother run her shop in town. Became a delver in hopes to find treasures and goods to sell.

AU Ideas: Eventually I'd like him to figure out who was the organization responsible for killing his family. That is all plot related however so I can't do much about that right now. For now, I'm hoping for him to come across some moon stones.
Looking For: Anyone who's willing to put up with his dumb ass mostly, for the time being I'm just CR building with him until more plot goes down.

Character Name: Cress Albane (90sbangs)
Canon Name: Tales of Phantasia
Brief History: Cress is the first child of Miguel Albane, a veteran of the Pokemon Rangers and master of steel type Pokemon. He runs a training school for young people to strengthen their bonds with Pokemon. Overall he's had a great upbringing. His family took in his best friend and his little sister when their parents passed away.

Oh and Honedge's.... they have a lot of honedges.

AU Ideas: I'm not sure if I'd like to kill off him family right now honestly, maybe in the long distant future but I'd rather it be the cause of a particular canon mate so honestly.. eh, I don't know if they'll be killed off anytime soon like in canon. Mostly, I'd like Cress to explore the idea of mega evolution and work closer with his new employment with The Swords of the Savior.
Looking For: I'd really love some CR with the Swords of Savior members but any organization is fine. Anyone interested in mega evolution or pokemon bonding.

Anything else?:
^me plotting.

[riceaboo]

Doug isn't exactly a bad guy but he's really easy to use and manipulate. Compact delver that isn't exactly in it for the history. He's no were near as smart as Robotnik but perhaps they could have some exchange of CR?

[tm50]

So, how does she feel about normal human beings? Bertholdt might be a good CR pick, he's also a shifter.

[tagteams]

Player Name: Chrissy
Contact Info: multitasks | kibougamine @ aim | or just PM this account or skitty

Character Name: Quinn
Canon Name: League of Legends
Brief History in AUland:
○ Flying/Fightning type Enlightened and a Kindred Soul user
○ Ranger for 4+ years
○ Serious during work, but outside, she's pretty relaxed and a bit humble. Strong sense of justice and pretty passionate on her Ranger work. Loves adventures and seeks to be known as a hero to Union.
○ Her lifetime companion is a stubborn Rufflet that reminds her of her dead twin brother who died in a Pokemon attack
○ Along with being a Ranger, works as a personal guard and has connections to the Lightshield noble family. Doesn't talk about it too much.

AU Ideas:
○ Pretty much once things are calm again, she's going to try to explore for new places and recheck currently discovered places
○ COMING SOON IS A PLOT!!!!
○ ^ On said plot above, Quinn is personally training herself before she does a quick scout farther in the northwest and she will try to pull together a group for a larger investigation. Discover new lands? New Pokemon? A new threat? It's a mystery at the moment.
Looking For: Looking for everything!
○ Pre-established/new Ranger CR is always welcome
○ Good CR in general (Friends, exploring buddies, etc)
○ Bad CR too
○ It's 2 am, I'm up for anything at this point

Anything else?:

#me

[eggsellence]

Yeah, I wouldn't mind that! He won't exactly be of much help finding the killers that Doug is after, but damn if he isn't at least somewhat sympathetic.

[riceaboo]

Ironically enough, in canon Doug is a dwarf and is expected by everyone he meets to know how to forge weapons and equipment but HA, his father died before he could learn anything about the craft. I've been planning on mirroring that with engineering so oddly enough he'll have something to stark this old man over.

He's tiny and knows his way around Old City, he can fit in most of those cracks and with the right sort of manipulation or however you'd like to go about it we could maybe find Eggman the parts he needs.

[antiseptic]

Pre-established Ranger CR with Jade? They probably don't know each other well (or maybe mildly antagonistic, since he loves making fun of justice everything), but I'd be interested in getting him into any forays into unknown lands!

[liveforher]

She's wary about humans and not their biggest fan! But on the other hand, she doesn't think of Pokemon in a much better light either.

Pretty much, she's in a camp of "yep everybody sucks".

[springcleaning]

Player Name: nor
Contact Info: PM!

Character Name: Levi
Canon Name: Attack on Titan, Shingeki no Kyoujin, The Naked Cannibal Show
Brief History: The World's Strongest Soldier. Titan Murder Machine. Probable Gary Stu. Makes shit jokes.

AU Ideas: The World's Strongest Soldier. Titan Murder Machine. Probable Gary Stu. Makes shit jokes.

