#the adderhead

[maximum-rex]

Hey does anybody remember the Inkworld series? Maybe just me? That's ok I drew The Adderhead anyways bc he was one of the first villains in my little elementary school brain to register as a complex crazy evil guy. 10/10 villain, would hate again. details and dissertation beneath the cut.

I tried to marry the inspiration of Henry the 8th, Italian royal fashions, and just more outright fantasy touches to the design to create the outfit, as well as as many adder references too. I tried to give him the powerful but aging and softening build from the books, but his portrait has an unsheathed sword to signify he's still willing to be the aggressor.

There's not much description if hum physically, being noted to have "a butcher's face" as well as "cold, lizard-like eyes" and his well attributed ruby nostril piercings. I tried to give him features that could feasibly have passed to Violante around the set of his mouth and darker, greying hair. I also gave him bags beneath his eyes and discolouration in his face because of his frequent insomnia. I also set pearl flowers atop the crown, Adder's tongue lilies to be exact.

More lilies, as well as a closeup of the embroidery on his tunic, the ruby fastens, and the big chain that's. Just a silver snake tbh. And yes all those snakes are adders tiled very carefully to make an Adder pattern. Adder-ception. Adder recursion. Anyway. This took me 8 hours. Worth it.

[kyra7]

Did anyone else miss Capricorn after Inkheart? Like, don't get me wrong I was glad that he couldn't hurt anyone anymore but he was such an iconic villain and I would have loved to see him in the Inkworld.

In comparison The Adderhead is pretty bland honestly, like yes, we know, you're an evil tyrant who's scared to die. He wasn't half as sly and threatening as Capricorn and he was pretty forgettable. He was good for the sake of the story but he just wasn't an interesting villain to me, and I can't even bring myself to hate him like I hate Orpheus because I just don't care about him.

Firefox, The Piper, Basta and Orpheus carried the villains for the two last books.

What are your thoughts?

[incorrect-inkworld-quotes]

The Adderhead: I have the power. I have the army. I have the book!

Dustfinger: You know what I have? I have three children with weapons and a problem with authority.

[a-game-of-stars-and-ink]

I did this awhile ago while reading Inkspell, and thought I’d share

What was your Inkworld adventure?

Month you were born

Jan -I danced with

Feb - I fought with

March - I trained With

April - I sang with

May - I read out

June - I met

July - I kissed

Aug - I helped

Sept - I joined forces with

Oct - I married

Nov - I punched

Dec - I fire-danced with

First letter of your first name

A -  Dustfinger                                      

B-  Mo

C - Meggie

D- The Piper

E- Farid

F- Elinor

G- Fenoglio

H- Violante

I- Cosimo

J- Darius

K- Firefox

L- The Black Prince

M- The Adderhead

N- Basta

O- Flatnose

P- The Strong Man

Q- Doria

R- Capricorn

S- Cockerel

T- Snapper

U-  Orpheus

V- Resa

W- Roxane

X- Slasher

Y- Sootbird

Z- Brianna

First Letter of your last name

A -  In the Castle on the Lake

B-  And I’m glad I did

C - In the Strolling Player’s camp

D- In the Wayless Wood

E- And I want to do it again

F-  In the Castle of Night

G- In the Market Place of Ombra

H- To help stop the Adderhead

I- And I’m so proud of myself

J- In the Dungeons

K- And it was totally worth it

L- And I was barefoot at the time

M-  In the middle of the night

N- While Riding on a Horse

O- In front of random people

P- At a bonfire

Q- At a banquet

R- While swimming in the lake

S- While visiting the library

T- In my bedroom

U- It was amazing

V- I have no regrets

W- In the Tree Nests

X- And now I’m in love

Y- In the crypts

Z- In the middle of battle

What did you all get?

[chaos-croissant]

The High Lord of Argenta enjoying his immortal life thanks to a weird cursed soaked book made by a chickadee bird using witchcraft or idk wtf I am talking about I've read it on the net

[a-sweaty-bisexual]

Tfw the character that you created and brought back to life finally ask to see you

As you two talk, he seems revolted with the atrocities of The Adderhead.

Actually, a bit too much revolted.

Then he talks about starting a war against his father-in-law

And you, and old-ass writer is going to take part in it

[bluejayfiredancer]

I know @incorrectinkheartquotes already brought this up a while ago but the Adderhead rotting alive is really something out of a horror movie, Mo is a hardcore son of a bitch to have thought that up and you can kinda get why the Adder’s so pissed at him

also this is some high-level scary shit and I’m a 20-something horror movie fan jesus CHRIST:

[firejugglinghobo]

As an extra bonus gift, I made some textpost memes based on @shydragonrider‘s Inkworld fancast!  Click through for descriptions.

@inkheartexchange