Summer is the time to enjoy your favorite music. So I remembered a song that I once loved very much and after listening to it again I came up with an idea for this AU.
The song is called “Невеста полоза” (“The Snake's Bride”), performed by the russian folk-group “Мельница”.
Here is a link to the song and an amateur translation into English:
[Verse 1:]
Oh, It’s not just dust crawling on the forest road,
Oh, don’t go there, don’t get yourself in trouble, girl,
Don't disturb the moment's mystery, turn away and
Don’t look at the snakes get married.
You didn't foresee, didn't hide your eyes from the trouble,
It's only your fault, that now you'll be ours.
There's a haze over the clearing, where the Serpent King's waiting,
Now you are engaged to him.
[Chorus х2:]
Don't let me go, hold me,
Lay me down on a silk sheets,
Come and fondle me,
Don't let me go for water alone,
Go for water alone…
[Verse 2:]
I won't find the potion against snakes,
I won't raise the golden of my eyes to you,
Now I have a tan of scales, and with autumn heat
I'm gonna go after snakes.
I hear the voice of a King through the dust under the canopy,
And see eyes full of hunger, golden's the half of his face,
He calls me under, “Darling, come down,
I will hug you in thirty-three circles”.
[Chorus х4:]
Don't let me go, hold me,
Lay me down on a silk sheets,
Come and fondle me,
Don't let me go for water alone,
Don't let me go for water alone, don't let me go for water alone, don't let me go for water alone,
Don't let me go…
This song has a folklore background, a legend about a snake wedding. At the beginning of June, with the arrival of summer the earth warmed up well and snakes crawled out of their winter holes to look for a partner. Snakes rolled around the forest, arranging a wedding, become aggressive and may attack people.
The King of Snakes in Rus' was Poloz, he lived with his court underground and possessed countless treasures. In the spring, the snake kingdom crawled to the surface and looked for a bride for the King. The traditional Snake Holiday was June 12, on this day women were forbidden to leave the house, so as not to catch the eye of the King and not become his betrothed. And if some girl still went out to the well for water alone, and the Snake King liked her, then he sent her a gift: a gold ring, bracelet or necklace. Having picked up the King's gift, the girl could expect snake matchmakers, since she became the Bride of Poloz. People did not dare to refuse him, because in this case troubles and misfortunes awaited them. And in the fall, Poloz took his bride to the underground kingdom, where he descended with his court to spend the winter.
This is what the song is about: a girl who went to get water became an unwitting witness to the snake's wedding and the King liked her. Now she hears his voice and cannot resist the attraction, because her fate is predetermined — in the fall she will go to the underworld with the King. But, not daring to come to terms with her fate, she asks her beloved to hold her and not let her go.
And I just thought about them. Jinx, who never knew fear and did not like prohibitions, of course, disobeyed and, of course, got into trouble, having caught the eye of the King of Snakes. But was it she who got into trouble? Or was it Silco — the permanent King, who is now ready to lay the whole world at her feet? I think this story has a happy ending for both of them.
For almost a whole month with breaks for work and real life I worked on the images of Jinx and Silco for this AU. Here they are.
I created the image of the village girl Jinx from the images of slavic girls and the alternative Powder. And for the image of Jinx — The Snake's Bride — I put together Jinx from Arcane, Jinx from the League of Legends and the trends of medieval bandit outfits. I think she turned out great!
I based Silсo's snake form on the Amur racer. They are one of the largest snakes in the grass snake family. They are excellent swimmers and dexterous tree climbers. They are quite difficult to tame and can be aggressive, but Jinx will have no problem with that! The racers are also non-venomous, but when frightened they emit an unpleasant odor (yes, smoking is disgusting, mr. Silco). But instead of poison, Silco uses Shimmer in his snake form: he injects it into his palatine pockets, but does not always use it. Because of this, the Shimmer stagnates and is not excreted, but eats away at his own flesh, hence the scars on his face.