No for real, Levi's in the Rangers and he's busy adopting kidlets and Pokemon despite his awful grumpy attitude. May or may not be sleeping with Commander Erwin Smith. He'll be evolving from his Murkrow state....... soonish? Idk. He has a Dusk Stone but its in a case somewhere and he lost it?? For the time being. I eventually want him to have wings in human form.

Looking For: All CR. Especially negative CR. Levi isn't Levi without a couple brawls under his belt.

Character Name: Laurent
Canon Name: Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem: Waifu Simulator Edition
Brief History: A huge nerdlet. The "oldest" of the future children. Team mom of the future children (Lucina is team dad.) Probably a lot of mommy issues tbh.

AU Ideas: He's still a huge nerd! I want something to happen that makes him want to explore more, though. He's gotten a few Pokemon but he only studies... and that's boring! He'll eventually get more Psychic and Fire tyle abilities, so there's that.

Looking For: Exciting CR! CR that'll make him run around and do stuff!

Character Name: Jeff Andonuts
Canon Name: GO PLAY EARTHBOUND! RIGHT NOW!
Brief History: Jeff is... another nerdlet. But he's not as introverted as Laurent is. He makes lots of inventions and fixes things AND SHOOTS BOTTLE ROCKETS EVERYWHERE.

AU Ideas: Jeff is currently working on a Pokedex! And needs at least one more log for it to get started! Let's do this guys!

Looking For: CR that makes him more adventurous! And Pokedex helpers!

Character Name: Chester Barklight
Canon Name: Tales of Phantasia
Brief History: Best friend of protag mcgee, manpained over his sister's death, murderous for revenge. Basically Legolas but anime.

AU Ideas: He's still Cress's best friend/pseudo brother now that he lives with his parents, and manpained over his sister's recent death! I want him doing super reckless things in the Rangers until someone knocks some sense into him! He's eventually going to try and get back at Team Evolution for what they've done too.

Looking For: Someone to knock their fists and sense into him. Tell him off about his stupid venting/coping mechanisms. Also more friends and Ranger colleagues!

Anything else?:


arche best girl get outta my face

[niepokonany]

Player Name: Ket
Contact Info: cognitiveleague -- Go ahead and add me if you'd like, or PM this account!

Character Name: Feliks Łukasiewicz (otherwise known as Poland)
Canon Name: That Japanese webcomic with the personified nations.
Brief History: Poland is not the best at connecting with a lot of his fellow nations--he's sort of ditzy and eccentric and drives people up the wall. But he's a loyal friend, pretty damn fearless (unless we are talking social anxiety), and overwhelmingly stubborn and optimistic, so there's that! Has terrible luck. Loves ponies and fashion.

AU Ideas: The child of an ex-ranger and a farmer who used to be minor nobles but gave up on it to live a more simple life, Feliks is occasionally dragged into high-class stuff by his grandparents, but only really likes it for the fancy clothes (and even so, how come the girls get to wear the best stuff?), Feliks is basically the worst last remaining heir ever. His previous interests included ditching old people parties, getting in trouble at school, and getting in fights with bullies; recently, he has been running off in the wilderness a lot, in no small part to avoid his grandparents' awkward questions about girls and baby-making.

More recently still, he was one of the final 3 in the tournament, and Rory revealed Mega Evolution while facing him. It's safe to say that all of a sudden, he's very recognizable.

Has terrible luck. Loves Ponytas and fashion.
Looking For:
-Strict, serious types for him to drive goddamn crazy!
-Fellow ditzy eccentrics to cook up harebrained ideas with!
-Fashionista buddies!
-Friends in general! Also enemies! And frenemies!
-Ladyfolks for his grandparents' doomed efforts to hook him up with, at this point, just anyone who can have babies with him!
-Other people around his age (18) or teachers to remember him as the 15 minutes late with Starbucks kid!
-Bullies (or ex-bullies) who might have fought him in the past!
-Rad Bromances!
-And so much more!

Anything else?: Feliks Łukasiewicz is flawless. He has two Vulpixie purses, AND a silver bicycle. I hear his hair is insured for $10,000.

[heartstorage]

Player Name: Yuff
Contact Info: randomtology

Character Name: Sora
Canon Name: Kingdom Hearts
Brief History in AUland: Sora grew up on an island far far away from Union named Destiny along with his brother Roxas and Kairi. His life was pretty normal and happy, but everything changed when the Fire Nation Zubats attacked. The village was destroyed and after a failed attempt to escape, Sora was found on the shores near Union. He's been staying at the orphanage for the past year+ and been training his skills as an Psychic/Flying Enlightened so he can join the Rangers and find a way home - though he hasn't really told anyone but a couple Rangers about where he's really from.

