#empousa

[dexsterpiece]

New character ready for Art Fight! This is Varvara. She's an Empusa/Empousa. She's also a paleontologist and she likes transforming into a thylacine. I'm trying to explore designs outside of my comfort zone; I'm neither a POC, nor am I a prosthetics user, so feel free to let me know if there's anything I need to correct! Technically she's a PJO character. But she doesn't care much about hunting and eating demigods. ( ,:

[zegemma-beach]

Empousa & Hati 💕

[strangepoppy]

I got AGNeS!!! Also, her sending missives to Bathory Castle only for Noah to think it's a scam is hilarious. And then she ignores his letters XD

Also, I discovered Gallery of characters aaand and I was right! Agares does have silver hair in some instances! And it's because he is Moonblessed too! I fucking knew it! "Seed of war".And Noah is a "seed of death", well the transcendent Noah. Which made me think: four horsemen of Apocalypse? Which makes Empousa and Gilrain the remaining horsemen. Gilrain is very combative, even as a human he was prone to reckless aggression. Seed of pestilence? So Empousa, ambitious and hungry for many things, is a seed of hunger?

Which brings me to my next point. At first it was concerning Cain and his strange words in Quinn's story: only I can shape Bathory's future. Why. What did he mean by that?

And there's mention of Abel in loading screen. Are they the real Cain and Abel, or are they just namesakes set on walking the same path? We know Abel is call a martyr, so who did Cain betray and for what? And can we even trust him?

Which brings me to this: Noah. Noah, the Moonblessed, that everyone and their ancestor knows. Noah and his, I forgot this word in English, let's call it ship. So is he going to bring all the vamps and werewolves to the Moon? I can't help but think that it's not as straightforward as characters think.

Also, also, that cute bit with observatory and old research papers on the moon and Jestel, Empousa, Aiona and Noah discovering that she has holes and doesn't look as romantic as she does to naked eye.

[lollipop1920art]

Classics-tober 9-14

sorry I my schedule is a mess 😔

Anyway

Hecate with lampades and empousa with some torches.

Styx, has some knots in her design to show unbroken promises.

Cocytus- a mixture of mostly Greek and some inferno stuff (mostly the frozen hands and droplets)

@classicstober

[msweebyness]

Monstrous Youths- Mme Bustier Change & Plans

@artzychic27 @imsparky2002

Hello, all! Just a brief announcement, I’m adding some stuff to the Monstrous Youths lineup. I still plan on starting the MiracOlympus posts, but I’m also doing profiles for the four main teachers. Just as a reminder, here are their species:

Mme. Mendeliev: Headless Horsewoman (Her horse’s name is Isaac and he usually hangs out in her classroom. He’s basically the class pet. Just be careful, because his hooves are solid iron and he breathes fire.)

Mme. Bustier: Empousa. (I decided to change her from a zombie to differentiate her from Sabrina. These are basically the succubi of Greek Myth, but Caline kinda bucks her kind’s ways and chose to become a teacher. You always hear her coming because of her copper leg.)

Mme. Winters: Aswang. (She’s native to the Philippines and her last name comes from her wife. She has bat wings and her feet face backwards, which makes buying shoes a bit difficult.)

M. Grotke: Tekhumiavi. (Native to India, these are also known were-tigers. But what’s unique about them is that instead of turning into tigers, their spirits leave their bodies and possess tigers. Alonzo doesn’t believe in doing this without consent like most of his kind, and shares a deep spiritual bond of friendship, trust and respect with tigers.

Keep an eye out for these guys!

[thefuzzzz]

Jasico Bingo Challenge #6!

Prompt: Fake Dating

Jason wished he never agreed to this quest. Nico was starting to too.

When Chiron told them they would need to infiltrate a party to track down a monster, what they didn't have in mind was driving up to some hole in the wall in suits and ties.

Jason looked over at Nico, sitting in the passenger seat and watching as they pulled into the parking lot. He wore a black suit with intricate red embroidery. He didn't put as much effort into his hair as his suit, and it hung down in front of his eyes lazily.

Jason wore his own simple black suit with a light blue button-up beneath. He felt slightly underdressed next to Nico, but what else would you expect from the ghost king?

They approached the dingy club a bit late into the party but decided it was fashionably late and it didn't matter.

What they didn't know when they walked up to the door was this was a couples party only. You had to enter with a romantic partner, or you wouldn't be allowed in.

At the door, the large bouncer looked between the two. He was a little taller than Jason and ridiculously bigger than Nico. Jason wondered how Nico didn't look scared at all of this giant.

