#pendwelling ocs

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"Impudent little brats." (fond)

The Archmage, Lady Isfrid van der Toorn, pays visit to the Ysbrand Duchy for the celebrations of the newest Ring of the Tree of Life.

(Young Lady Kleyn, naturally, decides to rope the little Saintess into playing a harmless prank!)

Very very very belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my OCs and I 😭🥹🫶 Here's a (semi-canon?) AU where they're all happy and get along.........

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[OC] You and i, the memories of that night. 🕰🗡

('Do you ever regret not leaving me behind?')

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[OC] 'mother, why them and not i?' (will you not spare me a glance?) 🥀🗡

《 Crown Prince Sander-Maximiliaan at his coming-of-age celebration, with Her Holiness the Saintess Annelies de Vromewijn and his teacher, the Duchess Regent of Ysbrand. 》

(—and his fiancée, Lady Kleyn de Ysbrand).

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[OC] █████████'s dream.

(A Dog of the Empire cannot escape its leash.)

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[OC] 'Why does the Archmage of the Magic Tower keep hovering around my mother!!!??' 🥀🗡🕰

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[OC] The Villainess' mothers are the Grand Duchess of the North and the Archmage of the Magic Tower...! 🕰🗡🥀

(yeah... just wanted to draw my RoFan GL OCs as if they were actually from a webtoon... one can dream TvTb)

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[OC] My God, my Saviour.

(The day you were reborn as "Ruethana.")

(The day Isfrid was saved.)

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The Master of the Mage's Tower always passes by to pay Her Grace a visit.

"Mother hates the colour red,

... so why...?"

The Archmage of the Empire and the Master of the Mage's Tower: Isfrid Skirmen van der Toorn.

(YES, Lady Isfrid has a thing for Her Grace.)

(NO, Her Grace isn't aware of this...)

Chest window on full display yet the Grand Duchess only ever privately wonders if the Tower's Archmage can feel the cold (they're up north 😭...)

Additional trivia if you haven't been following my IG Stories! :

Upon joining the Mage's Tower, mages renounce their familial ties (and even nationalities) in order to declare themselves as neutral in the Empire's political sphere, therefore announcing themselves as fully dedicated to the Tower and their duties. There is some leeway, however, as magically-supported businesses/public conveniences requiring the use of magical artifacts /do/ require the help of mages (money has to be made to earn livings, after all).

The mages who join thus discard their original surnames and oftentimes as a result either: 1.) pick a new one to symbolize new beginnings and ambitions, or 2.) use the Tower's epithet as a stand-in ("Van der Toorn" can be considered just as prestigious and honourable as a Duke's surname, after all, so there's no true loss in the end! Becoming part of the Tower means you are one of the elite and highest-grade mages—former nobles and commoners alike are on equal grounds, in an atmosphere of collaborative learning and (generally friendly) competitive magical academia, with many helpful and support resources provided for them.)

Essentially they're magical researchers and/or.... public servant hermits......... Though they do assist the Crown, the Head of the Tower is the one everyone truly answers to. If Lady Skirmen disapproves of an Imperial Decree, who is the Crown to rebuke her? What are they going to do? What CAN they do? This is why political neutrality is important for such powerful beings.... Thankfully, Isfrid isn't interested in world continental domination haha (her interests lay solely elsewhere... 👀)