Canon be damned I'm making a backstory AU for the bishops and it's been living in my head rent free. Couple of sketches while I'm finishing my pfp drawing (that's also part of the AU)
AU rambling below the cut
I think that in canon the sibling dynamic is more of a 'brothers in arms' thing... but I just find it really interesting to think about what circumstances could have led the bishops to become as reprehensible as they do, outside of power corrupting them over the course of millennia (found family that genuinely care for one another but inadvertently feed into each others' insecurities in an unhealthy way. The power aspect doesn't help)
The other reason I wanted to make this AU thought it would be interesting to have all the bishops meet under different circumstances. Leshy and Heket are travelling alone for years before they meet Shamura and Narinder in this AU, and Kallamar is the last to join the group. All of these feed into the dynamics between them.
Don't want to say too much because I want to explore most of this in comic form and any more would probably lean too far into spoiler territory but... yeah. Heads up, focus will be mostly on Heket and Leshy for the foreseeable future because I've focused on building up their backstory the most so far. They're also the only characters I've figured out designs for LOL
(Quick note: the drawings are of their designs when they're both 13, but they have a roughly 5 year gap between them so the two designs are for different points in the story)
Witnesses of the New Faith is an AU I've been slowly developing! So what IS WOTNF? In this universe the Lamb has already defeated Narinder. Narinder has been spared but a few days after being indoctrinated into the cult he fell into a deep sleep, a comotose like state.
Lambert has been trying their best to get Narinder to wake up but no matter what they do, they can't seem to wake him. So with the time they have on their hands they meet the Mystic Seller who does the same thing they do in the game, and the Lamb agrees. After they free each bishop from purgatory, they begin to learn more about them.
As the many years go on each bishop earns the Lamb's trust and are then put into the position of witness. They help Lambert run their cult and try to find a way to wake their traitorous brother.
Im thinking about writing a fic or making comics for it!! I just- GGGRRRRR really like my concept :3
Feel free to send asks if you're curious at all!! :D