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I haven't posted here in a bit, but, let me try to sell you on, I think, fun idea for this blog...

✨Build-a-Heretic✨

Allow me to elaborate. I have recently came upon the Black Crusade tabletop RPG system which is, as you can guess, about daily life (and struggles with the upper management) of variously damned denizens of the Grim Dark Future.

So, what about making a Little (Heretical) Guy together, roughly following the game rules? I will post polls, you will vote and I will be sketching out the resulting fellow.

First poll, for example, would be deciding if we want to have a relatively normal human or a brickhouse of a space marine.

Does it sound fun to you?

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Fuzzverse: the Cast (version 1.0)

Writing this down makes me realize that this story has way more characters then I have originally anticipated, you know? Anyway, let’s meet the cast, properly. At least I think I haven’t forgot anyone this time around. 

Main Cast. Typical habitat - strike cruiser “Polaris”

Alexander Petrovich Ivanov, more commonly known as Sanya - ex-guardsman, passionate chef and sort of a main protagonist. Was dragged into a series of outrageous adventures and exploits by a Lord of Change and seems to be having a lot of fun, actually. Has a reward on his head put out by the Inquisition, to whom he is knows as Alexander the Accursed. To be fair, his Wanted posters make his life sound far spicier, than it actually is. 

Lacedrace, also known as Hopespark and Crystal Sage. And like a thousand other names. Said Lord of Change and a somewhat mysterious being with layers upon layers of hidden agendas, some of which seem to be centered around Sanya. Optimistic. Ruthless. Nerd. 

Bazgrog and Gromdak, a pair of Ork kommandos who stuck around for dinner and then another one, and another one, and another one... Bazgrog prefers stealth, while Gromdak is more fond of disguises, both are truly outstanding in what they are doing. 

Filit and Lady - when everything in your life goes wrong, sometimes you end up attempting a very questionable psyker thing. Once in a while it ends up in you acting like a tyranid for a while and later escaping after wrestling your mind free and taking a Carnifex with you and naming it Lady. And then tagging along with some weird space criminals. 

Charlotte Illvia - Imperial Scion of Knightly House Illvia, who miraculously survived the attack on her homeworld and was rescued by an Alpha Legionnaire, alongside her mother’s wrecked Knight. This started her own journey across the stars alongside, eventually ending in her, alongside her two adoptive dads, joining with Sanya and the gang.

Adder later named Nidhogg - Knight, who passed to Charlotte from her mother. Wrecked during the assault of their homeworld it was later reforged and remade into an even more imposing war machine, while retaining it’s heart and hundreds of generations of Scions inhabiting it’s Throne Mechanicum.

Alpharius more commonly known as Al, but also Alric - an Alpha Legionnaire, who was mentioned above and became first of Charlotte’s adoptive parents. Initially a member of a vaguely chaos-affiliated warband, his current persona is that of a Blackshield, coming from a destroyed chapter. Tries his best at parenting, runs a spy network and has a pet tortoise.

“Billy” less commonly known as Benedict Ignatius Lavrent - a tech-priest and sole survivor of an expedition went wrong, who became Charlotte’s second adoptive parent. Lacks much of his memory that he have not deemed crucial, while trying to survive a harsh world he got stranded on, and thus wiped from cogitators. Might also have something to do with C’toaster.

C’toaster also referred to as Blinky, Lad and Void - an eccentric shard of an eccentric Star God, who is slightly out there and is stuck in what can only be described as a toaster. A sole reason Billy’s expedition ended in shambles and slowly deteriorating beast of once formidable power. Now sleeps most of the time and trundles around biting ankles. And yet the trace of the true self exists in the false self. 

Oona once upon the time also known as the Eleventh, the Fey and the Queen of Monsters - she just wanted to live happily, hunt giant monsters and do gun trick shots all day, but was forced to be a Primarch and it haven’t ended well, so now there is this 10 feet of depression, emotional baggage and awkward social situations. She gets better over time, but not much. 

