“Well well well, fancy running into you all the way out here in the middle of the desert! Must be your lucky day. Whoops, sorry- I meant my lucky day, because I really like that necklace you’re wearing”
Meet a new OC- Brist. I’ve been sitting on these sketches for months now and decided to just post what I had. I have, like, a bazillion ideas for this world and her backstory, but just a couple notes under the cut!
In this desert world, there is a set of powerful, ancient Stones that house enormous power in the form of massive astral projected animals. These stones actually weld with a host in a symbiotic relationship where they both give and take energy (hence calling this story “Stonewelded” for now). Brist is one of these hosts.
Funny enough, even though she’s definitely the character I’ve doodled the most so far, she’s not the protagonist. She’s more of a sympathetic villain. I’m not quite settled on her backstory yet, but some points I have nailed down:
-Most of these Stones are in the possession of ancient families, powerful governments, or devout religious orders
-Brist is extremely unusual because she literally came out of nowhere with the Felidae Stone- she wasn’t from some powerful order or family (in fact, she was an orphan scavenger). She was also a child when she became Stonewelded, which is typically a role reserved for trusted adults in more traditional Stoneweld situations.
-Going from literally having no power to suddenly having so much power did a number on her ego. She spent the next years being a bandit and taking whatever she wanted. She wasn’t sadistic, but she could be cruel and loved exercising her powers
-One day, people realize they haven’t heard about any new raids by the Stonewelded Lioness Bandit for awhile. Nice, can travel safely again. Then, to everyone’s shock, she suddenly shows up as an official attendant to the Ancient and Honorable Family Accipitridae (Wielders of the Accipitridae Stone). After this she goes by Felid- the traditional name for holder of the Felidae Stone. No one is quite sure what made her go from a fierce, independent bandit to basically a lap dog for High Mistress Accipitri, but for a girl once known for her fiendish smile and brutish laugh, she is surprisingly somber and timid when she’s around Accipitri. Well, the High Mistress isn’t exactly known for her kindness, and perhaps a bruiser like Felid is just what Accipitri needs to finish conquering the rest of the desert subcontinent and find the rest of the Stones…
