Commissioned fanart by talented artist 回声河漂流瓶, based on a scene from My fanfic writings: Chapter 3 of The Watcher Inlith series.
ANAM I ANAM
Prehension Transgression Concrescence
这是诸摄受僭越的合生
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Watcher Inlith They/Them
Death Godlike, Cipher(mystic)/Ranger(seer), a Mystic from The White That Wends, The Eyeless One.
An abandoned Aumaua infant once endured an endless cycle of starvation as an ascetic and a beggar. After fleeing to the Eastern Reach in order to know more about brîshalgwin ("mind hunter") from the Glanfathans, they chose to learn Wael's way, the Eyeless Face.
⊙SPOILERS AHEAD⊙
When Hiravias joined the Watcher's journey, they found out the truth behind his exile that Autumn Stelgaer is indeed a soul-destroying abomination in the cycle. Yet, through their conversations, Hiravias insisted that it is merely an outward form that does not dictate his true choices; he had never eaten anyone's soul. Beside Inlith, his scholarly and kind nature flourished.
The Watcher uncovered that Godlikes are merely emergency rations waiting to be consumed should The Wheel shatter. To deny Berath and Rymrgand's calling , Inlith convinced their confidant, Hiravias, to eat their soul in his Autumn Stelgaer form. This is a soul-devouring communion between kindred spirits - the empathy of a hunter and a beast who both wander Eora's edge with absence of eye and ear. Years of bitter cold melt into the autumn hue of Hiravias's soul; eyes shut, catching a sly, knowing smirk. Purple spirit essence scattered like snowflakes into luminescence against the crimson concretions of bog iron, the eyeless mask beating like a living heart.
After this mutual feast, Hiravias walked into an endless staircase opened by a book which seeks answers from the Obscured, stepping entirely away from the mortal world. Their life or death becoming a mystery without ending - an absolute freedom beyond any text.