Por'Ui Vash'ya M'yen - water caste diplomat whose mission went awry and who was more or less shoved into a battlesuit and forced to fight for her life when all the lines of defense failed and she was among the least few surviving passengers of the ship. Upon the ship discovery by Sanya and the gang proceeded to attack them as well in fear, but after initial misunderstanding got adopted into the family. 

Praetorian - Al’s pet tortoise named as such for being well fortified and very yellow. Unfortunately does lack the iconic moustache. 

Sosig - space corgi, no more and no less. Following a short, but memorable visit of the gang to Fenris have decided to join the crew. Also this is meta, but Sosig is my attempt to convey the original Russian “Сосисочка”, the diminutive variant of the word “sausage”.

“Death Song”- a child of grief, desperation and quite frankly obscene amounts of questionable genecraft she is the last apex predator to ever emerge from the long gone jungles of Arcadia. Oona’s only comment? “Oh, she is just like me, you know”.

Supporting Cast. Typical Habitat - varied

“Ivan” - a lad, a boy, a tzaangor and a little helper. Assistant to Lacedrace, loves books and very excited about really big guns. 

An’Hangra - the tiniest Bloodthirster, your friendly gym bro and also a dog herder. If she is not hitting the gym, she is probably hitting someone with that axe. Vice-president of Lotara Sarrin’s Unofficial Fan-Club. Will tell you about her dogs. Also will should you pictures of every one of them. There are just so many dogs...

Balthrag - cottagecore incarnate and spiced up with some decay, rebirth and tasty soup with flesh-eating amoebas. Spends her days trying to take care of several very active nurglings, doing her best to make Isha’s stay more pleasant and trying to convince Mortarion to try a silly straw for his poison cup.

Shanakay - four-armed purple daemon with an unhealthy obsession with perfection and art. As a main occupation - singer, but as a main job she is trying to don’t go mad dealing with Fulgrim, N’kari and a damn mess third legion devolved into. Hangs out with Guilliman from time to time. 

Iris, Azalea and Nightshade - Shanakay’s daemonette handmaidens. Musicians by trade. Really desperate to fix Shanakay’s love life or more accurately the lack of one. 

Inquisitor Guy, currently unnamed - a daemonhunter from the Ordo Malleus dispatched to track down and banish the Crystal Sage, following her latest appearances in the realspace. Credit given where it is due, as far as Inquisitors go, this one is a pretty decent person. 

Arcadian Wardens - I mean, yes, they are all dead and gone, but still deserve a mention. Wardens were Oona’s Legion back when she was still employed as a questionably useful Primarch. Most notably represented by First Captain/Legion Master Madb. 

Alternate Cast. Typical Habitat - FantasyHammer Universe. Work in Progress

Squeak - alternate Lacedrace - a little meek skaven, who have escaped the Under-empire and started anew above the ground. Not without trouble, but finding a new place and a new family in the end, assisted by a kislevite footsoldier she met on the road. Always wears a colorful babushka shawl, covering stubs of broken horns. 

Moruhin and Ruin - alternate Shanakay - flamboyant and arrogant high elf alongside her winged, scaled and very, very mean dragon buddy. Moruhin was a child to a respectable family before being disowned and flying off into sunset - free at last to go and live this dragon scholar life she always wanted. With a side of calamity incarnate, so Ruin won’t get too bored. 

Hilde - alternate An’Hangra - merry and joyful warrior on her way across the world to study the arts of blade and face off against formidable opponents. Hilde is of mixed descent between kislevites and southern norscans and while being familiar with the Pantheon, she seems to be largely indifferent to them. Sole exception being her admiration of Valkia.  

??? - alternate Oona - scaled, clawed and fanged, wandering the endless jungles of Lustria alongside other Lizardmen, Amazons and towering beasts. Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In her line. Focused. Flourishing. Probably drinking buddies with Nakai. 

