sketching/doodling concepts for Persephone’s buddies in the human realm, friends she grew up w
sketching/doodling concepts for Persephone’s buddies in the human realm, friends she grew up with. Esus (Hermes!), Calypso and Kleio.I decided to rename all the characters so it feels less unoriginal, but I tried to give all the renamed Greek-God-based characters alternative versions of their own names, or names of similar gods or mythical figures. Esus is a Gaulish god that is supposed to be analogous to Hermes, though his legend is pretty different. He’s a really interesting god though, so I liked renaming Hermes after him.I renamed Persephone Morana, after a Slavic goddess of winter and death - the name is nice, and the lore feels appropriate. Morana, or Marzanna (she has many names), is a very scary, formidable goddess, and I wanted some of that cold steel for my Morana.Hades is renamed Aides, which is simply another name he had in ancient Greek lore.In my story, Esus is a fairy who serves the human queen (analogous to Zeus), so he knows Morana from interacting with her in the palace. He commonly liases between the human queen, the fairy king, and the siren king. He’s the only fairy Morana knows, her mother unwilling to let her meet other fairies who might report her and have her returned to the fairy realm, so he and Morana are pretty close friends on account of that.Calypso is a palace messenger who typically uses a silk and bamboo glider to distribute messages, mail, etc. She’s a siren from the sirens’ realm, and will flirt with anything. She befriends Morana through Esus, and often sneaks Morana into social events and gatherings to have fun. She’s named after a sea nymph (oceanid).Kleio is another siren who works as a court musician, entertaining royalty in the human palace. She bonded with Calypso over a shared love of glider racing, and joined their group as a result. She’s also named after an oceanid.Being non-humans in the human world has made the group fairly close, and Morana’s friends have a fairly important role in the story when she’s taken back to the fairy realm by Aides. -- source link
#greek mythology#fairies#sirens#character design#digital art#persephone#hermes