#ft. antyllus

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Leo @ Antyllus: Please explain to me how there three of you now?? Antyllus: Work. Oh hey! While you are here did I tell you about that piece of research I read about!? -goes on a 2hr lecture about protein kinetics and pharmacodynamics-

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03/22 (02/31) Once again only going as far as sketch but here’s the rarely seen or mentioned Antyllus for ‘My Eternal Conviction’. Local science man has reasoned his way out of so much ethical bullshit and been devoted to his scientific studies for a long long time when it comes to the elder.

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Please show us some more Antyllus 🥺 I need to know more about this sharp-looking menace 🐍

HIM (*Fallout verse outfit : drawn 17 Oct '22)

In VTM verse there are two different versions of him that are coexisting by courtesy of a mix of malkavian madness on the thinbloods end, and the use of dominate on the Tzimisce's.

The elder was born in 1350 (Gregorian calendar) and sired at the age of ~35 after having gotten himself stuck Europe due to ongoing conflicts and plague. He'd found accommodation with his sire-to-be who was a collector of information so hearing stories from someone who'd made such an arduous pilgrimage across across a couple continents on a quest to collect information was very intriguing to them. His main area of interest has always been understanding the human body and it's function - the special interest in medicine and general biology as it pertains to health is strong with him.

The thinblood meanwhile is a doppelganger (doppelgangers & twins has sorta ended up a reoccurring theme for my characters). Born 1980, he had grown bored of above board medical services and the restrictions associated with them. So despite his young age (especially in regards to the medical field) he stepped away from hospital work and went into private practice. Take on black market and below board jobs in exchange for being provided access to high pay outs & 'donations'. His position had resulted in him being a community ghoul for a while and someone just couldn't wait for him to get their order of blood from the fridge.

Coincidentally, the elder Antyllus arrived in NZ right around this time and the two became buddy buddy in 0.2 seconds because if there is one person that he gets on with better than anyone else (regardless of verse) it is himself.

Len is paranoid about his intentions, as he has every right to be, but in all honesty the pair of Antyllus don't have any at all. He's delighted at being put in charge of the cities alchemist guild. Delighted to give long rambling lectures about blood processing. The pair of them take a lot of pride in ringleading the Auckland equivalent to the circulatory system and make it their duty to repurpose any 'expired' blood within the countries medical system.

(Ignoring the existence of the beckoning) The only things that could draw the elder away from this newfound comfortable position would be: learning that his 'pet' monstrosity of a malkavian had killed therefore leaving his vault of research unprotected... and maybe just getting to a point where he misses having pet snakes too much. The man loves his funky little noodle creatures and NZ doesn't have any at all!

Funnily enough the elders Zulo form, which I've only drawn a couple times cos I can't settle on an exact design isn't even intended for fighting as 'war forms' typically are. All those arms... all those eyes...

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....it's entirely so he can do like 15 things at once. Besides - once your patient is knocked out how are they going to know that the entire surgical theatre staff is just you??

Summary: Two insane nerds share the same identity. Cos there can never only be one of him in a verse.

-- This is long enough and I'm sure I've put this here at some point but Antyllus has moved between verses with me since 2014. So here's the latest comparison doco.

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-attempt to drop off a book- -end up trapped in a lecture alongside thinbloods about the use of vicissitude upon lab cultured cells for blood production where he can't keep track of what's being said to him-

A follow up from Leo's mention of Antyllus earlier. Leo understands enough to feel like his funding of his fellow elder is showing promise. It's something...

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'Why did Leo give that random thinblood such a high place in the court? They've only been here a few years.'

Maybe because the thinblood is the daytime doppelganger counterpart of someone that'll turn into a giant spider snake thing if you piss it off.

(Keeping sketch layer visible cos it's a mess)

Bonus w/ Shexhi:

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27/31 Didn't finish what I was trying to draw yesterday, gave up on it. Day before that it was stuff for monster of the week PC. Anyhow - Here's a lazy doodle of Leo & Antyllus probably discussing blood stock quotas and 'employee' evaluations. (ie: Do some of the duskborn need 'replacing').

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Auckland ‘Camarilla’ inner-inner circle Jan’ 2021

A couple of them wrangled into outfits Len wanted them to wear. I say ‘inner’-inner cos this isn’t his set of primogens - just those close enough around him to bit at least semi-keyed into schemes.

Left to right:  ??? || T || Alex || Danny || Len || Thea || Steph || Antyllus