#lieden sterren

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Sombra isn’t obliterated! At least, not in my AU. lol 

Shadow tyrant boy, enamored with the Mooncurse and its power, afflicted himself with a similar vampire curse. The timeline leading up to his fall isn’t clear to me yet, but here we’ve got a glance at vampire Sombra after his defeat and during his atonement (sentence length: Eternity or until death, whichever comes first).

I’ve opted to darken his coat from my initial headcanon design, as a significant part of his backstory in ZenVerse Equestria is that he and his... She’s less a "handler" and more an “Observing Doctor”, sort of thing. Her name is Lieden; she and Sombra hail from the same settlement in the North, founded by Friesian-type ponies. He’s far older than she is, obviously. But due to his curse being different from the curse that Sekheti carries (Jetstream Mooncurse, which Lieden is familiar with), she was called upon by the Royals to study and keep an eye on the sassy bat-eared vampire while the attempt to reform him is made.

Sombra is not used to not scaring ponies. Getting used to Lieden took a while. Girl never let down her guard but she was very firm that he didn’t frighten her. Made her wary, yes. But after getting used to Sekheti, vamponies just are part of her life now and that includes this Umbracursed ex-king. Speaking of the Marwari-eared unicorn, there was one point where he actually kicked Sombra’s back leg out from under the larger unicorn, just to say, “She really is not fearing of you. Nor me. So this posturing, you can stop now.” Oh Sombra was offended! xD This smaller stallion just KICKED him! How dare! 

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[zenaquaria]

The Friesian unicorn I drew a little while ago decided that she’s found her place in my ‘verse after all!~ c:

Named for being the firstborn and the “stars” on her head and chest, Lieden Sterren is a far-north-born historian of legends and folklore, especially the rare and nigh-forgotten kinds. The stories with more myth than truth to them. And she’s determined to find the nuggets of truth in the old legends, and guide them to the light of day to be better understood.

This is how she happened to have a small written work on the monstrosities of Equestria penned by a certain vampony of Everfree, given that she found the long-frozen and comatose vampony Sekheti buried in the snow of the border country between Equestria south and the Crystal Empire. She’s made a habit of collecting such works and articles and *cough* things like Sekheti. Though she didn’t exactly know he was still a pony and not a thing until after she’d gotten him back to her home and study.  Waking him was both a terribly scary and an outlandishly hopeful action to take on her part. But thanks to the beaten up old guide to nighttime monsters she’d pulled out of a “toss” pile of books outside a library, she was prepared to rehab him or make him completely dead. Depended on how violent he was upon resurrection. They ended up making a deal; he’ll talk to her about history, if she will show him the sights he wanted to see all those years ago when his poor ignorant self first walked into the snowy desert.

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"HOW do you stand it here giant one it's so cold!"  "You- Uh... You know the cold doesn't actually hurt you anymore, right? Because you're undead?" "...It's COLD." 

Egyptian vampony Sekheti being petulant about the frozen north. xD Their relationship in a nutshell!  I forgot to really curl his ears but oh well the image is funny to me anyway. lol