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lumilasi · 1 year ago

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Did a major story change for him, also I initially meant to adjust the wolfman design I made for him as part of the Spooktober challenge, but I decided I liked it as is after all. BOY did his backstory get even more sad....I promise I have characters who have happier stories too with no trauma or drama lol

(For the hair note with the cafe uniform - I was simply too out of motivation to also draw his tied up hair for that one lol)

Roman's bio below:

Name: Roman Bosco

Nicknames: Lupo (means wolf) was his Mob alias, he also gets called "inu-san" by his gf's boss' two younger kids. Sometimes Claude calls him "pooch" as a playful insult. He was also called Mutt by his dad and his gang, a term meant as an insult. Mihail sometimes still ends up using it, but he is trying to learn away from that habit; Even if he means it neutrally, Roman still tends to take it badly (even when he knows Mihail doesn't mean it as an insult like the others did)

Age: ~30, estimating a Grimmhound's exact age is difficult typically and they tend to forget it themselves.

Height: 182 cm

Family: A lycan hunter mother who succumbed to the curse herself/Grimmhound gang head father, who was killed by Mihail sometime after Roman left his dad's group.

Friends: Sebastian Kravchenko (A wyvern), Laurent Delune (A sea serpent) Claude Faylune (Tiger butterfly fairy/His gf's coworker) Yuuji Yoma (His boss/GF's uncle) Mihail Câine (Grimmhound, a former member of the same pack Roman was in initially)

Love interest: Avane Faydream (A mantis fairy)

Rival: Claude & him often bicker and have playfights that Roman doesn't take seriously (he'd probably kill Claude or hurt him badly if he did, something Claude doesn't always fully appreciate, until he sees him fight for real....)

A former mafia bodyguard forced to work under a young mob head, now works in the cafeteria owned by his beloved's uncle.

Abilities:

Regeneration: His kind regenerate most injuries insanely fast, and are generally among the most durable land-dwelling beast types outside non-flying drakes. He's also mostly immune to getting shot, apart from silver bullets; his Lycan heritage makes him vulnerable to those.

Transformation: He has two forms; A beast form where he's part wolf part man, and a full black dog form the size of a bear. He is insanely fast, stealthy and durable in these forms, with the werewolf form being more agile, and the full hound form being stronger. Also, since his hound form is more fluff and less shadows like typical grimmhounds, he's a very good space heater during cold days once you get past how intimidating he looks. (Ask Ava she knows)

Bite force/claws: He has very strong bite force and can actually tear people's throats open even in human form. His claws can also be used to easily cut limbs off and damage metal.

Keen senses: Being a predator type of beast, his sense of smell is about as accurate as you'd expect from a trained bloodhound, he also has excellent night vision, and can pick up the faintest of sounds from hundreds of meters away. Also he's generally just very aware of his surroundings. (This can be useful at work as he can tell if something is gonna burn before it does/he will sense if something easily breakable is about to fall and catch it)

human weaponry: having lived with humans and used a lot of their weapons, he is very good hand-to-hand combatant and fairly good with knives and firearms

Full moon boost: Because of his Lycan heritage, Roman's strength gets a boost during the full moon, and he tends to be near invulnerable that night.

Weaknesses:

Because of his past with the mob, Roman isn't keen on people sneaking up on him/approaching him from behind without warning. He might attack anyone careless enough to do this out of a reflex even now. He also generally still has a bad habit of trying to solve hostile situations with violence, something his friends and girlfriend are helping him to work on.

Loud sudden noises do make him tense as he associates them with gunshots, so he's not fond of explosive magic, or firework including celebrations.

He's afraid of dolls, because he associates them with the memory of his mother transforming and being killed by hunters; when she transformed she broke some porcelain dolls she'd been collecting, and that memory got stuck in his brain vividly, making him uneasy around them.

He's somewhat self-conscious of how scary he can come off to people just for being what he is, and tends to get pretty upset over scaring someone, to the point he'll avoid the person like plague for a while (even if they'd forgiven him/understand he didn't mean to do so)

Due to his werewolf heritage, silver bullets can harm him where normal bullets can't. They just don't instantly kill him like they would a full-blood werewolf, but they are the only type that can actually pierce into his body. He's also allergic to silver more human-style, and gets itchy skin and even hives form it.

Personality:

At first glance - once you get past the general spooky vibes of Grimmhounds - Roman is fairly laid back and relaxed guy, who likes helping people out in any way he can. He even helps kids/teens who visit the cafe with their homework if they ask for it.

