#wyhcriid

[mr-gallows]

Commission for @sleepyskywalker66 !!! I was so honored that you wanted a character inspired by my original fantasy setting! Thank you for the commission!

[mr-gallows]

Wyhcriidian Fashion from left to right: Priest, Aristocrat, and Knight. The figures on the far left and right are vampires, hence their yellowed skin.

Symbols of death are frequently worn as reminders of mortality. The Wyc worship their dead, as they believe that the dead hold knowledge beyond what they have in the living realm. Makeup is worn by all, regardless of sex. For the aristocracy, it is not used for cosmetic purposes, but for distinguishing different clans.

[mr-gallows]

I get very nervous about posting these, but here goes.

Wyhcriidian Beliefs Part I

Only the dead wear white. Priests believed to have embodied the qualities of their diety are canonized as saints. They are treated as relics, and people travel to see these preserved corpses and ask them for guidance and good tidings. They are kept in glass coffins. They are also believed to have a closer connection with the diety, as they are dead, and worshippers use the saints as a vessel for communication with it.

[eithuad]

Wyhc Religious/Clan garb. The Wyhc elves were a people in tune with the mysteries of existence. Many aspects of their clothing were meant to mentally shift them away from their corporeal forms and toward their spiritual one. Not all Wyhc clans participated in this, but it grew to greater and greater prominence. It started with a single movement by a handful of different members of clans, but they began to cover more and more of their bodies in search of connecting more deeply with the unknown and the spiritual. This movement eventually became known as 'Formlessness', and those who practice it today are known as 'The Formless'.