Update on progress + character lore
I’ve gotten 3 doodles done, they’re sketch type doodles cus for the most part I’m messing around with trying to get a hang of drawing the designs in the first place before moving onto anything more advanced
The lore summary is a few paragraphs long
Lore, CW for abuse
The characters established within Orion’s lore:
-Orion Altair
-Silvia Altair [the alchemist]
-Unnamed [the warlock]
Orion is basically an enchanted porcelain doll [specifically porcelain due to the time period AO is set in] who’s powered by a soul within the necklace that they wear. Their body is a vessel for said soul, and was created by an alchemist [the one that I drew in this post] as basically something to raise as her own, alongside a warlock who she was partners with. Said warlock already has a design but she’s currently unnamed.
Orion’s body was created with the ability to modify it by himself in mind, so he can attach and detach different things to his body as long as the material is compatible. Most types of minerals can work, such as gems and metals. Orion’s body was also created to try and mimic a normal human’s body as much as possible, so you aren’t really going to be feeling anything porcelain-like if you hold their hand or something like that.
The alchemist focused on raising and homeschooling them while the warlock focused on training for fights. The warlock was quite harsh on Orion and resulted in multiple incidents of breakage which led to the alchemist eventually modifying and enchanting Orion’s body to where it would regenerate by itself, although it wasn’t perfect so the porcelain often needed to be sanded down post-regeneration. It has refined by itself over time, which leads to more accurate regeneration.
The alchemist frequently took Orion sailing for work trips, although in one trip Orion wasn’t taken on, the alchemist was marked as missing. This was two years before the events of Arcane Odyssey. After the alchemist went missing, the warlock’s beratement and the amount of incidents resulting in Orion’s injury increased. The warlock was extremely unstable and stuck in grief due to the loss of her partner, the alchemist, which led to her taking it out on Orion due to having no other outlet.
Eventually, Orion was fed up with this and ended up running away with the help of a friend or two. Then the events of AO happened with the storm and washing up on the shore with complete blackout amnesia.
Apologies if this isn’t the most comprehendible/is confusing to follow, I’m like currently in a stage where I can’t really summarize lore very well LOL