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It has been SO long since I've done CotL art, and might I say, I forgot how much I love drawing my favorite worm! I've even messed around with his design and I'm loving it!

The context of these basically boils down to the Leshylamb au idea I have where Leshy is very much not down for the whole "kill and entire species" plan his siblings have, even setting aside that the sheep in this au are a large faction of his people and he may or may not have some blossoming feelings for a certain one (╹ڡ╹ )

I've always hc'd that the bishops all represent dualities, ya know, like famine and bounty, pestilence and cure, war and peace, and chaos and order. Now, Leshy isn't the god of fate or anything like that, but his domain is definitely tied to it with how fate and prophesy are kinda the most orderly something can be. A predetermined outcome.

Leshy tries, but he can't sway his siblings to spare the sheep and to not make their inevitable demise worse, so he instead begins plotting on a way to at least mitigate the damage. What? All the sheep have fled the towns on the edge of Darkwood? How could he have known? He's been VERY busy bolstering his following in preparation for the loss of them. I think his only act of true outward defiance of their plan would be to openly not have his people join in hunting the sheep, the rest of his and his followers' actions would be much more underhanded with lots of plausible deniability.

I dunno, just a thought. I'm not great at building stories :P Still gonna fiddle with the idea tho, maybe I'll try drafting little story snippets?

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do you think they rip open their ribs as a party trick

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When your vessel turns out to be your soulmate Lazy doodle of them again cause why not

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When your vessel turns out to be your soulmate Lazy doodle of them again cause why not

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After thinking more about the implications behind Narinder imprisoning Shamura despite killing Leshy, Heket, and Kallamar, I began to think that maybe the decision is thematically genius:

Narinder is the sole god in this AU and represents Death. The things that Leshy, Heket, and Kallamar represented -Chaos, Famine, and Pestilence- are unique by themselves, but what they all have in common is that they naturally lead to Death itself - People get killed indiscriminately in great unrest, they can starve to death, and die from disease. Imagine if despite having killed his siblings sans Shamura and took their followers as his own, Narinder opted not to fully indoctrinate them into his religion but instead co-opted their beliefs in chaos, famine, and pestilence to further the worship of death; he'd allow them to keep their original beliefs in exchange for said beliefs becoming subordinate to death, since they naturally point to it. It would be an alternative way for Narinder to exercise and express his supremacy other than enforcing an assimilated and homogenized faith. (And a way to diversify his array of followers and their communities -especially regular enemies and minibosses- within a whole population/land that worships only Death)

In the case of Shamura however, they are a more mixed case. Shamura represents War, and while that too results in Death just like Chaos, Famine, and Pestilence, it's not consistent. Killing is inherent in war, but on the other hand, war or conflict is also waged to protect lives from others that would try to end them - sending one to death in order to help another avoid it. Not to mention that besides death, war can naturally also give way to chaos, famine, and pestilence all at once. Even with 'love' in mind, maybe Narinder locked Shamura away because he also didn't know how to manage them - Shamura would effectively be just as powerful as him in regards to encompassing the other 3 siblings (how both war and death encompass chaos, famine, and pestilence) and less "controllable" than said 3 siblings since war can be waged for and against death simultaneously, which runs counterproductive to Narinder's ethos. I'd wager that in the beginning, Narinder had tried to defeat/kill Shamura before but was unable to due to the latter's power, so imprisonment was his next best option (kinda like in canon). Perhaps in addition, Narinder's indecision could've also extended to Shamura's followers when he took them - if he couldn't find a way to make war fully subordinate to death, he may have purged the belief in war from the land completely by either indoctrinating/reeducating/assimilating them or just executing them outright. Due to the nature of war, Narinder may have thought Shamura and their followers to be too much of a wild card to just leave them be -too many variables, known or unknown- and thus posed a big enough risk to his rule to the point he puts the most attention and effort into suppressing them, even if Shamura is his only remaining sibling still alive.

It would put into perspective why the Goat was executed and became Shamura's vessel. With how much carnage the Goat likes to cause since becoming a vessel along with whatever trouble they caused even before that, they are just as unpredictable as their master Shamura, especially when the powers they possess come directly from said master. That alone would be enough for Narinder to label them a fugitive.

I'm not exactly answering, just posting because I like the way your write it all. Thank you

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if goat,, then big puppy???

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Narinder and Lambs relationship with the red crown or the bishops relationship with their crowns? (I should have numbered those crown questions lol)

RIGHT! since you didn't ask for a SPECIFIC au, I'll just answer for all the ones i actually thought about this for.

In the Key to True Death, the crown, to Narinder, was mostly a reflection and extension of his own personality and emotions- and for the most part, he was right. It wasn't until he was chained that it truly began to deviate from its original persona, taking bits and pieces from its bearers as part of its personality- not to mention the darkness slowly beginning to subvert its intentions. Lamb, however, saw it as more of a pet, then as a traitor and a dangerous artifact after the betrayal... and then as a co-worker after everything else. Narinder could never fully trust it again, which- fair.

In sins of the Gods, Narinder and Hypnos always saw it as its own entity. It had already been handed down from god to god well before Nari got it, and that never really changed. It being a container for sin was a bit of a surprise, though.

Bonehorns? its just a tool, with no real will of its own. It craves more power- and thus sin- but it never bothers to ask the Lamb for it, because they would immediately tell Narinder. So its basically just a cell phone that also channels divine power and is a knife.

