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EDIT: Added some colored sketch refs, with flowercritter version. If this is ok, I'd like the sketches to be considered part of this one submission!

 Lilis-ref by corviture

***
I travel this world alone.
But I do not mind.

Silenced from birth, voiceless, soundless, I take what I need - the sounds of my world, the guidance of the morning wind, the flight of the first birds of autumn, and the last of spring. The whispers of the trees, the singing of light and air in the endless fields, the thundering cries in the sweltering heat - they are my voice.

My first memory is of a white lily. Years and years have passed, and the lily - the flower of dreams and life, the flower of death, whose pale petals follow the casket into the earth - it has become mine. It is my source of life. The curling petal is the curvature of the earth, the spiraling shape of birth and death.

I hear the sounds of magic in this earth. The others fear me, silence me, cast me away. I am not what they wanted, not what they expected - I am more.
I am the unspoken name - Lilis.


***

I really had a lot of fun painting this! When I was reading up on the critters' lore, it struck me as just so sad- feared for their voices and stitched up, silenced. It seemed so cruel to me, so...when putting the story into the context of a human-ish character, I guess I couldn't help but go with a bit of a darker story. I thought of Lilis as a sort of lonely, wandering druid, attuned to the earth magics. They were cast out of their group for possessing powerful magic, and also for being 'strange' in general, and not 'fitting in' to what was expected of young men in their society. Of course, I'm definitely willing and able to change their background if any part of it doesn't quite fit in with flowercritter lore!
As for their flower, it was tough to figure out what I liked, and originally I thought of an iris - but after finding out more about the meaning of lilies, it really stood out to me, especially since the white lily represents both innocence and death.

Best of luck to everyone participating!!
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RubyRose33's avatar
The lily is mersmerizing! The beautiful minstrel travelling , perfect and serene.