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OC October Day 8: Nathaniel Goodman A priest who does his best to serve his people and ensure their safety and security during the war. He has a watchful eye and was always wary of Drache when he was initially hiding his demonic appearance. Nate holds morality to a high standard and expects everyone to follow church’s creeds and kingdom’s law, having the tendency to be overly passionate when it comes to praising and preaching. However, while he’s always spitting searing curses at Drache, who’s just minding his own business and trying to be helpful, he praises the problematic Soleil since he’s an angel and therefore can do no wrong in his eyes. In this way, Nate has a sort of blind faith in how he unquestionably follows certain authorities, but unfairly judges people on a surface level.

Nate’s bias and obsession with following rules may stem from him being the bastard child of a married city official and his mistress. After four years, his mother gave up and left him at an orphanage. Nate spent his childhood seeing himself as a filthy, unwanted byproduct of sin and despised his parents, especially his father since he was supposed to be an upstanding citizen. He isolated himself from other children because he felt for some reason, they didn’t want him around either. Faith however was a pesky girl and insisted on hanging around him because she refused to let anyone be alone. After the ministry visited their orphanage and announced that they were opening up their convent for new members, Faith pressed Nathaniel to join them with her. Nate hesitated because he thought they wouldn’t accept him once they found out more about him, but Faith helped him realize that his parent’s sins weren’t his and that God and the church would look for what’s in his heart, not his mistakes or shortcomings. Thus, the two joined the ministry with Nate wanting to become a leader who would prevent people from giving into sin. While he has fundamentally good intentions, he comes off rather pushy and insensitive and Faith usually has to step in and cool him down.

Nate wouldn’t have been able to complete his rites and missions if it weren’t for Mary Bathory, his patron and a regular church attendee who he regarded as a motherly figure. Seemingly sweet and tender, Mary secretly took it upon herself to slay demons in the bowels of her manor. She claimed it was done to find a way for humans to attain their power in order to more effectively fight them, though in truth, she just wanted to harvest soul energy in order to extend her life and saw Nate as a tool. Nate had been conspiring with her by bringing her demons to use as subjects. What he didn’t know was that she also harvested homeless humans when she couldn’t get her hands on demons because she couldn’t stand getting older.

Nate had always disliked demons, but his hatred became personal when a group set fire to the convent, leaving him and a few of his friends the only surviving students. Since Nate didn’t view demons as people, he didn’t have any problems when it came to disposing of them. It was a righteous act of justice to him after all. Nate captures Drache believing that a filthy demon like him has no place among Chelona’s fated heroes. When the rest of the party goes to the manor to save him, Mary’s secret is revealed and Nate has his world is turned upside-down, unsure of what to believe in anymore. Mary is eventually defeated and Drache finally proves his loyalties to Nate when he helps him escape the burning manor before it collapses. Nate is horrified thinking Drache sacrificed his life for him after all he did to him, but Drache emerges unscathed and smirks at the worried Nate, calling him foolish for thinking a demon of the flames would be harmed by fire. Nate and his fellow clergymen Faith, Edgar, Alana, and Jude later join the scouting party when Drache and the gang sail to other lands to recruit supporters. While Nate is now an ally, he still treats Drache roughly, but in getting to know each other more and realizing their similarities, they ultimately become very good friends and Nate learns to not be so judgmental. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Commissions | Instagram | Twitter

OC October Day 6: Lilian von Chelona The humble princess of Chelona who full-heartedly loves her people and wishes to go out and see her kingdom with her own eyes, although her overprotective guardians keep her on a short leash. The princess bears a lot of physical similarities to Rosette and when Drache and his party travel to the Capital, the huntress gets mistaken for the princess who had gone missing and a Prince-and-the-Pauper situation ensues, with the girls temporarily switching lives. When Drache sees Rosette being accompanied away by guards, he and his party try to clear things up, but Rosette sees her opportunity to live in luxury and denies knowing them, leaving them baffled.

Just a little while earlier, Leon, who was ordered by the demon king to kidnap the princess, poses as a guard and lures her away from the other guards by tricking her into thinking they were sneaking away to have fun. However, other thieves recognize her and target the two with the intention of profiting off her as well. Lilian, who had been drilled with self-defense lessons ever since she learned how to walk, fends them off with intense strength, leaving Leon too terrified to pull any shady moves on her. Hearing the commotion, Drache, Reiner, and Soleil catch the troublesome young demon in the act of kidnapping and have him tied down while they try to figure out how to get things resolved. Drache, without hesitation, threatens to turn Leon in to authorities, but Lilian insists Leon actually took great care of her, causing Leon to be smitten by her kind forgiveness. Instead, Reiner proposes that they just keep Leon under their watchful eye and he eventually settles in as a permanent party member.

