Splintered Fates
Brothers
AU Hector and Uther
Very canon divergent
Possible depressive themes
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And their pet turtle:
Todd!
Important Info
This is an alternate timeline Uther where he doesn't die. His illness is miraculously cured by the nurse who was appointed to him. So he lives past FE7 events to remain as the marquess of Ostia. He knows of his death in other timelines because of people throughout the multiverse being surprised that he's alive.
Uther has served as somewhat of a father figure AND a brother to Hector simultaneously ever since their parents died. Though the duo have been there for each other and not just Uther doing everything. But Uther has carried a lot on his shoulders over the years and grown very rigid, serious; and often times has a cold neutral demeanour.
Though despite these, he's still very much like Hector in some aspects when it comes to loudness but to a lesser extent. And his heart is as good and gold as one can be. Through his actions as marquess and towards the people he's friends with, he's shown he is extremely kind and caring (maybe even fatherly in some ways).
He's very competitive still despite it not showing often. When it comes to a game or a spar, he goes all out and tends to get very cocky and even feisty. He always loves a good fun activity every now and then even if he seems a bit boring on the surface. As for sparring, his fighting style is what inspired Hector's. It's not changed from what it was but he's a little more defensive than Hector.
Unfortunately, he has a slight inferiority complex. He doesn't like that he stood his ground in Ostia while his brother went and risked his life in war to save the continent. He feels he could've done more than stand and watch which had lead him into a false mindset that he's contributed nothing to the world compared to Hector. To cope, he writes in his spare time to imagine his own tales in his own fantasy world to make himself feel better. Outside of the coping side of it, he does enjoy writing either way.
But he doesn't know how to otherwise better himself and take himself out of that mindset. It troubles him but he doesn't really let anyone in on it completely. Only really talked briefly on it and to no real deep extent. Not even to Hector.
However, despite this insecurity, he's quite happy with his life, married to the nurse who cured his illness, Anja. They fell in love during his time being ill, when she was appointed to him. Now, they are happy together, Uther ruling while she carries on her medical studies and nurse work. She's aware of his insecurity even if it took a bit for him to truly come out about it.
Uther's timeline has merged with others and he's gotten friendly with a few people. In general, he's very respected and has found himself caring deeply for the other Hectors too but none more than the one he's related to by blood and timeline.
Though Uther is far too protective of his Hector and still effectively fathers him despite his younger brother not being a kid again and being able to handle himself. He can't help it when he worries so much over him considering how damaged he is. But he's working on trying to do that less and let Hector stand on his own two feet. And he believes Hector can do that, despite that he is overbearing.
Supports
| Support | Bond Rank | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Anja | S | His beloved wife and the nurse who cured his illness. Though she has quite the attitude, she's very much a lovely person with a heart fit for the work she does. He truly does appreciate her for saving his life, and for who she is. She's a very strong woman and Uther admires that to the moon and back. |
| Hector | A | His true brother. The Hector from his timeline who he's lived through thick and thin with over the years. Holds him more dearly than anything in the universe and would do anything for him and his happiness. Though Uther can be somewhat overbearing and in some cases too worried over him. |
| Elbert | A | His best friend essentially. Someone he's come to respect a ton for how great of a leader he is. And holds him in his debt a lot considering Elbert is the reason Uther is a good as a leader as he is. They never started developing as friends until Uther started going to Lycian league meetings. From there, they became fast friends and Uther eventually asked for aid in becoming a better ruler. And they become even closer friends. |
| Marth | B | Already a very good friend of Uther's. A kind and humble soul who he's had plenty interactions with. Helped him fix his bookshelf once. |
| Hector | B | Another Hector who is with a lady from another world named Camilla. Has spent a fair amount of time with him. Namely playing card games with he and his wife-to-be. Respects him a lot despite his rather questionable actions and words at times. Finds interest in his sometimes idealistic nature and really likes how he acts such a great ruler. |
| Roy | B | A Roy who seems to get around a lot. He admires how well versed Roy is in the multiverse things. And he admires him in general. They've had plenty small interactions and he's enjoyed them all. |
| Camilla | C | The beloved of the previously mentioned Hector. The time he's spent with that Hector has always been with her too playing card games. Uther admires how well she treats her Hector and how lovely she generally is. He's glad that her Hector is with such a good person. |
| Ephraim | C | His Hector's best friend turned beloved. He had to bring them together himself upon seeing how they acted. Hector acting in denial and Ephraim making no moves. So he came in and talked to them of their mannerisms with each other and allowed them a moment to discuss. He likes Ephraim a lot due to how happy he seems to make Hector. And he sees why really. He notices the similarities between them and how Hector likely finds plenty solice in them. For that, he is grateful that Ephraim has come along. |
| Innes | C | He sees the decency in Innes despite his outwardly egotistical attitude. Isn't the biggest fan of him but on a basic level, he somewhat respects Innes. Isn't aware of what he said to Hector but knows he's on... decent terms with him. |
Important Info
This is an alternate timeline Hector who's older brother Uther lived past FE7 events and furthermore. So instead of inheriting the title of marquess, he stayed as the topmost general of Ostia who's respected for martial abilities alone. Is somewhat aware of particularly Uther's death in other timelines but has trouble wrapping head around the concept of other timelines in general where his life isn't as hard as it has been.
