#kildeau

you guys like scary purple giants though right? i know you do. here. take it.

take it. just take it it's fine ta-

Since Chase is rolling our their Kildeans and I haven't had the chance to draw most of mine yet, I wanna put them somewhere on the blog >:]

I've already introduced Rhetoric and Mediator, so I'll just focus on the citizens for now.

Just realized I never posted these three???? Probably because they're not technically finished but like. We've already talked about them a bit, they should be on the blog

Here we have the heads of Kildeau, a Grand Highblood pair stapled together by Zerkev to cancel out each other's most glaring flaws. To make sure they didn't rip one another's throats out, he also assigned them an intermediary.

Introducing: His Indomitable Rhetoric, His Unshakable Presence, and Their Dutiful Mediator :)

"I would like to answer this, please."

"Both deal primarily in fear. First is the fear of us, the church. This is where His Unshakable Presence thrives. The subjugglators report primarily to him, and he directs them to terrorize through action."

"And second is the fear of your neighbor. What His Indomitable Rhetoric fosters. Anyone could be aligned with us. Anyone could be watching you. We laughsassins typically report to him. Our job is to breed unease. Quieter kills. Targeted.

Maybe they were reported. They might have been a rebel. Did someone you know turn them in?"

"Thus the church becomes protection. The dissenters are discouraged from congregating. There are no allies but us.

There is more to it, of course. Things to be done within the church. Politics. Smply put: Words and actions. One promises. The other delivers.

Unlike many places in Alternia, lowbloods are welcome in the church, encouraged to turn on each other for protection from the Subjugglators and Laughsassins that hunt them in the streets.

"The Grand Highbloods, most obviously. Historically, some churches have had up to three leaders, but this is atypical, and they are almost always working beneath the order of a Grand Highblood, not occupying that role themselves."

"There is also the culture. We grant lowbloods a place in our church. We discourage community that does not come from us. It is subjugation disguised as mercy, but the mercy is not fake. That is unique."

"Like motherfuckin' exemplars is how. They're a perfect team. All strength, no weakness."

"You make yourself worth somethin' to them, and you're set. Even a dweeby ass lowblood can find a role servin' the messiahs.