Elder RaalāMaker in his usual garb before he gets injured and degeneration really kicks in and heās forced into his sarcophagus early and takes on human shells. Had a strong tendency to let his glowing eyes show which frightened a lot of his workers until they realized heās actually nice.
Got a good kick in the pants to get this finished and pretty pleased. Learning more and more as I toy with painterly pieces. Need to do some texture and material studies for practice and fun.
And hereās that symbol/insignia design and the meanings behind them for Elders VaāloFe and RaalāMaker. Gonna be fun working this into the fics when the time comes.
Iāll have to add the text to the post later as Iām about to run some errands.
And detail shot to the void orb.
Okay text is now here under the cut if itās too small to read in the images. And me adding more info.
The Butterfly & Void
Ver. 1
VaāloāFeās original insignia has been lost to time roughly around the time he hadĀ his change of heart. He does notĀ care for it anymore and doesnāt want to see it ever again.Ā
For his new insignia, he adopted butterfly motifs after encountering a few sentient andĀ sapient species that had butterfly and moth attributes. He found their life cycles fascinating. Especially the ones that spun cocoons to regenerate limbs or to move onto the nextĀ āstageā of their life cycle. He viewedĀ the cocoons, theirĀ metamorphoses, as a death &Ā rebirth. Something his kind wasĀ seeking.
Part of his hands make up the butterfly. Hands holding the Void.
- Longing for what was once lost.
- Longing for forgiveness to repair what was
broken.
- Longing to be remade into something new. A death and rebirth.
Four more Void orbs make up additional markings .to acknowledge where their power
comes from. And a reminder for what they damaged.
Ver. 2
VaāloāFe made a slight update hundreds of years later.Ā Just a few minor changes such as removing the āantennaāĀ thumbs.
Felt as if it was ācapturingā the Void andĀ not holding it/reaching for it. Embracing it. The Void is not something they can control and should never try to control it. He does not want to repeat the mistakesĀ of the past. The Void must be respected
And then he added parts of the diamonds of another symbol he adopted.
The butterfly symbol is something RaalāMaker has put on the backs of his human shells.
Ver. 3
Just aĀ āgildedā version when important things need to be branded with VaāloāFeās symbol.
The Diamonds. Hidden Pyramids
Another symbol adopted by VaāloāFe many eons ago. Pulled from multiple
species. Including humanity(info acquired from surviving Zudjari data banks.)
The Square Diamond symbolizes:
Balance
Structure
Logic
Law and Order
Something he feels that their kind and many others do need. And then it fits his nature as being one of the eldest in the branch he leadsĀ and among is one of the oldest in the species. His branch hasĀ the least amount of conflicts. Especially senseless ones. He does notĀ tolerate petty rivalries. There is some disappointment when he learned his pupil RaalāMaker gets into petty fights with Gaārox but does find it somewhat amusing.
Then the Pyramids within the diamond.Three-part concepts he found interesting.Ā Past, present, future. Something to constantly keep in mind. And then when they are viewed at a particular angle you get more meanings.
Upright
- Stability
- Strength
Inverted
- Conflict
- Stagnation
A double meaning he loves and fully embraces. Something to silently mocking his brethren as he sees that they bring a great amount of conflict to all they cross and their kind is stagnating due to actions. Actions he knows will lead to them repeating old mistakes.
And then he snuck in some meaning with the color choices(Iāll probably adjust how the red is to be more vibrant in line with ADVENT and the Eldersā robes in the future.)
Colors
Upright
- Gold. The Elders gilded appearance others see. An uplifting Empire.
- Red. A fiery passion to unite all. Bringing peace and prosperity.
- Black. Strong willed beings. Protectors of many.
Inverted
- Gold. The gold is a facade. They only care for themselves.Selfish, arrogant parasites.
- Red. Violent parasites, terrorizing the weak, spilling blood, as they hunt to cure their condition.
- Black. A dominating force. Death follows them where erā they go.Ā Many have gone extinct due to their hands.
