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INKTOBER 2017 - DAY 29 - @niuniente A or R

I just love the fashion of this OC, I did the lazy-easy way but check out the artist tumblr and look at him. Great awesome, love it ♥ Also you will realise that I love taking the original hairstyle and making it even more fluffy and bigger!!

I also enjoyed the fanarts, really funny or adorable. I think the Raiden ones almost killed me.

#fanart #awesome!#I'm so happy!

ARE will get two new characters! Their project names are Poju (a lad in Finnish) and Siri. Poju and Siri will be a team of some sort and they will be, most likely, ARE game exclusive characters.

My friend, who is a professional costume and character designer, will help me out molding Poju’s and Siri’s looks. :3

#announcement #poju #siri

niuniente

Elena: A fated protagonist against her will. Studies law, fears werewolves and just wants to live a normal life with at least a one friend. A or R: A bodyguard against Magical Beings. Loves ice cream and dating games and handles Russian rifles like a pro. Loid: A Magical Being and an antagonist, looking for a protagonist to fulfill his antagonist’s role. Comes and goes as he pleases and uses his body for spell casting. Dating game by Niu; what would you think about that? :D Perhaps someday I can make one with Elena, A or R and Loid; all datable options!

If only I can find a program which I could use without coding skills/Python… Is there one in Steam? I have a feeling like a friend would have told me about something like that long time ago.

niuniente

I’ve gone through some game options and I will try to make this game happen with RenPy! I might need some help with it but I will make announcements about that later when the need arises. I will try to make routes for Elena, A or R, Loid and Markus. I also have two other characters (female and male) in mind which I’d like to appear here as route options. I don’t know if I’m capable of making a game where your answers to the characters affect the story but even so it would be nice to make a little visual novel :3

#announcement #a or r #loid #elena #markus #are game

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If only I can find a program which I could use without coding skills/Python… Is there one in Steam? I have a feeling like a friend would have told me about something like that long time ago.

#loid #elena #a or r #official art

seahippocampus replied to your post

I love his name, also it's so cool that even de Ono part is included in the nickname A Or R

OH MY GOD I SWEAR I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MYSELF AND IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL! I was going through surnames while “chatting” with A or R about his surname, when ONO popped in front of me and I simply knew it was the right one. Damn son, he got me :’D

#seahippocampus #a or r #reply

After 2 years, A or R’s birth name is finally finished! (aka he told me it haha). Are you ready?

He’s full name is Reyford Augustin Ono. His middle name Augustin comes from his grandfather (mother’s father), who was a skilled demon hunter. Working against magical beings runs in A or R’s family. Her mother was very close with his own father and wanted to honor him by giving A or R his name Augustin as a middle name. Due the nature of his work, A or R can’t give his name to anyone. Some magical creatures are capable of causing damage, even fatal curses, on people using their names only, so him being A or R instead of Reyford while working is a safety measurement.

#a or r #announcement

“Loid took a deep breath. “Once upon a time there was a small city of magical creatures, far away from a human world. Despite the distance between these two worlds, the life and the people in that magical city were very similar to humans. Everyone knew how to use magic and everyone was taught equally how to use the powers of their body for different spell casting. Life was fine and life was good,” Loid started, his voice clear and playful.

“But then something happened?” Elena smirked at Loid over her shoulder and the man chuckled.

“Laney, you’re getting ahead of the story.” He shook his head. “The city had a legend that one day a boy with pale blue eyes would be born and on his 20th birthday he would lead the city to a new era. Every man in that tribe had brown eyes and every woman had green eyes, so pale blue eyes were very unusual. What a glorious day it was when finally, the legend came true and a pale blue-eyed boy was born to a regular couple. Everyone was rejoicing, a big party was held and the boy was showered with love from the very first moment he took his first breath. Anything he wanted, he got it, except for one thing; freedom.”

Elena’s eyebrows knit together.

“Did they treat him like some celebrity?” she asked over her shoulder. Loid cocked his chin.

“Like a god. He was destined to take the city and the local tribe to a new era. It was his story. He was the hero everyone had anticipated. He got everything he wanted, but couldn’t run away from his fate, no matter how hard he tried,” Loid continued, drawing a wide arch in the air with his hands animating the story.

“…I feel him… Not to get to choose but to live forced to something…” Elena sighed. She didn’t wish her destiny to anyone else.

Loid pulled a twig out from a nearby push and played around with it, the twig dancing on his fingers. “Shit, ain’t it? I thought you’d like this story,” he grinned from ear to ear. “Anyhow, the story goes the boy was frustrated and resisted his destiny. Told everyone he didn’t want to do it, that he was just an ordinary guy and there was no way he could be special in any way. He asked from the priestesses how did they know he was the fated protagonist of the city, what if someone else with pale blue eyes was born after him, but the priestesses assured that the legends never lied. They were sure that he was the one the legend had foretold. They advised him to be happy about his role. Happy about his destiny to take the whole city and the tribe to a new era. What a privilege!” Loid almost yelled, his grin widening. “To ensure he would be prepared to his role when the 20th birthday day would arise, priestesses made the boy study magic and how to take all advances of his natural energies extra hard”.

