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A lot of the below is information from early in Lupin's timeline and the game's story. I tried to keep these related to the appearance above. I'll make more posts at a later date with more lore, current facts and etc for Lup.

They started their demon life in the wilds of the devildom, surviving alone for a time in their full demon form before they were brought into the town. This form is closer to their full, but more convenient, so they prefer it.

They could unknowingly shift into this form early on from "episodes" triggered by high aggression and urgency (a fight in the streets), or resurfacing memories from their previous life as a human causing immense mental distress.

After they learn to shift into this form while calm and coherent, it felt more natural and relaxing than being in a lesser one.

This form is more manageable for being in a house than their full form. Their hands are more capable with tech and tools. They also enjoy their gained height, weight, and muscle when like this over the human form.

Their human form is almost 2ft shorter.

Their build is rather athletic, in-shape from the wilds, fighting often, and eating wildlife (and occasionally other demons).

Lup likes to go outside when they can and enjoy the forest and fresh air. They find comfort in the forests and near forested streams and rivers. They will also flee to the devildom wilds when they are upset enough and want to isolate or become hard to find.

They can choose to not manifest the wings for convenience sake, (and for art commissioning ease lol).

They've startled their MC, Valerus, a few times before while in this form. Their reflective eyes, along with being unaware of how scary they could look in dim lighting, are the main culprits. (In the beginning ,they would often forget Val cannot see as well as they can in the dark.)

Lupin heavily prefers to not wear clothing when they can, especially in this form. If they must be dressed, they'll just stick to a lesser form.

---Mammon---

Lupin first changed into this form consciously while in Mammon's room, after an event that overexcited Lup and drew it out. He helped Lupin embrace their new traits and steer away from the creeping shame, embarrassment, and uncertainty of the changes. They were worried too much about what he or Val would think of them, despite knowing their personalities and how much they loved them. It was an intimate experience, and with them being alone and the door locked, Lupin could safely explore their changes and discuss their thoughts together without interruption or further fear of judgement and ridicule.

If it wasn't for him, they would be WAY shyer about sharing this form with anyone they love, especially intimately or sexually, instead of being proud of it and finding joy in being their true self.

Despite not caring what others think usually, Lupin values the opinions of those they hold dear, which can unfortunately shake their confidence.

There was a rather traumatic experience involving this form that I may post eventually. It re-awoken the fears Lupin has of being too different form their partners to be enough for them; Val being a human, Mammon being avian/dragon-like, and Levi being a large serpent demon, while Lupin's dominant traits seem to be feline (for many reasons, they are usually called a lion).

In their final form, they lose their humanoid face and take on a more felid one. The design is not yet finalized, but i have a rough WIP that's been sitting for the past year or so that I plan to finish eventually.

considering printing these out to decorate my shrine's wall with 🤔

I'm super proud of them, I had the wip since 2023 and finally they're done! The funniest thing about these refs is that I rendered their demon forms solely because they only have 2-3 shades of just BLACK so I had to make use of texture render to make them look appealing loll

I didn't think that their height difference would be too bad but looking at them side by side is so???;'/?FDJKDFKJDFKJ