DISCLAIMER.

GUIDELINES.

no godmodding or metagaming.  *blog is canon divergent in the sense that i keep both final fantasy vi and dissidia final fantasy within my roleplay canon — i.e.
/ ideally / i set dissidia final fantasy during terra’s recovery in zozo after transforming into an esper, and she initially doesn’t remember the events upon awakening but they slowly come back to terra overtime — and while she is depowered into a full human at the end of final fantasy vi, the *potential* of her regaining magic despite the loss of it via the warring triad in her world may occur after she comes into contact with other final fantasy characters and worlds that still possess magic.  i also dabble in celtic mythology when exploring terra’s as well as her surname, powers, and esper heritage take influence in the mythos.  *multiverse and will also roleplay dissidia or aus.

not a follow-follow back blog.  although i *strongly* prefer roleplaying with mutuals versus non-mutuals, i try to make starters / opens from time to time and / or if it is requested.  out of personal preference, i am selective with multimuse blogs and blogs from source material that i am unfamiliar with.  memes are honestly purely for fun and should not be taken seriously unless stated as such.  i don’t do magic anons, and the tumblr chat / im will be open for mutuals only.  *if your muse has appeared in the dissidia franchise but you do not wish to acknowledge that within your canon, please let me know and i will write future interactions accordingly as a first-time meeting.

triggers will be properly tagged.  given the subject matter of terra’s storyline and background, there *may* be narrative relating to the following : blood / violence, death, self-deprecation and anxiety, emotional / mental / psychological manipulation, potential gaslighting, as well as explicit and / or implicit instances of physical / emotional / mental abuse — all of which will be properly tagged when applicable and if and / or when they occur.  please also note that while terra’s antagonist kefka palazzo is not a literal clown, i do tag content with him in it as ‘ clowns tw ’ simply because i am aware that i have followers who have coulrophobia and kefka’s attire does resemble a clown or harlequin jester.

i ship terra with chemistry ♡.  shipping is not the purpose of this blog, and terra branford has no canon love interest in final fantasy vi and only eventually understood the emotion of love through her maternal affection for the orphaned children of mobliz.  however, i feel that terra can be capable of understanding as well as experiencing romantic and / or sexual love in the future, soooo terra x chemistry, but platonic love is more than enough for her rn.  blog is multiship and ship exclusive i.e. i will interact with duplicates, but i will only ship with one version of a muse.

however, i do not ship kefutina.  first and foremost, i should make that clear :
i do not ship kefka and terra romantically and / or sexually together.
i am / fascinated / by the vivid complexity of their divisive and turbulent relationship, and what might have been a sincere, platonic and / or familial friendship between them in the earlier years of terra’s upbringing in the empire pre-slave crown, and there are so much facets to explore when it comes to them too, but i would not for all the stars in the sky embrace such a connection in a romantic and / or sexual sense, especially when it need not have to be.  i know that there are some who ship the kefutina ship, and i know there are some who find it as their notp and / or triggering, and to each their own on either or, but i will properly tag any content that gives off kefutina implications.

mains are by mutual agreement.  in regards to mains and exclusivity, i will be selective on the matter i.e. i will be more lenient towards accepting / choosing mains as this is a fandom that grows and changes, and there are simply certain characters who are more roleplayed than others, so i am very much open to prioritising mains.  with exclusives, however, i will be far more selective and will only consider exclusivity with another muse — especially in regards to characters from final fantasy vi or popular roleplayed characters — if it is mutually agreed upon and a strong connection has been built ic / ooc where i only ever really interact with that muse.

spoilers are tagged for a month.  should i ever post / reblog / whatever anything from a game that is either yet to be released or has just been released, i will tag them accordingly so that those who may wish to avoid such content can do so through tumblr savior.  these tags will usually be something along the lines of ‘ [ game title ] spoilers / [ acronym of game title ] spoilers / spoilers ’ — example : #dissdia final fantasy nt spoilers / #dffnt spoilers / #spoilers.  however, once one month has passed, spoilers will go untagged unless it is gravely in spoiler territory i.e. a game’s plot twist or its ending, which will be tagged for six months to a year before going untagged.

OUTOFMAGIC.

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BIOGRAPHY.

terra branford is an 18-year-old, half-human and half-esper girl born into the esper world by an esper father, maduin, and a human mother, madonna / madeline, a love and a union that had never happened before.  kidnapped by emperor gesthal of the gestahlian empire two years later in his pursuit to dominate the world due to her innate, magical powers — as she could use magic naturally, unlike the empire’s ‘ magitek ’ which required the technological infusion of magic — terra was raised as a living weapon, becoming an imperial soldier under the title of
‘ magitek elite, ’ and was further stripped of her freedom when gestahl’s court mage and a general named kefka palazzo used a mind control device called the ‘ slave crown ’ to enslave her, forcing her to annihilate 50 imperial soldiers to test the effectiveness of the device and incinerating them in minutes.  during a mission in narshe to investigate the discovered frozen esper, tritoch / valigarmanda, terra was freed from the device after an encounter with the frozen esper and she had suffered from retrograde amnesia and headaches.  rescued by self-proclaimed
‘ treasure hunter ’ locke cole of the returners, a rebel group that had opposed the gestahlian empire, terra journeyed with locke in hopes of recovering her memories, though she had grown considerably troubled by her natural ability to use magic, her alleged past with the empire, and her apparent incapability to feel or understand emotions and what that meant about herself.  reluctantly agreeing to help the returners’ cause, terra returned to narshe, as the rebels hoped to use tritoch / valigarmanda against the power of the empire’s magitek.  however, when encountering the frozen esper again, terra transformed into an esper herself and fled the scene in turmoil.  led to zozo by the esper ramuh, terra was found by locke and the returners, who were advised by ramuh to travel to the magitek research facility in vector, the capital of the gestahlian empire, in order to free the captured espers there, as ramuh perceived one of the espers might be able to help her.

