#Anyway I used my character for like three picrews now so she’s officially my Tumblr face

[lieutenant-amuel]

Thank you so much for the tag!

@blueflyingturtleontheway if you don’t mind!

hey guys remember when I said I wasn’t going to update the picrew anymore? well

Yeah, I lied

NEW PICREW UPDATE THIS IS NOT A DRILL

We got new shirts (and do to popular demand and as a request from Will himself, albeit as a joke, THE WILL WOOD SHIRT YIPPEE), new sweaters, new jackets, new eyes, mouths, noses, some hair, flower crowns, AND MORE THAT I’VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN ABOUT

Don’t say I never do anything for you guys, happy holidays <3

[thekingofthenameless]

I’M BACK

And I’m rebranding everything.

Profile picture change, username change (in a few days), etc.

talesofarcadiaforever -> thekingofthenameless

I took a long hiatus from writing and Tumblr in general because of bad burnout and putting expectations on myself that I shouldn’t have. Ha. But I’m back! And good news! I started writing again! Better news?

I decided to officially discontinue Emerald Embers and the Daylight’s Redemption series and write my own book.

I was already making everything so different from ToA that it was practically an alternate universe already: redesigning Merlin, making Merlin and Charlie familiars, adding magical species that weren’t explicitly in canon, completely changing other characters… I still love ToA, but I’m not hyperfixated on it anymore. And that’s okay. I was so scared of letting go for a long time, but I’m happy with my decision.

My wip is now called The King of the Nameless!

Currently, there are five main characters, and tidbits about each of them will be a little further down. (Except for one guy. He sucks.) Their attempted designs will also be down there.

In some aspects, it probably hasn’t changed too much. I’m still basing it off of Arthurian Legends, and Merlin is still the protagonist. But I redesigned him. Again.

The deuteragonist is Charlie; he and Merlin are still familiars. I tried several different names for him, but none of them would stick for him no matter how hard I tried; so Charlie the dragon he stays. But he now has the last name Ambrosius to reflect that he and Merlin are found family as well.

The other three characters in this stage of the story are Igraine, Gorlois, and Uther.

Igraine is Arthur and Morgana’s mother in the Arthurian Legends, (which I did not know at first and was wondering how Arthur and Morgana were half-siblings because they have different fathers…) and will stay the same here. I couldn’t find any official last name for her besides Pendragon from when she marries Uther? (Which is not going to happen here.) So I gave her and her husband the last name “le Fay” to match their daughter!

Gorlois is Igraine’s husband, and like I said, is Morgana’s father. However, unlike some media, he’s not going to be portrayed as a jealous and abusive husband. He’s the epitome of the “I love my wife” guy.

Uther is… a piece of work, to say the least. He’s the character who’s going to have a separate post because of triggering topics that I don’t want in this post.

I’m also going to make a separate post for upcoming characters, which include Nimue, Morgana, Arthur, etc.

Bear with me on lore and designs though please (I’m still working on the lore and I’m not sure if these will be their permanent designs except for Charlie). Some of it might be just random babble until I decide on something 😭 You’ll definitely be able to tell which characters I think about most ahaha.

Anyways, in more good news, I don’t use Artbreeder anymore. I attempt to use Picrews, but sometimes they don’t have everything I want, so I also use character creators from video games. If I could use Baldur’s Gate 3’s, I definitely would, but I’d have to spend like $600-ish to get something to play it on and get the game. 😑 I could also play it with my boyfriend, but our schedules are so busy with both of us working that’s it not really a convenient option.

But there is a game called Dragon’s Dogma, and I’ve been using that one! It’s an older game, so it doesn’t really have many fantasy character options, but it’s good enough for human characters lol. I made Igraine and Gorlois with it, and a few other characters yet to be posted.

Design and lore time!

Merlin:

This is him at the beginning of TKN! Expect more art of him eventually.

• 6' 8"

• “my son crump he has every disease”: schizophrenia, C-PTSD, misophonia

• is still a cambion like in the Arthurian Legends (specifically half-human, half-demon)

• was supposed to be the Anti-Christ (also like in the Legends)

• is also a romance and sex repulsed, non-partnering aroace <3.

• usually excudes a regal, dignified presence, and his preference for flowing outfits helps

• may seem slightly formal with strangers, but on a good day where he can clock their personality, he’ll either warm up to them quickly, or distance himself, depending on the person

• has a strong sense of justice, which also makes him anti-authoritarian for the most part. (unless they’ve actually proven that they’re not just in their position for the power of it, or because of nepotism; and really do want to help people.)

• extremely loyal

• highly empathetic; cries easily

• has a lot of trauma, but is still kind because he’s not going to make people suffer just because he did

• adrenaline junkie in regards to flying with Charlie

• Doesn’t kill if not necessary.

• Is very punctual. If you tell him to come at 5 he’ll be there at 4:30. At most.

Charlie:

• 6' 6" (top of muzzle)

• 7' 3" (top of head)

• the marking on his leg is his familiar mark!

