Chiron's Mortar

Just a place to post my bad ideas. Most content will try to be roughly teen friendly but mature content may appear.

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Void Knights: Dragon (First Draft)

This is the first draft of a dragon for my brother's Void Nights setting. Quick summation, dragons are survivors of previous universes before the current one who exhale the physics of their ancient cosmos on their breath in order to shape the current one. Before I settled on the originally posted galaxy dragon motif, I instead was trying to go for an infinity motif, hence the coiling infinity symbol body. I still wanted it to breath miniature galaxies as a representation of them carrying the physics of an ancient cosmos within them. However I felt this drawing looked too much like a typical fantasy dragon rather than science fantasy being and I think the galaxy dragon I originally posted conveys it much better and makes them more strange. However, all dragons are unique and thus it is still perfectly possible to run into a fantasy looking dragon in the setting.

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Deathlord Concept: Frozen Tears Over an Empty Nest

Another nonhuman Deathlord concept, this time of a Pterok Dragon King. Once a teacher and sorceress of the Pterok, she reared and educated many Dragon Kings throughout her various lives. However, the Pterok being the hardest hit Dragon King tribe during the Primordial War meant that many of the eggs they laid would never hatch due to a lack of Dragon King souls for reincarnation. Thus fewer and fewer Pterok were born each generation. This cold reality hit her especially hard, as she tended to many nests where not a single Pterok hatched. During the Usurpation, many Pterok fled their homes to escape the violence, but she remained behind to protect the eggs that had yet to hatch. Her nursery was eventually breached and she watched as her charges were crushed under the boots of traitors, her tears of sorrow freezing in the snow of the frozen North before she herself froze to death.

Her soul found its way to the Underworld, and she made a dark pact with the Neverborn to return to Creation. She came back to her nursery and began arcane experiments with the necromancies she was gifted. She would fly out on frozen wings and slaughter humans and beasts to gather their souls. From these she crafted new souls akin to the unique souls of Dragon Kings by warping and fusing those of her victims. She gathered countless stillborn eggs from the nests of the now feral Dragon Kings and inserted these souls into them. The results are sad parodies, Anklok with soft scales and aversion to heat, Mosok incapable of swimming, Raptok with blunted claws graceless forms and unable to consume vegetation, and finally Pterok with broken wings that can never hope to fly. However, they were alive, capable of reason, and while lesser than Dragon Kings were still mighty beings. She loves her children and they in turn love her. However, their souls cannot reincarnate and so every generation she is forced to start the process all over again. Despite essentially creating life, the Neverborn are pleased with her efforts, for she must still slaughter people to shape new souls, and the creatures she makes live sad lives and have no future. The Neverborn know she will never succeed, and some part of her knows this as well, but she loves her charges dearly and will continue the process until either she or Creation comes to an end.

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Invisible: The Forgotten

Redid another skull for a New World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness setting I posted about here. All I did was adjust the disintegrating effect some, though it is mostly the same. It is meant to invoke the Invisible Man but also various ghost media.

You play as one of the Forgotten, a person who has been called away from reality itself, doomed to watch the world continue on without them, and have no ability to intervene. You are much like a ghost but with one key difference: it is as if you never existed. Your family and friends still live, but you were never part of their lives. The effects you had on the world are negated and what footprint you left behind is gone. It is a hollow and lonely existence and the worst part is that you must continue to watch the world move on, a world in which you never mattered.

However, in this sideways existence, there are things that exist that you cannot easily describe. Specters invisible to the human eye but now very clearly visible to you haunt this realm and invoke their will upon the living world. Some are docile, like animals, but others are clearly malevolent. You may take it upon yourself to influence these beings, but be warned, the more you do so the more attention you draw to yourself from those that would see you erased.

Eventually, it is revealed you are not completely alone. Others like you exist in this realm and may band together. Beings in the living world with supernatural sight are capable of seeing and interacting with you. You form alliances with them, becoming their "invisible friend" and aid one another in your various quests.

Over time you find that your sideways existence grants you powers. You may learn to phase through walls and with much exertion levitate objects. As you do so, evidence of your existence begin to flicker back into reality. Family may gain fleeting memories of you or photos will once more bear your visage. In these moments a spark of hope is kindled once more and one day you dream that you may walk once more in a world that remembers you exist.

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Automata: The Glitch

Redid a New World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness skull for a "fan" setting I posted on my old blog. In this setting you play as one of the Machines, robots from the future who have found themselves stranded in the present day. I did not think up much lore for it as I imagine Demon or Promethean encompass a lot of similar themes or ideas I would cook up for this setting. Below is the lore I did work out.

