#pentiment au

[noobsomeexagerjunk]

fuck it. Pentiment AU time.

It was really conceptualized for a fic idea (whose title is temporarily called Layers Labyrinthine), but it's spiralled enough that I felt a need to do some semblance of character design.

Basically, Lenhardt shoots Peter instead of Ulrich. The mill burns but the abbey doesn't and the aftermath forces the lord of the town to shuffle the powers of Tassing a little. A council is made, Matthieu is abbot, and both are under the town lord's stricter command.

Andreas leaves 1525 Tassing shaken into prioritizing what's left of his home life and repairs the relationship he has with his wife, enough that they try for another child again. In 1534, Sabine doesnt make it and the baby doesnt either, which gives rich man Maler the really big sad. He's richer but more lonely, and tries to keep himself sane by being picky with clients, even pickier with apprentices and maintaining correspondence with them + his closest friends in Tassing, the Druckers. At the height of his melancholy, he returns to Tassing in 1543, considering abandoning everything in Nuremburg. Within that week, Claus is killed, and Andreas swears to help a grief-stricken Magda, whose plans to leave for Prague are interrupted by the event.

This is still about a mural, and still very much about history, but the stakes have shifted, and whoever the thread-puller is, they have a stronger will to keep everything as it is. Might contain some OCs if only to fill in gaps. I haven't figured out the rest.

Design notes:

- Andreas is rich, rich people somewhat follow trends, and I'm pretty sure fashion styles change in 20 years so I had to research a little for this guy's outfit. Took colors associated with his Act I & II looks + yellows from his dead wife and child. The grey is to parallel his final look at the end of the game, as well as his hair and beard.

- Gave Magda Claus's hat as well as a bit of her mother Marie's old clothes. Since Claus is dead here, I wanted her to, like, inherit the guy's mix of colors in his fashion. So, teals, reds, and browns for Magda.

[couldtheyescortelliewilliams]

If Andreas Maler from Pentiment was the one assigned to escort Ellie Williams to the Fireflies, how would they fare compared to Joel?

Gets emotionally attached / successfully escorts Ellie to the hospital

Gets emotionally attached / fails to escort Ellie to the hospital

Doesn’t get emotionally attached / successfully escorts Ellie to the hospital

Doesn’t get emotionally attached / fails to escort Ellie to the hospital

Voting ended onApr 29, 2025

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