A good amount is the same for this Hector such as his overall personality. He still has Armads but only uses it in dire situations as he gave Uther Wolf Beil back. Though his life has been harder than one would expect it to be and he's A LOT more damaged than the seeing eye or even caring brother can gather.
The war was painful for him in many ways. During it, he suffered a slash to his back that has formed a very noticable scar on it. He's too afraid to tell Uther of it in fear of how his older brother would feel. The slash was at the hand of a morph Eliwood that Nergal created to taunt Hector and Lyn. He walked away not fighting the morph and suffered the slash because of it.
And speaking of Eliwood, Hector lost him to the lordling giving his life to save his father. He gave his own life for his father and the others to escape. He gave his soul for Ninian and to save the others. Hector watched it with his own bare eyes and is haunted by the scene to this day. Through this, the very sight of any Eliwood gives him high anxiety but he's trying to let that not be the case after an encounter with another Eliwood that ended swimmingly.
To make matters worse, when preparations for the final battle were being made, Hector and Lyn had a huge falling out. It was when times were most stressful for him particularly. He got frustrated over a small thing and Lyn tried to calm him but ended up getting mad at him thus it lead to her calling it quits and walking away from the band along with most her 'Lyndis Legion'. Because Eliwood wasn't there to mediate, they never made up at all. Though Lyn returned briefly for the final battle only out of respect for the situation. She left after without a trace.
So after the war, Hector was left damaged in many ways. He lost his childhood best friend's life. Lost another close friend over something small escalating too far. Let alone all the death brought upon simple common soldiers despite that they were against him. And most of all that he condemned himself to a potentially bloody death on the battlefield because of an axe; something he cannot bring himself to begin to tell to Uther or anyone.
Ever since after the war and nowadays, he aids Uther whenever he possibly can, which isn't often. And over the past year, he's felt incomplete in a sense that he lacks a true goal. Nothing to work towards again that excites him through process and end result. He enjoys still being able to train as hard and to occasionally aid Uther. But it's all so repetitive for him and he no longer enjoys the infrequency of him being able to aid his brother. And simply training without any challenge to train for is just empty training.
On top of all that, he's felt so lonely over the year with losing Eliwood and Lyn and all. All he had was Uther until he joined in with the multiverse and world clashing business. Through it, he's found an already close and great friend in a lord from another realm named Ephraim. They bonded over Hector offering to help in him training with heavy armour on.
Meeting Ephraim, he found a great friend who has supported him without Ephraim himself really knowing. Hector enjoys how much solice and relatability he finds from Ephraim and since has felt a lot more fulfilled. The Renais lord has offered to train Hector in the way of the lance as Hector is training him in the way of the axe and heavy armour. They aim to have a great sparring match once they feel they've mastered their respective combat styles that they're learning.
