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Making this before I forget, will be better organized/formatted later

tales of the afterwild (TOTA)

info:

#1 (about the universe, acronyms, disclaimer)

#2 (heaven info, races, laws, ranks)

asks:

#1 favourite character?

#2 why is silver evil?

characters:

saint peter (gatekeeper)

yes the title is a reference to a vine

I totally didn’t forget about this site, shhhh

cw: religious themes, eyes • Tota directory: here

Guess who’s finally gotten back into animating? here’s an animation meme I made with my oc, Hostess - who I am currently obsessing over.

YAP SECTION: Non-TotA related post here for once, I will post more TotA stuff soon but I really wanted to post Koshika’s redesign as I’m really proud of it!! If you like her design please comment or say something nice about it (not forced) someone unfavourited her Toyhouse page the second I posted her redesign so now I’m just feeling uncertain about it :’)

I tried to make her look more danganronpa-esque and have a lot more character compared to her original design, making her look a lot more hacker-esque as well as you cannot tell just by looking at her old design and I want her to be eccentric (old design below the cut)

OC INFO

 Name(s): Koshika Shiratori, Koshi, 1nd1g0

Gender: Cisgender female, she/her/hers/herself

Race: Japanese 

Species: Dog, Chihuahua 

Age: 19 years old 

Universe: Danganronpa 

Cause of death: TBD 

Ultimate talent: Hacking

Personality: Shes a mix between “playful hacker” and “dangerous hacker”, or basically she’ll hack into your computer, empty your bank account and delete all your files while sending an email that just says “get h4kked lol XD” followed by a bunch of cat gifs. She loves to taunt her victims. Outside of the computer, she tries to act cute and innocent and is (somehow) able to fool many. But she does have one great flow - she’s a hacker, not a killer and is an easy target for other participants but at least she’ll be entertaining while she lasts.

Abilities: Hacking (duh), crafting viruses, getting away with things, lying 

Relationships:

•tbd, if you have anyone who would fit as a friend/acquaintance, enemy to her feel free to offer.

Origin: Original character, fandom based

Extra: 

she’s aromantic but will flirt with others if she deems such as necessary for a lie

her signature is a pixelated blue bow, she signs off all her projects with it

Her goal isn’t to escape, it’s just to hack into one of the mascots for the funnies. 

Now for the fun part of the universe, character posting!!! In these posts I’ll post their reference and explain a bit about them!

cw: religious themes • Tota directory: here

Name(s): Peter, Simon, Simon Peter, Saint Peter

Gender: Cisgender male, he/him/his/himself

Race: Common Angel 

Species: 3/4 sea wolf, 1/4 rooster

Rank: Heaven’s gatekeeper 

Age: 20 years old (human years)

Era: 2nd Century, New Testament era (45-100)CE

Cause of death: Martyred 

Heavenly virtue:  Humility

Personality: loyal, humble, ambitious, outspoken, hotheaded, impulsive — also very very exhausted from his job. he’s such a silly guy!!

Abilities: Very nerfed waterwalking, like the second he notices he’ll sink, can only do it subconsciously.

Relationships:

Andrew - brother 

Chamuel - assistant cherub

Judas - enemy

Origin: Biblical, New Testament 

Extra:

his wings are smaller than the average cherubs, so he’s very self concious of them.

has a golden dagger for some reason— who trusted him with that? 🤨

has probably broken multiple of heaven’s laws

CW (just in case)

Heavy religious themes will likely be mentioned in most of my TotA posts and make sure to read my main disclaimer here: here

— I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO ASK THIS THANK YOU JUNIOR!! Yes there is!!! Three reasons actually

a) Silver is sometimes called “the devil’s metal” because of how often it’s value changes, and devil = evil/hell so corrupt

b) Silver is usually associated with good/warding away evil so I thought it would be a fun parallel

woooo!! finally got around to posting this, here’s a better look into heaven in the Afterwild so that you’ll know what to expect when I start posting references / silly sketches, etc. this also opens up a lot more questions so ask away my friends….

RACES

Heaven in the Afterwild has four main races residing within it, as follows.

Seraphs -  Seraphs are angels that never had a life on earth and were created in heaven. They are basically like regular angels except for the fact that they are immortal, they typically have multiple pairs of wings and are larger than regular angels. 

Angels - angels are animals that have died and have been admitted into heaven. They look how they did in life except for the fact that they now have bird’s wings on their back that are white or gold and a halo above their head that is white or gold.

