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[avampyone]

Dreams of pandaemonium and buried memory-

[avampyone]

Seraphim is a fire-aspected creation that was made around the same time as Phoinix by Lahabrea to protect him and his family with their strength and pyrokinetic powers. They came to possess signs of having a spark of life with their naturally gentle, protective mannerisms. After unfortunate events containing spoilers happened, they end up evolving into a violent and bloodthirsty eldritch horror Lahabrea was forced to imprison in Pandaemonium. During the final days, Seraphim was freed but stays in Pandaemonium to help keep the other dangerous creations at bay until being sundered.

Being a creation, they are only partially sundered with Hemlocke sharing the closest connection/physical traits being of the source. The remaining six shards all possess dark hair and red eyes. The presence of the Seraphim haunts them all like a specter in the background, still influencing them in different ways.

To all of you who have an Azem/Ancient design for your WoL/FFXIV OC: I wish you a very can I see them and tell me their names/lore.

[emahriel]

commish for @/hemlockeffxiv on twitter 🥀

[avampyone]

A trail unending-

[avampyone]

Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light And listen to the music of the night~

[avampyone]

Chained with a veil of secrets-

[avampyone]

Find me, and walk beside me.

[avampyone]

A doctor's penetrating gaze, dancing with red~

[avampyone]

I'll always be here..waiting..

To shatter the pieces of me.

[avampyone]

The Ossuary's Attendant

[avampyone]

Then vs Now

My first awful screenshot of Hemlocke when I first made it to ShB back in later 2021 - I first started the game in Jan 2021. There's not been too many changes aside from some slight ones with the graphics update. The most been with crimz and changes to his hair that I incorporated lore-wise.

Before ARR when he lived in Ishgard as Seraphine of the Minor House Desmarais to ARR where he first began to work and train at Arrzaneth Ossuary as Hemlocke:

At the beginning of StB, Hemlocke was fully changed into a vampire - longer hair and the hints of dark red color began to show from his voidsent ancestry. He wears an eye covering more from here partly to shield from a voidsent's gaze and partly to make his eyes less noticeable if they start to glow:

Hemlocke at present with his hair the longest it's ever been! I haven't decided if he'll eventually one day cut it or not. Either way, I've been enjoying the graphics glow up DT has given him!

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Also, a shout out to OG Hemlocke from VtM, a Toreador rock star and owner of the club Angel'cain who was half-fae. He was a side character I made for Seiro I ended up loving and being inspired by. Some changes but his mischievous gremlin spirit remains the same!

Many thanks to my longtime friend Nik for drawing this!

Thanks to @shroudkeeper and @vmbral for the tag! I tag @afallowmoon , @shadesofblades @liminal-storage @exploringcastleoblivion or anyone who would like to do so plz do!

[avampyone]

Set me free - Ancient lies

Is this peace divine?

The light will cast me aside

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Song lyrics from Monolith by Twin Tribes

[avampyone]

I forgot to post here, but a gorgeous com of Hemlocke from @fukkatsu-sumi !

I'd hit a really low point in my life about a year ago with a lot of heavy RL issues. It wasn't easy but glad to be in a better and more content place now, so, I treated myself - I've always loved their art. I definitely recommend them!

[avampyone]

A trick or a treat this All Saints' Wake..

[avampyone]

Into the unknown

[avampyone]

Respite amidst chaos-