#amulet oc

Mmmm I think I ended up disturbing my sister over this one, and frankly, one of Trellis's expressions was far scarier than I envisioned 😱 but that aside, this was initially meant to be a fic, but it was too long, and I'm not very good at words, so I figured a comic summarized better than whatever I had to say.

I thought it'd be interesting to depict a rare side of Trellis at his most vulnerable, terrified, and hostile - esp since in What Remains we get to see him more composed, if rather somber and with a "dead" look in his eyes. It's a sad contrast for sure. "Palace" is a trigger word for Trellis, as Valcor is the abusive place he's been trying to escape for a long time.

The OCs here are Alma, who we see in What Remains in her beta design, and another OC, who was also in What Remains and I'm still working on a name yet (the one with the birthmark on her face). They serve as Trellis's personal guards, so they exist outside the hierarchy of the military. Alma's face tattoos are meant to indicate she's a warrior from where she's from, and the two braids are to show she's unmarried (which a cultural thing from East Gulfen).

The comic is set 2 years post-war - a WIP I call Post rewrite - just a few weeks after Trellis's coronation. Gulfen switched capital cities, old government officials are deposed and/or incarcerated, and everyone is adjusting as best as they could with their new roles. Trellis adapted fine, but the more mundane parts of his life... Not so much.

It gets touched upon on another illustration, hence Alma is the one who was sent to find Trellis and escort him throughout Gulfen, and they spent a year travelling together, initially she was quite grating towards Trellis, but mellowed out once she gets some suspicion that Trellis was abused sometime in the past, not living a privileged life as she assumed.

Moira is an extremely proficient stonekeeper, one ability being the she can reach a god-like form for a short time with complete control. This form is primarily used as last resort, as it takes a massive amount of energy and focus, and once she leaves this form she becomes feverish, the length and severity dependent on how long she used the form.

her family built the city she resides in and is technically a princess???? her family is treated as if they’re royalty but they have taught alexandra to be extremely humble and have tried to give her a normal childhood.

she had her dad pass his stone down to her and is now being trained to take over the royal guard when her dad retires, which she does when she’s 19 and after the events of waverider happen.

at 16 she's incredibly overconfident not to the point of thinking she's the best but to the point where she puts herself into situations because she thinks she can handle it, but can't. she learns better through the years and with experience and around 19 learns to assess situations better

she also feels smothered by her role and often sneaks out to explore and just have fun and be silly. (partially because she’s 16 and just wants to run around and have fun and be irresponsible) she stops sneaking out as much when she turns 19.