Now an Arcana blog, apparently. A mix of memery and gushing over characters and my Apprentices - MC asks are welcome! Also a reference/inspiration archive. Nabesima | 30s | she/her/they/them PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW IF YOU'RE A MINOR Reversed endings DNI pfff
🖼️🍋(-ish) “How are you just... swallowing that?”, Alastor/Lucio, custom scene (+fanart bonus)
(honestly this is mostly me trying to keep track of the Dragon Lore)
Introduction
LIs + some backstory
Background: origin, Southern Spines, discovery of magic, education,
My Ship In 5 Minutes: Dragoat; 🍋 edition
Asra/Muri/Alastor OT3
Art/memes: dragon form WIP sprite, he stronk, Cherry Blossom Festival, damage control (doodle), dragon cuddles/kisses, Awastor, that’s a weird dragon, Dragon Riding, ...the Other Kind of Dragon Riding, mood doodles,
It is funny to me that Valerius managed to start losing his "humanity" in under three years. Lucio somehow dodged growing any weird parts for two decades, you could even argue that the goat form doesn't count either, yet the wineboy here was making deals like he's speed-running demonhood (any%).
And it's not even clear what he got out of it. He didn't keep the power over the city, he isn't that important to the plot, I'm not sure The Devil ever even acknowledges him?? Man traded a chunk of his soul to force his servants to listen to him and to get an unlimited supply of refilling wine glasses.
Today in "fleeting narrative lines that I wish we knew more about or were expanded upon":
Now, chances are that these are just rumors being rumors, but where's the fun in that?
We do know that the Palace guards are feared in the center city and outright avoided on the outskirts.
It's also worth noting that there was a clear cultural shift that happened between the past and post-plague Vesuvia, both because of The Horrors and because, realistically, there have to be a lot newcomers in the city for it to be as full and active as we see it. My point is that the rumors and distrust of the guards are unlikely to be just some leftovers from Lucio's rule, but rather a more recent development.
Between the coma and the amnesia, I feel like Nadia herself didn't have that much time to earn the reputation (and, well, she probably wouldn't anyway). However, there was another person who, unbeknownst to people of Vesuvia, took charge of the city for a good year and a half directly after Lucio's "murder". Someone who also just happens to look down on commoners, is obsessed with keeping order, and even had some undefined "help" from The Devil...