For Want Of A Nail Metaphor AU

For Want of a Nail Metaphor AU

[spoilers for the entire game]

Gallica: An air-headed fairy living in the Eldan Sanctum. Often found picking flowers.

Strohl: The well-intentioned lordling of House Haliateus. Spoiled sweet by his people to his parents' exasperation. They're thinking of sending him to the military to gain some life experience.

Hulkenberg: The burnt out captain of the royal guard with a case of wanderlust. Desperately wants a sabbatical for stopping all those assassination attempts, but if she goes on a break then who will protect the prince?

Neuras: A noble who proposed to a widow, his former fiancée, after his second aviation accident. Had to promise to never attempt flying again so she wouldn't become a widow twice over. Has a hobby of building gauntlet runner miniatures.

Heismay: Used to be a hermit residing near Martira, until one day he ventured out of his cave and saw smoke in the distance. Lost his life to the human he fought in the town's ruins and was mourned as a hero afterwards.

Junah: A Mage Academy graduate turned songstress. When she's not touring she's doing research with her sister Rella.

Eupha: Priestess of the village on Virga Island. Nearly lost her life when she discovered a human in the Dragon Temple. The first in many years to unlock an Archetype, she managed to save her village but not her brother's life.

Basilio: A chef at the Mage Academy. Used to be the personal chef to Rella Cygnus, but was poached by one of the Mage Academy's faculty members when Bas and Rella were visiting. Plans to one day open up his own restaurant.

Fidelio: A carpenter's apprentice in Altabury. Estranged from his brother Basilio for his decision to work at the Mage Academy, leaving Fidelio behind. Wants to build a restaurant with a little stage, just like Bas used to talk about.

Zorba: A former army engineer hired by Neuras to help him maintain the prince's gauntlet runner, due to Neuras's condition. Zorba is planning to continue Neuras's research into flight, but hasn't found the right moment to tell him yet.

Glodell: Lost his life in a rebel ambush.

Louis: An elda professor of the Mage Academy, renowned for his healing abilities. A close friend of Basilio and despised by Rella and Fidelio. He's aware of Rella's ire and finds it amusing.

Forden: Died many years ago when he choked on a chicken bone.