Okay sooooooo I don’t really believe foxglove is truly gone. Especially when I was reading the story again. He tells Altair about Perseus and his love. In the story Perseus returns only to find his love engaged to another. Foxglove also said him and Altair were like Perseus and his love… now Altair is engaged to ume 👀👀👀👀🧐

Oooo, nonnie. That dream most certainly has something to do with what’s about to happen and I would love to tell you more but…

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Just make sure you buckle up because it’s going to be a wild ride. 

Ume, what was it like for you seeing Altair again after all those years?

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Ume: Well that’s… complicated. [sigh] It was a bit world-shattering if I’m totally honest. I had thought about meeting her again for years…. When you want something for so long it…  becomes this glamourous, fairy-tale of a scenerio in your head. That is far from what I got… and …I wish it would have happened differently. I wish a lot of things would have happened differently…

OC Fact: Cassia and the twins’ names all mean Cinnamon!

Ooo, name facts! Okay, let’s talk Pantomime Raven. Because you know what, he may be an asshole, but ugh, I love him so much. 

Pantomime is a type of wordless theatrical performance. In Roman times it was dramatic and emotional, but in modern days it’s much more slapstick type comedy. During The Fall™ where the vampire gained control of Millhaven he was a mercenary known as the Silent Reaper. He rarely kills outright, preferring to take out his targets by slowly manipulating their thoughts and having them do it themselves. So get it, he “performs” wordlessly. 

His last name, Raven, is a Poe reference. Obviously, “The Raven,” but really this particular, “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” 

A lot of this comes over into how I designed his appearance as well. The skeleton painting on his face and hat are an homage to the performance art he was named after. 

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