#radagon

I think the duality of this character is so interesting. On a surface level, he's probably somewhat of a neglectful father. He loves his children, but he loves his Order more. The first time Miquella offers him a gift, a discus of light, he feels a flicker of pride, ruffles his hair, and then continues with his crusades. Everything else is merely a quiet chord lost amongst the symphony of his love for The Golden Order.

Marika he loves dearly as well. His other half. The extension of his very being. He loves her golden hair and eyes of gold, he'd spend hours admiring the light catching on her lashes. Memorizing the feel of her shoulder beneath his palm.

And yet he'd notice her pulling away as time went on, lost in the depths of her mind. He worried at first, thinking about Renalla. Perhaps he was cursed, just as his children, to always watch his loved ones crumble around him or because of him. He takes to the Golden Order even harder. The grace of gold will solve this. There will be a reason for all of this suffering. All the while, he doesn't notice Miquella pulling away, and he chooses to ignore the slow rot of Malenia's body. He does not think of Mohg or Morgott once. When his firstborn dies, something in him dies with them. Marika feels the grief even greater. He remains unshaken in his faith, however.

Rykard left 2 abductor virgins in Raya Lucaria to protect his mom, which honestly tells us a lot about how he must have loved her, especially considering how one brings trespassers to the Volcano Manor so he could presumably rip them a new one. I like to think he and Ranni the most resented Radagon for leaving their mother (as we are told fuck all about Radahn's feelings about her), and was a big factor in why they wanted to destroy the Erdtree/Golden Order/Two Fingers (and gods in general in Rykard's case). That shit was personal.

He was given a normal Academy Glintstone Staff. When he complained, Rennala laughed and said "You will get a staff like mine when you rise above the ranks, my dear."

He did. But instead of designing a staff like his wife's, he chose to keep his regular staff.

When Radagon left, the staff left with him.

Miquella once saw his father holding it, staring at it, before crushing the glintstone out of the staff, then throwing the useless piece of wood away from him, clutching the glintstone in his hand.

Color study for yuming li’s course. :3

Came to conclusion that i have to stop drawing women only (task impossible)