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[takonei]

Midnight strikes in France, and Artfight begins!

I underestimated the sheer amount of time I needed for the many uni projects I had to finish, but at last I'm free now!

Well... I still have one (1) commission to finish, but hey a bitch can celebrate Artfight beginning, featuring a lovely trailer with my beautiful bastards. Aren't they wonderful?

Anyway, linking my page once again, and have a lil bonus thing under the cut <3

Always save the refs before July 1st. Always.

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I know I didn't post on my characters' birthdays until now, but I figured it would be a good time to start introducing several new characters of mine for the story of Bastards of Ethuline.

(Who knows when I'll actually start writing anything about them.)

I do not want to properly introduce them yet, but I will give a small introduction anyway, as they aren't exactly members of Ethuline, nor do they live in the same country for that matter.

No, today will be a small introduction to Aguja Dorada, and the four half-beast siblings who founded this infamous mafia, all born on the same day — April 12th.

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Where beasts reign, half-beasts are left to fend for themselves against a world that hates them. Such is the rule of life. And where half-beasts struggle to survive, kindred spirits gather, outcasts find family in each other, and camps are created.

The tale of Aguja Dorada started the same way, 20 years ago, in a remote part of the country of Mexico. A family of four half-beasts decided to form a camp where their kind would be free from humanity’s hatred for them. Gathering resources, recruiting members — both other half-beasts and humans outcast from society — and fighting anyone who got in their way.

But that wish was very quickly twisted into wrath and retribution, as they were ready to do anything to achieve their goal of freedom, and that meant all acts of violence they deemed necessary. Of course, it meant becoming criminals in the world’s eyes, but such a thing was hardly a surprise, as turning their backs on humanity was the only way to survive. The family and the ragtags that went along with them ended up taking over a small town to settle in, which is now isolated from the rest of society. The group was known as a gang of beasts, and as many more half-beasts and outcast humans gathered, their reputation grew into one of a beast mafia known by the name of Aguja Dorada.

As the years passed, their iron grip strengthened over the town and the nearby lands where they hunted down trucks of food and other goods, and the situation was deemed completely out of the authorities’ control, who failed to hunt down the mafia countless times due to their sheer strength and capabilities. It was said that the four leaders were ruthless beasts who will always know if an intruder steps in their territory, and will defend it as such.

Nowadays, even though the half-beasts remain the leaders, some agents of the police have reported that far bigger beasts seem to have taken their place as the guardians of that territory, doing the dirty work the leaders couldn’t be bothered to do by themselves anymore. Curiously, while mangled corpses of policemen and military men have been reported near the mafia’s town base, no children were ever found, despite the multiple unresolved reports of kids who went missing nearby that were made over the years.

It is only recently that they managed to take down the strongest of those monstrous leaders, but after that, the rest of them became much more ruthless and hateful towards humanity, closing their borders to any and all humans, and defending their territory from trespassers viciously and brutally.

The real tale of Aguja Dorada has been lost with time, or perhaps it is because people refuse to acknowledge how it even came to be.

A tale of people who will always be remembered as heartless killers… though one might say that isn’t too far off from the truth.

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Bastards of Ethuline - Masterpost

Aka something for you (and me) to navigate through the posts about this original story of mine.

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A little introduction to the events of this story.

In the near future, the state of the world is not that different from today. The technologies stagnate, the woes of this world haven’t faded away, as humans are still corrupted by their own greed.

Around 25 years ago, the Earth and the Underworld merged together in some parts of the world. Underworld beasts and humans are forced to coexist, but the humans are more often than not the prey of these gigantic monsters. Of course, the inevitable happened — relationships between human and monster, and bastard children emerging from these unions.

In Lyon, France, the underworld has merged with the city's underground. A certain half-beast, who felt like she did not belong anywhere, settled a camp on the boundary between the worlds, in the deepest parts of the subways. A camp where half-beasts, rejected by both worlds, can fight for their survival. A refuge where stolen supplies and brave guardians keep the bastards and outcasts alive. A settlement named Ethuline.

After seven years of acting as Ethuline’s lone guardian, the half-beast was joined by other brave souls — a genius with an iron fist, wielding self-made weapons filled with hatred, and another half-beast, one who brings light in this dark place.

Each has their own reasons to fight. Different ideas, different beliefs, different motivations fueling their will to push back against the beasts that plague humanity — and yet, a shared resolve and similar end goals allow these differences to be put aside. Perhaps together, they can make a dent in the waves of beasts crawling their way towards the surface.

Along their journey, they may find allies and enemies alike, discover parts of themselves they would have never thought twice about before, and stumble upon truths that their minds might have been better off not knowing. A world where beasts exist is not a peaceful one, by far — and humanity is cruel to what it deems as “other” — but perhaps, by some miracle carved with their own blood and sweat, the bastards of Ethuline will find a way to not just survive, but thrive, in this future of endless danger and life between worlds.

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Character introductions:

Ethuline (Lyon, France)

Nora Mukadiri ~ Beastly exorcist from deep below

Valti Svaronic ~ Brawn and brains of wicked justice

Kadelio Nossane ~ Candid oracle of never-seen colors

Yobaii ~ Lawless and isolated beast physician

------- --------- ~ Considerate craftswoman seeking the truth

----- & ---- -------- ~ Eyeless yet seeing forsaken morticians

----- ~ First human member of the underground clan

_____ ______ (???, ______)

_______ ~ Omniscient ear of the rejected masses

________ ~ Vessel for all of nature's driving forces

______ ~ Fallen seraph trapped in delusion

_______ ~ Sinful martyr of bone and blood

____ ~ Three-faced rotten fruit

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More to come, someday. Gimme a minute. In the meantime, feel free to ask anything!

[takonei]

Late night doodle sketchdump, Bastards of Ethuline edition

I swear I’ll introduce them all properly one day, and maybe some of these will make more sense

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Yea dumb little thing I did bc I wanted to doodle all the BoE gang

It might come off as obvious but goddamn is it hard to plan things in 1 minute, hence why everyone has basic poses. 5 minutes is a tad easier but still, barely have time for anything, especially for more complex designs

Also it’s pretty easy to tell which designs feel easier to me (Yobaii, for some reason, is easier to draw than Kadelio?)

But hey this was really fun! :D

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About me + The main tags

Hey there! I’m Takonei, or just Ako for short! Just a science fella who likes to draw in her 2 minutes of free time.

I draw Bastards of Ethuline, an original story of mine, as well as whatever fandom is currently on my mind.

Feel free to use the ask box! But please refrain from asking too nonsensical stuff as I would like to keep a lil’ bit of harmony on this blog.

Do not ever repost my art anywhere. You may use it for other purposes only after asking me.

DNI: I don’t care, just respect people’s opinions and be a decent human being.

Commissions - OPEN !

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Main works:

Beta AU ~ Everlasting Dissonance (Discontinued)

Bastards of Ethuline

Events masterlists

Art tag

Terribly drawn stuff