#terramuse

TS is a character that's very important to me. They haunt the story, shaping large chunks of others' lives, even if they're restricted to a sword. Their story is about a lot of things, but one of the major themes is misunderstanding and history from the side of the victor.

In history, TS exists as a tale, not a person. They are a warning, a subtle threat to obey your leaders. Their story is twisted into propaganda and their name is forgotten in favor of dehumanizing them.

So, because I'm a dork who watched RWBY, all my character's weapons get to have names.

Tommie's scythe is Renegade because she learned to harness her magic while with The Rebellion and will forever feel connected to them because of that.

Viktor's gauntlets are named Hope because their defensive nature reflects his hope for peace in the future. His twin knives are called Verdict due to them typically being Viktor's last resort in a fight.

Also Tommie gets to have a reference sheet, since she's taking up more space in my mind lately.

My favorite freaky spirit trapped in a sword!! Their design has changed a ton over the time they've existed (And will most likely change again later) but I've finally collected enough inspirations to make something I like!

I never really liked TS's design and couldn't figure out a way to fix it. They've just been bouncing around in my head with nebulous concepts until I finally decided on making them this weird purple creature :3

Still, I needed them to be distinct from every other indistinct spirit creature, so I yoinked their halo, wings, and necklace from their old Gacha design!

November of 2024 vs March of 2026!

Ngl, Mairr's 2024 ref haunts me. I hate looking at it lol, I was in a bit of a phase with how I drew feet (By which I mean I didn't and still don't know how to draw them.)

Anyway, here's the novel I wrote about the minor changes to her design

I might be too into character design.

Anyway, more design insanity with her weapon!

Each of the three would have the two that don't represent them on each inner wrist, so Mairr would have Viktor's tattoo on her right wrist and Atlas's on her left, for example.

Gosh I love drawing this dork, he's so stupid I just love him! In other news, the Blackfire Sword got a lovely little redesign! Left is the old one as well as what I may use for quicker drawings and comics while the right is the new, full design. This was super fun for me!

The drawing of Marc is based on this piece I did in Paint for kicks. His colors are super wrong here because my drawing tablet needs the colors adjusted really badly lol