Two upper rank brothers from a cold snowy northern land. One the stern serious older brother, burdened by responsibility for his family line, the other younger one who is a flamboyant gossip who refuses to take up the sword

they are the same

this post inspired by this FFXIV fanart I saw, rare fanart of mi boy:

omg you're right

the worst part is, the more I look it up, the more similarities I find.

all the way down to the two oldest brothers being launched into leading the front lines of a war in their mod-20's, stubbornly and single-mindedly swearing to maim the opposition "bastards" and surprisingly succeeding

omg they existed in 1.0?

they diiiid