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[atlasifyllm]

who's your newest oc?

Tarum (they/he)! Here's a pic of them in a genshin impact pose lol

There's a trio in SUL characters that are infamous for being purple and having bad development issues lmao

- Violae, who I've never been happy with her design (I'd love to give her more Venti Genshin Impact vibes without outright stealing the design yknow? Honestly the best outfit she's ever had Was in fact a Venti costume I drew her in 😭😭)

- Amethyst, who I've never been happy with her personality (She's difficult to pinpoint because purple is very good for SYMBOLISM but very tough for me to pinpoint as an explicit character without making her prideful or too mysterious)

- Aaand Lavender, who I've never been happy with her backstory

Lavender was so interchangable in terms of her role but NOT interchangable in the way I developed her.

In a world that can be separated between huemans and Paladins, it was even difficult to pinpoint WHAT she actually was.

Leading up to her eventual scrapping, I was stuck in my own head trying to find ANY Greek mythology figure that was

1.) Attached to any gods I've deemed a "light god"

2.) Attached to a specific /color/ because Lavender's role needed to be hueman-passing

3.) Would make sense for her being 2000 years old, aka taking place in SUL's... inciting event?

However I couldn't find ANYTHING that would have made sense to help revamp Lavender. The main idea of Lavender would've been that she'd be the Medea to Violetta's Circe, and that she'd have a special connection to Amethyst

So Lavender herself as a character was very :/ because of how uncompelling I found her but her role is pretty ESSENTIAL to SUL anyway; there NEEDS to be a "Guardian of the Paladins", especially with that role being able to connect with how special Amethyst is

At one point I heavily considered making any of the fake Paladins canon, but I didn't use the specific Magenta/Mint/Lime Paladins that they were because

1.) Magenta's a pretty modern color and the Guardian of the Paladins would need to be someone old

2.) ...I don’t like the color green and didn't think it'd fit for the role wifhwkjv

However there was one last ace-card of wiggle room I could do before... idk, begging my beta readers for help with what to do 😭😭

In SUL lore, the line between... well, "Sonic Colors meets End of Evangelion" and "The first era of the modern Paladins, the Era of Conquest" were pretty blurred due to Lavender's existence; she would have been made during the former, but had some lore in the latter

BUT, my ass worldbuilded too much... to my own benefit

Ysee, the Violet Paladin of the Conquest era was originally JUST meant to be a reference to another OC of mine from a different universe, Lux Rainbowflare from ETSS

In SUL, the first modern Violet Paladin is called "Prima" in legends

But what I HADNT considered... Lux has a twin brother. Nox.

See the resemblance to Tarum?

What I realized in terms of ETSS is that... Nox really doesn't have a lot of substance despite being the TWIN BROTHER of the PROTAGONIST, so I decided to use him as a basis for the Guardian of the Paladins because he's simply never been developed before in his own universe, so why not make his SUL counterpart a fix-it fic for him?

So at some point I settled on making the new Guardian of the Paladins a NEW Paladin, like the fake Paladins I linked above; however, they'd be INDIGO colored, so they'd be a quarternary color, which was different and possible enough in the worldbuilding to do because the MAIN Paladins have a strict Primary -> Secondary -> Tertiary color system, so they'd immediately been an outcast but still make sense because Indigo huemans do exist and have a different hue identity from typical Blues and Violets (Nila and Peri J. both consider themselves Indigo souls)

So, using the lore of Prima + the lore of the general Violet Paladin, placing the Guardian of the Paladins in the Era of Conquest rather than strictly Origins era would've fixed one of Lavender’s vices by making them old enough to mentor future Paladins, but young enough to not know anything about the ORIGINAL Paladins

Being a twin to Prima, the first Modern Violet Paladin, would also give the Guardian that connection to the Violet Paladin that is REALLY needed to help benefit Amethyst's character and her arc

So, here's what I came up with:

In the Era of Conquest, the area of future Neocity is torn between Solarians and Lunarans, with huemanity still having a vague memory of ancient humans' war between the Sun and Moon, though not having all the details of this war aside from keeping the prejudice surrounding it

In the Violis Village, the figure later known as Prima in hueman history is the heir to rule. Her family consists of Solarians, but Prima herself resembles a Lunaran due to her albinism, already creating tension in the village.

