#demeter erdmann

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Happy Mother's Day(though I'm pretty late in the day)!

To celebrate, I wanted to cross-upload this story from 2023 to my AO3! This story centering around the birth of Crowned Princess Gaia Erdmann, one of the main characters from @thelostrainbowthenovel!~

As this is about Gaia's birth, this story takes place 25 years prior to the main story. At the time I didn't know which queen to write about for the holiday, but I chose Demeter both because I wanted to write something for the Erdennian royals again, but also because Gaia is a Taurus. Since Mother's Day falls during that timeframe I could make it where she is born on that day, thus making it an extra special day for Demeter.

A commission done for @littlechaoticwitch, who wanted to see the rest of the fairies from my Winx Club AU~! 🧚‍♀️✨️

My extra notes for their forms are in their original boards, but except for Queen Noelani and Queen Demeter, these are all of their base fairy/Magic Winx forms(some would most likely be at different fairy stages in the actual AU). These combine both inspiration from the original show and my personal take on base fairy forms, which generally includes extra details, jewelry, and more of a variety in shoes. For Noelani and Demeter, I designed theirs with a higher fairy form in mind, combining inspiration from both Enchantix and the Major Fairies from canon. I'm not sure what this exact fairy form would be called or how it would be obtained, but it would have more of a 'regal' vibe to it.

This was a fun challenge to do, both in drawing all the details for their fairy forms and also drawing 7 characters in one drawing, which was a little easier to do than I thought!

🌿 Winx Club AU: Demeter, Fairy of Greenery 🌿

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Second-to-last up for the fairies, we have Queen Demeter~! Another fairy since the second version of the AU. Like stated in Noelani's, I wanted to design a higher-level fairy form for her that was a little more extravagant and fitting for the fact that she is royalty(which basically includes longer dresses, crowns, jewelry, and extra details to give them a fancy vibe). I'm not sure what this exact fairy form would be or what it would be called, but design-wise I mixed in elements of Enchantix and the Major Fairies' designs. I hope you enjoy!

Some extra notes about her fairy form:

Her dress would have a little more of a brighter green to it, and more flowers on the green fabric too. Under the puff sleeves would be more fitting, sheer sleeves the same cream color as the front of the dress, covering the hands and having subtle gold, flora detailing on them. Her shoes would be more of an olive green color, a similar color to the choker, with the flowers shaped similarly to it as well. The bronze of her crown would be a light gold instead, with the crown still having the leafy motif but with a couple of flowers in it too.

- Ruling Queen Demeter Erdmann

. Age: 43

. Gender: female

. Sexuality: pansexual

. Family: Cataleya(Momma), Camellia(Mummy), Gaia(oldest child), Avani(middle child), Beaumont(youngest child)

. Relationships: Enki(husband)

. Abilities: plant magic(natural), some forest nymph abilities(natural), solar/sun witch(acquired)

. Physical Appearance: slightly tall with a curvy and thick/chubby hourglass build, waist-length and honey brown hair often put up in messy buns, light brown skin with a smattering of freckles across her body, bright green eyes, ears and left nostril pierced, a few tattoos but her main one is done in a traditional style spanning across her chest and collarbones with sun motifs

Ruling queen of the Kingdom of Erdennia, wife to Enki, and mother to Gaia, Avani, and Beaumont. Demeter has quite the peculiar origin, as she was not born through natural means. The only ruler to have same-sex parents, when it came to having their child her mothers opted to go through with the old clay method of the witches, which involved combining their dna within a clay mold of a baby and imbuing it with magic and a spell. While she was born and is still perfectly healthy and "normal", her magic when she was younger was a bit more unstable as a side-effect. She first met Enki when they were children, with them hitting it off very easily despite their differences. She always made him smile and laugh so easily, and he was one of the first to listen, encourage, and take her seriously, with them falling for each other early on as they have been together as a couple since they were young teenagers. Very spunky and a bit wild in her youth, this allowed her to mesh so well with Noelani as they became best friends, going on a lot of fun and crazy adventures together when they were teenagers before their adventures had to end when they were adults for their own respective reasons. For Demeter, the reason was for the pregnancy and birth of her and Enki's first child, who came into their lives unexpectedly when they were still very young but both vowed to do their best as new parents. After their oldest child was a few years old and they got married in their early-twenties, they had planned on having several children together, though their fertility issues had sadly only given them two more children born such a long time after. Though this always saddened them, they are more than grateful for the three children they had been blessed with, and have used their experience to advocate for more fertility research and treatments. She has grown very mature and wise since her youth, though she still has a fun, playful sense about her. Despite normally seeming so happy and cheerful, she holds a lot of inner sadness and stress that she tries not to show as she wants to put on a calm and brave face for her people, but all this bottling up has made her prone to big emotional outbursts. Lately these have been caused by the Blight Flu wrecking such devastation and illness across Erdennia to both the land and citizens, with her taking it the hardest as both her youngest two children and recently her husband has become seriously ill and bedridden.

