Finally finished my Keykid design for Artfight
This is Anathema, and they're a big baby
Lore dump under the cut
☆ Boygirl/girlboy (they/he/she)
☆ 13 years old
☆ 170 cm tall
☆ Anathema appears a bit older than they actually are. They're still growing, but as they are now they already appear adult sized. Due to that and their quiet, measured outward demeanor they appear more mature (or threatening) than they actually are. This, in turn, leads to people around them expecting more of them than they can actually handle, which often leads to disappointment from their teammates at how "petty" and "flaky" they can get. They don't mention their age often, so to most people the revelation is quite shocking.
☆ They don't have great control of their facial expressions, and their resting face has that frozen deer-in-the-headlights look that makes them somewhat offputting at first glance, especially to their peers, considering Anathema looms over most of them.
☆ Anathema is a quiet, shy kid. They're pretty sociable, but prefer to listen to people talk, or just simply exist in the same space. They're also very tactile.
☆ They do struggle with a lot of repressed bitterness and resentment in regards to how people treat them. Anathema oscillates between belittling themself and being angry at others for treating them so unjustly.
☆ Anathema considers these feelings pretty ugly and "proof" that there IS something fundamentally wrong with them that turns other people away.
☆ They're pretty strong, and thanks to that they frequently team up with other wielders. Most of these partnerships are work-only, though, as not many people actually end up growing closer to Anathema. Even so, joining a Union did wonders for their social circle.
☆ Because bonding with people is pretty difficult for them, they're completely ride-or-die for any hard-won friends they do have. (Except for Ephemer, who barreled past all that immediately. And Skuld, who did think they were a bit intimidating, but she is a determined girl, so that didn't stop her. And then she got to know them better.)
☆ Anathema doesn't quite get the gender binary division. He likes being called ma'am. She likes being called young man. It's really quite simple to them!
☆ Right now, they're a bit too young to young to question why this or that activity is considered "for girls" or "for boys" but they want in on it all.
☆ They joined Anguis Union specifically because they like color blue :)
☆ Since then, though, they actually grew massive respect for Master Invi, even developing something akin to a celebrity crush.
☆ They lose an eye during the Keyblade War, but as their memories of this event were erased, their Chirithy and Ephemer lied to them, explaining that their injuries were acquired during a routine scuffle with Heartless gone wrong.
☆ They also tapped into their inner darkness VERY heavily during the battle, which gave them the edge that allowed them to last so long. Since then they feel kind of "tainted" and not knowing the actual source of it is very distressing. They assume it might be something to do with the Nightmare Chirithy.
☆ This is part of the reason why it will be so easy for them to stage a possession. When they lean into it, they really do have a feel of darkness around them.
☆ DR-era elderly Anathema is a lot more expressive and articulated, mostly because they trained themself into that over the years. People who know them only at that time assume them to be rather jovial and witty. It is an act, though a well-practiced, habitual one. They revert to their more natural mannerisms whenever they're tired or in pain.
