The Dragon Midgardsormr with a tweet next to him: "Why do bash 'dead-beat' dads for not being there for their kids but we never question if the child has bad vibes? Or if they're just unpleasant to be around" In the corner is a transparent image of Shrike
Shrike has a bunch of weapons that are unique and special to him, so I wanted to show them off a little more in-depth, starting with his signature weapon as well as a rarely seen one.
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Shrike, an Elezen woman clad in black plate armor, leans back against the stone ruins of a fortress in the Churning Mists. Another armored figure sits atop the ruined wall in the background- Juksie, a blue-skinned Miqo'te. She loosely holds her sword across her lap, staring down at it. Shrike speaks, wearing a grimace: "Heroes always becomes weapons in the hands of those they serve. And Ishgard has need of countless implements of war."
Juksie, clad in blue and silver armor adorned with golden dragon wing elements, sits in the foreground, eyes downcast as she looks at her blade. Her expression seems disquieted. Shrike leans against the wall in the background, continuing to speak. "No matter what sort of upstanding paragon one may be, warriors exist for killing. Whether we live or die, the bloodshed will outlast us."
Shrike now turns his head to level a pointed gaze at Juksie off-screen, dark dragon eye glaring from beneath the fringe of his hair. The dark, lightning-filled skies and floating ruins surrounding the aerial lair of the Aery can be seen in the distance. Shrike continues speaking: "So, Warrior of Light..."
Juksie now grits her teeth with a scowl, and grips the blade in her lap tightly. The Aery is visible in the distance behind her once again. Shrike's voice from offscreen continues: "Will you allow yourself to be wielded?"
[ All Quiet Under the Thunder ]
A brief respite allows a foe to strike with words rather than steel.
w/ @juksieemdi.etheirys.social 's Juksie
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the more I think about it the more it's kind of fucked up that pretty much everyone from Shrike's past except Hilda and Aymeric have died- his parents, his half-siblings, his father's retainers/aides, Haurchefant, most of his former Temple Knight comrades, his mentor.
Uh, #ShrikeLore, I guess
My knowledge of what makes up a good perfume is limited, but if I was to describe it as one, the most prominent and always-present notes of his scent are wispy smoke and cedarwood. At the top there's rose and sage, followed by a core of musk and damp earth soaked in snow.
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He's got pretty threatening dragon fangs as one might imagine.
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Talked about this yesterday!
Shrike fights coldly and pragmatically. His philosophy stems from assuming he's outnumbered.
Single out and cut down the weakest links with impunity, understand that a terrorized foe is a defeated foe, and ensure injuries become fatalities.
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Shrike has a default age range of 26-31; because he's a non-WoL who is written to fit in other peoples' stories so he can play out his role as an antagonist during Heavensward, his specific age is determined by the story he's in. So on average he's meant to be late 20s.
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I wouldn't describe Shrike as tricky but she's definitely not honorable. She fights brutally and pragmatically, setting areas aflame to control space or raining darkside weaponry down from above. And she's not above transforming into her dragon form to end things quickly.
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damn I forgot the #ShrikeLore / #ShrikeQOTD tags
The moment I think Shrike gets to show off how much he's grown is usually during In From the Cold; Zenos-WoL attacks for real and Shrike fights them off, unafraid to go all out to protect everyone. His mastery over Surtr is put on full display, contrasting against Zenos' ferality.
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Ysayle and Shrike fell madly in love with each other for about a month or two and then they both imploded under the pressure and the clash of their ideals; also Hraesvelgr is Coerthas' biggest hater
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Being a bastard who chose to train to be a knight, Shrike was probably not taught to dance very formally. However, he's probably danced with Hilda in private a lot, and Hilda will insist that he's as dashing as any fairy tale prince.
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Non-WoL, and I may as well be paraphrasing a million other posts I've made on this account but Hilda and the Hounds are much more heavily involved in Heavensward in general and get to play out more of the lowborn revolutionary militia role they deserve
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...when is he *not* badass?
Heavensward is kind of a state of simultaneous badass and rock bottom because his whole villain arc i.e the bulk of his personal narrative is also him at his worst.
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A younger Shrike, clad in Temple Knight chainmail and wearing his hair in a ponytail, kneels praying before the statue of Halone in St. Reymanaud's Cathedral.
Shrike, now clad in his Dark Knight armor, faces away from the same statue of Halone, wiping blood from his face and dragging his sword in his hand. Halone's statue has been impaled with several spears and blades, and the goddess Halone herself is impaled as well, weapons scattered and broken.
GODDESS' GRACE / DEVIL'S DUE
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Shrike stands in the center, holding his greatsword out to the side in one hand and a spear in the other. Around a dozen spears and blades float in the air behind him, several of them arranged to his sides like wings.
Nothing left to say.
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Shrike is poised pulling his fist back, ready to deliver a powerful punch. Hovering in the air before his fist is a shadowy red blade summoned via his Darkside.
Shrike punches forward to launch the blade, the projectile tearing through the air with a shadowy trail and cutting a massive swathe of destruction in its wake.
[ Fragarach Sunder ]
One of the most devastating single-target techniques Shrike has refined. Taking a moment to pour aether into a blade manifested by his Darkside and launching it himself with an unarmed strike creates an incredibly fearsome result.
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Shrike holds a bloodied Ser Charibert up off the ground in a chokehold, gripping her blade behind her in her other hand. Charibert struggles fruitlessly while three of Shrike's floating spears surround him, ready to skewer him from every direction.
An alternate angle of the previous image, focusing on Shrike's bloody, cold expression.
[ The self-righteous shall drown in their sanctimony. ]
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