#oc janus

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I have a new addition to the roster of star angels! Janus was made about a century after Lucifer fell. No one really remembers exactly what event they were born under, but some think the cracks in Creation caused by Hell’s birth and Eden’s fall were it. They are a dominion, but even among the beings designed to know the stars and planets Janus is an oddity. They are tear streaked and star speckled, their marks gleaming liquid silver. They were a restless baby, a quiet toddler, a distant child, never able to play with their peers like their parents wanted.

“Janus, Janus! Come play! My parents taught us a new song game!”

“…”

“Why don’t you ever talk?”

“…words… tangled.”

“Only babies can’t talk.”

“…”

“What do you even like?”

“…book.”

“That’s boring.”

“…”

“We’re going to go play. Figure out how to talk, and then you can play too.”

“…”

Real tears wet their tear streak marks a lot.

They never did figure out talking, at least not how others wanted them to. So they stayed quiet, lips sealed as the other angels chattered and sang. They could only make a few notes before their voice twisted into something the others never understood. How could they, when they could not hear the universes hum?

Envy is a deadly sin, they know, but how can a tangled, crooked tapestry hidden in the corner not envy those perfect ones that get the spotlight and praise?

When their first sister was born, a perfect, normal little dominion to their families relief, Janus locked themselves in their room and started writing.

“Star angel,” that is a term Janus chose. They knew they had to be something, everything was something, but they were not the same something as everyone else. So they studied themselves, learned what they are and what they aren’t, read and wrote and wrote and wrote for hours and days and weeks and years and decades and centuries until finally, finally, they met the second little star woven, only a few hours into this life. The second was not alone, not with Janus and the library of books they had written for those they knew were coming. The rest would not have to fight and suffer to know what they are, that they swore every time they put a quill to paper.

Nowadays Janus lives in an observatory and library in the closest thing Heaven has to the middle of nowhere. Their family doesn’t come to see them often, preferring to spend their time with those who aren’t lost in maps and pages and a telescope, those who don’t grieve being dust. Janus gave up being bitter about that a few thousand years ago.

They really only come out when a new star angel is born or made, taking the new little star under their speckled wings and teaching them what they are.

Star angels.

Alex & Augustus

Cherry & Darla

Diego & Finn

Flo & Gabriel

Isa & Janus

You guys know of that one cat video where they're rubbing a kittens tummy and it stretches its legs out every time the person pulls away? Yeah.

Just a quick, shitty doodle of Janus playing with lil' Raven in this way.

OC-TOBER Day 10 Symbolism!

(This is also catch up for Day 1 & 2!)

First is my Old OC Janus! The Fool, the first card in the Major Arcana, represents authenticity, freedom, adventure, new beginnings, and also naivete and fickleness. She has been a soldier for a long time, but she is about to begin a journey that uncovers the dark truth about the war they are fighting in and the true nature of their world.

Second is the 'New' OC Alexandrus/ Lex! The Magician represents confidence, willpower, influence, and intellect. What Lex lacks in fighting skills, he more than makes up for in strategy and diplomacy. He wants this war to end and has the skills to make it happen, but he needs help from the other side. Luckily, he has a plan to find it..