#Twisted Fungerland

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Twisted Wonderland Fear and Hunger AU

Malleus fear and hunger concept designs

for the human/ funger design i had a lot of characters in the same type of outfit so for malleus i wanted to give him a long skirt to break up the designs. bringing the skirt into the design balanced not only the cast but the design as a whole.

on the belt a few sprigs of herbs are tied for easy access.

i wanted malleus to be still recognisable as himself without his horns through his hair and i believe achieved that

Moonscorched malleus

the Lonesome

Born from Malleues’s fear of being alone forever and losing those around him the lonesome is born. Being a dragon his horde of humans will keep him company for eternity absorbing whatever unlucky soul that dares to cross its path. the lonesome lashes out and perceives whoever approaches as a threat. If left alone the lonesome will seek more people to add to its never-ending horde. The lonesome seeks companionship but its very nature repels 

Malleus will become moonscorched on the afternoon of day 2 if you fail to stop an interaction with a non-playable contestant (character not decided at this time). Failing to intervene will result in malleus moonscorching in the orphanage. There the lonesome will lurk the abandoned hallways searching for its next companion. 

The draconic nature of his moonscorched form correlates with his draconic fae heritage in twst. His moonscorched form stands upon a horde of bodies like a pile of gold. The faces of those he's obsorbed are displayed on his body. For this design, i wanted to invoke a sense of an almost eldritch horror. Trying to capture the feeling and style of fear and hunger while also making the design my own and incorporating elements of twst is the challenge of these concept sketches

His moonscorched form would be one that most would avoid occurring because of how powerful and difficult it is. he isn't one to underestimate and neither should his moonscorched form. His fight however wouldnt be impossible to beat just really difficult. 

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Twisted Wonderland Fear and Hunger Au

next up Riddle

For Riddles design he is wearing a simple ruffled shirt with a pocketwatch for some Heartsabul flair.

Moonscorched Riddle

The Decapitated

Riddle, The Decapitated, has anger issues and when he loses his head his anger blinds him to the violence that he is capable of. Taking a form resembling his mother he fears that his anger will transform him into her and his desire for control is nothing but a puppeteering of his mother's wishes.

His mother was his abuser and controlled his every movement now he fears losing control and straying from the rules given to him. His moonscorched form reflects a twisted version of his body transformed into that of his mothers, swinging his weaponized anger at those who defy the rules, his spine and head become a ball and chain-like weapon with axe heads on either side of the face. 

Growing up Riddle's mother had a life plan set up for Riddle to follow. She would do Anything to ensure that her son followed her perfect life plan. He would follow in her footsteps and become a successful doctor. Every action he took was strictly monitored.

She ensured her son got into the best available medical school and when he graduated he was enlisted to be a war doctor. He hadn't fought on the frontlines but the horrors of war permeated his experiences. 

The devastation and death followed him and when the war ended he found himself realizing that he had never wanted to be a doctor. He was always following what his mother wanted for him and never had his own ambitions. Going back home his mother didn't understand what he had gone through and wanted him to continue his pre-set life plan. 

Unable to bear the weight of his mothers controlling behavior and expectations he fled. 

Boarded the first train out of his town in search of a life of his own outside of his mother's expectations. 

The Decapitated is the first moonscorching to occur. Similarly to Abella's moonscorching, a choice must be made between Riddle and a secondary contestant. His moonscorching will occur on day 1 afternoon. 

Unable to free himself from his mother's influence The Decapitated can be found stalking around the sewers surrounded by the headless corpses of moonscorched villagers. The decapitated moves with an enraged fury seeing anything that approaches as a threat. 

The design of the decapitated is loosely inspired by riddles overblot. The decapitated wears a similar shirt to riddles standard shirt. Riddle's face is pulled into an expression of anger as it swings back and forth. A part of riddles moonscorching is inspired by tanaka's judgment . 

If the player targets the axe head the creature will continue to attack wildly but will be blinded. 

In an encounter there is a high chance of limb loss in battle. The battle mechanics would be most similar to a death mask with a decently high hp and a mind draining screech. 

(note all designs are concept designs and are subject to change)

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[catacropolis]

Twisted Wonderland Fear and Hunger AU

Next up is Vil !!