- King Consort Enki Erdmann

. Age: 42

. Gender: male

. Sexuality: demiromantic gray-asexual

. Family: parents, 2 younger twin sisters, 1 younger brother, 2 nieces, 3 nephews, Gaia(oldest child), Avani(middle child), Beaumont(youngest child)

. Relationships: Demeter(wife)

. Abilities: dryad/tree magic(natural), green/forest witch(acquired)

. Physical Appearance: short with a soft and husky build, dark green and messy hair that falls slightly past the collarbones, medium-length beard, dark brown skin, dark hazel eyes, ears pierced, giant tattoo going down his entire back of a tree

Last month I was working on ideas for my characters' updated tattoos, since some of them were in a big need for updates lol. Starting with the Erdennian characters, both because of Erdennia's big tattoo culture but also because the original post was from over 3 years ago, so a lot has changed since then. I also added in Idalia and Ren(whose tattoo was first shared here), since they are half-Erdennian too. A lot of the new ideas are kind of vague in their designs since I still need to figure those out, so they are mostly location ideas but I also expanded upon the ones from the original post a little bit too. But yeah, I hope you enjoy!

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- The Royal Family

. Demeter: Has her family's traditional ruling tattoos across her chest and collarbones, with her motif being suns, and another sun tattoo between her shoulder-blades. She has a small and simple lotus design by her left ear, and a small and simple daffodil by her right ear, these being her mothers' favorite flowers. A small one on her right ankle, of her husband and children's names in the shape of the infinity symbol. A piece of orchid and camellia flowers on her left thigh(the flowers that her mothers' names mean), and her husband's + children's favorite flowers on her right thigh.

. Enki: The same as before, has a giant back piece of a tree(a connection to his magic and dryad status) that has the names of his wife + children and parents + siblings on the branches. He would now have either one or two forearm half-sleeves in addition, but I don't know what of yet.

. Gaia: Has her family's traditional ruling tattoos across her chest and collarbones, with her motif being hearts. She also has a rose between her shoulder-blades(being dedicated to Rosia), one on her left lower-leg of her and her family's birth flowers, and symmetrical ones of vines starting from her hips and curling around her mid-thighs. In the future she would get something on her right lower-leg dedicated to her other friends(incorporating something that reminds her of each one), water lilies on her left forearm for Ren, and aster flowers + a forest tree on her right forearm for her future children.

. Avani: Still has a year before she can get one, but her first would be a daisy on the back of her neck. She would also eventually get her other favorite flowers scattered across her body(with a possible half-sleeve, thigh piece, and/or lower-leg sleeve), and once she is older in her 20's, she would also get something dedicated to Vernon, her closest friend in life.

. Beaumont: Still too young to get one as he is only a child, nor does he have any ideas, but he does find the concept of them cool enough.

- The Other Characters

. Rosia: Has full-color roses going down the entire length of her back/spine. Also has a hip/thigh one, this one also being of roses(but in a different style) as she is a little extra in that department. In the future she would also get a big tattoo dedicated to her spouse and future children, this either being on her arm or leg(of their favorite flowers).

. Carmelo: Has full-color tattoos ranging across his back of many different plants and flowers, with the main focus being of roses. Would also get tattoos dedicated to both the family he grew up in and the one he wants to start with his wife, these possibly being full sleeves(one of herbs and plants for his kids).

. Vernon: Like Avani, he doesn't have any currently as he still has to wait a couple of years before he could get one. Not super focused on getting one, but he would get a piece of wheat on his forearm as a nod to farming(coming from a farmer family), and when he is in his 20's, he would get something dedicated to Avani.

