#ebony nijik

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Ebony doodle. My favorite thing about Ebony is that she wears the prettiest dresses and skirts but she's the most feral out of all of them.

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Ebony is pretty my friends. She is also gay. Just saying. important to note. you know.

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I think Tumblr might have completely shot the quality.

Anyways, say hello the protagonists' group for "The Ashen Magus". This took me two years to finish. not because it was hard, but because I kept putting it off. From left to right, Ilana - The Guardian, Chou - Magus of the Ocean, Yura Corcrain, Zoe and Zander - The Silver Twins, Princess Ebony Rubina Nijik, Jasper - The Eighth General, and Taher of the Sun.

Quick recap to anyone who knew anything about my ocs already and have somewhat forgotten. For those who don't know anything this is for you too, but I promise I am considering character sheets to make everyone's lives easier.

Ilana is a Dura and survivor of the First Battle of Makena where she was forced to kill her father and then go on the run so that the antagonists could not rise up to power again.

Chou is considered the guardian of the Stygian bloodline (which Ebony and the antagonists belong to). She chose to serve Ebony above the antagonists, Vlad and Hypatia. Chou is a mix of many different races, but the one that ended up being prominent was human, as a result, she is a Water Mage.

Yura Corcrain only makes an appearance halfway into the story so anyone who was avidly following my ocs before my tumblr hiatus actually has no knowledge of her. She is Violet's identical twin (who some might remember).

Zoe and Zander are the protagonists of the story. They're both twins and Zoe is an Air Mage and Zander is *looks around and then whispers furiously* his magic is a secret for plot reasons. Those of you who remember and know, well...that's only for you to know. They're the youngest people in this piece....teenagers....

Princess Ebony Rubina Nijik is Vlad and Hypatia's distant niece. She's the only remaining survivor of her immediate family and she was in hiding for decades before the plot starts. She is a Plant Mage. She's also YES. the shortest. Zander makes fun of her for it. She stabs him for it.

Jasper - The Eighth General, is a Prince of Yaqut who ended up serving as a general to the army that was brought together for the sole purpose of ending Vlad and Hypatia's reign. He is the youngest and last general of the army. He's a Metal Mage (which sounds really weird actually).

And lastly, Taher of the Sun is one of the Fire Folk. He served as one of Queen Hypatia's closest confidants. However during the First Battle of Makena, for some unknown reason he betrayed her. Now he works with Chou primarily.

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And with this smol Ebony and Dubhan art, I have drawn Dubhan a total of two times!

I keep starting things as rough sketches and then going “I should color this.” kids are so hard to draw. Luckily Ebony looks like a kid. I’m not sure about Dubhan. Can you guys tell i don’t care about anatomy anymore. AHAHAHAHAHA. Help me. Dubhan and Hypatia are the “not straight haired Nijik” squad. God, I don’t talk about Dubhan and Ebony enough. He was her older brother, her hero, the person she wanted to become. And then he dies in her arms, trying to protect her from Vlad. It haunts her for the rest of her life, even after the Battle of Makena.

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You all thought Hypatia was ultimate queen? Get a load of Mellia!

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Fishy love! Would you do prompt 13 or 18 for Zander, please? Thanks! 🐰💛🐠

Prompt 13: “Pot Meet Kettle”

Despite the fact that he and Zoe were often regarded as the strongest spellcasters to exist - aside from Hypatia, of course, there had been three of them fighting her and they had barely won - they made mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes were genuine mistakes and some of them were because they were enjoying a time of peace a little too much. 

Even though Yura was Ebony’s officially appointed bodyguard, Zoe and Zander were still her royal spellcasters. Her safety and well being was the most important thing to them. 

But, they were in a time of peace, so sometimes they let their guard down. 

Zander had snuck Ebony out drinking. Being the Queen and Einar’s mother meant that she had less time to fool around, unless she was visiting the Magic Rogues. She had been bored. So, of course, she reached out to Zander, her best friend. Zander had rolled his eyes, motioned for his friend to follow him and they barely managed to slip by Yura’s watch. 