For Vils design I put him in a simple shirt with flowing pants and an iris flower in his pocket. it's simple yet still fashionable.

Moonschorched Vil

Envy

Growing up in the cult of Sylvian, Vil  was primed by those around him to be a thing of beauty. Attaining untouchable beauty was his main goal in life. Eventually he ventured out into the world and found himself a lover. Eventually they got married and the two of them lived a happy and resplendent life in his lover's manor. 

His happy life was changed when he found his lover in the arms of another. A woman from a neighboring country's noble household. Blinded by his jealousy and rage he killed them both.  When his mind cleared he was horrified by what he had done and in his panic fled to the nearest train to get out of town. Grieving the death of his lover he is haunted by his ugly jealous tendencies. He fears the monster he became in that moment when he snuffed out an innocent life. She was just a girl despite his anger towards her for catching his lover's eye. 

Envy is the embodiment of the monster vil became in that moment. 

A raging beast whos strive towards ethereal beauty means destroying all those who may rival him. Eyes torn out by his own hand he blinds himself to the world around him and lets the ugly side of himself ( his envy) be on full display. He is at his most disgusting and most beautiful in that moment. His guilt thrown away and letting himself be at his most spiteful. 

Rher, wanting to bring out the monster inside of Vil revives the woman he killed ( Neige ) and has the mutilated Neige  attack the player.  If the player fails to defeat Neige ( Stitches for enemy reference) when she spawns on afternoon of day 2. If the player fails to encounter her Vil can be found instead stomping on Neige before attacking the player. 

His peacock harpy-like body takes a slightly feminine appearance to mimic Neige's body. The peacock hand becomes Vil’s new eyes pointing him in the direction of his next victim. The head of the peacock spews poison from its delicate beak hitting all party members. 

Holding the same poisoned dagger as in his non-moonschorched form , envy attacks the player with poison , slashing attacks  , and mind draining screeches 

Vils story was inspired a lot by daan’s and the look of envy was slightly inspired by valkyrie but not much.  Neige as stated previously takes the role of stitches in the enemy roster. 

The peacock is a symbol heavily used in reference to Vil and Pomfiore as well as the evil queen in twst. The peacock symbolizes beauty and having the symbolic bird take over his body as it has already consumed his mind is what happens with his moonschorching.  Vils' ragged and hunched appearance is a reference to the elderly hag the evil queen becomes when she poisons snow white. However instead of poison killing Neige it is the poison within Vil, his jealousy, that drives him to murder. 

 Vil's lover could be anyone, written with Rook in mind as a potential candidate, the betrayal of Vils lover is a reference to Rook choosing Neige over Vil despite his overblot about Neige ultimately leading to Vil's defeat at VDC. 

NOTE !!

(With an undefined secondary non-playable cast where roles from a playable character's past could be promoted to a termina contestant. All this to say that Vil can be with whoever,  twst character or otherwise, but there is a context for one possible route. )

Vil’s lover's betrayal is also a reference to Neige and Vils rivalry and how Neige is constantly picked instead of Vil because of his beauty being “ too untouchable” or “ too perfect”. The game describes Neiges appearance as more “ realistically beautiful “ and having a more relatable aura.  This thought process is also why Vil’s lover cheats on him, finding his beauty so ethereal their eye is drawn to a simpler beauty by contrast. 

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Twisted wonderland fear and hunger AU

Idia shroud

non-fire hair Idia has long wavy/curly hair

Moonscorched Idia

Vengeance

Idia’s design and moonscorching main inspirations were Olivia and Daan. Specifically their moon-scorched forms. similarly to Daan Idia becomes possessed by another entity.

 Referencing book 6 of twst when the soul of the deceased ortho whispers and possesses (robot) ortho who then convinces Idia to voluntarily overblot, In this scenario, idia is haunted by the tortured soul of his younger brother.

 Under the influence of Rher, a corrupted piece of Ortho's soul traps idia within his own grief and anguish burning away his flesh and becoming a skeletonized hollow of himself. A corrupted ortho puppeteers Idia’s mechanical skeleton body and attacks the player in a dazed rage

Idia’s story was heavily influenced by Olivia's story and her connection to mechanics. Idia’s techy nature also allows himself to be placed into this mechanical category. 

