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Infernal sandwich. (Take an archdevil and put 'em between a Cambion and an Incubus)

I plan on turning this into a full piece - but I don't know how long it will take, so have the WIP for now. :D

Full piece is NSFW and can be found on my other socials (adults only!): Twitter & Bsky

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Some more Lore things bc writing the whole fanfic is hard

Raksha will tell Raphael how much they regret they were even together at some point and he will completely ignore that statement in favor of some compliment they gave him years before Raksha: "You're the worst mistake of my life" Raphael: "But you do think I am a fantastic poet. And quite handsome at that" Raksha: "That means absolutely nothing"

Raphael doesn't consider his relationship with Raksha over. Oh boy, he really doesn't: still wears the wedding ring, calls them his "prince consort", goes full "you will be forced to choose me if you can't have anyone else". (What if I told you Raphael told Raksha "I crave your touch, your every breath, I’d welcome pain, I’d court my death. For even hell’s a heaven true, When I am burning with you" I FEEL SICK.)

Raksha, on their side, feels conflicted because they don't want to love him but they do. Mind you these are from some musings they wrote when they were on copium about him being a Cambion: "For years I walked the strictest way, Chastity my shield, virtue my creed I fought vice, kept sin at bay With steady hands and a heart that bled. My two lovers were religion and science My true, only companions I poured all the blood of my adolescence Between churches and holy visions I turned from desire, I turned from shame, Renounced the flesh and all its disgrace, My soul, untouched, my heart aflame, In piety's arms I found my place. Your eyes, a spark of carnal flame, Your lips, a poisoned wine I crave, You speak my name, and I am not the same, A saint undone before your wave"

(Raksha baby... You're the son of Archdevil Baalzebul/arguably an Archdevil yourself and try to pass yourself for a "big tiefling" you're one to speak)

"Why did they break up in the first place?" Raksha (who has been raised in an extremist religious cult of Ilmater) has different morals on what is right and what is not: the debtors at the House of Hope? "They deserve this punishment, for the weight of their sins demands retribution" Hope is where they draw the line because she's there for simply refusing Raphael. They look into his eyes as they break her chains, even. :) There's a big fight after Hope is gone. Raksha threatens Raphael to not look for them as they want nothing to do with him anymore before teleporting away. That said they still love each other despite everything, so the following years leading to BG3's plot are littered with Raphael chasing Raksha, sometimes fighting sometimes doing spicier things - always ending up with Baalzebul's son slipping away from his grasp. :) (Raksha also has their wedding ring... They don't wear it, but they didn't throw it away either lmao)

Yes Raksha will taunt him with "you're beefing with someone 6000 years younger than you" when Raphael gets mad with them about something trivial like disagreeing on which theatre play is the best.

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Some more Lore things bc writing the whole fanfic is hard

Raksha will tell Raphael how much they regret they were even together at some point and he will completely ignore that statement in favor of some compliment they gave him years before Raksha: "You're the worst mistake of my life" Raphael: "But you do think I am a fantastic poet. And quite handsome at that" Raksha: "That means absolutely nothing"

Raphael doesn't consider his relationship with Raksha over. Oh boy, he really doesn't: still wears the wedding ring, calls them his "prince consort", goes full "you will be forced to choose me if you can't have anyone else". (What if I told you Raphael told Raksha "I crave your touch, your every breath, I’d welcome pain, I’d court my death. For even hell’s a heaven true, When I am burning with you" I FEEL SICK.)

Raksha, on their side, feels conflicted because they don't want to love him but they do. Mind you these are from some musings they wrote when they were on copium about him being a Cambion: "For years I walked the strictest way, Chastity my shield, virtue my creed I fought vice, kept sin at bay With steady hands and a heart that bled. My two lovers were religion and science My true, only companions I poured all the blood of my adolescence Between churches and holy visions I turned from desire, I turned from shame, Renounced the flesh and all its disgrace, My soul, untouched, my heart aflame, In piety's arms I found my place. Your eyes, a spark of carnal flame, Your lips, a poisoned wine I crave, You speak my name, and I am not the same, A saint undone before your wave"

(Raksha baby... You're the son of Archdevil Baalzebul/arguably an Archdevil yourself and try to pass yourself for a "big tiefling" you're one to speak)

"Why did they break up in the first place?" Raksha (who has been raised in an extremist religious cult of Ilmater) has different morals on what is right and what is not: the debtors at the House of Hope? "They deserve this punishment, for the weight of their sins demands retribution" Hope is where they draw the line because she's there for simply refusing Raphael. They look into his eyes as they break her chains, even. :) There's a big fight after Hope is gone. Raksha threatens Raphael to not look for them as they want nothing to do with him anymore before teleporting away. That said they still love each other despite everything, so the following years leading to BG3's plot are littered with Raphael chasing Raksha, sometimes fighting sometimes doing spicier things - always ending up with Baalzebul's son slipping away from his grasp. :) (Raksha also has their wedding ring... They don't wear it, but they didn't throw it away either lmao)

Yes Raksha will taunt him with "you're beefing with someone 6000 years younger than you" when Raphael gets mad with them about something trivial like disagreeing on which theatre play is the best.

