(( OOOOOHHH you wanna hear more about my boi Naal and my BAD END AU HMMMM? 👀 ))
(( Well this boy on the left is Naal next to my main version of N on the right [who often goes by Nat] ))
WELL OH BOY HERE COMES A READMORE BECAUSE THIS ONES A LONG ONE.
So the main idea for this AU is based on that one episode of Generations where N and Ghetsis are in the cavern with Kyurem and Reshiram and shits about to go south until Touya rides in on Zekrom and saves the day. However in this particular AU THINGS GO... UM, HORRIBLY, TERRIBLY WRONG, THE DAY IS NOT SAVED aaaaaaand pretty much the only ones baaaarely left alive are N and Reshiram? :')
[well there's one more bit that's a spoiler]
Basically having to bury pretty much [theres one exception lol] everyone he ever treasured in his life (his pokemon friends, his first and true friend who was there to find and rescue him...) Left him not only physically but deeply mentally scarred.
He's basically blind in his left eye and his body is covered in layers of massive scarring [from Ghetsis Pokemon's attacks, a controlled Kyurem, ... Maybe Ghetsis himself.] He has nerve damage. His hands are particularly messed up from basically having to bury his friends in that permafrost cavern. ... A certain someone was disposed of elsewhere.
His Reshiram is also particularly distrusting of anyone outside of HIS [Naal's Reshiram defines himself masculine, whereas Nat's defines themselves neutral] hero. Having to see his sibling perish and likewise bury him alongside his hero left him just as scarred and distant.
At their weakest of time, they wished death while nearly bleeding out in the cavern, which never came.
Eventually Naal and Reshiram made their way back to the castle, but were never the same.
In this world, legendaries are not single existing units [for the most part]. Studies of Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem strange connected existence made it seem that one would be reborn into the world after the death of one and its hero. This history was taught to Naal in his childhood, through his gearing to become a King...
There was no second born Zekrom. There was no more an equal hero. ... Without yin there's is no yang. And so there no longer was balance. Mentally scarred by their trauma, and with nothing to reassure a sense of balance to their world, Naal and Reshiram abandoned the truth and decided fate would rest upon their own truth...
They became convinced that the only way balance could be restored was through allowing nature to take its own course upon the land...
Man's blight upon the land had to make way for any chance for the land to heal. The Cities of Unova had to burn.
And so he becomes the Fallen King. He makes himself a suit of armor forged by the flames of Reshiram, as well as a sword to make his point true...
[one day I’ll draw the armor, I promise.]
He isn't completely lost though. Not entirely. There may still be hope for him. His goal is NOT genocide, no. Not even in death at all. He works in league with several "team" organizations to announce and push out full evacuations. Pokemon that are abandoned or wounded and left behind are collected and treated for their wounds. He organizes for the pokemon to be reunited with its partner only if it so wishes, through his hidden associates. He caries trinkets and momentos of his lost fellows, and a shroud on his armor made of a tattered plasma flag.
His body suffers more damage from the burning and chemicals he’s exposed to, even with protective gear. His hands and skin are a wreck and he has permanent nerve damage.
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He is currently hunted by the sister of a certain fallen Hero, prepared to take vengeance for her loss and Justice for the region...
The bitter irony is that neither Naal nor Reshiram know that they will only be reborn after each set AND their heroes die. :')
Ahh, but here, not to leave you all doom and gloom, here’s a sketch of one time I broke all of his fingers by mistake!!
Colored in Naal today (it’s a good activity for my hands in an RP-heavy session that doesn’t get me distracted by reading Tumblr or such) and am reminded again of how much I like to play him... if I ever play an ‘evil’ game, or even one where the rest of the party has somewhat lax morals, I’d be tempted to bring him in. Love my horrible spook-prone skinny little fire child.
Happy B-day for @drowtales and @chocolate-rebel!!
Hope all your wishes will come true <3
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Wanted to draw something for @chocolate-rebel as a giftart for drowcember and chose Naal, character who I drew last year too for her Secret Satan! Plenty of circles to play with!!
