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Messy sketch of a Mage, a Wraith and someone in-between

Lore under the cut, ❗cw for Cotard's syndrome (mental disorder when one believes they are already dead)❗

Let's start with lady in the middle of the picture. Her name is Arietta, she's a Mage from Euthanatos and she firmly believes that the world and people around her are a part of some fictional narrative, who therefore have roles to play and plot twists to happen. (And technically she's right, being a character in TTRPG...)

Unfortunately, she believes that her own character, or, speaking plainly, she herself, has already died earlier in the plot. Which, mixed with mages' ability to warp reality, isn't good for her at all. Arietta, despite being very much alive, has many traits of Wraith and is slowly fading from reality. For now she holds onto reality through what she calls "haunting the narrative" and finding purpose in trying to "make some character's arcs resolve properly" (hence her affiliation with Euthanatos), but who knows when her paradigm will take over her completely...

This really worries, to put it mildly, Arietta's brother, Xavier, a guy in the lower left corner. Her sister turning more and more ghost-like led to Xavier desperate desire to understand death, Wraiths and their world, which led to his Awakening. He joined Society of Ether, conducting countless experiments and building endless tools in attempt to figure out reality to prove to his sister that no narrative by which she is dead or is supposed to be exists.

And these siblings are sometimes haunted by a friendly Wraith, Claude. He is actually their grand-grand-uncle and a Wraith from Legion of Paupers. He has his own plot going on, so he doesn't get involved that much, but he does like his descendants and helps when he can without Hierarchy noticing.

That's it! Thanks for reading :]

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Oxidized copper

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Wraith the Oblivion

Two frends™ from Grim Legion on the verge of becoming Renegades. A guy with hole in his skull and a guy with hole in his chest. German WW1 soldier and Red Army soldier who died during Russian Civil War. Ernst and Fyodor, if you want some names

I apologise for any historical inaccuracies in designs, I suck at drawing uniforms :')

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I've been sooooooo artblocked lately, it's awful. So I drew my ttrpg OCs from all over the place in fancy (or not) outfits referenced from Pinterest

And then I proceeded to forget to post it. Yay.

Short overview of folk here, from left to right:

- Claude from Wraith: the Oblivion. He led quite a miserable life and ended up in the Legion of Paupers, but not before spending some time as a thrall. He had only recently caught some semblance of a break. Yeah.

- Ruben, son of Aphrodite from Scion: becoming as gods ttrpg. He is pretty grim, despite his looks and heritage, but not without a reason.

- Sharla, my Promethean: the Created girlie. Made by her creator to serve as a protector, she still fulfills her role – just in another group of people.

- Adlar, King of Summer in my Changeling: the Lost freehold. He hasn't actually been to Arcadia, but because he is a son of mortal woman and banished Gentry (so-called Charlatan) (a fact Adlar abhors and hides to the best of his ability) he is still technically a Changeling stuck in this whole changeling business

- Arcuvol, my good drow™ from DnD, because whenever I see some sort of evil faction I have to make a non-evil OC for it. (I'm never showing my Warhammer OCs to the world... Okay, they are still kinda evil when they should be). I was trying to make my own setting with DnD mechanics, but it's kinda dead now, so I don't know what to say.

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The afterlife smells of freshly cut grass.

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My Wraith the Oblivion OCs yay!

❗CW: death❗

Let's start with Claude, even though he's not the main guy. But he has the prettiest picture drawn for him, so yeah. Legion of Paupers, former thrall of some rich Stygian bastard, he wasted his life in-between two World Wars and had only just begun putting it back together. He's a bit sharp-tongued and has a lot of trust issues, but he's trying his best. That's the most important part, isn't it? Also he's good at "Inhabit" Arcanoi.

Next we have Ginger! My comfort OC for all the wrong reasons. A modern girl whose perfectionism didn't let her live peacefully and continues to torment her even in Shadowlands in a form of, well, her Shadow. Ginger is a newcomer in Stygia and she's from Silent Legion, but all of it didn't prevent her from befriending Fyodor (see below), then Claude, then some more wraiths. Also one day Ginger will be a master of "Castigate", but for now she's a mere amateur.

First picture was loosely inspired by Brodsky's poem "Nature Morte", especially by this part:

An absurd pack of

Lies: skull, skeleton, scythe.

Rather, «Death, when it comes,

It will have

your own two eyes.»

Absolutely incredible poem. I highly recommend reading the full version. Sadly I was able to find only one English translation, but it captures the meaning pretty well. You should be able to find it if you search for the lines above :'D

❗cw: blood❗

And finally, Фёдор = Fyodor, or Fedya for friends. My favourite Slavic name :D

Grim Legion. A Red Army's soldier who had fallen during Russian Civil War. Despite his background and Legion, Fyodor is a very thoughtful and calm man. He's torn between the Hierarchy and Renegades for now... If (when ;)) this whole cast will go Renegade, it'll probably be triggered by Fyodor. Not such a fun fact about him: he couldn't read when he was alive and he still is pretty bad at it. That's because he comes from a family of peasants and he hasn't actually gotten the chance to live long enough to see Bolsheviks reforming everything and giving people education. I don't know if it's for the better or worse. He doesn't know either. History has always been a tricky topic.

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Ginger, my Wraith: the Oblivion OC

Turned out "ginger" means "strength" in flower language. What a nice little coincidence. What a thoughtful foreshadowing for her.

Also, ginger plant is very beautiful when blooming.