- The Half-Erdennian Characters

. Idalia: Doesn't get any till she is in her 30's, since she never lived in Erdennia and didn't learn about the culture till she met and got to know Gaia more. Once she does she would get quite a few, these including full sleeves that spill out onto her shoulders/back, a half-back piece, and a giant hip/thigh piece. These are mostly witch-related, but a few would be in honor of her late caretaker that took her in after her parents died.

I want to start talking about the queens and kings more, especially as I have a lot of ideas for them and want to explore them individually more along with their relationships with their kids. One of my current projects I am working on on the side is their official refs, including both updated biographies/backgrounds for them as well as official drawn refs for them too. The only one I've made a full drawing for before was Soleil, but I will be giving her and everyone else updated references when I get around to them!

Right now since updating their physical descriptions, one thing I wanted to share was their piercings! I know some had earrings in the concept sketches I've drawn of them before, but I wanted to update those a little bit and share my current ideas for them. The only two who aren't included are Vulcan and Lian since they don't have any piercings themselves, but I hope you enjoy these!

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- Soleil

. Soleil has double lobes, and her nips

. She usually wears hoops as her main earrings, and will either wear smaller hoops or studs for her secondary earrings

. Always had her main lobe piercings since she was a child, but only got her second set after she became an adult

. Got her nips first done several years ago, both as a surprise for her husband and because she wanted to for herself, and got them redone when she could after having her last child

. Has considered getting her daiths pierced or some other inner-ear piercings for a while, but it's not at the top of her priorities at the moment

- Noelani

. Noelani has double lobes, a conch, and a rook for each ear

. Always wears some form of dangling earrings for her main ones, with her other piercings being simple diamond studs

. Always loved piercings since her rebellious/wild younger years, but after becoming more mature as she became queen and a mother for the first time, the only ones she kept were in her ears

. She used to have more back when she was younger too, mainly a lip piercing, a navel piercing, and her nips, but took them out over the years and particularly the latter ones when she started having children

. Has considered getting one of them done again in recent times, but is content with just her ear piercings for now

- Caelestis

. Caelestis has triple lobes and a singular set of cartilage-helix for each ear

. Usually wears gold hoops for his main earrings, while his other earrings either being simple gold studs or small hoops

. Always loved piercings since he was young just like his wife, but didn't get most of his till his adult years

. Enjoys having fun with his piercings, especially wearing more extravagant ones for royal events or 'just because' sometimes

. Has thought about possibly getting other piercings before, but isn't focused on that at the moment

- Arethusa

. Arethusa only has a single set of lobes

. Either wears pearl or diamond studs most of the time

. Never wanted to get anything else done nor did she really approve of excessive piercings for the longest, but has eased up a little bit about that over the years

- Demeter

. Demeter has a few piercings, mainly a single set of lobes, her left nostril, and her nips

. Got her ears pierced when she was a child and always loved wearing fun earrings growing up

. She got her nose pierced in her teen years, not long after her 'Coming Of Age' Ceremony

. Since she became an adult she always wanted her nips done too, but didn't get around to getting them pierced till her youngest child was a toddler

. Has thought about possibly getting more ear piercings before but could never figure out a set arrangement she wanted, but she is content with just her current ones now

- Enki

. Enki only has a single set of lobes

. He didn't have any piercings for the longest time nor did he think they would fit his personal style, but got his ears pierced for the first time a few years ago

A little something I wrote on a whim(so apologies if it's not the best quality), for Mother's Day which recently passed. I was in the mood to write something cute of one of my mother characters with their children, and though she was not my initial pick(as I was original thinking of writing for Soleil) I settled on Demeter, the mother of Gaia, Avani, and Beaumont! :3

I chose her both because I wanted to write something for the Erdennian royals again, but also because Gaia is a Taurus, and since Mother's Day falls during that timeframe I could make it where she is born on that day, thus making it an extra special day for Demeter.^^ One small, extra note is that here she and Enki are referred to simply as "partners". Even though they are still super young they feel like it's a bit "juvenile" to still refer to themselves as girlfriend & boyfriend, so even if they are not married yet nor even officially engaged, they refer to the other as their partner as they are still in a serious and committed relationship with each other and plan to stay together.