#frutavel

[skunkes]

I'm enamored by Al's little horn caps in that comic. Smunker cousins....

yeeeees the paired Kitty Smunk caps! i wrote this in the replies of the post but i think he either handmade these or had them made and then painted them (black and salmon) himself

[hesedeu]

Woof may I humbly request Gamaliel lore ><

they call me the slowest ask answerer to ever do it. anyways, here’s my try of a short version ( as I am done with it . it’s not very short. sorry.)

maybe this is secretly good due to there being more lore released since October,

gama lore post 💌

cw: mention of suicide

they are created as a close advisor to god who never leaves his side. He however grows far too attached and eventually instead of seeing them (they’d be a he at this time because of the new pronoun lore) as merely an advisor, He views them more as a son.

during the time described by the testaments in the secret terminals, God’s spiral begins as His frustration with his mistakes mount. as He sinks deeper and deeper into despair He makes secret plans of gamaliel eventually taking His place in heaven as He looks into ways to end His own life.

gamaliel is unknowing of these plans, though they are distinctly aware of His declining mental state due to their position being always by Him. their many hands have transcribed the testaments which have made their ways down into Hell.

and then there is His breaking point where He succeeds in disappearing. before The Death of God, gamaliel is pulled aside suddenly and informed in hushed words of their heirdom and how they must assume a role of leadership in Heaven; and then, in a procedure that has been blacked out of their memory they were granted their “sarkamancy” by Him.

sarkamancy being a lesser, but still powerful form of the power of Creation. the ability to create, construct, warp and manipulate flesh as easily as breathing. they do not remember how it happened, but it left a scar resembling that of a vivisection’s on their torso and scars that appeared to pierce through their palms.

they could not handle His disappearance with such little explanations and closure, so for the next century or so of chaos in Heaven, they descended into Hell in hasty attempts to find Him - the Hell that had all of its angel wardens recalled in the building panic.

of course, they found nothing. but they were found by the newly-formed Heavenly Council when the forces of heaven returned to control Hell once more.

their claim to power and word from God was swiftly shut down and framed as high heresy. and maybe they would have only been executed if not for their sarkamancy.

the council feared it. so easily this angel could turn against heaven and warp the flesh of every angel into unspeakable horrors. but in contrast, they also recognised a usefulness in the ability. prevent the danger before it could ever happen, and then use it instead for heaven’s own good. a tool.

more extended post on their relationship with the council because I didn’t want to rewrite it. important though

then come the imprisonments of the recently executed kings, minos and sisyphus.

minos, as a soul orb, is contained without much struggle (Though he might have been conscious and aware during the whole thing. and unable to do anything about it) and his corpse is reanimated with horrific parasites.

sisyphus is very different. he puts up a fight, as of course he would, and in the struggle two of gamaliels arms are torn off, leaving them with four when they once had six. but nevertheless, they are victorious and he is sealed away in the flesh panopticon.

the council’s use of them extends to punishing offending angels in heaven, one of the more notable examples being raphael. (details on his punishment in his lore description)

what happens to them coming up to the events of the game is sort of open ended. in one path they remain under the council until gabriel massacres them all, and on another they make their own escape with a few mutilations on the way. either ways, they do get their freedom eventually.

[deathbydarkelves]

@frutavel They are!! complete!!!

I do not know what came over me but I just had to draw them and have some fun with these amazing colors. Character designs with lots of bright colors are usually a hard sell for me but you always make it look EXCELLENT.

I couldn't think of an outfit so uhhh screw it, it's national plain toga day.

And a version without the extra text just in case:

[popatochisssp]

I just finished the first chapter of Roadside Attraction and. I'm feeling so many feelings, I adore the way you write Pyre and I'm really excited to see how this story develops! He's such a dork, I loved every second of it ^^

Aaaaaaaa thank you! I'm excited for this story, lots of bits and pieces I'm looking forward to getting to.

I hope the next chapter lives up to expectations! 😅

[robinaa]

Just wanna say that your art is gorgeous and Wali is such a good man, I hope you're having fun playing him!

asdfjhjkfk awe, thank you frutavel! 

I have been having fun playing him- tho i’ve been taking shadowlands real slow. But the leveling, and choosing a covenant have been hella fun so far! Wali is gunna roll in so much grass in ardenweald

[knicks-knacks]

Tyrajin headcanon: Tyrathan kept his hair shorter for most of his life, then it grew out a little in Pandaria and he refuses to cut it short again. Vol'jin loves playing with his hair and that's always a bonus ^^

🥺🥺🥺!!! oh my goodness yes. a new part of his identity I like it... and Vol’jin liking to play with it is so good 😭

[skunkes]

I'd like to let you know that Smunker is such a delightful creature... truly stunning <3

THANK UU

[deathbydarkelves]

Oh how about Elwynn Forest for the bird sounds 👀

I went with a "generic western European/vaguely German forest" angle for this. I'm not as familiar with European birds as I am with North American birds, so there could be some discrepancies in here regarding ranges that don't actually overlap, etc. I mostly eyeballed the ranges. But this is also fantasy, so :P

I also thought I'd show how songbirds suddenly go all quiet when there's a raptor nearby because I don't see that depicted often.

Birds included are: European robin, common cuckoo, common nightingale, great tit, icterine warbler, and Eurasian sparrowhawk

(audio came from youtube, mynoise, and ebird)