—- trying to nail down my Troile designs
Mixing Phoenician attire with Greek and Egyptian, mostly due to how hard it is to nail down Phoenician references. Similarly, balancing historical accuracy with vampire cuntiness (very academic term). Troile fluctuates a lot between these three, but generally keeps the same face and body structure (ie, as a man, he doesn’t get super super buff, and as a woman doesn’t get super super slim).
The Sumerian/akkadian titles are still debated, as some are thought to mean broadly nonbinary, however I used them there with the interpretation of Kurgara being equated to transfemme, Gala being enby, and Pili being transmasc. Troile isn’t Sumerian, so none of them are accurate regardless, but they are what Sumur (an OC hi if this reaches beyond my followers) calls them as that would be his understanding of transness. Moloch, imo, doesn’t call them specific things depending on form, as Moloch probably views it more fluidity (Fem Troile isn’t Fem Troile she’s Just Troile, you see?), not to say either treatment is worse/better.
Due to how rich Carthage is (was :c), Troile mostly wears flowing fabric and gold, as it’s more comfortable and they don’t need to be active enough to merit more fitted/working clothes. The male version does not have the fitted shirt style most Phoenicians wear because of this AND because I simply find the T-shirt cut in ancient clothing ugly (sorry Romans).
This is a rough sketch so I don’t have many details to go into, but the snake diadem for enby Troile is intentionally referring to snakes as transformative figures/spirits, which feels fitting for a trans character :)
(I’m aware some people view Troile as just male or just female, due to the lore being inconsistent, and that’s totally fine, I just view them as genderfluid, hence the designs.)
Ok yap over
