#Scilla siberica

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Scilla Siberica (Siberian Squill)

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Weird question. Are the purple flowrrs these?

Nope! They're this sort of waxy dark purple color, with thicker lines down the center

Okay after some googling apparently they're Siberian/Wood squill or Scilla siberica

The ones that come up in my yard are identical to the second picture

100% an invasive species here, they're native to southwestern Russia, Hungary, and the Caucasus

but I'm not so sure it's a good thing I've been eating them as there's apparently probably very poisonous, whoopsie

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Source: Maren Toom photo

ℍ𝐚𝓵ｌ נ𝐀 𝔳คĻǤẸ - lumi tuli aprilli viimasel kolmandikul tagasi. The snow came back on the last decade of April.

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Scilla siberica (Siberian squill)

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Scilla siberica / Siberian Squill at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC

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Scilla siberica — Siberian squill a.k.a. wood squill

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Scilla Siberica.. I have used a Sony full frame camera and a Laowa 100mm F2.8 Ultra Macro lens.

Made with focus stacking.

Magnified, the pollen really looks like rice. 🙂

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A hooded crow (corvus cornix) taking a stroll between scilla siberica flowers in April of 2024, Pokrov Cemetery, Riga, Latvia

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Pokrov cemetery and The Great Cemetery in Riga, Latvia. April 2024

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Sibirischer Blaustern (scilla siberica)

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Finished the sketch of Lux for @icerosesummerbracket ! [ I'll color him later once I redo the linear on my phone, just wanted to put him out here now. ]

He's been a character I've personally loved from his first appearance as a visitor to Madame Spiceberry's inn. Though he ended up being pulled from his initial role as a hidden manipulator following [spoilers]'s death at the end of Book 1 to become Radiance's right-hand man, that just let his character develop and [ if you'll excuse the pun ] bloom further into its own.

This drawing is what I would envision him as somewhere towards the end of Book 2 and throughout Book 3, when he's somewhere around 16 years old. I did my best to incorporate the type of symbolism the series is known to use into my design, but I don't feel like I've done enough yet.

[ Regarding the symbolism/aspects highlighted in the image ]

His hair is shaped to imitate a closed Scilla Siberica, or Siberian Squill. Squills are plants that represent loyalty or fidelity, which I felt tied in fairly well to his wholehearted devotion to Radiance and her plot at this time in the books.

His tie has a vine design, which is essentially the only bit of plant theming he has in his outfit. It was mentioned that Radiance wouldn't let him carry out his initial idea of theming himself around sunflowers to incorporate his plant magic into his new form, so he has to content himself with this. It still irks Radiance that he hasn't yet cast away all ties to that "impure" magic and fully accepted light magic, the only magic worth knowing in her eyes.

His cloak is comprised of a larger, heavier outer cloak and a thinner inner one, which come together to form the wings of an Indian Meal [aka Pantry] Moth. This particular type of moth is known to occasionally cannibalize other members of its kind. I don't remember if it's ever specifically mentioned what kind of moth Radiance is themed after, but I've been running with Pantry Moth because of her habit of bringing about the downfalls/deaths of everyone who works with her. Hence, she gives everyone who joins her a cloak similar to her wings. Lux wears his with pride as a symbol of his loyalty; a shame, really, given the events of Book 3's ending, but it was brilliant foreshadowing in hindsight.

I headcanon that his light magic always manifests with some kind of plant-based appearance, a quirk which Radiance also despises. His signature spell is, in fact, the White Rose, a fusion plant-light spell which Radiance would forbid him from ever using again if it wasn't so damn effective at driving away enemies. Because of his effectiveness as a spellcaster, she tolerates his blatant disregard for the sanctity of light magic with a poker face she has had ages to perfect.

He has acne. This one's for me more than anything else, as a former acne-ridden 16-year-old.

Anyway, that's all I have for this design. Gotta color and repost this drawing [ oog, color symbolism coming up next? idk if I can manage. ] I also have to get to work on his Book 4 design, cause I've got some great ideas for that one too.

Edit: yeag sorry about the right hand assumption, I think there's some plot built up in my brain that I'm accidentally incorporating without it being canon.

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ℍ𝐚𝓵ｌ נ𝐀 𝔳คĻǤẸ - siniliilia e stsilla.  Scilla siberica.