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Polemous is what the cool kids call ‘a piece of shit’.

He’s old, yet somehow maintains a middle aged appearance. I’m not going to spoil how. He’s also rich due to inheritance from his grandmother, and remains so due to being in a place of power over his village. He’s done good things in the open, some even at his own risk, to gain popularity and love from the public, but behind closed doors he’s cunning and cruel. Not the sort you want to be on the bad side of, as punchable as he is.

Thydides, on the other hand, is basically the village grandpa.

He’s old, wise, and a good story teller, using magic to turn his tales into somewhat of a performance. Unfortunately, doing so is taking a toll on him, though he is yet to realize it. His wisdom, otherwise, has earned him much respect, but some individuals in power worry he may eventually discover their wrongs committed in secret.

There’s two reasons for the large number of bugs.

One, it kinda reflects the number of bugs that exist in real life compared to the number of other creatures, albeit in a much more simplified and evened-out way(so like 25% bugs, the rest is everything else). Part of that is because I don’t know how I could write/keep track of families that are like ‘parents and their upwards of 2,000 children’, so I’ve just made it to where there’s just a lot of bugfolk, but they tend to have slightly more moderately sized families. Toukata has 7 siblings(and probably more to come) for example.

Secondly, I just really like bugs! They were actually my first big interest before I got into Kirby. I’ve had a lot more time to think about them and get inspired by them. There’s such a huge variety of different types with different shapes, colors, behaviors, etc. that I can work with, especially in a fantasy setting.

I actually base a lot of my bug characters after actual ones I’ve encountered, most notably unnamed Bee Buddy and Cheeto. I plan to design a few others as well, but I want to make sure to balance out the number of bugs compared to nonbugs. That’ll also give me time to think about how their different cultures interact and stuff.

There’s going to be a multitude of different bugs, and I’m going to try to design characters based off lesser-known ones. I’ve been focused on moths lately, but I’m gradually starting to expand the range of what I draw. The next pair I make are going to be based off of a dobsonfly and an ant lion, for example. Two underrated bugs!