On Rosette’s end, the huntress fully welcomes the opportunity to be pampered as princess. After some time however, she starts to grow irritated with her guardians’ strict ways and how the lower class and poor were being neglected. Lilian had been upset by this fact too, but her proposals to help them were always overlooked because people treated her as nothing more than a figurehead. However, Rosette’s unwavering fierceness intimidates officials and brings about improved policies.

As much as Drache wants to replace Rosette with the gentler Lilian, he and his party bring her back home and Rosette is then found out and kicked out. Rather than getting upset by Rosette taking advantage of the situation for her own selfish desires, Lilian admires Rosette for having the confidence to do what she did and better serve the people. Having befriended Drache, Reiner, Soleil, and Leon during her time outside of the castle, Lilian maintains connections with them and convinces her family to work with Eterna in funding and assisting their scouting party. She even sneaks away from home once again to join the party when they later sail across the sea to scout other lands. They are already halfway to their destination when she is discovered hiding away onboard, so Drache allows her to stay even though he’d get an earful from her guardians.

Despite being a dainty young lady, Lilian is physically strong and high-spirited with an itch to explore the world around her. She and Reiner immediately hit it off like siblings and share the same fascination for learning new things outside of their sheltered lives. Unlike most of the people around her, Lilian doesn’t harbor ill feelings towards demons since she’d become close friends with her servants and treats Drache and Leon with the same respect she’d treat anyone else. She thinks Leon’s chuunibyou tendencies are cute, but she genuinely worries about whether he’ll grow out of it or not and gradually tries to help him see reality. She sees Drache as an uncle and treats him with familial affection, although Drache has a hard time dropping the formalities since he’s feels the pressure of the responsibility of looking after the royal heir. Lilian views Rosette as an older sister and while most gripe about her rotten attitude, Lilian is one to point out her good qualities. Knowing that Lilian looks up to her makes Rosette want to improve herself and she usually softens up when the princess is around her. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Commissions | Instagram | Twitter

OC October Day 5: Rosette Rosette grew up in the slums as an orphan and had become a huntress in order to make a living, stealing and robbing if it came to it, though Drache and her party members later make sure she stopped the latter habits. She’s a brutally honest person who only looks out for her own needs and claims that she would easily abandon others if they held her back, although her affection towards her newfound companions slowly grows with time.

As a little girl, when Rosette was on the verge of starvation, Soleil took it upon himself to become her guardian angel and helped give her the strength and will to live. He was the one who taught her how to hunt and cook and cared for her like she was his daughter or little sister, since she reminded him of a younger sibling from his past life as a human. One day, Soleil was suddenly reassigned to a different region by his superior Lune. Days pass and with time, all memories of Soleil faded from Rosette’s memory. Despite her not remembering him, Rosette now carries a subconscious feeling of abandonment and distrust and becomes the harsh, selfish person she currently is. Now, Soleil constantly tries to get her to remember the time they spent together, but she just gets annoyed by his clingy nature and denies everything.

Before their scouting party was formed, Rosette had been a bounty hunter and turned demons in to Chelonian authorities to reap the rewards and get revenge on the rotten creatures who were the cause of her father going to war and dying. Reiner partnered with her for a while to learn more about demons and when they encounter a weary Drache who’d been suffering in the wild after he was banished from his realm, she had no mercy in turning in his sorry corpse if he didn’t cooperate. Reiner insisted on keeping their captive alive since he didn’t like unnecessary violence and when they learn about Drache’s situation, Reiner convinces her that they should work with him to take down the demon king Nox. For the longest time, Rosette despised the fact that Eterna established Drache as their leader and continued to take jabs at him. Even though he was greatly bothered by this, Drache continued to be the bigger person, earning Rosette’s respect and making her realize that demons weren’t inherently evil.

