#legends of chima nextgen

[maverickcanine]

at long last, king laval for my nextgen!

laval's outfit is a mix of lagravis + his personal style because he looks up to his father a lot. laval has boundless energy, just like when he was a teenager, which is fortunate since he has 3 children to watch. and a kingdom to run.

he loves spending time with his kids. between training lucian, testing out landyn's inventions, and painting with lux, he has his hands full, but he enjoys every second of time with them.

lemme just say again, lagravis is alive! however, he became ill a few years after the phoenix left. he passed the throne to laval because he was too weak to rule. his sickness has improved overtime, but the stress of the past years had an impact on his health.

[maverickcanine]

prince lucian, my little lavertus clone (/J HE'S NOT A REAL CLONE). it's like all of those potential genetics skipped laval and when straight to him.

while landyn is often in her own world, lucian is much more aware of the world around him. he's a thinker but in an "analyzing people and situations" kind of way. the world is just a puzzle to him.

i don't have a ton to say because i feel like i've said the most about him so far! but i love him

[maverickcanine]

...i think this is the first time i've drawn lucian smiling

[maverickcanine]

dilf! sorry what? i mean— nextgen laval doodle in the car. i imagine he’s trying to convince lucian not to go off on his own, but lucian is his father’s son…

[maverickcanine]

idk when im finishing this! so here’s The Official™️ Omari the Otter Post.

omari! head of the “collection of peace” (or the otter tribe). she’s unduplicitous, unmalicious, and unnasty (/ref)! she presents herself as very regal, helpful, and kind, but underneath that soothing, trustworthy smile is something dangerous.

the otters transformed from chi being dropped into the crocodile swamp. they had seen the wars happen in the past and realized that being mutated must have been a blessing from the phoenix to bring complete peace to chima. the otters had access to persuader plants and have been using those plants to brainwash chimans into being completely complacent and under the control of omari. but omari's intentions are not as pure as she lets on.

[maverickcanine]

last but not least, lux! he's an absolute sweetheart, but he's also the poster-child for ADHD so he can be a lot to handle. but everyone that interacts with him ADORES HIM, even other tribes. he has that little kid charm.

he and li'ella often do crafts together, or he drags her outside of the city to explore with him. he loves his dad, but as i've said before, he's such a mama's boy that it's almost laughable (laval only takes a little offense).

lux is still little so his mane hasnt started growing in yet, but once it does, it will probably be a brownish-red color (more red than his tail currently is).

and that concludes the lavella kids reference sheets!

[maverickcanine]

lux, the youngest of the lavella family. he’s very artistic and very in-tune with nature. also hes a HUGE mama’s boy— he spends most of his time outside, making messy paintings, or following li’ella around lion city.

(he’s also tormak’s favorite grandkid, but dont tell anyone)

[maverickcanine]

wynn has a very fragile ego and tries to play off losses well, but he's CLEARLY extremely jealous and aggressive about it. his main goal for winning is to achieve glory for the wolves and worriz's validation (which he already HAS, but worriz is bad at expressing his affection.)

[maverickcanine]

first official reference of the nextgen kids! (since i haven't posted landyn AT ALL YET!)

landyn is very math + science smart. she loves hands-on activities and is often covered in grease from her speedor-fixing habits. she does have a crown like the rest of the lion family, but she prefers to wear her protective goggles and her crown is always misplaced.

also she ALWAYS makes that face when she's deep in thought. she thinks it's so embarrassing and her whole family (lovingly) teases her about it. bcuz landyn's a cutie!

[maverickcanine]

i still need to do some more prompts + post li'ella's nextgen design, BUT! i wanted to post this before i forgot. worriz's (dead? i havent decided) wife's design is going to be based on this unused female wolf concept art because i LOVE HERRRR

[maverickcanine]

this is wynn, worriz’s only son. he’s best friends/rivals with lucian. he’s confident, a lady’s man, and a speedorz racer

more info to come 👍

(outfit design by my friend ray, character by me)

[maverickcanine]

fankid 🤯 yes of COURSE i have a nextgen planned

[maverickcanine]

What other OG chima characters have kids in your next-gen AU?

you just opened a huge can of worms LMAO this is a longpost.

i'm still in the process of figuring that out, but the ones i have are:

laval + li'ella: lucian, landyn, lux worriz + deceased: wynn eris + rogon (adopted): emory gorzan (adopted): gael crooler + unknown: crescent, caesar reegull (adopted): ravioli

i do want it to be stated that most of the pairings for nextgen aren't my preferred ships; just the ones i think follow canon the most. if i did a maverickverse nextgen, then it would be very different lol

cragger is missing from that list, but he's very involved in the lavella kids' lives. he's a close uncle because he and laval are inseparable. and while he has no kids of his own, he's married to another crocodile (that i'm still developing).

the important kids are: lucian, wynn, ravioli, gael, and emory (+ maybe crooler's twins?)

most of this is in collaboration with my friend, @koraydon, but they aren't active on tumblr very much, so it's mostly me talking about the characters i've made.

but here's ravioli! i'll make a separate post about her in the future (+ the other important kids, once i design them.) she's a white raven and a bit of an outcast within her tribe because she doesn't believe in stealing and thievery (the blasphemy!)

and these are crooler's twins; huge troublemakers, of course; have you seen their mother?? they're both 11 yrs old and stereotypical maniac twins.

eventually i'll also post voice claims for each of the nextgen characters. nextgen has been in hibernation since last march, so most of this stuff is being made up on the spot lol

also again, all the art in this post belongs to @koraydon!

[maverickcanine]

quick lucian sketch— he’s getting shit-talked by wynn before a speedorz race and he is NOT enjoying it

[maverickcanine]

old lucian animatic— wanted to test his voice headcanon (mako from legend of korra)

[maverickcanine]

How did Lucian clip his ear

one of his first training sessions with laval using real weapons went wrong. lucian was supposed to parry and instead flinched in the wrong direction and got a cut on his ear. it wasn’t terrible but it was bleeding and lucian thought laval cut off his ear.

laval was FREAKING out and lucian was trying not to cry and they rushed to a healer ASAP. everything was okay but they had to bandage it for a month. afterwards, he had a permanent notch.

li’ella insisted on training lucian while he was healing because she didn’t want him to be discouraged by his injury or intimidated by laval. it was purely an accident and neither of them did anything wrong; the timing was just perfect for an injury.