while her physical body battled the revelations that shook the girl to her very core, it was her mental consciousness that was summoned into world b as one of many warriors brought to participate in the cyclical conflict between cosmos, the goddess of harmony, and chaos, the god of discord.  for a majority of these cycles, terra involuntarily served as a warrior of chaos under the mind control of kefka, her home world archnemesis.  however, during the 12th cycle, a fellow warrior of chaos, kuja, took pity on her and weakened the spell.  no longer willing to fight, terra was brought into conflict with kefka and was rescued by a warrior of cosmos, vaan, who protected terra much in a way locke had.  vaan encouraged terra to find her own path and dream, and though their meeting was brief, his influence proved to have a long-lasting effect on her.  parting ways with vaan, who continued to fight in the war, terra noticed a slew of manikin, crystalised copies of the warriors, heading towards cosmos’s throne and fought them off, falling unconscious upon reaching the goddess.  recognising terra’s strong will, cosmos allowed her to become a warrior of cosmos in the next cycle, where cosmos tasked her ten remaining warriors to find their crystals and defeat chaos.  unable to remember the previous cycle’s events, an amnesiac and troubled terra was paired up with a boy with the legendary title of onion knight and the youngest of cosmos’s warriors.  seeking to have terra return to chaos, kefka enlisted the help of the onion knight’s home world archnemesis cloud of darkness, who cursed terra into attacking the onion knight before she was spirited away.  believing in his desire to protect terra, the onion knight fought cloud of darkness and rescued her, though terra could not remember what had transpired. terra eventually returned the favour when the onion knight was captured by kefka, and she saved him with the help of their fellow warrior of cosmos, cloud strife.  becoming less timid and finding strength in her friends and her dreams, terra obtained her crystal, and after chaos was defeated, the cycle of conflict was finally brought to an end and terra said farewell to her newfound comrades and returned home.

discovering her true heritage as the product of the love between an esper and a human through the magicite — the final form of a deceased esper and the only true accessible way to obtain magic — of her father maduin, terra’s eventual acceptance of her origins gave her control of her powers and both strengthened her resolve to oppose the gestahlian empire while deepening her desire to understand the emotion of love.  hoping that the espers will cooperate in the fight against the empire, terra agreed to help the returners unlock the sealed gate to the esper world.  the espers, angered with what happened to their kind, lost control of their powers and attacked vector in retaliation.  surrendering, gestahl had proposed a peace treaty with the espers and enlisted the returners’ help, but it turned out to be a ruse concocted by gestahl and kefka to kill more espers and to create more magicite.  kefka later betrayed gestahl and took the power of the warring triad, deites who are the source of magic and the espers’ life force, for himself and destroyed the world with the returners unable to stop him.  terra was separated from her friends, and one year later she was found in the village of mobliz, where she became a mother figure to the orphaned children of the village and had lost the will to fight.  but when the monster phunbaba / humbaba terrorised mobliz once more, terra found her reason to fight by recognising the emotion of love through her maternal devotion for the children.  needing to ensure all children and everyone would have a future, terra rejoined her friends in their fight to restore balance to the world, despite the fact that defeating kefka — who was now essentially the ‘ god of magic ’ i.e. the source of all magic after draining the warring triad — meant all magic, espers, magicite, and even terra herself would disappear.  however, it was the familial love that the half-esper terra harboured for her children that kept her rooted instead of disappearing like magic or her esper kindred, allowing her to stay in the world as a human with her friends and her children and finally embracing her freedom at last...

at some indiscernible period of time after her world fell into ruin but before balance was restored at last, terra was once again summoned into world b, this time as a warrior of materia in a new conflict between imperious tutelar materia and genesis of destruction spiritus.  materia’s unfamiliarity of the world and the god spiritus sent ripples of doubt amongst her warriors; thus terra — who was traveling with zidane tribal, squall leonhart, and lightning — proposed they should seek the guidance of the espers, who may be able answer their questions.  splitting up, terra and zidane encountered and gained the power of the esper ramuh, who revealed that the new gods were born from the will of cosmos and chaos and that their true enemy is a dragon who has sent his manifestations, planesgorgers, to purify the warriors not unlike cycles past.  the pair was later ambushed by warriors of spiritus the emperor and sephiroth, who appeared to seek the power of the espers for themselves.  rescued by kuja — zidane’s ‘ brother ’ and home world archnemesis, and the one who had weakened kefka’s hold over terra, terra and zidane continued their travels with him, at the former’s suggestion as she wished to thank kuja, with kuja only parting ways after they passed the trial of the esper alexander.  reuniting with squall and lightning who obtained the esper odin, terra and the others crossed paths with the onion knight, vaan, as well as a newcomer y’shtola, who were also investigating the true nature of the conflict; terra relayed what zidane and she had learned and reaffirmed her wish to protect the world where they had all met and come to know one another.  the warriors of both materia and spiritus then resolved to work together as one against their true enemy : the dragon shinryu who had been the root of the cycles of conflict.  upon his defeat, terra and the others warriors returned home once more, leaving behind a manifestation of their memories so the world ruled by materia and spiritus may continue to exist.