Rosette in general gives others a hard time with her sass and sharp tongue, but Leon becomes her most common target. Because she doesn’t like Drache ordering her around, she takes her frustration out on the poor younger demon by belittling him and his nonsensical “mastery of the dark arts.” She doesn’t quit it until Reiner steps in, since he’s one of the few people she has a soft spot for and sees him as a younger brother. When Claire later joins the party, Rosette gets frustrated by her inferiority complex and wants to help her become more confident, although her way of doing so was to tell her to suck it up and stop being a wuss. This made Claire mistakenly think that Rosette, the only other girl in the party that she really wanted to befriend, hated her guts and she started anxiously avoiding her. However, during a partner mission, Rosette made it her chance to help Claire understand that it was okay to speak her mind and open up to the other members and helped her stand up for herself. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Commissions | Instagram | Twitter

OC October Day 4: Reiner Lichten Reiner comes from a noble family who is seemingly blessed by good fortune in everything. He is pure, kind, and happy-go-lucky and always looks for the good in others, although that leads him to become easily manipulated at times. Reiner is the “light as white and pure as snow” foretold in Eterna’s prophecy and amiable people from his hometown highly revere him as the one to defeat the demons and restore peace when in fact, he’s just a ridiculously lucky guy who accidentally hits all his targets on point and has no idea what is going on for the most part. However, out in the rest of the kingdom, no one ever believes Reiner when he reveals his identity as the hero of Chelona since his naive nature and cowardice causes them to doubt and discredit him. By traveling with Drache and the others and fighting in the war, Reiner matures and is able to prove himself.

Shortly after leaving his hometown, Reiner had helped Rosette out when she was backed into a corner by thugs and ever since, they became friends. At least that’s how Reiner saw it, as Rosette initially was just taking advantage of his fortune. However, not too long after their party with Drache and Soleil was formed, Rosette threatened to walk out of the group since they wouldn’t operate the way she wanted them to (they were serving others before meeting their own needs). Reiner wanted her to trust in them and Eterna’s word, but Rosette, who’d always been jealous of Reiner’s fortune, finally expressed her true feelings. She confessed that she’d only been using him and that she was frustrated because he couldn’t fully comprehend how difficult the lives of other people were since he’d always been sheltered. She stormed off for a while and left Reiner disheartened and shocked that some people saw him the way Rosette did. He was truly was a humble person who wanted to help people and didn’t mean to rub anyone the wrong way and after hearing her sharp words, he felt like he couldn’t do anything right even with all the luck in the world.

Soon after their falling out, Reiner was called to make an appearance at a public event at the capital city. Rosette had been lingering in the crowd and after seeing how badly the townspeople were treating him as a joke, she came to his defense and stood up for him. Seeing how vulnerable Reiner was made her realize that he was still a child who wasn’t ready to take up his role as hero and that he needed companions to help him experience the world beyond the walls of his family estate. After the two make up and promise to try and understand each other better, Rosette takes it upon herself to be a sort of big sister to him. She’d be pushing him to strengthen himself and wouldn’t baby him like Drache or Soleil do, but she’d be there to fight anyone who tried to bring Reiner down.

Reiner is the optimist of the party and never fails to cheer anyone up. While most people are hostile to Drache for being a demon, Reiner greatly admires his bravery and knowledge and looks up to him as a fatherly figure. Reiner is also one of the few people who isn’t harsh on Soleil for skipping out on his share of chores and loves hearing about his travels as an on-duty angel. While others grow irritated of Leon’s over-the-top chuunibyou behavior, Reiner enjoys playing along with him and eagerly listens to his tall tales because he knows no one else is willing to, not even Drache. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Commissions | Instagram | Twitter

OC October Day 3: Leon Ardeurhart Drache’s younger brother who wants to bring him back to the side of the demons. He impersonates Drache and brings chaos to a village to tarnish and expose his brother’s identity as a demon. He believes that having the humans reject Drache would cause him to return home, not having been informed that Drache would be apprehended as soon as he stepped foot on demon territory. Drache and his party had made the village their base for a few weeks and the villagers had grown fond of them, especially Drache, but they didn’t know he was a demon since he hid his pointed ears under his hood. Leon impersonating him turns most of them against Drache for a short while until his friends find this out and try to clear his name.

Leon acts as a minor antagonist for a good while, popping up every now and then to thwart their plans (to no avail) and beg his brother to come back. After Leon fails in kidnapping princess Lilian and is threatened with capital punishment, Drache finally has him join their party instead as an alternative. Even as the newest member of the party, Leon declares Reiner as his mortal enemy and vows to take down the young hero someday for the sake of all demons (though his hostility stems more from jealousy since Drache is more affectionate towards Reiner). However, overtime, Reiner’s sweetness grows on him and they become best friends since Reiner is one of the few people who believes in him and goes along with his escapades.

