Reminder to the world (but mostly myself) that I gave Nacht Faust a pair of twins born on December 31st and January 1st, because I thought it was stupid/funny to up the ante of his and Morgen's own birth date situation. Not just separate days. Not just separate months. But separate years by a mere few minutes.
Happy birthday to Sirius and Merel, two of Nacht and Josele's little freak children~!
Credit for the art belongs to @cringeyvanillamilk!
A long time ago, I had the idea of redesigning the uniforms of the Magic Knight squads for the (many) next gen ocs that me and my friends have. I thought it would be fun for the squads to each have a unique article of clothing for the squads' uniforms, to make each group a little more unique beyond their colors.
With the help of my beloved friend Steph ( @cringeyvanillamilk ), that idea has now come to fruition! I commissioned her for all the art you are to see.
And modeling the redesigned uniforms are mine and my friends' next gen ocs.
Representing the Golden Dawn is @lyranova's oc, Alistar Vangeance.
For the Black Bulls is @eme-eleff's oc, Hikari Yami.
Wearing the Crimson Lion King's uniform is @thoughtfullyrainynightmare's oc, Leonidas Vermillion.
From my own collection of ocs and representing the Blue Rose Knights is Dawn Faust.
The representative for the Aqua Deers is also my oc, Merel Faust.
The Silver Eagle's uniform is worn by @koneko-pi's oc, Avalinia Silva.
Representing the Coral Peacocks is @sailor-muno's oc, Bellini Fortuna.
Showing off for the Green Praying Mantises is @faewraithsworld's oc, Sullivan Vixen.
And the model for the Purple Orcas is another of @/faewraithsworld's ocs, Zoisite Ideale.
The CLK and GPM's uniforms have different versions that can be worn by the squad members. As seen below.
Thank you to Steph for taking my commission. And thank you to all my lovely friends for allowing me to turn your next gens into some gorgeous models!
Further notes about the uniforms below the cut.
Golden Dawn: they wear full body coats that are meant to be worn open. Squad members can have tassels added to their coats so they can be tied close if they so choose.
Black Bulls: they're not wearing leather jackets. It's standard fabric, that's all. Jacket length is somewhat adjustable though longer jackets are avoided to steer clear of having the same silhouette as the Golden Dawn.
Crimson Lion Kings: the sashes are sewn so that squad members don't have to wrap the fabric over their shoulder and around their waist every time they don their uniform.
Blue Rose Knights: it's a short cape already attached to a shirt. You'd just put it on like a regular shirt and hope that you don't get the cape in your face as you put it on.
Aqua Deer: it's a scarf, plain and simple. The ends of the scarf are to be a clean cut.
Silver Eagles: this squad retains the original form that a majority of the squad robes have in canon, a short mantle with an long cape attached. For the next gen's version, the fluff of the mantle was made a smaller component so that the feathers can be the main focus, instead of being mostly equal parts fluff and feather.
Coral Peacocks: a waist sash with the end of the fabric being shaped to resemble the tail feathers of a peacock.
Green Praying Mantises: arm sleeves that can just cover the forearms or cover the upper arms too. There's also a version with a slit in the sleeves in case there are squad members who don't want to wear the form fitting sleeves.
Purple Orcas: a vest with pointed hems reminiscent of the triangular shape of the squad robe worn by the previous generation. There are buttons on the vest so they can be worn open or closed to a squad member's preferences. (And most members tend to wear a shirt under the vest. Zoisite only wears his uniform this way because he can.)
Here we see the scope of Nacht and Josele's family tree.
Rather than just link to the posts I made about them, I briefly summarize the children here.
Sterling (not her birth name) is the eldest child. She was adopted some time after Nacht and Josele's wedding, during the 15 month time skip.
Sterling has two magic attributes thanks to a magical circlet implanted in her head (making her similar to Mars).
Dawn (middle name Aurelia) is the second oldest but firstborn child to Nacht and Josele. She's a spirited girl who never backs down from a challenge.
She has Light Magic (like her uncle) which manifests as silver light (which I also headcanon for Morgen's magic). She's got a lot of raw power but struggles with control.
Dusk (middle name Argentio) is the third oldest and Dawn's younger twin. He's far more reserved and does terribly in social situations.
He has Shadow Magic like Nacht. He's got talent for Creation Magic and works hard to hone that ability.
In Dusk's youth, he was very close to Nacht. However, around the time he was six, something happened and caused him to start avoiding his father.
Sirius is the fourth of the children. He's soft spoken and easy going most of the time but a force to be reckoned with if pushed.
Sirius has Dream Magic which greatly surprised his parents. He uses his attribute to gain a greater understanding of other people through their thoughts and dreams.
