#while duncan is the neatly tailored one as he's the most image conscious

[carewyncromwell]

“I...I'll get by! I...I'll survive! When the world's crashing down,  When I fall and hit the ground,  I will turn myself around -- Don't you try to stop me! I...I won't cry!”

~“Alice (Underground)” by Avril Lavigne

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Okay, so after watching @dat-silvers-girl​’s playthrough of the most recent chapter, the most intense reaction I had was when Jacob started (AND THEN NEVER FINISHED!!) a story about him, Olivia, and Duncan. A lot of you probably already know that Duncan Ashe is one of my favorite characters in the game Hogwarts Mystery, and I will always be resentful that he hasn’t gotten the attention and development he so rightfully deserves...and well, I just felt like drawing something with our “Forgotten Trio,” so here it is! (Thanks to Lunapic for the help with tinting and the lovely "starry” texture!) 

I was inspired by this song featured in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which despite it not being a great movie is something of a guilty pleasure for me. Jacob, Duncan, and Olivia did kind of “fall down” a rabbit hole of madness they couldn’t get out of, in the end, but at the start, these three had no concept of just how deep it went, nor how dangerous it would be. All they wanted to do was protect their school and discover the truth behind the dark mysteries of the Cursed Vaults...and in the process, they fell down a path with no visible way back up toward the real world. 

Jacob sought out the Cursed Vaults due to a love of magical knowledge, longing to understand what they were all about and fix the problems they caused. 

Duncan sought out the Cursed Vaults due to his own passionate love of Cursebreaking and his ambition to chase it as a career once he graduated.

Olivia sought out the Cursed Vaults due to a sincere humanitarian impulse to help the school that was more of a home to her than her family’s house was. 

Possessing the brain, drive, and heart needed to work as a successful team, one could easily see these three succeeding in their endeavor. It’s just too bad that R -- and by extension Jacob’s cruel and manipulative grandfather Charles Cromwell -- had other plans. For now, though, we can see these three at the very start of their journey with their most frequent respective attitudes -- Jacob as the wide-eyed thrill-seeker; Olivia as the down-to-earth mediator; and Duncan as the cynical smart-ass. 

Hope you guys like this! As always, please consider liking/reblogging/commenting if you do...and I wish you all a magical night! ✨