The Machines were built by humanity in a vague far off future that has become sundered by an event called the Singularity. This event has torn a hole in the fabric of spacetime and risks the destruction of the cosmos. In order to avert this disaster, various forces are sending robot agents to the past to mend the timeline and alter various historical events to their favor.

However, the process of time travel is delirious and would drive humans to madness as altering time flows alters historical events and memories. Thus advanced machines are sent instead as their robotic nature allows them to resist the madness. However even they suffer from severe delirium, unable to recall the precise nature of the future. All they know is that they have been given a task they must complete and will do anything to see it through.

Unfortunately, they are not united as many different Automata often have completely differing goals, having been sent by rival future factions in order to stere the course of history to their own benefit. While powerful constructs with abilities that border on magic, the lack of advanced infrastructure in the past forces limitations upon them and seals off their most potent skills. Finally they must keep their presence a secret, and choose their actions carefully, so as to not alter the flow of history beyond the point they cease to exist.

Anyway that is all I got. I did not do much with it as I could not think of many unique hooks or ideas for it that would be different. Also I did not feel they were very horror themed.

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Last Alexandria

This is a silly post apocalypse setting my brother and I put together. We were talking about various post apocalypse settings, and he came up with the idea of a "post apocalypse sitcom" and we were trying to think of a mundane location but also something important to rebuilding society. It follows the lives of the workers of the last functioning library in the world called Last Alexandria. I was mostly drawing for fun but feel I crammed in one too many silly characters.

John Goodhill: The head librarian, he was just an ordinary office worker until the apocalypse occurred and by slow process of elimination became Last Alexandria's leader. An incredibly mild mannered man, he insists on maintaining the mundanity of the library despite all the strangeness both within and outside.

Simone "Shusher" Schuster: The oldest employee who became a zombie, normally it would make her feral but a lifetime of curation has made her used to her routines and continues her job in undeath, though has occasional lucid moments. While very shortsighted, she has keen hearing and her presence is known by shushes which serve as a means of echolocation and to quiet loud patrons.

Psychopedia Britannica aka "Britany": John's adopted daughter, she escaped from a super soldier program as a child. John rescued her and as she grew older, the genetic augmentations began to manifest, turning her into a powerhouse. Her main duty is to venture out into the wasteland for overdue books, but as the youngest member she also acts as the children's librarian.

Dewey.sys: A robot kiosk and shelving unit meant to aid patrons, while once a fairly simplistic AI, continuous operation has expanded his abilities and has gained sapience. He is hooked into the library's systems, including security, and will maintain his jovial persona even when violently evicting problem patrons.

Bookworms: A catchall term for the various mutated bugs that inhabit the library, when they eat discarded books they gain their knowledge and thus sapience. They live in the basement, attic, and walls of the library where it is rumored they have a whole thriving civilization. Few are capable of speech but are welcome helpers.

Libra: A strange alien that showed up as one of the early patrons at the library, he peruses the shelves within his miniature flying saucer. His mission is to learn as much about humanity as possible before they go extinct, but despite coming to the library for years he is still very ignorant.

Hellvetica: An extradimensional entity bound into the Liber Ignis or "Burning Book", she is a being of forbidden knowledge who when released will lead the world to ruin. Fortunately the world already fell, leaving her trapped. Left without purpose she has joined the library to help humanity recover so that she may destroy it herself.

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Shield Paladin

This is not a character for any setting or anything though I figure he could be for a DnD or isekai like setting. I mostly ran out of time this month and decided to ink an old drawing. I like heavily armored warriors and paladins and just felt like drawing a paladin with a giant shield which is also his only weapon. Normally it is a symbol of his devotion to protecting others, but also makes a handy bashing weapon in combat. The only lore I have is that he is a worshipper of Tetra, a god of light with four aspects represented by the four directions (hence the compass/4 pointed star motifs) and four beasts of the lion, bull, eagle, and human.

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Void Knights: Gentry/Fairies

Another drawing for my brother's Void Knights setting, these are some of the least defined of his ideas and thus are the most non-canon of my takes on them. I was trying to draw something different but it did not really work out I think. They are inspired by the weird creatures in the margins of manuscripts called Drolleries, hence why they take the form of objects with various human appendages or features. Also inspired by the seven deadly sins and their corresponding colors on the rainbow.

The Gentry are photonic lifeforms made of light and wavelength. They are masters of illusion but possess relatively little material presence. However, their glamours are so realistic that they can fool most life into believing they are real. Most Gentry are fleeting ephemeral beings and pose no real threat, coming and going as they please or playing whimsical tricks, but others are malevolent, trapping Locals in lifelike mirages for their own amusement. Due to being light based, members of different wavelengths manifest differently, and are defined by a dominant color. These colors are often associated with alliances and certain demeanors called Courts.

