Members of the Castel have a privileged relationship with death.
Their affinity for the spiritual realm resulted in a whole business based on answering existential questioning.
Spiritualist, or media, is a vocation in its own right whose activity consists in establishing contact between the living and the dead.
Public opinion has always swayed between full conviction and mere exploitation of beliefs towards these practices.
Being a family legacy from the De Visembaut dynasty, the Castel follows a monarchic pattern with a hereditary leadership.
Gladilyce de Visembaut is currently the last living heir of the Castel, without any progeny.
Her necromancy skills are infamous and her subordinates respect her as much they fear her.
However, she worries that the family secondary branch might seize power because of the long-standing rivalry they maintain with the main branch…
During Aransula’s turf war, 5 people led humans to victory by starting the faction system.
In memory of these heroes, the Clarinssey Foundation built a pantheon in their honour.
Some people still leave offerings at the bottom of their saviours statues to show their gratitude.
Leaders of the Sanarcosium.
As the Sanarcosium activity is both submarine and land-based, the faction leadership is shared between two people.
Lady Freiya, Protectress of Depths
Being one of the few to have merged with her pet, Freiya’s special nature and aquatic abilities made her perfectly fit to rule the Sanarcosium underwater business.
She’s quite silent but her words are always heard.
Spokesman Rivoal, Surface Handler
While Freiya mainly rules the underwater activity, she relies on Rivoal to keep an eye on the water surface. He officially represents the Sanarcosium during inter-faction meetings.
Don’t be fooled by the apparent beauty of this ruins.
If you aren’t accompanied by a Sanarcosium member, this sunken forest could become your grave.
Water has been enchanted to prevent intruders, thus perfectly reflecting the emerald green of stones and flora.
Some water surfaces are perfectly safe while others are deadly traps…
It is quite usual for the Temple to employ dancers to perform these spiritual moves to their inhabitants.
These illusive dances immediatly ease the minds of people watching it.
Some say these practices strengthen social cohesion, while other see them as a brainwashing method.
Leaders of the Echoes of Demaria.
You haven’t met them but they know you.
You try to burry your secrets but they found them out.
You think about escaping them but it’s already too late…
Seraphina, First Voice of the Council
Despite being blind, she’s connected to the other four Voices, allowing her to borrow their perceptions and powers.
Her ability is to establish mind link with people, to share a collective consciousness.
Abalona, Voice of Diffusion
Abalona spreads the news of Aransula all over the county of Demaria by relaying her thoughts to a local scale.
Her ability is telepathy.
Dissenya, Voice of Revelation
The shy and quiet Dissenya is in charge of the mental police, using her power to uncover dark secrets.
Her ability is mind reading.
Ellendra, Voice of Suggestion
Sultry and seductive, the beautiful Ellendra uses her charms to make people keep worshipping the Hive.
Her ability is seduction.
Librona, Voice of Injuction
Having an intimidating presence and a powerful voice, Librona reminds the Hive’s authority to Demaria’s people.
Her ability is verbal command.
Leader of the Children of Azurestorm.
Despite being a princess, her fiery temperament rather makes her part of the action than confined in her quarters.
Admired for her beauty, she’s highly respected by her fellows for the great regard she gives them.
She has the abilty to manifest her hair as a water elemental.
Leaders of the Guardians of Az-Kenah.
The word « Az-Kenah » finds its origin in the very roots of tribal language, meaning « promised land ».
And that’s the mission this faction invested ; gathering hunters, tamers and pickers to allow humanity to prosper by connecting with the natural world.
Initially, four spirits were leading the faction. Each one of them represented a traditional virtue and adviced their members by answering their calls and sometimes appearing to them when needed.
But one of them succumbed to the temptation to have a corporeal form and deserted the group, betraying the faction…
Yagga-Draci, Well of Wisdom
Embodies wisdom.
Advises tribe leaders and moderates the eagerness of men.
Bon’Ma, Nurturing Mother
Embodies goodness and foster growth.
Women also adress their prayers to her when having fertility issues.
Emkhett, Roar of the Hunt
Embodies strength, both physical and mental.
Bring determination and instill passion in the hearts of fighters.
The Corporation holds the characteristic to use the name of its former leader.
But don’t be fooled by her appearance. Despite being short and always elegantly dressed, she used the Corporation’s knowledge to reinforce her skeleton and freely manipulate cristal, thus greatly increasing her strength.
Her ruthless ambition makes her more a natural born leader than a science enthusiast.
« You don’t talk too much… Don’t worry, I love breaking the ice ! »
Warlord of the Firecoast Blades.
Living in extreme environments to protect their activity, mercenaries of this faction learnt to channel pain into fighting by inflicting repeated mutilations on themselves.
« Pain is stimulating. The more it hurts, the more YOU will hurt ! »
As most of the Sanarcosium activity is underwater, it’s quite common for the members of this faction to use aquatic mounts to allow quick back-and-forth trips between the surface and the seabed.
Taming these mounts constitues a separate business and each tamer has a specialty.
Leaders of the Church of Bellclaire.
« We are moral judgement. We are the blade slaying the sin and the shield protecting human virtue. And we won’t tolerate any misbehaviour ! »
Father Yusephar, High Judge of Bellclaire.
« Unlike the mind, the soul does not lie. Let the trial begin ! »
Mother Marie Ezequielle, Prosecutor of the Church.
« The evidence is overwhelming. Acknowledge the facts and let the guilt invade you. »
Sister Trecya, Administrator of the Court.
« Every crime deserves punishment. Accept the sentence and expiate your sins !«
A king and a dryad once fell deeply in love.
A love so intense that it gave them great power over the kingdom.
But power creates envy…
One day, they were ambushed in the forest by a group of renegades, willing to steal the crown.
The king quickly perished, trying to protect her beloved Ermesanthe.
Bursting out in tears, the dryad unleashed her power, brutally slaughtering the regicides.
She now fiercely defends his grave, doomed to love him beyond death.
Shaman of the White Claws tribe.
Member of the Guardians of Az-Kenah.
Since her early years, Savannah always manifested a fierce determination.
As she grew up, shamans of her tribe saw great potential and decided to initiate her to their art.
She quickly began to display abilities and now compete with her former masters.
Sent by the Holy Court to track down and eliminate any threat to the Church.
Cold and professional, she acquired the reputation of a predator and most of her opponents rather flee than challenge her.
Her enormous hammer also wields lightning power to deliver deadly strikes.
Inspired from my character in DOS2.
A comission made for Margaux Girard, the person who helped me to create my website.
She needed illustrations for an organization called Nature & Loisirs.
I came out with different versions.
Here’s the first one with alternative designs.
I also proposed something else more « graphical ».
And I suggested this one to replace the clover in the website header and fit the previous illustrations.
The mighty self-proclaimed queen of vampires.
Known to be extremely cruel and powerful during her golden age.
Rumors even say that the color of her dress comes from the blood of her victims…
She has been recently awakened by Baron Samedi when he attempted to take control of her progeny.
She now seeks revenge…
My vision of this great lord of necromancy.
As a lover of luxury and material goods, Baron Samedi has always managed to get his dirty work done by the corpses which are exploited with his power.
But while he was on a journey looking for exceptional dead bodies to enhance his army, he disturbed the rest of something far more dangerous than he expected…