Like Drache, Leon also shares their family’s weakness in magic. While Drache utilizes his power in small but skillful bursts, Leon recklessly dishes out all his energy at once in order to look cool, rendering him useless just moments after his burnout. He has strong chuunibyou tendencies in how he constantly brags about his nearly nonexistent powers, talks about made-up conquests, gives his spells edgy names, and dramatizes everything he does. All this is done to cover up his major insecurities, as he had been bullied as a child for being weak. Drache is embarrassed by Leon’s delusional nature and tries to avoid being around him, which Leon doesn’t understand since Drache was in fact the one who started playing pretend with him when they were children in order to help build up his little brother’s self-esteem. When Drache grew older, he learned to accept his shortcomings and made up for them in his studies, but Leon continues to cling onto his fantasies. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Commissions | Instagram | Twitter

OC October Day 2: Soleil

Soleil is an angel banished from the heavens for becoming too attached to humans. After Drache, Reiner, and Rosette save him from drowning after he fell from heaven, he sticks with the party in order to pursue Rosette, who he looked after for as a child. Soleil had seen Rosette living a dreary life on the streets and stepped in to serve as her guardian angel for several years, although angels are instructed to only heal during dire situations and protect humans from demons. Soleil was torn when he was called to serve in a far away region, but convinced himself that Rosette would now be able to fend for herself with the hunting skills he taught her.

Soleil is elated with having the chance reestablish his relationship with Rosette, but Rosette, not remembering who he is, is irritated with his clingy nature and often disregards his affectionate gestures. She often claims he has no business with her, but it doesn’t stop him from lovingly doting on her.

As a banished angel, Soleil had his connection with the Heavenly Host severed and thus he can no longer receive the holy spirit used for healing and combat. In order to conserve his energy, Soleil basks in sunlight and often gets scolded by his party members for not carrying his weight. While he should tell Drache and the others about his condition in order to smoothen things out, he keeps it to himself because he’s afraid that they would replace him with a more effective healer. He’s loved Rosette and has grown to love Reiner and Drache and if they parted ways with him, they would forget him in a matter of days since the memory of divine beings fades quickly after losing contact. The fear of a second banishment from his friends always looms over him, but Soleil tries to cover up his anxiety with a carefree smile. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Commissions | Instagram | Twitter

OC October Day 1: Drache Ardeurhart A demon lord whose family had been sheltering and aiding humans during the century-long war. After being found out and banished from his realm, he befriends Reiner, the naive young hero of Chelona, and Rosette, a brash huntress, who had originally planned to turn him in to authorities for bounty. Seeing how cooperative Drache is with giving out any info they needed about the demons, Eterna the Elder Witch appoints him as leader over Chelona’s Scouting Party to gather allies across the land.

Although Drache is weak in magic, he is well-studied and acts as a mentor to others, notably Reiner and Claire, who lack control over their abilities. Along with handling foreign connections and serving as a bridge between humans and demons, Drache is heavily burdened with the task of looking after his troublesome party members. He often has to put up with their shenanigans and scold them like children, but at the end of every day, he’s grateful to be a part of their little family of misfits.

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My half of an art trade with my pal @lovelostwitch featuring her Danganronpa ocs: 💀SHSL Occultist 🏁SHSL Racer 🍴SHSL Food Critic 📐SHSL Architect I had tons of fun drawing these kiddos!! _(:3 」∠)_ Commissions | Instagram | Twitter

Dear god, just let me die.

Happy birthday, tired demon dad! Thank you for always working hard and looking after the rest of the party members. (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ Drache’s late parents gifted Sal to him for his birthday when he was a child. Though Sal still hasn’t grown to full size like the rest of his kind, the size of his courageous heart matches that of a leviathan. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Extra

Happy late birthday, Rosette! Even when you claim time after time that you’re only looking out for yourself, you genuinely have the party’s best interest in mind (っ˘ω˘ς ) Rose doesn’t like sticking ornaments in her hair, but since Soleil cut his fingers up trimming the flower for her, she kept it on. Lord Drache’s Inner Hell | Extra

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Don’t cry…

Drowning in a deep blue...

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I need some cash to help cushion my schooling expenses, so I’m laying on the sale. Discounted prices will last until September 30th.

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