Coeur Al'Aran

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**Coeur Al'Aran** (born November 19, 1987), formerly known as **Cavalyn** and **Cavartiash** is an English author and publisher who focuses exclusively on alternative scenarios within the *RWBY* canon.

Several of his works range from a character interacting with another ahead of time to a complete overhaul or change in character roles, dramatically impacting the flow and structure of a story.

## Biography

### Early life (1987–2005)

*See: 1980s,1990s, and 2000s*

Coeur was born on 1987 November 19 as the third child with two older sisters. Not much is known about Coeur's early childhood in the 1980s or early-1990s, but it is established that he has had a fascination with reading and writing at a young age. According to Coeur, his father got a criminal record as a result of "using excessive force" to subdue a criminal that broke into their house when he was a baby, likely in 1988 or 1989.

From 1993 to 1997, Coeur began attending primary school. According to Coeur, he had "large bubble style letters" in penmanship class.

Around 1997, Coeur would start having ambitions to write, but he was turned away from it by his parents and teachers to "pursue maths, science and business" since it would be better for him in the long-run.

Coeur would experience the new millennium on January 1, 2000, it is not known how he celebrated it. In addition, he fancied anyone who was "cute." Coeur was invested in the game Neopets, providing the only source of gaming for him due to a lack of Internet.

In 2001, Coeur created the character "Coeur Al'Aran" in high school for a story that was never finished. The name would be used for a range of purposes, but primarily in gameplay for things such as League of Legends and on social media including FanFiction and Reddit.

In 2002, Coeur read *Stormrider* by David Gemmell and cried at the end of it. Coeur stops liking the *Final Fantasy* series in the same year. In 2003, Coeur would turn sixteen years old, though it is not known how he celebrated it. In 2005, Coeur would begin drinking alcohol after his 18th birthday. At some point, Coeur had his limits tested by his oldest sister, as she gave him gin and tonic until he was drunk to show his limits in a practical manner.

### FanFiction (2014–)

*See:* 2010s and *Writing Year 2014*

On November 10, 2014, Coeur creates another FanFiction account to start writing literary narrative after reading several crossover works for *Fate/stay night**.* He would start watching *RWBY* three days later on November 13.

On July 17, 2015, Coeur joined Patreon to make money off writing. He would earn over $500 per month by September 21. He joins Imgur as well on December 27.

On February 11, 2016, Coeur creates a Reddit account. It is unknown why he joined Reddit, but his activity implies that he posted on r/RWBY once before pursuing other subreddits that tailored to his interests. On April 3, one of Coeur's koi fish commits suicide by jumping out of a pond. Coeur denies involvement in the fish's suicide the next day.

On June 27, 2017, Coeur had to study *Nekopara* on Steam for a visual novel company. On July 18, Coeur discloses that he has not watched *RWBY* Volume 4 yet. One week later, on July 25**,** Coeur vomits on his mechanical keyboard due to illness. Coeur's keyboard dies two days later due to sick being excreted onto it. Sometime between July–August**,** one of Coeur's dogs die. Coeur turns 30 years old on November 19.

On May 13, 2018; Coeur adopts Kali Al'Aran, much to the intrigue and confusion of his German Shepherd, Parker. Coeur turns 31 years old on November 19. Later in December, Coeur would make a partial attempt at drawing Glynda Goodwitch, but without hair.

On January 1, 2019, Coeur attempts to draw Ruby Rose, but faces difficulties and pretends he was drawing Summer Rose the entire time. On April 4, Coeur discovers the Coeurpedia on the Professor Arc Forum. He deems that "the world has become meta" and it is "creepily accurate." Coeur turns 32 years old on November 19.

In a series of drunk postings on July 23, 2019, Coeur reveals that from the early days, he wrote from *Harry Potter*. This is reaffirmed with his Favorites history, which has two known *Harry Potter* crossover stories with *Warhammer* and *RWBY* respectively.

## Writing

*See: Writing Style of Coeur Al'Aran* and *Dropped Stories*

### Origins

Sometime after 1996, Coeur continued reading at an accelerated pace with books such as *Animorphs* and *Lord of the Rings* while his peers read simpler pieces of literature. Coeur would begin writing in primary school sometime in 1997, specifically about his "childhood hero", Sonic the Hedgehog. Coeur's father played a game of *I, Spy* sometime in 1997, tricking him with "photosynthesis" much to his mild frustration, the event would inspire a literary detail within *One Good Turn Deserves Another*.

