#cassius adastra

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Sunlit Rose 🌹

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I know they're not very well-liked, but here's fanart of Cassius and Alexios that I've been drawing the past few days!

This was quite the special project for me. I was inspired by Soviet era "friendship" propaganda that always gave me very homoerotic vibes. Really wanted this to give off the same feel.

I had a very stressful exam season that I finally lived through, so this was a nice way to get back into my hobbies. I hope you like them as much as I do.

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I'm not too late to make this joke, am I?

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the Icarus

first krita painting, and first drawing of cassius

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When the back massage hits

[Art comm'd from @get-rammed !! See full on her twt!]

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I made human designs because im bored and brainrot (tbh not my best)

(I swear soy no furry)

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What D&D Alignment are Adastra's Characters?

if you don’t know the details of this project, check here

What D&D Alignment are the characters in Echo?

I ended up doing one of these for Adastra, too. I only used the original Adastra VN for this, FYI

Marco

Marco is a human exchange student studying abroad in Rome who ends up kidnapped by Amicus to become his pet.

As the audience surrogate, he displays pretty... average, well, everything. His main goal for most of the novel is to survive and go home, eventually changing to wanting to stay with Amicus. Throughout the story, he grows a distaste for Adastra's rules and the "benevolent" authority of the Parents. Still, in the end, he does, however, submit to the parents and follows their plan, not because he believes in their cause, nor for the well-being of Earth or Adastra, but basically because he figures out that the Parents will conspire to separate him and Amicus if they don't do what they say, Chaotic Neutral.

Amicus

Amicus is one of two princes competing for the title of Emperor of Adastra. A youthful goofball who struggles with fulfilling the high expectations set upon him by the pressures of royalty. He kidnaps Marco, hoping to make him his pet to boost his status and the chances of ascending the Adastran throne.

Amicus is generally well-meaning, but his good intentions often backfire due to his inability to think before he acts, frequently leading to unintended negative consequences for himself and others (see kidnapping incident). While he may be spoiled and prideful, Amicus is also sweet and loving and has relatively liberal views (by Adastran standards). Amicus is carefree and fun-loving and doesn't seem to take the responsibility of the role of Emperor very seriously (at least at the beginning); he definitely starts leaning chaotic, but seeing as he grows into the Emperor role and his more genuine (initial) submission to the Parents, I'll say he is Neutral Good by the end.

Neferu

Neferu is the second prince of Khemia. Known as the Flower of Khemia, a shameless flirt and sex-positive jackal, this hedonist has more going for him than just his looks. He is visiting Adastra as a diplomat to ensure an alliance.

Neferu is charismatic, polite, and one of Marco's most reliable allies and friends, with strong morals. His most notable act was the deal he made with Amicus to make Marco a Khemian citizen if Cassius became emperor, which would be lawful good. Still, I would say his general hedonism and disregard toward the rules of Adastran society averages out to a Neutral Good.

Virginia

Virginia is the lone sister of Amicus and Cassius. Because she is a woman, she is ineligible for most positions of power in the Adastra government. A mysterious woman with a hidden agenda of her own...

Said hidden agenda was to become the new emperor's advisor and dedicate her every waking moment to the prosperity of Adastra. Virginia is a duty-driven workaholic utterly devoted to the betterment of Adastra, even at her own personal cost. However, it should be noted that she isn't above more ruthless or underhanded actions if she thinks they are for the greater good, Lawful Good.

Cassius

Cassius is one of two princes competing for the title of Emperor of Adastra. A sickly wolf, he was born with the lupine equivalent of osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease). Loud, obnoxious, and highly competitive, he will stop at nothing to obtain the throne from his brother's clutches.

Cassius is a complicated character. On one hand, he is rude, abrasive, and obnoxious to everyone except Alexios. On the other, he genuinely believes that his plans will further the well-being of the ordinary people of Adastra, and once the trials end, he is shown to be quite reasonable, although I will call out his stunt at the second trial as Neutral Evil; he is also unflinchingly loyal to Alexios, willing to make excuses for even the most egregious of Alexios's actions, putting it all together, I'll say he is most likely Lawful Neutral.

Alexios

Alexios is Cassius's pet from the planet Omorfa. A bit of a prim and proper cat, Alexios lives to please Cassius and assist him in all matters.

He is later revealed to be a spy with the mission of sowing internal instability within the Adastan government; he believes that the Adastrans are threats to the greater order of the Galaxias, and whatever suffering he has to cause to keep Adastra isolated is worth it. He uses everyone as disposable pawns for his ends, including his boyfriend, and Alexios is indirectly responsible for most of the misfortune that befalls the protagonists. He never shows any remorse for his actions. His only redeeming quality is that he seems to genuinely love Cassius, not that this stops him from stabbing Cassius in the back whenever he sees fit. Lawful Evil.

