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Trying something new - aka a series to show Pazuzu and her children.
Starting off with the first three - in this case Morgana Evanesca who Pazuzu adopted when the twins were around seven.
Also srsly that outfit. Best <3
The 'what is what'
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from eclipse21, outfit/jewelry by nezumitoo
Fairyland LTF Luna with Viridian House face-up, wig from Taobao, eyes are Enchanted, dress is Dollzone
Canon 7d canon 85mm
First of the Legion portraits.
Some make-up applied to model, with smoke from a cigarette coming from mouth.
"Somewhere between science and superstition, there is another world. The world of darkness."
('Regan' by NECA / DeLuxe Boxed Set)
Finally took a pic of Pazuzu in her Edwardian summer blouse I commissioned from Dezi on DoA - just needs a matching skirt to go with (cause atm she wears those Iple leather hotpants with it 😱)
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from eclipse21, blouse by Dezi
Rare footage of the brothers being nice and on the same side. You know, before Varekai joined Pazuzu and Rajko married his ex-husband's little sister.
The 'what is what'
Limwha Limho Mono tan (2009 and 2014), faceups by MayYeo and Dr Krow, in Nezumitoo / pepperonipizza, wigs by eclipse 21 and Tonner, eyes from enchanted doll Soom horns with airbrush by Ara
Lulubell is a vintage taxidermy mink with harness by syrinxfox
I will spare you the gushing now, but say hello to Pazuzu - who is the center of my whole goddamn story. And as such entitled to the absolut best.
Case in point, Pearls of Danube face-up, eclipse21 wig that could have paid for a doll itself and three custom gowns by Nezumitoo once I beheaded the lady and shipped the body of to the US.
Oh god I love her so much ;u;
Make-shift dress by yours truly, woman is build like a tank and fits in nothing I had at hand
Khaled was super neglected this year. Pazuzu steals all the spotlight.
BUT he got two new coats from Nezumitoo! This is one of them, which I call 'winter gear' due to how freakishly heavy it is xD
Khaled is a very static character, not only cause the doll version can nearly not move in those heavy coats but also since as a character he gets regarded as a bird in a gilded cage for his whole life. Stephanus might not be as cruel as Varekai or Rajko have been to him but he as well prefers when Khaled stays behind at Land's End, mainly for his own safety (because Khaled can't fight worth shit, even if he'd dress in something lighter).
Most of the time Akira stays back with him, /just in case/.
The 'what is what'
Fairyland C-Line Breakaway with face-up by Hearts_Murmur/overlordu, wig by SpritelyThings, kimono by flowergirl, robe by nezumitoo
Iplehouse JID Asa GUY (real skin) with face-up by maiya/Dipole Moment, eyes from Taobao, wig from Angelheim, horns are Soom Turb/Roxen (blushing by Ara), haori from japonsakura,
There was an attempt /coughs
This weather makes me all photography happy but it's like 35°C outside and I have too many dolls. But I tried.
Anyway, that's the current state of affair (minus the dolls that have no head/body atm so I could not include them)
Front row (left to right):
Hiltja (Unoa Chibi Lilin), Khaled (Fairyland Chicline Breakaway), bb!Kimete (Fairyland Chicline Ruru), adult!Kimete (Fairyland Chicline Ruru)
Back row (left to right):
Varekai (Limhwa Limho Mono tan from 2009), Rhys (Angelheim Luka/LUTS Bory centaur), Allegra (Unoa ES Belia), Chad (Souldoll Vito Jang/Iplehouse JID body), Grisha (Iplehouse Ryan/LUTS Berry centaur), Rajko (Limhwa Limho Mono tan from 2014)
Missing: Theodore (Fairyland LTF Lewi), Kabira (Fairyland MNF D.Marcia), Pazuzu (Iplehouse Violet), Stephanus (Dollshe Fashion Grant Philippe), Caleb (Fairyland LTF Soso)
Wishing you all a fabulous new year and a 2019, that will hopefully make your dreams come true 🎉
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Pazuzu is already starting on the alcohol as you do 😬
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S/O to @nezumitoo for my breathtaking Christmas present aka Pazuzu's outfit in this picture and @ara_dolls for holding fairylights up for dat bokeh ❤
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💬 Pazuzu is an Iplehouse Violet
Stephanus is the one driven by knowledge. Pazuzu has the rest and hides her alcohol stash behind her fathers books because it is frikkin hard to keep some alcohol to themselve in this household.
The 'what is what'
Dollshe Fashion Grant Philippe with face-up by rianne/Das Hinterland and tattoos by Violetmon. Wig by eclipse 21, horns are Leeke Goral horns size S with blushing by Ara, eyes are Chinese Glass.
Hubert Crackanthorpe reads aloud: 'Hey BB...listen to this: "Labubu dolls have taken over the world, with celebrities including Rihanna, Cher and Kim Kardashian adorning them on handbags. The same dolls are now being linked to Pazuzu, a Mesopotamian demon, with conspiracy theories claiming that the dolls carry 'demonic energy'." *puts the newspaper clipping back in his pocket and nods*
Bunbuns: Daddy that is such nonsense. They are ugly but cute. Look how adorable they look on my purse. And even my doggie loves to play with them
Hubert Crackanthorpe: OK, Buns. But let me know when your doggie starts talking in multiple languages
Location: Other World
You Are!: Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
After the incident involving Council member Avingnon and a cucumber, Pazuzu is not allowed to eat any even vaguely phallus shaped food whole again. Ever.
Not that she cares.
And yes she is reading a doll sized copy of the Kamasutra. And that really nails Pazuzu's character in one single picture.
Is Dobby free now?
The 'what is what'
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from eclipse21, outfit/jewelry by nezumitoo
Banana by Badger's Bakery
Here's a drawing I made for this group show in the Mekanik comicbookshop.
I was a bit nervous about it, I usually work small. It's the first time I worked on A1!
This is me trying and failing not to make the whole ADAW pretty Pazuzu-centric - but my Crimmus gift from Nezumitoo arrived and it held this gorgeous, gorgeous dress and eh. I wanted to photograph that new couch and pillow anyway?
