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identityquest · 1 month ago

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oc-tober day 4 complete with iorek, one of my more under-appreciated ocs... underappreciated by me, of course 😭

iorek (pronounced yore-eck) is a iotere (pronounced yo-tare-ay). iotere are a serpent-like folk that live in vast cave systems on a planet with low gravity. their bony masks are the only truly hard parts of their body, and they can squeeze through any space they can fit their heads into. their diet largely consists of shellfish that live in underground aquifers.

iorek lives with my characters romsir, areson, xalei, and eno, but beyond that i haven't developed much of his character... i know he's quiet, stoic, and serves as a paternal figure due to his advanced age. but other than that he's got nothing 😵‍💫 go grandpa! i guess 😭

#digital art #sketch #ocs #oc:iorek #oc:areson #oc:romsir #oc:eno #bweirdoctober #i made iorek in high school so i have no excuse for him being this underdeveloped its kinda embarassing #i have more lore for his species than him as a character so. ig ill put that in the tags #iotere have a diminishing population due to prejudices in the greater universe. theyve been treated rather poorly for a long time #their societies are matriarchal in nature and are sort of similar to bees #iorek is like analogous to a drone but hes unique in that hes lived a lot longer than expected after being kicked out of his maternal nest #also in regards to physical appearance iorek is chubby. he lives on a planet with much high gravity now and its harder for him to get aroun #so hes gotten kinda sedentary and gained a bit of weight. homeworld iotere are a bit slimmer #also hes soft to the touch. like velvet. iotere are covered in a fine down all over their bodies #also they dont have true eyelids. theyve been underground long enough to lose those #they have something like a transparent nictitating membrane to keep the eye moist and clean since they havent lost vision yet #but iorek struggles to see in full sunlight and operates best in low to no-light environments #what im trying to say is you'd lose a staring contest with him bc you cant tell when he 'blinks' and he would cheat with a straight face

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