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The four power holders

The last remaining native power holders. Their connection to nature and magic itself is extremely strong, which is one of the theories why they're the only ones who remained with power. The four are responsible for the barrier protecting Ellipsa from the Darkness. Each of them are managers of the Seasonal Guilds that used to serve all native power holders and are now remodeled to help Otherworlders with their mission.

Olwen, the kindness of winter

Olwen was born during a strong blizzard in a cabin that was located in the middle of the Winter Segment. Many think this is why he's adapted to his powers at a young age. He has been the leader of the Winter Guild even before the tragedy happened. He's always been known to be serious and very responsible, yet kind and caring.

He's calm, wise and doesn't get angry very often - but when he does he's icy and glares icicles at people (not literally). He wants people to think about their limits and be prepared as much as they can before venturing out into the danger. That's why he's always ready to answer anyone's questions - no matter what powers they have.

Olwen is usually the one people call a leader whenever they need someone to make decisions.

Age: 41 ✦ Born: Winter Segment ✦ PB: Ben Barnes

Jade, the energy of spring

Jade was born in the eye of a hurricane in the Spring Segment, where her parents used to live. It's for this reason that people believe she can fly almost as if she wasn't using her powers and create things with ease. Her powers have always been strong and looked like they were a second nature to her.

Due to her powers coming to her naturally, it's hard to keep a track of Jade as she bounces to different places. She's naturally hyperactive and always talking anyone's ears off. Of course when the situation calls for it she's composed and calm, but otherwise she's not above adding her own comments to any situation. Usually she speaks in puns and makes jokes. She does, however, get upset anytime someone tells her to shut up and may sulk for days.

Age: 27 ✦ Born: Spring Segment ✦ PB: Katherine Barrell

Dawn, the shapeshifter of summer

Dawn was born during the hottest day in years, in the district of Solarpeak. Due to the scorching hot circumstances, people believe this is the reason she's one of the final power holders and a natural at any powers involving heat. She tends to change her look a lot as she doesn't want to get bored of the same look (usually she mostly changes her eye or hair color).

As the constant need to change her appearance might suggest, Dawn gets bored easily. That's why she's always trying to find fun ways to make a day more interesting and is usually in charge of planning any bigger parties Ellipsa may have. When she gets angry she can stay angry for a long time, but she never gets violent with anyone. Mostly she isolates herself from the things that made her angry and does anything else. Her main motto is that anger should always be channeled into doing something good, rather than evil.

Age: 35 ✦ Born: Solarpeak ✦ PB: Katy Perry

Sawyer, the brat of autumn

Sawyer was born in the middle of an autumn storm that affected even his home district; Amberfall. Many suspect that's why he became known as a genius in the seasonal power arts. Unfortunately he always used his powers for pranks, rather than anything useful. He refused to take any responsibility until it was discovered that he really was one of the last ones with powers. Even then he isn't very co-operative and often stays hidden in his office at the Autumn Guild.

He's moody and tends to love to do things if there's a chance to cause chaos. He's not necessary a bad guy, but a bit a problematic and definitely someone who doesn't offer help easily. He's also keen on letting people take risks when exploring the the Segments because he believes taking risks is part of life... but also because he likes to see people fail.

Age: 22 ✦ Born: Amberfall ✦ PB: Brendan Fehr

Others

Michael, The Mayor of Nightwake

Michael is in charge of the Nightwake Center District and is also the head of all apartments there. He's only been a Mayor for a year, but he's already made good changes for Nightwake's residents. Mostly he's made sure everyone has easy access to transportation and getting suitable housing for themselves.

As a person he's calm and level headed. He only talks whenever it's necessary. Usually when someone is needed to calm a situation, Michael is called in to make the announcement. No one really knows what he's like outside work because he likes to keep to himself.

Age: 50 ✦ Birthplace: Blossomcrown ✦ PB: Keanu Reeves

Helene, Head of the Research Center

Outstanding leader of the Research Center. Helene is highly educated in the ways of technology and all sorts of chemistry. While her understanding of magic is lacking she has plenty of staff to help her out in combining magic and technology. Her hobby outside important jobs is to study potions and find ways to replicate their effects in medicine.

