Riyū

Tourist's lore is still the same as before: an urban explorer that happened to enter an abandoned hotel inhabited by strange monsters. But at some point, while repeating their gameplay, and rushing it in a way the game couldn't load the rooms quick enough, Tourist phased through the floor right into the void.

Jão is a mystery on their own, not much is know on how they ended up in this place, the only information available is that his "Lord" gave them the task to guide a group through this realm. Is also known that Jão came from a story driven game.

SpaceWalker was a crew member of a cargo spaceship, with the sole objective of delivering supplies to another major ship that was conducting some researches on a newly discovered planet. The obvious happened, when the crew arrived they found the research group were gone and a moster was lurking through the place. The game was meant to be a survival horror but due to the poor coding of it, Walker ended out of bounds due to a bug.

Extra to explore the dynamic of the three and a concept of what's under Walker's helmet.

I've been listening to Death Odyssey (with lyrics, I like this stuff) and I've remembered this specific art of Ferryman and Gabe. I felt it fitted Hummer and Wifies.

Small yapping:

I've made Wifies And Hummer apart, different from the og with Ferryman seeking Gabriel's presence.

Wifies can stand his own ground, if he falls he'll get up, with or without Hummer's help.

Hummer always seems to be a step ahead, already aware of the requeriments to find the Leviathan. Hummers halo thing is shaped after a Wind Rose, he's the compass for Wifies investigation.

You can interpret their interaction as either an arguing (due to their conflicting ideas) or a attempt of Hummer on convincing Wifies (to finally trust his methods).

I felt like drawing them after reading a fic about the Stalker trio and a just arrived Verity into a minecraft world.

It's "What's one more mod going to do? Destroy me?"

Designs for Avery, Derek and King. Nothing too different from the usual I guess.

Maybe for Derek with the more desaturated palette.

Headcanons, interactions, this kind of stuff. I like playing around with clothes and designs.

I've been thinking about giving this variation of Verity his own backstory. To explain why this Verity is a bit more chill compared to og Verity.

First one is more of a sona of mine (I don't have minecraft so I've spend a considerable time thinking on what skin I liked for me). The second is an actual character on it's own. His name is "XxDarKnightxX" the idea is to make him feel like one of those edgy players who put up the "I'm cold and mysterious" act but in the end he's just a guy who lacks friends and is looking for some sort of attention.

Extra thoughts on Verity's character.

So, Verity is an AI and seemingly he's somewhat everywhere. With that my idea is, Verity is a ramification and he has variants depending on what Player he's helping or what he's doing (Verity's not like an hivemind because it implies that they have the same mind, and I'm not going for it).

Verity and his variations are indeed conected, remembering things that happened to other varions (based on Mob's Verity referencing other vids he was in). Some events are more impactful to Verity than others. (Mob's death is THE event that all Verity's versions remember or at least refence, while more minor events remain kept as indivudual experiences.)

Extra sigil's writing

When the official designs for the other archangels came out I had no idea on what to do with them.

Part of me wanted to keep them that way because "how could I had imagined how the archangels could had looked like?" and their designs are a product of that time.

Another part wanted to remake them to fit better into the universe, but I didn't knew how to do so. Thought on making them into Power's for their respective Archangels, but the main thing was. I didn't want to give up on their designs.

So I turned them into some random angels that exist somewhere in Heaven, and I'm happy with it honestly. Maybe it's due the fact that their lore can't be compromised with any big plot changes from the game.

Small confession but I since I've seen D3arLord I kinda feared that people could think I've took inspiration on him, even if I've came up with "Michael" (now Damian) since 2023-2024. This is some odd paranoia of mine, I'm aware. (someone already commented that they look similar once in other site so it kinda has a base.)

Something for An Experiment 2 because this thing made me unreasonably happy.

VoidBreaker and Diver toxic situationship.

I haven't planned any big lore plot for them, maybe VB is intrigued by players in general and Diver was the one who happened to reply to that interest.

Sketchy version because I also liked it.

These were meant to come first but I really liked VB and Diver one.

Now for the design rambles:

All the enemies were made with the idea that they were or still are robloxians in a way.

Bell is inspired by the iron maiden due to shape and the possibility that there's something alive inside of it.

Operator is very much like its usual self. Wires come out from where its legs could have been.

Telefregger looks like Spongebob, just because I discovered that it used to use Bob's walking sound. It deserves to have its whimsy.

Sigil reminds me of angels, despite attempting to look holy the void taint is still present.

Cadence clothes were meant to be a mix of a dress and a suit with a touch of opera goer, not very visible but eh...

VB is still the same. Finding references for them is really hard man...

Kolóna is a pillar filled with fire.

Flesh upper part is the same, the extensions are made of bones and remains of victims attacked by it.

Springer doesn't change much. Pink bow referencing the rare sightings of it with this bow.

I didn't have anything in mind for ICBM at first, I doodled it with some military goth clothes in mind.

I structured my HC's over the lyrical ost's of the game (Find Your flame and It Doesn't End Here)

All the robloxians that end up in nullscape died at some point. And the major thing that correlates them is their greed and desire over something (e.g. material greed, a desire for a role or seeking a dream).

Diver was a Rogue in a RPG experience, due to their association to a thief group their sentence when caught was the guillotine. That's why they don't have their head.

Grappler was an experienced parkour player. But when accidentally falling into their death they didn't respawned back into their usual lobby.

Spirit was a sailor from a Pirate RPG, he aspired to be more than a mere member of the crew so he planned alongside his mates a mutiny. Unfortunately his plans were cut short, and he got sent to dive into the deep sea below.

Charger was a tryhard player from those Anime Fighting Games. Their streak of victories finally crumbled and with their pride shaken, they got left to perish on the battlefield.

Glider was an engineer from a Steampunk themed RP, she always wished to explore the skies in an airship like the nobles, but without any access to such, she built her own glider. But just like Icarus she reached too high for her own safety.

Idk man I like them as much as I like Femtanyl, so I thought: "Why not mix both? And that's the result.

Since demo 1, I've noticed a pattern of "people who wield the swords end up hurt or dead". And despite the circumstances saying that most of the things that happen are consequences of the wielder's actions (CK overusing the icedagger or Griefer stabbing himself), everything seems to make it look like it is the Players fault.

Hatred only makes their insecurities even worse. Player feel bad about what happens, they're sorry for the ones who get hurt, even when they didn't directly hurt them. Being this silent watcher with repressed emotions sucks but that is for the sake of the mission.

I really like how In Demo 5 we have a break of the cycle of "something terrible happens with someone near the end". Cassie ends up fine when you look back and see how the other wielders ended up.

The last panels are sketches, I don't think I'll finish them.

Explaining this Alternative ending:

Imagine that it happens right after Mina kills Nullgrim. And instead of Player accepting it and siding with Mina, they decide to finish him and the cult by himself.

The cult got destroyed, and Player is nowhere to be found. They're still alive, carrying the immense guilt for their actions.

Extra HC about their weapons:

They seem to be made up of some sort of magic. It can shape itself depending of the wielder's needs or mood.

Player and Nullgrim use swords to fit their "heroic" roles. Mine wields a dagger, like the sacrificial ones.