• still nice, seems a little rougher around the edges than Merlin

• says the things that his wizard thinks but won’t say, and doesn’t hide that he stares people down while gauging their character. he sometimes won’t care that he sounds mean or very direct either

• very protective of his familiar and is intensely loyal to him. isn’t really willing to leave the latter alone with people they don’t really know because of people attempting to take advantage of his schizophrenia in the past, gaslighting him into thinking that their actions weren’t real and were things he hallucinated/imagined

• Do no harm but take no shit

• Far more willing to kill than Merlin

• “Hey do you want me to kill that guy for you? Because it sounds like he sucks and I will totally kill that guy for you.”

• (I guess he technically counts as an emotional support animal but like. he’s sentient so idk 😭)

• is an omnivore (most dragons are, but he eats more human food than them from growing up and staying around them.)

Igriane:

• 6' 5"

• a wizard!

• was originally a red head before I realized that oh yeah. Morgana has brown hair, and a ginger and blonde would definitely not for the most part have a brunette kid

• purple eyes (haven’t decided if I’m gonna stay with this concept, but I like the idea of all wizards having some type of heterochromia, or technicolor eyes to show that they have magic)

Gorlois:

• 6' 0"

• he doesn’t have any type of unique eye color yet because I didn’t have the concept of that for wizards yet, and still not sure if I’m gonna keep it so. blue eyes for now

• again I say he’s the “I love my wife” guy!!

• also a wizard (which is where Morgana gets her magic when she’s born. You have two parents with magic you’re like. guaranteed to have magic.)

• maybe not really much of a fighter? Would probably use some type of sword if he was.

Wow that was so much lore. 👍 If anyone wants to talk to me about my ocs or suggest ideas, my ask box is always open! (And I love love love getting asks)

Artist credits!

Merlin:

Charlie’s original artist:

Charlie’s second artist:

Charlie’s saddle:

[romijuli]

Well, I figured “stuck unable to actually go outside” was as good an excuse as any to put some faces to these names, but it seems my USUAL source of character designing won’t cooperate; i opted for this picrew instead, and while it’s not PERFECT for my mental images of these disasters, i think they came out pretty nice! They’re from Unregistered, which is one of a pair of stories that take place in the same world, Edonem.

Anyway, descriptions under the cut, assuming you’re not on the hellscape known as the tumblr app:

If you’ve been around long enough, you actually know the first two; they’re repurposed OCs from a Pokemon fic that i’m no longer writing! Or perhaps you know them as the protags of that standalone superhero thing i’m vaguely working on? Regardless...they’re the only cis ones of this bunch. My fucking city now.

Sadie Azalea is the primary POV of Unregistered, originally designed as a jokey self-insert but eventually growing into her own monstrosity of a character. Rather peppy, with a bit of a clumsy side, her occasional ditzy moments (and grand desire for stardom) actually hide a bit of an academic side; she’s been working on studying the long-dead language of ancient Edonem.Her totally-glitched attempt at registering as a Mage kickstarts this mess, or is it her insistence on hiking somewhere to get it fixed?

Vincent Jefferson is Sadie’s long-time best friend; his hair is technically supposed to be teal but I did my best. Perhaps a bit more level-headed than Sadie is, but he’s nerfed by a hell of a lot of anxiety. He wants to become a journalist and cover the Magebattling circuit, and in order to properly do so he’s going to join it himself...well, he would, if he didn’t decide to come along on Sadie’s questionable hiking trip.

Lucas Hopper was not originally going to be here; they were/are an official employee at the Mage registration place where Sadie’s registration got glitched up, and got sent along with her when she decided to hike to the capital instead of, like, taking a train or something. They’re a bit grumpy at first, but a lot of it is just that it takes them a while to warm up to new people. They were rather sheltered, you see. They have a knack for telling what people’s Mage specialties are, which comes in handy when...things...start happening. (NB, they/them pronouns only!)

Minnie Schneider and the two remaining disasters wind up running into our heroes by pure chance; the temple they were raised in was destroyed, and they decided to hang out with the three chaos kids on their hike. Similarly to Lucas, they’ve all been reasonably sheltered, but it takes her longer to warm up to Sadie in particular; for whatever reason, ze just doesn’t Click with our hero right away. (I used the demigirl flag here but it’s not quite accurate; Minnie here is genderfluid, fluctuating between girl and nb. Alternates between she/her and ze/zir, if it wasn’t clear.)

Josiah “Gender is stupid” Aguilar brings me exceeding amounts of joy due to a personal reason. Josiah is the logician of this particular trio, generally counted on for guidance. He also doesn’t really click well with Sadie for a while, though that can pretty easily be chalked up to Sadie’s particular brand of ditziness. (Agender, he/him pronouns)

Emery Webb is a giant goofball, I love them. A bit of a prankster, they’re the only one of this trio who doesn’t take a while to warm up to Sadie. (NB, also they/them pronouns!)