Busy With Comms, But I Saw This Video And I Had To Quickly Project The Mental Image That Appeared In

Character Designs for Wings Outstretched

I didn't want to waste time (or words - I can be verbose enough as is) describing original character designs outside of what's relevant to the story, so I'm helping myself justify that decision by sharing them visually here!

This is part one out of... three(?) posts, probably, given how the character introductions are staggered out (there's only five characters, that's not that many, right? I cut it down to as few as I could, I promise) for Honeymeans and Rilice, who are introduced in Chapter 2.

I'm keeping it below the read more so people can just ignore me and imagine whatever they want if they'd prefer, and also because I'm including some (probably quite long) pretentious character design rambles.

I have used some of the mods available from the in-game mod manager for these two, so I'll be listing the names of those mods "like this" (and authors).

Honeymeans! - (Pictured outside the magic mirror because her coat outfit is technically camp clothes so won't show up in there).

Her glorious curls are from "More Hair 2" (by eleanorroos), with "P4 Bangs Bangs Everywhere" (by padme4000) to give her that little fringe. Her hair's a mix of blond and brown through the highlights and the greying colours (using all three inputs to make really interesting and complex hair colours is like my favourite thing to do when it comes to character customisation in this game). It's not the most practical haircut, but Honeymeans definitely values feeling a little pretty over being 100% practical all the time.

Her outfit is the Longcoat from "FearTaylor's Camp Clothes" (by feartaylor) with base game yellow dye. It hasn't quite come up yet, but she's from a family of beekeepers, so I wanted her to have some honey-yellow in her outfit to show that connection, while the purple tint of her lip make-up is intended to symbolise her distance from them. She also has the neck ribbon from that mod (which I really wish was dyeable!) as a nod to her ribbon collecting habit. If I could dye it, I'd probably make it green to indicate her initial allegiance to Rilice, but a warmer shade to show how she's a friendlier character.

Rilice Torath - (She is technically wearing a Selunite outfit, but the Infernal Robe didn't look as good, so we don't see all those lunar symbols they aren't there shusshhh)

She also has a little extra bit of fringe from Bangs Everywhere just to add to the slightly-disheveled spikiness she's got going on, and frame those scales a bit more. She also has some faint green tattoos around her scales if you look closely, just to make them pop a bit more, and frame her whole head down to her neck. As much as they are pride of place, proof her claim, her right and her heritage, they're also something of a cage around her - the proof that she's part of a declining house forever embedded in her skin, unless she can find a way to save them.

Her Draconic heritage is central to her whole character and design, her whole family is known for it. Even her House name - Torath - according to this source means "mistresses of the dragons". Her little fang/talon earrings speak to that aesthetic - something she's done on purpose to embrace it even more. She accepts her role, she accepts her duty to her house, she isn't trying to escape it.

Her outfit is technically using the Myrkull dye from "FaerunColors" (by techroot) but that's not relevant to her character - she's just wearing green to again emphasise her Draconic heritage through colour, but a duller shade that you might use to lurk in shadows, to show how she's trying to remain beyond suspicion before her plan kicks in. Her choice of weapon is a sickle - a tool designed for harvest. I also gave a side view here to show off those light green panels on her sleeves that I think look really cool. They kind of remind me of, like, a lizard's underbelly if you can picture that?

That's all I can think to say about both of them for now, but if I remember anything else I might to add that as well in a reblog later. Or, if anyone has any questions for some reason, feel free! I welcome any chance to talk about the little weirdos that live in my brain.

We sharing anaesthetic stories?? I had to have dental surgery when i was in middle school.

According to my mom and sister the very first thing i did upon waking up was BOLT upright and proceed to try and shove my ENTIRE fist in my mouth as fast as possible.

I had to be physically stopped, and i proceeded to sob my eyes out for the next 20 minutes. Somehow, i didnt damage anything 🤣

sorry that imagery is so vivid i just..

?????LOL

most important part of the writing process actually is when you loop a single song on max volume and stare at the word document and imagine the characters doing things for 14 hours. this is known as getting in the zone

Absolute banger of a sentence over here, what an incredible writer I am

what fucking hell dimension are y’all blogging from

Not having a traditional job or plans to get an education will have people asking you things like so what is the purpose of you staying alive?

as an optimist i dream of a beautiful world where people are fucking normal about aromanticism

generally you shouldn't write run-on sentences because they get confusing and it doesn't give the reader a break. that doesn't apply to me though my run-on sentences are fun and understandable and they have a rhythm to it that makes you want to keep reading

The average sleeping arrangements of a companion romancing Tav.

Thankfully or unfortunately for Gale, he has the patience of a cat owner.

And we're off! Next story is up on AO3, and updates should come at least once every ten days as with previous (I just realised I'm working off a tenday-based schedule, this was not intentional), and I will try to post here in case of a delay.