Helene may seem strict, but under her rough exterior she's more like a mother hen who worries about her subordinates and Otherworlders alike. All the decisions she makes are for the good of everyone. She also likes to have as much fun as she can.

Age: 40 ✦ Birthplace: Stormreach ✦ PB: Jennifer Love Hewitt

Harrison, the Head of the Law Encforcement

A long time ago Harrison proved to Ellipsa that he doesn't need to be a power holder to be in charge of the law. His greatest achievement was arresting a good sized group of power holders who planned to go against the law and started absorbing other holders' powers. Instead of any magic available, he relies on technology and his own wits.

Harrison is a strict person and doesn't like people who bend or break the rules. He always looks serious and the smiles he offers are for those who he truly thinks have done a good job. He's not a bad person and has a soft spot for small children as he sees them as the future.

Age: 61 ✦ Born: Nightwake Center ✦ PB: Pierce Brosnan

Starlight, The Social Media Star

A mysterious celebrity who has never revealed her true name to the public. Starlight can be seen on many ads, commercials and her Ellipsagram account is the hottest account to follow. She makes important announcements, but also posts a lot of memes and filters for others to use. She shines like a star, hence her stage name.

No one knows a lot about her outside social media. She never hosts public meetings and mostly sticks to Ellipsagram lives and stories. Her public persona is cheerful and always seems like she's having fun. All of her smiles are always genuine and whenever she's feeling down she doesn't take photos or videos of herself to keep it that way.

Age: Unknown ✦ Birthplace: Unknown ✦ PB: Molly Quinn

Riki, the Idol of rewards

A merchant by day, an idol by night. Riki is the one who manages the store where Otherworlders can get useful items to help with their journeys. He rarely appears there as more than a hologram as he's busy writing songs, being a model and performing in all sorts of places.

Riki is always cheerful and willing to help people when he has a chance. He has an active imagination so he's usually the one coming up with items - or at least giving ideas to people in charge of making them. No one's ever seen him sad or angry in public, but sometimes his smile isn't so genuine... or so some say.

Age: 30 ✦ Born: Nightwake Center ✦ PB: Yoshihide Sasaki

Lara, The Fairy Queen

The leader of all fairies who holds one of the keys in fighting against the Darkness. She's young for a fairy, but she takes her responsibilities seriously and with grace. Currently she's in need of a lot of time to recover from being kidnapped by the "Wizard".

Lara gives off a gentle, motherly aura, but she does have a playful side to her like most of the fairies do. As the Queen she's the same size as humans, but can transform into a smaller form when necessary. She alway has a set of fairy wings on her back.

Age: 200 ✦ Born: Fairy Kingdom ✦ PB: Monica Bellucci

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Olwen

[seasonsmods]

Usual location: Winter Guild in Frostreign

Olwen is talkative and will stick around to talk with anyone who wants to. He will answer any simple questions easily and even make jokes.

[wingbound]

Levi wants to know if they might allow some people to stay in Ellipsa even if "the situation becomes better", as Olwen had stated in his welcoming message. He won't be wordy about it but he'll state that there are those who have nothing to go back to because they're dead back home, and point out that it's shitty poor motivation to provide help for this world if their reward is to be sent off to die (again).

(It's a bluff, really, because they're going to help anyway, a whole world is more important than a few lives etc etc, but why not use a little threat/blackmail to encourage the desired answer?)

Any timing similarities with the arrival of his dear deceased friend are purely coincidental.

[seasonsmods]

Levi, you're adorable ain't ya.

Olwen has talked with others about the ways they could allow people to stay even after things "get better". They have confirmed it's definitely possible and they are definitely going to open it up as a choice when the time comes.

He also states that the welcoming message is to assure anyone who wants to go back that they will be able to. But they will not turn people away who have no reason to leave or just want to stay.

i'm back with more difficult questions--

[acquirement]

After their deaths Kaveh and Ayato (accompanied by Alhaitham and Thoma) will visit Olwen to ask him a few things about what they saw/experienced. (around June 2nd)

First, if he knows what the creature trapped inside the abandoned mansion is? Ayato will share the video he recorded to help explain it, and if he knows what it is what can they do to get rid of it?

