#caduceus and the mighty nein

[teaweltzer]

Mighty Nein to finish the CR campaign group shots I've done!

[yudol-skorbi]

teeny tiney hut to make them all safe and sound

[loserwithanartacc]

Gouache mighty nein

Oh boy this took a long time and was difficult but I’m really proud of it :D

Traditional art never does well on social media for me but idk I had fun with it

[verdiris]

Pain doesn't make people. The pain is inconsequential. It's love that saves them.

[sky-scribbles]

Caduceus's vision at the end of his origins comic contains nine butterflies: one for every member of the Mighty Nein, counting himself and Essek.

Not only that: there's the purple and red one, representing Molly. And then... the colours don't come through so well in this picture, but there are two blue ones (Beau and Jester). Two are green and yellow (Fjord and Nott/Veth). One is silvery-blue and white (Yasha). One is orange (Caleb). One is lavender and white (Essek). And one is pinkish and green (Cad himself).

At the loneliest time of his life, the Wildmother promised Caduceus every last member of his second family, and showed him that he wouldn't just be visited by them. He'd be one of them.

[anaviarts]

Villain and violent

Infant and innocent

Baby, both arms cradle you now

[drawsmaddy]

Silly little post-Echoes Of The Solstice comic, I like to think Essek was oblivious to the entire evil-wizard-making-threats-on-his-life situation

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[ruidusgays]

watching the m9 for the first time

[jiru-chan]

Buttons buttons everywhere~

A little nod to Nott the Brave / Veth Brenatto, with a button for the various characters of campaign 2~

Also if anyone is interested in what buttons I used for for each character~

[tarithenurse]

Not my art (but by Drew Soman (trying to get links to work)) but fuck do I feel it in my bones. Same, Caduceus, same.

[kendrawells]

Polygon posted a write up about the book I wrote and previewed some gorgeous pages by Selina Espiritu and Eren Angiolini wowee zowee

[c-kiddo]

"RPF is fine" - jester lavorre, 835pd, inventing yaoi in exandria

bonus image :

[yudol-skorbi]

i am at the point where if i dont finish now i'll newer finish so yeah the rest of the gaaaaaang

[tatersdoesstuff]

art block again orz so i drew some holy cows

[feyind]

various mighty neins (originally posted 2019-2021-ish)

[sky-scribbles]

The main takeaway I got from Caduceus's origins comic was realising just how much Cad did not want to be alone.

From the campaign, I had an image of the Clays leaving two by two, and Cadueus volunteering to be the one who stayed. I always thought he knew he was going to be the last one left, and awful as that situation still is, he at least knew it was coming.

But Caduceus was never meant to be alone. The Clays never meant to leave just one child behind. Clarabelle was meant to stay as well. And she left without telling him.

He wasn't ready. He didn't choose it. Yes, he chose not to go, but he never chose solitude, he never thought he was choosing everyone else being gone.

He was scared. He had to talk himself into staying. Standing in a room with his family's handprints on the wall, before a table meant to seat seven. Bound by repsonsibility to stay when everyone else was gone where he couldn't follow.

I don't think I understood til now how Cad was feeling when the Nein found him. I don't think I realised just how much he was desperately, achingly unhappy.