#ancient irken

[valdarian]

[graysosh]

The long figure emerged slowly, sinuously. It’s antennae waved languidly in an almost disarming way as it stared at them, unblinking.

“Amazing!” Dib whisper-exclaimed. “A real, live proto-Irken!”

And yet, Zim had a bad feeling about this.

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Story idea lodged in my brain where for perfectly reasonable reasons, they must travel to Irk and find long-lost, long-forgotten ancient Irkens.

[valdarian]

Magic, wings and ancient royalty!

Some line art, references or initial pieces that got modified overtime.

Ancient Irken definitely had wings and maybe even a little more!

Basically, every Irken is born with unique symbols/sigil’s, mainly on an arm. Hence the gloves and overzealous covering of appendages in the modern era. They’re sensitive to both the world and to others. The Magic thrums just below!

Even if history has been lost or twisted, convincing the whole of Irk that it is nothing but myths. Yet the marks remain ever present.

These sigil are usually only slightly darker than an Irken’s natural skin color when at “rest”. But “come to life” aka glow when using magic or under intense or emotional stress.

Perhaps slightly augmenting natural abilities (faster reflexes, sight or hearing) or fortifying the body (can resist poison, skin becomes tougher, etc.) for short bursts of time.

Instead of wands, Irken wear magical stones: typically in amulets or necklaces, but sometimes in weapons as well. These stones act as catalyst for their elemental magic. It is very difficult if not impossible to “naturally “ use it otherwise. Or may come with great risk to both user and their surroundings. Often going berserk or driving their master insane from the raw draw or unfiltered natural magic from the world.