Second, the spirits have managed to seal it inside for now but it's spread to take over the size of the mansion pretty much - is there a way to ensure no one else can get in or out?

After his initial questions regarding the mansion are done, and Kaveh and Alhaitham leave, Ayato will have one more question for him regarding their returns to their worlds once they've helped this world - is it possible to be sent to a parallel universe of theirs and 'push' the other self to a different one? Or at least share the memories between both?

[seasonsmods]

Olwen will tell them the unfortunate news that he has no idea what the creature is. He asks Ayato to send the video to his phone so he can share it with others to further investigate what it is.

He also explains that due to protecting the citizen being a priority they unfortunately haven't had a chance to explore the Segments as well as they would have liked. So he apologizes that they had to encounter such a monstrosity and thanks them for bringing it to their attention.

Olwen will also tell them that a barrier can be formed around the mansion, similar to the ones around the city and the segments with extra enhancements in place. The native power holders can deal with that immediately. He messages the others to prepare to get to the scene.


As for Ayato's personal inquiry, in theory that should be possible, but he would have to talk with both the researchers and other power holders about how to do it and properly set options for all otherworlders on what they can do, so they can find some ease in what future holds after they save Ellipsa.

With his question (and a previous one he got) he will make this one of his priorities after they seal the mansion.

[at_heart]

heyyy, so, definitely should've asked this during Event #1, but yeah, Shyness. Basically, Yuri would've had the same question as Levi. Can I assume he would've gotten the same answer?

[seasonsmods]

Yes, that would be alright to assume.

[mistsplitter]

some time after ayato's meeting with olwen (late june), his younger sister would schedule for a meeting with him (and helene, if that's possible) to ask more about this.

ayaka would share her own experiences of being in a world outside of her own, prior to here, to give context. and then she'd talk of her concerns.

1) would he have spoken to the researchers and other power holders by this time? is it possible to travel to a different world willingly and retain the memories made here?

2) what would it take for a dedicated group (small or big) of researchers to study this further? more specifically, what would she have to do in order for the research center to move on this?

[seasonsmods]

1) He has had time to discuss things with Helene, who is happily there in the meeting with them. The answer is yes, it should be possible, but they need to work on the mechanics which they will.

2) Which leads to the second question. There will be a smaller group of researchers to begin the investigations and as they find concrete methods and they will add more people to the team. The team will consist of both technologically advanced members and those who know of magic rituals. Helene personally will also be helping, whenever she doesn't have something more urgent.

Ayaka is assured they will take this matter seriously to provide all possible options for characters to choose what they want to do when "the time comes".

[wingbound]

Guess who’s back! (Have you missed him, Olwen?)

This time, Levi shows up with Hange in tow, who will hopefully step in to clarify after he spends a while explaining, in a very vague and roundabout way, that they have someone close to them slowly dying of a curse.

They want to know if there is anything that can be done about it, and where/who they should talk to if they’re hoping to find a cure or something that would stop the timer from ticking down.

Additionally, Hange wants to ask in particular whether anybody here has ever had a lethal curse or disease and then died, and whether it was back after being revived or if they no longer had it?

[seasonsmods]

Olwen explains that the magic that brings them to Ellipsa has a great chance of nullifying curses. It's more likely than not to lose any disruptive curses. Of course it's a little harder with curses you can't physically see to say if they are gone, but there are magic ways to check for curses. That would require a the help of two other guild leaders, but Olwen can speak to them if they want.

He explains that Dawn, the Summer leader, is able to "Identify a disease on sight", something all Summer holders are eventually able to learn. While a curse is a little different, she should be able to tell if there are one or several conditions, even if she wouldn't be able to say what exactly they are.

Then he explains that if there is a curse, Jade, the Spring leader, is able to "Lift curses from others". Again, this is something all the spring holders will eventually learn, but Jade is the most advanced at it, of course, so she's more than likely to succeed in dispelling an otherwordly curse.


