#oscuraph

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Updated design for Sekriel (they/it/any), the first recorded Oscuraph in the Ecliptic universe.

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Zychiel (They/He/any), a rogue Oscuraph of the Ecliptic world.

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Oscuraph: Zychiel

Name: Zychiel or Zycheir Species: Angel → OscuraphElement: Water

Gender: EgogenderPronouns: They/He/any (he/they in disguise)Height: ~8'6" / 2.6m main, ~14' / 4.3 m alt

Alignment: RogueDates: formed ~4000 BCE, transitioned 798 BCE Location: physical plane and external dimensions 

Personality

Zychiel is an extremely individualistic Oscuraph, living only by Their own principles. To Them, authority and rights are asserted by power; there is no sin in amassing strength through the consumption of souls. While They will generally leave pure souls and minimally corrupt souls be, even minor corruption makes Them look upon those souls as nothing more than sustenance. They enjoy the act of consuming souls, finding delight and pleasure in the sensation of consuming them. 

Zychiel enjoys the experience of forming deep but often temporary bonds. They will often disguise Themself as human and live like one, seeing if They can naturally form a bond with any particular individual. That relationship may be platonic, familial, romantic, physical, or any other sort; They will respond in ways that artfully deepen the relationship only as far and in the way the other would like to go. Zychiel, however, does not experience love and affection as humans do. To Them, such deep relationships are a form of mental pleasure—something that "feels nice." While Zychiel will never be the one to walk away from a relationship with a mortal, when the human dies or the relationship is ended by them, Zychiel feels no emotional pain. They simply file the experience into one of many pleasant memories. Zychiel's favored way of ending relationships, however, is for the mortal to willingly give their soul to Them. Since Zychiel will often reveal Their nature to Their partner, this does happen a fair amount of the time. 

As Zychiel is identified as a rogue Entity by the Ordained, They sometimes run into trouble. They are powerful enough to put up a fight, but if Their location is revealed to the Ordained, They will often flee the Ecliptic universe and wander other dimensions. While in external dimensions, Zycheir may continue to form relationships, but They also make efforts to "sample" the souls of various other dimensions to experience the taste. 

Abilities

Oscuraph Abilities

Zychiel has all the abilities Oscuraphim have, including shapeshifting, soul magic, primal magic, and sourcing Their power from both the collective power of Angels and through consuming souls like Demons.

Element: Water

Zychiel's element is water. They can create and manipulate water in all its forms, including ocean water, rain, water vapor, and liquids with high water content, including blood. They can also purify water. 

History

Zychiel formed as an Angel around 4000 BCE. They were soon discovered and brought to Lux, where They were invited to enter the resonance of Angels. While They accepted, They did not develop any particular preferences right away—They simply followed Their instinct to enter the physical plane and help souls ascend. 

It was in the physical plane that They met Demons for the first time, and that sparked the first taste of interest in Them. Instead of entering conflict with Demons, They observed them. They watched as Demons consumed souls of the corrupt, and Zychiel found Themself wishing that They could do the same. However, at that time, no one knew that Entities could cross the borders of Light and Darkness, so Zychiel simply continued as before. 

This bland existence continued for thousands of years until Sekriel became an Oscuraph in 801 BCE. Zychiel was fascinated, and approached Sekriel to learn more about them and the new nature of their existence. The two shared stories of their experiences with Demons and Zychiel probed at how Sekriel had accepted the Darkness. It was not a simple matter of visiting the Plane of Darkness and trying to absorb that primal energy—They needed to accept the Darkness at a fundamental level. Three years later, in 798 BCE, They were able to achieve their transformation into an Oscuraph. 

Zychiel soon became aware of a strange new sensation—a hunger for souls. They used their new ability to detect corruption to seek out the corrupt, tearing out their souls to have a taste. Zychiel enjoyed it—perhaps too much. They began to target souls with milder levels of corruption and snatching souls that were already being hunted by other Demons. Zychiel's actions contributed to the growing wariness both Angels and Demons had of the Ecliptic, and in 790 BCE, they were cast out from the Plane of Light, just as Sekriel and many other Ecliptic were. 

Later, Sekriel found Zychiel and invited them to the newly-discovered Plane of Twilight—though they also asked for Zychiel to avoid causing trouble while they tried to figure out what to do. Zychiel gave a noncommittal agreement, and decided to disguise Themself in society to entertain themself another way. Like this, They started Their "hobby" of forming incredibly intimate relationships with mortals, which sometimes ended with the mortal willingly giving their soul to Them. When Sekriel and other Ordained Ecliptic discovered this, they branded Zychiel as rogue and attempted to stop Them. Zychiel fled, managing to escape to another dimension. Their explorations across different universes are stories in and of themselves, but in time, Zychiel returned to Their original universe, hiding amongst society for their own pleasure and entertainment. Whenever They are about to be caught, they flee to other dimensions for a time. 

