#cinder vesper

[gloomforrestrunes]

Eden and Cinder refs!

a young dark realm recruit who desperately doesnt want to fight. became extremely paranoid and aware of their behavior after being made to watch the execution of another trainee he was close with as a warning due to their perceptively disloyal behavior. was told to keep their mouth shut in regards to the details of the execution.

has named the executioner "the deathbringer" in her head ever since that incident, due to the quickness of their claws and teeth and the haunted numbness of their gaze. one second her friend was alive, and in the next they were dead.

eden would be grateful that their friend's death was quick, if she wasn't left so horrified at the scene and stricken with gnashing grief.

born and raised in the dark realm, cinder is fueled by rage and spite. she was seen as the most promising trainee out of the average bunch, and was ready and willing to seek the justice these strangers who named themselves "the sin council" promised.

other than a couple of trainees she viewed as just as ruthless and jaded as he was, cinder found himself growing unexpectedly close with a recruit that she never cared for or even acknowledged before. (this isn't the same trainee that eden watched die)

this trainee was... kind to him. and didn't noticeably avoid her out of fear like many others would do. cinder spoke to her at first with venom, then with apathy, then curiosity, then intrigue, then feigned politeness, and finally kindness. (well, cinder's version of kindness)

the recruit managed to get through to cinder a bit, allowing him to question the intentions behind the council. why are these animals who weren't even from the dark realm are suddenly promising to lead them to the justice they were owed centuries ago? eventually, the friendship between these two turned into something more

cinder doesn't know what to do with himself since her partner mysteriously disappeared from their numbers. that only means one thing in the dark realm.

"the deathbringer feeds again" eden whispers frantically, "can't you hear it? the sound of blood staining the floor of it's cave."

[gloomforrestrunes]

do you have a headcanon voices for other characters not shown in your first video?

i do! idk if theres enough to warrant another video but here's headcanon voices for characters that'll be more important after the first volume

ember spark- suki from "avatar the last airbender"

eden morn- veronica sawyer from "heathers (1988)"

cinder vesper- randall from "monster's inc"

pepper may- ekko from "arcane"

also a hc voice for post-banishment laxo (his first volume one is still accurate, but i wanted another for after his banishment) - wally darling from "welcome home"

[gloomforrestrunes]

out of curiosity, who's the best fighter/most promising trainee out of the non-special trainee gang? and what's knox's deal

probably cinder! he's very calculating and analytical while also being merciless when she needs to be. his hatred for the provinces is exactly what the sin council wants in a trainee.

knox is one of the older trainees. he's a nightjar griffin (which is why his head is shaped like that) and was born and raised in the dark realm. he's definitely not old enough to have been alive when the dark realm was sealed, though. very no-nonsense grumpy old man type of guy, and isnt a fan of having to train alongside much younger animals. despite that, he has an undying loyalty towards the sin council and believes their promise that they'll all have a better life if he fights for it.

[gloomforrestrunes]

Ngl onyx, Levi and cinder already got me on a chokehold

The three of them look that either they lost it already or is in the process of losing it...not Levi tho girly looks like that she is having the time of her life.

this trio is quite a violent bunch!! loved designing them though, im particularly partial to cinder and levi.

cinder is a bat-eared fox, levi is a coyote, and onyx is a tasmanian devil.

cinder and onyx were both born in the dark realm, while levi was recruited. cinder is jaded from growing up within her crumbling home, sick of being fed the stories of why the dark realm was sealed away. he's pissed off that she's being punished for something that happened so long ago. so when question took over and offered the revenge for what was all done to them, cinder jumped at the opportunity. he doesnt care how brutal it all is, she just wants the provinces to choke at the end of her claws.

onyx is a similar deal, though he's much less clever and calculating than cinder and is more spontaneous and just wants the ambush to start already. (think of the super old leeroy jenkins meme, thats onyx LMAO)

levi is definitely having the time of her life. she bathes in the glory of battle and tends to laugh every time she gives one of her opponents another scar. her back right leg doesn't work very well, but that doesn't deter her in the slightest.