[Image description: Digital sketches of Therion. The first, titled "Cliftlands," shows Therion feigning nonchalance as he looks down at a cliff and places his hand on a railing post while a gust of wind blows past him. The second, titled "Bathhouse," shows Primrose and Therion sitting after a steam bath wearing only towels around their waists. Primrose folds her arms behind her head and folds one leg over the other, eyes closed in relaxation, while Therion crosses his arms and turns his heavily scarred back to the viewer. The third, titled "Battle," shows Therion wielding a sword and casting a fire spell with a disdainful expression. The fourth, titled "Fever Nightmare," shows Therion lying down without his shawl and scarf in a fitful sleep. The last, titled with an ellipsis and subtitled "Sweetheart," shows Therion sitting in only his braies and blushing slightly, seeming dazedly enraptured as he looks down at Alfyn, who is seated below him and between his legs. Alfyn slips his palm under Therion's thigh and gently rubs circles into the skin with his thumb, his expression teasing and fond, his hair untied. End image description.]
[image description; two images of digital fanart of therion and primrose azelhart from octopath traveler. in the first, therion stands with his arms folded while primrose gestures with her hands as she speaks. she says "icant believe you dont know ricky martin" with an expression of disbelief. therion responds "my preferred place of residence is under a rock" with a deadpan expression. in the second image, primrose turns towards therion with a more empathic hand gesture. she demands "LIVIN LA VIDA LOCA ?" to which therion concedes "ok i didnt know that was him". end image description.]
got to tell @dualdeixis about ricky and memorialized it
[Image description: A mostly black and white digital drawing of two original characters. The Ferrier and the Sacrifice stand side by side, but look in opposite directions. The Ferrier holds out a bunch of sea buckthorn berries with an expressionless face. The Sacrifice holds up a plate with a bunch of elderberries, smiling slyly. Raindrops hang suspended around them; one drop of blood escapes past the border on the Sacrifice's side. Above them in a starry sky is a haloed ouroboros with two reptilian feet, two avian wings, and a fire burning in the space at its center. End image description.]
sweet berries ready for two, ghosts are no different than you
[Image description: A digital drawing of Honey and Rose, two original characters who are half-human, half-wyrm. Honey is wearing nothing and blushing nervously as he holds up a fig leaf in one hand and an apple in the other. Rose's head and tail poke out of the apple, and he has a smugly content smile. End image description.]
epic couples costume idea: the serpent and the forbidden fruit
[Image description: A digital drawing of Darius and Gareth. Darius's hair is styled into a zazzera, and he wears a green cloak with red lining, a short green giornea with white fur lining, a black doublet and hosen, a white cloth tied around his right upper arm, and long boots with spurs. He also has a dagger secured to his waist with a black cloth belt and a rapier secured to his hip with a chain belt. He perches his hand on his waist with a wide grin. Gareth wears a tattered purple cloak, a green sleeveless robe, a black full-skirted doublet with detachable sleeves that are secured with green laces, purple breeches, long black boots with reinforced knees, and bandages around his lower arms. He wears a long leather belt around his doublet and a white cloth belt for his scabbards, which are secured at the back. He wields a dagger and rapier with a slightly wary expression. Between them are the outlines of the gold, emerald, and sapphire dragonstones. Therion, drawn in a very faint partial outline, holds the ruby dragonstone. End image description.]
thanks @maverickflare for your honest reaction, which i turned into this
[Image description: Digital doodles of Gareth and Therion where the text is taken from Discord screenshots. In the first, they are drinking next to each other at a table. Gareth gestures with one hand nonchalantly while a disturbed Therion stares into space. The text (part narration and part dialogue from Gareth) reads, "looking over at therion and saying sorry your other half (adam and eve style made from half of you) is serving in his cunty little spurred heels. would. and he thinks about smothering me."
In the second image, Therion is spattered with blood, holding up a knife, and swaying a little as he stares intensely downward with a shadow cast over his sweat-drenched face. He says, "still cant get over this. your taste in men is questionable." In the final image, Gareth lies limply on the floor, stripped of his cloak and bleeding heavily from a stab wound in his neck, while Therion steps on his chest. Gareth says, "im going through a lot. Right now." End image description.]
[Image description: A digital drawing of Darius and Gareth. Darius's hair is styled into a zazzera, and he wears a green cloak with red lining, a short green giornea with white fur lining, a black doublet and hosen, a white cloth tied around his right upper arm, and long boots with spurs. He also has a dagger secured to his waist with a black cloth belt and a rapier secured to his hip with a chain belt. He perches his hand on his waist with a wide grin. Gareth wears a tattered purple cloak, a green sleeveless robe, a black full-skirted doublet with detachable sleeves that are secured with green laces, purple breeches, long black boots with reinforced knees, and bandages around his lower arms. He wears a long leather belt around his doublet and a white cloth belt for his scabbards, which are secured at the back. He wields a dagger and rapier with a slightly wary expression. Between them are the outlines of the gold, emerald, and sapphire dragonstones. Therion, drawn in a very faint partial outline, holds the ruby dragonstone. End image description.]
