certified airhead 🎈

kayde finally gets to meet (albeit, long distance via crystal projection) with the dragon who's been providing them with magical assistance. as it turns out, she's pretty chill. she quite casually answered kayde's many questions - including a request for her name: Sago. this conversation provided kayde with further guidance, eventually leading them towards the direct answer to freeing them from their pact.

older art i got from GumshoeJump depicting a scene from the D&D campaign i play in~ this art came before the design revamp, but also even now kayde in the D&D campaign setting still looks like old kayde - they'll come to look like the revamped design after a few years pass in the setting!

the first: the one beneath their hooves. benign, mundane... familiar even. a small comfort in the lonely library halls that have become the closest thing they have to a home.

and the second, in stark contrast: the one cast by baphomet that looms constant over them - even in the brightest light. ever present and ever watching, threatening to suffocate them in darkness should they disobey his will.

in this memory, freedom from baphomet's grasp is only a distant hope, one they struggle to hold on to; light so often falters against overwhelming tides of darkness.

but one day, their hope will crystalize into an unbreakable resolve. they will grow strong enough to repel this second shadow. they will be free.

artist: angayls