[ Within the crowds gathered at the Seat of the Tribune to engage in the year-end celebrations and listen to Cyrus' speech is a plain-looking, unremarkable man, whose status as a new Shard-Bearer is given away by the simple, standard clothing offered to those who have just arrived. Howl leans against a marble column towards the back of the crowd, arms crossed, looking largely unimpressed with Cyrus' speech. Although the crowd obligingly offers some polite applause at the end, the wizard's arms remain stiffy crossed in front of his chest. ]
Dreadful. [ Whether you're clapping or just as unenthused as he is, he tips his head in your direction to indicate that, yes, he's talking to you, although he does not take his eyes off Cyrus. ] Far as I can tell, the "Meridian" hasn't got a chance.
b. highstorm
[ During a day of celebration around the Manor in Highstorm, Lady Yima disappears from her perch on the balcony, prompting a wave of excited whispers from the Highstorm natives and veterans in attendance. It's standard for her to come down and speak personally with every new Bearer that comes to investigate the manor, and in this instance, one of the people she walks up to is Howl. The things she says are standard: words of welcome and encouragement for those who find them in Kenos following a harrowing arrival. And then, she bows her head and retreats, off to talk to the next new arrival or to simply return to the Manor.
But Howl does not move when she leaves. He stands there, slack-jawed and eyebrows raised, watching in silence until she disappears again. ]
That's her? That's this "Lady Yima" everyone's been talking about?
[ He's just as starstruck as he is surprised. And for any nearby Iconoclasts, the truth of the matter will be very obvious, as his thoughts and emotions leak into the ambient mental space around him: he is smitten. ]
3. wildcard!
(( Hello Kenos friends...!! this is Lazdo, Link's player, with a second character ✨ Howl is back, but now from book canon! Any characters who knew the previous iteration of Howl from when I played him in Kenos are free to bring him up! Book!Howl is twice as ridiculous, very Welsh, and has terrible 80's hair. Please dunk on him to your heart's content. ))
Wizard Howl // Howl's Moving Castle (novel) // Zenith, Iconoclast
[ Within the crowds gathered at the Seat of the Tribune to engage in the year-end celebrations and listen to Cyrus' speech is a plain-looking, unremarkable man, whose status as a new Shard-Bearer is given away by the simple, standard clothing offered to those who have just arrived. Howl leans against a marble column towards the back of the crowd, arms crossed, looking largely unimpressed with Cyrus' speech. Although the crowd obligingly offers some polite applause at the end, the wizard's arms remain stiffy crossed in front of his chest. ]
Dreadful. [ Whether you're clapping or just as unenthused as he is, he tips his head in your direction to indicate that, yes, he's talking to you, although he does not take his eyes off Cyrus. ] Far as I can tell, the "Meridian" hasn't got a chance.
b. highstorm
[ During a day of celebration around the Manor in Highstorm, Lady Yima disappears from her perch on the balcony, prompting a wave of excited whispers from the Highstorm natives and veterans in attendance. It's standard for her to come down and speak personally with every new Bearer that comes to investigate the manor, and in this instance, one of the people she walks up to is Howl. The things she says are standard: words of welcome and encouragement for those who find them in Kenos following a harrowing arrival. And then, she bows her head and retreats, off to talk to the next new arrival or to simply return to the Manor.
But Howl does not move when she leaves. He stands there, slack-jawed and eyebrows raised, watching in silence until she disappears again. ]
That's her? That's this "Lady Yima" everyone's been talking about?
[ He's just as starstruck as he is surprised. And for any nearby Iconoclasts, the truth of the matter will be very obvious, as his thoughts and emotions leak into the ambient mental space around him: he is smitten. ]
3. wildcard!
(( Hello Kenos friends...!! this is Lazdo, Link's player, with a second character ✨ Howl is back, but now from book canon! Any characters who knew the previous iteration of Howl from when I played him in Kenos are free to bring him up! Book!Howl is twice as ridiculous, very Welsh, and has terrible 80's hair. Please dunk on him to your heart's content. ))