Since game start he's been reunited with Roxas and Kairi, and recently put in his application to join up with the Rangers. Much like his canon incarnation- he's cheerful, friendly, always willing to help someone out but still lives in the moment and doesn't think things through. Unlike canon he's more secretive, fearful and probably comes off as pretty weirdly cheerful sometimes.

AU Ideas: I AM MOSTLY WINGING THINGS AS I GO. I don't want him to find Destiny Island anytime soon. However if someone's interested in having their characters also be from Destiny, just talk to us (the cast and I) and we'll be happy to work something out!

Eventually I do want him to evolve and get wings, but he's got a ways to level before that. And he's joining the rangers so...stuff with that? I don't know can you tell I'm very much winging this?

Looking For:
- FRIENDSHIP. Sora loves friendship and makes friends with just about anyone, so that's always an option!
- ORPHANS. Has your character been living in the orphanage for the past year? Then it's possible you know Sora!
- RANGERS. Especially fellow newbies! I would love to do missions or play out comradery and what not.
- HOMETOWN BROS. Like I said above! If you're interested in having your character be from Destiny Island, please talk to the cast and me! We would be more than happy to work something out!
- NEGATIVE CR MAYBE? Okay so Sora's an empath that is especially skilled at picking on someone's malicious feelings or intent (unless they are Dark-type because they are immuned to his powers). IF he picks up on any sort of vibes like that from someone, his usual friendliness will be replaced either with extreme wariness or outright hostility- depending on the severity of the maliciousness.

If you would like play with this power of his somehow, please let me know (either here or in a PM)! In reverse, if you'd rather Sora did not go near your secretly evil character and reveal them - please let me know that too! It's 100% okay I promise not to take offense since I don't want to ruin anyone's fun. I swear one of these days I'll get a permission post up about this.

Anything else?:

Jinxie, Squid Girl, and Sollux 3-in-1

[somnambulatory]

Player Name: Brantron
Contact Info: FullOfBees

Character Name: Jinxie Tenma
Canon Name: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
Brief History: Jinxie's a pretty minor character in her own canon, so her character is fairly easy to summarize. Essentially, she's a teenage girl who's obsessed with myths and legends of various yokai and is somewhat superstitious as a result.

AU Ideas: In this game, the stuff I mentioned above translates to 'knows a lot about Ghost type Pokemon.' The murder case that happened in her home canon wasn't a thing here, but the village superstitions are: Jinxie reveres Ninetails as something nigh unto a god itself, and is absolutely terrified of Honchkrow. She'll gladly talk about how amazing Ninetails is, but will actively avoid mentioning Honchkrow for several reasons.

Looking For: Other characters who are interested in the occult or who also have weird supernatural superstitions involving Ghost Pokemon would be awesome. Also, since I know Murkrows are already available and we're starting to have evolution stones floating around, I'd love for her to meet a Honchkrow someday and completely lose her mind.

Anything else?: No specific plans outside of that stuff, but Jinxie is fairly friendly despite her quirks and can be drawn into things easily enough by people she knows and trusts. She has a general feeling of wanting to help people and prove herself, but isn't completely sure how yet, so she's still finding out where she belongs.

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Character Name: Squid Girl
Canon Name: Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Brief History: One day Squid Girl showed up on the beach loudly announcing her intent to invade humanity because they didn't appreciate the ocean's gifts. Unfortunately, she's kind of dumb, and ended up working at a beachside restaurant instead to pay off the damage she did to the place.

AU Ideas: Things went exactly the same as above in BNW except for the fact that she started out as an Inkay and became a Shifter about a year ago, which is when she came to Union. Her threat was actually taken seriously for a time considering the history of the setting, but she's mostly just settled into living in the city now.

Looking For: Squid Girl does the best with two diametrically opposed character types: responsible types who will try to rein in her stupidity and make sure she doesn't get into trouble, and people who are as dumb and distractible as she is and will enable all of her shenanigans. She also gets along well with people who like the ocean, considering herself something of an ambassador of the sea among the people of Union, and a self-described champion of the needs of Water type Pokemon.

