>> DTAE This was so fun! I wanted an excuse to paint Witchlight Woods and I found this DTA :') >> Pictures 1 - The design, I really think they're cute :0 2 - The painting! Arethi in the Witchlight Woods as a chibi :D I worked so long on this pff- 3 - A seperate version, not exactly sure which one I like better though 4 - A closeup! Very pixel-y? 5 - Shaded bust, lighter version 6 - The darker version, again, not sure which one I like best SO MIGHT AS WELL SLAP ON BOTH 7 - Perhaps a ref sheet coming? >> Arethi They/Them/She/Her Pansexual Anxious, shy, willful, small, mostly unoticeable, serious They like being unnoticed, it makes them worried and self-conscious when people pay attention to them. "Come on, mother," Arethi's paws tapped impatiently on the cold stone. "It's freezing." "You know how rare these plants are!" Their mother scolded, her long tail flicking in the snow as she dug up the blue sprouts. They were in the Frost Mountains- luckily on the slightly warmer southern edges- looking for medicinal herbs, but Arethi didn't care how rare they were or how much they would sell for, they wanted to go. Their brother was back on Aen island, looking over the family shop, along with their father. Only Arethi and their mother, Lisia, were on this trip. "Finished!" Lisia exclaimed as she tucked the last sprout into a satchel and slung it over her back. "We can go now." She glanced to her with questioning eyes. "Arethi?" Arethi was staring off into the distance, her long ears swaying in the wind. Bright flames flickered on the closest mountain range- but that was impossible, not this high up in the Frost Mountains,, Or at least that's what she thought, until she saw the green. Green flames, then. Magic. Arethi growled and pulled her mother down the snowy hill. How long would it be until they reached them? She didn't want to know. "Arethi- What are you doing?" Her mother insisted, planting her feet down. "Lisia, we have to go. Now!" She shivered as she tramped down the path, her mother following tentatively, confused as the twice suns. "Can you see the fire?" Lisia stopped in her path. "What fire-?" "Just follow me," Her mother started up again, seeming annoyed now. "Arethi, if you're playing any sort of trick on me-" She started, but Arethi only ignored her, glancing to the now-closer flames and hissing. "We have to be fast, mother. Come ON." She broke into a run, her scarf flapping behind her, but soon skidded to a stop. There were flames everywhere now. She heard a gasp behind her, and knew that Lisia had seen them as well. They were on a rocky path dusted white on the cliff edge, with a long fall down. Arethi could feel the unnatural heat of the inferno on her face now as the green flickers closed in on them. But as she backed away from the flames, her back paws suddenly slipped on the icy stone and she found themself falling through the sky- and then it all went black- And she woke up in the Witchlight Woods, alone and scared as the twice suns.
