#Narinder looks old af

[really-burnt-toast]

The Kits

Aka. what I started drawing during the Lofi livestream.

Plus, their parents;

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God, I love Aym and Baal so much, I'm so happy I finally got around to drawing them :D

I know Narinder isn't CANONICALLY their dad, but I love the headcannon where he is, so in my au/version that's just how it is.

Aym, while his fur and patterns are more like Forneus, acts more like Narinder and has a more lean body build like his dad. Meanwhile, Baal has Narinder's pattern and fur while having Forneus' personality and more rounder body shape.

Aym is half blind due to his eye being injured when he was younger - both of them have additional scars now from sparring or fighting off previous vessels.

Forneus is hyper supportive and involved - meanwhile, Narinder is silently doting and proud, more laid back in raising them too.

Anyhow,

[takofuus]

Greetings~ Is it okay to ask a question?

how did you make your own design for the cotl bishops? I've been having trouble trying to come up with an idea on how to draw them but it's extremely difficult... yours look super cute and have a unique style!! how do you do it?

I focused primarily on the jobs I wanted them to have! And based everything else around that (?) for Heket and Leshy, head chef and assistant chef - so I gave Heket an apron, and a sleeveless shirt to emphasise her brawn, same for Leshy but more gardener central too. I made him tall af because of the golden rule youngest siblings are the tallest

For Kallamar I designed him based off of a warrior, the type of follower constantly on expeditions. The marks on his cheeks are tear stains from 6 millenias of constant "oh my god narinders gonna kill me" attitude, and the stitched second mouth was from him trying to protect Shamura from Narinder completely splitting their head in half

As for Shams and Nari, just the normal follower clothing but w a tinge of their old robes (black n yellow) Narinder's is just his old TOWW robes but sewn into a size that fits him now also with a tinge of black and yellow somewhere

Tl;dr: Focused on the job I wanted them to wear, tropes I really liked, personality of the char, injuries they could have sustained but never mentioned, and canon design of the char

[volvolts]

bishop headcanons + narinder

why not

narinder

chronologically the eldest, responsibly the “second in command” of the old faith

out of all the gods of the old faith, narinder had the least followers and prayers

secretly he craves some appreciation for his role

when he broke off he granted his followers a new choice: resurrection. death shouldn’t flow backwards but being death itself he can do what he wants. it disrupts the flow of the universe and so he must be imprisoned

he only began to wear the veil once he ran his own faith.

once imprisoned he refused to remember any good things he had with his siblings and only remembered their worst traits to fuel his hatred. deep deep DEEP down, he misses them

weapon of choice: sword, a weapon that is most versatile

shamura

the second eldest but treated as the leader

repressed af. they have only openly cried in front of their siblings once and that was when they imprisoned narinder. theyve practically stopped emoting altogether afterwards

ironically the most emotionally mature

war and knowledge/wisdom is their strong point but they also are a god of the arts such as literature and music. however in their own downtime they do embroidery and textiles

considered the most compassionate of the bishops

they are slow to anger and prefer to negotiate before turning to violence

however want their wrath and you shall have it

after their head was broken they began to rely heavily on their crown to even think straight which is why their crown has grown into their brain

weapon of choice: dagger, a small multipurpose weapon

heket

third sibling but tries to be second in command, she will be the voice

the most vocal on her thoughts and will say things that will hurt because she believes them to be the truth

cares greatly for her siblings even deep down narinder

usually the one to calm down kallamar and leshy

after getting her throat slashed she coughs a lot and speaks in a steady rasp. the loudest she can go is a slightly raised voice

she became more ruthless over the years and requires many sacrifices. consequently this caused anura to be as dead as it is

heket has the most shrines out of the bishops

if they ever reconciled she would be the last one to speak to narinder

weapon of choice: axe, a heavy blade as strong and cutting as she

kallamar

second youngest, feels like the middle child

a scaredy cat, usually tries to throw someone else under the bus but he doesn’t really mean it. he’s just a person who runs when scared

he’s a smooth talker 

he is the healer, he knows how to make balms and potions. on the other hand he can also make potent poisons 

Kallamar has the most well kept shrines out of all the bishops

kallamar doesn’t believe narinder ever cared about them. when his ears were ripped off he had a revelation that narinder fought to hurt them, to kill them just so he can keep new power as a god. he’s been afraid of narinder ever since

weapon of choice: hammer, to more easily break through rocks for gemstones

leshy

the youngest of the bishops, usually treated as such and so he overcompensates

he’s a worm but he has arms sometimes. he’s a god so if he wants arms he can get them

while he is mostly a representative of chaos, he also is a god of the arts. unlike shamura who overlooks literature and music, leshy overlooks crafts such as painting/pottery/etc

his shrines often have flower chains decorating them. aptly his shrines look the most busy

though blind, he can sense vibrations with his branch-like antennae

out of all the bishops leshy is the most active in his domain. They say if you see moving bushes it’s a sign that he’s nearby and will protect you. but dont get too close

weapon of choice: claws, to more easily slash clear the area for new plants

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