#oc.Verloren

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I was supposed to make clothes and toyz for him but I've been lazy about so I'll post him anyway. This is the petzy version I made of Verloren, just because I can :D I've had him since December and he's now one of my favorite petz to play with. It's so fun that I can take my evil blorbo and put him in the cute little pet game ahahah! He feels surprisingly in-character sometimes tbh Some of the pics above were slightly edited (for example, that outfit is entirely drawn on photoshop and not actual ingame clothing) because I was lazy about some of his markings and they clip a lot, so I patched up some things. I might fix some things about that because some of it would be really easy fixes but like I said, I've been lazy.

The following pics are completely unedited:

He's so fuckin cute

Also yeah I have a bloody knife toy in my game so of course I had to give it to him.

More pics of him on my Petz website! [link]

#Petz #Petz 4 #oc.Verloren #stt.Houndsdagger #I love how his ears move ingame #he's just so pretty all the time #I have so so so so many pics of him #he's technically a cat because I felt like the cat animations fit him better #but I changed the sounds #He's mostly mute but growls and huffs a lot #Hates most other petz and chases them #Almost always looks angry #I love him

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It would be ill-advised to boop.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #boop #or rather #don't boop #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart #sfw furry #furry sfw

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A generic pic of Verloren from some months ago because I just wanted to draw him but didn't have any good ideas. Lots of sketches and scribbles of that kind in the folder haha. This one was kinda rushed I think, finished in the same day I started, which is something that almost never happens.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #not much to say about this one #I kinda don't like it lol it's boring #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart #sfw furry #furry sfw

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This is what Verloren typically looks like as he works in the magic chamber. Hands behind his back, facing away from his colleagues and glaring at anyone who dares approaching him as he focuses on his experiments, his tail hanging low and waving or curling as his thoughts wander between his current craft and the rest of his ideas.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #lots of flaws in this pic but I'm too lazy to go back and fix any of it #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart #sfw furry #furry sfw

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"So, what would you offer me in exchange for my work? What could you give me that would be worth my time?" While many of his potential clients would try to offer him hefty sums of gold and other riches, Verloren would never trade his soulmagic services for money. Sure, money could buy many supplies, materials, ingredients and even test subjects, but he could acquire it through ordinary necromagic crafts if he ever needed anything more than his job as a royal augur paid him. For soulmagic crafts, he sought something more interesting. Knowledge of obscure crafts, magics from different places across the world, or maybe even personal research if could be of use to him. Anyone could offer money, he thought, but could you offer something that is truly unique?

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #he's very picky about people also #you can offer him the coolest thing in the universe but if he dislikes you for any reason he won't work with you #and he has lots of reasons he dislikes people for #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart #sfw furry #furry sfw

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This is Verloren

He's a very serious, unapproachable and hostile kind of guy, though mostly chill if you let him work on his magic research undisturbed. Has some very animal-like traits such as literally growling and biting when bothered. He's a vykrest hound (a made up thing that's like a sighthound with some maned wolf features and very long ears.)

A kind-of ref of him and his dual-staff. He was very skilled in necromagic since he was young, so he became a mage working for the king. His main thing, however, is that he discovered how to make magic using the souls of creatures (and people), a very experimental thing with enormous potential.

He ends up using it to do some pretty messed up things at one point (obviously). Verloren has been a historical figure mentioned through some of my stuff at times. His story takes place in the 1600s of my world. I never thought I'd care about him this much and yet here I am, thinking about him nonstop for nearly 5 months now.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #here we gooo #it is he my ultimate blorbo #delightful creature #my beloved that is so fun to draw #and yet so tricky to draw “just right” #I can't wait to spam all the million pics I already have of him and stuff related to him #shenzaiverse

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Verloren uses a dual staff, which is considered one of the strongest types of arcaster (magic weapon thing), although it's also somewhat harder to use than a standard staff. It requires its user to be very good at managing their magis as they need to maintain balance between both focal crystals instead of channeling everything into a single one. But typically, having two focal crystals allows it to amplify spells to a greater degree than a standard staff could, and if its user is particularly skilled, they can even cast two different spells simultaneously, which can be useful.

Dual staves are also really good at keeping up a magic shield while you charge up something else to attack with. Verloren uses that strategy a lot in duels.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #this pic turned out so boring #I need to draw him with his staff in actual offence mode #like in his snap / blood reign phase yeah #I started this pic in august but only finished in november because it took me that long to figure out his staff design lol #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart #sfw furry #furry sfw

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🩸 A Minor Miscalculation 🩸

Although Verloren is a very competent mage, the experimental nature of his work leaves a lot of room for mishaps. These incidents are normally frustrating, forcing him to review his procedures and redo everything again until he finds and fixes the problem, but at times, he'll be mildly amused instead. He does find it rather funny when the power of a craft is so great that it spirals out of control and causes a mild explosion.

His coworkers, startled, will glance at him at his corner of the magic chamber, laughing to himself while covered in blood or other necromagic components. Someone may ask what happened, to which he would reply, nonchalantly but with a somewhat ominous grin, "Oh, just a minor miscalculation..." as he'd then proceed to lick the blood dripping slowly into his mouth before getting right back to fixing his craft.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #ow the edge I know I'm so sorry #it won't happen again (lying) #blood #is this enough to be considered gore? I'll tag just in case I guess #gore #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart

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Some quick faces of Verloren because I love drawing him. We have:

• Someone's standing a bit too close to him and if they get any closer he'll probably snap his teeth at them.

• Having to sit through someone telling him what he should do with his magic crafts even though they have no idea how his stuff even actually works.

• Just thought of a really nice plan to murder someone he hates and he will execute it shortly.

• Laughing as he heard that someone he dislikes suffered a terrible accident and probably died.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #me coming up with random scenarios just to have an excuse to draw him #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart #sfw furry #furry sfw

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While Verloren is normally calm and composed, he is known to suddenly snap at times if he's fed up of someone who's bothering him. He may snarl, growl and even bite, especially if someone is too close to his personal space or messes with his work, tools and materials. Touching him in any way is a sure way to get a nasty bite.

Thankfully, all these mage folks have very strong and effective healing magics that can take care of the damage very quickly.

#stt.Houndsdagger #oc.Verloren #better post this now before I listen too much to the part of me that wants to redraw it #like pls it's only from July it's not that long ago stop it #but it just looks kinda bad to me idk #probably cause it was one of the earlier arts I did of him #Shenzaiverse #furry #furryart #sfw furry #furry sfw