#enth

Did some sketches tonight trying to imagine nth from Adrien Tchaikovsky’s Spiderlight . (It’s a banger of a book that deserves more hype)

Creation notes

- from nth’s initial description, I believe he has two large main eyes, two little forehead eyes, and maybe some other little eyes thrown in

- his mouth should have two extra long needle fangs (with slots in lower jaw). — I wound up doing one (middle) version of him where he had human skin flap analogs for spider mouth parts, which turned out interesting, but isn’t technically cannon 🥲

- nth lying down in bed on the morning before fighting the demon lord: Cyrene describes his back as being leanly muscled, but all the muscles being in slightly the wrong place for a human anatomy. I wound up using a greyhound as reference, but it turned out a little janky.

> 15. What was something their parents taught them?

Elissa’s parents taught her a lot of stuff. She was basically homeschooled in how to be a good ruler. Beyond that, Bryce taught her how to hunt and Eleanor taught her how to sketch.

> 36. What is their sense of humor like? Give an example of a joke they would find humorous.

Marian’s sense of humor is subtle. It isn’t hard to get her to laugh, but it’s uncommon for her to tell jokes. She likes Varric’s snark and Isabela’s crazy stories and Fenris’ dry quips.

> 11. If they could make a mark on history, what would they like it to be? 

Well, Claudia does make a mark on history... If she’d had the choice of how to make a mark without becoming Inquisitor, she would’ve preferred the chance to open a hospital school that integrated both magic and non-magic healing.

> 82. What is their handwriting like?

Onith’s handwriting is small and precise. She learned to read and write with very little material available, so she had to be efficient. These days, no matter if she’s taking notes on a job or leaving graffiti for someone to follow, she writes neatly in nice straight lines.

> 92. Describe them as a John Mulaney gif.

Enth? Probably these ones, as regards becoming a Sith:

> 34. How easily do they trust others with their secrets? With their lives? 

Krenth? Trust people with her secrets? Haha, no. She trusts Corso to watch her back pretty quickly, since he saved her from bleeding out in an empty hangar less than an hour after they first met, but it takes years before he has the full picture of her life before they met. She and Risha fight like feral cats, so Risha never learns anything beyond “she had a Corellian mentor who died a couple years ago”. Akaavi and Bowdaar both have bits and pieces of the truth, mostly little scraps that Krenth has accidentally dropped into conversation.

> 54. What is their current hairstyle? What have been some of their past hairstyles? Which was their favorite hairstyle?