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[zootycutieart]

Time for more of the Trollan show "what if" ideas! I have higher authority done, but there's an authority even higher than them... While the ruling class of Trolla is top tier in terms of government, there's still one branch that outclasses all, and it has nothing to do with ruling powers or politics. A culture that runs on magic needs ruling on magic, and that's where The Crimson Council come into play. Measuring the flows of magic, collecting the rules of magic, they're the ones that help bind magic to the lands. However, this recent Cosmic Storm has thrown a few things out of whack. Namely, they don't understand how this slipped past them, which is starting to shake up the doubts of the people. They are on good rapports with Montork, and still leave a space open if he ever wants to join... Blayzam the Clever is the de-facto leader of the Council. The eldest of the members, and maybe even one of the eldest of all Trollans, despite his log of magic and spells, he is unfortunately a stickler for the traditional. New spells and ideas should go through the Council first. Technology is an evil that shouldn't be tapped into. Alternative ideas for magic are ridiculous. For a while, this was thought of as law in Trolla, and pushed by the council. However, with the combination of the Cosmic Storm and the sides of both good and evil trying new things with technology, more and more Trollans have been taking these unofficial rules into question, including, much to his chagrin, the other members of the Council. While he thankfully doesn't have veto power, he's still unwilling to be the ones attempting these new things. Cordovan the Caring is more focused on the side of empathy in magic over the power of it. The grandmother of Snoob (on his mother's side), she understands what it's like to have family in different tiers and tracks of magic. She is ridiculously proud of her grandson, and hopes the best for him through his studies in the Academy. Ironically, this praise and care is actually hurting Snoob's self esteem more. Having such praise in such a high position just makes him nervous, which bungles his abilities more and causes him to doubt his actual abilities, thus keeping him in tracks that he's not passionate about, just because they're "big and important". Him telling this to his grandmother would save a lot of trouble, but he's too scared to do so. That, and the fact that Cordovan still harbors a bit of a crush on Montork from their younger days just embarrasses Snoob, thus making their relationship a bit awkward, as much as they love each other. Amaranth the Sharp has always felt like she was a background character. Not that she minds. She didn't get her eye for detail by being front and center. Instead of the big and important parts of magic, she prefers to pour over the smaller pieces that no one wishes to talk about. A lot of times, these smaller pieces lead to information about the bigger ones. Because of looking at the smaller details, along with how they connect with things, she is the most open for change of the Council. She's willing to see how new abilities could work or how technology could integrate with magic. This has secretly made her the favorite of the Council among a majority of citizens, but she nor the citizens have dared to tell this to Blayzam. Because of this, she's content to just sit in the background with her studies, her smoke hat idly puffing away. Trollans and related characters © Mattel/Filmation Redesigns and fake show concept © ZootyCutie (that's me!)

[cyndalyssa]

I swear, a lot of my junk ends up longer than I intend it to be. :/

Anyway, I figured that after a Sorcerer’s Quest, there’d be a graduation and presentation ceremony for the young Trollan wizards who completed it. With that in mind, as well as Orko’s emblem being A Big Deal, I drew this up. 

I had finished drawing this when I remembered, “Wait, shouldn’t they have titles like Orko the Great?” Since I did not want to erase and rewrite again, I’m just gonna say that they typically earn titles as they grow older and their traits shine through, with Orko just being enough of a prodigy that he got a title while on his Sorcerer’s Quest. 

Sometime I oughta make a thing about the Mage Emblems and what they mean.

Oh, hey, look, there’s Squonge in the crowd, cheering on his friend. 

 And there’s a couple of weirdos attending this thing. No big deal. 

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[zootycutieart]

This was just a little project I wanted to work on, a few "headcanon redesigns" of the Trollans in He-Man, mainly their Filmation designs, purely to have a "balanced" design for me to work with. ^_^

In the case of the Crimson Council,  Blayzam is the only one with a confirmed name (that might not even be spelled like that), so I gave some "placeholder" ones for the other two.

Some of my thoughts and changes under the “read more”.