However, she finds a mysterious energy that turns her into a Paladin. With huemanity having no memory of the humans' mass destruction OR about the heroes who avenged it, Prima realizes through this energy that she must reunite the new simulacra of these "Paladins" into a full rainbow and find out the truth behind their mysterious origins.

However, in accepting her newfound duty as a Paladin, she leaves behind her twin brother... who I'll refer to as Taro. "Baby Tarum", if you will :]

If Prima is a princess to the village, Taro is her knight.

But what's a knight without a purpose?

Prima begins interacting more and more with who she considers fellow Paladins, which Taro accepts at first, but begins to falter as Prima becomes more distant and starts being sympathetic to Lunarans like the Azure Paladin, "Azure Sky".

But this doubt is PERFECT to utilize, according to the three Titans behind the Paladins' constant suffering: Aster, Arke, and [SPOILER]

The details here get fuzzy, but the principle is the same; Taro gets manipulated by either Aster or Arke into turning on his twin sister by defeating the Paladins.

Of course, the Paladins stop him, but Prima doesn't want him dead also maybe he's pretty banged up after trying to fight uhhh 6-7 PALADINS so he might have actually been on the verge of... yknow

So, Prima makes a wish towards Iris, whom she figures out is the creator of the Paladins; make her brother a Paladin too

All of Taro's suffering was due to him being outcasted by the Paladins, but losing his sister to being a Paladin.

Iris learns an important lesson; Paladins shouldn't have hueman siblings. Not only does Paladin-bullshit hurt the Paladins' mental psyche, but also puts innocent huemans in danger, which isn't what Iris wants.

And so, Iris grants that wish; she gathers the power to make ONE more Paladin-creature, an "Indigo Paladin", shifting Taro's purple hue into indigo.

In living life as a Paladin, Taro (Now "Tarum" and going by they/he) is grateful for Prima's wish... and after the first century is over, Iris and Prima entrust them with the Violet Paladins' soul; the mysterious energy Prima absorbed so long ago

Grateful for the opportunity they've been given, Tarum decides to honor their twin sister in every way they can, especially by mentoring the future Paladins he comes across.

Tarum also:

1.) Learns witchcraft and herbal medicine, which were things Prima learned from being a Violet Paladin

2.) Archives as much information about the Paladins and the former guardian (Violetta) as he can, honoring Prima's quest for knowledge and truth during her reign as Violet Paladin

3.) Using their newfound Indigo-Intuition (no, literally. The Indigo Paladin virtue is Intuition) to gain insight into the Paladins; how they work, who they are, what they generally look like, in hopes to help reunite future Paladins together by recognizing which huemans ARE Paladins and how to handle each Paladins' specific personality

4.) Spoiler territory but Tarum also has something to do with Amethyst's lore and arc because of the ways they honor Prima

And so, that brings Tarum to modern era, with the Violis Village developing into Neocity, a bustling urban environment centered around tournament fighting as the SUL universe's equivalent to California's Hollywood/Los Angeles (i,,, did Not know Hollywood is just a neighborhood in LA but uh yeah you get the Vibe)

And for 1900 years of his existence, Tarum has always mentored the Paladins and strove for their safety :] <3 Now, he's entrusted with the 20th generation of Paladins; Ruby's generation!

And anyway, lastly, here's some general info about Tarum to round things off lmao bc all their cool shit will be in SUL's main storyline which I don't talk too much about due to spoilers

- Tarum I swear should be about 1900 years old in terms of his immortality, but biologically he's about 24-25. So, mentally older than Jay and Amethyst lmao

- Yes becoming an Indigo Paladin made him realize they're nonbinary (I definitely wanted to make the Guardian of the Paladins nonbinary so this helps in differentiating him from Nox Rainbowflare, who'll remain a boy) ((emphasis on "boy" bc Nox is 17 at /max/ lol))

- He's aroace! Prima was pan/pan and it took until later for Tarum to find a word for it

- Obviously no voice actors are solid OR involved with SUL right now, but my friend @/ravenwolfie97 suggested Cyno from Genshin Impact as his voice claim. I'd say it fits! :D

