(Including my interpretation of Number II's appearance)
+ headcanons, as well as backstory for my AU highlighted in green.
Number II, aka Tulip🌷
Age≈ late 20's/early 30's (~15 years older than Vee)
Goes by They/Them, Is the second oldest of the experimented Basilisks. They firsthand witnessed Number One(Greater basilisk that attacks Hexide)'s descent into madness and animalistic hunger. They were scared of what they could become, so they fought extra hard to retain their sanity, vowing to protect their younger kin. Tulip often risked taking punishments from the captors in the other's stead.
(Hight comparison for Tulip's true form (Vee for reference)
At around 15 years old, Tulip hears scouts talk about a new test subject that hatched recently and will soon be ready for experiments. Tulip breaks out and rescues the infant number five. A month of laying low later, and they are both hiding in a cave. Tulip finds a pool of Titan's blood trapped deep within, and they both enter into the human realm.
Tulip can't stay. They know they need to protect Treble and Ivy. So they watch in the shadows as Vee is taken into the care of a couple of humans before leaving her behind, where she can grow up in a place far from the Emperor's grasp. They absorb the remaining magic in the portal, severing this temporary link so that nobody can follow their child.
🎼Treble & Ivy🌿
Ages≈ Mid twenties
Treble: She/Her, Ivy: He/They
I got the idea to name her Treble from The Angel of the Owl house, by OwlHouseAngel on A03. I thought fit well, considering she's playing Eda's Citern in the finale, and the Idea of a basilisk playing instruments sounds cool. (even inspired some things for my AU)
Both were created from the same set of samples, making them almost like twins. They've got a close-knit sibling bond, very protective of each other. Treble gets headstrong and does risky things like attack coven scouts. Ivy often has to reign Treble in to prevent her from being too reckless. He tends to take an overly cautious approach to anything new.
I'm still not entirely sure how they play into the AU, but they meet Vee and are introduced to Camila to be accepted into their family
I loved this shot when I first saw it, I'm glad to see at least someone in the crew cares about them
& 🌺Viola "Vee" Noceda
I like to think she has a collection of different sweaters and chooses to wear them to keep her warm. Basilisks are mostly cold-blooded but passivly use up their magic to keep warm in cold temperatures. Vee likes to conserve energy by dressing warm during the colder months
She ended up in the human realm thanks to Tulip and was quickly adopted by the Nocedas. Not knowing about her origins, she's horrified learning what her kin has gone through.
She's less timid when confronting danger and hasn't gone through her canon trauma (minus a few fears like sharp objects and dark basements from ). She does, however, have trauma and grief from Manny's sickness and death.
Isere and Allia are a pair of basilisk siblings cloned from the same extinct egg samples, about as biologically related as they could be
Isere is more of a nervous wreck compared to his sister despite being older, he just wants to be left alone and avoids conflict
Allia is more defiant and firey, the kind to speak up when Isere is too scared to as she was more exposed to the post Belos era and didn't have to live in fear as long as her brother
This is Viras, a member of a species of snakes known as Korleks. They are enormous, Viras here is about 20 feet in length, and they unanimously have psionic abilities. They tend to be rather prim in terms of personality, and Viras, while nice about it, is no exception.
Viras in particular has a little basilisk in him, giving him natural armor plating and a petrifying glare. The unfortunate bit is that his petrification is broken, and is active at all times. To not endanger others, he either shuts his eyes at all times while using his psionics to navigate, or dons a pair of welding goggles so that he can at least somewhat see.
The lore here isn't 100% set in stone and will probably change
Lore dump (only somewhat listening to cannon lore): Zero didn't get out with some of the other basilisks like Vee. Zero met Thorn when it was in the emperors coven, Thorn and Zero became friends but eventually Zero was left alone again not knowing what exactly had happened. Thorn had gone to hexside intending to come back for Zero and whatever others he could get but never was able to get back (I will get into that more when I do some more art of Thorn). Zero was stuck in his cell until after Belos was defeated.
Bonus cute fact! Thorn helped Zero figure out his more humanoid form :)
It is… *chef’s kiss* Perfetto! Say Dia Dhuit to my whole lineup for my main canon compliant Owl House AU, Murder They Cast!
Going from left to right we’ve got: Fizza and Yara Irfan, Salem Pangur, Euterpe Aoide, Tello Rodin, Moira Atropos, Proteus Pangur, and finally Ronan Mabinogi.
