Okay SO. I drew this in 2024 with the intention to draw every character, and then I scrapped the project. But, by popular demand, the project has been reopened.
So, in order to sort of give an idea of what I'm doing I'm finally releasing this draft of... almost a year and a half xD It's just been sitting at the bottom of my drafts for over a year, and now I hate looking at it.
Here's the current idea:
I'm going to do a layout sort of like this (I haven't decided what style I'm going to use yet, I might have to run another poll- I kinda wanna do a noir project instead of fully colored tbh)
Each character will get a little card with their bust; a pose, expression and MAYBE a prop that goes with their character.
I'll be going by order of appearance, not mention (which means I'm going to need to reread the books too, so this is going to be a LONGGGG project)
I am open to suggestions, esp since I haven't started yet, so feel free to send me Asks with recommendations, questions etc :]
Notes (from the time of my creating the post in 2024):
- This is in order of appearance, not mention: hence Mevolent is not here
- This is the 'average' of the character throughout all the books they appear in: that's why Val is doing necromancy + wearing the red armour rather than being 12 years old here. *
- I didn't want to draw multiple Cleavers so I'll include the White Cleaver next time he appears
- If I shaded these my computer would actually explode so I might shade them and post them separately but this is the 'official' look for how I'm going to do this
- *Haven't decided if I'm going to include the same characters if they appear differently in the future, except the Cleaver and Scapegrace/Thrasher, I WILL draw all of their versions.
- Idea Credit to @anartisticexpression who did this ~7/8 years ago :]
Sagacious Tome, Vindick Leather and Lorien are all simps for Nefarian, but each of them is a different type of simp.
Tome: the simp that falls for all the fake bs and believes Nef is actually into him
Vindick: the simp that adores Nef unconditionally, excuses all his bs and does everything for him, He-Could-Step-On-Me-And-I-Would-Thank-Him simp
Lorien: Hate-That-I-Want-To-Fuck-You simp
a Vinepine (Nefarian Serpine/Vindick Leather) Edit // for @zolotaya-orda
Colin O’Donoghue as Nefarian Serpine
Christian Slater (Jason Dean, “Heathers”) as Vindick Leather
With a dry mouth and shacking hands, Vindick appraoched his master, a tall man with a slender frame and eyes greener than any emerald could ever hope to be.
“Master-”
Nefarian Serpine turned to face his subordinate, wine glass in hand. Every movement seemed deliberate, from the gentle sway of hips to the charming smile that played thin lips. Even the way a few wayward strands of the, otherwise neatly smoothed back, raven hair fell into his narrow face appeared to be carefully calculated. This man was pure perfection in each and every way.
“Yes, Vindick? Is something troubling you?” His master’s gaze upon him, the younger mage swallowed thickly, his courage vanished and a burning heat was starting to spread on his cheeks.
“Y-yes... I’ve... I’ve been meaning to tell... this. Since a while already-...”
Serpine’s eyes narrowed at the others stuttering. He had never been a patient man, yet knew exactly where this was going. It merely took a few strides for him to cross the room, startling his servant and backing him against a wall. “You know I don’t appreciate my time being wasted.” A gloved hand found Vindick’s chin and tipped his head back, forcing him to stare up to the taller man with wide eyes. “Spit it out already.”
“I love you.” Almost surprised by his own words, he held his breath, waiting for his masters reply. Hoping, praying, he would not send him away for such bluntness.
Serpine let out an amused chuckle. How sweet. Foolish. But sweet nontheless. He had known about the other’s childish crush on him for quite a while now. Really, it had been embarrassingly obvious.
“Oh, my boy.” Vindick’s breath hitched in his chest at a slender finger tracing over his lower lip.”I knew that already.” Before his dearest servant had a chance to answer Serpine pressed his lips on the others, shutting him up with a deep kiss.
For not getting named in the only book he appears in but, in another book that is technically a spin-off, eight books later. Like fuck you, dude who dragged Valkyrie into this world and then convinently died in a canal. You are annoying to get information on!
