I'd been thinking about drawing my human version of Derke for a long time, and it just felt like the right time to do it. Honestly, ever since I saw the Season 2 episode "Burning with Enthusiasm" in 2019, I didn't like Derke's oficial design as a human, especially because it was a recycled and recolored version of Filcher (one of the bandits in the series) rather than his own design.
Taking some of his dragon traits, I had to draw him as if he were a hermit or a magic-less wizard from a much earlier time, protecting Marian's spellbook and having to adapt to that human world, though not for long.
Anyway, I don't think Lady Rohesia saw him as a nobleman or a member of high society because of his scruffy clothes, even if it was just the name "sir" to get her confused. Also, I wondered how he'd react to Isabelle or Flynn with their other appearance. The others in the castle saw him as strange.
