#bug vampire

Garçon, il y a un papillon dans mon pudding aux boudins

1. Is the crimson crown a flower?

2. Does Rene also gather blood for the queen vampyre or does he only gather blood to turn back to his human form?

Again, I love your art style, and I hope your summer is spooktacular!

Hi Anon! Glad you enjoy the tiny crumbs of my characters and worldbuilding so far! Thanks! To answer you question, yes the Crimson Crown is some-sort of flower/plant. It's been a while since I updated how it worked (2022) and probably need to revamp (no pun intended) on how it looks and work since I felt like it was a bit cliché. See below some images of ideas and concepts and plant inspirations.

One thing for sure is how this plant can also transforms other people into ''vampires'' by getting poked by its thorns, which spreads all over the forest and underground. Most of the people that are affected becomes mindless drones-type of zombie-plant with the only goal to bring blood to the ''Heart'' (Queen) of the nest. René is somehow the exception because of his sister's experiments (and probably another affliction) which altered his behavior but also his form (this part needs to be heavily rewritten to not make his sister solely a bad guy). However one idea that I had for a long time is that he keeps himself at bay by drinking the Crimson Crown diluted with animal blood in his flask, metaphorically bringing back his past addiction and hurting his self-confidence. A vicious circle and cruel comedy. The only time he would need human blood would probably be when he is fully transformed, which his cell needs to be replaced to perform a chrysalis (that's why he became the local undertaker). His body melts and is reformed inside the blood cocoon, with his exoskeleton remaining, which he has to burn so no one see what is happening. Usually the transformation is more painful than the shedding.

The story is still in limbo as I'm still rewriting a lot of things, but essentially the ''Queen'' in this version so far of the story is his sister, who has been infected with the plant when she started to experiment on it. Trying to find a cure to death but by doing so, doomed herself, her family and a whole village. (bonus below of some drawing and doodles)

That Bloody Mosquito.

A mini update on René in his vampiric form with slight modification with his neck beard and re-featuring his blood bag.

Reposting "Le triste vampyre" but this time in his annoying mosquito form.