As for Hange's question, he explains that it is only the otherworlders that are able to come back after death - and as far as he knows, no one has died of those causes so they wouldn't know what happens.

guess who's back-

[acquirement]

After the viral video went up Ayato will be trying to get in touch with Olwen to:

a) get a less anti-Sawyer biased opinion/feedback on what happened. He'll tell him he's heard from Hijikata what Dawn told him about suspicions the portals were done internally, but Ayato will also admit that while he isn't keen on Sawyer, he didn't get the impression it would be him. (Honestly he deals with cunning people all the time and he didn't get that vibe from him so it seems like he could be being used as a scapegoat, especially since the other power holders seem to be speaking up for him.)

b) asking if there's any way he can offer assistance. His personal biggest concern will be ensuring to reduce panic if people (locals and otherworlders alike) think a powerholder is abusing their position to harm people. He already knows people who don't trust them, and this situation will likely make it worse, so if there's anything he can do on the ground to make things smoother he'll do his best.

[seasonsmods]

First of all, Olwen appreciates the concern he's showing for the situation.

a) Olwen will tell him honestly that none of the power holders think Sawyer did it, but Harrison is a very stubborn person and they generally don't want trouble with him. Besides, since Sawyer ran it's harder to plead his case but Olwen is sure Sawyer is looking for the real culprits as they speak.

It's clear from his tone that Olwen is a bit disappointed in Harrison and he hopes that Sawyer will return with good news soon. Sawyer might be reluctant and a brat, but he's not a bad person, Olwen confirms. He's like the bratty little brother for all of them.


b) Olwen appreciates any help Ayato might offer, especially if he can handle the otherworlders in a way so they don't gain even more distrust. But he also hopes Ayato won't shoulder too much responsibility.

[sunspotted]

Earlier in the December month, Olwen will get a teenage visitor from syphilis land after denizens of Ellipsa are caught in in Eren's Path's trip, although the visit is unrelated.

He has an idea for people who transform into 'large creatures', as he puts it: he wants to know if it's possible to build an arena in one of the segments, that could withstand a ton of damage for people who might want to practice with said forms or 'let loose'. He's willing to help out if there's building or clearing out that needs to be done!

[seasonsmods]

Olwen likes this idea and will start developing it. Marco is free to help out by coming up with a name or asking people who transform into such creatures if they have any special requirements for the arena they might need think about - or just ideas for things that might be good for it.

He will handle all the other necessary things, such as location, magic required in the making and such.

[hometown]

A rather haggard-looking Reiner shows up in the middle of the month with a question for Olwen:

Can Reiner trade his place in this world and give it to someone else? Can he go home in exchange for someone else coming here?

He says that he has a picture of the person he wants to bring here. He has things that they've touched. He can describe anything and everything about them. He knows where they were and what they were doing when he was pulled to this world.

He says he'll do anything necessary to help make it happen if it's possible.

[seasonsmods]

Olwen looks sympathetic, since Reiner seems so desperate but has to reply that there is currently no possible way to bring anyone specific to this world - nor is there a way to "exchange places". That is an unfortunate nature of the magic: you can't pick and choose people. Otherwise everyone here would be willing helpers.

He, however, promises Reiner that if they manage to find a system where they can summon people, Reiner would be one of the first ones to know. They are constantly studying the summoning magic in hopes of improving their methods.

If Reiner is willing, Olwen offers to listen to Reiner's story and why this person is important to him, but at the same time he won't push for answers. He's merely offering a listening ear.

backdated to like, 1/19ish

[dereban]

definitely going to come the moment that the video goes live; Inaba's here to politely ask to see if she can investigate the device more thoroughly if they haven't gotten the chance to do so yet! she will offer to let him (and any others, if they'd like) watch. she will also ask if they've tried or done anything with the device prior to her visit at all, see if she can get more details.

[seasonsmods]

At this point no one has done anything to the device and Inaba is free to investigate it. Olwen will keep watch - mostly out of curiosity than anything.