Anything else?: Not really. She's kind of my nonsense character, so any plans she makes are either executed immediately or abandoned after no more than a week whens he forgets what she was doing or gets bored and stops.
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Character Name: Sollux Captor
Canon Name: Homestuck
Brief History: I'm not sure there's ever a brief way to describe the history of a Homestuck character, so instead I'm just going to link his wiki page. His BNW version is based on a fairly early incarnation of the character anyway, from before the trolls entered the Medium.

AU Ideas: Sollux is a Psychic-type Analyst who acts more like an Engineer. He likes to pull up tech from the Old City and mess with it, and is also raising a hive of Beedrills outside the city for a project of his own that involves using them as a backup messaging system for the Warp Bands. It will involve the concept of a hive mind and very possibly integration of Pokemon with forgotten technology. Anyone who pays attention to this kind of stuff will also know that Sollux was brought up on murder charges for the death of his best friend about three years back, but ultimately acquitted due to having been psychically coerced by another Enlightened. He doesn't talk about that or anyone who was involved in it as a rule, and is clean in the eyes of the law, but it's still a thing.

Looking For: What he needs the most CR-wise are people who will make friends with him despite his sarcastic jerk-ass demeanor, and who are also willing to drag him out of his apartment away from his projects. Otherwise he has a bit of a tendency to hermit himself in there. Snarkbuddies are also great, though, as he gets along pretty well with people with similar temperaments. And of course, anyone else who's interested in old tech will definitely have his ear.

Anything else?: Nothing much, still getting my bearings with this guy. But I'm open to any plotting anyone wants to do.

[tagteams]

Of course! Pretty sure Jade is that one senior that she butts heads with often because of his rude butt >:T

But she wouldn't complain too much to drag him along for investigations

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Mistreatment of Pokémon? This must be stopped! FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!

...By which I mean Apollo would come along on that poacher investigation if he heard about it. Also Ranger CR.

[second_destiny]

Player Name: Chris
Contact Info: Plurk (HurricaneChris), AIM (HurricaneChris04), PM (hurricane_chris)

Character Name: Asemu Asuno
Canon Name: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE
Brief History: Asemu is the son of military hero Flit Asuno, supreme commander of the Federation's space fleet. He tries to follow in his father's footsteps as a mobile suit pilot, but he's not an X-Rounder (the AGE equivalent of a Newtype), which puts him at a disadvantage. This is further compounded by Zeheart, an enemy spy whom he befriended, who is also an X-Rounder. Eventually he learns to be the best pilot he can be without those abilities, and becomes one of the best pilots in the entire series.

AU Ideas: Asemu is the son of the renowned Asuno family, with a father who holds a lot of influence in the upper echelons of society. The family is well-known for its line of psychics, but Asemu himself isn't one and used to have a complex about that. But he received training from famous ranger Woolf Enneacle, who taught him to forget what he doesn't have and focus on being himself. His biggest achievement to date is fighting off a wild Medicham singlehandedly.

Looking For: One thing that Asemu is missing is a rival. In canon he gets one in the form of an undercover enemy soldier, so if anyone has a character they want to be a double agent for Team Evolution who could use a rival, then let me know!

Anything else?:

[tagteams]

Quinn already warned a few Rangers, but she is glad to pass her current information around if anyone asked/heard something.

Yes, all the Ranger CR. For the sake of Pokemon everywhere.

[makeitquick]

Player Name: Charles
Contact Info: bigdamnhero // Suik Gloris on AIM

Character Name: Melaka Fray
Canon Name: Fray (from Buffydom)
Brief History: (this applies to the AU) --> Two siblings, one of them her twin brother and the other a significantly older sister. Grew up without parents and raised by her sister, basically. Four years ago her twin brother died due to her own recklessness and relations with her sister deteriorated. Her sister made it into the Swords around the same time Melaka bummed around doing odd jobs until an encounter made her want to join the Rangers. Just made it in to her last two trial missions as the game opened and now is a legit if new member.

AU Ideas:
- I've referenced her older sister in the Swords a few times now (though I have tried to be vague in case someone wants to app Erin or adopt a proxy for her) but if someone wanted to know her and Melaka through her that'd be neat.
- I had a plot idea to do a mission into the Scorched Forest a few weeks ago but it's a little awkward in that Melaka is not qualified to lead or propose the mission, so I have had it established nebulous people higher up in the rangers have backed it.
- People could have known her from her punk lief period when she was running around with her much more nerdy twin brother until he died when they were fourteen due to careless Old City exploration, from her recovering in the hospital from what should have been fatal injuries after that (her Enlightened powers kicking in), or from when she was living a listless life of bad attitude and odd jobs for several years after that.
- She's started to feel a little dumb lately! Her schooling didn't go great mostly of her own volition so she's considered taking up some residence for self-study in the library or some other means but she's not quite done it yet.
- She's also been very stressed out since the Team Evolution showing up thing because she general policy is actually to give someone trust until they proved they are not worth it and is herself quite pro humanist so that was sort of a conflicting thing for her because of increasing shady evidence she's still not sure how she feels about in the end.