Merel is Josele and Nacht's fifth child and Sirius's younger twin. While afraid of a lot of things, she still finds the strength to be an optimist about everything.
(Fun fact, while Sirius was born on December 31st, Merel was born after midnight on January 1st.)
Her attribute is Nightmare, the dark counterpart to Dream Magic. She's afraid of her magic for a while but learns to come into it and use it to fight.
The youngest child is Vivian and the only child born to Nacht and Josele not as a twin. Quiet and robotic at first glance, she can get fired up in the right situation.
She inherits Emotion Magic from Josele. However, due to the nature of Emotion Magic, none of Vivian's emotion-to-element conversions match Josele's (example: Josele's magic turns the emotion of courage into Fire Magic while Vivian derives Fire Magic from feelings of embarrassment). The only exception is love turning into Healing Magic.
All the children call Nacht and Josele "Father" and "Mother." This is because Sterling was the first to call them that since she already had a "Daddy" and "Mommy." Though it sounds formal, "Mother" and "Father" are said with a great amount of affection for the parents.
Links to fics featuring the kids and their father: Sterling, Dawn, Dusk, Sirius, Merel, Vivian.
Here we go, we're talking drinks now. There's so many that it was a little hard to keep them all unique so there are some repeats and some that are variants of each other.
Fausts
-Sterling: limeade
-Dawn: sour lemonade
-Dusk: sweet lemonade
-Sirius: black coffee (no sugar or cream)
-Merel: cinnamon hot cocoa
-Vivian: strawberry milk
Roulacases
-Caelum: rose tea
-Raphael: horchata
Adlais
-Silver: yogurt drinks
-Clara: cappuccino coffee (with lots of extra cream)
Silvas
-Aecor: iced tea
-Fleuriana: iced coffee
-Chalivas: black tea (no sugar or cream)
-Soleil: cola
-Skylar: vanilla cola
-Elana: orange cream soda
-Eirlys: Earl Grey tea
-Ferro: chocolate milk
-Aimee: coconut milk
-Naru: hot chocolate
-Filomina: cranberry juice
Hearthas
-Maris: crimson orange juice (without magic run through)
-Neave: crimson orange juice (with lots of magic run through)
-Petrus: fruit punch
Deomines
-Remus: lime water
-Romulus: apple cider
-Fantasia: almond milk
-Daniel: fruit smoothie
-Jill: mint and cucumber water
Elves
-Avery: root beer
-Elfrieda: dandelion tea
-Alfred: egg nog
Others
-Leoray Vermillion: water
-Cynthia Enoteca: mugicha
-Jesse Voltia-Swing: hard candies dissolved in lemon-lime soda (chaotic little gremlin)
-Kohaku Shirazaki: ginger tea with honey
So I've been having brainrot about next gen ocs. This is partially thanks to @lyranova's Children of the Future series. But also I like to imagine the BC characters having a happy and stable future where building families is possible.
I've shared about the future Nacht x Josele and Nozel x Helia children before but i've got more to share.
I haven't been thinking about the next gen for too long so details are sparse but I hope to build upon the foundations as time goes on. (Maybe if my school work lightens up...)
The children are grouped up by family.
The Faust Family (parents Nacht Faust and Josele Canty [oc]): Sterling, Dawn, Dusk, Sirius, Merel, and Vivian (the family tree)
The Faust Family (AU version) (parents Morgen Faust and Josele Canty [oc]): Albert, Varg, Iris, Valerian, Friedrich, Sable, Blanche, Isolde
The Roulacase Family (parents Finral Roulacase and Finesse Calmreich): Caelum and Rapahel
The Adlai Family (parents Gauche Adlai and Grey): Silver and Clara
The Yami Family, Part 1 (parents Yami Sukehiro and Charlotte Roselei): Saki, Ann, and Kenzou
The Yami Family, Part 2 (parents Yami Ichika and ???): Kai'ichi and Shigehiro
The Enoteca Family (parents Vanessa Enoteca and Selen Nymvire [oc]): Cynthia
The Voltia-Swing Family (parents Luck Voltia and Magna Swing): Jesse
The Silva Family, Part 1 (parents Nozel Silva and Helia Nymvire [oc]): Aecor, Fleuriana, Chalivas, and Soleil
The Silva Family, Part 2 (parents Nebra Silva and ???): Skylar and Elana
The Silva Family, Part 3 (parents Solid Silva and Holly Whitmore [oc]): Eirlys and Ferro
The Silva Family, Part 4 (parents Asta and Noelle Silva): Aimee, Naru, and Filomina
The elves (parent Patry): Avery, Elfrieda, and Alfred
The Cresswell Family (parents Jack the Ripper and Kathline Cresswell [oc]): Daniel and Jill
The Heartha Family (parents Lolopechka and Gadjah): Maris, Neave, and Petrus