What she will uncover is basically that it's a "portal gun" that has already been launched elsewhere. Instead of another location in the "world map", it travels between dimensions that exist on Ellipsa (similar to the fairy dimension in November). Whoever made it is very good at technology and utilizing even techniques even unknown to the Research Center, so after this mission, this piece of equipment is going to be valuable research material.

[sunspotted]

Towards the end of the month, Marco pops back in to say hello to Olwen! He's been talking to some of the others via a network post and in person about the Dome idea, and he has some requests and questions. He literally pulls out a notebook he's been using for this exact purpose!

Specific requests he goes over were making sure it can handle seasonal powers, and, bemusedly, 'audience seating'. Multiple people noted concerns about acid proofing or poison nullification (he mentions this last one, he suggested the person talk to the science department for a permanent fix.) It needs to be 'strong enough to withstand a punch that could level a mountain'. He also hands over a chunk of a strange, blue-white crystal. He notes it's a weaponized armor that Eren Jaeger is capable of making, and wanted to know if there was a way the arena could withstand that.

He also mentions that they should have people on staff to manage the schedule, since some people mentioned wanting to make sure the arena would respect people wanting to train privately. He also mentions people having concerns about clean up - should there be cleaning staff or a spell for that? A few people volunteered to be healers on hand for any emergencies. Finally, he had an idea that the dome could 'promote' Riki's shop by keeping some short-effect Safety Pins on hand for people who might need them. Some people were also concerned about going out of control, so Marco wants to know if there's a way to institute some kind of restraint or knockout in case of that.

Did Marco breathe through all that? Maybe!

[wingbound]

Have you missed him, dad Olwen?

Sometime toward the second half of March (right after encountering Farlan), extremely distraught Levi shows up at his office and haltingly demands (which is about the equivalent of begging in desperation levels for him) if there's a way to save someone with a glowing mark in the metaverse.

He's willing to do just about anything up to and including giving up his own body. (He has definitely not run that idea past either of his significant others or the rest of their found family, who would all probably have some opinions about it.)

Re: Olwen - May 27th

[shatteredprison]

Shadow entered the Winter Guild as he always did, in a flash of yellow and a sudden stop. He wasn't one to go slow until he got into the building. He walked around until he found Olwen. He approached and gave a respectful nod.

"Guild Leader. Can I speak with you?"

immediately after 06-06

[wingbound]

As is probably expected by now, Levi shows up at Olwen's office. By now he's aware of all the things he says to people when someone disappears -- they can't control who comes and goes, they're working on a way to do so, and so on. Maybe he just wants to bitch out someone in a position of power, maybe these visits actually bring him some comfort at this point, considering the Winter leader had always listened and offered sympathy.

He'll start off by asking him if he knows that they're condemning people to death after giving them a taste of freedom, as that's exactly what happened to Hange, and also bitch about the research into summoning specific people not going fast enough, as they've started it a while ago and still have nothing to show for it.

For the time being, however, he avoids threatening going on strike or anything more bridges-burning like that, as he still has Erwin and the kids to think of.

[hometown]

In an absurdly backdated meeting, Reiner giddily approaches Olwen to inform him that Bertholdt has arrived.

(This is absurdly backdated because I forgot about it until this moment.)

That's it, that's the whole meeting. He just wanted to very enthusiastically share the news, since Olwen was so kind to him and is at the top of his favorites column.

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[ashenrose]

Olwen's the one from the hologram so this is his problem-

He's going to get sent a letter. It's clearly written by a child, but in the best and neatest handwriting she can manage, with a proper ink pen- excuse the few smudges here and there, she's not had a lot of practice.

It mentions that she saw his message was updated, and that it now said that people were welcome to stay in Ellipsa when all this was over. That it could be their home. She wants to know if that's true- and if so, does it really mean anyone can stay, even if they shouldn't have been able to leave to begin with, even if they're not very good at their magic yet, and even if they're not like normal people? (She can't quite manage 'not human' or 'not real', just in case it's pinned back to her.)

The letter-writer hasn't signed her name, but it does have a return address of a seemingly unoccupied beach house in Solarpeak... close enough she could get there easily from her own home to intercept it, without it being directly her own address.