Can't believe I have to draw a dress shirt to lowkey censor her beautiful nipples and soft tummy, but yeah, you know where to see it

She's so cute and just all the things I like, I love drawing this Couatl form. Next up, I will draw some other chimera forms, too, I blame Dun Meshi and Ryoko Kui. Now I'm all about drawing chimeras with wings. LOTS of wings. Hell, maybe I'll try turning DoL LIs into chimeras, too, who knows??

Dungeon Meshi Vol. 12 - Chapter Cover Art

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I present to you, Dee!

He's half-dragon and half-couatl (technically possible in lore, I think, and I always loved both). He's a bard/druid multiclass, since the idea was to build him with the abilities that mirror his parents. He's supposed to be a shapeshifter, but giving him unlimited shapechange would be super boring, so instead it's handled by druid's wildshape and various spells, so mechanically he's just a guy.

He never met his real parents, and the only person who taught him the basics of living was a weird half-elf musician with a very hard to remember face. Dee ventured out into the world to return his lute, but after some character development, that old lute got smashed. Dee, after weeks of study and work between adventures, made himself a new lute, that was fully his (though I'm still working on the design).

The group consists of Dee, a kobold psi-fighter, and a blink dog nature domain cleric (speaking through a magical charm on his collar). They travel by a wagon, provided to them by their employer, and keep solving mysteries, which doesn't help with the Scooby Doo gang allegations.

At some point Dee also learned to switch to legs. Good for him, he's travel sized now

Also at some point our group found a weird raven-themed hivemind spirit who needs bodies to exist, since he lacks his own. We convinced it to try communism, and he's protecting a village now (my favourite character so far, to be honest).

There was a moment when Dee was considering staying with the raven spirit, to help guide him, and protect the village. His friends didn't let Dee retire this early, but I still made this as a 'what if' scenario:

Dee if he stayed behind and turned emo, basically.

I was pretty surprised that the anime decided to make it red because I thought it was kind of like a certain other monster that is created later on…

Comparison of the manga skyfish (a light blue with some hints of red) and the anime skyfish (fully red, aside from the wings)

Spoilers below cut!

Its sacred duty had long been fulfilled, and each day was spent quietly savoring the droplets of water that fell through the forest canopy, gazing at the rainbows after showers, and remembering the god who had created it at the dawn of time—now forgotten by all things. It was supposed to fade peacefully at the end of its age, but it was discovered by an expedition venturing deep into Chult…

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Impossible to tell how long it had been trapped in that cage. The air it breathed was thick with the metallic stench of blood; the only sounds were the clamor of human voices, the crashing of waves, and the roars of other strange creatures. When it finally saw light again, it thought it was saved, only to descend into a deeper darkness—branded with a number, its feathers and scales plucked, its blood repeatedly drawn. Through the bars, it witnessed countless test subjects like itself being dismembered, dying in agony… Just as it believed its own end was near, a touch of warmth stirred it—a man with black hair stroking its cold body. Through telepathy, it learned his name: Ish. Ish was a man of few words, and so they kept each other company in silence, until the outpost was suddenly attacked, allowing the Couatl to escape from the underground.

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It faced a completely unfamiliar world: the city. Unable to fly over the towering walls and afraid to reveal itself, it only ventured out in the dead of night when hunger became unbearable. After devouring an owl, it was captured by a party of adventurers and learned it had eaten a rogue’s familiar. Unexpectedly, the arcane trickster who called himself Azzurro did not harm it, but was instead horrified by the wounds covering its body. Azzurro invited it to stay at his tavern and gave it a name: Snake.

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When Snake first took elf form, Azzurro hurriedly pulled off his own cloak and wrapped it around the naked elven body. That soft piece of cloth was later altered by Snake into a robe—it loved curling up inside it even when reverting to its Couatl form. From then on, Snake lived at the Thousand Words Tavern, helping with daily tasks and chatting with the elven druid lady from the same neighborhood during free time. Its preferences were as simple as an old sage’s: basking in the sun, drinking tea, reading… Though often teased for being an “old relic” (and indeed, it was ancient) and lacking common knowledge of humanoid society, its innate telepathic abilities made up for much. It never quite grew accustomed to being seen as a “person,” always more aligned with its nature as a beast.

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Not long after settling in at the tavern, late one night, a travel-worn figure pushed open the door—Snake looked intently and recognized Ish. The old friends reunited, and Ish found a small cottage to live in beside the tavern.

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