Because of his past, he tends to be extremely loving and attentive with his girlfriend, wanting to make sure things don't turn out as bad as they did with his boss/subconsciously still feeling like he's not worth her love. He's also a trustworthy friend, willing to drop anything to help any of them out if needed, though he still has the tendency to go a bit too hard in a fight/he tends to be overtly hostile towards people arguing with his friends. (and one of his friends is a wyvern, a being KNOWN for having a bad temper. if Sebastian says he's going overboard, its bad)

He's the type to be content and amazed by life's small things after everything he's gone through, like a butterfly landing on his hand or seeing his girlfriend laugh. He also sometimes likes to wander off on his own, just to enjoy his freedom of not being forced to stay close to someone. He's also not afraid to act a little goofy, especially around kids as that makes him seem less scary to them.

BG STORY:

Roman was born to a human woman & Grimmhound in a secret affair. His father fucked off, and neither were aware that his mother actually had a Lycan infection, as she had been bitten by a werewolf sometime before his parents met. She just happened to come from a hunter lineage, so she had a level of immunity against it.

When Roman was born, his mother was forced to flee her family, because they thought he was born a monster and wanted to kill the baby. They remained hidden for couple of years, until the strain from the stress of it all weakened her enough that the Lycan curse could spread. She transformed eventually, managing to have enough sense to flee before she hurt her child. She was eventually killed by her family. Upon finding the boy they initially thought he was the one who turned her, until someone who knew the truth reveals to them, that she'd been bit long ago, and had just been able to suppress the curse until now.

They choose to let the boy live for her memory, and instead find his father, bringing the boy to him in Romania. Unfortunately, since he was not a full Grimm but a "mutt" as they called him, Roman was treated rather badly by the whole clan, eventually driven away because he was seen as too weak. He returned to Italy, his mother's homeland as he didn't know what else to do.

Roman ended up working for a mobster because his men ended up picking a fight with him, which they lost obviously. Impressed by his strength - and aware of his true nature - the mobster hires him as his personal guard. At first their casual relationship was fine, but soon the head started to act more and more controlling/possessive, to the point of cursing him with a seal that wouldn't let him leave. Roman was stuck as "Lupo" for years, until he met a young Fae woman, Avane, whose father was having dealings with the mob. She agreed to give him a way out of his current, horrible life if he helped her to steal something from his boss. Much to his surprise, she kept her promise and even helped him set up his new life in a new world, something Roman never expected anyone would do to him. Then again, the only people that had ever shown him kindness so far, had been his mother and some of the women in that Romanian town...

Fun Facts

He calls Ava "Doll" both to try and associate the term with something more positive, rather than the memory of his mother's horrible death.

He's really intimidated by Ava's father, given he did try to kill him during their first meeting, thinking he was a full blood werewolf. (Kenzo has biases towards them given a werewolf tried to murder his wife and Ava when the latter was a toddler)

He has mixed feelings about his past boss, given he is aware the young mobster had feelings for him, but also the way he was handling them was highly toxic and problematic, such as the controlling curse tattoo he'd put on Roman

Roman was initially very afraid of Mihail once they met again, as while Mihail never personally bullied him or treated him badly - he basically ignored his existence - the other Grimm was one of the strongest of the pack, so Roman was naturally scared of him. This fear did ease once they became friends later.

Roman doesn't like people calling him "Lupo," except for Ava; either she uses it to get him to listen if he's being a moron, or because he likes to have her boss him around during sex/morning after. Getting to this point did take some time though, given his massive struggle with trusting people.

Roman is Bi, he actually developed a crush on Ava from their very first meeting, but he kept ignoring it out of respect for her (and fear towards Kenzo) until everyone could basically tell, including Ava who'd started to like him back the same way.

Yuuji was in fact the one who coaxed him to ask her out, reassuring him Kenzo wasn't going to ask his right hand woman to snipe him in his sleep.

He likes to sing duets with Ava in karaoke, though only if the people with them are those he trusts/isn't intimidated by. Mainly meaning his friends and Ava's friend Taiga (they often just go alone on dates)

He has a brotherly relationship with a young kid named Marco, who also speaks Italian as his native, and is the friend of Ichirou, who is the son of Ava's boss.

He and Claude developed kind of a playful rivalry due to Claude initially being kind of protective over his friend. Claude is one of the very few people that can actually sneak up on him without triggering a violent reaction. (other people being Ava of course, and Laurent & Sebastian)

He tends to not speak that much, again a habit he learned from his past experiences where his words apparently didn't matter. He sometimes just forgets to talk and needs to be asked to get him to actively engage in a conversation in a larger group. He's also actively working on understanding that now, with the people he's surrounded by, his thoughts and feelings DO matter.

