07 : versus xiii ; as a tenebraen-born oracle of solheim, lunafreya serves the fal’cie of this world since she was an adolescent girl ; and by extention, so, too, does she serve the sleeping god of light who aims to find the unseen realm. with chaos seeping into the realm of the living, the moon grows larger, redder, and ominous in due time, metamorphosing into a gate between dimensions, which the oracle is raised to operate.
08 : ffx ; an unsent summoner, walking the world, haunting not as a fiend but as a ghost of the past, ever-seeking for the dreaming zanarkand she was never meant to be part of.
09 : assassin’s creed ; the isu selene, also known by the romans as luna, was part of juno’s sage project and has ever since been spread into the tripple helix dna of the fleuret bloodline. during the industrial revolution, lunafreya guards the ring of solomon, an eden artifact, which both templar and assassin order hunt for in equal measure and only few were granted to treasure its secrets.
10 : draken-nier ; luna is a divergent type of legion specifically picked by selene, a kin to the watchers and the queen beast, in pursuit for a way to break the imposed ties between humanity and god, even if it takes thousands of years to find the correct singularity.
i. latin is the most common language eosian nobility and royalty have derived their names from. nonetheless, the fleuret line, at times, does also use a variety of freyja’s names for their daughters. the norse goddess freyja had gone by several identities during her voyage in search for her lost husband, as well as those that she assumed as she was impaled and burned three times by the aesir and then happens to be reborn each instance.
this includes names such as : gef / gefn ( the giver ) , hörn ( flaxen ) , mardöll ( sea brightener, or the one who makes the sea swell ) , skjálf ( shaker ) , vanadis ( the dis / fate spirit of the vanir ) , gullveig ( gold-thread ) , and heidr ( bright, clear ).
not every child would have been bestowed a name that referenced freyja, however, here could be examples of this practice :
gullveig was the first healer-oracle after aera and ardyn’s demise, and built the fleuret royalty.
lunafreya may be partly named after her maternal grandmother freyja. an oracle who could have immensely committed to the purification of the dead, and was therefore occasionally nicknamed valfreyja ( the lady of the slain ). she had two daughters : sylva and hnoss.
the mysterious oracle whose temporary successor was a lucian king could have had one of frejya's names, like mardöll.
ii. the standard arm of the oracles is a trident, the symbolism of which is found in lunafreya’s name entirely. it primarily comes from the connection between freyja’s father being the sea god njördr and the greco-roman equivalent of the oceanic god poseidon / neptune whose iconic weapon is the trident, in addition with the fact that the moon has magnetic control over the tides.
iii. the trident is not the only tie to water that is evident for the fleuret house. the sylleblossom as a native flower to tenebrae, en masse, resembles a whole sea in the clouds. this opens the door for the assumption that societies and cultures in the tenebraen lands used to have a deep spiritual connection with water and the seas, as opposed to the ancient peoples of solheim, who worshipped the fire ; and the earlier oracles, perchance, still were tethered too those beliefs to praise water’s purifying qualities that would cleanse the souls of those that perished of the still wide-spread disease. water is both purifying and symbolized death for the ancients, which is visually portrayed within luna's death sequence.
iv. those of fleuret blood are semi-immune to the flames of the lucii ring. while the ring drains slowly the vitality of the king who wears it, the holy fire is a defense mechanism for those unworthy and would claim their life either instantly, or as a price for the temporary use of its power. there are two instances of exceptions that were spared from this. ravus nox fleuret, who was of fleuret blood and unworthy, would be branded but not wholly engulfed. and ignis, who was of no particular blood, but was given the power as a necessity to protect its true bearer, and was as reward excused with the price of his sight.
𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 " i wish i could say i am a light that never goes out, but i flicker from time to time. " // oh, little one, you have burned so quietly for so long, haven't you? burnt yourself out trying to give others light? wishing, desperately, that they would notice the way your hands shake or the wildflower bruises under your tired eyes. but they never have, have they? and so, it obviously wasn't bad? right? you had more to give, didn't you? how much could you pour yourself out before they noticed ? it is all you've ever known, after all. help, help, help, help. ( are you providing it, or begging for it? ) but you've given too much, spread yourself too thin, didn't you? you are so heavy, so tired. you have spent your life carrying for others the way you wished someone would care for you. but you're worried, aren't you? that if you can't be what they need, if you can't be the pillar for others to lean on, they'll leave you. what you seek is home, a safe place to rest and be taken care of. and little light, you deserve it. you have earned it. you are worth more than what you can provide for others : you deserve the same care you so freely give out. they will love you all the same, honey. set down the world, and rest that weary heart of yours.
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The Awakening Of The Poet, Gabriel Ferrier (1899)
𝘼𝙯𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙯𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨, the sun beams mockingly, citizens gathering in fear and concern for that which will become of their beloved city. Prompto was merely a pawn in the game. Still, if he could make any difference… ( would it make a difference ?? )
Just beyond the window he dissociates from, a small patch of flowers, a yellow hue, but too far off that Prompto couldn’t distinctively label them. Swaying this way and that, carefree, petals caressed by gentle breeze. Oh, what a gift that must be. To be free.
