Carvallian is an instance of narrative parallels and two people taking their own choices in life even if it means rejecting expectations.

Zenos, especially since it falls between 1.0 and 2.0, was an examination on corrupted desire, loss and grief, and how hate breaks things, maybe for the better.

Piane has an identical twin sister and post-fantasia he was finally able to be friends with her again after being barely able to make eye contact with her for years. And she’s one of the only people to remember what he used to look like since the fantasia erased it.

It let him fall in love too.(4)

He had some crushing mishaps with gendered gear when he’d only socially transitioned. But when he caught wind that the alchemists guild needed testers for their new “Fantasia” he hunted them down which let him fully transition and finally feel like he fit somewhere. (3/4)

When he caught wind that some adventurers had defeated Garlemald he took it as a chance to escape his village.

His first attempt at social transition was with Mother Miounne and Minfillia correcting a she for a he and when they handled it well it gave him confidence that he’d be fine (2/3)

Piane is a Rising Stones add to the Scions but he stays behind as a healer and only gets to join in the field during big battles.

reposting because typo

All my OCs have some amount of monk as a back up the nonstandard ones are:

Akigane, Daijin and Taivan all using Okinawan styles with Aki using Shōrin-ryu-, Dai using Wadō-ryū, and Tai using Tegumi.

Riubh'a keeps his nails long and uses an vicious style intent on blood.

Ganzorig is a feral goblin.

Pigeon milk is a real thing, both sexes produce it to feed their babies. As to its use in coffee, i think it might be one of the lesser concerns of applying reality to animal crossing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_milk