- Both Taro and Prima had fire elements, but as a Paladin, Tarum has "Witchfire" as his Paladin-power! The real life equivalent would be St Elmo's Fire or corona discharge

- He also gains a weapon made of light he can summon from their soul! It's specifically a "spetum" :] (you can see it on the character art from above lol)

- As a Paladin, they still need to eat and consider themselves vegan, since Paladins need to absorb light energy from plant material. Their favorite foods are blueberries and taro boba tea... though Paladins can also eat flowers too so their favorite would be baptisias (wild indigo). Funnily enough, they can't eat any green plants, because lime green is their complementary color and complementary colors hurt Paladins lmao

- Their general vibe is "slightly older but head of the pack; he guards and protects the team" and "soft strong protector" (thanks to my buddy 💜 for pinpointing their vibes immediately lmao). Since he was a soldier in the Era of Conquest he does still carry a warrior's drive, this time to protect the Paladins.

- They’re very stoic/resting bitch faced but very softhearted, especially during SUL's modern era where they've had 1900 years to develop healthy coping mechanisms lol

- Tigerlily the 16th is still canon. This means Tarum has had an emotional support orange cat for 16 centuries. He names them all Tigerlily. He's literally an Ancient Roman soldier but he's still enamored with pets.

- He feels incredibly bad about being a dick to Azure 1900 years ago though BQIFHJWJF he tries to be nice to all future blue spectrum Paladins,

- They’re technically the youngest Paladin and the oldest Paladin; biologically older than the rest but chronologically younger than even the Pink Paladin

- When they're not being Guardian, they're Mayor of Neocity! I'm wondering if I should change that title to "Princeps" or "Consul" considering his Ancient Roman origins lol

So yeah, Tarum is my newest OC! They're a revamped version of Lavender’s role but because of how much less restricting his character feels, I'm having a blast imagining their dynamic with the Paladins :]

#atlas speaks; #sul text; #eggmeralda #long post #thank you so much for sending something in ruby #it means a lot 💕 #<- those are platonic hearts

[kannephotography]

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[derlinde-blog]

get in loser we're going to tahiti.

             his   gaze   roams   over   the   other  ,     where   she   hangs   from   the   door   of   whatever   kind   of   box   she’d   brought   to   the   edge   of   camp .       his   eyes   narrow  ,      brows   furrowed  ,      a   crease   in   his   forehead .

                      ❝       how’s   anyone   gonna   get   to   tahiti   in   a   box  ?     ❞  

#rainbowflare #main verse . ( one ) ` we can’t fight nature . we can’t fight change . #what the fuck

[maddograpz]

Can we, we keep, keep each other company Maybe we, can be, be each other's company Oh company . . . . Follow my besties! @nashofthenortheast @millie_puppy365 @jager_blond @notso_mini_cooper #viral #viralphoto #photography #dogtography #instafamous #instaphoto #rainbow #rainbow🌈 #rainbowflare #rainbowlighting #justinbeiber #justinbieberlyrics #company #justinbiebercompany #Fur1DontStealTags01 #instamagic #basicbitch #basicphoto #dogphotography (at Laguna Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8xjzuRptVd/?igshid=14vtab1evkksh

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[bastibastiapparel]

🌈 The new CAVE Unisex Poncho & Propaganda Longsleeve @arturroger / by @_centercenter . www.bastibasti.de . #hoodie #bastibastiapparel #bastibasti #lunatic #zeitgeist #oversizedhoodie #longsleeve #vegan #blackandwhite #fairfashion #veganfashion #poncho #veganstreetwear #oversized #grungelife #streetwear #streetwearfashion #altfashion #rainbowflare #fairtrade #streetphotography

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[kristeneforestt]

Colors might be off I had my blue light filter on my screen?.... #snapchat #selfie #photoshop #lightroom #rainbowflare #colorful #tired #bored #nolife #like4like #likeforlike (at Thermalito, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzO9BRGgcBR/?igshid=1rjq6f277sn8e

#snapchat #selfie #photoshop #lightroom #rainbowflare #colorful #tired #bored #nolife #like4like #likeforlike

[ravenwolfie97]

My part of my art collab with @lapis-lazuli-mana with her characters Lux and Nex from Empire Tale: Starlight Speedway! She provided the sketch and I went from there. Decided to experiment with lighting, and it was really fun to draw these cuties ^^

#my art stuff #empire tale: starlight speedway #lux rainbowflare #nex dimgale #the lighting/shading is kinda blown out/overlapping but i don't rly mind #i got most of the effect i wanted :>

[ebaeschnbliah]

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Leaving the wedding early …….