If Zoe was in the capital, she would be accompanying them, but she was doing some ambassador work with Jasper in Yaqut. 

Ebony wore her cloak, hiding her face, but Zander didn’t. That way people would know not to look at Ebony twice. They stopped by a couple of shops, bought snacks and gifts for Einar, discussed magic books and argued about politics. When they arrived at their favorite drinking shop, Zander asked for a private room and they drank and joked and argued and talked about old times. 

And everything had been great until they had left the shop and Zander who usually didn’t get drunk too often, but did get tipsy, realized too late that there was a spell heading towards them. Or rather, directly at Ebony. Ebony turned her eyes wide and Zander, who knew he couldn’t block it with magic or draw his sword in time, did the first thing he could think of and threw himself in front of his best friend and queen. 

The spell hit him and his vision flickered between red, black and white as he fell over. People were screaming as they darted in different directions. Zander tried to shoot back to his feet and try to protect Ebony as he examined the spell, but his vision swam and his stomach lurched, his legs weak. 

Zoe’s magic immediately flared through their connection and Zander felt his head clear just enough. Zander pushed himself to his feet, drawing his sword. A couple of elves nearby were hurrying over. Zander grit his teeth and turned to their assailants. They were somewhere in the crowd. He couldn’t use his connection to the earth to fish them out because his head was still throbbing. 

Zander felt the ground under him rumble. 

“Ebony, no!” he snapped. But she was already at work, her eyes dark as plants dragged their assailants out of the crowd, screaming. 

Everyone in sight stared in shock and several dropped to their knees, immediately recognizing Ebony’s magic. Zander snarled under his breath and stepped to her side, his sword still held out protectively. 

“No one asked you to reveal yourself,” Zander snapped at her. 

“You ask me to just sit by when my best friend gets hurt?” Ebony hissed. “Anyways, Yura will be here at any moment. You can relax.”

“I can handle myself and you! Zoe reacted just in time too!” Zander poked Ebony in the shoulder. 

“You’re too reckless! What do you think you were doing jumping in front of me?” Ebony turned to look at him angrily as the men that attacked them got wrapped in several layers of plants. 

“Seriously? Pot meet kettle. You’re supposed to hide the fact that you’re the queen no matter what,” Zander poked her again. 

“At least I’ve improved since we first met! When we first met I had to save your ass too!” Ebony said, turning to look at him, swatting his hand away. 

“I’m drunk!” Zander yelled. “Otherwise these insects wouldn’t have an inch on me!” Zander went to poke her again and she slapped his hand away. 

“Yeah well, I’m drunk too and I could handle this just fine!” Ebony shouted. 

“As if! You noticed just as late as I did, your highness!” Zander stomped his foot on the ground. 

“You want a fight?” Ebony yelled. 

“Bring it on!” Zander shouted. 

“Both of you are going to shut up before I whack both of you,” Yura spoke up quietly next to them. Zander and Ebony turned to look at Yura who did not look pleased. “Are you two children? Why are both of you drunk and fighting each other after an assassination attempt?”

“She’s the one who-” Zander started pointing at Ebony. 

“Excuse me? Who’s the one that-” Ebony started, glaring at Zander.

“Can both of you just go back to the palace before you make an even bigger scene?” Yura asked. 

‘And so that I can actually yell at both of you’, was the unspoken message.

That immediately sobered them up. Ebony cleared her throat. 

“Well then Zander, it looks like we caught the men we were trying to catch,” she said, her voice immediately back to calm, collected, queenly and in complete control of the situation. Zander tried not to roll his eyes. 

“That’s right, your highness,” Zander agreed. 

And they three headed back to the palace, Ebony dragging their attackers behind them. Yura did scold them. A lot. Ebony got off easy since she was the Queen. Zander did not. Zoe came back from Yaqut a week later and laughed at them.