In his wolfman form he has patches with no fur, but in his full hound form he is covered in fur, the patchy parts just are brown rather than black.

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lumilasi · 10 months ago

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yes Hi I really love the two cutiepie lesbians but couldn't find much info about them, can you give us the tea about the two? (The blond(?) And the sunshine!) Love your art ~❤️

Glad you like them! (I don't know what to classify Marci's hair either. Light brown? Blond? Dirty Blond? It is a mystery)

Yeah unfortunately there isn't much about Marci and Mariella yet, given they are relatively new characters: that image was the first time I drew them since making their bios, and even the info in those is a bit outdated now OTL (Also Marci's one needs updates given how I will draw her changed thanks to this pic in question)

Also they are not really part of the main group for each story & I have a LOT of characters, so I haven't had much time or motivation to draw them either. That doesn't mean there isn't a lot of story and lore behind the two though, especially Marci. One thing I can guarantee is that if a character of mine has no lore yet once born, there WILL be a novel's worth later lmaooo

....This does lead to a problem where this will get long-winded, because I HAVE to bring up a couple other characters to explain them properly, which means I'll have to give a summary of said characters too....and world details lore....

Since you asked though, I guess I'll try to summarize; I'll break this up in sections + add images for the characters in question. Maybe I'll put the lore explanation under the cut so those who aren't interested don't have to suffer through a long post:

MARCI'S POWERS

She's a "Weaponsmith Warlock" also known in-world by the name Spatha (Latin for a specific type of weapon) Warlock, I.E has the ability to create any weapon known to man up to the current times, she forms them from red, bloodlike liquid substance. Her power comes from the Herald of War aka one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. (He's not a warmonger in this take but more of a weary soldier who hates his existence)

BACKSTORY

Marci is an orphan, and she originates from Australia in the human world. She was picked up/"adopted" by her former boss Kenzo Yoma/Faydream as a teenager in the 80'ies, as she'd recently discovered her magic powers and was struggling to control them. He basically offered to mentor her for her powers and she'll in turn get away from her shitty foster home. She agreed and moved with him to the Mirror realm (the place where all the mythical beings of this world live, I still haven't figured out a better name for it lol).

She was never really officially adopted by Kenzo though, and acted more as a student than a daughter, but they did still have a good relationship initially, to the point Marci willingly started working as his right hand woman once she was adult/confident enough with her powers.

FIRST DETOUR: Kenzo summary

Kenzo is a dream-eater, also known as a nightcrawler/bogeyman. In this story they are beings born from people's trauma that feed on said trauma and people's fears and nightmares. Kenzo and his brother Yuuji are a rare twin-born pair so they are especially powerful among their kind, having been born the same time from brothers who experienced the same trauma the same time. (Them appearing Japanese is because the said humans were Japanese)

He works as the head of a special organization called The Shadowless, whose job is to keep the Mirror realm hidden from humans & make sure powerful magic artifacts don't end up in human hands. They kind of protect both sides from each other essentially.

Kenzo is the antagonist of his character set, BUT he is not a "villain." You know, the whole "All villains are antagonists, but not all antagonists are villains." He's basically just a man who nearly lost his wife Evena & daughter Avane once, and this incident caused the said wife to suffer from severe mental health complications, which has essentially strained their familial relationships badly.

He struggles to handle the situation so he's buried himself in his work, causing some of his more negative personality traits to manifest stronger bit by bit. (Tendencies for manipulation, lower empathy, "end justifies the means" thinking) He's still relatively close with his daughter and brother, though tends to argue with the latter a lot, something he didn't do so much in the past. His daughter & brother are also working on trying to get him to realize he's spiraling, while also trying to protect others from him if necessary.

