#stacea

[heartoftungsten]

A/N: Stacea doesn't quite understand that regular people really can't smell as well as she does. But everyone else just thinks she's either being sensitive or metaphorical most of the time. Perthae...

The nerds in development all in one place!

Aría’s instincts are “take care of the babies,” while Stacea’s are “leave the weird-smelling babies alone.”

[heartoftungsten]

Surprise! Diliken has two other protagonists besides nerdy snake child! He’s just a clean slate and incidentally big snakes have really satisfying contour lines so I’ve been making faster headway on his design. The other two have technically existed since my 15-year-old kakui self-insert OC days, so reimagining them has been more of a challenge.

Stacea (left): human-dragon shapeshifter who’s been misled to think that’s a bad thing, works hard and talks little on most days, purchased from a slave auction as a little kid. Works at the Diliken palace. Doesn’t like surprises.

Aria (middle): Diliken by blood, Kaladrían by heart and accent. Extremely restricts her diet because anything more will allow her body to make her skin its true dark purple, betraying her as the heir to the throne of Dilikí--which she avoids for admittedly selfish reasons. She’s not the only one that doesn’t think things through (*cough*Kennick*cough*), and is perfectly fine playing things by ear.

Kennick (right): Channeled lightning once or twice. People are supposedly concerned that Irix Ingram has taken on an apprentice, but Kennick doesn’t get why. The tail wasn’t in his original body plan.