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Canon Update to Age 7
Character: [Diarmuid Ua Duibhne] ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Canon: [OU] Fate/Zero
Previous Canon Point: Pre-Anime Canon, Irish Myth, Age 6.
New Canon Point: Pre-Anime Canon, Irish Myth, Age 7.
Significant changes due to new canon point:
While Diarmuid is only going to be moving forward a year along his canon, a lot is going to change for him in that time. Shortly after he returns to his world, his birth father, Donn, will come with Fionn, the man who will eventually become Diarmuid's lord, to visit the boy at Aengus' home. During the visit, Donn will witness Roc's son--the boy who is also Diarmuid's half brother and best friend--being treated the same way his son is. This enrages Donn who doesn't believe the son of a 'commoner' should be treated the same as his son. As a pair of dogs fighting distracts everyone, Donn takes the opportunity and kills Roc's son in cold blood. When it is revealed who murdered the boy, Roc first wishes to kill Diarmuid in retaliation. Aengus forbids this. Instead, Roc turns his own dead son into a monstrous boar and sets a curse on Diarmuid that the boar will eventually kill him even as Diarmuid kills the boar. Once the curse is set, the boar runs off and disappears for a good many years.
Roc is exiled from the household and Donn is again exiled from the Fianna. Both disappear and are never seen again. These events so shatter Diarmuid that Aengus must erase the boy's memory of the night or risk losing him as well.
Here is a link to a bit more detailed version of these events. Please note there is no mention of Diarmuid's memory being erased here. It is only later in the tale--shorty before Diarmuid dies--that it is revealed he doesn't remember what happened that night long ago and even Fionn telling him the details doesn't help him remember. Since Diarmuid's stories come from an oral tradition, it is not recorded what exactly caused the memory loss, but given Aengus' overprotective nature toward the boy, it is likely he would have erased Diarmuid's memory if it meant saving the boy's sanity and as a god who ruled over youth Aengus would have had the power to do so.
Some events so change a person that even when erased from the memory, they are not completely forgotten. This is what happens to Diarmuid. Though he doesn't know what, he knows he has lost an important part of himself. As a result, he becomes completely focused--it could even be said obsessed--with his knight training because, in addition to what he believed before, he now believes if he becomes a good enough knight, he will be able to keep others from suffering the same kind of loss he has. This focus on becoming a good knight is even stronger than his focus was previously. When he comes back to Saeng Seong, not only will he be taller, but he will be much stronger than he was when he left. He will be more skilled with using swords--surprisingly so considering he is still young--and will have begun learning how to use a spear and shield as well. He will also have begun training to properly use the innate gifts his has in speed and agility. However, at this point, Diarmuid will still not have any magical abilities. His weapons will still be ordinary as well.
The biggest change to Diarmuid will be in his personality. He no longer will be as innocent and naive as he once was. The real world has been introduced to him now. While he still is optimistic, he knows not everything will turn out right. He will be more solemn and, as I mentioned before, more focused. Diarmuid will also be more thoughtful, since he has finally learned enough about the world to start really understanding the things he has been learning so far. He has grown up a lot in just one year, though, his friends will be able to make him open up again with enough effort. The child he was is still there, it is just hidden away by the newly developing 'adult.'
While his friends will be able to get Diarmuid to relax and open up again, something they will not be able to do is completely dispel the aura of sadness that seems to be around the boy now. Even when he is happy, it will seem like something is off or missing because even being extremely happy can't fill that empty spot in his mind.
Since his memory of the night his friend and half brother was killed has been blocked, Diarmuid will have no memory of Roc's son or what happened to Roc, who he considered like a second father, or what happened to Donn, his birth father. Anyone who has heard him talk about them before and talks to him now about them will quickly realize the boy's memory has been messed with. Pressing him for information on what happened that night or who messed with his memory will only confuse Diarmuid and will eventually cause him to develop a headache if he thinks too hard about it.
A question that I haven't seen addressed anywhere: How are the items they originally brought with them to Saeng Seong affected during a canon update? Do they just remain? I ask because I want his butterfly in particular to always remain in the city when he canon updates if possible.