My Minifee whatshername fullset crown arrived and oh my god, CROWN GOALS 👏
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Pazuzu rocks it (as she rocks everything lmao)
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(The blurry dude in the BG is The Williams/Stephanus and as expected, idk. I just wait it out I guess? And no, I won't sell him even if he doesn't work out as Stephy. THAT'S A WILLIAMS MAN 😂)
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💬 Pazuzu is an Iplehouse Violet
I legit just wanted to finally photograph that wedding bouquet I made. So I started on taking pics of the dolls that were requested on my one IG post (NOT YOU PAZUZU).
Hiltja and Hulda are life <3 Bearded dwarf wifus
When I drove home today I was mulling over trying to free some space to do a diorama of Stephanus' study - and then I did a mock-up picture of my recent furniture acquisition and realised oh hey, my door can actually be a fake background.
So I did a thing.
Silmä is a bit of an awkward case in regards to technology – on the one hand you still have messenger birds or messengers on horses, crystal balls and mirrors to converse and on the other there are typewriters, a very early form of telephones, radio and phonographs. Everyone’s reaction to technology varies – some absolutely despise them altogether (Arundel – he’s a “BURN THE WITCH”-nutcase), some are selective in what they use (Allegra – loves her typewriter but still rather sends a messenger bit over picking up a phone) and some have embraced everything it offers (Pazuzu – she loves her phonograph and blasting music on full volume to Stephanus’ despair).
The 'what is what'
Dollshe Fashion Grant Philippe with face-up by rianne/Das Hinterland and tattoos by Violetmon. Clothes by Sharkyra, wig by eclipse 21, horns are Leeke Goral horns size S with blushing by Ara, eyes are Chinese Glass.
The uh diorama stuff... I did a blog post on some furniture recently here, otherwise if you want to know anything specific - ask!
Full Title: The Many Eyes & Tongues of Pazuzu
Revista Göoo #7: Witchcraft
Contribution to an issue about witchcraft.
© Alexei Vella
What exactly is a Pazuzu...?
Who is Pazuzu...?
Well Pazuzu is the demon well known from the film the Exorcist.
This character is based on Assyrian and Babylonian mythology, where Pazuzu was the king of the demons of the wind, and son of the god Hanbi. He also represented the southwestern wind, the bearer of storms and drought.
I don't do AUs with my storyline cause the original one isn't even fully written yet but if I did, it'd be a space AU!
And since we lost Princess Leia just so short ago (and because I still have two pics oustanding and only 12 more hours), you get Pazuzu as a Sith. On Hoth. With R2D2 cause reasons.
The 'what is what'
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from Crobidoll, outfit by nezumitoo, necklace by BlanchingQueen
Disney R2D2 Measuring Cup (which is fab btw, get one!)
Hoth BG is a screenshot
Akira was born into the right family and his father has never let him forget that, installed gratitude for his heritage into him right from the beginning. He goes through the fast track of the military university, a general already at an age where his peers only start to consider if they should apply to higher positions or enjoy their laissez-faire a while longer. When his father is killed in action, High King Arundel promotes him to the head of Moskaw’s army where he starts to gain the trust and loyalty of his subordinates by being a fair commander that shows now favoritism and stands up for his own.
He is reasonably sure that his life would have taken a different path had he not fallen in lust with Jeromé, whom he was supposed to arrest but instead fucks in a shady alley behind one of the seedier pubs and denies ever meeting him. Their affair is quick as a bushfire and with the same inability to control the occurring damage, property related or otherwise. He draws the line at Jeromé actively sneaking into the palace to kill the High King. Lust (and maybe love, foolish as that is) is one thing, treason a whole other caliber and he has sworn his oath of fealty and he sticks to it.
The guard’s uniform had never felt heavier afterwards and his demeanor gets more serious, more focused. He drills it into every soldier’s head that the king’s life is more important than theirs, that the oath they swore is their sole reason to live.
It would have ended there probably, with Akira as the solemn head of the guards but the queen gives birth to a son and the son, albeit highly praised at first, soon turns out to be an uttermost disappointment to his father. So he gets left to nannies and guards and rarely sees the outside world till the then five-year-old boy escapes his rooms and his watchers’ eyes and ends up holed in Akira’s room in the barracks.
They strike up a friendship that day – Akira the royal guard and Khaled the useless heir.
(They gravitate towards each other whenever possible. Khaled following Akira like an eager puppy and Akira doing his best to make the boy’s childhood a happy one, regardless of the king’s and queen’s tries to the contrary.)
Akira is the one to see him off when Khaled leaves the city after his marriage to Varekai and it is him Khaled misses when he thinks of ‘home’.
"I want you to be the child's godfather", Khaled announces one afternoon, sitting cross-legged on Akira's cot, watching him mull over the guards rotation schedule. "Won't your father be offended if you pick me over him? ", he inquires, the quill dragging steadily over the parchment. "The High King has no interest in this child. The Queen is pregnant again and with luck my child will be born and you will be his godfather before we know if hers is the blessed better son Arundel has been praying for." He agrees then because if he does not accept, who will make sure that this child is safe from Arundel as well?
(When the Queen's child is born and turns out to be a girl, Khaled's son has already been entrusted in his care.)
Akira had had a vision when High King Arundel announced the annulment of Khaled’s and Varekai’s marriage and the subsequent new marriage to Rajko. Nothing to write home about certainly, especially nothing to alert the seer guild, but he has seen Rajko in battle and outside and there is no difference in the man’s demeanor. He has seen it go down in flames before it inevitable truly does.
(And when it does, a whole contingent of soldiers is dead and Khaled is on the flight and Arundel rages on and on and yells at his soldiers, at the Council of Gods, at everything and everyone and Akira stands at his shoulder and thinks “your fault, yours alone” and “please let him be safe”.)
There are enough versions of his final showdown with the High King floating around to fill a book. His favorite is still the one where he shifts into a dragon and flies off into the sunset. As usual, the truth is far bleaker. He just tears off his insignia and throws them to High King Arundel’s feet before he strides out.
(Fast, because he is no fool and he knows that as soon as Arundel recalls his wits he himself will be a persona non grata and if he isn’t out of the city when this happens all his defiance will be for naught because he will spend the last of his years rotting in a cell.)
He lets his hair grow out till it reaches his hips and then he pulls it up in a high ponytail that whips around him as he moves through his katas.
(He who has always chastised his recruits for running around with their hair long and full of vanity has now stooped to their level. “Rōnin” people whisper when he passes them on the road and he howls out in laughter.)
It turns out that this search has a reason why countless of high paid bloodhunters failed at the task – Khaled seems to have vanished from Silmä altogether, not a trace of him to be found anywhere but old wives’ tales and rumors.