Cato

Cato is the acting emperor of Adastra in the absence of Amicus's father, who died in an unexplained accident a few months before the novel's start.

It is later revealed that he sabotaged the ship the former Emperor was in; his reasons behind this are still a mystery, as is much of Cato's actions. What is known is that Cato hates the Khemians with a passion and will go to any lengths to make sure an Adastra-Khemia alliance never happens; he orchestrates a fake third trial to put Cassius on the throne as his puppet ruler when it seems like Cassius will step down, he tries to assassinate him and frame Marco, he then attempts a coup to make himself Emperor, and execute Neferu, Neutral Evil.

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Some old Adastra art I made

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Poolside Pt. 3 feat. Alexios (& Cassius) 🐈

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How about Cassius for the Echo Project Tarot

Mmhh I'm going to say Cassius is Judgement.

Cassius is his own protagonist, he beliefs what he's doing is right for the people, for the commoners and those neglected by the state. Cassius makes his decision to challenge Amicus for the throne, and now his fate and the fate of his empire (and possibly the universe/multiverse) hangs in the balance.

Cassius doesn't fit Inverse Judgment himself, those traits being lack of self actualization, rescinding 'the call', or self doubt. He does certainly inflict these onto Adastra's Fool though, acting as the foil, roadblock, and in fact cause of 'The Call' due to his actions against the meta-narratives protagonist.

On a more physical level, Cassius is snarky and quick to judge others for perceived flaws, even when he's a shining example of them. (See his evil gay Twink boyfriend as he calls Amicus a f@ggot constantly). He also criticizes Marco's appearance and customs

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I do intend to try and properly draw something for Pride Month since I've been telling myself I would do that for years now but in the meantime have a quick meme featuring the winners of Adastra's "most dysfunctional queer couple" award for six years running

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amicus doodles + he would wear that shirt to piss cassius off

[moonsideneon]

What if someone called Cassius their little vanilla bean... he'd likely hate how silly it sounded but still enjoy an affectionate nickname

[legoshishusband]

Thank you everyone for 60 notes!!

I appreciate you all so much :)

I know they're not very well-liked, but here's fanart of Cassius and Alexios that I've been drawing the past few days!

This was quite the special project for me. I was inspired by Soviet era "friendship" propaganda that always gave me very homoerotic vibes. Really wanted this to give off the same feel.

I had a very stressful exam season that I finally lived through, so this was a nice way to get back into my hobbies. I hope you like them as much as I do.

[h-worksrambles]

How the Adastra cast would act in competitive multiplayer games:

Amicus: Super casual, doesn’t get round to it much but happily plays anything. Unabashedly partial to Fortnite. Despite not playing much, he inexplicably always wins anyway, mostly because he befriends the higher ranked players in his team who inevitably end up simping for him. This continually annoys Cassius.

Cassius: Thinks of himself as the most ‘serious gamer’ out of anyone present. Tends to stream his games and he’s charismatic enough to get a following online. However, this ego trip tends to back fire, as he’s not very good at them, so he tends to get reduced to gamer rage moments after long enough.

Alexios: Says he doesn’t play much but that’s a filthy lie. He’s put several hours into League, Overwatch, Team Fortress 2, Splatoon you name it. And he plays mercilesly. He usually just sits in on Cassius’ streams, and when the latter is too stressed out, pats his head and says ‘want me to crush them for you, sweetie?’ The chat always spam messages ‘ALEXIOSSWEEP’ when this happens. When he’s playing on his own, he’s not above making a low rank alt to screw with inexperienced players on his team by backstabbing them or friendly firing, and then playing dumb. It amuses him for a while.

Neferu: Doesn’t play these kinds of games at all, and will lose horribly when he does, as he barely even tries. However, he has an absurd amount of NSFW art of almost every popular character saved and ready to hand. He will whip these out during game nights as a power move.

Scipio: Doesn’t like playing the games but is a huge lore buff. He wouldn’t play TF2 but he’s read all the comics. He wouldn’t touch League but he’d complain about lore changes and watch the hell out of Arcane. Has asked to see Neferu’s collection in private more times than he’d care to admit.

Virginia: Claims games are a childish waste of time, but when she wants Amicus or Cass to stop playing and pay attention, she’ll snatch the controller and win in 5 minutes to get them to stop. This often leads to questions about how she got so good, which she dodges without fail.