#Tempest noctira

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I got new markers for my birthday and I wanted to try them out. I know the colors aren’t entirely accurate but I had fun regardless

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✊🏽 for the ask game

A sharp wind bit at Castor’s ears. He was glad he swapped out his usual black shorts and socks out for long white pants. And he was especially glad he thought to grab his black coat and Calli’s white scarf. He felt his eyes get wet at the thought. No. She’s fine. Our parents wouldn’t hurt her. It doesn’t matter what Lyra told us about them. She’s fine. She’s got to be. They wouldn’t hurt her, would they? Cas shook his head and snuggled further into the purple fur on Tempest’s neck to distract himself before his thoughts began to spiral.

Tempest was in their dragon form, large wings soaring through the dark midnight sky. Castor felt the weight of Tempest’s gaze on his head when they turned to look at him, but he didn’t make eye contact. He couldn’t. Instead, he focused on the sound of their wings. Their wingbeats were steady, a sound Castor could ground himself on. His attention, however, was suddenly stolen by the sight of many bright lights below him. The castle stood on the ground far below them, ancient and imposing.

“There it is, Tempest!” Castor called out, and Tempest started to circle the palace. Cas’s eyes darted around. He spotted a small garden in what appeared to be a more isolated part of the castle. “Land there!”

Tempest nodded before twisting into a dive. Castor clutched onto their fur, eyes closed as Tem dove down on silent wings. They landed softly on the mossy ground of the garden. They crouched down to allow Castor to slide off their back. Castor let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding, his breath clouding in front of him due to the frigid weather as a light snow began to fall.

“That was… surprisingly easy,” Tempest commented as they scanned the area.

“Yeah,” Castor agreed slowly. He frowned. “Let’s split up and look around for an easy way in. This garden is surprisingly big.” Tempest nodded and stalked into the trees. Castor turned on his heel and headed in the opposite direction, but he wasn’t really looking for any entrance. He was too busy thinking. Where were the guards? How could a light-furred dragon fly into a palace garden so easily?

Castor was caught up in his thoughts and didn’t notice the figure watching him. When he saw the icy blue glint of magic in the corner of his eye, it was too late to react.

A blast of icy blue magic launched Castor into a tree, knocking the wind out of him and he let out a cry of pain. Castor looked in the direction of the magic blast to see who his attacker was, but it was too dark. All he could make out was a tall figure in a hooded, midnight blue cloak with white speckles scattered on the underside of the cloak, reminiscent of the sky above them.

As he was studying his opponent, the hooded figure started to summon another blast of magic. Castor moved to scramble away but he wasn’t quick enough. He braced himself for impact, but it never came. Tempest had leaped in the way, taking the blast to protect the small witch, resulting in a cloud of smoke filling a small section of the garden.

Castor’s eyes shot open and darted around trying to see through the smoke. To see if they were okay. Tempest… he thought frantically. He didn’t want to lose anyone else. But as smoke cleared, Tempest turned to make eye contact with him. “Are you okay, Castor?” They asked, voice laced with concern.

Castor smiled and he felt tears prickling at the corners of his eyes. A part of him hated how much he’d been crying these past few days, but right now he was just glad Tem was okay.

Castor started to respond, but the voice of the cloaked figure interjected. “Castor? As in Castor Mars?” Castor’s attention shifted from the dragon to the figure, his brow knitting in confusion.

“What do you want to know about Castor Mars?” Tempest questioned, voice dripping with venom, just shy of a snarl.

The cloaked figure moved slowly, carefully lifting his hood off to reveal his face. In that moment, Castor felt as if time was moving in slow motion.

The hair of this figure was white and choppy, with bangs obscuring their right eye, nothing like the short black hair that used to hang loosely just above his eyes. The worry and stress worn into his face nothing like the caring smile he used to wear. He was almost unrecognizable. But based on the pattern of his skin, the long ears, he knew who it was. And even if he had any doubt about who this was, the eyes gave it away.

Castor Mars, In his fifteen years of life, had only ever seen two people with eyes like the person who stood before him: Castor’s mother, Andromeda, and Castor’s eldest brother. This meant that the one who stood before him, who just attacked him and his partner, was none other than his older brother who had gone missing ten years ago, Elio Mars.

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HOLY CRAP!!!!!! ITS MY BABY!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH FOR THIS THEY LOOK AWESOME THIS IS AMAZING SFSJDHDKSJ THANK YOU!!!

Tempest by @smolldust

My first attack! Hope you like it, I spent four hours in this :D

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Happy Lunar New Year

2024 - Year of the Dragon

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your mama’s crying [OC animatic - The Secrets of the Mars Family]

CW/TW FOR: violence, character death, blood (kind of?? It’s not red it’s just black scribbles but just in case), Andromeda is the world’s WORST mum, and by that I mean she tries to kill two of her kids, uhhhh I think that’s it you’ve been warned. I don’t think I’d as bad as the warnings may make it seem but I’m the one who made it so take that with a grain of salt I guess. Also major spoilers for the end of my oc story but there’s no where to read it so I guess you have to see how it ends

Song: Just Take My Wallet by Jack Stauber

Characters featured: Callisto Mars, Castor Mars, Tempest Noctira, Elio Mars, Lyra Mars, Andromeda Mars, Orion Mars (all are my ocs from my oc story The Secrets of the Mars Family)

Characters & animation belong to me!! Music belongs to Jack Stauber!!

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The nerd?? - oc animatic

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Don’t have any refs for any of my wings of fire ocs so here’s a ref of my other dragon oc. Their name is Tempest Noctira they’re 16, nonbinary, and very cool and I love them

Reblog this with a picture of one of your dragon OCs and I'll draw them (they don't have to be Wings of Fire I'm just tagging this as WoF)

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Tempest Noctira new ref

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I recently finished a sketch book so have a dump of sketches I never posted lmao

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❤️ for Castor Mars and Tempest Noctira

❤️: draw a character pining

He's so in love with them

Also this is a drawing of their first meeting! :0 wowie

Castor is the first to fall in love but trust that Tempest falls harder lol

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Official height chart of the main cast for my oc story, The Secrets of the Mars Family!!!!

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Onward!

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn ma ocs so here they are!!!

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I didn’t have the motivation to make any actual oc art so have these memes/shitposts

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thing I found on pinterest

This is legit just Tempest, Castor, and Callisto lol

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Just sum messy sketches of my oc Tempest (also castor)

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Oc sketches