Light Demons - light demons are animals that have died and were admitted to hell, but have managed to redeem themselves and have been granted access into heaven. They are just like angels except they have white or gold bat/dragon wings instead of bird wings and have white or gold antlers instead of a halo.

Cherubs- angels that have chosen to be assistants instead of frolicking in Heaven. Cherubs are smaller than angels, have a yellow or white halo and small wings of any shape, they also have less patterns than regular angels.

LAYOUT

Heaven in the Afterwild is not split up into different layers, but rather one big land filled with many kingdoms for each of the seven heavenly virtues.

Heaven isn’t cloudy like most depictions, but instead a an overgrown garden with tall white pillars and statues of angels scattered across it.

More information on the specific kingdoms is coming soon.

RANKS

The six main ranks that I will be focusing on are as follows.

Seraphs - The higher ups to the Archangels, basically help rule over all of heaven and make sure everyone is obeying the laws no matter what rank they are.

Archangels - Seven angels that have been selected to be the leader and representative of one of the seven heavenly virtues, respectively. 

The Gatekeeper - self explanatory, guards the gates of Heaven and lets new angels in.

Saints - Angels that have done great things in life which grants them higher status. Basically just high class/rich angels.

Angels - Regular animals that have died and have been admitted into heaven, basically the common folk. 

Cherubs - cherubs are angels that have been selected to be assistants to the seraphs, archangels or the gatekeeper. They are just like regular angels but slightly smaller and have smaller wings.

LAWS

Likely grammatically incorrect as I have not proofread, will be fixed later

i. Thou shall embody thy respective virtue in word, thought and action.

ii. Speech shall not be used to twist truth into shadow.

iii. Never turn thine eyes away from a soul in need.

iv. Mercy is to be granted before judgement.

v. no angel may deny a light demon the same rights of those born to light.

vi. Archangels may only be challenged in a trial under the witness of the seraphs.

vii. Cherubs shall never interfere with disputes between higher ranks unless summoned.

viii. No soul may pass through the gates without the gatekeeper’s permission.

ix. Magic shall be used freely if thy has no intent to harm.

x. Silver may not be worn upon Heaven’s surface, for it is the metal of corruption. 

xi. Let none claim thyself a saint unless seraphic approval.

xii. Speak not in favour of the fallen, for they hath turned from grace. 

xii. Quarrels shall occur, shall cease once blood is spilled. 

xiv. Heaven’s laws bind all equally regardless of race, virtue or rank.

TERMINOLOGY

Redeemons - slang term for light demons, used as a demonym nickname ie; aussie, newfie, kiwi 

MISCELLANEOUS

Peter! At least for the Heaven part of the universe!

He's the gatekeeper! (I will explain roles in the next infodump). He's just super fun to portray, I love characters with a major defining flaw (Peter in biblical canon has a temper, and so does mine 🤭)

PS: going to be doing a few world infodump posts before I actually start posting art to gain interest. Please comment below if you are interested in this universe OR better yet, ask me questions about this universe and I will answer.

DISCLAIMER

I am not religious, I simply have always been interested in the concept of heaven, hell and purgatory as well as biblical stories and characters. I respect those who are religious, and I mean no disrespect by creating this universe, it’s just a fun project I made about my interpretation of the afterlife.

ACCURACY/INSPIRATION

Note that the Afterwild is not biblically accurate, but will have a lot of its characters and a base inspiration off of it. The afterwild is based on my own interpretation of the afterlife with biblical elements. The Afterwild is NOT based off of other versions of the afterlife ie: hazbin, dante’s inferno and I’d prefer if you don’t call it a ripoff as The Afterwild is its own entity.

WHAT ABOUT GOD/JESUS?

As I am not religious myself, I don’t feel comfortable creating my own interpretation of God or Jesus as to not offend anyone who is religious. The Afterwild will feature other biblical characters, however - ones that I think I am capable of respectfully portraying.

WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?

Humans do not exist in the afterwild nor do they exist on earth. The Afterwild is a universe without humans and only animals so that it’s easier for me to draw and so I can get more creative with designs.

HELL/PURGATORY

I will be focusing on Heaven as of now and posting information only about heaven as the other parts of the universe have been tainted by other people and I’m not ready to return to them just yet :’). I will get to them in time - I just don’t feel comfortable with it at the moment.

ACRONYMS/BASIC TERMS

The Afterwild - the afterlife

TotA - Tales of the Afterwild, catch all term for the whole universe