Orko -Masked: Orko I haven't changed really at all, really just "streamlined" himself and made his colors a bit less garish. -Unmasked: Even though I gave him hair in the Cosmic Storm AU design, I decided to keep him bald like that picture in the episode guide...just "cuter" than that. Dree Elle -Masked: Aside from brightening her colors, I decided to make her robe a bit more dress-like and cranked up the raspberry coloring, to look closer to her comic book design...just not as overdone. I also gave her light yellow sclera, since I think the girl Trollans deserve yellow eyes, too! -Unmasked: I liked the eyeshadow idea that I gave her in the Cosmic Storm AU, so I kept that idea. Montork -Masked: Montork I decided to give a pretty big change. I know he's the Academy of Magic head, but I also have this sort of "purposely looks disheveled" headcanon, since he feels like one of those "feigning weakness" kind of characters, to surprise his opponents. He would have a much nicer outfit as well, but I just wanted to focus on that one. -Unmasked: Nothing much to say, I kept him close to Orko in facial features, though I decided he should get eye bags as part of his age.

Yukkers -Masked: I haven't changed much on him, though I made sure his hears were visible. -Unmasked: I went with freckles and a missing tooth to fit his young age. Squonge -Masked: The big case was trying to make him not look as Orko-close. I ended up drooping his eyes, moving his scarf ends to his front instead, and browning his robe, which I gave a jacket zipper to. I swapped his goggles to a rounder shape to make him feel rounder too. -Unmasked: I also wanted to make his unmasked design look less like Orko's, so that's why I made his jaw squarer and gave him hair. Snoob -Masked: Snoob I really didn't change much, just streamlined his outfit a bit more, and gave him some different color tones. -Unmasked: This comes straight from the Cosmic Storm AU. I kept the messy hair and freckles to keep him looking younger.

Doctor Zoog -Masked: I wanted to push towards the "scientist" part of him, so I turned his robes into a lab coat and adding more mechanical elements to him. He's the only one I didn't give eye-shines to, due to his design and personality. -Unmasked: The metal plate I gave his head was due to me thinking he'd be a self-experimenter, and this was one of the results...at least, after he made sure okay for him to use... Big Uggo -Masked: I didn't change really anything with his standard design, just adjusted it a bit. -Unmasked: This was where I had fun. I felt like Doctor Zoog would be using Big Uggo as his first test subject, which is a part of the skull plate, but also the transfusion tubes I gave. Wokrapanwooki/"Prankster" -Masked: I really didn't change much for him, just made his face closer to the style I'm giving the other Trollans, though I did turn the purple strip into an actual scarf, just to make it obvious how much his culture's case spits in the face of other Trollans'. -Unmasked: This is redundant, but I just wanted both a space-filler and to also use a chance for his hatless case.

Blim, The High Muck Muck -Masked: I didn't change much, but I modified his cape  and robe trim to have the spots. I also deepened his colors to get some purple tones, purely for royalty tones. -Unmasked: Nothing much to say, I gave him a bit of hair to keep him a bit unique from Montork. -Foosabella, The Muckess -Masked: Like her husband, I deepened her color scheme to keep her in purple tones. I also changed her crown puff so it didn't look like a butt. XD -Unmasked: This was fun, I wanted to make her look a bit "over-dolled" up with her makeup. Warden Umpty -Masked: Really nothing to say here, just modifying his colors a bit. I moved his keys to the other side, and also expanded his helmet ear pads lower, since his ears wouldn't be showing anyways with the helmet. -Unmasked: Originally he was also getting a combover, but it wasn't looking nice here.

Blayzam -Masked: Him, along with the remainder of the Council, I gave the green scarves from "Trouble in Trolla", purely for uniqueness. His hat's from "The Greatest Magic", though. -Unmasked: The hair was a last minute addition, but I think it helps him a bit more in uniqueness. ???/"Cordovan" -Masked: Nothing much changed, though I reinterpreted the bottom line on his robe as a fully different stripe color. -Unmasked: Originally, his mouth was hidden, but it wasn't working as well with the mustache addition. ???/"Amaranth" -Masked: Him I have the least to say about, since I didn't change really much for, just modifying the colors a bit. -Unmasked: This one's another case where I have really nothing to say for him.