𝑨 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.
They deserved that; he deserved that. They survived. Was that enough? Was it fair that they were to live when many others had perished?
He could not have predicted how long the Oracle had been witness to his sighs and exhales. Stance mostly relaxed, hands in pockets, elbows bent slightly. Every few minutes would he shift, unable to stay still for long; he was far too anxious.
Though something made him look over his shoulder, lips dividing and shifting to address her once he acknowledged her presence. ❝ — Lunafreya! I uh… Sorry – didn’t see you standing there …. ❞ A posture of respect, appropriate for royalty, this to be their first encounter that wasn’t amidst the masses.
It was as if she could see the inner sketchings of his mind, scribbled on notebooks that were scrapped and discarded, never to be considered again.
❛ 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒. ❜ @ereipiia / @moonichor + luna
An unnerving noise. Momentarily paralysed in shock. And as he tries to minimize the appearance of rudeness, his lips meet in a thin line. Briefly looking outside, once again, he lightly bites the inside of his cheek. No doubt he knew what she was stating was true.
❝ … Suppose none of us want our deaths to be in vain, though… ❞
𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 , 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇. rightfully so, she pensively inferred, by mustering visions of the demanding sea : its harrowing, pitiless currents were to extract sylva’s daughter from the living world, and edged alone at glistening patterns was (im)mortality preordained to hunt her, the blue pigment of sylleblossom weeds pressed against her cheeks. most ironic, therefore, to find a city, as illustrious as the altissian grandeur, to be so intimately surrounded by aquatic chant and the under-worldly domain of a serpentine goddess, whose anticipated waking hour prompted an abrupt halt to the peace of its dwellers ; gave the common salt-flavored air a concerning density.
as per historic routine, man loved his gods, until he feared them.
fear, however, was an unavailable luxury in close proximity with the impending tipping-point of diurnal scales. and what good was fear, if it instilled no power to prevent eos’ waning ? what good was fear, if it only petrified ? yet, we shan’t let it be forgotten that fading and blending into obsidian blood guaranteed the end of the road for all oracles, from first to last — produced to alleviate the world, except their own person. ever since life paraded itself as a condition of endurance, she hardened the heart and numbed her lachrymal reflexes to the certain and uncertain. ( endure endure endure / live live live — akin to a vista of flowers outside the torrent’s edge ; akin to those flowers under this frame, visibly frail, yet persistent against ramuh’s breath. )
“ … ” her silhouette but a half-ghostly husk, vague on the window glass, brooding in the mirror, tugged between alive and wordlessly falling apart. with sharp thought, her own quietude ceased to extend itself, and instead allowed the unspoken to be spoken. “ i concur — to vanish unfulfilled and meaninglessly is an undesirable outcome. ” though admitted with rare personal honesty, it came with the cost of regret. the occasion to meet a sweet, old friend ought not to be besmirched with doom and gloom. click of heels met tiling, while the somberness re-sculpted itself to absolute indifference in the face of events she expected but had yet to occur. an indifference she mastered exceptionally well with the petite mask of a friendly facade.
“ did i startle you earlier ? my apologies. it was very inappropriate of me. ”
𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐓𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 ; she, the well-molded saint, giggled rather at its execution, like a dove seeing its cage opened. it was a sign to spread the wings, and what better way to have done so than with a fellow lady in her twenties ? ( that be, at the expense of expectation to be shattered like a vase and to ignore the mess. ) “ well … there could be something i’d like to ask of you, if i may. have a cup of tea with me ! it is not often that i encounter the opportunity to converse with someone leisurely. ”
❛ the honor is all mine, lady lunafreya. ❜ a bow followed her statement, though it was a bit hasty in her excitement–––– royal protocol hadn't exactly been a necessity on the road. ❛ if you need anything at all, please don't hesitate to ask. ❜
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they both love to learn things through each other, and take enjoyment in doing it. Prompto likes to show Lunafreya his new lenses for his camera, explaining what each one does, how it effects the shot, and he loves using Lunafreya as a model ( bc ,,, lets face it ,,,, you won’t get closer to natural beauty than Her! ) and, in return, Prompto learns all about Tenebrae, her family, what it is to be a Princess. It’s pretty clear early on how Noctis and she have lived different lives.
But, he makes it his goal to always make her smile. Be it a stupid joke, telling her a story about him and Noctis and some of the antics they have got into trouble over, or, letting her simply laugh at him ( though she probably tries to mask it, not wanting to offend/upset him ) when he struggles to do something (( such as her helping him learn a new skill – maybe how to eat with fancy cutlery,,, lord not me imagining Prompto being invited for tea and making an absolute FOOL of himself ))
He brings her little sweet treats, that just so happened to be his fave as a kid, so he indulges with her as its a special occasion, but is still very mindful of his triggering foods from youth.
She’s probably the only one he lets place a hand over his, and just be gentle with him, without overthinking it beyond that of her kind nature. Though, he definitely blushes each and every time, but it offers a different kind of comfort to that of his friends, (ignis, noct, gladio)
moon moon has appeared ! what to do ?
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