#I find Pyynhäntä very charming as well. She's like the bg character who witnesses absurd main character shit

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you got some more to share about the traveller of the night Syne? Where did he got his scars from?

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Sure! I'm actually flattered that you wanted to ask, sorry this reply is so late. Ti's the burnout.

(Here's the picture again for visual clarity since I'll tackle the scar question)

Honestly the boring answer is that I hadn't thought of any interesting backstory for his scars; he's a Guard of the village, he's a trained warrior, he should simply have them! I'm sure some of them came from sparring or challenges and whatnot. The warriors have their own town further away where they often have spar circles and hold various games and sports for themselves. Though Syne isn't the most active to participate nor eager to show off as many of his peers, so, most likely he's gotten the scars on the job.

His mission is to guard the village from anything that might harm the civilian demons living there, as well as be a sort of safetyman in case the villagers themselves start causing a ruckus with each other. Though for the latter he usually works as a muscle and meat shield to separate any aggressive individuals from each other, rather than be an authority figure, and he's not responsible for discipline nor consequences. But yeah, being a middle man and a Guard dog probably earns you some scars!

That's not to say that he probably hasn't met any monsters bc I'm sure he has. He needs to defend the village from anything - even some of his peers, so I'm sure he's seen plenty a scares. He's told to not engage any Plagues tho, not in combat at least. They're a Volatile bunch and in the case of encountering one he's meant to dissuade them away at any cost, or go warn someone and get help. They may come from the same creator but a warrior who challenges a plague is a dead one. That's how they're taught. They also respect most of them, though..

Here's another picture of Syne with his co-guard / substitute, Pyynhäntä ("Partridge tail"). Smaller info snippets under the cut jus for fun :)

- He's born from two lesbian beasts under mysterious circumstances. As a young cub he wandered often alone at night and was allegedly found and adopted that way.

- He has a bit of a gay (and one sided) rivals to kinda-friends thing going on with a local rooster dilf.

- He's probably been a donor to some of his friends to help them have cubs/kits/pups. He has like a semi-uncle type relationship to them, if any. I mean c'mon, he's a big beautiful hunk, and his romantic life is really complicated, someone's gotta make use of those genes. And he agrees.