#loooooore

Let's talk about imbued enchantments. When an item is imbued with an enchantment the item functions as the enchantment. There are two types of imbued enchantments, temporary and renewable. Temporary is as it sounds, it's temporary. The item is given a certain amount of magic to be used in a certain spell but when that magic is spent, the item goes back to being a regular item. An example of this being the glamor potions that the boys use in their Malix scene. It has a small amount of magic put in the liquid to give them enough of a boost to start maintaining their glamor spell once more.

And then...there's renewable. As it sounds, this means that there is a renewable source of magic constantly powering the spell. The item will never lose its enchantment unless the power source dries up or is cut off. For this lore dump, renewable is the important one.

The most famous examples of renewably imbued enchantments are the enchanted metals that adorn the Demon Lord's second wife, Kalipo, his concubine, Omaizel, and his fifth son, Izroul.

(Yes I did put in the effort to draw the three mainly to draw and color baby Damien)

Starting with Kalipo, the golden anklet she wears was imbued with a glamor spell to make her look more succubus like and less...fish. Unlike Erik, Kalipo can't change her fins and tail at will without a glamor spell. She was tricked into thinking it was a regular gift only to lose her last ties to her past. The anklet may look removable but it is not.

Kalipo's body was not meant for land, every step she took felt like needles at the bottom of her feet so she wore shoes unlike the rest of the castle royals to make walking more bearable.

As for Damien and Omaizel, their chains were imbued with barrier magic. At all the ends of the castle, including every window and balcony, there are barriers put in place that only affect those locked within barrier magic. It's like a physical, unbreakable wall that no amount of magic can break. This means that neither shadow demons can leave the castle.

Now for Omaizel, the reason was obvious. She was the Demon Lord's favorite, he didn't want her to escape. But many wondered why the Demon Lord bothered with Damien. Why not kick the child out to be eaten by the wildlife? Well...not even the Demon Lord really thought too much about it. Maybe back when Damien was just born the Demon Lord was sane enough to have some affection for his son. Maybe he just wanted to guarantee that Damien suffers. Or maybe he was afraid that his fifth would come back to haunt him if he was allowed to go free. Either way, it doesn't matter. The consequences are the same.

Maybe I meant it. Maybe I didn’t mean it. But I did it. I’m free- of them. But not of what comes after.

Tradition was broken the day I set Mother and Father’s room alight after I carved out their hearts and stored them in my enderchest. Patriciadial regicide will do that, I suppose.

As soon as the guards smelled that glorious smoke they stormed up and saw me- in hysterics, crying laughing on my knees with that flint and steel still in hand. The way they handled me told me they’d been looking for some fucking excuse to punish me for something. Some excuse to beat me up, send me to solitary confinement, throw me to The Void herself, feed me to Jean….

So I just… let it all happen. It was all a bit of a blur, really. Next thing I knew I was being tried as a terrorist criminal before Jean. At that point I didn’t care what happened to me. I just wanted for it all to be over. I knew the chances of me surviving were slim. I was fine with that. It gave me peace. It’s what I wanted, anyway. There was no better life for me there.

But Jean- too merciful for her own good- took pity on me. Somehow. She saw me for all I was, and I don’t know how. Maybe it’s because she’s so goddamn ancient she’s seen everything. Maybe it’s a dragon power. I don’t know. Maybe I never will.

I’ve been sentenced to banishment from The End. I’ve never been outside The End. It’s all I’ve ever known. They’re taking me through the portal tomorrow. And then they said they’re closing it forever. So something like me never happens again.

⟟’⋔ ⌇⍜ ⌇☊⏃⍀⟒⎅. ⟟ ⊑⏃⎐⟒ ⋏⍜ ⟟⎅⟒⏃ ⍙⊑⏃⏁’⌇ ⍜⎍⏁ ⏁⊑⟒⍀⟒. ⟟ ⍙⏃⋏⏁ ⏁⍜ ☌⍜ ⊑⍜⋔⟒, ⏚⎍⏁ ⟟ ⎅⟒⌇⏁⍀⍜⊬⟒⎅ ⋔⊬ ⊑⍜⋔⟒. ⋏⍜⏁ ⌰⟟☍⟒ ⟟⏁ ⟒⎐⟒⍀ ⎎⟒⌰⏁ ⌰⟟☍⟒ ⍜⋏⟒ ⏃⋏⊬⍙⏃⊬. ⏚⎍⏁ ⟟’⋔ ⌇⍜ ⌇☊⏃⍀⟒⎅. ⟟ ⍙⏃⋏⏁ ⏁⍜ ⏚⟒ ⟟⋏ ⋔⊬ ⋔⍜⏁⊑⟒⍀⌇ ⏃⍀⋔⌇ ⏚⎍⏁ ⟟ ☍⋏⍜⍙ ⌇⊑⟒’⎅ ⋏⟒⎐⟒⍀ ⌰⟒⏁ ⋔⟒ ⎅⍜ ⏁⊑⏃⏁. ⟟ ⍙⏃⋏⏁ ⏁⍜ ⊑⍜⌰⎅ ⋔⊬ ⎎⏃⏁⊑⟒⍀’⌇ ⊑⏃⋏⎅ ⏚⎍⏁ ⊑⟒ ⍙⍜⎍⌰⎅ ⌇⌰⏃⌿ ⟟⏁ ⏃⍙⏃⊬ ⟟⋏⌇⏁⟒⏃⎅.

⏃⋏⎅ ⏁⊑⟒⊬’⍀⟒ ⏁⍜⍜ ⎅⟒⏃⎅ ⏁⍜ ⎅⍜ ⏃⋏⊬ ⍜⎎ ⏁⊑⏃⏁, ⋏⍜ ⋔⏃⏁⏁⟒⍀ ⍙⊑⏃⏁. ⟟ ☍⟟⌰⌰⟒⎅ ⏁⊑⟒⋔. ⟟ ☍⟟⌰⌰⟒⎅ ⏁⊑⟒⋔. ⟟ ☍⟟⌰⌰⟒⎅ ⏁⊑⟒⋔. ⟟ ☍⟟⌰⌰⟒⎅ ⏁⊑⟒⋔. ⟟ ☍⟟⌰⌰⟒⎅ ⏁⊑⟒⋔.

⟟’⋔ ⎎⟟⋏⏃⌰⌰⊬ ⎎⍀⟒⟒. ⎎⍀⍜⋔ ⏁⊑⟟⌇ ☊⏃☌⟒,

Finally made a proper ref for my boy Squidy

He’s so silly I love himb

‼️YAPPING AHEAD‼️

I felt something calling me

Something strong. Something familiar

I followed it. That familiar voidly voice...

I got knocked out......i thought i was gone. The voice kept speaking loudly and loudly.....

Demeaning

Demanding my return to the void

My throne as the butterfly queen

My family...it wanted it all

IT WAS SO LOUD– and my light—

And suddenly i was back home. Home of my found family, safety. Which made everything more concerning...i feel weak...but i havent ascended and reborned, i "died" before reaching the eye i—