(He supposes it is at least nice to get to know all of Silmä while he travels through the continents like a leave in the wind.)
The first true lead he gets on his wards whereabouts is when he hears of a new power rising, a woman and a man under the flag of a raven, holding a lily in its claws. But they are the reports of a red haired man always a step behind them that make him pause. He’s never been a tracker but his travels have afforded him a certain skill in having connections to the major networks of information so it is only a matter of time till he hears a name uttered that he takes as a cue to leave – Land’s End.
(Land’s End is – quite frankly – a bog. Not even a particularly nice one but one of the smelly variant that tries its damnest to eat him up and he ends up getting stuck. Because of course he does. The hand that reaches out to him all of a sudden to pull him out is a welcome surprise. The man attached to the hand less so.)
"Oh this bitch!", Jeromé grouses and sounds suspiciously fond: " First I'll kill her. And then him cause I am sure they are in it together." He pierces Akira with a questioning look in his steel grey eyes: "Why are you here?" As Jeromé was clearly sent as a welcoming party he sees no reason to lie: "To find Khaled."
"Wait, Arundel's wayward son? The one Arundel is paying a whole platoon of bloodhunters for to find him since years? The one whose head the Council and the High King both want on a platter albeit for different reasons? Why the fuck are you looking for him?" - "To see if he is safe."
Jeromé starts laughing then and does not stop for quite a while before he visibly pulls himself together. "Only you", he says fondly: "Only you would turn rogue just to check on your wayward duckling." But he beckons him to follow through the trees: "I looked for you, you know, once I got out of Kur di Bin. But you seemed to have been swallowed by the earth itself, though I heard many varied stories of your last disagreement with Arundel."
Akira snorts: "My favorite is the one where I turned into a dragon and flew off into the sunset, leaving only piles of ashes behind", then he sobers: "Why were you looking for me in the first place?"
The other smiles awkward and rubs his neck: "You left an impression" - "We knew each other for two weeks!" - "A lasting impression!"
(It is gratifying to see Khaled again and have him throw himself into his arms without hesitation as if he were still a child that came to the barracks to seek out the only true father he had ever known.)
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So this is the new dude - Akira. The guy who turned Silmä upside down just to find his employer’s son for the sole sake of checking if he was alive and well. That’s dedication! Or some really hardcore stalker shit but no one looks at that too closely since Pazuzu was one capable general short anyway and gladly takes the guy in.
(Jeromé is btw the guy I am trying to shell into a Volks YoMidi Williams - so if you want to see those two dorks together and have a Williams… I have a Williams WTB xP)
The ‘what is what’
Iplehouse JID Asa GUY (real skin) with face-up by maiya/Dipole Moment, eyes and wig from Taobao, horns are Soom Turb/Roxen, glaive is from the Fairyland Seorin fullset and samurai armor is a vintage Gogatsu armor.
Luciel (left) and Lysander (right) are Pazuzu's oldest children - their parentage is kept under lock and key (some say because Pazuzu herself can't remember but shush, we are not listening to gossips!). As children they are attuned to each other like only twins are but drift apart as adults when both take their leave of their mother’s crazy life and settle down far away as ‘normal’ people.
They actually come back together when Luciel’s marriage goes south, Lysander kills dis brother’s husband, Pazuzu has her hands full with getting that cleared off and Lysander falls back into his role as protective one of the twins.
As an adult Luciel actually closely resembles his mother and often gets confused for her when people only go by the description of “tall black haired woman with deadly smile”. Jeromé likes to point out that the difference are Pazuzu’s ‘obvious assets’ because everyone got stuck in the toddler stage of humoristic development.
So, I finally succumbed to the lure of TWINSES and Amet did a fantabulous job in painting them <3 Their success in getting dress in mainly ready-made stuff actually inspired the rule that all of Pazuzu’s children shall-not-get-custom-made-stuff-to-save-me-money-rule but ahaha, that went outta the window very fast cause finding YoSD stuff ready-made how I want them dressed? No chance!
The ‘what is what’
Fairyland Littlefee Shiwoo OE and SP Mod. with face-ups by Amet, eye mod by Eludys,wig from Crobidoll, turtleneck by oursweetcreations, vest by Dollheart, hakama by japonsakura, shoes from Taobao, swords from eBay.
Eyes are EnchanteDoll OE) and LuaGaro (SP Mod.)
The seven beings that created Silmä can be compared to psychopomps – they are divided into reigning over death (1 – 3), life (4 – 6) and rebirth (7). The seventh being is in fact the most malicious one mostly over the fact that it always is the last one to get to do its stuff. The only other being it has friendly feelings for is the second one which granted it the right to create two gods (Hate and Cruelty) instead of just one with giving up its own right of god creation. It is also essential for the rebirth of afore mentioned gods – Hate/Stephanus it arranged rebirth for and Cruelty/Pazuzu it in fact went against all rules and carried the child itself. It gives up its ‘life’ for Pazuzu to protect both of its creations for an untimely detection from the Council and the other beings and gives Stephanus the names of all other six beings as another weapon. And asshole through and through you see.
The only other being who figures it all out is the second one because it kinda has stalker issues with the seventh (LOVE MEEEEE DAMNIT). Due to that it also agrees to keep an eye on Stephanus/Pazuzu for the seventh… a promise it regrets very very soon because Pazuzu needs a lot of looking after (here we have the reason she survives everything – with one of the deaths looking after her, there is no way she can die… even though the second is tempted to let it happen more than once).
He reasons for himself that with keeping tabs on the terrible two he can get information on their plans and interfere if he deems necessary – on the other end Pazuzu and Stephanus are of course imaging something like this (they aren’t that dumb) and while they do feed him tidbits to give him the illusion of knowing what others don’t, they also are just plainly taking advantage of having a death at hand.
Because I am a dork, the seven being are named after the seven archangels… the second being is therefore reasonably named Gabriel, the seventh has a name I can’t write without copy-pasting cause holy hell, someone just threw some letters in a mixer and hoped for the best ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ALSO can we appreciate what a fab job follow-the-wind did on his faceup? I am so graeful I got to commission her <3
Souldoll Vito Arael Skull Ver./Dollshe 28M Fashion
Faceup: follow-the wind
Eyes: Taobao
Clothes: Sharkyra
Weapon: LUTS Bory (brushe by Ara)
The second being created the humans, closely following the demons in look and populace but denying them the ability of forcing the elements to heed to their will. Instead it gave them a better connection to the magic of the world to give them strength to be equals to the demons.
