#bell ref

Hey there! I am, yes! Just haven't had a whole lot of time for art lately 😭

Thank you for saying so! Bell is my absolute fav to draw and I will admit I've taken a lot of artistic liberty with that character lol but I'm really glad people seem to like the design

One of these days I'll get around to making some sort of reference key for questions like this, but here are a few early explanations I've given about them, mostly when I was still feeling out the story. A lot of my story has changed/I've added or taken out certain elements but i think it's fun to see the full picture

https://www.tumblr.com/endopyre/731167580553969664/endo-i-am-here-to-request-for-you-to-talk-to-us?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/endopyre/756084493337722880/endo-im-on-my-knees-im-pleading-tell-me-abt?source=share

At this point i have a pretty concrete idea about how it all unfolded, so to give a very abridged summary: they were both extremely powerful in the pit, connected very deeply to ancient power. Bell particularly. In their joint interest of obtaining more power, they became allies, then in the process of doing so, bound their power together and became mates (for lack of a better term) they had a brief and glorious rise to the top together as equals and lovers before Bell grew more ambitious and Alpha began to grow wary. Ultimately, Bell's conquest had to be put to and end and other much older ghouls (mainly Omega) stepped in to put a stop to it before everything unraveled into chaos. Alpha, who was also on the hook for much of this upheaval, struck a deal with Omega to bring Bell down in exchange for his own partial immunity. Because Bell was essentially trying to ascend to Godhood (or whatever the hell version of that would be lol) he was nearing unstoppable, and certainly impossible to kill in the traditional sense. So they had to do a ritual (a very brutal and painful one for all involved) to essently rip Bell apart and strip him of all memory and power, which leaves him as the Bell I usually present in my art. He has fleeting notions of who he was, impulses and some glimpses of memory, but he's too scattered. He can't draw himself back together, and he's still under the watchful eye of Omega, and Alpha, who is always grappling with his own betrayal to Bell. They're still bound together, and Alpha (because he was never fully honest about how deep his involvement with Bell actually was) does still hold some of Bell's power within himself. It's always aching to get back to Bell, as is Alpha.

They are messy and divorced and in love and tragic and I love them lol

Like I said I eventually want to write something detailing these things for reference, because I have a ton of lore built up in my head about it, which then spills into another, later story about Rain seeking Leviathan's blessing and casting himself back into the pit to hunt for "fragments" of ancient power (which end up just being Bell's discarded/hidden power.) It all ties back into itself lol I am a madman when it comes to lore. Anyway, sorry that was a lot, I hope it answers some questions!