#wof sora

[dragon-fly-art]

I'm tired, boss... (now 6:30 am)

Mountain of chocolate

Family arts, part 5/?

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[flawseer]

Guardian Angel

At the end of Book 6, Umber looks at the whole Sora situation and surmises he will have to go into hiding with his sister to save her from the retributive wrath of the law. He then makes the decision to deliberately obscure his departure from his brother Clay, so he doesn't have to get involved.

If anything, this is a well-intended and noble gesture. Sora killed a Nightwing, which concerns the jurisdiction of the Rain Queen, and thus forces Clay into direct conflict with his friend Glory if he were put in a position where he had to hide Sora's whereabouts from her. But if he doesn't know, he cannot be held accountable.

This always came across as a futile effort to me though, a nice but ultimately pointless gesture born of the mind of a youthful optimist. I cannot conceive of any reality where Clay doesn't know exactly where his missing siblings are. Knowing him, he checks on them regularly to make sure they're well and healthy (but keeps his distance to respect their wishes to not involve him).

And if Glory ever decides to come investigate Bigtail's death, she knows full well Clay is able to do this as well.

Incidentally, this is part of why I like to pretend Carnelian and Bigtail didn't die. The death of a young Nightwing under Glory's care, committed by someone Clay is unwilling to give up creates so many uncomfortable implications that lead to thoroughly depressing outcomes for both of them and their continued friendship. I kind of hate where I see this going.

I am sad now. Maybe you should ignore this write-up and just look at the comic.

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At present, I have not read Book 16. This comic is based on information from Arcs 1 and 2 only. So if there are any contradictions with things happening in Arc 4, they're outside the scope of my knowledge.

[shebpaw]

Finished The Hybrid Prince.

I've drawn Umber and Sora before and here they are again! Nothing's really changed, but I did decide while drawing that bigwings have a ridge along their spine.

Spoilerinos under the cut

The moment I realized the Dungeon Isle was based off Australia, Mulberry became a beach blonde surfer boy in my head. He's got wild spikey leaf hair and rough scales because I say so. Dunno if Snakeroot comes from the PoisonWings or Sapwings, so I leaned more on PoisonWing genes because it looks cool.

Quokka is specifically described as having a SandWing-like nose so I decided she carries more SandWing genes than Platypus, who resembles a RainWing more. Both of them are based lightly off Thorny Devil lizards.

[bellas-wof-designs]

Sora

Design Notes Hidden Below...

She's very tired and shell shocked looking on purpose; i made her eyes offwhite

She's wearing OCD/Anxiety/PTSD awareness colors on her wrist in a little band she probably wove or got given as a gift (all three of those disabilities have the same color as their awareness color for the most part and honestly all 3 apply to her so triple birds hit with one stone)

She wears a worn copper horn ring that's oxidizing. Matches her band color wise, yay

She has little speckles on parts of her body mimicking her namesake bird

All of Clay's siblings have freckles on them; it's the thing I've decided to do alongside similar face shapes to signify their relation with each other, and Sora has little freckles on her face along with those sora-bird markings

Scars from her time in the war as a child soldier

[salamantenna]

THIS JUST IN — Local man says all siblings are friends with attempted murderers, executioners and witches, discorages others from sending loved ones to liberal school

[hyzenastrrr]

Gold winglet :]

[dryptosaurusghost]

woaw more auggestions

[mistynwindy]

Hiiii wings of fire fans

I'm the number one mudwing fan of all time actually