#realmofsollus

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Another Fae piece, I drew this guy based on a lil color challenge but he’s sticking around as an OC, So meet Yukio!

Yukio is a Nixfae, his job is being an explorer! He goes on expeditions sanctioned by the queen herself to discover things not just beyond the courts borders but also beyond the known boundaries of Sollus itself?

What might he find in the undiscovered expanses?

What dangers might be lurking?

And what secrets might be hidden?

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G/t WAC day 14 prompt: Date Night!

Levvie crouched slightly to duck under the doorway and into the warmth of the tavern. It was nice that she could even fit through the door, while most establishments catered to larger species like dragons, few creatures reached heights quite like sea monsters and as such Levvie often had to kneel to enter shops.

She approached the counter where Pumpkin was wiping down silverware. The kôreborne glanced up briefly “aye Levvie, find anything good scavenging today”?

“A few pearls, a bit of gold… oh a picked these up for you” Levvie grabbed a sack from her waist and set it down for Pumpkin to see.

“Oh! Stone Crabs” Pumpkin excitedly grabbed the sack. “Well ,thank you I’ll throw these in the freezer and send out Kal for ya”.

Levvie sat on a stool as Pumpkin jumped down and made her way into the back of the tavern. There was a flurry of sudden commotion before Kal burst through the swinging doors, wings a blur of movement keeping his feet inches off the floor. Levvie tried not to laugh as he crashed into the bar with a gentle OOMPH!

He righted himself and quickly approached Levvie “are you ready” she asked.

“Are you kidding, I’ve been waiting for this all week” he beamed.

It was only a short walk down the docks to the new creamery. Lanterns and lights twinkled in front of the modest building. Kal almost ran up to the counter and Levvie, even with her stride, struggled to catch up.

“One small vanilla cream with honey drizzle and strawberries, and whatever the lady would like” he glanced towards Levvie.

She leaned to be eye level with the human at the counter “a large chocolate cream, with cookie bits please”

The human nodded, Kal handed over some coins and soon they both had their ice cream. Levvie held Kal’s hand and hummed as they walked further away from the docks to the community garden. Taking a seat on a bench Levvie started spooning her dessert into her mouth.

Kal set his cup on the bench, wings flicking. Levvie watched as his form shifted, shrinking, skin giving way to floof and a tail unfurling behind him. Now in his fae form, Kal sat on the edge of the cup and started using his hands to scoop cream into his mouth.

Levvie smirked “You better be careful, or I’ll have to throw you in the fountain again”.

“Hey! You said that was an accident”!

Levvie chuckled “so.. is it as good as you were hoping”?

“definitely, oh you have to try this” he exclaimed, scooping a strawberry into his arms and using it like a spoon. After he decided it was properly loaded with cream and drizzle he leapt up, wings buzzing to get him airborne. His tiny frame rushed to Levvies face and she pulled back slightly to make sure he wouldn’t slam into her.

“I don’t know Kal”.

“Come on, just try it, it's only a bite”.

Levvie opened her mouth, gently taking the strawberry from Kal. She chewed contemplatively as Kal buzzed before her. “Hm, that’s not bad actually”.

“Told you”!

“Now you have to try mine” Levvie lifted her spoon with one hand and held her other up open for Kal to land. He settled into her palm and grabbed at the spoon greedily. He shoved his entire face into the chocolate cream and then pulled back with eyes wide.

“oh” he gasped.

“see! I told” Levvie was cut off as Kal tipped the spoon while eagerly trying to get another bite and dumped chocolate all over himself.

“Oops” Kal laughed, licking his palms.

“Oops” Levvie responded as she leaned down and kissed him, her lips smothering his face. She pulled away “I hope you know you're definitely going in the fountain now”.

“Nooooo”

“Yesssssss”

This is old art, and there’s meant to be an additional sketch of Kal standing on a stool that I CANT FIND!!! but I’ll share regardless

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GtWAC day 15: share some LORE

I was buzzing over this one and decided I’d like to share about my fae species from my “Realm of Sollus” worldbuilding project.

Now obviously fae are nothing new but I do think every author/artist who uses them adds their own flavor and this is mine!

Firstly there are 7 fae courts in Sollus: Solfae, Lunfae, Florfae, Cavfae, Nixfae, Aquafae & Aracfae

Each court has their own strengths and niches, for instance the Solfae are wonderful glass workers while the Lunfae are renowned for their medicine

A court is headed by a queen, the queen is empathically linked to her court allowing her to understand how the overall morale is doing.