SHERLOCK BBC,  The Sign of Three

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July, 2018

#leaving the wedding early #tsot #sherlock #rainbowflares

[krixbeeble]

•°. ~Double moon~ .°• #moonshine #lightplay #otherworldly #lookup #rainbowflares #risingmoon #harvestmoon (at Planet Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoOB4zNnWVS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ra8nk0gmvcii

#moonshine #lightplay #otherworldly #lookup #rainbowflares #risingmoon #harvestmoon

[stickybanditexpertbonk-blog]

This was shot in the cemetery, so these might as well be the stairways to Heaven! Slide for the full pic 👉👉 #sibiu #romania #visitromania #exploreromania #travelromania #ig_romania #discoverromania #adventuretime #transilvania #autumn #fallingleaves #leaves #tones #colorgrading #dark #darktones #topeuropephoto #travelnow #toamna #frunze #sacadate #bluetones #avrig #rainbowflare #lensflare #romanian #photography #vscocam #baiamare #maramures (la Sibiu, Romania)

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[artlasllm]

papa blue rainbowflare and royal sweetheart murder machine #10

#mana's doodles; #paper drawings; #empire tale: starlight speedway; #starlight caelus; #starlight bellona;

[atlasifyllm]

i think if i were to list tarum's inspirations so far it'd be

- blaze the cat

- nox rainbowflare (yes im counting him)

- ishizu ishtar

- shiro voltron

- cyno genshin impact

#atlas speaks; #sul text;

[kannephotography]

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#bokeh #photography #bokehphotography #portraits #selfportrait #rainbow #rainbowflare #vsco #aesthetic #crystal

[maddograpz]

Had to jump on this insta trend. And OMFG I am dying!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣This was way too fun! And too funnee!!!! 😂and my mom spent furrrerver making it!!!! Hope you emjoy! . . Swipe to see each pic! . . Which one is your fave!? Bahahah 😂 . . . . . Follow my besties! @nashofthenortheast @milliepuppy @jager_blond @notso_mini_cooper #instatrend #instadogtrend #rainbowflare #rainbowlighting #dogswearingglasses #dogsinglasses #pupfilter #selfie #dogselfie #dogselfies #censored #freetheboobiesmovement #linkedinfacebookinstagramtinder #buzzfeedanimals #buzzfeeddogs #profilepicchallenge #multiplepersonalities #trending #trendingdog #dogfeature #instadogfeature #coldpawzinjanuary #pawzin2020 #k9palstreatgang #schnauzerdolphin #pawsandpalsjanNEWary #hnypaws2020 #pawtymonkeys20 #januarypawz #LokBakGo4FurPup (at "all over the damn place") https://www.instagram.com/p/B7s911ApE7r/?igshid=es7gt231bjkb

#instatrend #instadogtrend #rainbowflare #rainbowlighting #dogswearingglasses #dogsinglasses #pupfilter #selfie #dogselfie #dogselfies #censored #freetheboobiesmovement #linkedinfacebookinstagramtinder #buzzfeedanimals #buzzfeeddogs #profilepicchallenge #multiplepersonalities #trending #trendingdog #dogfeature #instadogfeature #coldpawzinjanuary #pawzin2020 #k9palstreatgang #schnauzerdolphin #pawsandpalsjannewary #hnypaws2020 #pawtymonkeys20 #januarypawz #lokbakgo4furpup

[glitzglamourandgrunge]

Rainbows, stripes & polka dots!! 🌈🎠🌈 #holiday #summer #vibes #rainbow #rainbowvibes #twinning #matching #polkadots #rainbowflares #flares #seaside #breanleisurepark #burnhamonsea #brean #sea #britishseaside #british #candystripe #asos #bf #boyfriend #family #travel #fbloggers #bloggers (at Brean Leisure Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnPCM7WnK3u/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wkb4adxa7vw2

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