Humans are peculiar. They resemmble demons at large, just missing any bending abilities and extra body parts such as horns. They age normally and don't have the unnatural life spans all other races of Silmä have. As they have no other means to compete agains the other races, many humans have made it their goal to dissect the magic around them until they understand everything a are able to wrangle it into submission.
Very few suceed, but those few have powers enough to measure up to demons.
Demons regard them as curiosities, as pets to toy with and generally not as equal.
The majority of the magical theories were explored and published by human scholars, probably driven by the knowledge that they only have a short span of life to gain experience and thus making the most of it.
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Rosamond is Eleanore's current significant other. She's a human mage dabbling in black magic to stretch her life span (and so far suceeding).
As a human she has reached the last third of her natural life span, a life that has made her very quaint and odd in her behaviour (malicious tongues claim that it's onsetting dementia).
She was born as one of the travelling folk and very early displayed great skills in enchanting her audience, playing the part of the fortune teller at many a fair until she decided to focus more on the theoretical aspect of magic and signed herself up for one of the magical universities. After dropping out of university after a few years she started to research magic on her own, being responsible for the discovery of a few new spells and at least two books on magical theories credited to her name. Of course the 'proper' scientists do not like crediting her work as she is not a real educated person.
She met Eleanor of Aquitania when she was already and established (more or less) researcher during her travels through Silmä. Both wise women (in their own way) they hit off right away.
Rosamond is so far the only human who has credible been in the presence of gods. And scolded said gods and lived to tell the tale. She is like someone's kind grandma in appearance and especially Pazuzu regards her as such. Stephanus would just prefer she'd stop criticising his dinner choices.
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Rosamond, how the fuck do I explain Rosamond. Basically she is as old as Eleanor character-wise. And was not a dinosaur. Nope. She was a unicorn. Queen of the unicorns to be exact but eh, semantics. Anyway, Eleanor and her have always been a thing (albeit not romantically at first) and I had been thinking of bringing her over in the cleaned up storyline since a while. That she ended up as an elderly human witch is solely due to me wanting a Miso again. And somehow the Miso face made me think of an old lady laughing??? I am honestly forever thankful that noizecolor took my request and nailed it so much. Like, I legit nearly cried when I got the PM with pictures of the finished face-up.
The 'what is what'
Dollits Miso/MNF with face-up by noizecolor, wig by Hasel, eyes from Taobao
Clothes is a mix of Nezumitoo, Hasel, Khell and yours truly
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Sooner or later every child of Pazuzu's has ened up in the lab (NOT as a test subject, thankyouverymuch. Stephanus isn't as crazy as his daughter).
Obviously Iwalani had to have a tub cause she is a half-mermaid and as a child demanded to have water wherever she went.
With wet mermaid kisses for DraconisMaiden for the outfit (she insisted on stealing the skirt too) and tayma.leigh for the jewelry and the smol shells you can't even really see.
The 'what is what'
Fairyland LTF Soony Elf with face-up from momochu, wig from Taobao and eyes from LuaGaro. Clothes by Draconismaiden and jewelry from tayma.leigh
Pazuzu has… a lot of children, namely because the original idea behind that was a) to tie the baby daddies closer to Pazuzu’s and Stephanus’ plans and b) marry the children off to ensure further alliances. Which is all well and good but Pazuzu decided that a) baby daddies absolutely do not need to know they fathered babies and b) it is a bit too evil to marry of children without even asking if they agree to that.
So Pazuzu is left with the lot of children who mostly have no interest in participating in all the scheming, intrigues and warfare that is going on and mostly decide to just take their leave and ignore the chaos raging on. As far as coping mechanism go, this is prolly not the best one but alas.
(Technically gods are not allowed to procreate once they become gods for the fear that the children might be too strong and upset the balance but neither Pazuzu nor Stephanus have cared much about rules and regulations.)
I have a terrifying huge spot for Pazuzu babies (and subsequently the grandchildren) so in an attempt to stop me from getting them all in MSD I opted to go with Littlefees (for the easy head switching) and get them all as Littlefees to simultaneously be the child versions as well as the chibi versions of their adult selves (the latter is biting me in the ass in terms of clothes now).
This lady is Iwalani, and, as the pic might suggest, she is partially a mermaid – as an adult she can control the shift to mermaid but as a child the simple contact with water made her sprout fins. Which Pazuzu found so cute that little Iwalani got a bath every day. Or twice a day. Okay more like thrice cause omg look at those cute little fins for fuck's sake! Pazuzu gave her best but she really, really was a shit mother. The sole reason all children survived till adulthood was because sometimes Stephanus intervened to reduce the body count.
And the sole reason she is in a tub is because I have no clue what she should wear. Like, what do baby!mermaids wear? Her adult clothes I have plenty of ideas for are so not suitable for the Littlefee body, not even chibified /cries
The 'what is what'
Fairyland LTF Soony Elf with face-up from momochu, wig from Leeke and eyes from LuaGaro.
Fantasy parts are Soom Eliv/iv with blushing by Aradolls
One of the most annoying things when it comes to Pazuzu's children is that they do not only represent the child versions but also the chibi versions of their adult forms. Which I want to to reflect with their clothing - a feat that is sometimes easy, sometimes not. Like, try making a LTF look like a goddamn pimp in a fantasy world.
Though I think I managed to nail that look for Alyosha xP He needs a hat, but I want to pick up one of Xaya's at LDoll so all is good.
The 'what is what'
Fairyland LTF Sarang Love 2014, face-up by Shailara, vest by Dollheart, pants by jiajia, shirt from Dollmore, wig by Crobidoll, eyes from Enchanted Doll
I blame everything on the snow and the fact that I will go stir crazy if I have to take another picture white an all white snow background. So you get the marriage picture of Khaled and Varekai... who yes, were once married. That was a shitload of millennias ago and nowadays Varekai would be shot if he laid so much as a finger on Khaled but since neither Khaled's husband no. 3 nor his step-daughter are here to do the shooting, I pretend we are back in the far away past and everything is fine (hell, I have a baby version of Kimete as well to go with that scenerio).