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Ausriel (they/them), an Oscuraph of the Ecliptic world and also my Ecliptic sona.

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Reiarch's human-shape. TH: https://toyhou.se/12325368.ecliptic-demon-reiarch

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Faeliel's human-shape. TH: https://toyhou.se/12325330.-ecliptic-angel-faeliel

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Bellat's human-shape.

TH: https://toyhou.se/15716124.lumion-lc-bellat

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Whithre (they/xe), Lumion notion design for VoidGremlin - and their Ecliptic sona.

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Adopts from the Discount Raffle Sale of the Ecliptic starter event! People were given the option to have me make a previous Angel/Demon form for the Oscuraph and Lumion or a transitioned Oscuraph/Lumion form for the Angel and Demon.

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As has been kind of a tradition for me, an art piece of one of my sonas for my own birthday! This is Ausriel, my latest sona. 

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After revamping Ecliptic lore, I've decided to open a starter event where folks can get MYOs, species currency, and participate in a discount sale raffle! This event will last one month, March 1-31, 2025.

The Ecliptic universe is a world of Light and Darkness, Angels and Demons, but also those in between - the Oscuraphim and Lumions. Light and Darkness are always in balance, and neither is inherently evil. See details below.

The Oscuraphim (singular: Oscuraph) and Lumions (singular: Lumion) are both closed species. They are beings who stand between Darkness and Light, they are both and neither. Angels and Demons in this world are semi-open species in this world. Angels, Demons, Oscuraphim, and Lumions are all referred to collectively as "Entities."

Read more about them on the species lore document! 

Free MYO

For this event, you can create a free Ecliptic MYO (Oscuraph or Lumion) by doing the following: 

Join the Auspicium Discord server and make an intro. 

Join the Ecliptic TH World. 

Advertise the event by doing any of the following: 

Make an advertisement post for the raffle e.g. TH bulletin, dA journal/status, Bluesky post, Discord server with 100+ members. You can also reblog and add a comment in your reblog to this post.

Share the event info/link with someone specific, who's not a new or active member of the Auspicium (counted by the timestamp of your message). For instance, ping or DM a friend, or ping someone on a "free-to-ping" list. 

When posting your MYO in MYO Submissions, please include a link or image to the advertisement! 

You must submit this MYO during the event! Once the event is over, this freebie is no longer valid.

Please be sure to refer to the design guide.  

Discount Sale Raffle

If you join the Auspicium Discord server and make an intro, you can join a discount sale raffle for one of four Entity designs—one Oscuraph, one Lumion, one Angel, and one Demon. You cannot choose your prize, but you can note your preference. 

Enter the discount sale raffle here! 

Story Starter Raffle

At the end of the event, I'll be raffling off a list of story starters! These are essentially some profiles with some basic information and inspiration that can act as a scaffold for character development. 

To enter, you must advertise the event by doing any of the following: 

Make an advertisement post for the event by linking this post. e.g. TH bulletin, dA journal/status, Bluesky post, Discord server with 100+ members. 

Share the event info/link with someone specific, who's not a new or active member of the Auspicium (counted by the timestamp of your message). For instance, ping or DM a friend, or ping someone on a "free-to-ping" list. 

This advertisement should be separate from the one for the MYO - a different platform, or a different individual.  

You may enter here!

Other Rewards

There are also additional rewards during this event: 

Import an Angel or Demon to the Ecliptic world to earn 100 Shards, the species currency 

Complete a Development Prompt during the event to earn a MYO slot (which will not expire)

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Second batch of Ecliptic!  As of posting this, Alea and Jhaku are still available.  Personal Website | Discord Server | Ecliptic Lore

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I am creation, both haunted and holy Made in glory Even the depths of the night cannot blind me When you guide me

Title and quote is from creature by half alive! Not sure if it's Sekriel's theme song, but... if I make a playlist, it'll be there.

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An angelic being of both light and darkness. The Oscuraphim can be angels born of twilight or pure angels steeped in darkness. Sekriel is the latter - once a pure angel of light, but it invited darkness into its heart. Darkness is not evil, after all - it is a comfort to many, and one can never know the truth of the world, of people, of anything, by walking only by the blinding light.   I've been playing around with the idea of dark/light angels for a while, and I've decided to bite the bullet and convert one of the AUs for an OC into their own character! I don't think I'll develop the species that intensely, but, you know. Might make some designs. Name: Sekriel Species: Oscuraph Gender: Irrelevant Pronouns: it/any

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Ecliptic Batch 1

The first Ecliptic batch! Their (default) names are Numinel (Oscuraph - a twilight Angel essentially), Cupriel (Angel), Kyneg (Demon), and Azura (Lumion - twilight Demon). Personal Website | Discord Server | Ecliptic Lore