Looking For:
- Well I listed several above (oops) but I would like to know all the other Rangers and possibly amass from friends
- People can can or has previously done odd jobs for because she's always looking for a supplemental fund
- I'd like to get that idea of a search in the Scorched Forest off the ground but idek at this point if people are into it that'd be cool but I really do feel bad she's not qualified to lead it herself so I'm essentially shifting blame there. Plus other plots have been/are happening more and argle blargle

Anything else?: I got nothing

[notepad_necromancer]

Player Name: Levi
Contact Info: Plurk: thecaffeinator AIM: Lethalscribe

Character Name: Eucliwood Hellscythe
Canon Name: Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?/Is This A Zombie?
Brief History: Eu is a necromancer from the underworld who also happens to be the greatest source of magical power in the world. Her voice is her strongest weapon, although it's uncontrollable. So she 'speaks' by writing on a notepad.

AU Ideas: Eu was abandoned as a child and taken in by a normal family. At least until she learned exactly what she was capable of. Rather than risk accidentally harming someone, she pretty much exiled herself, and has lived off beyond the currently explored map for several years.

But now she's sort of returned and has accidentally ended up in the city. Oops.

Looking For: All the CR! Seriously!
In general, I'd like to see Eu make some friends, or at least people who call her friend to get her to stick around the city for at least a while. Or someone to follow her wherever she might wander off to, if that fails.

Other than that, I'm pretty open! If you have any cool ideas, I'll definitely listen and see if we can work them out.

Anything else?:

[abysmaldream]

Player Name: Enno
Contact Info: abysmaldream

Character Name: Garen Crownguard
Canon Name: League of Legends
Brief History: The Might of Demacia, pride of it's military and obsessed with a really fine but dangerous woman known as Katarina, the Sinister Blade. Has problems Letting Things Go. DEMACIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AU Ideas: Okay. I need to touch base really hard with Sheepy and Shini as the Kiskes and Crownguards are related here, also need to pick a reason for why he's not been around as he's notorious(at least in fandom) as the OVER PROTECTIVE BIG BROTHER. Maybe some mission given by Union's Council(will need mod permission for this) or at least some intensive training. Thinking of Axew or Honedge as a Starter. 99% sure he'll be a Swords of the Savior. Need to pin down how the fact that Union isn't at "war" with another Country will affect him.
Looking For: Relatives, societal obligations, Katarinas...? or anyone from Noxus that might be considering apping. Friends, people he's going to be a hard ass with, etc.

Anything else?:

[comparative_insanity]

Well, since Fai and Lux more or less grew up together because of the whole supposed to get married to each other thing, I would assume that him and Garen having met each other fairly frequently is inevitable. And since he's a huge weirdo who doesn't quite get how to high society despite his fancy family, occasionally acts scandalously, and has been known to hang out in less reputable parts of town... Garen might've found himself wondering if he's such a good match for his precious baby sister.

And now that Lux and Fai both were like NOPE SRY NOT GOING TO GET MARRIED... well, the situation is probably just a bit weird and awkward ^^;;

[bejustorbedead]

Well Ky grew up in the household since his parents died while he was a kid, and he probably looked up to Garen (probably subbing for Kliff canon-wise)

[ladyofluminosity]

THAT PICTURE THO.

Generally, my thought is, much like canon, the two of them likely aren't super close due to age differences/Garen being off doing Swords stuff/etc, although I'm entirely fine with changing that up a bit. Whatever fits your ideas for characterization best.

I will say, though, that the last few months for the family have been interesting, what with Lux running off for a few months then coming in during the TeVo thing and going actually no I'm not marrying Fai bye now.

There are some other Crownguard idiocyncracies that we established, but they're not huge, mostly that the Crownguards are patrons of the Sword of the Savior and have had a seat in the council since its inception. Their favor has been waning as the city moves more toward being MODERN and EDGY, but don't tell that to them to their faces or they'll sword you.

[crimson_pinnacle]

Personally, I love this. I agree about the awkward, and if you want to work out any special particularly that might have come of their meetings, I am all for it!