Dofus: Aux Trésors de Kerubim art from the 10 Years of Dofus Artbook
Hello again ! I'm made this blog to share some of art from the artbook.
I'm starting by showing some art from Dofus: Aux Trésors de Kerubim since this part of the artbook is why I bought it the first place :D
(While I'm not sharing the whole artbook on here I did scan the whole Aux Trésors section of the book along with other artworks with Kerubim so if you want I can give you a link with all the pages from this category! :) )
Anyway here's some of the art under the cut !
The Aux Trésors section of the artbook doesn't have a lot of character art, it's mostly the background art from the show but there is some fun stuff :)
The upper part of this two pages with Joris where already posted on here but I wanted to share them again !
And here's some of the background !
This Kerubim art is from one of the three Dofus "Choose your adventure " novel
Two card art of Kerubim from Krosmaster
Sadly I couldn't find any artwork with Atcham in the book and Joris is not featured much in the Aux Trésors part.
But while I was scanning the pages, I remembered I had Joris shirt from the movie with an artwork that I don't remember seeing online so here it is as a small bonus! :D
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The Crepin-Lore Manifesto.
Part 2: The Art of Being Lonely
[PART 1]
The story, or at least the part of it we do know, begins a long time ago - somewhere in Amakna, the capital of cuisine.
[The Temple of Ecaflip in Aux trésors de Kerubim / The Temple of Ecaflip in Dofus MMO, Amakna]
...But not yet the Ecaflip orphan temple itself. Those pictures are just me stating why the story's in Amakna. Anyway.
Somewhere, in a place we do not know, but close enough that fate would eventually bring the two to the temple, there was a family.
To be precise - a mother, a father, and their daughters and sons, as said by Kerubim himself, which I'll show in a little bit.
...Perhaps, only the mother knew that two of the children weren't her husband's - or maybe she married shortly after having them, and then had more children-
But, the timeline for that is quite tight.
...At the time of the show, Joris is 7 years old.
A tangent on the relationship between Kerubim, Joris, and the concepts of fatherhood and childhood trauma.
In the show, Kerubim never really says the quiet part of his backstory out loud. Obviously. Joris is just a child, and shouldn't have to know that.
Kerubim's goal was that Joris wouldn't have to know what it's like, or even think about it. He had to have a normal, happy childhood.
...Or as happy and normal as someone like himself could give.
Even though his home was not fit for it, and his own age and issues with mental health were a roadblock, Kerubim decided to take him in.
...A part of it is, probably, because Kerubim is a bit selfish. He wants someone who will adore him, and stay by his side.
Even if he knows, very consciously, that it might not be the best thing for Joris.
But there are other motivations , for how attached he was to the idea of adopting Joris, no matter how unprepared or lousy he would be as a father.
The thought that nobody else would understand the way Joris would feel the way he does.
The trauma of what happened during his childhood echoes in his mind to the point that even during amnesia, it still affects him.
Whether he became a hero to impress girls or not, he feels an innate compassion and need to help orphans.
It's his first thought, the go-to example, because he truly knows what it feels like, to be alone, helpless, and without a family.
And as far as he knew before the movie, he made Joris into an orphan with his two hands.
That has to be an awful feeling.
...He never did allow Joris to call him dad, growing up, did he? It's always been grampy-cat. Though everyone knows that he's his father.
Perhaps it felt like too much.
Or maybe he never really reconciled with the fact that Joris really loved him, not just because he raised him. Perhaps he expected him to be mad, when he found out what happened with Jahash and Julith, and that Kerubim has hidden it from him for all this time.
Or he expected him to like Jahash more.
The childhood at the temple of ecaflip wasn't the happiest, wasn't it?
...Obviously he wasn't taking what happened well, early on.
Obviously it made him vulnerable.
Around that time, Kerubim was given the highest honor, of transporting God Ecaflip's food, for being the best disciple of the temple.
And evidently, at that time, God Ecaflip... uh... cared about him as much as he cared bout the other orphans and demigods.
It's unknown how much time passed between this, and the confirmation ceremony.
But I'm sure, God Ecaflip pushed them apart even more.
Guilt, pain, and unreliable narrators.
Have you noticed one really, really funny thing about the show?
Atcham doesn't appear even once in Kerubim's narration, until the second to last episode.
For all the turmoil Kerubim seems to feel, Atcham feels like a secret he kept, up until he felt vulnerable enough to finally share some experiences with Joris.
Atcham's presence is like a blotted out shape he carefully doesn't mention.
It's obvious that almost being killed by Atcham is a reoccurring thing, as much as chasing Lou is, as much as rivalry with Indie is. But it's not present.
So why?
Perhaps, it's because Kerubim doesn't like talking about things that he knows were wrong of him to do. Because he doesn't want Joris to think any lesser of him.
Because he is ashamed. Or, maybe, because he feels bad about the way their relationship turned out.
The picture of what happened, or how Kerubim even felt about Atcham is a bit hazy.
Because it seems, that as much as Atcham hates Kerubim, and Kerubim hates himself, they feel those things for completely different reasons.
[PART 3]
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