### FanFiction

It is unknown exactly when Coeur discovered FanFiction or began reading on the platform, but it is indicated that he has been reading since at least mid-2014. On November 10; Coeur Al'Aran creates his FanFiction account after being inspired by *Fate/stay night* and *RWBY* Crossover piece. On November 13, he binge-watched the entirety of *RWBY* from volume 1-2 to learn more about the characters.

Coeur would continue reading various stories in platforms such as *Attack on Titan*, *Harry Potter*, and *Warhammer*, including crossover works of other anime and book series with *RWBY* such as *FSN* and *Naruto*. One example is *Goodwitch Apprentice*, which first appeared in his Favorites tab circa. May 23, 2015 and remains as of May 2019.

## Health

*See: Health of Coeur Al'Aran*

Coeur once ate a suppository, thinking that it was a regular tablet.

## Family

According to Coeur, his family generally does not enjoy playing board games.

### Grandparents

#### Grandmother (d. 1994/1995)

Coeur mentions his grandmother in chapter 30 of *The Eternal Crown*.

### Parents

Coeur has a protestant mother and Catholic father, the former of which has experienced health complications due to old age and the latter's status is unknown save for complaining about Coeur being a millennial.

### Sisters

A **sister** is a female sibling born from the same set of parents. Coeur has stated that he has two older sisters.

#### Reliable Sister

He mentions that his eldest sister helped raise him because both his parents worked. According to Coeur, after he turned 18, his reliable sister gave him gin and tonic until he was wasted. She taught him how to drink alcohol in moderation and prevent him from overindulging.

#### Useless Sister (b. 1979/1980)

Coeur stated in 2022 that his useless older sister is eight years his senior. Given Coeur's known birth year of 1987, this likely means she was born around 1979 or 1980. Coeur states that she was supposed to die when she was 18 was still going strong at age 39 in 2019.

### Nephew

It is unknown how old Coeur's nephew is, but Coeur mentions in August 2021 that his nephew got into a car accident that destroyed his and another person's car. To legally drive a car independently in the United Kingdom, one needs to be at least 17 years old, suggesting the nephew may have been born around the late 1990s to early 2000s assuming Coeur's sisters were born between the late 1970s and early 1980s.

### In-Laws

**In-Laws** are people related by marriage. Coeur does not tend to count in-laws as siblings.

> "*I have some "technical siblings" as in-laws, but don't really count those.*"
> ― Coeur Al'Aran, 2019 October 8[[source]]
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#### Useless Sister's Mother-In-Law (d. 2022 August 20)

Coeur's unreliable sister's mother-in-law died on 2022 August 20 afflicted with Alzheimer's.

#### Work Shy Brother-in-Law

According to Coeur, following the death of his useless sister's mother-in-law, his brother-in-law went to the pub to "destress" instead of dealing with the inconvenience of consoling his wife.

## Quotes

> "*To write consistently good stories, showing improvement on each fic. I don’t want to be a one-hit wonder, something I worried about when writing “One Good Turn” – thankfully I think I have proved not to be, with the release of Professor Arc. But I want to take it further, producing a third, and even a fourth and more – high quality fics. This will become increasingly difficult however, as I explore more adventurous pairings.*"
> ― Coeur Al'Aran: My Goal as a Writer here[[source]]
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## Links

https://web.archive.org/web/\*/www.fanfiction.net/u/6272865/Coeur-Al-Aran

http://archive.today/2019.01.21-053834/https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6272865/Coeur-Al-Aran

http://archive.today/2019.01.26-091646/https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6272865/Coeur-Al-Aran

http://archive.is/Pdn1q#selection-1825.0-1825.39

http://archive.is/tnrwg#selection-1315.210-1315.311

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18. ↑ [My] first time drinking, my eldest sister basically kept giving me gin and tonic until I was wasted and throwing up everywhere, then said; "Good. Now you know your limit and how it feels to go beyond it. Avoid that when going out."
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51. ↑ Normally, for car drivers, the earliest date your provisional licence can become valid is your 17th birthday.
52. ↑ **I've even had my nephew get into a car accident that totally destroyed his and another person's car, but at least he and the other driver came out alive.**