RETIREMENT

Marci eventually retired from her job due to multitude of factors, such as seeing her boss' downward spiral after the incident with his family and starting to lose trust in him, but primarily due to an incident, where she lost control of her powers due to stress in a mission, causing an explosion that killed innocent people by accident. She now works in a magical instrument repair shop, handling the back storage and the like. (She wanted a job where she didn't have to use her powers & always liked anything music related)

MARISA

Before Marci got this job, she actually went to stay with some friends she'd made a while back, the guardians of the Blue Life tree. There, she ended up growing fond of a recently manifested spirit, a little girl called Marisa, and eventually ended up becoming her adoptive parent as the kid basically chose her to be her mom (Marisa literally pointed at her after a while and declared her her momma lol)

SECOND DETOUR: Moth Spirits and Life trees

Life trees are magical trees within this realm, that call forth lost souls who died with regrets/unfinished business/died before they could have a proper life to begin with. They essentially grant these souls a second chance at life to complete their unfinished business, albeit symbolically majority of the time. (Example: If their regret was never confessing their love to someone, typically the spirit completes this by finding a new person to love and confess to them. This is because often the people in question have already passed on themselves)

Moth spirits are these reborn souls, and their visual characteristics depend on the tree of origin, and the tree depends on their manner of death/who they were as human. Currently there are only 3 trees left, A Weeping Willow (Green tree) Wisteria (The purple tree) and Blue Spruce (The blue tree, obvs). Marisa was born from the blue tree, because she was simply a child who died young accidentally. Moth spirits born from this tree are always blue, but can have orange as an accent color to their appearance. The skin is always a shade of blue though.

MARIELLA

Mariella is a tree nymph who was born out of a seed rather than "human" way. (Both birth types are possible, which happens tends to depend on if the nymph lives in more rural or urban parts of the world. More urbanized ones tend to prefer direct birthing and act as direct parents to their children, whereas seedlings like Mariella tend to live in a communion where all older nymphs/dryads act as the parents to the younglings.)

She used to work as a Guardian for the green Life Tree, but it became mentally and emotionally too taxing given the nature of the spirits born from it. (Tragic deaths with foul play often involved, including self-harm. basically the most traumatized group of the 3)

She started working in the city as one of the park-keepers for the biggest park in there, which is where she met Marci and Marisa, and the two ladies hit it off pretty quickly. They now live together in a new apartment, though their daughter moved out a year ago as she left for university to become a magic-mechanical engineer.

OTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTERS:

Avane (Green haired lady)- Kenzo's daughter whom Marci used to babysit a bit, and even nowadays cares for, sometimes helping her meddle into her dad's business out of concern, both for Ava's safety, but also concern over the damage Kenzo could do in his current mental state. Visually comes mainly after her mother apart from her eyes. Mantis Fairy/Dream-eater mixed heritage.

Sebastian - Her occasional coworker in the instrument shop, also happens to be a member of her favorite local rock band (she didn't realize this until he invited her to a concert as a VIP guest) A Wyvern

Aimi (My friend's character)- her successor and Kenzo's new right hand woman. Often she is the one who contacts her in behalf of Kenzo, and Marci begrudgingly considers her a friend. Ice cream loving fiend, a Grand Fairy

Herald of War/The Soldier (No design yet) - Her Deity/source of power essentially. Considers Marci his favorite as she respects and fears her power appropriately in his eyes. Often visits them and pretends to their daughter he's Marci's relative, so Marisa thinks he's her "uncle" and has no clue he's a powerful apocalyptic entity. Mariella knows but plays along and has a fairly friendly relationship with the weary soldier.

PROTAGONIST CONNECTIONS:

Azul/Chester (spin off protag, blue hair): One of Marci's friends she met through Kenzo's family doctor, who is Azul's adoptive father.

Jurou/Alistair (Main story protag): A tattooist who made her snake tattoo, Avane's boss and the person whose power is currently the most of-interest to Kenzo, given how powerful he actually is. Single bi Goth Dad, though he's starting to date Avane's uncle Yuuji.

OTHER FACTS:

Marci is asexual lesbian, doesn't mind being intimate with her GF if she wants it. They generally tend to be more "cuddles, domestic affection and quality time" type of couple over bedroom funtimes.

Marci is actually around 50-60 in human years, its just that life-expectancy for magic wielders and magical beings is typically measured more in centuries, so she ages slower now that she's fully unlocked her magic. She's roughly equivalent of a human in their thirties.

Mariella's exact age is unknown, but she is generally seen to be late twenties/early thirties in human form

Marci's surname Raye is actually her second name; she did not want to use her foster family's surname, and didn't feel comfortable adopting her mentor's surname as she didn't feel like she had the right to (and later wouldn't want to, seeing how he started to change for the worse)

Mariella's surname was the name of the nymph communion she comes from, which is typical tradition for those who come from these groups.

#answered anon #oc lore #lesbian #wlw #lesbian moms #night city parlor #Marci raye #Mariella Marisol #I feel like someone asked about this already somewhere else #but IDK maybe I imagined it lol #or it was someone irl I showed my characters to

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