In my world this is the lifecycle of a fae

When a fae dies they are buried, generally in special gardens, over the body plants will sprout. When the flowers bloom they’ll have eggs in them! The eggs are then taken into the hive where they’ll hatch into grubs. Grubs then grow into fledglings. Fledglings reach maturity as fully adult fae at 100 years of age. You can equate the first 100 years of a faes life to the first 20 of a humans. When the fae dies the cycles starts again.

This process only differs for the Aracfae who arnt quite the same as their cousins and instead of hatching into grubs they look much more like, well, spiderlings! They also tend to mature faster and become self reliant by their fledgling stage. This is due to the Aracfae being far more predatory in nature than other fae (they are not opposed even to eating their cousins)

The fae have three forms: Fae, Elven & Wild

The fae firm is their natural state and normally fae stay in this state their entire lives!

The Elven form is a larger more humanoid looking form they generally change into in order to interact and trade with the other species of Sollus

And the wild form is actually something that’s been lost and most fae can’t do it, it’s more of a myth, a form shaped from a moment of intense emotion

If anyone’s curious to know more I do think about these guys like… a lot… they live rent free in my noggin… so feel free to send me some asks!

And if you want to know what court you’d be in I did an event a while ago and I made a quizz for it so uhhh… here! You can learn more about each court as well 8)

Hello and welcome traverses of fantasy, this quiz will tell you which of the fae courts in my fantasy world of Sollus you’d belong to!

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This is a redraw of a much older piece, a fem fatale drider!

I may actually add this girl to my Realm of Sollus story world if I can figure out a place to fit her 👀

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LET 👏 HER 👏 GO 👏 FERAL

UwU

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GtWAC Day 23 prompt: a story with a nonhuman/monstrous character

Enjoy a lil scene featuring two of my OCs, Dro and Lorien!

Dro towered over Lorien. Moments ago he’d been a small, pathetic looking man. Now, free of the collar that had been binding him to that form, Dro was monstrous. The largest dragon Lorien had ever seen. Dro took careful steps forward, claws clicking against the ground.

Lorien tried to steal himself, to steady his nerves and shaking as he raised his sword before him. But he was fooling himself. His leg was dislocated at best and broken at worse, and that wasn’t mentioning the gash in his side pouring his blood into the hungry soil of the tree he sat against. He was dead meat. But if he was going out, it wasn’t without a fight.

Dro loomed closer, a hiss leaving his lips as Lorien picked up his sword. “Idiot, that won’t help you against me”.

“So what, I should just give up, lie down and let myself be eaten”.

Dro responded by reaching out and grasping the sword in his talons, yanking it away from Lorien’s grasp. Lorien let out a gasp as the sudden motion sent a fresh wave of pain shooting up his body. He struggled to maintain any sense of composure as tears blurred his vision. Hot breath rustled his hair as Dro drew himself closer to examine the broken knight before him.

His tongue slipped in and out like a snake as he assessed Lorien’s condition. The scent of blood made his stomach rumble. He was reminded of all the days he’d just spent imprisoned with no food and no water. And now before him was an easy meal. Easy prey. For a second his mouth opened, instinct overtaking logic, but he quickly snapped his jaws shut with a sigh “I’m going to help you. It’d be a whole lot easier if you don’t fight me”.

Lorien’s head started to lull “Don’t think I have a choice” he muttered as he felt his vision fade to black. He slumped forward and Dro caught him with his snout.

“Well crap” he hissed while scooping Lorien into his talons and stretching his wings. He leaned back, and leapt.

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Find more info and art of these two under their TH pages 8)

Allondro & Lorien

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Another faux screencap, honestly these are so fun to draw! This one’s features my OCs Kal and Levvie around when they first meet. Kal has absolutely no experience fighting especially with a sword, so much as I love my boy, this first encounter trying to defend Levvie isn’t gonna end well for him 😅 luckily for him Levvie is actually capable of transforming into a horrific eldritch monster and will do so to protect him UwU

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Like Kal Finch is a Solfae chosen, a sacrifice to be given to the Lunfae court in exchange for precious medicine

He is three inches of pure rage and self esteem issues

He’s also based on a strawberry finch!