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And if love remains
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price,
But we will not count the cost

- Rush, Bravado -

Another one for the 100 Themes Challenge : #50, Breaking The Rules.

Here's a story that wasn't meant to be. The story of a young woman betrothed to an old, rich Lord, and who awoke one day to the kaaru, the both blessed and cursed psychic power. The story of a young man bound by an Oath forbidding him to ever touch another human being, lest have a relationship with them. The story of two souls whose actions would shake a whole world, and mark the beginning of a new era.

She was shy and meek, used to obey her father's desires; he was strong and determined, to the point of dealing with the devil himself if needed. They met at the Arran School, where young telepaths were to be instructed in the ways of the kaaru. They met, grew a friendship, and found they had a common interest in staying together. She estranged herself from her own family, who would've married her to a man her father's age, to build her own path, both for herself and in support to the one whose cause she believed in; he went against customs so deeply engrained within the bodies and mind that nobody would ever hope to root them out, taking her as his wife and showing the world that it wouldn't endanger his work nor his self-control.

Here are Renata Rialann and Ian Thorne, on the day of what could be considered their betrothing, as Ian offers her to exchange tokens of their union (these can be rings, bracelets or earrings, but the bracelets looked better here). It's really much more of a business proposal, although they do end up falling in love as well later.

(The rule Renata broke was the one of the bigoted noble families, always on the lookout for alliances approved by the Church. The rule Ian broke was that of the Guide-Masters, meant to swear a lifelong oath of isolation and chastity in order to prevent anyone from threatening their families and thus blackmailing them. This scene technically doesn't happen in my Eien stories, because it's set some 20 years before the timeline, but if one day I get to write a prequel, it'll definitely be in. Anyway, I wanted to draw these two when they were still young, and the theme fits them pretty well.)

Against all odds, they managed to stay alive, proving along the way that such unions would also prevent their powers from drying up in future generations; later on, more people followed on the road they opened on that fateful day.

Media: Manga Studio Debut 3.0. I wanted to play with screentones for this one. Thanks to MPsai for mentioning this software, it's proven a real pleasure to use.

Related pictures:
+ Ataraxia

Description
And if love remains
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price,
But we will not count the cost

- Rush, Bravado -

Another one for the 100 Themes Challenge : #50, Breaking The Rules.

Here's a story that wasn't meant to be. The story of a young woman betrothed to an old, rich Lord, and who awoke one day to the kaaru, the both blessed and cursed psychic power. The story of a young man bound by an Oath forbidding him to ever touch another human being, lest have a relationship with them. The story of two souls whose actions would shake a whole world, and mark the beginning of a new era.

She was shy and meek, used to obey her father's desires; he was strong and determined, to the point of dealing with the devil himself if needed. They met at the Arran School, where young telepaths were to be instructed in the ways of the kaaru. They met, grew a friendship, and found they had a common interest in staying together. She estranged herself from her own family, who would've married her to a man her father's age, to build her own path, both for herself and in support to the one whose cause she believed in; he went against customs so deeply engrained within the bodies and mind that nobody would ever hope to root them out, taking her as his wife and showing the world that it wouldn't endanger his work nor his self-control.

Here are Renata Rialann and Ian Thorne, on the day of what could be considered their betrothing, as Ian offers her to exchange tokens of their union (these can be rings, bracelets or earrings, but the bracelets looked better here). It's really much more of a business proposal, although they do end up falling in love as well later.

(The rule Renata broke was the one of the bigoted noble families, always on the lookout for alliances approved by the Church. The rule Ian broke was that of the Guide-Masters, meant to swear a lifelong oath of isolation and chastity in order to prevent anyone from threatening their families and thus blackmailing them. This scene technically doesn't happen in my Eien stories, because it's set some 20 years before the timeline, but if one day I get to write a prequel, it'll definitely be in. Anyway, I wanted to draw these two when they were still young, and the theme fits them pretty well.)

Against all odds, they managed to stay alive, proving along the way that such unions would also prevent their powers from drying up in future generations; later on, more people followed on the road they opened on that fateful day.

Media: Manga Studio Debut 3.0. I wanted to play with screentones for this one. Thanks to MPsai for mentioning this software, it's proven a real pleasure to use.

Related pictures:
+ Ataraxia