#iazilyn

I'm about to begin working on a dating sim game featuring my original world and characters alongside some friends of mine, but first I need YOUR HELP with finalising the line-up of dateable characters!

The currently decided dateables are as follows (with varied art pieces I've done of them included for visualisation purposes):

Enatras (he/him): known best for being the king of the Orchels, more commonly known as "dark gods". He's the god of destruction and the void, and he's had a history of violence. Currently he's trying to repent for his past actions by establishing diplomatic ties to his brother's group of gods. He's sarcastic, slightly suspicious, and definitely still seems evil despite his right-hand woman trying to assure you that he's just acting like that for fun.

Lendelrem (he/they/she): the god of life and death, their main job involves collecting spirits of those willing to move on and reincarnating them as plants and animals. They seem blank faced and unfeeling at first, but there's a lot of complex emotions hidden beneath their mask.

Karmelerre (she/they): Acrente's twin sister and the god of knowledge, she's one of the most responsible gods and takes her job very seriously. They act put together and strong in public, but behind the ornate doors of their library rests a tired woman, seeking comfort in the strong halls of books. She dedicates a large portion of their time to cleaning up their brother's messed.

Acrente (he/they): Karmelerre's twin brother and the god of creativity, known and widely loved by mortals for the huge parties they throw alongside their best friend. His irresponsible and fun loving demeanour is near constant, but when it falls it falls hard.

(Art for Acrente done by @derpoprime)

THE OPTIONS FOR THE FINAL 2 DATEABLES:

Soubern (she/her): the god of summer and one of the royal children, Soubern is the brightest of all her siblings. Lights up a room like sunlight and brings with her the warmth of summer. A comforting and kind character, known to fall in love easily. She also loves wearing the worst colour combinations known to god-kind as a way to annoy her brother.

Purzentry (he/they): the god of cats and adoptive father or Bezenade (god of bees). Purzentry is gruff and unfriendly at first, yet fiercely protective of their child. They're slow to warm up to new people, and he tends to linger in quiet places. Has seen a lot in his life and now wants to focus on their family.

(This art was also done by @derpoprime)

Lozured (she/him): god of love in all its forms, she has a tendency to latch onto new people and make sure they know how amazing they are. An extremely positive god with a loving demeanour, he uses a lot of pet names and nick names for people, and is big on all forms of affection and love.

Unexrial (he/him): the Orchel god of death, Unexrial is pretty much the exact opposite of Lendelrem. Energetic, loud, and very expressive, Unexrial is widely viewed as one of the two nicest Orchel gods. As an added bonus, he comes with a dog/bug/thing (Dyanyre, the shadow creature depicted with him below).

PLEASE VOTE FOR WHO YOU'D LIKE TO PURSUE IF YOU WERE TO PLAY THIS GAME IN THE POLL BELOW

Acrente and Karmelerre are the lesser chaotic of the two sets of twins. Acrente is a fun loving social butterfly, it's hard to catch him on his own. Karmelerre loves quiet spaces and spends most of her time in her library. Both of them are most commonly found with their respective best friends; Perjaran and Hinterel. These two, funnily enough, are married. The group of 4 hang out all together sometimes, though not often as Karmelerre's social battery tends to drain quite quickly.

Sanetchel and Raben are the tricky twins! They love messing with the other gods and causing bits of chaos for fun. They draw the line at harming others, though they do enjoy practical jokes and a bit of deception in their lives. Sanetchel is married to Merzan and they have two kids together :]

Now, for your second question!

Short answer: I lost count. Truly. But, just for your sake, I shall try to make a list!

This will be broken up in order of the different godly families. Not traditional families by any means – none of the original generation of gods are related by blood. Their families are who they chose. Some of them later had children, and those children are considered the only "biological" relatives of their parents despite having many family members.

[From the novel itself. Picked a scene with parental Meril just for you @sednian05 <3]

“I managed to get us invitations to that masquerade,” she announces when she falls into step beside them, beginning to lead the group back down the road to the inn. “The nobles got distracted by a half-elf that was threatening a nobleman over an ochellian.”

Salzenya felt her face heat up at that, not having realised how loud she’d been during the confrontation. “I am so sorry, I just, I couldn’t…” she stops speaking as she trips over her words, a frown crossing her lips.

Meril places a hand on her shoulder, smiling up at her. “You did good, kid. I can’t stand talk like that either, and I’m glad you know to take a stand for what you believe in.”

I'm roughly 75% through the creation of a prologue for the iazilynian dating sim! Which is so so much fun (I'm learning to code through and for this)

Salzenya, a sacrificial lamb, an unwilling vessel for the god of destruction. In other words, a very fitting character to draw with this song lyric, ehe ^-^

This was a very experimental piece for me! Lineless and painted, two things I don't normally work with

Alt versions under the cut