Violet Court: The Violet Gentry are the most prideful and often kidnap Locals to be their servants.

Indigo Court: The Indigo Gentry are the most lustful and fickle, playing tricks on Locals or using them as playthings.

Blue Court: The Blue Gentry are the most slothful and passive, but they can harm Locals by trapping them in dreams and stupor.

Green Court: The Green Gentry are the most envious and often seek to replace Locals and take over their lives for themselves.

Yellow Court: The Yellow Gentry are the most greedy and often cast illusions on material treasures to keep to themselves.

Orange Court: The Orange Gentry are the most gluttonous and their ravenous behavior can drive worlds to famine.

Red Court: The Red Gentry are the most wrathful and often most malevolent, seeking to bring harm to Locals with their powers.

Anyway I do not think these really work for the setting, but at least it is different.

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Void Knights: Dragons

Drawing for my brother's Void Knights setting. Once again these are mostly my ideas and they may differ from his vision and thus are not necessarily canon. I was trying to challenge myself to draw something different and I hope it worked out.

Ancient beings, Dragons are great beasts that survived the collapse of one of the many universes that came before the current one. They existed in realms whose very physics differed and within their bodies they continue to carry a piece of these old cosmoses. They expel the nature of these places on their breath, allowing them to alter the foundational laws of the current galaxy within their presence. No two Dragons are the same, and rarely do any two come from the same previous universe. Many dragons consider the current cosmos uncomfortable, finding its physics incompatible with their own, and thus they sequester themselves in lairs. In these lairs they dream of realms they once knew and sleep until one day the current universe comes to an end, and hope that the new one is more to their liking. In their sleep they slowly alter their domains with their breath, turning them into places more comfortable to their nature. Occasionally they may stir and venture out to gather things that remind them of the worlds they once knew, slowly building a trove within their realms. Most Dragons pose no threat as they are content to sleep through the eons, but occasionally they stir and harm Locals on their hunt for treasure. However, some grow tired of waiting and seek to hasten the destruction of the current universe in the hopes of bringing about one more to their liking. The Void Knights often challenge such threats, and many are famous Dragon slayers.

The Dragon depicted here takes the shape of a miniature spiral galaxy, literally carrying their ancient home within their being. This one has claimed an empty patch of space as their lair and is slowly shaping it to something more familiar and comfortable to their existence. They expel miniature planets and stars to populate their lair, and hopefully one day form a new galaxy where they may live at its center.

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Beast Machines is Cyberpunk

Somewhat Edited Conversation My Brother And I Had Brontes (Brother): I like cyberpunk settings. Chiron (Me): You have never watched a cyberpunk setting in your life! Name me one cyberpunk setting that you actually watched and liked! Brontes: Beast Machines! Chiron: That is not cyber...you know what, yes actually, I will give you that one. Cue 5-10 minutes of both of us laughing

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The Darkest Knight Might Actually be the Most Virtuous Paladin?

I was reading a comic where the ostensible good king had a bodyguard that was the most evil Godhand looking knight I had ever seen and for some reason me and my brother started riffing on the idea of an evil looking knight who is actually a kind paladin, and keeps insisting that his obvious dark knight traits are actually misunderstandings. I then started riffing further on the concept and came up with a Light Novel/Isekai adjacent setting for the character, hence the convoluted title.

The Dark Knight: A wandering knight in dark battle damaged armor, he claims to be a paladin from a fallen order and is on a vague quest of penance. He donned the Armor of Mourning, a suit with skeletal motifs meant to be worn for funeral ceremonies. While normally the armor is gold and white, as a knight with no master he had the armor painted black. He then sealed himself in his armor using ritual candles and wax until his quest is completed. Along with his black armor, he wields the Weeping Shield, a shield also lined with candles that weeps wax, and the Purifying Flail, a ball and chain that burns incense. Like his armor both of these weapons are chained to him. Despite never being able to remove his armor and weapons, so long as he sticks to his vows he is granted various magical boons, the most obvious being that the flames on his armor and weapons never seem to go out, and his gear requires little maintenance.

I figure a lot of the humor is derived from him actually being a goody boy scout type despite his appearance, and everything he does is misinterpreted as dark adjacent. For example he took a vow to never remove his armor to the point that he is effectively sealed forever in it, which his companions point out is a dark knight trait and is effectively an evil curse, but he insists it is a noble sign of devotion. His armor is skeletal and painted black which have mundane explanations, but his companions state it is the most evil looking armor they have ever seen. Even his magical powers which are holy in nature have a dark tint to them due to his personal aura, and some of his powers just "feel" evil, like one of his abilities is to magically take the damage from another onto himself, which is technically selfless but seems macabre. I don't really plan to do much with this setting or character, I just wanted to draw something different. I also think he looks too grim and detailed for something that is meant to be comedic.