I als apologise for the 3rd picture (nearly) in a row with Khaled but Allegra's planned new wig looks like shit, I'm too scared to touch Rhys (THE BLUSHING OH MY GOD), Rajko has no outfit, same for bb!Kimete, Chad is off for a face-up, Prudence 3.o not paid off yet and Kimete needs his second outfit.... so Khaled it is. Plus, I love this guy.
And since I said it on LJ already, a quick word regarding colors in my world - the majority of demons and gods can bend the elements (think Avatar the Last Airbender, I'm pretty sure I started including that when ATLA started to air in 2005/2006 (holy mary and josef, I'm fucking old that was like ten years ago D:). And you can most of the time tell which element a character primarily bends by looking at the main color of his/her outfit (for example, Khaled & Kimete both have fire as their element - and dress primarily in red tones with some odd orange and yellow ones peeking in). Other times it's not that obvious (Varekai & Rajko, despite their mostly brown outfits, also bend fire but only wear splashes of red that are not immediately obvious... but also rely rather heavily on weapons and not so much their bending abilities) and both Pazuzu and Stephanus wear what they want but bend the earth (and okay, primary colors for both are black and brown).It's not a rule that you have to identify your element by the color you wear, I just am a sucker for color coordinated stuff it seems.
Hence why there is so much red/yellow/orange going on here. Fire wedding :B
Behold, the fireplace in action 🌶
I wonder if I could convince Dad to rig me a monitor in it to play fire on a loop... not using my phone (cause too smol) and I don't wanna spend money on a digital frame 🤔
ANYWAY! Have some Eleanor of Aquitania, probably reading some treaties. Or executing orders. Or just letters begging her to please reign in Pazuzu for the love of god(s)
So, Nikita. Where the hell do I start with Nikita? She is both Pazuzu’s child and isn’t. See, when the first Pazuzu and Stephanus surrendered to the Council’s forces and were taken into custody to be executed, Nasir, the God of Wisdom, went into their castle on Land’s End to seal it off and found a sleeping baby. Subsequently the parentage was at least pinned to Pazuzu on the mother side though it is absolutely possible that she just stole a child. No one knows. Why? Because both the reborn Pazuzu and Stephanus have not regained those particular set of memories yet and of the three commanders they had (Tyr, Mordecai and Dorian) only Dorian would have been in a position of trust high enough to know the parentage of the child. But he took Pazuzu’s order of “forget that this ever happened till I need you again” literally and is living his life in a small town in Adetokunbo and has no recollection why he is there, what he is / was and why he is still looking like a fresh-faced twink when he can clearly remember living there forever.
Basically Nikita is Schrödinger’s child in a way.
The Council took over custody and dropped her off in an orphanage under a strict order of watching her for any hints that she would take up her (assumed) mother’s quest. She didn’t and over time the whole “omg watch the possible traitor” mellowed out more and more until it ran out. She took up a position in the guild of the blood hunters (a special sort of sellswords mostly hired by the Council) and after years and years she met Wulfric and ended up tumbling in a sort of relationship with him and Kimete (hey it works). That Wulfric is technically her half-brother (assuming that you are basing it on the fact that reborn Pazuzu is the same as the original Pazuzu in terms of DNA) and Kimete is her step-uncle (by the fact that his father is Khaled and he is married to Stephanus who is Pazuzu’s father in the reborn version) just makes for some amusing explaining Jeromé has to do for new recruits.
Pazuzu just accepts her as one of her children anyway cause hey, she already has so many, what is one more?
Srsly getting this picture was hard. Cause I do not have a specific head for the other Pazuzu (damn you Iple for not selling heads alone) so uh, I had to go with Pazuzu being just a prop to signify that poor little Niki did grow up w/o her mother being truly there for her (see a similarity to Lucrezia's picture? xD)
The 'what is what'
Fairyland LTF Nanuri 2013, face-up by Aeterno Aesthetics, eyes by Lua Garo, unknown mohair wig, dress by pepper
Iplehouse JID Violet in nezumitoo
Since the question was raised – there are pretty huge age gaps between all of the children. Only ones close in age are the twins and Morgana (seven years gap) and then later on Nightingale and Wulfric (five years gap).
Despite Wulfric being the younger one of the two, he pretty soon starts to protect his brother in all situations (Pazuzu blames this on his animalistic instincts due to being partial wolf shapeshifter) and he never gets out of that habit even as adults.
Both are the only child who spend their lives constantly within reach of Pazuzu without any “I need at least a millennia away from my Mom to recover from the trauma she put me through”-hiatus.
Wulfric by becoming a blood hunter and therefore a spy for his mother in the Council (because Pazuzu’s children are not known by everyone) and Nightingale by marrying one of the elven noblemen and succeeding in getting some of the elvish clans onto his mother’s side (because at large the elvish society still blames her – in both forms – for the ruin of the elvish society and the fact that they crumbled their civilization to dust and ruins, reducing them to a life as nomads mostly).
Honestly, these two benefit from the fact that life was still calm, Pazuzu had five other children before them as test subjects and they were kinda raised okayish for Pazuzu’s standards xD
ALSO I DON’T KNOW HOW CLEAR IT IS BUT BASICALLY THEY ARE PLAYING KNIGHT AND PRINCESS – Wulfric is the prince who slayed the evil dragon (Pazuzu) to protect his princess (Nightingale). And okay, Pazuzu might also be drunk and fighting a killer headache but shush. We do not speak of Pazuzu's alcohol habit.
In doll news, we reached those children who have no proper clothes yet so I need to get creative x'D
The 'what is what'
Fairyland LTF Elf El with face-up by Lina Kröger, ear mod by SilverEyePsycho
Wig by DearMine, goggles from syrinxfox, scarf from Taobao and eyes from LuaGaro
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from eclipse21, outfit/jewelry by nezumitoo
Fairyland LTF Juri 2013
I already mentioned that Pazuzu has no preferences when it comes to her partners as long as a good time is had by all... that said, she does has some things she likes more than others. Like partners taller than her case looking at people's hairlines gets boring real fast.
Hence Angrboda. That and Angrboda does not care that Pazuzu is a god.
Stephanus would just be thankful if Pazuzu could keep her flings out of the lab or at least not make an unholy mess FFS.
(ALSO COULD YOU ADMIRE THAT COAT PLS? Got it as a present from Nezumitoo for Crimmus 2015 and holy fucking shit, just like... the knots alone?????)
