#nanghaithya

I was thinking "I should clarify my designs/mental image of the AV druids some more because of Lore (TM)", but LMAO I can't help thinking of the daeva all the time...

I've had this mental gag for the longest time that "Rashnu looks kind of creepy, and Nanghaithya looks more like the druid than him". Wanted to draw visuals to compare (also Nanghaithya's full face without the covering on his mouth).

Rashnu isn't actually fierce, he just... has permanent frown lines from years of overthinking. Nanghaithya has a few braids that can turn into vines and thorns (because of his Earth element thing).

I probably should make a more detailed character drawing/profile someday... I originally wanted to try to fanfic it, but it's been like 5 years and the words still aren't working.

Nanghaithya

Element: Earth

Original species: Quarem

Special ability: Mind control

The quarem uses song to snare their prey and eat them. Nanghaithya is of the ascended class of the kind who has evolved the skill so that he can control others with normal spoken words. For that reason he had to wear a sealing cloth on his mouth, to prevent him from using his powers.

Quarem are, typically, immune to the mind control abilities of their fellow kind, and more perceptive of other methods of hypnotism.

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I can't believe I forgot to post this here. Or, if I did, I tagged it incorrectly because I can't find it. Was going to make a full set of "encyclopaedia profiles" for 'em, but I got sidetracked while doing Zarich and never finished.

Because of Elini's summon animations, I always headcanon the daeva as being associated to a specific element. How it works has been evolving in my head over time, but currently they are "elemental guardians" who are each assigned to one element. They individually have other spell abilities based on whatever demon species they are.

Also, walking cactus, one of Nanghaithya's minions:

Redraw of old art I found in my old folders. The old painting is from 2009. I’m amazed how old that drawing is. It wasn’t that bad, so I had assumed it was newer.

Pre-redesign Nanghaithya is so... well, not soft per se, but he’s nicer. 

I feel like. In Saiyuki terms. He's vaguely reminiscent of Hakkai ahaaahaha my Saiyuki phase is showing.

I cannot remember for the life of me why I designed Nanghaithya with (mostly) Chinese aesthetics despite the typical Western fantasy RPG setting. I guess I was just trying something different.

An even older drawing from 2008

I found a painting I made when I was... uuuhh... somewhere between High School and first year of college :’D 

I can’t find the original file in my folders so I can’t check the date, but I approximate this is around 2009? Maybe? 

When Rashnu has questions, not even a sealed Demon Portal will stop him from getting answers--especially when the well-being of his druid brethren is on the line. The next question, then, is what to do with the answers once he has them.

As told by Rashnu, the Druid of Darkness. Set during Aveyond 1: Rhen's Quest, after Rhen has rescued Armaiti.

Chapter 2: On Threads and Threats

2000 words. No warnings, no spoilers if you've played the game to the point of rescuing Armaiti.

Like Aia, the Demon Realm has many types of landscapes. The one I crossed into was wooded, much like the Halloween Hills from whence I had come...

Read "On Pacts and Portals" on Ao3!