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This is my home for all of my OC talk and talk about the Arcana Game because I tried really hard but unfortunately I am back in the building. The majority of my OCs were created for the Arcana's sandbox, so they show up in that universe the most, but I frequently throw them into other universes and fandoms. My blog description has a link to basically everything, but here are some shortcuts:
Fic Masterlist
Worldbuilding Lore (based in the Arcana Game sandbox)
General disclaimer that this is an adult POC Queer space. Do with that what you will, but know I have negative amounts of patience for any kind of bigotry/ignorance. Additional disclaimer that though I do post about the Arcana, I do not support Nix Hydra or Dorian or any affliiated parties.
My other blogs you may see around:
@dani-fandom - my main blog, likes and follows come from here
@dani-plays-da - my Dragon Age blog
@astarionhell - my BG3 blog
I have a lot of OCs but there are just a handful that get talked about the most, so I'm going to focus on them here:
These four OCs are referred collectively as "the band" as they often exist together in any universe, Alec being the youngest and the other three being closer in age. (Alec is also my apprentice for the Arcana canon, if you were in the fandom space circa 2020-2022 my handle was @/apprenticealec.)
Alec al-Saleh | masterlist | her tag
Jamil Alfonso Parsa-D'Oria | masterlist | his tag
Camia-Marie Baudelaire | masterlist | her tag
Leon (Zhu-Jin Lian) | masterlist | their tag
These four OCs are my main pirate captains + their quartermasters. They each have their own crew, and there is another crew run by an OC Syd that I'll expand on under the cut.
Meredith Gwynsdottir | masterlist | her tag
Saoirse | masterlist | their tag
Rodrigo Luis Aguilar | masterlist | his tag
Jacqui Larrieux-Desroche | masterlist | his tag
My main villains/antagonists are another pirate captain by the name of Sydney Aloisio De Luca (his tag) and his on-and-off-again boyfriend of 60+ years Drago Fortunado D'Oria (his tag).
For some extra OCs, continue on!
Each pirate crew has a set castlist, each featured below with their own tags:
Side note that Andreya, Elizabeth, and Theodore are the only OCs listed here that were not created for the Arcana, they have their own fantasy story I've been developing for almost ten years at this point.
Some other frequently mentioned (B-list) OCs who will probably appear in any route rewrites include:
Miriam Giada Nora Diamandis | her tag | a cousin of Jamil's who works as the sommelier for the Palace in Vesuvia and is a longtime friend of Nadia and Lucio
Viviane Aurore Baudelaire | her tag | Camia's younger sister by 8 years who works as an assistant for her brother, Ignatius, one of the court members of Vesuvia
Bluebird | his tag | was Lucio's consort pre-plague but services the rest of the court as requested
Aria Zaman | her tag | the pirate Queen before Meredith, retired to Vesuvia with her wife, Eveline
Other family members, not likely to appear but still important (and this is mostly for me to remember their names LMAO):
Alec's family
Romar al-Saleh | her Apa/father
Alina Faheem | her Ama/mother
Jamil's family
Chiara Giuliana DāOria | his mother
Rafiq Parsa II | his father
Hakim Raul Parsa-DāOria | his younger brother by 3 years
Eufemia Aliyah Parsa-DāOria | his younger sister by 8 years
Ignatius Luc Baudelaire | her older brother by 10 years
Leon's family
Zhu-Jin Xiuying | their mother
Li-Yang Huan | their father
Zhu-Jin Fu | their younger sister by 8 years
Zhu-Jin Wei | their grandfather
Meredith's family
Gwyn Bransdottir | her Mum/mother
Stefan Cerwensson | her Da/father
Gareth Bransson | her uncle
Fergus Garethsson | her younger cousin
Rodrigo's family
Elena-Carmen Fernandez | his MamĆ”/mother
Carina-Sofia Aguilar | his MamĆ/mother
Jacqui's family
Andre Desroche | his father
Madeline Larrieux | his mother
Families in my separate fantasy novel for Andreya, Elizabeth, and Theodore:
Elizabeth's family
King Damian | her father
Queen Calissa | her mother
Princess Isabelle | her oldest sibling by 6 years
Princess/Prince Violetta/Vee/Vi | her older sibling (genderfluid) by 4 years
Prince Ashton | her younger brother by 7 years
Theodore's family
King Asad | his Baba/father
Royal Consort Matthias | his father
If you've made it this far, thank you! This is unfortunately the tip of my mental iceberg but I love talking about my OCs at all times. Anyway, enjoy your stay.
Bro all this shit with people using gen ai to write.... fanfics.....
You are the most insane dumb LOSER if you feel the need to use ai for fanfiction, the writing is the POINT the craft and the time spent and the connections you make with real people over your own blood sweat and tears is the POINNNNNNNNNNT
And I mean it for Any use, some people are out here saying they put their work through Claude for spellcheck like hello??? What program are you writing on that doesn't already have that built in??
