#Eyaer the Sky

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Durarath Deities - Primal Forms

A bit of a deviation from our previous Elden Ring content, some design work for a personal worldbuilding project!

In Order of Images:

Eyaer, the Sky (He/Him) Hague, the Earth (He/Him) Vágr, the Sea (He/Him)

More info + closeups below:

The Deities of Durarath are beings of the world elements themselves given physical form, Sky, Earth, and Ocean.

For the most part, they maintain a smaller, humanoid form for engaging with mortals or daily affairs, but in their nature is the raw, untamed, fury of the elements in its' purest forms.

When emotions run rampant, or they are forced into a position of war, they may unconsciously, or consciously, enter what is known as their "Primal Form", this being their unbridled power of their element unleashed.

These forms as depicted above are mere approximations of their features, as their true Primal Forms nature becomes something bordering on unfathomable.

Eyaer, the Sky, for example, becomes the wind around one's body, the clouds overhead, the lightning in the distance, the voice of thunder, every bird and wing-beat, the breath in one's lungs, all at once, but separate. Both wielding six wings that reach across the horizon and can be perceived by mortal eyes, but at the same time melding into the clouds and air.

The Primal Forms are not meant to be beheld by Mortals, often causing extreme emotional and mental duress when seen from their quasi-manifestations of their nature.

Mortals can often recall elements of these forms, Hague's burning hair, Eyaer's beaked helmeted face, Vágr's black serpent body, but often their recreations in art and tales pale in compare to truly existing in the presence of a Primal deity.

For Eyaer and Vágr, these forms were used during the God's War, against each other, but upon reaching a resolution, both swore never to embody their forms again for the destruction it would cause the Mortals. Hague himself has never entered his Primal form, slow to anger, the most placid of the deities, his emotions have never ran high enough to invoke it.

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Been working on/off this month on a redesign project of some very old Deity OCs from my old world setting from my teenage years called Durarath!

It's been really fun taking my old designs and seeing how far I've come with my anatomy and design skills!

More info + Old Designs under the Read More:

All of the Æsir (Gods) are genderfluid and can change shapes and presentations at any time and never display physical sex characteristics, but have preferred presentations and pronouns they go by.

Set 1, L to R: Vágr, The Sea (He/Him) Hague, The Earth (He/Him) Eyaer, The Sky (He/Him)

Set 2, L to R: Rimeé, The Winter (She/Her) Estran, The Craftsman (He/Him) Dauðiféhirðir, The Death (He/They/She)

Last: Hvatvetna, The Creator (They/Them)

Old Designs: