#oc: maelgwyn (he/him)

[the-desert-beast]

everyone look at

my most favorite Maelgwyn screenshot ever

okay thank you enjoy your day

[astralarias]

I hope you feel much better A.S.A.P. char!!

I'm gentely holding up Soft OC Facts for you 💖💖

Kynwyl has a habit of being his polycule's Living Heater lmao One of his boyfriends, Fedsy, will sleep underneath him like Wyl's a weighted blanket

Kynwyl's in the habit of surprising of his lovers with Treats (A pretty trinket he knew they'd like, their fav snacks, etc) when they're upset and having a bad day. Said "Treat" sometimes includes or is instead snuggling together and being Disgustingly Cute to one another

Maelgwyn never ever purrs Except when he's waking up with his partner in the early mornings.

Gwynnie's not an early bird whatsoever (good luck dragging him out of bed before Ten) and has an iron grip in his sleep so. his partners sometimes Do Not Have A Choice except to snuggle with him.

Maelgwyn is awfully bad at The Emotions but he tries his best to cheer up his partners however he can. His defaults are tasty meal and Pester Them With Physical Affections

Bonus facts: Kynwyl cannot bake ANYTHING to save his life, despite how much he adores baked treats. (he also loves sweet steamed treats) Maelgwyn will kill you on sight if you disrespect his partner. They are both very much WifeGuys(Positive.) one way or another.

@the-desert-beast Again best wishes to you char <33333 May the bees take a nap and leave us with peaceful headspace for more than one day soon 💖💖💖

AAH I LOVE THEM soft cute stuff like this is my weakness they're perfect ;w; I am giving Kynwyl some of his favourite baked treats :D and thank you so much, same to you <333

[the-desert-beast]

Your dark prince is here to sweep you off your feet, will you dance with him?

Careful, he might never let you go.

[the-desert-beast]

The adrenaline violently coursed through his veins.

Eyes fierce and wild, wounds bleeding, his gargantuan prey frenzied and frightened, he finally felt alive. The creature in front of him was bleeding badly, hamstrung, wounded, he and his companion had been toying with it. His taloned gauntlets dripping with his prey's blood, he aimed another precise, violent slash at it's neck.

It recoiled, a furious guttural sound leaving it's throat.

Snapping it's jaws at The Beast, Paola took the chance and lunged, biting as hard as she possibly could on it's wounded leg. The thing's serpentine neck squirmed before whipping around to grip Paola in it's deadly jaws, but she was already gone.

The Beast took the opportunity to deal the final blow; ripping it's throat open.

One last spasm, a death rattle, and the massive Hydra fell limp, bleeding out into the sands of the desert. He looked over the work of himself and his companion. (”Too easy.”) he thought to himself, more in empty dissatisfaction than in anything resembling “proud.“

The adrenaline subsided. The blood dried. He felt empty, again.

He crouched down in front of the creature's mouth, carefully removing two of it's most fearsome fangs. One, a personal trophy, the second, Paola's newest toy. And after skinning some of it's remaining usable hide and taking the more intact, and delicious cuts of meat, his mind began to wander on the walk back.

He thought of nothing particularly coherent.

His and his tiger's footfalls left prints behind in the soft warm sands.

He thought of when he used to feel something.

The warm sands gave way to harder sandstone, dirt and grasses.

He thought of how useless, meaningless, all this- being alive, felt.

Hours had passed.

Stuck in his head, his feet lead him down the rest of the path back home instinctively.

He thought of the ways he'd numb himself again.

Usually, he'd feel some amount of relief upon entering his lovingly cluttered home.

The amber light of his favorite lanterns hanging from the ceiling illuminated the red, orange, and gold colors of loved trinkets and fabrics strewn about the house.

He looked over his extravagant bed, cluttered with all manner of patterned throw pillows, a few larger deep red pillows he'd actually use. The black sheets were unmade- Had been that way, for two weeks now. It had been a long time since he cared to relax.

His trophy cabinet stocked full of fallen foe's fangs, horns, scales, furs, armor, jewelry- It all felt like nothing as of late.

His liquor cabinet, filled with his favorite, very expensive whiskeys, rums, and a few wines, was the most used thing in his house. This was always the case, but it was a hindrance during weeks like these.

No relief came.

He put everything from his hunt in it's rightful place, threw Paola her new toy- which she happily caught, wandering off to curl up in her favorite sun-tanning spot. His mind had turned against him the moment he had killed his latest hunt and the fight had ended.

Huffing a sigh, grabbing his medicinal supplies, he mended his wounds with the bare minimum. Disinfecting with his favorite alcohol, taking a swig, wrapping them in bandages that he'd remove sooner than he should. He could feel nothing. He washed, dried, and polished his custom-made gauntlets. Only danger felt like anything these days.

This sort of habit had become far too common as of late. He couldn't make himself care whether he lived or died. (”What would Zefiro think of me, if he caught me thinkin' like this- In this state.“) he thought to himself, pained at the thought of Zef worrying over him- Worse yet, scolding him.

Rolling his shoulders, a habit of his, he attempted to banish the worst of his thoughts from his mind. He sipped more of his favorite whiskey straight from the bottle.

Too tired to hunt anything else.

Not the kind of tired that allowed for sleep.

He could think of only one reprieve;

more alcohol, and sex.

[the-desert-beast]

the blorbo blingus

also @silvesi did that kynwyl chibi go look at her art OR ELSE 🔪 ✨

[creativebrainrot]

very bisexual of me for my NA and EU mains to look like this

[the-desert-beast]

anet has given me too much power now i want to give him this "little devil fit" for the spooky art party,,, with some more stereotypical "cute devil" dyes maybe

and i NEED THE SCALE & CAT EARS SKINS FOR THIS^^ WHORE MOMENT

kynwyl slutty spellsword moment godblESS

I was gonna bring kynwyl & gwynnie to the art party dressed as a nightmare court knight and an arch demon respectively buuuuttttt i coooouuuuuldddd bring wyl as an archdemon and maelgwynnie as a little devil,,,,,,

[the-desert-beast]

[the-desert-beast]

Maelgwyn is juuuuuust on the edge of being a sugar daddy if im honest with you. What could POSSIBLY be a better use of his beloved unnecessary amounts of money than showering his partner with jewelry and clothing and gifts they enjoy? there isn't one. He LOVES the amount of money he has and he consistently makes. He adores the luxuries he can afford and does not want to lose them. It's the main materialistic trait he has. He doesn't really care about money on it's own it's more that he wants the ability to spoil his partner, afford the food and luxuries he enjoys, and have enough at any given moment to be able to help someone else who really needs it. It's not the money it's the things he can do WITH the money.

it is also the money a little tiny bit though.

Kynwyl adores being able to buy his partners their favorite foods, gifts, surprise romantic dinners, taking them shopping etc. he. kind of. is. a sugar daddy if I am honest with you and myself. like I think he would give a partner of his a portion of his income if he could afford it and it would help them out of a bad spot. bonus if it also means they can buy themselves whatever they like. idk. he has those vibes to me. assertive but soft dominant of a boyfriend that will take you shopping and hold all the bags and shower you in compliments whilst you are simply Vibing. thats pretty much part of kynwyl, yeah.

[creativebrainrot]

thinking about how maelgwyn is with physical touch&affection,,,,,,

complete stranger/acquaintance? do not touch. do not hug. he will bite you. he will scratch and be mean and bite.

complete stranger thats really into the desert beast? you can Absolutely Touch him baby the desert beast doesnt mind, we could even kick it up a notch if you think you could take it.

friends tho? no touch. hug? = bite :/

close friend?? 2 touch. per month. no hugging. only dudebroguymyman type pats on the shoulder and the like.

bestest friend??? congration!! you now have a hugging license!! u can now redeem 1(one) hug per week. he will no longer bite if u hug him. if u hug him more than once a week he will maybe growl a little and grumble but no bitey anymore.

literal closest person(s) to him in his life? he let you in and you stayed and loved him and he loved you back and gave you his heart and you cherished it like the most precious gift you could be given?? please, for the love of the gods, dont stop touching him, please hug him and pet him and kis him and tell him u love him PLEASE dont stop touching him. please. please never let him go. he is hugging YOU now and he will not let go.

[creativebrainrot]

have i continuously forgotten to mention that maelgwyn can purr. have i forgot to ever say that. i think i did.

he can purr. he doesnt do it often. its involuntary for him and he has to feel extremely safe or extremely happy and neither of those happen very much. he is always on guard. trahearne is like the only person who consistently hears him do it but even then its almost never when gwyn's conscious.

this isnt exclusive to maelgwyn- dusk tree sylvari at large can purr.

Rhosyn does it as easy as humming, when youre minding your own business walking somewhere, humming while you work, those kinds of situations.

llacheu has never purred. ever. not once in his life. nope. no. why would you say that. never. hes the only firstborn who cant. yeah. its real. (do not ask morven about his llacheu cant purr hes telling the truth no dont ask mor-)

faeryl only ever sort of starts doing it when she's with rhosie, but gets embarrassed about it and it stops. (only to start up again in a few minutes and the cycle repeats lol)

cerwyn genuinely has never purred. hes always on guard, he doesnt even relax in his sleep.

kynwyl purrs a lot. big boy much love to give much kindness in his soul 💖💖💖💖 anyone can hear it he doesnt care.

morven only ever purrs when it's working on something. reading, doin magic stuff. studying. practicing. that kind of stuff.

evnyssyen does but only very rarely. its never the same situation when it starts.

lynette purrs EXTREMELY LOUDLY when she's sleeping. and then shes back to being annoying and bitchy and bratty when shes awake.

[creativebrainrot]

This might become a little brutal, if I'm honest

But it's any anything for you my dear, I promise

[creativebrainrot]

finally made some kind of an armor timeline for gwynnie and my au trahearne so here they are + notes!

[Bounty Hunter Gear] - What Maelgwyn wore for all of Path of Fire into LWS4. He still owns this armor and still wears it for bounty hunting. It's sort of become The Desert Beast's armor.

[Shiverpeaks Armor] - self explanatory though it doesn't match what I painted him wearing in Icebrood very well. (Sleeves are not that puffy, they're more thick than puffy. A thick high-necked shirt is underneath his jacket. In-game it's a vest instead of a jacket.)

[Post-End of Dragons Gear] - Sometime after the dragon cycle ends, Maelgwyn gets tattoos, he just thought they looked cool. They do also sort of commemorate how long it's been since he first started fighting by The Pact's side. It is actual armor he wears and fights in. His bark is VERY thick and he's been through so much shit, he's kind of reached a point where no "normal" threat could ever hope to win against him, let alone him and Paola.

[Marshal's Bodyguard Regalia] - What he's forced to wear when attending summits, diplomatic events, etc by Trahearne's side. He refers to it as "that stuffy bullshit." He doesn't like it very much. Usable in combat should that be required but it's mostly for show.

[Marshal's Bodyguard Attire] - His usual bodyguard wear when guarding Trahearne. Much more comfortable than the Regalia. Intended for combat, expected or unexpected.

[Marshal's Armor] - Trahearne's armor from Post-Heart of Thorns onward. Just his usual gear + the Dryad helm and a cape with statement-esque shoulders. marshal energy but also still Hiemst.

[Marshal's Regalia] - Much like Maelgwyn's Regalia this is not exactly intended for combat but it IS defensive armor. Mostly for show.

[Formal Events] - galas, divinity's reach nobility affairs, usually diplomatic. Not often worn. Also used as formalwear for dates with gwynnie sometimes!

The white gold dyes on these isnt canon, i had to make do with the preview armor window.

[the-desert-beast]

You know the trope where a character is shown what they truly desire somehow by a mystic-type?

If Maelgwyn, canon main timeline Maelgwyn, The Legendary Desert Beast, who lies to himself everyday in many little ways. Who convinces himself he has everything he wants and his negative emotions are a defect. Who has felt a void in his heart for two decades. Who is convinced he could never be loved. That he cannot be himself lest he lose all that he worked so hard for, lest everyone he almost considers a friend leaves him.

Was shown that his happiest is caring for his animals, living in lockstep with his Starlight, love of his life, running a small respectable business like a little cafe or restaurant of some sort,

He'd scoff. At first.

Surely that's a pathetic fate for a dangerous man who's hands are soaked in blood like myself he would think.

I would never enjoy a life like that he would say. As his heart cracks. As he agonizes over not having that life. As he mourns the whispers of things he's not conscious of deep in his psyche.

As he lies and continues his life like normal but it's not normal is it.

Maybe they were right and this life is awful for me. No that can't be true I was made for this. I chose this.

Then it would feel like another kick in the teeth. So what if I'd be happier like that. I would never deserve that.

I am not allowed to have that. Why even show me how awful my current life is when I can never escape it.

Fuck you. Putting me in more agony atop all else I have to contend with.

Life goes on like normal. In the quiet moments he remembers what that mystic said. he remembers what he saw in his mind when they described it.

Why. I don't need that.

I'm fine.

[creativebrainrot]

unusual muse associations

Tagged by @astralarias @commanderthalys & @commander-winterberry ! uwu MAELGWYNNIE TIME

seasoning: Paprika

weather: Sunny

colour: Bright Orange

sky: Night

magical power: Shapeshifting

plant: Babydoll Lotus

weapon: Sword

subject: Animal Care

social media: Instagram

makeup product: Mini Eyeshadow Palette

candy: (those lil peanutbutter filled mfers that are like m&ms??)

fear: Ending up utterly alone, again

ice cube shape: Rectangles

method of long distance travel: Griffon

piece of stationery: Tea-stained Parchment Paper

three emojis: 🥺😈🐅

celestial body: Solar Eclipse

Tagging: anyone who reads this and wants to play! CONSIDER YOURSELF TAGGED! <3

[creativebrainrot]

dunno if ill have the energy to attend either day of tyria pride but if i do i'll be there on NA servers as one of these lovelies!!

If you spot me as Firstborn Kynwyl or Maelgwyyn, feel free to say hi uwu