[Image description: Two digital drawings. The first is hatched purple over off-white. Therion's narrowed eye is cast in shadow as he faces Gareth, who has his hood down and his eyes closed; his silhouette is very vague and dark.
The second drawing is hatched bright orange over dark purple. Darius's eye widens as Therion deflects his sword with a parrying dagger. The clash of metal creates a spark. End image description.]
[Image description: Two digital drawings. In the first, Axel holds a chakram in one hand and points at his temple with the other, bending forward slightly with a sly smile. The text next to him reads “will of the worlds.” In the second drawing, Saïx wields his claymore with a mildly disdainful expression. The text next to him reads “inevitably, they destroy themselves.” End image description.]
covers for playlists that i got from @dualdeixis !!!!
[Image description: Digital drawings. The first shows Throné with some differences from her canon design: she wears purple lipstick, a very low-cut black brocade spencer jacket with a lace-up bodice, a long purple skirt that is hemmed with frills and slit on the side, dark gray knee-high stockings with white ribbon garters, boots that match her jacket, white gloves, and a belt which holds up a smallsword and a white reticule embroidered with red flowers. There are a handful of scars on her exposed skin, and the tail end of her snake tattoo is visible on her left shoulder.
Second is a panel of Hikari from the shoulder up with a solemn expression, saying, "I can still hear his voice..." Behind him, his shadow smiles eerily and says in Hinoeumese script, "gay gay homosexual gay."
Last is a sketch of Alfyn and Therion sitting on a log and eating pottage with their outermost clothing shed. Alfyn says with an off-put expression, "it's actually sick you get tired of eating the same food over and over when some animals they just eat grass all day mind you." Therion replies nonchalantly, "just another pointless challenge mechanic added in by big PANTHEON to get you to go to the TAVERN." End image description.]
full throné redesign with inspiration taken from regency era fashion... plus silliness (citation one and two)
[Image description: Two digital drawings. The first depicts a large, colorful mosaic of Madonna Ophilia and Saint Therion. (Their clothing is based on their concept art rather than their canon outfits, and Therion has the fool's bangle on his left wrist and his hair covering his right eye rather than the usual opposite.) Ophilia holds her staff in one hand and Aelfric's Lanthorn in the other; she gazes down with a compassionate smile at Therion, who is on his hands and knees at her feet, clutching at the leg of her loose trousers, and looking up at her while shedding tears of awe. The Orsterran script to the right reads, "TOUCH ME NOT! FOR I AM A SINNER, UNFREE, UNWORTHY OF EVEN THE HEM OF YOUR GARMENT, O PURE ONE!"
Below the mosaic, cast mostly in shadow with a little moonlight, Throné kneels in the final room of Lostseed Castle, surrounded by rubble. She cradles her swaddled infant half-sibling in her arms with a wide-eyed, vacant expression. She has bleeding injuries and a torn skirt; she is also heavily spattered with black ichor. Temenos kneels beside her, level-headed, as he holds his staff and lays a glowing hand on her shoulder to heal one of her wounds. In the foreground, Claude's arm lies limp in a pool of ichor.
The second drawing depicts Vide in Hinoeumese-style iconography: he has three eyes, a bovine head, and wears a gold nose ring, earrings, and a crown adorned with human skulls. He has a fanged grin and lets his long, pierced tongue loll out of his mouth. In his four hands, he holds a gold medallion imprinted with a waning gibbous moon circled by eight stars; the Darkblood Blade; a white snake, which he scratches with his sharp nails; and a magenta ribbon which curls around the canvas. He is wreathed in violet flames. Over Vide's torso, within a red circle which emanates yellow beams of light with red swirls, Hikari is pinned down by his shadow, who sinks his katana into the "ground" next to Hikari's head and grips one of Hikari's arms with a menacing yet small, desperate smile. End image description.]
i am covered with the blood of jesus
fear is nothing when the path is righteous
i rest my head in a holy kingdom
mine is the venom of the snake of eden
+ + + +
L_RD G_D L_RD G_D FRIGID FATHER
I BEG OF YOU FROM A THROAT RAW WITH CURSES
BY YOUR ALMIGHTY GRACE
INTERCEDE FOR ME—CONSOLE ME WITH BLOOD!