If you use gen ai for any kind of fandom work but specifically fanfics you are literal pond scum jesus h christ
Finished my new pookie for The Arcana bc Iām in love :3
Her name is Dagny and sheās always cold, so she likes to bundle up whenever she has to leave the shop. Her favorite food and drink are sweet bread and pomegranate juice.
Ignore her Barbie feet bc I hate drawing them š«£
I donāt think I posted this here yet but I found faces for Rodrigoās mothers :) Elena is on top and Carina is on the bottom
Rodrigo comes out the womb looking like Elena just with Carinaās eyes and Carina is Pissed ā9 months in the womb and he looks like his stupid MamĆ”ā meme
This is not the art post I was expecting to put out this month, but I seen the Vesuvian Pride event and knew I had to pivot, it looked too fun to not participate! This felt like a good opportunity to show off my MC Mara!
Iāve spoken about her a few times here before, but Mara is my Nadia MC(and also my favorite oc,,,) sheās an optimist with a heart of gold and a bad habit of sometimes jumping into things without filling thinking them through. She wears her heart on her sleeve and genuinely just wants whatās best for everyone. She also has a familiar, her cat Nuck, and a service dog not pictured here.
Mara is a lesbian, and (letās be honest) probably polly too, given the amount of polly ships I have her in lol,, she such a hopeful romantic and I love her for that <3, girl just loves being in love and really who could blame her?
There is a lot more to Mara that I look forward to exploring later, but in the meantime hereās some fun facts, for the silly-
1. I actually started this portrait back in December, I only finished it now because this was one of the hardest drawings to get to cooperate Iāve made in a looong time. It was originally going to be a lot more detailed and ambitious for lack of a better word, but sometimes you gotta learn when to call it good enough lol-
2. Mara(as a character) is as old as The Arcana is! I made her only a few months after the game came out, so happy ten years to both Mara and The Arcana as a whole, I am so glad my friend made me play this game all the way back in 2016, i never would have thought Iād still be playing it today.
3. Maras cat coincidentally looks quite a lot like my cat! We had just redesigned Nuck into a tuxedo cat when a few months later my uncle came into possession of two cats he couldnāt keep, so we took them in! Now I have a live reference for maras stupid little fur ball <333
Finally picked up a stylus after a while, still gotta work on ""quick sketches" that don't take me 5 hours for some reason" but whatever, go my bi disasters
Free the Lines
Along a technicolor street
where fences have no groundĀ
June skies bathed in paint
bleeding past lines in history
There are no names for what is felt
meanings born in the joining of hands
free to dance, laugh, be
Mind, Body, and Heart
Ozy, Khleo, Kipling
marching as they see themselves
loving together, today, forever
along a technicolor street
where fences have no ground
Very quick and general headcanons for what the M6 do at a Pride Festival/Parade lmao enjoy
Asra
Covered in body glitter (and not much else), will be leaving a sparkly trail behind him every where he goes
Watches the parade just to boo at the corporation floats and collect as much free beads and paraphernalia as possible while drinking a fruity little beverage
Is definitely making out with at least three (3) people by the end of the night, probably during the fireworks
Julian
Brought extra water and sunscreen and bandaids for everyone else but absolutely neglects to follow his own advice and will need to be treated for heat exhaustion at some point
Gets roped into some performance on a stage and kills it - drag queen Julian when
Hosts and wins (barely) a drinking game but yes please some help getting home would be appreciated
Nadia
Enjoys the festivities but prefers to watch the parade from the shaded outdoor balcony of a restaurant where she can sip her drink and wave a flag or clack a fan demurely
Buys herself/her friends/her partner whatever they want from vendors, though she ends up getting a lot of things for free
Somehow finds the best, most private spot to watch the fireworks at the end of the night and invites the rest of the group to join her
Portia
Having the time of her Life, wearing pasties and glitter and maybe she burns a little bit but it could be much worse
Clacking her fan like her life depends on it for every passing float, will have no voice the next day
Spends wayyy too much money on vendors but yes she absolutely needs all of the tacky resin earrings and hey sheās supporting queer small businesses what else do you want from her
Muriel
Only went to make sure Asra had a sober ride home but okay maybe some of this isnāt too bad everyone is so happy and maybe it rubs off a little
Finds a few little trinkets he takes home, like a wolf-shaped crystal necklace and some treats for Inanna
Ends up with a pride flag over his shoulders like a cape by the end of the night and some of Asraās glitter on his face
Lucio
Finds his way on the biggest loudest float somehow and will chuck beads and flowers and whatever else the float has way too hard at everyone watching
Gets sunburned horribly because he swears he put sunscreen on but doesnāt understand Once is not enough and that jockstrap is not nearly enough coverage
Has the Biggest hangover the next day but he has no Ragrets and will tell anyone who will (or wonāt) listen about being hoisted up in the air by drag queens
