It's her day! My very first asura, my babiest baby, Qirri just hit 12 years of existing! Her story may have largely concluded with her and the krewe in Cantha, but I still love her dearly, and she's still my favorite of all my asura. She's always going to have a special place in my heart.

Victory and Death.

Eats anything. Anything. Would eat uranium

Adopts 34 cats, eventually goes on to rescue sick wild animals in the JW story.

Is as dumb as rocks. (Asura comms are a bit of an exception)

The commander is, presumably, very attractive.

There's an entire list of characters who are attracted to them, but they refuse all offers of sex.

Because of this, Snargle told them to buy a jade tech sex toy because they were 'so tense'

Despite being a prude (/j) they have read every Snargle Goldclaw book (which, despite being called risque romance from the author, we know is just smut with a little bit of plot. Booktok would love him)

While there are others with the title of 'Commander,' they never appear after lws2, and theres been no other "THE commander"s. Even though the commander stepped away from the pact.

The Commander likes heavy metal music.

There's a Commander Fan Club.

To save on voice acting in recent stories, the commander's pronouns are now almost always 'they/them," including written content. ANAW. Assigned Nonbinary at Wizard.

The norn Commander is a blackout drunk and stole a whole ass fucking tank while blackout drunk

They canonically view Aurene as their daughter

Without you I'll be heartless Oh, light can only shine in the darkness

I realized I have never drawn Mael with Aurene before, for how much I rant about them. They mean so much to me, especially their unlikely dynamic of opposites. A necromancer is probably the "worst" class to showcase the Champion of Aurene's connection to our dearest dragon daughter, but, by pure accident, their themes ended up working so well as the balance of light and dark. The Commander who taught the Scion how to love and treasure mortals, and the Scion who saved the Commander's soul from withering away into evil. Both doomed to die, but return for the sake of the other.

Even though Mael had lost his inner light, Aurene now shines in its place.

(Closeups below cut)

Redraw time. Should I bring spidrien back?

Old drawing jumpscare under the cut

This little parallel is so cute!