[Image description: Digital fanart of Kaldena, Temenos Mistral, and Ochette. All images are fully described under the cut. End image description.]
traditional kal hand tattooing, face painting, and clothing - at the request and under the artistic direction of @maverickflare ^_^
[Image description: Three digital drawings. The first is of Kaldena showing off the details of her red face paint and hand tattoos. The rising sun on her forehead is a masculine warrior/keeper of the Flame symbol. The line down her chin is a feminine teacher symbol. The dyed tips of her fingers are a feminine coming of age/fertility symbol. The filled-in circles on her palms represent the new moon and the darkness of Vide. The bracelet patterns on her wrists are a volcanic symbol. The concentric circles with lines radiating out on the backs of her hands represent the full moon and the light of the Eight. Finally, the three rings on the backs of her fingers are a ward against injury and misfortune.
In the second drawing, Temenos is sitting in a chair while Ochette holds his hair back and Kaldena dips her finger into a small bowl of red paint. Temenos says with a nervous smile, "Just so you are aware, I don't want that paint anywhere near my mouth." Kaldena responds flatly, "Boorish nag. Hold still."
As Kaldena uses her finger to paint Temenos's face, Ochette asks with a smile, "How am I going to do his hair?" Kaldena replies, "We will just tie it back. It's not long enough to do much else with." Their red text indicates that they are speaking in Kal. Temenos remarks, "Hmm. I know a few of those words." Kaldena says, "Yes, keep practicing and you might even speak like a baby soon. Hold still."
She goes through four more bowls containing black, white, yellow, and teal paints. With the teal paint on her pinky, she says with a coaxing smile, "Last chance, Temenos." He sighs, "Alright, alright," and she paints his lower lip teal.
A full-color illustration shows Ochette observing Temenos's face with an excited grin as she wags her tail and exclaims, "WOW, Dena! You're so good at this! He looks completely different!" Temenos's paint includes red triangles on his forehead and either sides of his jaw, a radiant crescent moon on his forehead, white dots above his eyebrows, red circles on his cheeks, a teal line across his nose, smoky black lines around his eyes, a yellow circle on his chin, and multicolored lines and black dots down his neck, among other details. He blushes slightly and laughs, "Ha! Do I really?" Kaldena says, "Put that hand down. Are you trying to ruin my work already? ...Now all you need is the right garb, and then you'll finally look like a proper priest..."
In the last drawing, Temenos wears Kal priestly garments. His blue dress opens in the front and is patterned with darker blue crescent moons and a gold hem. The teal scarf around his arms has star-shaped beadwork, and the red scarf around his waist has orange volcanic patterns. He wears a white underdress, dark blue stockings, and brown sandals. He is heavily adorned in beadwork earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, including a pendant with a symbol of the Sacred Flame. He wears gold rings on his fingers and a gold diadem crowned with a large winged sun. He holds a red earthenware bowl decorated with blue flames.
Next to him, Kaldena wears a purple matchcoat with gold stripes and white beadwork near the hem and sleeves over a pink dress shirt patterned with red circles and rhombuses. She also wears a short black skirt, white buckskin leg wraps, and brown moccasins with minimal beadwork patterns. Her hair is tied back into a bun with a red ribbon, and she wears silver circular earrings and a crescent-shaped gorget.
Finally, Kaldena stands on her tip-toes in a dancer's outfit. She plays a silver sistrum decorated with two humanoid figures holding a winged serpent on the top, and a red string with white and yellow beads at the bottom. Her hair is pulled into two braids and wrapped in red ribbons. Her white dress is dagged at the hem and sleeves, and has red embroidery at the collar. She wears a red embroidered sash at her waist and a red checkered apron with heavy beadwork, depicting blue triangles pointing down to two blooming plants which sprout out of a yellow hill. Her moccasins are yellow with beaded cuffs, and her beaded earrings match. Her face is entirely painted, with white around the center and yellow around the forehead and jaw. The yellow sections are patterned with rows of red and black dots, and the teal swirls on her cheeks connect to two lines that run down her chin. End image description.]
[Image description: Digital drawing of an original character: an elf with long brown hair that's streaked with gray and tied in a ponytail. He wears flowing, dirtied robes with leather straps around his upper arms and a golden chaplet on his head. He also has red kumadori-inspired makeup around his eyes. His expression is resigned as he holds up a katana whose basket-hilt is set with many small rubies. The yellow blackletter text above him contrasts with the overall dark purplish palette; it reads, "The creation of this place commemorates nothing." The drawing's border is decorated with simple scrollwork. End image description.]
character belongs to @jbird5016658 ! happy birthday justin!!