Also, if it is possible to bring new things to the city when he canon updates, I would like him to have a new set of clothes--something he can easily train in--and a real, child-sized pair of swords.
smallspotCanon: [OU] Fate/Zero
Previous Canon Point: Pre-Anime Canon, Irish Myth, Age 6.
New Canon Point: Pre-Anime Canon, Irish Myth, Age 7.
Significant changes due to new canon point:
While Diarmuid is only going to be moving forward a year along his canon, a lot is going to change for him in that time. Shortly after he returns to his world, his birth father, Donn, will come with Fionn, the man who will eventually become Diarmuid's lord, to visit the boy at Aengus' home. During the visit, Donn will witness Roc's son--the boy who is also Diarmuid's half brother and best friend--being treated the same way his son is. This enrages Donn who doesn't believe the son of a 'commoner' should be treated the same as his son. As a pair of dogs fighting distracts everyone, Donn takes the opportunity and kills Roc's son in cold blood. When it is revealed who murdered the boy, Roc first wishes to kill Diarmuid in retaliation. Aengus forbids this. Instead, Roc turns his own dead son into a monstrous boar and sets a curse on Diarmuid that the boar will eventually kill him even as Diarmuid kills the boar. Once the curse is set, the boar runs off and disappears for a good many years.
Roc is exiled from the household and Donn is again exiled from the Fianna. Both disappear and are never seen again. These events so shatter Diarmuid that Aengus must erase the boy's memory of the night or risk losing him as well.
Here is a link to a bit more detailed version of these events. Please note there is no mention of Diarmuid's memory being erased here. It is only later in the tale--shorty before Diarmuid dies--that it is revealed he doesn't remember what happened that night long ago and even Fionn telling him the details doesn't help him remember. Since Diarmuid's stories come from an oral tradition, it is not recorded what exactly caused the memory loss, but given Aengus' overprotective nature toward the boy, it is likely he would have erased Diarmuid's memory if it meant saving the boy's sanity and as a god who ruled over youth Aengus would have had the power to do so.
Some events so change a person that even when erased from the memory, they are not completely forgotten. This is what happens to Diarmuid. Though he doesn't know what, he knows he has lost an important part of himself. As a result, he becomes completely focused--it could even be said obsessed--with his knight training because, in addition to what he believed before, he now believes if he becomes a good enough knight, he will be able to keep others from suffering the same kind of loss he has. This focus on becoming a good knight is even stronger than his focus was previously. When he comes back to Saeng Seong, not only will he be taller, but he will be much stronger than he was when he left. He will be more skilled with using swords--surprisingly so considering he is still young--and will have begun learning how to use a spear and shield as well. He will also have begun training to properly use the innate gifts his has in speed and agility. However, at this point, Diarmuid will still not have any magical abilities. His weapons will still be ordinary as well.
The biggest change to Diarmuid will be in his personality. He no longer will be as innocent and naive as he once was. The real world has been introduced to him now. While he still is optimistic, he knows not everything will turn out right. He will be more solemn and, as I mentioned before, more focused. Diarmuid will also be more thoughtful, since he has finally learned enough about the world to start really understanding the things he has been learning so far. He has grown up a lot in just one year, though, his friends will be able to make him open up again with enough effort. The child he was is still there, it is just hidden away by the newly developing 'adult.'
While his friends will be able to get Diarmuid to relax and open up again, something they will not be able to do is completely dispel the aura of sadness that seems to be around the boy now. Even when he is happy, it will seem like something is off or missing because even being extremely happy can't fill that empty spot in his mind.
Since his memory of the night his friend and half brother was killed has been blocked, Diarmuid will have no memory of Roc's son or what happened to Roc, who he considered like a second father, or what happened to Donn, his birth father. Anyone who has heard him talk about them before and talks to him now about them will quickly realize the boy's memory has been messed with. Pressing him for information on what happened that night or who messed with his memory will only confuse Diarmuid and will eventually cause him to develop a headache if he thinks too hard about it.
A question that I haven't seen addressed anywhere: How are the items they originally brought with them to Saeng Seong affected during a canon update? Do they just remain? I ask because I want his butterfly in particular to always remain in the city when he canon updates if possible.
Also, if it is possible to bring new things to the city when he canon updates, I would like him to have a new set of clothes--something he can easily train in--and a real, child-sized pair of swords.