Nadine and Cagalli Cuddling (plus Cagalli’s shroompy!) - Sketch (Patreon)

Nadine and Cagalli enjoying each other’s company and some fine cuddles. Cagalli’s shroompy approves! Nadine is one of my own characters in Theomachy and you might recognize both girls from tons of other art pieces!

I made several versions of this piece. This is the "safe" sketch and I posted a spicy one just before!

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Characters: Nadine Fournier, Half-Elf, Half-Angel Divine Sorceress and Baker; and Cagalli, Dark Elf Cleric and Rogue

Nadine is a half-elf divine sorceress whose command of the Eternal Light comes from her forbidden lineage as the illegitimate daughter of an angel and an elf paladin who broke his oath of chastity.

To save her from divine wrath, Nadine’s celestial mother hid her in the rural village of Erzy deep into the mainland of the kingdom of Montbonnet, where she grew up bullied as “the ear” and the “illegitimate” for her unusual appearance and particularly her pointed ears. She knew she could just wish the wounds inflicted upon her by the local bullies to close but chose to keep her magic hidden in fear of being accused of witchcraft.

Wandering into the ancient forest of Vertombre after her work in the bakery was done for the day, she became friends with the last remaining wood elf of the forest, Grannie Lorywen, and her half-elven great-grandson, Felynur Greenshade.

As Nadine grew up, her former bullies became her admirers and would-be suitors, but she just smiled and ignored their advances before venturing into the ancient forest each evening. For Nadine, life became good for a while.

Then disaster struck the kingdom.

Overconfident, the new king of Montbonnet had broken ancient pacts and thus defied the will of the warring gods. Odon, the god of eternal life, cursed the kingdom with his plague, the pale death, while Gorg, the brutal god of war, inflicted maddening bloodlust to mortals who would open their hearts to senseless violence.

As Erzy, Nadine’s village, struggled with the pale death, Gorg’s bloodlust drove hunters from the nearby village of Vitz to attack. Amidst the chaos, Nadine became separated from Felynur and finally decided to unleash her magic to protect the few remaining villagers.

A few days later, Theomachic clerics who oppose the gods and musketeers under the king’s service arrived at the ruins of Erzy to restore order and evacuate the survivors. Among the musketeers, Nadine found an unlikely ally in Mousquetaire Magique Eremon Lenoir, a magic musketeer trained in the arcane arts, who was seeking a way to protect the kingdom from divine wrath. With the help of Nadine, Eremon Lenoir began to uncover a web of conspiracies, corruption, and divine malice that threatened to destroy the kingdom. He sought to protect her from these evils, but bravely, she decided to reveal her hidden powers to him and use her magic to protect the kingdom and heal its people. Now, they travel together, more than friends, opposing hidden evils while baking some of the most delicious pastries in the kingdom!

Cagalli is the daughter of a reincarnated Goddess of Light and the descendant of a God of Dark.

She grew up not knowing any effect that this mix of bloodlines might have, spending most of her childhood exploring deep tombs and ruins across the world with her parents.

Cagalli became a curious explorer and avid treasure hunter. As she got older, she was dragged into a civil war caused by her father's old adventuring party before he retired, fighting hard for what she believed. Near the end of the war, she awakened a tremendous power in her mixed bloodlines, which came at a cost. After she used this power too much, a surge of magic pulled her away from her world.

When she next awoke, found herself in a strange world with vastly different technologies, cultures, and landscapes. Most of her magic had also gone along with a lot of her battle prowess. Soon after she came under the protection of the goddess Eilistraee, eventually becoming a devoted cleric. With her newfound insight, Cagalli eventually discovered that she was trapped in an inevitable cycle that would warp her into another world after she recovered enough of her magical energy.

What do you think? :)

Full illustrations soon!