The 'what is what'
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig unknown Alpaca, outfit by nezumitoo, necklace by BlanchingQueen, restraints by brighnasa
xdisspation re:SEN head / Souldoll Vito girl body, face-up by kamarza, eyes by ENSO, wig by Monique. Outfit is nezumitoo (coat), Snowy (jacket underneath), Dollmore (leggings) and Souldoll (boots).
My Prague trip is inching closer so I tried out Pazuzu in her “biker babe“-outfit and yes. Good 👌
Thinking about stealing some casual clothes from Mom for tourist pics too... since she's on the Vito body for that time anyway 🤔
(Also yes, I am alive. Barely. That fucking weather FFS)
I always wanted a Switch Dollwhich is kinda hard when your main size is MSD and the standard one they have doesn't appeal to you. BUT! I was fortunate enough that @jessycakies not only sold me her Hui but also made her the PERFECT custom face up 🙏😍
This is Morgana, aka the woman Stephanus lived with whilst Pazuzu was raised by Eleanor.
She's a dæmoness with an affinity for fire and fire related magic who had a pretty good time (😏) with Stephanus during these years, as they kept suitors from each other's back 😂
There's a lot of water flowing under the proverbial bridge before she meets Pazuzu again but hey, power to gain, people to off, a girl gotta do what a girl gotta do 💪
(Khaled is... not a fan of her. Stephanus had hoped they'd never met.)
Legit just a light test (TOO BRIGHT OUT; RETREAT) but eh, Pazuzu is always good, no?
Iplehouse JID Violet
Face-up: Pearls of Danube
Tattoos: Koala Krash
Wig: unknown
Hands: DollLegend
Jewelry: Blanching Queen
Eyes: DollBakery
Dress: musue.desu
Gloves: AngelPhilia
Hat: Sharkyra
Sword: Fairyland
Pazuzu: "And then I told him to suck my /dick/!"
Stephanus: "..." / regrets everything that has led to this point
One of my presents this year was this perfect pair of bonsais by ChocolateDecadence cause of course Pazuzu would manscape a bonsai into a dick.
The 'what is what'
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from Crobidoll, outfit by nezumitoo, necklace by BlanchingQueen
Dollshe Fashion Grant Philippe with face-up by rianne/Das Hinterland and tattoos by Violetmon. Clothes by Iplehouse, wig by Monique, horns are Leeke Goral horns size S with blushing by Ara, eyes are Chinese Glass.
And here I foolishly thought I couldn't love Pazuzu any more than I already did.
And then bam! Second head and I could wax you poems (again)
It would not have been possible to leave off Theodore in this series just cause he is a grandchild. Because hey, he is the goddamn cutest little critter ever!
After his mother Angrboda dropped him off at his father Wulfric at the age of three, poor Wulfric in turn did the only logical thing you do when you suddenly see yourself faced with a child – run to your own mother. And proceeded to foist the little boy off. To Theodore’s luck, Khaled was at this time back with Stephanus after the hiatus no one talks about and took over the boy’s education cause face it, Pazuzu would have dressed him in his wolf kugurimi and let him roam the forests as he pleased cause hey, he is partially wolf shapeshifter! (Stephanus: “So, if he was partially bird shapeshifter you’d have thrown him out of a window, yelling at him to fly?” – Pazuzu: “You know me so well!”). The fact that she is basically just dangling a piece of ham in front of his face should tell you everything you need (Khaled: "No we can not forego cutlery, just, go outside, kill some dudes and leave the child alone plz")
Pazuzu does have other grandchildren but Theodore is her favourite by virtue of him being absolutely loyal to her. She also gifts him his first dog which starts Teddy’s slight dog hoarding (he is up to eight in his adult life and yes, wolf pack jokes are made a lot).
The 'what is what'
Fairyland LTF Lewi with face-up by La Coterie de la Lune, wig by Crobidoll, eyes from LuaGaro, wold kigurumi from tayma.leigh
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from eclipse21, outfit/jewelry by nezumitoo
It is insane to think that soon Khaled will have his husband, Pazuzu her father and I finally the triumvirate of precious OCs 😱
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So I dragged out Khaled and the newest fairylights and did a thing 😬
Pazuzu is a very uh, sexually explicit person. She does not care about the other person's gender or other specifications as long as a fun time is had by all involved.
She doesn't do relationships tho, she only has long-term-fuckbuddies - like Angrboda, mainly due to the fact that both are just BAMFs.
This was brought to you by the fact that brighnasa had a 10% off sale and I had been eyeing those restraints anyway.
I never had a doll like her and I doubt I could handle two. She will also be with me at LDoll cause I doubt I could go away without her xD
The 'what is what'
Iplehouse JID Violet with DollLegend Jointed hands, face-up by Pearls of Danube, eyes from DollBakery, wig from eclipse21, outfit/jewelry by nezumitoo, restraints by brighnasa
I've been craving an AyuAna dress for Pazuzu since a while and found one by chance on eBay! It's meant for Serenade doll but their torsos are quite similar lol
Also I've been wondering how Stephanus should ever be equally as breathtaking as her (as required by the story). No wonder that dude gives me anxiety
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The light sound of jazz music played in the Oblivion Bar, a secret location only available to those in tune with the mystic arts. Stepping into the room was Kent Nelson, the Sorcerer Supreme; Doctor Fate.
His golden cape draped over his shoulders, hovering only just before the hardwood floor. Kent felt multiple eyes lock onto him as he walked through the doorway, demons and warlocks he had faced in the past.
Surveying the room, he took note of familiar faces; Nightmaster, the owner of the Oblivion bar was currently pouring out a drink to a customer. In the back corner of the bar stood the Shade, who was conversing with a bald, bearded man Kent had never seen before. Finally he spotted an old friend, dressed in bright red and snow white.
The man looked up, smiling towards Kent. "Doctor!" Shouted the man, raising his pitcher. "It is good to see you!"
Kent smiled under his helmet, walking towards the jolly man's table. "Agios, it's been a while," he greeted, earning a nod. "You pick up drinking?"
The man let out a boisterous laugh, one that could bring joy to anyone's soul. "No, my friend, it is only eggnog," he clarified. "So what brings you here? You aren't here to bribe me about changing my lists for any little doctors, are you?"
Kent chuckled, shaking his head. "No… no little ones for us. Inza recently discovered that a very powerful artifact had been unearthed," Kent explained. "I believe the one who took it is here. You wouldn't happen to see Craddock today, have you?"
