- Gabriel "Gabi" Carrasco -

"the broken sword"

gabriel is one of my oldest ocs, he's important to me on a highly personal level

by this i mean a comfort character, a vent character and another handful of labels

his story is one i'm taking my sweet time to showcase, so please enjoy this small introduction to him

" Index "

A sword meant for fighting

his role on the story

How far would you go

 connections & personality

Dandelions

symbolism and what it means

- a sword meant for fighting -

Gabriel E. dos Santos Carrasco, or Gabi as most like to call him, is one of the few human members of the military group called 'se'moravida' — a sleng term that’s short for 'sem amor à vida' , which means 'no love for life.'

 Basically, he's the kind of guy who fights without caring about his own safety.

He’s like a blade made for battle, no hesitation, no second thoughts. Think of these folks as a kind of special forces, almost like a suicide squad. 

These warriors are often paired up with 'mounts' or shields.Now, the mounts are usually were-people—werewolves, werebears, that sort of thing—or sometimes harpies, and even sirens.

But Gabi? Well, he got paired with a shield. 

Shields are usually specific creatures like harpies or golems. The shield’s job is pretty straightforward: protect the 'sword' at all costs. While the sword — Gabi, in this case — rushes into danger to strike, the shield jumps in front to take the hits and keep him safe.

ex: echo on the left and gabriel on the right ( takes a second to load )

His "shield" is nicknamed Echo, a golden-brown harpy. 

This species has a pretty unique ability — they can harden their feathers like metal. Not many of them around, but what makes them even more interesting is the loud flap of their wings. Sometimes, the sound’s so powerful, it can create shockwaves, depending on the harpy. 

Usually paired with fast knights that need aerial leverage to be more efficient. 

To put it simply, it’s like two crazy maniacs teaming up to wreck things on the battlefield.

- how far would you go -

Now, that’s a tough question—how far would you go to become a blade ?

How much would you give up for the greater good ?

These are the questions Gabriel asks himself every day.

 He’s a man with no family, no love, no kids — nobody to cry at his funeral. Well, except maybe his comrades, the ones who fight by his side. They're his family, even if he doesn't show it.

Carrasco’s a closed-off guy these days. Those who knew him back when he was younger remember a loud, chaotic guy who dove into jokes and pranks. But now? That’s just a distant memory.

These days, Gabriel’s more of a quiet man, someone who enjoys the soft psithurism of the wind in the kingdom's forests. He also finds comfort in the burn of alcohol down his throat every couple of nights. A drunkard, though he hates to remember

a ticking bomb, that one day will explode

- dandelions -

in my mind gabriel has always reminded me of dandelions

its a bit sad how he came to be associated to a weed, something to be plucked just to return next spring

i've always represented him with this in mind, a weed

ex: an example of one of this representations - a photocard of gabi

It’s kind of a metaphor for his whole existence. 

 Gabriel’s human — no magic, no power, nothing special to make him stand out. 

 To the world, he’s just a weed, something unremarkable and easy to ignore. There’s nothing particularly appealing about him, except maybe the quiet softness of being an everyman. Like a weed blending in with all the others pushing up through the cracks in the sidewalk, Gabriel blends in with the common folk—just another face in the crowd. 

 And yet, like a weed, he keeps showing up. 

No matter what his job throws at him, no matter how much the world tries to forget him—he’s still there. 

 Why?

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