Hector has now found himself in an actual romantic relationship with Ephraim through feelings that neither could let out without the push that Uther gave them. Knowing those feelings are out and true, Hector is A LOT happier than before. Prior to the events that left him in the relationship, he had a long talk with Uther. A very casual one more or less that really relaxed him more than he ever had been in a long time. Through that, it made him a lot happier and Uther decided to mention that's what he likes to see from him more often. It made Hector realise that there's no reason to be all down about the past anymore when there's plenty good in the present.
Hector has also been summoned to an Askr. His summoner goes by the name of Newt. He enjoys his time in Askr, and to his surprise, with Newt herself. Gives him plenty opportunity to indulge in his love for fighting with the Blizzard Spear, Maltet, in hand. It's for sure letting him improve with lances. He really enjoys that Askr has no shortage of strong individuals to spar with.
Supports
| Support | Bond Rank | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Ephraim | S | His best friend turned beloved. Someone he finds great trust and comfort in. A person that he can let his guard down on when speaking, knowing he'll accept and support him despite his flaws. And he finds him relatable in many ways thus he finds great solice in that. Their relationship is in the early stages so neither know much of what they're doing. But they can't deny their feelings for one another. He's the only other person Hector is willing to open up to. In some ways, he's even found himself opening up to Ephraim in ways he hasn't yet done with Uther. |
| Uther | A | His true brother. The Uther from his timeline who he's lived through thick and thin with over the years. Appreciates him being there for him when no one else is. And him just being there in general all his life. But these days, he can find his older brother somewhat overbearing despite Hector not being a kid anymore. He is a touch jealous of how close Uther and Elbert are but doesn't let it bother him so much. He knows his brother is happy and doesn't want to spoil that. |
| Anja | A | Uther's wife and thus his sister in-law. They would probably hate each other if Uther weren't there to vouch for Hector's good hearts off the bat. But they appreciate one another a lot. Hector is happy with how well she treats Uther, even if she does get a bit aggressive every so often. Though he can't talk on that front when he does too. |
| Newt | A | Hector's summoner in the kingdom of Askr. A kind, charismatic summoner who Hector grew a soft spot for quite quickly. They've proven to become quite close quickly. Because of this, Hector has grown quite protective over the summoner, maybe a little too much. |
| Elbert | B | The father of his fallen best friend. For the most part, he likes him but a small selfish part of him wishes Eliwood lived instead of Elbert. But he doesn't let it plague his view on the man too much. Has never really talked to him much. He understands how much of an impact he's had on Uther which, though he doesn't quite fully admit it, makes him very happy that Uther has such a friend. |
| Alfonse | C | An Alfonse in Newt's Askr. He's for sure different to other Alfonse, and these two got off on the very wrong foot at first. Things still aren't the best between them, but they understand one another somewhat. Enough to not be at each other's throats 24/7 anyway. |
| Innes | C | Someone he initially hated a lot but in ways has come to respect him for his decency when it means the most. Similar to how he respected Florina in a way. Doing good when it means the absolute most. Hector has found himself moving past the incident they had and, for the most part, making an effort to seem more tolerable for him. Mainly because he wants no further trouble with him. But he wouldn't mind being on more friendly terms with him. |
| Eliwood | C | An Eliwood he's met once but not on the most good terms. Hector found himself in disbelief and filled with many bad thoughts when he first saw him. This caused him to have a slight adverse reaction to seeing him but he got set straight by Eliwood eventually. For now, he's there but Hector finds it hard to talk to him given what's happened before. But deep down, he does want to talk with this Eliwood soley because he misses his one greatly. |
Todd
The Turtle
Todd is a random turtle that Hector found once. He took a liking to him instantly and when Uther laid eyes on it, so did he. And thus Todd is their family pet. One they shall love and cherish for as long as they're alive. The brothers take it in turns having him in either of their rooms each day. Todd doesn't have much of a preference towards either brother but sometimes tends to gravitate towards Hector (likely because he IS the one who found Todd and all).
But past all the love and care they have for Todd, both see him as an addition to their tiny family as sometimes it can get them both down knowing they literally only have each other for family. They both know they shouldn't just so quickly take a wild animal and call it family. But they've taken such a liking to the turtle. It's become a rather indirect way for them to cope with the fact that they've lost all of their family bar themselves.