of the Somber Smile

A simple blog for the musings and stories of a cursed Corvosi Keeper and his adopted son living between Gridania and Ishgard.  Also I sometimes draw fun things. Carrd Info: Kelasra.Carrd.Co

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Oh hey!

I suppose it's time for a small intro pinned post since there's a BUNCH of you all that just appeared (y'all really seem to like the glowing Keeper eyes post lol)

I'm Shai, he/they and loving puppeteer of Kelas'ra, the little ball of anxious fluff just doing his best to be as Normal™ as possible in these trying times. I tend to post lots of little sketches and jokes, mostly from my sketchbooks (I don't get much time to the tablet, sadly) and self Indulgent Gposes of the catboy as he navigates the trials and tribulations of becoming a Voidling and also a newly minted single dad. I do hope to have a webcomic soon about him, so keep an eye out! Until then, I post here and can mostly be found over on BlueSky at

🍊 Kel Catte 🍊 (@rarasanpou.bsky.social)

🔹30+ He/they 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🔹Unapologetic Lore Dump Enthusiast 🔹Corvosi Voidsent Trash Gremlin 🔹I draw fun things sometimes Tags: #kelposes

If you're interested in more details about Kel, his RP carrd is in my bio but also found at

Kelas'ra Sanpou

RP Card for Kelas'ra Sanpou

See you all around!

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Back at it again with the work shift sketch dump

I've been messing around a lot more with Onfroi (nasty Elezen man -affectionate-) and trying to fully solidify his desires/motives/actions since he came up in a recent rp convo. He's meant to be a foil to the Voidsent and other otherworldly horrors Kel has been dealing with as of late and ideally should feel just as if not more threatening than most of the others. After all, nothing is more dangerous than a highly charismatic man with power who believes he was chosen by the divine to free people from the dark of the world by any means necessary :>

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Some say the Clyteum doesn't even exist at all...

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Beginning to realize how much nicer my new drawing monitor is by how lost I end up in whats meant to be quick warm up brainstorming sketches 😅

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Sometimes Seo sends Kel to pick up less-than-legal herbs from their mutual contact that runs a flower shop hidden deep within Ishgard.

He's beginning to think all viera have some sort of dangerous or illegal hobby on the side 😂

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"Well aren't you a sight for several sore eyes…"

Why be the voice of reason when you could whisper his every worry and fear to him when he sees his own reflection?

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"Aye, lookit you. With yer head in the clouds n' yer hands dug deep in the earth you'll rip yerself apart tugging at what can't be changed.

Nothin' wrong with giving it yer all, mind, just make sure y'don't keep giving away pieces o'yer soul til there's nary even a piece left for you."

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For consideration: wrapping up your Miqo'te children into little purritos when they get zoomies while you're trying to get work done

(Also works on adult Miqo'te assuming you're able to tackle them with the full body Thunder Snuggie, results may vary)

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Report Card Day (guess who it is for)

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He's like a little 10 yr old ray of sunshine within the Shrouds ✨

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A short catnap for a lazy (sun)day. 💤 ☀️

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A Late Night Study of Bottle and Tome 🍸📙

After years of fighting with my old tablet Seo convinced me to finally buy a new one, so I decided to use him as my test subject to adjust settings and practice on. :> Its amazing how much nicer it feels to draw digitally when I'm not fighting lag, insane parallax, pens that die after a couple hours and buttons/macros/drivers that dont work 99% of the time fhdskfs

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Vamp Fatale My Beloved

I'm notorious to greed too close to the sun but congrats M9S you have finally gotten me to respect a single mechanic: Vamp Stomp 😭

(Bat snapshotting is insane and with half a millisecond to dodge and 3 other melees I simply grit my teeth and play oh so respectfully)

(trade off is I absolutely should be killed more by saws during adds phase but I am simply a Liquid™ slidecasting my way between the blades)

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Time for yet another lunchbreak-sketch doodle dump

From Dodokkuli spritzing Kel with water to keep him from tasting the crystal paste, locking gazes with a Traverse Lizard just a little too long before the teleporter hits, to easy blackmail photos of Kel wearing his Courtly Lover's-liest bows and frills on patch day, there's always something for him to get pulled into 🤣

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Gave the difference hairstyles meme a go the other day while at work and I gotta say, curly hair Kel is definitely a winner 😳

I'd like to think that's what his hair becomes in higher humidity and is a small part of the reason he dislikes visiting La Noscea

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Neat things they don't mention when you get a wisdom tooth extracted ✨ 🦷

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Another Deep Dungeon and my theory that Miqo'te are trap-seeking missiles remains intact.