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Chemachs and Haros crowns?

This sort of ties into another question on whether or not the crowns can be destroyed.

Haro's crown was damaged when the Bishops either killed the gods or forced them into hiding - only another crown bearer and the creator of said crown can destroy one, thus severing their connection to their divinity. Haro's crown is functionally useless.

Chemach on the other hand was driven mad by what she saw in the Outer Planes, where the Mystic Seller resides and where the crowns originate. (In my HC at least.) Trying to take a gift that was not freely given led her to be driven insane, and that madness rooted deep within her skull. All of the other crowns have only one eye, so that leads me to believe hers (being a two eyed crown) is DEEPLY unstable.

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Did you know: After killing both Aym and Baal before the Narinder bossfight, Narinder breaks out of his chains by himself, and since he was probably giving Aym and Baal some of his power, he could only do this once you killed them both. This means that he could've escaped at any point after the bishops were all dead, just by killing his kits, but he never did.

Parenting or something

did you kiss the brick before you threw it at me

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How much control do crowns have over their bearers?

From asking game!

Believe it or not they're pretty hands off! Crowns don't take control of their hosts, but will sorta autopilot them if the host is unconscious and they need to get somewhere safe.

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Crown questions for fun world building purposes-

How do Crowns work?

Do they have preset domains or is a domain dependent on something else like environment or how the bearer obtains it?

Are they sapient?

Do the other crowns have animal forms or is the red crown special?

What’s your Lamb and Narinders relationship with the red crown?

What’s the Bishops relationship with their respective crowns?

Is there other crowns that just haven’t been found yet? What’s shapes and colors

What’s going on with Haro and Chemachs crowns?

Does someone/thing create the crowns or do they just appear out of the ether?

Do crowns affect their users in any way besides giving them powers?

Are they picky about their bearers?

Can they even willingly choose their bearers?

Are they their own separate being or an extension of their bearers?

How much control do they have over their bearers actions? How much free will do they have?

Is their relationship with their bearers beneficial for both parties or is it just beneficial for only one party?

Is it a parasite?

Do they have good intentions or bad? Or is it morally grey intentions?

Are they connected to the mystic sellers in anyway? (The whole eye motif, the mystic sellers kinda look like big anthro crowns if you squint)

What happens when a bearer wears it for a extended period of time? (Longer than the bishops would have.)

Can they be destroyed?

Add your favorite Crown headcanons if you want!

[thedamnedlamb]

Crown questions for fun world building purposes-

How do Crowns work?

Do they have preset domains or is a domain dependent on something else like environment or how the bearer obtains it?

Are they sapient?

Do the other crowns have animal forms or is the red crown special?

What’s your Lamb and Narinders relationship with the red crown?

What’s the Bishops relationship with their respective crowns?

Is there other crowns that just haven’t been found yet? What’s shapes and colors

What’s going on with Haro and Chemachs crowns?

Does someone/thing create the crowns or do they just appear out of the ether?

Do crowns affect their users in any way besides giving them powers?

Are they picky about their bearers?

Can they even willingly choose their bearers?

Are they their own separate being or an extension of their bearers?

How much control do they have over their bearers actions? How much free will do they have?

Is their relationship with their bearers beneficial for both parties or is it just beneficial for only one party?

Is it a parasite?

Do they have good intentions or bad? Or is it morally grey intentions?

Are they connected to the mystic sellers in anyway? (The whole eye motif, the mystic sellers kinda look like big anthro crowns if you squint)

What happens when a bearer wears it for a extended period of time? (Longer than the bishops would have.)

Can they be destroyed?

Add your favorite Crown headcanons if you want!

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I have a crown question for you!

What’s going on with Haro and Chemachs crowns?

From the ask game

so Haro was once the God of Hunting (this is just a HC for my AU), but they lost almost all of their power when people moved away from hunting and more into farming. With less people worshipping them they lose power. Since there's still some worshippers out there they still have power. But once civilization moves away entirely from hunting, it's game over for them. That's why it's eye is an X, it can no longer see and has to rely on Haro for its vision.

As for Chemach... Gods are able to consume and assimilate other Crowns to get their power and titles. Shamura had been only the God of War, but after killing the bearer of the Lilac Crown of Wisdom and eating the crown, they became a dual God. But having two Crowns as one can cause exasperate the loss of "humanity", increase paranoia and aggression, which only happens to really old Elder Gods. So imagine having three Crowns. That's madness and extremely unsafe/unhealthy which can cause the ambitious God to die because they cant handle it- physically or mentally. Chemach is both lucky and unlucky to survive and... uh... thrive, I guess.

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Oh yeah i forgot to show you guys this!

Ramses's full Nobody form!

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while ago i made 3 different lamb designs for the 3 different cults i made when i first played. so like, based off the doctrines and how i decorated the camp and such

they dont have actual names, i kinda just call them Pacifist for the white lamb, Slaughter for the lamb wearing a wolf mask, and Midas for the dark lamb.

based off the grass-eater/nicer doctrines, the cannibal/slightly less nice doctrines and when i did a no hit run for the achievements. theyre also based off a soay sheep, a jacob sheep and a rambouillet sheep respectively.

i think too much about the lamb and i will never not be indecisive and this is a promise