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Another WIP for the same page this is from. Bro help this is the local religious authority and Raphael's lewding them in his brain.

Don't worry Raphy is furious about how he can't stop thinking about them.

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Some WIP from a page (prayer circle for me to actually finish it) where Raphael is kind of losing it over Raksha. As in, he's imagining *things* like this pic.

"You haunt my dreams, you steal my breath, Your beauty’s a curse, it’s my living death! I can’t escape, I can’t break free, Why does my heart belong to thee? What have I become, kneeling before you? A fallen creature, drowning in you. Your gaze is my heaven, but my love is in vain, Why, my light, must you bring me this pain? I love you, I hate you, you, my sacred fire, In this torment, I am lost forever to desire I’ll possess you, I’ll make you see You’ll burn with me"

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(Headcanon stuff for my BG3 lore/comparison between Raphael and Raksha's relationship with their fathers)

Mephistopheles is willing to help his son during the HoH battle not out of affection or any sort of goodwill but more so that seeing him lose to a bunch of mortals would be shameful to his blood...

On Raksha's side, Baalzebul actively tries not to acknowledge them - yet, at least. My headcanon is that, when Asmodeus cursed the Archdevil to his slug form, he also made it so that his heirs would have the beauty he lost. So seeing Raksha would be a reminder of his fall from grace.

Also Raphael and Raksha's relationship is (an open) secret pretty much because of the rivalry between Mephistopheles and Baalzebul, the former would probably destroy his son on the spot and the latter try to use his to spy on his rival. :,D

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"The scent of labdanum incense Lingers on your warm skin, smooth and dark With bare throat made to bite I surrender to this hunger, to your luring eyes and lips As your provocative laughter draws me forth"

Finally finished this drawing of Raksha and Raphael in their human forms. Which to be fair, I should be drawing more so I don't have to deal with their horns.

(You can find a close-up on my Twitter -> [link] )

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Incredibly heterosexual activities going on between Raksha and Raphael (At the beginning, Raksha was completely delusional about their attraction and denied it. Or at least, considered it "platonic")

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I am more active on my BG3/18+ Twitter where I yap about them and my lore/headcanons nonstop. :)

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Finally done with the Tumblr-safe version of Raksha's ref. sheet. Which is not even complete anyways because there are like 2 other pages with other views/angles. :^)

Anyways here's Raphael's prince consort in all their glory. Raksha loves and resents him, Raphael loves them but is furious because he perceives his feelings as a human weakness. Healthy stuff, y'know. /s

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Most of my stuff is posted over my 18+ Twitter. (Minors DNI)

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(Also, if you want to hear what they sound like. Another Twitter link) [Link]

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Finally done with the Tumblr-safe version of Raksha's ref. sheet. Which is not even complete anyways because there are like 2 other pages with other views/angles. :^)

Anyways here's Raphael's prince consort in all their glory. Raksha loves and resents him, Raphael loves them but is furious because he perceives his feelings as a human weakness. Healthy stuff, y'know. /s

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Most of my stuff is posted over my 18+ Twitter. (Minors DNI)

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(Also, if you want to hear what they sound like. Another Twitter link) [Link]

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Save me old man/bishonen devil couple, save me. The WIP is getting somewhere. :,)

Look, Raksha might be considered a goody-two-shoes by Infernal standards with their Messiah complex, but Raphael is trying his best to make them more like him (just like how *they* are trying to do the same). :,)

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THE APPLE AND THE TREE.

My piece for @silkandsulphur !!! A retelling of Brian Valenzuela's Glasya and Asmodeus portrait.

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Some quick sketch made for my Twitter because I wanted Raksha and Raphael being soft without the insane size difference they otherwise have in their true forms.

Full piece here.(NSFW warning)

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Relax Raphael no one's taking your "protegé" away from you. (Also Raksha happy af because he got jealous over them. Lmao)

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"It took me by surprise, the hatred in his eyes. I’ve pushed this man as far as he could go. ♡"

I absolutely love the idea of Raphael musing that Raksha can be a "worse devil" than he is. Because they know how to pull his strings and make him even more obsessed. In this case, I suppose they managed to make him feel quite jealous. :)

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>>> When he's six millennia older than you, your mentor, lover and enemy all in one

I post the great majority of Raksha and Raphael's lore over my nsfw Twitter but sometimes I remember to do it on here too soooo

Raksha is Baalzebul's son but has been raised by a human who was essentially Frollo V.2 so you can tell the amount of religious guilt they have Raphael takes an interest in them (for egoistic reasons at first) and slowly realizes that he caught feelings. Drama ensues (neither is normal about it).

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Devil's Tango. 🌹🔥

A Cambion who rejects their Archdevil’s blood and the other who proudly states he’s “no mere mortal “.

One who swore to purge the world from vice and sin, the other embraces them.