Look At Me When I Speak To You, Omen!

“Look at me when I speak to you, Omen!”

Leyndell Royal Capital Paper Miniature [Elden Ring]

made by hand primarily from paper + bits of basswood, toothpicks, clear resin, floral wire, & wool batting. set on a hardwood base

inspired by the illustrations of Luis Melo and Kevin's Computer this took on a collage style bashing of regional components to capture Leyndell in a single composition

Hey guys, you know that one genocide doesn't justify another, right? That just because Marika's people were all killed doesn't make it okay to inflict a pogrom on the Hornsent?

Like... "Marika was acting from a place of understandable trauma" is not the same thing as "Marika did nothing wrong."

Theory: Messmer's timeline and story will only make sense if you consider him Marika's beloved firstborn

Aka, welcome to my doomed Mother & Son presentation slide 🔥🫡

This is written with the assumption that readers are aware of the big reveal regarding Marika's past.

(spoilers for SoTE and long discussion from Messmer’s birth to his final moment)

edit to add this dialogue from Gideon:

THIS IS A MOMENT IN HISTORY, TAKE A PICTURE-

Please make art. You don't have to bare your soul or make a masterpiece, you can be silly and you can be derivative if you want. You don't even have to show it to anyone. Just please make something, it's so good for you