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Kraus has other expressions I promise. censor provided by the mighty Gryphon of Purity.

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seikret sketches

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While I would like to play DD/DDDA, the concept of MP being bestowed will but it being in the Arisen's body, to slowly be consumed by the Arisen's behaviors and character, and therefore lose even part of their identity, is a huge turnoff for me. I don't acknowledge this lore for my DD(2) story. One of the biggest enigmas for a pawn is the concept of will and acknowledgement of choice and desire apart from their Arisen and purpose that is dependent on the cycle. To be consumed into the image of their Arisen totally nullifies that. It proves they truly have no choice but to kneel to their Arisen's shadow. It's dooming. I suppose to some pawns they'd welcome it because they are subservient to their Arisen even in death and may accept the fate at face value and wouldn't know any better.

Kraus, however, wouldn't want this for Liam. Liam, coming to be conscious of will as something he could come to possess, would be pulled apart if he was to mutate into a person he loved , respected, and cherished. Instead he'd be a mockery of that, slowly twisting to wear the skin of someone that martyred themselves for the sake of existence free of a scripted cycle.

Liam existed long before Kraus, perhaps even the cycle as Oblivion has always been. He was not created by Kraus. He calls forth an entity but he does not dictate what that entity will look like, only that he feels he 'needs someone I can trust.' His Will was a beacon for Liam, a chance at escaping a void where he only knew the idea of light and color but may never experience it. He chases this powerful Will, finds himself in the presence of purpose, and the human body he comes to possess is his own, it's created naturally based on what sort of presence he was within the Rift. Liam's fully natural state, the state he is innate to, is Oblivion, and his dragon form(whether hijacked by Oblivion's desire for nonexistence or not) is often quite comfortable for him to be in. Hijacked, mentally he is distraught and in immense pain as he's being ripped in innumerable ways and weaponized.

Kraus only shown a light and allowed whatever that was within the Rift to reveal itself. He didn't know what to expect, and he wasn't impressed with Liam, nor truly wanted a pawn hounding his steps, nor wanted the task he was charged with in the beginning but that changes over time when he realizes he is the chance that stands between a continuous failing cycle that has left the world stagnating and a world where while uncertain and evolving, is free to choose how it meets uncertainty.

Tldr: pawn gets to keep his own body once bestowed with will. I don't acknowledge DDDA or DA pawn lore concerning bestowal of spirit/will and body mutation/transfer. I don't headcanon that Kraus makes up Liam's physical appearance either, that just comes along with Liam naturally. He forms a bond with a pawn, a contract (using DDO's lore), and he has to earn the chance to summon a pawn that is to be his to command initially, it's not just given to him. but he cannot manipulate Liam's core appearance. Even if I joke about it. (;

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KrausArisenxLiamPawn

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he's not fully marinated for the grill yet let him rest

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it is normal to see a dragon chasing after the Arisen post-script don't worry about it

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dragonsplague Liam brainrot

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"Yet for your sake, I would fain relinquish all I have-"

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paintover wip

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Before Kraus sees Liam's primordial, draconic form-which comes later after he gets dragonsplague, he gets thrown lean scraps of info here and there pushing that his pawn is teetering somewhere in the realm of 'peculiar' for a nomad, at least from what he understands of them (which at this point, early in their travels, is very little.) Liam gets used to wearing his glasses that help mitigate bright light, and tends to wear them all the time regardless of when, his nighttime vision is well tuned for darkness and he's quite comfortable reading in it.

Below are roughs for a drake possession moment later that ends up being a not good very bad time for everyone involved.

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your OCs are smoochable.

tyy I am glad you like them. I have a bajillion ocs but these two are my muse atm.

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Simple reference for Liam's dragonsplague and primordial, draconic form. He's kindhearted and that rings true for all his forms, dragon or no. For my Dragon's Dogma 2 story. I don't really like adding text like this but though it may be helpful. No glasses bc I'm lazy.

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Dragon's Dogma story sketches

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Liam picks out a few books at random for Kraus to read to him before bed

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Dragon's Dogma story sketches

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Two baby Seikrets, one braincell

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Rest Stop