My beautiful special princess Ducheski-turned-Salubri <33 Infodump and close up under the cut
[ID: Full body digital art of a pale-skinned Polish femme with long blonde ringlets and golden eyes, including a third on their forehead. They wear black makeup and abstract golden jewelry around their nose and mouth, and their ears are gauged. They wear a white silk and lace dress with a black leather harness on top. They stand on a black surface and the background is ochre and textured as if oil painted.]
[ID: A close up of the previous art, centered on the face.]
Małgorzata Krawczyk, formerly known as Jadwiga Ducheska. Formerly a servant of the Tremere responsible for designing Chantry defenses and torture devices, a Wu Zao antitribu took pity on her following a brutal interrogation and Embraced her, bringing her into the Sabbat with a stake in her heart as she was transported across state lines. After having their bond to their Regent domitor broken by the Vaulderie, Małgorzata found themself free - truly free - for the first time. After a century of repression, Małgorzata rejoiced in the freedom of her liberation, allowing herself to be absorbed by impulse and rage and passion and hatred and joy. Currently, they've valiantly thrown themself into the Sword of Caine's cause, applying their skills as an inventor for the benefit of their former sworn enemies. Many other Sabbat view them as impulsive but harmless, unaware of their past as an Elder Tremere's favorite pet and assuming them to be much like any other rowdy fledgling.
Some additional tidbits:
They're a Watcher Salubri, but have retained the Ducheski disciplines and had to learn Valeren out-of-clan.
Małgorzata is a nonbinary femme lesbian, and also intersex (CAIS). Pronouns are they/she.
Her bloodline's weakness manifests in an obsession with invention, mechanisms, and technology.
She follows the Path of the Devil / Via Adversarius.
Małgorzata has Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and wears ankle foot orthotics.
Their sire is Kokabiel, Mosquito's twin sister. They got some messy sire/childe yuri going on, good for them.
They have an Arcane Curse that causes them to freeze up when their true name is uttered. (idea credited to a comment by u/LeRoienJaune on Reddit 5 years ago lmao)
She usually hunts at BDSM dungeons :3 Finally some freaky sadomasochistic Salubri representation
Her primary Thaumaturgy path is Path of Conjuring!
They loveee classic literature and rowdy punk music and noise pop. Had a glassblowing phase a while back. Knows how to make chainmail. She has an Etsy shop for all her various crafts.
Well, I can't yell about this on my usual Discords, so I'm gonna yell about it here below the cut:
TW: Mild gore, sharp objects, partial nonsexual nudity (I went ahead and tagged it sexual themes because i knew tumblr would if i didn't but it's really not), implications of violence, potential scopophobia trigger
Note: No art critiques, please. This is my style, and i like it the way it is. I don't do digital art regularly, and it's been many years since I graduated from art school. Yes, that is my signature in the lower left corner.
Also, if you're in a VtM Sabbat game entitled "Blood on the Pavement," go away. This is a potential spoiler.
This is Executioner Naenia, a Sabbat - aligned Salubri warrior and my beautiful nightmare childe whom i love with all my heart.
I have solidified my reputation as being a Salubri lover/main, etc. in a few VtM Discords I'm in. So when the ST of my Oops! All Cappadocians game asked me to guest star in their regular Sabbat game as a thank-you for helping them noodle out some homebrew abilities, I jumped at the opportunity. I have not played her yet at the time of posting this, but I hope to soon. The ST has told me a lot about the chronicle and the player characters, so I'm super psyched to see how they react to her. When I asked the ST how strong to make her, he told me 6/10, so I made her a nightmare with a blade plus a few homebrewed salubri powers so we could playtest them.
Naenia (she/her) is a feisty little salubri warrior who earned the title "executioner" because she is who gets dispatched to deal with traitors and dissidents that the leaders needed gone yesterday. She has no memory of her human life and has fully devoted herself to the Sabbat's cause. She has a tzimisce boyfriend who gave her a unicorn horn as an anniversary gift. She wields a large, silver khopesh-style sword and is built for brawn over brains with frankly insane willpower. Oh, and those are not tattoos. That is body paint she applies as a meditation ritual before a hunt. Yes, she has the Salubri third eye, but this is how she wanted to be drawn, so this is how I drew her.
TW mentions of suicidal mindset
Michael wasn't his actual name, but who he had used to be was something he deeply wanted to forget, before Michael was embraced and given a new purpose, he was just a sad lonely and skinny eighteen year old, with a narcissist as a father who drove his mother crazy until she passed away due to illness and drove everyone who could've helped the young man when he needed it the most. But no matter how hard he tried to save money or work on his grades, his money would somehow end up in his father's hands and his grades never got beyond a C+, and none of the colleges he applied to accepted him, and that coupled with the growing suicidal thoughts he'd been having due to the hopelessness of his situation, lead him to make desperate decision. Thankfully for the young man, a Salubri of the warrior caste saw his suffering and wanted to save him and give him a new purpose. It was the lifeline Michael had needed and he threw himself fully into his new life, taking on the name Michael, learning the art of sword fighting, using explosive devices and the reason of his clan's purpose; to avenge the cruel murders of the healer caste of the Salubri clan at the hands of the Tremere and the Camarilla and bring back glory to the Salubri clan. It was a noble goal that Michael followed, but he quickly realised that being apart of the Sabbat left him more often than not with blood on his hands, when innocents were involved he was left with doubts to if this was the right way to go about the Salubri Antitribu's goal of bringing glory back to the clan. However, not wanting to abandon those who had given him new life and purpose, Michael pushed those doubts away, but with his pack's move to LA to assist the Archbishop with the take over of the city, its getting harder and harder to deny that maybe there is something wrong with his new life...
Michael wields a clay more sword one handed and often wears earbuds or earphones so he can listen to music while he fights in battles to keep him distracted from the horrors all around him. (though not loud enough to distract him from the battle)
This picture used reference by @adorkastock https://www.deviantart.com/adorkastock/art/Inktober-2018-Day-16-Angular-766042343
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