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Is there anything you would love to know?

So, are there any character you would like to know more about?  Any burning questions regarding the nature or events of Fuzzverse? Just want to sponsor me rambling about my OCs in the questionably grim darkness of far future?

Please do send asks :D I have one in works from the main blog, but I would love to answer some more!

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I don't know much about them, but I love your deamons OC ( is there a place where we can learn about them, perhaps a bio page?).

Anyway, continue the good work! 💚

Thank you so much for your kind words! Especially about Fuzzes, my beloveds.

So, I don't think I ever made a proper Bio pages for them, but! HERE can be found general introductions for many of my Warhammer characters. HERE Fuzzes are introduced as a collective and with some bits of lore. And HERE is the list of tags I use in this b(l)og to note posts related to characters, Fuzzes included. Which can help with piecing lore together.

I have also included their tags into the tags for this ask, as a convenience if links will end up being broken again :D

But also I would be glad to really answer any sort of questions about them that I get! I am not good at writing things on my own, but with a prompt and ask I can work much better!

Again, thank you so much for the interest.

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Hello and welcome!

So, I am Crys (that draws things), and this is my Warhammer-centered side-blog that I will try to use for all my Warhammer content. Art, writing, ramblings about lore and notes from me reading Horus Heresy.

Over time I will try to bring over here everything from my main blog - @crysdrawsthings - that was made about WH. Mainly about the Fuzzverse, this thing with fuzzy daemons and way less grimdark then required.

My old ask-blog for Fuzzes - @fuzzy-chronicler - will remain as an archive for what I have done during the, admittedly very fun, AskHammer bit of my fandom life. But it will not receive any new updates.

However! This won't be a pure ask or RP blog, but if you are into sending in-character asks - go for it. It can totally be a part-time ask-blog!

As of now, my main goals are:

make a bookkeeping list of tags used, so navigation and search will hopefully be easier - DONE, can be found HERE;

write post introducing the main cast from the Fuzzverse -  DONE, can be found HERE

bring over here at least some content from my main.

I do have certain limitations on how much time I can devote to making this function properly, so it might take a while, but I will get there. Stay tuned c:

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Bookkeeping: Tags and Related, v 1.0

List is to be updated and subject to changes. Does not include generic tags, such as fandom ones, faction ones, or ones of canon characters. Yes, I do know those are pretentious and cringe, and barely useful.

GENERAL TAGS

of hopes and daemons - general tag used by this blog. Also used in my main blog to denote content related to Fuzzverse

solemnace latest exhibitions - general tag used to denote reblogs

pamphlets and alpha priority mail - informational and bookkeeping posts. Like this one!

CONTENT TAGS

art galleries and crysdrawsthings - tags used for art and art-related posts. Sketches, WIPs, finished works, prompt requests, etc

as it was foretold - tag used for "lore" of the Fuzzverse and related. Character stories, random bits and facts, overall plot, etc

the choir speaks - tag used for in-character ask answers or commentary. In case this will happen at all

CHARACTER TAGS, MAIN CAST

the spark of hope - used for Lacedrace aka Tzeentchian Fuzz, the Lord of Change

the hunt comes for you - used for An'Hangra aka Khornate Fuzz, the Bloodthirster

to the bog we return - used for Balthrag aka Nurglite Fuzz, the Great Unclean One

chasing perfection - used for Shanakay aka Slaaneshi Fuzz, the Keeper of Secrets

the horizon's in my sight - used for Sanya, the precious ex-Guardsman

CHARACTER TAGS, SUPPORTING CAST

the last in line - used for Charlotte, who is a small, but very brave Scion

heads of the hydra - used for Al, who is dad first and space marine second

cogs and bolts and ancient lore - used for "Billy", old and grumpy tech-priest

by his edict forgotten - used for Oona, 10-ft tall lady with a gun, who is super irrelevant to the plot

the dragon awakens - used for C'toaster/Blinky, who is, well, Dragon

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