Assuming there is a skeleton..
The surrounding area would likely be a small indentation of the landscape. Once a small crater, the edges long eroded and softened with time. Shards of crystals would litter the area. (1/2)
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Noah is little spoon all the way. I think literally every other OC I have, save for maybe Qih'to, is big spoon.. he is probably indifferent.
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Baltzar is 100% faking any understanding of actual society, to varying degrees of success.
The bnuuy tried to eat a menu once. He was taken to a restaurant, which he was told provided food, so when he was handed the menu he just assumed it some kind of bizarre foreign food.
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Bal Answer Time: In Viera culture, it is understood that the men leave the village to live "solitary" lives as Wood-Warders, only returning to their village every 3-5 years to mate. The males tend to be reclusive and rarely seen outside of these visits. (1/7)
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Noah presented with all the visible symptoms, but he was--in a way of his own problems--largely safe from turning the entire time. His preexisting condition was consuming the light aether as he absorbed it, it was just struggling to keep up with the sheer amount. (1/3)
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He's very much an antihero, even in his own MSQ canon. The only times his interests aren't self-serving are when they are for his mate, their child, or sometimes his 'family' of cohorts. Otherwise, he plays the villain people expect with an almost disconcerting amusement.
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In its current state? Honestly, unintentionally. People kept misspelling his actual name and I finally just accepted that as a nickname that cropped up in his life. His actual name and where he got it/how he knew it is an enigma in itself so just more layers of questions.
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Arson? Arson. Arson and sex. Not necessarily in that order. Do I need to discuss whether that's healthy or not, no I think we all know the answer.
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Noah is a new WoL, separate from those. Questionable how he even got picked, honestly, but I suppose Azem always was seemingly a pretty free-spirited individual in the canon, so it tracks I guess.
As for the originals? No idea. Noah wouldn't even have thought about it.
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Hate is a strong word. He'd rather not acknowledge Zenos's existence, and given a choice he'd rather never say anything at all around, nor listen to anything said by Urianger.
He gets it. He does it himself. but still. No trust there at all, Noah doesn't like him.
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Noah is both. He's a kitten in the sheets for his partner and definitely has cat-like mannerisms, but he's largely behaving like a normal ass dude to the general population and will probably singe your eyebrows off if you try to treat him like a cat.
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If they aren't travelling with either their friends or family to begin with, they're off the radar purposefully. Contact is virtually impossible. Depending on the situation, maybe there is a proxy you can get a message through, but only if you know who that proxy is prior.
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Noah is generally polite enough not to bring it up unprompted, save for maybe the offhand comment to tease his mate, but if prompted he also has no problem just spilling everything. He's a fairly open book in those regards.
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He can, to a lesser degree than the Ancients could, 'see' the color of people's souls and from that somewhat glean their intent. He can't just see everyone though, he has to hold his arm towards a target and carefully draw upon their aether, so he rarely uses it. (2/2)
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Absolutely encourage it. He's unashamedly enabling that until he gets some.
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Shadow of Mhach, Return to Ivalice, and Occult Crescent are big ones up to now. Each gives him a chance to explore different avenues of what the source of his affliction may be. So far, no success, but he can check things off the list of ideas, at least.
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I just hear Matt Smith when I think of my boi, and so everyone else gets to perceive it. I will not be taking questions.
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Noah and Sokushi are easy 10s.
Bal is a 6-7. Swift, tactful, but bad situational awareness in unfamiliar environments (read: everywhere that isn't the jungle)
Qih'to is a 3. He's too showboaty to be stealthy.
Brati is also a 2-3. Too much catman to sneak, he doesn't try.
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Noah and Aurane's 1st anniversary was on Starlight, but unfortunately @deepwaters.bsky.social and I didn't get to celebrate together that day (and still haven't gotten to 🥺)
Still.. doesn't mean the bois can't have a date to celebrate. I'll let him explain the significance. 🥰
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The condition afflicting his arm could have killed him had he not found a way to stymie it, and it still could.
His shard, Oan, was passed part of this in one of the failed summoning attempts to bring him to the first. He doesn't know, so it -will- kill him.
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Someone truly landing harm on his mate, his daughter, or one of his close allies. He knows when they can handle themselves, but he will protect them fiercely if the odds are against them. You don't walk out of that situation alive.
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I haven't really considered him as power-scaled since Stormblood. If anything I would say he actually got -weaker- during the events of Shadowbringers and had to rebuild that power after.
I don't think he's ever been unbeatable. Just tactical and surrounded by strong allies.
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Survive. They started with nothing once. They can do it again.
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Appropriate question for a response I just made.
Noah and Aurane have an open marriage. They are sworn to each other, but given the lives they both lead there is an understanding that they can still explore outside their relationship if the other is unable to be there for a time. (1/5)
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I think it's safe to answer for most of mine the same way and say they see a value to it, but it isn't for them and it alone does not provide a full, worthwhile life experience.
For example, Noah left Ato to learn basics like reading in Sharlayan, but beyond that he will teach her.
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Mortality, ambition, and acquired strength. I will not be elaborating.
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What with Noah's arm manipulating aether as it does, he can readily shift around ambient aether (nearly) at will. It's always drawing on the surroundings independent of his wants, but the wards placed on it give him some level of control. (1/2)
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Survival of the Fittest
On one hand he initially acted the way he did in a sort of Robin Hood role, but at the same time there's definitely an ego behind his motivations to prove others wrong and climb the ladder of sheerly out of spite for others that simmers beneath it.
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Define bank account. He's got a not insignificant amount of capital but ain't none of it in any bank or anything really traceable.
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