"As a matter of fact, I have," Agios said, pointing across the bar. "He was at Xanadu's table last I saw."
"Then I'll be off," Kent said with a nod. "It was nice seeing you again, Agios."
"The feeling is mutual, Doctor," Agios nodded, raising his pitcher to Kent.
Following the man's direction, Kent traversed through the bar to the back corner.
"Damn you!"
Kent's ears picked up the very distinct English accent, one he knew very well. Sat at a rather large table was James Craddock, the Gentleman Ghost. The man threw his hand onto the table, splaying out a king and queen.
"It seems, you lose once again," Xanadu snickered, pulling the pile of chips towards her. "Better luck next hand?"
Craddock shot up from the table, a ghastly flintlock pistol sliding out from his sleeve. "You are cheating, witch!" he shouted, gaining a bit of attention from other attendees.
"Sit down, would ye?" Daniel Cormac sighed, leaning back in his chair. "She's blind as a bat, how's she meant to careds?"
"She's got Precognition, you oaf!" Craddock said, snapping at the Irishman.
"If she were using some type of precognition to aid her, we could obviously sense it," the final person at the table, La Encantadora, said, placing her hand on the table. "Ever think you just might not be good at cards?"
"I'll take your head too if you-"
"Craddock."
The table all turned their heads as Kent made his presence known.
"Oi, what's up, Doc?" Daniel greeted Kent with a wave.
Kent gave a small nod back before refocusing on Craddock. "I'm sorry to disrupt your game, but I need to speak with you, urgently," Kent said, already turning to find a private space.
He could hear mumbling behind him before the footsteps of Craddock began sounding off behind him. The two traversed the bar before entering an enclosed bedroom.
"You do know what this room is for, right?" Craddock asked, leaning against the wall. "I hope you don't plan on seducing me, Doctor."
Kent shook his head disapprovingly. "Recently you came in contact with a red diamond," Kent began turning to face the ghost. "I need to know who you sold it to."
"A red diamond…" Craddock said, bringing his hand to his would-be chin. "Hmm… I don't recall anything of the sort, I'll be off then."
As Craddock stepped away from the wall, ready to exit the room, a golden chain wrapped around his torso. His ghost-white body disappeared, now replaced by a zombified corpse in red and black.
"Let go of me this instant, Doctor…"
"The Bloodwynd diamond is not a joking matter, Craddock," Kent shouted, tightening the chain. "The gem houses Pazuzu, if that demon is unleashed then it could kill millions!"
"I don't give a damn about that, it doesn't affect me!" Craddock shouted back, his hands beginning to glow purple. "I can't die… so free me, now!"
"I don't need to kill you… there are fates worse than death," Kent said, lighting the chain ablaze with ethereal flames. Craddock began to screech in pain as the blue fire coated his body. "Now answer me!"
"Th-three!" Craddock shouted through his cries. "Demons… three!"
The ghost audibly gasped as the flames and chain disappeared, coughing slightly. "That is… not good," Kent whispered, looking up at the coughing man. "Let's go then."
"I… believe you've got me mixed up," Craddock said, straightening his coat. "It's the other Brit that does the scavenger hunting."
"John Constantine is too much of a wildcard," Kent said, forming an ankh. "A simple flame can keep you in check. Now let's go."
Craddock sighed, following Kent through the ankh.
-^-
Kent smelled the boiling blood flowing from dual gargoyle-fountains, even through his helmet. The Demons Three had once been feared rulers of a far away galaxy, but we're punished by a higher power and forced to earth. They now took up residence in hell, running a marketplace of mystical goods and artifacts.
"Can we please not stay here long?" Craddock mumbled, watching as a man in blue robes covered in eyes walked past, glaring at him. "I'm not a fan of this place."
"We'll be here until we secure the gemstone," Kent said, beginning to walk forward through the market. Like the Oblivion Bar, eyes all around shot to Kent immediately.
"You're popular here, it seems," Craddock said, waving at a few of the customers.
"I'm an agent of Order browsing through a marketplace in hell," Kent said, not turning to look at Craddock.
"And if they aren't fond of you being here?"
"They are free to act, but they won't be able to leave this place if they do."
"Agent of Order, he sa- Doctor… we're being-"
"I know," Kent said, still keeping his gaze forward. "What is it you want, Witch Boy."
"Aw, I didn't think you noticed me."
Floating from behind Kent and Craddock was Klarion, the Witch Boy. The boy was wrapped in chains, but his arms were freed, resting behind his head.
"Is that a child?" Craddock asked, pointing his cane to the boy.
"When did you start dragging around relics like him, Doc?" Klarion asked, pointing over to the ghost.
"A relic!?"
"Where is Teekl?" Kent asked, noticing the missing cat.
"Dunno," Klarion mumbled, shrugging his shoulders. "I haven't seen her since Uncle Jason and that girl banished me here."
"What is a Teekl?" Craddock asked.
"Go find the Demons, Craddock," Kent said, motioning the ghost to leave. "I'll be with you in a moment."
"Ah, yes, stall for a chit chat," Craddock mocked as he continued walking, leaving Kent and Klarion.
"You think you can get these off me, Doc?" Klarion asked.
Under his helmet, Kent smirked slightly. "I'm sure Jason had a good reason to place you in time out," Kent said, raising his hand. Suddenly the chains around Klarion realigned, pulling his arms back into the bind.
"Wh- You bastard!" Klarion shouted, struggling in the chains.
"You should take better care of your pets, they're a big responsibility," Kent said, forming a chain to gag the Witch Boy. "I'll know when these chains are broken, so I assume we'll be seeing each other again soon."
Kent could hear the boy's muffled anger as he walked away. Across the market he spotted Craddock, leaning against a small building. Approaching him, Craddock's top hat and monocle shook.
"It's not here," he informed, holding out a small list. "I took their purchase list, it seems there was an immediate buyer."
Kent took a hold of the list, eyeing the orders. "Damn," he mumbled, already forming an ankh portal. "We need to hurry."
"What's wrong?" Craddock asked, looking at the list again. "Who is Lycus?"
"The child of Ares, the Greek God of War."
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Kent's ankh opened, the two finding themselves deep in the Himalayas.
"If you were able to track the diamond…"
"I'm not," Kent said, closing his eyes. "I'm able to track Lycus' trail… he's sloppy."
"So he's in there, I assume?" Craddock asked, pointing inside the mountain cave.