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Exalted Deathlord Concept: Visions of a Pitch Black Future

Another Exalted Deathlord concept, this time of a Raptok Dragon King.

Originally a great visionary and artificer of the Raptok, he foresaw much of the downfall of his people and worked on a plan to survive it. In the great jungles of the east he created a city made out of trees within which the best and brightest of his people, along with artifacts of their culture, would sleep through the coming turmoil and would be revived once Creation had stabilized. Assured of his vision he slumbered through the fall of his people content in the knowledge that he would revive and lead them to glory. However, the forest city was consumed by the Underworld and the energies of the realm caused his masterpiece to melt into a sea of black tar. All the slumbering Dragon Kings and the greatest works of their people melted into the tar save for him. His ghostly presence crawled his way out and seeing what had become of his magnum opus drove him to despair. Seeking a faint glimmer of hope he bargained with the Neverborn for power but to also be given one last vision to determine if there was a future for the Dragon Kings. All he saw was an inky black void, as cold and dark as the tar that consumed his people.

After being given this vision, he agreed to serve the will of the Neverborn as a Deathlord. Certain now that there was no future for his people within Creation, he decided that Creation itself would have no future. He feeds prisoners, artifacts, and entire cities to grow his sea of tar, and from it he builds grotesque constructs, undead horrors, and fell war machines to march against Creation. After failing to fulfill his prophesies, he has vowed to drown Creation in a sea of pitch, in so doing insuring that at least one of his visions will come to pass.

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Void Knights

These are Void Knights for my brother's science fantasy setting. He describes them as beings called from the void to the material universe to save the Star Kingdoms from their various perils, such as wandering Giants, malicious Daemons, powerful Beasts, and ancient Dragons. He gave me a vague description of them which I worked off of for these drawings. Basically they are armored warriors but they are generally "off" in some way, not always adhering to proper anatomy or symmetry. If you try to look at their parts without armor all you can see is a deep abyss. The example he gave to me was a seemingly normal-ish knight at first glance, but on closer inspection has two arms on one side and a void within their helmet which I drew on the left. I added the detail of a bifurcated leg. I then tried to make another, this time a centaur Dullahan Void Knight with a hollow torso. He told me that Void Knights can make squires from the Locals, imbuing them with some of their abyssal nature, so I drew this Dullahan with a young ward who holds her helmet head for her in reference to this post he made.

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Thanksgiving Flower Cake

This is a Thanksgiving flower cake done in autumn colors. Everyone liked it and it tasted delicious.

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Void Knights: Giants

This is art for my brother's setting Void Knights which is a science fantasy setting where cosmic knights summoned from the void encounter various fantasy tropes with science fantasy trappings. Note: While I have a write up below for them which contains my own ideas, my brother has final say and my description may not be 100% in line with his vision.

Born in the crucible of the galactic core, Giants survive in gravity and pressures that would crush even planets. They are beings of such super dense matter that they can bend light, matter, and gravity to their will. In recent centuries they have slowly migrated out of their oppressive homes to wander the less intense stars where they feel as light as a feather and as powerful as titans. The giant depicted in this image draws matter to their super dense body that forms an outer crust on their being. Just below this layer the matter they absorb condenses into lava under the pressure of their personal gravity. As they move their outer solid shell cracks and buckles, exposing the lava underneath only to reform and crust over once more during periods of inaction. As they walk they draw up and rip open the earth underneath. A master of gravitational forces, they can manipulate and crush objects from afar, bend light to become distorted invisible or devour it completely, and condense space itself to step between worlds.

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Tulpa: The Imagined

This is a skull redesign for a New World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness fan setting I thought up on my old blog. It is meant to invoke more urban legend or internet phenomena monsters like Slender Man.

You play as one of the Imagined, a being conjured into existence by the collective unconsciousness of humanity. Tulpas have always existed in some form but are fleeting beings as you can only take shape so long as enough people believe in your existence and will flicker out of reality as you are forgotten. However, with the rise of the internet you are able to take more permanent forms as you begin to inhabit the headspace of more people. To be one of the Imagined is to be someone on the edge of oblivion as you risk fading back into nothingness once forgotten. You must perpetuate your Legend in order to maintain a foothold within the physical world and seek some way to become a permanent fixture within the minds of humanity.

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Blinky

This is a quick animation I did on my old blog for Halloween. It occurred to me I should post it on my new blog for the month of October.