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Published: 2017-12-05 17:32:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1026; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 0
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Description Media: india ink, Parker ink, watercolors, red ink


Some time ago, one of my friends made a most adorable drawing of Caleb as Dragon Warrior! She'd designed him a new outfit and given him a cute, bright-green dragon pet to boot! Now, of course, this  makes for an interesting story prompt: what would the story be like if Caleb and Al reversed roles? I had to draw them, using my friend's design for Caleb's warrior outfit.


At this prompt I realized just how much of their characterization, and their overall paths in life rely on their roles as mage and non-mage respectively. Caleb would never leave for adventures if he weren't a mage, and Al's entire career in the Army hinges on the fact that he's not a mage. ...Almost all of his life choices rely on him not being a mage, actually.


That being said, Caleb would make for a shitty warrior (but wonderful dragon-tamer? ) and Alwen would make for a notorious, filthy rich mage - Caleb's dragon would scare off his opponents, and Alwen would very much get involved with Holorian politics.

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Comments: 14

Drayah [2017-12-11 00:22:13 +0000 UTC]

This AU is just so great! I love it! Alwen's costume has a super neat design too! What was the inspiration for it?

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MegaMaeve In reply to Drayah [2017-12-11 13:58:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much! I'm glad you like Al's costume - I designed it myself  

He's wearing a fairly 'common' outfit amongst nobility and rich men: decorated, layered fabrics combined with a leather tunic (befitting the military, modeled after Balder's style ). For Al in particular, I was inspired by a piece by Jan van Eyck: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… - though Holorian fashion styles cover a myriad of inspirations (e.g. Armenian dresses: i.pinimg.com/originals/d2/aa/d… , middle-eastern Kaftan dresses: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… , and Mongol warrior clothing: 78.media.tumblr.com/4b91d97b08… , and also endless inspiration drawn from early medieval art

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Drayah In reply to MegaMaeve [2017-12-21 14:18:22 +0000 UTC]

It's so cool! And I love the colors!

These are such fantastic inspirations and they all blend so well together to create such a unique look!

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Kitty-Craftsy [2017-12-10 20:07:51 +0000 UTC]

This is so cute <3 It deff could be a great alternative story c: 

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MegaMaeve In reply to Kitty-Craftsy [2017-12-11 13:45:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much! ^^ This AU certainly opens up unexplored pathways in the story: for example, dragons in the first place, and Caleb being someone he's not suited for - while Alwen would be way too pleased with himself, and probably have no one to stop him from pulling utter shit It's definitely worth exploring a little, if only to figure out my character's limits in a different manner ^^

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Kitty-Craftsy In reply to MegaMaeve [2017-12-30 23:15:13 +0000 UTC]

I think dragons would fit well in your universum if you ask me c: 
But it's good to experiment with different settings with your chars. So much to learn from that 
So I like it to see your chars in different settings a lot ^^ 

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Kellodrawsalot [2017-12-07 20:06:59 +0000 UTC]

this looks so lovely I love their smiles, it gives me such a posetive vibe!, that dragon is also looking very nicely, Caleb better settle for being an a dragon tamer!

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MegaMaeve In reply to Kellodrawsalot [2017-12-08 15:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much! My friend's design is so cute I couldn't help myself! I'm yet undecided whether my world will have dragons (and whether Caleb ever gets himself a pet dragon at that ) but it definitely is a fun idea to play with! ^^

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akitku [2017-12-06 21:08:16 +0000 UTC]

This is so sweet! I love their smiles and the air of innocence you gave this.

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MegaMaeve In reply to akitku [2017-12-08 15:47:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your kind words! This role swap is a bit of innocent fun indeed, and I am happy it shows in their smiles It isn't often I make my characters play dress up!

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charcoalfeather [2017-12-06 00:39:09 +0000 UTC]

Aww, what an adorable idea, and the green of the dragon fits Caleb perfectly! Of course he'd make a great tamer for the dragon! The dragon looks very friendly here. 

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MegaMaeve In reply to charcoalfeather [2017-12-08 15:46:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! My friend's design is utterly adorable, so I'm glad to have been able to give it my own touch, too! She drew a green dragon because of I love green it'd match Caleb indeed ^^

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dragondoodle [2017-12-05 23:34:37 +0000 UTC]

What a neat idea Caleb with a dragon is an adorable idea It's such a cute dragon too!

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MegaMaeve In reply to dragondoodle [2017-12-08 15:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! My friend really did create an awfully cute design for the dragon indeed! I was happy to put it on paper myself, too!

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