Crappy Quality: scratch x_x Total time: 4 hours (took multiple attempts to find the right sketch + coloring took 4ever) plus the backstory.. man! this took all day BACKSTORY AT THE BOTTOM <3 ENJOY READING (took me a while) Music: *I Was Sad Last Night I'm OK Now-- Tobi Lou *Heaven Sent-- Tevomxntana Art + Code: * All me babyyyy @kilakine Character bio: * Name: Fuego * Occupation: Diviner/Prophet Backstory: CW-- religious themes (even though its not a real religion), religious trauma ** Fuego was born blind. The heir to two powerful diviners, her people viewed her blindness as a sign of disfavor amongst the gods they worshipped. Sadly, the peoples' unrest resulted in her growing up hated. People thought that she was a curse to have and sacrificing her was the only way to please the gods again. One day, when Fuego was 2, her father (the master diviner) received a vision from Khanriye (god of good fortune) confirming the peoples' suspicion that she was to be sacrificed at the highest, holy altar. Henceforth, she was planned to be the center sacrifice at the town's yearly honorary ceremony. That day, at exactly 12 noon, her mother and father guided her, silently in a large procession, to the highest point of their temple where she was planned to be sacrificed. Surrounded by all the people who despised her existence, her whole body shook as she felt an intense apprehension. The head priest read the rites and the ceremony begun. She was instructed to submerge her whole body in a bath of water to cleanse her spirit; She did as she was told. Next, she was instructed to follow the embroidered carpet up to the altar; She followed the carpet closely. As she stood at the top of the altar, flames surrounding her on all sides except for one exit (which she could not see), the priest walked up to her and painted her entire body with holy symbols using a baby lamb's blood. When the priest stepped out through the exit, and said a final prayer, her body rose up. Without a single warning, she was struck with a powerful, yellow beam sent from the heavens. Her body was cleansed of the lamb blood as the yellowed beam encapsulated her, and she let out a cry from excruciating pain. Her eyes were hit directly, and they glowed a yellow the same color as the jewelry on her body. Then she was released from the grasp of Khanriye, and her body stopped levitating. Gravity controlled her once more, causing her paws to crash against the altar with great force. As the crowd marveled over what they had seen, Fuego was frozen. She noticed she was now able to sense everything in her surroundings, from the face of everybody in the surrounding crowd, to the single opening in the fiery prison that surrounded her. Scared out of her mind and suffering terrible pains, she ran away as fast as she could. She could sense what was going to happen in the future as well and saw visions of people scattering in fear before the honorary ceremony was completed. Stopping right in the center of the room, she blurted, "I can see...". Her voice trailed off and the whole room was silent. She could sense the shock from every member who had witnessed the sacrifice. Henceforth, when she was confirmed to not only have sensing-abilities, but psychic-prediction powers given from a god, she was no longer hated, but revered. She was trained to utilize her abilities on command and by a council of specially chosen and powerful diviners and became, herself, the most powerful diviner of all. End of backstory. Currently, she works at the temple as the head diviner and as a professional fortune-teller.
