Diane Darke: The Obsidian Paladin

(disclaimer: this is an old design of her that features fish tails for legs instead of snake tails! she used to be a siren before 1.14)

i’ll spare you the loredump and sum up her backstory as a creature from the Epicenter (descendant of Typhon?) who was napped by the Order and robbed of all of her scales, in which they could be used as potion reagents.

Once she escaped and ended up on Dawn Island without her memory, her poor eyesight had led her to go and think she’s a totally normal human throughout AO’s story

Currently a Mage with Magma + Steel with plans to turn her into a Paladin once spirit weapons come out (hence, ‘The Obsidian Paladin’)

that was cringe as hell gah damn never let me cook again

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aND ONCE AGAIN, I FORGOT MAGIC CIRCLES EXIST

That happens sometimes, still doesn’t stop the art from looking fire tho :fire_magic::fire_magic::fire_magic:

Keep it up. :+1:

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I hope she’s doing okay

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thankfully shes stupid as hell so she doesnt think abt her past too often ^^

yooo nice drawing

looks like a little shark lady C:

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Obsidia-

You just gave me a cool ass idea for a lost magic user.

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I quite like the artstyle you used for her! >w<
Also, if it’s okay with you, I am interested in hearing the loredump on her, where you tell me it is up to you :3

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Was gonna make a reply asking this, but yes; me too. I wanna read the lore, this is actually very neat.

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THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING!!

though in Diane’s case I think she’s a normal Magma magic user, just that her association with the Dark Sea/water allows her to create obsidian structures similar to glass magic

I’m eventually gonna make a Writing topic that goes in depth about her backstory!

Her Aura should prob be using her obsidian fusion to recreate her scales on her body. Creating a more so extremely strong and sharp shell that basically makes you take damage when you attack it. (Since that’s how Obsidian works)

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need to hire u as her lore writer fr

I never would’ve thought to utilize her scales as a defense mechanism!!

(Me who is actually writing a AA novel) Obsidian is extremely sharp, like one of the sharpest materials. Each time it breaks, it gets sharper.

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diane is very broken

the voices

growing up in the dark sea + order trauma probably messed her up a lil bit

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Have her get hugs from Lelantos

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You should prob do that when she gets reminded of her past and she gets angry and mentally unstable. Her obsidian grows as her scales in alarming rate, so she would have to literally move quickly and break them off from getting too long and large. Basically anyone close to her is fucked.

i was thinking around her second awakening (or just much later in the game’s storyline) is when she puts the pieces together and realizes she’s not human, and when her scales start growing back

she… doesn’t take it too well

aaa

(also, I read a bit of your writing in search of who Lelantos was, and I have to say that its phenomenal!)

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The fact you’re using the first sea Lelantos (Innocent Goober) is funny to me lol