This is actually a redraw of December 2023 art I think...? I'll put it here because it's bad and I don't like looking at it LOL

My attempts at drawing Kydelius and his family!

+ poor sopping wet Kyborg. Not my best work, but it'll do, I suppose.

in which the girls investigate a series of murders in town, and they have reason to suspect Carlos but don't have enough evidence.

And since they need some proof, Mariana volunteers to investigate him herself and sneak in his room for something or some clue

Marisol: but Mari! It's too dangerous

Mariana: we need the proof! Besides, it has to be me

The girls wait for her all night, but Mariana doesn't come back. They are getting nervous, and just as they begin to think she might be in danger, they discover that another murder has occurred

They run to the scene of the crime, hoping Mariana is not the victim. Luckily she isn't, but that doesn't stop them from panicking

Mariana doesn't show up until the next day, with bags under her eyes and a tired, grumpy expression

Mirabel: there you are! We thought something happened! There's been another murder!

Mariana: it's not him

Mirabel: what?

Mariana: I said it's not him. Carlos is not the murderer

Marisol: are you su—

Mariana: yes, I'm sure. Now, let's go

Carlos, out of spite, sets this as Mariana’s ringtone

Which works jusr well for him

Til he goes to meet Mariana’s parents and she secretly calls it to embarrass him

DS1: Cariana of Astora - Rising from nothing, lowlier than the lowliest of dirt, Cariana linked the fire and sired a line that lasted for ages unknown. 

DS2: Eanswyth, monarch of Drangleic - Many generations later, a descendant of Cariana would be chosen to link the flame once more. Abandoning her duty, Eanswyth travelled east in search of a cure to the curse of the Undead. She seized the throne of Drangleic and the crowns of four kings, then bitterly abandoned it, seeking another, more permanent way to end her curse. 

DS3: Amatea of the Boreal Valley - Chosen by the flame to ascend, after her grandmother, Eanswyth, abandoned the duty of their line, Amatea tried to link the fire but failed. After time unknown, the flame would call to her again - to rise and return the Lords of Cinder to their thrones. Willing to perform her duty, Amatea set forth with a singular goal: linking the fire. But with each death and each defeat, and poisoned by the sweet words of Yuria of Londor - Amatea betrayed the Flame, not becoming the Lord of Hollows, but letting it fade, finally calling forward the age of Water.