“At least he was prepared for his role. For me, I just tried to ignore it. I got no education, no one was there to guide me. I was just thrown into the deep end, head first,” Elena muttered bitterly.

“Everything tends to have at least two sides, if not more. The boy’s life wasn’t all miserable you see, but it wasn’t very happy one either,” Loid reasoned.

“If he resisted so much his fate, do I dare to ask what he did on his 20th birthday?” Elena asked, not really sure did she want to hear the rest of the story anymore.

“Nothing. He did nothing.” Loid jumped the twig up to air with perfect circles. “He went out for a very, very long walk, hoping he could avoid the inevitable. His heart wasn’t in the role, and he hated how someone or something had enforced his future. He had ever only wanted to be free, be who he really was. Not The Pale Blue Eyed Boy, The God like Leader everyone looked up to with high hopes, but his own self. It was said the boy didn’t even know what his true self was like.” Loid stopped, looking far into the distance with a small smile. “When he came back home at the evening of his 20th birthday, everything was ruined. The whole city had crumbled down, people lied around dead, the rest who were alive tried to escape that hellish nightmare. The boy, now a young man, didn’t know what was going on or what had happened, but the furious people with the lead of their survived priestesses cursed the young man. ‘This is your fault!’ they screamed, as he tried to enter the city to find his family, ‘You resisted your destiny! You denied your role as the protagonist! If only you had followed the given path this wouldn’t have happened!” they cried and wailed and yelled at his face, and he barely understood them.” “And the young man?” Elena asked when Loid was just before her face, looking into the horizon. “He ran,” he simply stated and made his way slowly down the mound, the twig swinging in his hand. “Like said, he knew he had screwed up things so badly he could never return to his role as a protagonist. He thought that if he became an antagonist, maybe he could salvage something and redeem himself. So he did.” Elena looked at Loid’s back. Suddenly her heart started to beat fiercely. “Loid?” she called him. “What was his name? That boy’s, who turned into an antagonist?” A sly grin, with something forlorn in it, appeared on Loid’s corner of a mouth. “How should I know?” He snorted with a chuckle.

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As my ARE Novel, where the above snippet is, is coming together very slowly I thought it would be nice to tell you something about Loid and his past. Would you want other things to be told, things which I have planned for the novel, about ARE’s characters?

#loid #are comic #niu drawings #web comic

I still love A or R tbh yes plz happy birth!

Thank you! I love him too <3 There’s more about him in the ARE novel. I’ve got so many plans for him :D :D I’m happy there are fans there, even though I haven’t had energy for the comic updates for a long time <3

#Anonymous #ask niu

bicinno

Reblog if it's OK for other artists to draw your OCs

Sometimes I get too timid to send asks to ask. I want to see how many people are ok with artists drawing their OCs!

nightpiercer

I whole-heartedly encourage this. It makes my day brighter knowing you took time out of your day to draw something that means that much to me and bring them to life the way you know how. Seriously, that’s wonderful.

arecomics

You are always free to create material from ARE :3

Two years ago today ARE comic was born with Elena and A or R. I feel surprised the characters have lived so far in my hand haha. I also feel guilty that I haven’t been working with ARE as much as I have wanted to, but timing just hasn’t been right. I opened redbubble store just recently and I think I’ll make some ARE merch there (at least stickers if nothing else). Maybe that’s a good way to celebrate the 2nd anniversary :3 I have MULTIPLE ideas for ARE and the characters! Oh so many! I’m still figuring out best ways to tell them (many will be reveled in the novel). A or R has gotten a full name, Loid has been talking about his past and Elena revealed a sad thing from her childhood.

Thank you for those who have stuck around with me and ARE! It means a lot to me. My plans for my children are not over :3 - Niu

#announcement #from niu

Elena Williamson was born with white hair, which meant only one thing - on her 19th birthday she would become a fated protagonist. Elena, herself, cou...Read it free on Booksie.

Markus shifted closer to Loid in his seat, his slyly grinning lips almost touching Loid’s cheek.

“Tell me what you desire. I’ll exchange that for a little bit of her kundaline. Anything you want. Are you cooking something from the seeds? Do you need or want something specific? Just a teeny weeny little amount of her kundaline and we have a deal. It won’t hurt or kill her. She will be all good afterwards. You know how I am. I would never mistreat a woman,” Markus murmured into Loid’s ear, his eyes turning to Elena, who sat in the chair opposite of them.

Loid’s eyes also followed Markus’s gaze to Elena’s face. She looked back at him with a concerned look. Elena could tell the how air in the room had gotten suddenly very heavy and tense. Markus had his eyes nailed on Loid, that same feeling like something about him was off crept to Elena’s spine. Loid sat in his seat casually, but his eyes on Elena told her that something bad was going on or about to happen.

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Chapter 3 is finally up and the well-known business man Markus is making his official appearance! Tremendous thank you kisses to @katarone, who saves my behind with the proofreading and helps making the novel much more enjoyable for you.

#are novel #novel update #original novel #fantasy novel