Before his brother's death, his family were engineers working on building a device that would allow humanity to transcend the human form. This device was ordered to be made by governing forces to create super soldiers that could forever fight. Or at least that is what Idia was told.

One day Ortho happened to get trapped within the device as Idia was working on it. The device that was supposed to have been turned off had suddenly turned on. Shortly after the accident, the machine and consequently ortho’s body vanished. 

Idias main motivation is his search for answers about the true reason for the machine and who how and why the mechanism activated. His search for answers ends when he finds the machine god. Following in the footsteps of Olivia in searching for her twin, idias story follows a similar path. 

Vengeance seeks to destroy all those who try and stop idias quest for revenge against whatever he perceives to have killed his brother.  To be encountered on the third day in the museum. vengeance will spawn if the player fails to convince idia to continue searching for answers in the face of unending ruin. 

Mirroring the heroes that he and his brother admired, vengeance stands heroically and shows no mercy to those who stand in its way. Carrying Ortho's burning soul over his heart vengeance blindly follows the will of Rher and their unknowable goals. 

In this au ortho takes the role of Reila. 

extra sketch of vengance

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[catacropolis]

Fear and Hunger Twisted wonderland AU

For this AU I took a look into what moonscorching actually is. Moonscorching a simple explanation is that it transforms a contestant into a representation of their worst qualities and fears. Combining this idea with the concept of overblotting where a person is transformed based on the build-up of magic blot and negative emotions over a significant amount of time I present  the twisted wonderland fear and hunger AU

Following the contestant rules there are only 14 students that are involved in the festival of termina. the 7 overblotters from twst main story and Yuu are the playable cast while the remaining 6 are the non-playable contestants. Yuu functions as a perspective character in this scenario and their actions would be that of the player of fear and hunger. All other contestants go through their own actions throughout the 3-day cycle Yuu can recruit teammates and try and make their way out of Prehevil. 

For the overblotting cast their moonschorched forms are based on the design elements and the backstory that we learn from their overblotted forms. Designing each element with the themes of fear and hunger and the knowledge of the twst cast I plan to envision a design for our 7 cast members.  ( note all cast members will be human in this au and non human characters ex. leona will lack non human features and abilities)

if you haven't played the game Fear and Hunger is a survival horror game and my moonscorched designs are made with the horror aspects in mind 

The cast  !!

Riddle  ( nososphobia)

Taking after his mother's wishes a 22 year old riddle is a school educated doctor. Acting as a war medic outside of the battlefield, he is on the train back to his hometown after an angry letter from his mother. 

Leona  ( zoophobia)

 The son of a wealthy and influential businessman,Leona set off in search of a purpose outside of his family's cruel leadership. Now 33 he has spent years traveling to find a purpose outside of destruction. Running from his past that threatens to catch up to him he boards the train. 

Azul  ( teratophobia)

A corrupt and money-hungry 26-year-old mafia man azul has lived a life dedicated to the ideals of the family leader. Despite growing tensions and the familys growing interest in the occult azul boards the train on a mission to track down the hier of a wealthy businessman associated with the family. 

Jamil  ( Rhabdophobia) 

A man on the run Jamil is a 27-year-old ex-servant of a powerful silk trading family. Escaping after an altercation with the heir he finds himself on the run from his past armed with his familys occult knowledge and his experiences as a bodyguard he boards the train in an attempt to find a new life

Vil  ( erotophobia)

Growing up in the church of Sylvian his family have spent years priming vil to be the most beautiful man as to gain Sylvian’s favor. Now 27 after withstanding cruel rituals vil is betrayed when his beloved chooses another.  Running off in a jealous rage vil finds himself on the train 

Idia  ( Phantasmophobia)

Devastated after the death of his younger brother a young idia devotes himself to finding a way to revive his younger brother. Now 29 his pursuits lead him to a train in hopes that the church of Allmer will have answers  

Malleus ( Rhabdophobia) 

 After the death of his parents, a young malleus was raised by an old man. after getting injured in the war his father falls deathly ill. Now a 27-year-old botanist malleus boards a train in search of a cure

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Twisted fungerland au

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