"Yes, but… there's someone- something else inside…" Kent said, opening his eyes.
"Spooky, let's get it over with," Craddock said, a flintlock sliding from his sleeve into his hand.
Kent nodded, lifting off into the air and flying forward. Craddock, after summoning a skeletal horse, followed after the man. The two made their way deep into the cave, before reaching a large opening.
"Is that… a robot?"
Inside the opening was a large metal suit of armor. Stood in front of it was Lycus, chanting an incantation. The cave had a bright red glow, originating from the red jewel embedded in the armor's chest.
"He's giving Pazuzu a body…" Kent mumbled, his hands lighting up with golden rings.
Aiming his pistol, Craddock shot a flaming purple skull towards Lycus. Raising one hand, the demigod absorbed the skull.
"Damn."
"It seems," Lycus began, turning to face the duo, "I failed to conceal myself."
"Hand the Bloodwynd Diamond to us, now," Kent ordered, an ankh forming behind him.
"Ah, the Lords' of Order's puppet," Lycus said with a chuckle. "I wondered when I would cross paths with you… I don't seem to know you, spirit."
"The Gentleman Ghost," Craddock said, taking off his hat and bowing. "Now, please hand the gemstone over, I have a card game to return to."
"The diamond is mine!" Lycus goaded, running his hand along the robot's shell. "The Annihilator shall bring warfare unlike you've ever seen!"
"Craddock, retrieve the diamond," Kent ordered. "I'll deal with Lycus."
Craddock nodded, raising multiple skeletons from the ground. "Allow me to assist," he said before moving towards the suit of armor.
Lycus smirked, a sword and shield manifesting in his hands. "This shall be fun."
Kent flew forward, blasting arcane energy at Lycus. The demigod raised his shield, blocking the attack. Bringing his sword up, he countered one of Craddock's skeletons, shattering it. With a slash, a blast of flames ran along the ground, incinerating the rest of the bone-soldiers. Dragging his sword along the ground, the fire followed, creating a ring around him and Kent.
Kent summoned his ethereal chains, wrapping around the flaming sword. Lightning sparked along the chains, sending electricity to the sword. Lycus merely laughed as he sparked with electricity, slamming his shield on the chains, shattering them.
"I doubt even an Amazon could be hurt by mere lightning," Lycus mocked, twirling his sword. "Don't tell me Earth's strongest guardian is this weak."
Raising his arms, Kent formed multiple hand signs in succession, hieroglyphs forming around him. "Experience the light of Ammon-Ra!" Fate shouted.
The golden hieroglyphs merged together before blasting forward a beam of blinding light. Lycus brought his shield up, but the defense was shattered by the attack. As the light dulled, Lycus was pulling himself free from the wall, his exposed skin seared.
"That's what I want to see!" he shouted, a wicked smile on his face. "I haven't fought like this in centuries!"
Lycus leapt forward, a battle-axe replacing his sword. Kent brought up a golden ankh, blocking the upward slash from the demigod. Lycus followed up with a second swing, this time a downwards slash. The force shattered Kent's ankh, sending him crashing to the ground.
Lycus came down like a missile, his axe changing into a spear. A green skeleton threw itself on top of Kent, tanking the spear smash. Kent warped to safety, looking to see Craddock tip his hat while he worked on removing the diamond.
"I can call backup as well!" Lycus called out, bringing his hand to his mouth and letting out a loud whistle.
Suddenly, the floor beneath Kent crumbled, a gigantic hound erupting and latching it's teeth around Kent's torso, flailing him around. Kent attempted casting a spell, but the hound flung him, causing him to slam hard into the wall.
"Excellent work!" Lycus called, the hound trotting to stand next to the man.
Kent brought himself to a stand, panting. "Your hound… it drains divine energy," Kent said, looking to see Craddock still trying to free the diamond.
"I raised him myself," Lycus said, running his hand along the hellhound's head. "I made sure I'd never need to worry about someone like you."
"If order magic is simply ineffective," Craddock said, stepping through the ring of fire to stand in front of Kent. "Then let's see how a necromancer fairs."
"Craddock, the diam-"
"We can recover the diamond once we send this brat to his uncle," Craddock said, sliding his cane out from his sleeve.
Slamming the cane on the ground, an army of skeletons raised. The hound charged forward, diving into the group of skeletons. Kent raised back into the air.
"Your arcane energy is low, allow me to take over," Nabu spoke.
"Not yet, Nabu," Kent responded, forming more hand signs. "You know the risk to us if it fails."
Kent's hands both glowed a bright blue, the flames forming into a sword and shield. Diving towards Lycus, he slashed forward with the fire sword. Lycus brought up his own sword, blocking the attack.
A second sword formed in Lycus' off hand, the blade swinging at Kent's head. The flame shield was brought up, blocking the strike from connecting. With both of his flame weapons connected to Lycus' blades, Kent sent the fire forward. The blue flames trailed along the swords, connecting to Lycus' body.
"AGH!" Lycus cried, burning from the ethereal flames. The demigod quickly doused them with his own fire, kicking Kent's stomach.
Kent stumbled, looking up to see Lycus' fist slam into his helmet. His body was sent to the ground at the force of the punch, the cave's floor cracking. Kent rolled to the side, avoiding a lethal stab from Lycus' spear.
Craddock stood in place as the hellhound swiped at him, it's claws passing right through him. "No magical properties, it seems," he mumbled, raising a large skeletal hand from the ground, pinning the dog down.
A loud sound echoed in the cavern, alerting all of the combatants. The suit of armor's faceplate glowed red, the Bloodwynd diamond pulsing energy throughout the armor.
"No…" Kent mumbled, bringing himself to a stand. He raised his hands, but a club struck him in the back, knocking him to the ground once more.
Lycus stepped past Kent, laughing maniacally. "Excellent, it's time we go, Kratos," he called, the hellhound ripping itself free from the skeletal confinement and rushing to it's master.
A large portal appeared under the suit of armor, the object falling through the rift. Lycus and his hound followed suit, dipping into the portal after the armor.
As the portal shut, Kent stumbled to the floor, breathing hard. Craddock stepped towards him, sliding his cane up his sleeve. "What happens now?" he asked, crossing his arms. "You rally the Justice League and track him down?"
"He… he's concealing his presence…" Kent said, pulling himself to a stand. "I won't be able to locate him…"
"What does that mean?"
"We're sitting ducks until he strikes… but by then, it may already be too late."