DISCLAIMER: This creature is only based off of the real life moth called Rosy Maple Hawk Moth. No facts on the Serikos are true to the real deal! This drawing is also dedicated to a friend of mine, please do not copy or post this because this is entirely my creature for some books of mine :]
See info and process of drawing below cut!👇
Wingspan: 28-44m (male) 32-55m (female)
Length: 28-44m (male) 32-55m (female)
Height: 10-12m (male) 13-16m (female)
Acer Serikos are pink and yellow, they can also be near colors to red or light green, their antennas and eyes can be darker or lighter than their body’s colors. They have four short arms that connect to their wings, and two hind legs. Their bodies stretch out to their short tails that feather out like a hawk’s tail.
Despite the cuteness of the Acer Serikos, they are often dangerous. Because of their small size, they are constantly moving in small packs called ‘flocks’. Due to their bright colors, they will be oftentimes avoided by predators and other Serikos. These specific Serikos are invasive because of their constant migration and feeding, they live inside nests on high and cluttered trees.
Acer’s feed from fleshy fruits like apples, peaches, pears, and other softer fruits, they also eat cambium which is the inner bark of a tree. Like any other Serikos, Acer’s use their antenna to smell, constantly searching for fruitful trees.
All Serikos go through metamorphosis, Acer’s specifically consume hundreds of pounds of leaves off of maple trees. When an Acer Serikos is first hatched, it is wingless and its skin slick, lined with light and dark vertical stripes head to tail. Their beaks and talons are dark orange, and have black horn-like studs at the top of their heads.
16 years ago on April 6 2009, Sharon Irish and her husband Nero lived together in Kiratown, Kaiverse happily since after they got married. As days pass Irish got an idea; she decided to make an ai humanoid, that can show everyone around the place in Kaiverse. First, she made a concept of the three girls to Nero, as then she called them "The KAMAi triplets" or either "The KAMAi girls" and "The KAMAis." As then they started working on them, as they called their old friend Oliver Jessica helping them to make the girls. As then they first made the first lead of the KAMAis, they called her "B0NB0N." They think, it's perfect name for her.
Odette Tavelyen has spent all of her life along the Sword Coast in one of the most magically warded places in Faerun: Candlekeep Library Fortress. Due to this, she is largely untested in the ways of the world. While she may have plenty of knowledge learned from the books within the library, she's never seen the remnants of Mount Hotenow, hadn't breathed deep the spiced evening air of a Calimport bazaar, couldn't describe the glittering sunset over Waterdeep with anything more than pure imagination.
As a Scribe in Candlekeep Library, Odette knows her way around a book, be it magical or non-magical, fiction or historical, recipe book or a small collection of poems. She spends most of her days transcribing ancient texts or copying spell scrolls for those purchasing from the library's stores. Odette spends most of her time either in the House of the Binder, creating the aforementioned replicas, or assisting "Seekers" (those allowed to enter the Court of Air for study) with their research during their stay at Candlekeep.
The librarian is equipped with an enchanted quill, which requires no ink and can write in any color of her choice and will erase her writing if she brushes the feather across the inked surface. Odette also has an apprentice: a young acolyte tiefling named Irony. Despite stereotypical assumptions, Irony is bright, honest, never steals or lies, and hopes to one day become the Keeper of the Tomes. Odette and Irony have worked together for the last several months in harmony.
A lifetime of research, but wholly lacking in firsthand experience.
As with many of the librarians and Avowed of Candlekeep, Odette is not well-trained in the art of the Weave. In fact, she considers herself rather lousy with magic; in her early attempts with spellcasting, she had a Mending mishap and accidentally melted several pages of an ancient tome together (she's never been more mortified!). Since then, she's studied a bit to become less hazardous to the knowledge within Candlekeep's walls.
Odette knows spells such as Mage Hand, Silence, Prestidigitation, and Detect Languages, but these have little combat utility as she soon learns
Therefore, when Odette meets Gale, she's intrigued by his offer to help her connect to the Weave, to learn alongside him as he regains his own footing with magic (since the Orb had consumed his connection with the Weave, Gale had to relearn his magic without Mystra's guidance and is finally feeling like an adept again, but still a far cry from Mystra's Chosen abilities). But she knows she has to help the party more than writing quick spell scrolls for the others to use in combat - so she accepts his (several) offers. This leads them to the first "romance" scene with Gale - which I'll share in another post!
If you've read this far, I give you each a kiss on the forehead (only if you consent) for your interest in my little librarian!
Ditto's origin doodles. I believe I was experimenting with a species swap thing but ended up making Dave a chaos god (or just a general 3D being). I found it cute so I of course had to draw it again. Then I had the idea to make him part of an actual thing, thus Ditto was born. That's also why his Dave form is his favourite, because that's where I got the whole idea from.
Lyris has not always been Lyris. She hasn't always had black hair and brown skin, and certainly hasn't always been a knight.
When she was first created by an 8 year-old Ace for a playground game, she was Marie. Marie was, essentially, a Linksona of a child that didn't know what that even was. I understood 3 things at the time: 1) I liked LoZ; 2) I didn't like using my legal name while playing in any capacity; and 3) I wanted to have fun while feeling strong.
Marie perfectly allowed for all of that. She was fun to be, and a year later, when I felt the call to write an actual story for the first time, she was natural for me to write about. Her story came easily to me, but very little of who she was remains in who she has become. The same can be said for her world and the story itself. She's quite literally 15 years old(creation to this post approximately). It happens.
If you look, you can practically circle most of the remaining traits: a girl; long hair; green eyes; left-handed; a sword; tunic-like clothing; boots; and elf ears. That's where the similarities end.
Lyris makes a choice. Marie was called.
Lyris's evil extended family is a minor concern and a subplot at best. Marie's older sister was her main villain.
Lyris is a knight in service to the royal family. Marie's royal status was hidden from her.
Lyris doesn't really deal with horses. Marie's inciting incident involves a special horse.
Lyris has barely, if ever, seen a fairy as of the start of book 1. Marie has a fairy friend named Pixie.
Lyris's world is full of ghosts. Marie doesn't think ghosts exist.
Lyris is very "I can handle this, thanks." Marie is a bit more of a damsel in distress.
At the end of the day, they fit the stories they were written into. Changing Marie's name to Lyris sparked a ton of changes to her character because she was no longer a copy of anyone or anything. The story no longer fit who she'd been. It was time to grow and grow she did.
That doesn't change the fact that Lyris is, at her core, a hero of courage in her own right. She was based on Link eons ago. It only stands to reason there are pieces of him left within her. Origins affect us all, good or bad.
She isn't, however, Link. That stopped being the case when I started to write about her at 9 years old.