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I finally drew them!! And in four days no less… maybe that’s normal for some people but I usually take forever and procrastinate a bunch and don’t finish anything that fast so! This was fun :3 I used my gel pens to clean it up

also! @solapi I believe you asked to be tagged when I drew them so! Here!!

I will definitely draw them again I think, or at least I’ll draw Hector more often, he’s so fun to draw<3 I do need to get better at drawing old men and not just anime twinks anyhow… I do think I’ve improved at least a little with proportions compared to… older art I’m not gonna post ever

the characters and what they represent

Hugo is the feeling stuck between wanting to be forgiven and loved, and still hurting from betrayal

Nuru is the distruction Varian caused, and the feeling of helplessness and guilt

Yong is the fear that he had lost control, and would never succeed

Donella is the blame Varian places on others to cope with the blame he puts on himself

Cyrus is the distance between Varian and the life that will go on without him

Ulla is the final struggle against death before the acceptance Varian makes with his fate

Now for the trials and what they represent

The Fire Kingdom Trial: The initial shock

The Water Kingdom Trial: Becoming numb to the idea

The Air Kingdom Trial: Separating what truly mattered in life

The Earth Kingdom Trial: Regret about chances missed

The Dark Kingdom Trial: Believing that there is more

The Industrial Kingdom Trial: Cutting off the old life

so instead of it happening inside his head, varian will just be a ghost

also I’m changing the au name to

idyll gears