DISTANT WORLDS.

ffvi verses

encompassing the events before, during, and after terra’s original game
final fantasy vi.  primarily set post-game, though other timelines are available.

troops march on ( pre-ffvi ) • kids run through the city ( world of balance )
from that day on... ( world of ruin ) • balance is restored ( post-ffvi )

dissidia verses

set during the events of the dissidia final fantasy franchise.

treachery of the gods ( d012 ) • light to all ( dff )
massive explosion ( dffnt ) • spark ( dffoo )

modern hero au

modern hero au.  a group of individuals band together to battle against the harmful / negative struggles of modern day society; each with their own reasons as to why they do what they do.  half-human and half-alien, terra escapes the clutches of power-hungry captors, carving her own path alongside heroes like herself.  loosely influenced by dc comics’ starfire, raven, and terra / tara markov.

semi-closed verse with ndeavor, sanctiichor, and eternalxwind / asouldivided.

ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine

fantasy au

medieval / fantasy verse.  descended from a union between a male fae and a mortal woman, the witch christened as ‘ terra branford ’ is framed for the murder of her guardian, sovereign gestahl, king of the imperial capital of vector and ruler of the realm to the gestahlian kingdom.  now a fugitive on the run, she searches for answers that perhaps she can only find within the secrets of her past...

born with the gift of magic

voltron au

voltron au.  born on the planet espera / praevis sect, the half-galran and half-human terra was a member of the espers, inhabitants imbued with magic who sought only to offer wisdom and solace to those who sought such refuge.  captured by the galra empire at a young age and conditioned in a life of warfare, terra eventually escaped and joined the voltron coalition as a rebel fighter.

defender of the universe

atla au

avatar : the last airbender au.  wip.

*atla tag pending

woff verse

originally a pawn of segwarides, the man in the golden mask, terra was
rescued by lann and reynn, the ‘ jiants ’ of the hills, and now resolves to
protect her newfound friends that she has made.  world of final fantasy.

prismelody : the decisive battle

kh verse

a young, amnesiac waif and the unofficial ‘ ninth wonder ’ of twilight town,
the mysterious girl known only as tina searches for her lost memories and the reason behind the strange power is dormant inside her.  kingdom hearts.

dearly beloved

bleach au

a half-arrancar and half-human, terra renounces her coerced servitude
to the arrancar army after a fateful encounter with ichigo kurosaki and
his nakama.  au for tite kubo’s manga / anime series bleach.

soundscape to ardor

EXCLU. / MAINS RULES.

*to reiterate from my guidelines page, i will be selective with those i agree to become exclusives and / or mains with; with a roleplay community such as this one that fluctuates frequently, i will gravitate more towards mains than exclusivity; i will only consider exclusivity if it is either mutually agreed upon and a strong enough connection has been built ic / ooc where i only ever really interact with that muse ( **per ship exclusives, i ship only with one version of a muse ).

this is simply how i will conduct my in-character dymanics / relationships as terra i.e. you in no way have to feel obligated or reciprocate the gesture in return if i consider you an exclusive or a main by any means because that is up to you, but if you do happen to, it is greatly appreciated.

SHIP EXCLUSIVES.

EXCLUSIVES.

antithesis, other, enemy, and once her entire world : a kefka palazzo who had yet to be the first human to be augmented with magitek had come to be guardian over young terra, meant to groom and prepare the half-human hybrid for the significant role she would come to play.  terra — who had yet the knowledge of her true purpose as a biological weapon used for global domination but understood the differences from which she was treated by emperor gestahl, cid and the scientists of the magitek research facility, and soldiers and citizens alike — had taken comfort in the man who treated her normally and as her own person in her own right, and developing a purely platonic bond, they both came to view one another as both friend and family before terra herself came to realise such words and sentiments.  however, following the incomplete process of infusing magitek, kefka’s mind had become addled and the general-turned-court mage came to view the world in distortion and nihilism, corrupting his connection to terra to one of abuse, possession, and cruelty, eventually culminating in terra’s enslavement through the slave crown.  as the pair find themselves on opposing sides with opposite ideals, and their bond irrevocably changed, terra’s empathy for a man so lost in the thrall of destruction is not altered : even now... ...she wishes for peace.

❝ his touch both consoles and devastates me. ❞
— angela carter, the bloody chamber ( the erl king )

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