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[that0melette]

@blaruu made me wanna upload my own art now so uhhh here's the character that got me drawing again.

This is my OC for a Pokemon webcomic I've been following, Tales of Elysium, her name is Areto.

I wanted to share her here but her backstory involves a lot of spoilers for the comic so PLS GO READ IT, IT'S SO FUCKING GOOD! It's got blood and violence and cussing and sexual innuendos but IT'S RLLY GOOD TRUST! anyways backstory beneath the cut

So Areto grew up in Elysium, raised by a Salazzle apothecary named Lacertia. 'Tia was given Areto as a baby when she was gather medicinal herbs and berries near the edges of the Abyss one day. A young Axew boy came running out of the treeline bloodied with a gnarled wounded arm, and in his good arm he carried a baby Jangmo-o.

When Lacertia ran up to help him, he shoved the baby into her arms and said "Please, watch my sister Areto, I have to go help my mom!" before running back into the trees before Lacertia could process what was going on. Baby Areto had a deep gash on her jaw, and was covered in cuts, so she had to run back to the nearest village to get the baby help. She never saw that boy again, and although she looked for years, she never found a trace of their parents.

So Lacertia raised Areto as her own, and she was a ROWDY child. Areto constantly got into fight with older kids, even adults on occasion. The first time she met Lady Rhea, her first instinct was to headbutt the Legendary right in her face. One time while visiting Blossom Village, she even attempted to tackle Solon, or tried to bite Chiron's hand when he was just giving her a checkup.

Growing up, Areto idolized Leon's mother, Luna. She wanted to be just like the Lopunny and join the Phylax once she was old enough, to keep people safe by fighting back the ferals. So Lacertia had her train at the dojo in Blossom village, and once the girl finally evolved, she immediately said goodbye to her mother to go join the Phylax.

Areto joined Team Aspis, a Phylax team led by Attikos the Centiskorch. Her team comprised of Juniper the Thwackey, and Rin the sensu-style Oricorio. The four of them were an incredible team, Attikos was a veteran of the Phylax with years of experience leading teams, he named his team Aspis after a type of shield, hoping that his team would serve as the shield to protect Elysium from feral hordes in the absence of the Laconians.

Areto hoped that she could live up to her childhood hero's legend, and more. She wanted to earn respect for the Phylax as a whole, often joking that they'd be "Almost as revered as the Laconians themselves!"

With her help, Team Aspis was well on that path, Areto had incredible strength and stamina, taking down ferals five times her size and coming out of it ready for more. Her life in paradise was a perfect adventure.

Until the night Aperion set their monsters loose on the people in the current events of the comic. Team Aspis had been in Blossom Village to celebrate Leon's return with everyone else, they arrived shortly after the portals began to open, and wasted no time jumping into action to protect the people.

Fabius' hosts were an enemy unlike the ferals of the Abyss, Attikos was unable to adjust his plan for action in time, and in what was a short but bloody battle, the entire team was slaughtered. All but Areto, who barely managed to fight off the swarm of monsters, only to discover she wasn't able to save her team.

Devastated and broken, Areto returns to the sanctuary with a deep gash in her side. The healers there were able to stop her bleeding, and that's where she is at the time of the comic, watching Rhea and Solon struggle to protect their people.

The tassel she's wearing in her reference sheet isn't something she'll have until this arc in the comic is over, it's made from accessories her team wore. The beads were worn by Rin in her head feathers. The everstone was worn by Juniper who preferred to remain a small and nimble Thwackey. The blue scarf was worn by Attikos, weathered and worn from his years of experience. After the battle, Areto will gather these items from their remains and fashion them into a tassel she can keep with her at all times, to never forget them.

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