"Are you two involved?" the bouncer asked, pulling his stereotypical sunglasses down. Jason tilted his head. "What?" "This is couples night. Are you two together?"

Jason hesitated. 'I wish' he thought to himself. In truth, he'd caught feelings for Nico ever since their Cupid incident.

"Yes," Nico responded confidently, smiling and taking Jason's hand. Jason felt his face flush, but he tried his best to hide it so they could keep the act up.

The bouncer moved aside, letting them pass. As soon as they were out of his sight, Nico released his hand. Jason missed the sensation too much to say.

He looked down at Nico, realizing his face was just as red. It occurred to him that he had never seen Nico flustered like that. It was kind of cute.

They entered the party, bright lights, and a million too-fancy people shoved into a room. They almost split up before remembering that this was for couples, and it would likely break the act if they separated. 

Jason leaned down to Nico to whisper to him. "What should we do?" "We should talk to random couples. See if we can find this monster before this goes on any longer." "How much effort are you going to put into selling this?" "Don't get your hopes up, sparky," Nico laughed.

They walked off towards a small group of mismatched couples talking and laughing. Nico analyzed all of them sharply, trying to locate whichever seemed the most suspicious.

His eyes landed on one woman, locking his interest on her. She had animalistic eyes, and the man she was with didn't really seem all there. Almost like he was under a spell.

"How did you two meet?" a kind-looking woman asked the two, snapping Nico out of his thoughts.

Nico smiled and rested his hand on Jason's arm. "Go ahead, tell them, babe." He prodded a shit-eating grin on his face at the annoyance in Jason's eyes. He was hoping Nico would make something up, and not call him babe ever again. It made his heart tighten to hear the sweet nickname leave his mouth without there being any meaning behind it.

"Well," Jason started, deciding making something up would be too difficult and to just tell the truth. The truth Nico didn't know.  "We met in a large group of mutual friends.  I thought he was really brave and kind and I wanted to get closer to him. Of course, he had his walls up, but I cared about him enough to break them down. After that we just...clicked." Jason muttered the last part, as it was the only part untrue. He wished this was real. He wanted it to be real so badly.

Jason looked down to see Nico's face was flushed red, again. He wondered if maybe Nico never knew all that, but needed to. 

Jason pushed the thought away, deciding it was all in his head. 

While everyone was distracted, talking about how cute the two of them were together and feeding Jason's delusions, their suspect slipped away. Nico quickly asked someone else something that would get a long, wispy answer, and grabbed Jason before slipping away.

Jason watched as Nico weaved the two between crowds, eyes locked on who he was pursuing. Jason also watched as Nico's hand slipped down to his, his wrist not being enough hold to get them through the crowds.

Finally, they cornered the monster in a dead-end hallway.

She turned, letting her true monster form out. An empousa stood in front of them, her dress torn and wings somehow even more battered.

She jumped to fly away, but at the same time, Jason did.

Nico pulled his spare knife to finish her off, but she wriggled out of Jason's grip enough to start to get away, effectively tearing his rental suit.

Nico shadow traveled to cut her off, letting Jason grab her again so her could stab her with his stygian iron knife, deciding the sword would be dangerous with Jason right behind her.

She clawed at him, scratching his neck, but Nico managed to get his knife through her flailing arms, letting her disintegrate into Jason's arms.

Jason sneezed. "Ew, empousa flakes." "Gross, dude," Nico laughed, covered in monster blood. 

Jason looked around before spotting an exit door to the balcony blocked off by some boxes and leading Nico over. They couldn't just walk through the front door how they were. 

They decided to take a breather to let Chiron know their mission was successful and calm down after the fight.

They sat in silence for a second, before Nico cleared his throat. "What you said in there, was that...fake? I mean, did you mean it?" He asked anxiously. he looked over at Jason's blank face and shook his head before starting to backtrack. "No, no!" Jason interjected, watching surprise light up Nico's face. "I really did mean all that. That's just how I see you, Nico. You are brave...and I care about you."

Nico's face flushed again, but his mouth turned up into a warm smile. He looked away, and briefly afterward, Jason felt Nico's cold hand lay over his own.

"Nico, there's no one else out here. There's no need to-" "I know."

Jason smiled at him, feeling Nico lean his head against his shoulder. 

Maybe it was a good thing Jason went on this quest.

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Blessing of Mars, Animal Style

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Commissions of Greek myth creatures Sphinx, Empousa, Pan, and Chrysaor for @tartarusgames on IG

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