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This post is a part of Eyes of the Swarm, my and Zlukaka ’s visual novel in development. Any comments will totally make our day! :3
Vra is the supreme leader of the faction known as the Swarm and one of the two current avatars of the Swarm (the Swarm, which the entire faction derives its name from, is a hive of sentient insectoid spirits living in a hollow mountain - being worshipped as a deity and offered human sacrifices, it possesses its chosen ones, granting them powers over all other human subjects). The Swarm worshippers inhabit the jungle-covered, cavernous islands of the homeworld. Most of them are ‘civilians’, living in primitive settlements led by shamans who report to the higher-ups in the Swarm. Only the high command has access to technology, much of which has been reverse-engineered from the inventions devised by the Realmsguard, the so called ‘heroes’ and ‘protectors’ of the land.
Recruited from among them and trained to become the Swarm’s army, are the Beastriders (their various flying mounts trained by beastmasters are used in combat against the aricrafts of the Realmsguard). The Beastriders with powers are also called Realmshifters (bonded in twos they are able to walk other dimensions) and are too valuable to lose so they are connected to a reincarnation system. The Swarm high command would love to connect every fighter to the system but it’s impossible (they tried, it caused outages) because the Swarm’s reincarnation system is an imperfect copy of the Realmsguard’s flawless resurrection network.
Vra was once the lead scientist working on the reincarnation system. Nowadays they have technicians who constantly oversee its performance but sometimes Vra still has to get involved in tweaking it. He loves tinkering with things, and even though he realises that the empire expects him to be a fearsome ruler and not a science geek, sometimes he doesn’t give a shit and burrows himself in his labs, instead of being present in the throne hall. The key figures of the Swarm (like Otto and the Spymaster) always know where to find him in case of emergency (and they have many of those, with the reincarnation system being faulty and sometimes unstable).
Vra was behind several of the ground-breaking scientific inventions of the Swarm’s own making. Him and Otto used to be the two ‘second-in-command’s of the previous avatar but overthrew him with the help of the founders of the Realmsguard (Otto and Vra were considered a lesser evil, plus them and the Realmsguard’s forefathers Nathan and Belgar fought so much against each other back in the day that they they are sort old time friends). Reluctant to rule, Otto has tricked Vra into becoming the next leader. Vra doesn’t mind though. He loves power; the authority, luxury and other perks that come with it. Responsibility, though, not so much…
Vra takes great delight in showing off his status as the Emperor. He does that by always looking as fabulous as it gets, usually changing his outfits and appearance several times a day. He hasn’t always looked inhuman, he mutated as a result of conducting experiments on himself, combined with walking through some wrong dimensions (in the past Otto and Vra were realmshifting together, under orders of their common leader). Vra is not the best fighter and faced with overwhelming odds, he’s somewhat of a coward. But he is capable of leading the Beastriders into a battle, as is (luckily only sometimes) expected of him as a ruler.
Otto and Vra bicker a lot, because Otto is the second avatar of the Swarm (though that is not common knowledge), so Vra can’t get rid of him and has to tolerate him as his adviser. But I’m gonna save all those stories for other art pieces We won’t reveal the actual plot of the game but we will show you the characters and the setting. And we’re open to all kinds of questions so ask away! <333

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Description

This post is a part of Eyes of the Swarm, my and Zlukaka ’s visual novel in development. Any comments will totally make our day! :3
Vra is the supreme leader of the faction known as the Swarm and one of the two current avatars of the Swarm (the Swarm, which the entire faction derives its name from, is a hive of sentient insectoid spirits living in a hollow mountain - being worshipped as a deity and offered human sacrifices, it possesses its chosen ones, granting them powers over all other human subjects). The Swarm worshippers inhabit the jungle-covered, cavernous islands of the homeworld. Most of them are ‘civilians’, living in primitive settlements led by shamans who report to the higher-ups in the Swarm. Only the high command has access to technology, much of which has been reverse-engineered from the inventions devised by the Realmsguard, the so called ‘heroes’ and ‘protectors’ of the land.
Recruited from among them and trained to become the Swarm’s army, are the Beastriders (their various flying mounts trained by beastmasters are used in combat against the aricrafts of the Realmsguard). The Beastriders with powers are also called Realmshifters (bonded in twos they are able to walk other dimensions) and are too valuable to lose so they are connected to a reincarnation system. The Swarm high command would love to connect every fighter to the system but it’s impossible (they tried, it caused outages) because the Swarm’s reincarnation system is an imperfect copy of the Realmsguard’s flawless resurrection network.
Vra was once the lead scientist working on the reincarnation system. Nowadays they have technicians who constantly oversee its performance but sometimes Vra still has to get involved in tweaking it. He loves tinkering with things, and even though he realises that the empire expects him to be a fearsome ruler and not a science geek, sometimes he doesn’t give a shit and burrows himself in his labs, instead of being present in the throne hall. The key figures of the Swarm (like Otto and the Spymaster) always know where to find him in case of emergency (and they have many of those, with the reincarnation system being faulty and sometimes unstable).
Vra was behind several of the ground-breaking scientific inventions of the Swarm’s own making. Him and Otto used to be the two ‘second-in-command’s of the previous avatar but overthrew him with the help of the founders of the Realmsguard (Otto and Vra were considered a lesser evil, plus them and the Realmsguard’s forefathers Nathan and Belgar fought so much against each other back in the day that they they are sort old time friends). Reluctant to rule, Otto has tricked Vra into becoming the next leader. Vra doesn’t mind though. He loves power; the authority, luxury and other perks that come with it. Responsibility, though, not so much…
Vra takes great delight in showing off his status as the Emperor. He does that by always looking as fabulous as it gets, usually changing his outfits and appearance several times a day. He hasn’t always looked inhuman, he mutated as a result of conducting experiments on himself, combined with walking through some wrong dimensions (in the past Otto and Vra were realmshifting together, under orders of their common leader). Vra is not the best fighter and faced with overwhelming odds, he’s somewhat of a coward. But he is capable of leading the Beastriders into a battle, as is (luckily only sometimes) expected of him as a ruler.
Otto and Vra bicker a lot, because Otto is the second avatar of the Swarm (though that is not common knowledge), so Vra can’t get rid of him and has to tolerate him as his adviser. But I’m gonna save all those stories for other art pieces We won’t reveal the actual plot of the game but we will show you the characters and the setting. And we’re open to all kinds of questions so ask away! <333

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