I started these little doodle for Maid Day (May 10) in 2023 (Gwae) and 2024 (Kathalia), but never had the chance to polish them and publish. I had fun with the girls dressing up, so I decided to clean these up and share them before the next Maid Day rolls around!
Kathalia leapt up with a start, the chair clattering to the floor as it fell. She had no doubt in her mind of what she had seen, the distinct presence of the troublesome poulpiquet trickster. If Beldam was here, then trouble was already well underway. She turned, ready to give chase when a hand moved in front of her, maneuvering her into the wall. Gwae stood before her, looking up at Kathalia with her ice blue eyes, sparkling with sudden intoxicated mischief, her teeth flashing into a wolfish grin. Kathalia squirmed with the sudden distraction, unable to comprehend why now, of all times, Gwae was suddenly upon her like this, pressing her body so close. Her legs brushed against Kathalia's with an intentional and unmistakable push.
"Gwae! We need to hurry!" Kathalia began, trying to push past her confusion and a growing, distracting intrigue as she looked into Gwae's eyes, feeling the girl's cold breath making her own hairs stand on end, a shiver passing over her body as she tried to focus. Gwae was so close, so forward. Her ears were pressed back as she leaned in close, nuzzling Kathalia with a soft snout, her tail wagging as she moved ever closer, softly whispering in the tongue of the Islands. Kathalia shuddered, her resolution fading in her confusion as her own excitement began to betray her. She felt nervous and excited, not the jaded veteran of a dozen battles and countless brawls, but like a young girl watching Markizez Melusine triumph at the tournament. Her confidence wavered as she struggled to regain verbal momentum.
"Acrasia.... Wait... Tonnere de Brest..." She faltered. Gwae didn't have a tail... Kathalia blinked, the glamour fading away like a sheer silk curtain being drawn back. Gwae's lupine muzzle still nuzzling Kathalia's neck, was covered in a soft grey fur that seemed to extend all the way down to her paw-like feet and the tip of the swishing tail. Kathalia jolted back as the reality suddenly hit hit like a bucket of icy water.
"You're becoming..." She began, unable to finish the sentence
"I fancy yer hat, Kathalia." Gwae said, her wolfish grin now appearing quite literally before Kathalia's stunned face as she pulled back from her nuzzle to look into the sellsword's eyes.
"What..." Kathalia muttered, her train of thought broken. Her claws scraped on the wooden floor as she squirmed and shifted, the brushing of fur against fur sending her senses scrambling as if carried by the 12 winds. Gwae's scent, a pine forest after the first snowfall of the year, entered the nostrils on the soft black cap of her own lengthening muzzle.
"But I fancy the peg its sitting on more..." Gwae continued as she moved in, kissing Kathalia on her neck and punctuating it with a little nip. That was all that was needed as Kathalia, her own lupine form taking over, moved to return the favor, her inhibitions thrown to the winds....
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Val's Notes: Bloody hell, I've been sitting on this one for far too long! This one was drawn about 2 years ago, part of a very large folder that, for one reason or another, never saw proper publication. I'm slowly but surely cleaning that up and sharing these works.
AGES ago I did a little werewolf picture reimaging a scenario I drew even further back, featuring Gwae wolfing out in a fantasy tavern:
I really enjoyed that piece, both working on it and the end result, and decided it was time to rework the Moonlight Tavern sequence to better fit the characters and setting that has developed since then. To that end, I drew a whole set of lycanthropic tavern goers, but held off on posting them as I began in earnest in outlining and drafting my first full length story with these characters: Kroashent, Bal Des Loups. I was debating on using them for in-story illustrations. I won't say whether or not this scene happens in the story. You'll need to read to find out! If you like this kind of content, please be sure to read and comment on my story here, on Furaffinity or on Archive of Our Own. Your support and engagement is crucial to keeping the steam on these projects going!
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