(WIP)[RoW Contest] ENTRY - Duke Varian

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||Everything you can find so far (In order of completion)|| -Base -Basic Attire -Animatic 1 - Mary on a Cross -Art piece 1 - Fear the flames -Art Piece 2 - Varian's Familiar (vers with reigns on next slide) (More TBA!) ||Duke Varian Faireen|| Age: 7 Gender: Male Race: Volitant ||Brief Character Overview|| Varian is a very skittish and paranoid Felnine, who often thinks that the worst is going to happen all the time, and small inconveniences can send him spiraling into hysteria. He never, EVER leaves the safety of the palace, not where all the dangers and bad things lurk. Not again, anyways. He is a Duke of Ikramore, despite having no horns or gills to properly be royal. In fact, his and his sibling's entire existence is already up for legal debate, being the product of a long-going affair between the Quing and the Royal Advisor. ||Backstory|| If one, by some reason, were to meet Varian outside of the palace, the first thing they'd notice would probably be his lack of eyes. As one could expect, by the heavy scarring around his face, this was no birth-born defect. Rasyn had blessed Varian upon hatching with beautiful dark-red eyes that shone as brightly as the moon. Varian, before, was a normal pup. A happy and playful pup who was a bit of trouble at times, but with a large heart that was willing to love and make friends with anyone. Alas for poor Varian, but those eyes wanted nothing more than to see the world outside of the palace quarters he was confined too, but the first time he dared sneaking out ended up being his last. No one believed his story of what happened to the pup when he was found washed up in a river days after having gone missing, his face burned and mangled and all that was left for eyes were two twin hollowed out sockets. No one believed that Arcane Felnines had snuck into their kingdom, so all investigations turned up false. His eyesight had been stolen from him, and now he was expected to forgive, forget, and move on with his life forever in darkness. Of course, Trauma from the event shaped the pup's demeanor completely, his attitude and outlook turning a complete 180. Instead of the happy-go-lucky and wild-child he had been, he was now skittish, reclusive, and paranoid out of his mind, fearing that any little thing will lead to the doom of himself or those he cares about, and even slight surprises and inconveniences will send him into a full-blown panic. Of course, this life-altering event also affected his relationship with his siblings. Instead of playing with them in the palace gardens as he used to, he now stays in the shadows, ready to dart inside with just a shift of the wind. He had become slightly less on the edge since his familiar, Gia, manifested a few months ago, whom despite his untrusting nature, he instantly became very close and attached too. Gia is his eyes and voice of reason, and often what calms him down from the worst of his episodes. Other than Gia, Varian takes comfort in his mother, Divya, whom he is closer to than Oto. Since the incident, however, he has been very distant from his siblings, rarely even being seen by them. ||Extra Details|| -The incident that took Varian's sight and left his face disfigured happened when he was 5 -His familiar's full name is Giovanna, and is Italian, meaning "God's gracious gift". She prefers to be called Gia, however. -Speaking of Gia, she is a mix of a Dragon and Kirin, and is about 2x the size of a fully-grown Felnine -Varian has not gotten a Talisman yet, but when he does, his magic level will probably be around a 2 -Varian was born in the summer -While he is too young to know, he will probably end up being Ace/Aro -Get this boy some therapy please- -His hair wasn't nearly as long as it is now when his incident happened, in fact it was quite short. He just refuses to cut it now for some odd reason -Likes to chew on things as a stim. I will not elaborate on this -HATES any food that is above lukewarm in temperature. Will freak out. -Loves peppermint. Has a whole stash of peppermint candies in his room -This song (Ship in a Bottle) is totally his Voice Claim -Varian is always wearing gloves. He hates the feeling of his paws being dirty -Gia is mostly found suited with her reigns. This is because Varian will occasionally ride on her back like a horse (More will probably be added as I think of it)