May I ask for some details about your Tav? What do you mean by hasnt really lived as a tiefling before? Like literally has never seen another tiefling? Seems like being abducted by the mindflayers introduced major life changes to your Tav
I'm sorry this took so long to answer, but I ended up doing a whole bunch of art to answer this!
Ember has a really extensive backstory that's kind of long, but the short version of it is: she was caught in the crossfire of a deal her parents made with a devil. They couldn't have a child of their own because her mother was too severely ill, so they made the deal in the hopes of returning her health and along with it the ability to bear children. Unfortunately devil deals being what they are, they ended up with Ember who the devil stole from her birth parents.
Her mom was a high elf and her dad a half-elf, and her mom's side of the family were quite vocally anti-Tiefling. Because of her mother's health problems, however, they couldn't just sever contact with her parents because they relied on their money to cover the cost of healers, expensive potion ingredients and the like. They couldn't be trusted not to be a threat to Ember though, so the decision was made to disguise her as their biological daughter throughout her childhood.
Here's an age chart!
As a result, Ember didn't even know she was a Tiefling until she was around 4 or 5, when she began to present as a sorcerer and accidentally undid the disguise spell (she ends up a bard thanks to her mom, but her control of magic comes from sorcery).
Before the events of the game, the most time she ever spent as a Tiefling was when she was 13- when her mom died and her dad disappeared, the disguise spell having relied on her mum's magic. She went through hell for a while after that and as soon as she could learn how to cast the spell herself, she jumped at the chance and went back to living as her old half-elf self. So when she gets taken by the Nautiloid, it's her being forced to actually live as her real self and as a Tiefling for the first time. As a result she doesn't have great control over her tail, because she's just straight up not used to having one.
She also spends a lot of Act 1 jumpscaring herself whenever she walks by a mirror lmao.
I do plan to do some comics that are set earlier in the game at some point, and those ones will explore more of her backstory. What I've done so far has just happened to be set in Act 3, after she's already sorted a lot of her shit out. I just have no idea when that'll actually be!
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listen. listen, there's a kind of intimacy in having a dedicated rivalry, okay. who else is going to know you like this!!! also it's funny
Ascanio Maria Sforza: la parabola politica di un cardinale-principe del Rinascimento, Marco Pellegrini
Julius II: The Warrior Pope, Christine Shaw
and on della rovere’s soldier comment:
Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe, D.S. Chambers
and finally! regarding the delightful Mess of political-family relationships, including the marriage comment (altho the montefeltro family that giovanni married into did have sforza family ties, since giovanna's mother was battista sforza, but this is about the more immediate alliance based relationship and della rovere's hand in the rejection of a milanese match for his brother. and. this is not even remotely a serious comic, but now I am once again thinking about insular all these families are. the fucking medicis are here too, if you go half a step to the left on della rovere's family tree)
Julius II: The Warrior Pope, Christine Shaw
Giulio II, Il papa del Rinascimento, Giulio Busi (Bianca Maria Visconti is Ascanio's mom. btw)
panel inserts of the cards they're playing with are all from the Visconti-Sforza tarot deck! (I used public domain scans/photos for the comic itself)
ko-fi!⭐ bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost ⭐ cara.app
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It's finally time for the February summary!
And you NEVER guess who won again!
Richarlyson
With 12/58 polls won (20%!!!) and another win under his belt, it's safe to say I'm scared of him. Richarlyson was voted most likely to:
Dig holes in the yard for no reason
Be a terror to a babysitter
Pretend to be kidnapped during a road trip
Try to get struck with lightning
Be a biter
Be better off if he were raised by wolves
Spin in an office chair enough to break it
Wear shorts in 0° weather
Lick a metal pole as a joke but get stuck
Be an Ethogirl
Start the plot of 'The Parent Trap'
Love 'Fortnite'
Wonderful chaos child.
SunnySideUp
Some things never change, do they? Coming in 2nd place for the 2nd month in a row, with 11/58 polls won, is our sunshine princess! They've been voted most likely to:
Sleep with no less than 7 blankets
Demand to paint her parent's nails
Watch Winx Club
Hold their breath to get what they want
Cry every time a parent takes her fishing
Drive around the island in a toy car
Become a leaf millionare on the playground
Wear light up shoes
Follow an internet tutorial to become a mythical creature
Have the most insane roleplay with barbie dolls
Make friendship bracelets
What perfect results for Tubbo's princess!
Dapper
I was actually surprised to see Dapper in 3rd this month! With a score of 9/58 polls won, she's certainly climbed the ranks this time! Dapper has been voted most likely to:
Be really into bugs
Have a dinosaur hyperfixation
Learn how to perform magic tricks
Be able to name every local animal species by name
Perform surgeries on his stuffed animals
Hyperfixate on 'Digimon: Digital Monsters'
Love 'Undertale'
Create "potions" in the bathtub
Collect mundane objects
Ah, just like his father. (I think they would love Digimon, and I will CRACK on this hill)
Pepito
Next is the littlest huevo ever, Pepito with 8/58 polls won! Pepito has been voted most likely to:
Climb a tree and get stuck
Have a comfort blanket that's probably falling apart
Have a pocket full of rocks by the end of the day
Sit on the floor to watch TV
Only sleep in a onesie
Wear velcro shoes because Pepito can't tie Pepito's laces
Accidentally call the teacher mom/dad
Be unable to keep a poker face
I'm realising how long this post is going to be now...
Tallulah
Now is when the point drop off happens. Coming in at 5/58 polls, Tallulah has been voted most likely to:
Eat flowers and judge them by color and taste
Make Valentine's day cards for everyone on the island
Write a musical for her siblings to play in
Cut her own hair
Be the teacher's pet
I'm glad to see her higher up on the list this month! I can't wait to see if her model gets redesigned, I'm confident it will look awesome.
Chayanne
Coming in just under his sister with 4/58 polls, Chayanne has been voted most likely to:
Be concerningly excited to go fishing
Read Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'
Play the drums
Make a pillow fort to comfort a sibling after a nightmare
He may have come in lower this month, but I'm sure he's happy his sister is getting the attention.
Ramón
These next three are tied, with 3/58 polls won! Ramón has been voted most likely to:
Get really into Hide and Seek
Be on tech for Tallulah's musical
Join Richas in the plot of 'The Parent Trap'
Leonarda
With 3/58, Leonarda has been voted most likely to:
Pretend to be a werewolf on the full moon
Be raised by Wolves
Wear Heelies
Empanada
Now the last with 3/58, Empanada has been voted most likely to:
Sew cool outfits for her siblings
Exclusively eat poptarts in the morning
Have a sugar crash from all of the Valentine's day candy
I'm noticing a theme with those three.
Pomme & Chunsik
Unfortunately, Pomme and Chunsik did not win any polls in February. While Chunsik is the newcomer, Pomme hasn't won a poll yet! Although after that wonderful Paintball poll, I imagine that will change for March! Better luck next time, my complimentary-colored eggs.
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