thorn in the desert :: Amicus ref
June 9, 2012 - 5:30pm — Rutilus
original lineart belongs to Moss, but I've edited it a lot.
This is Amicus, Taliene and Rut's biological father, and can I just say I'm actually really proud of this design ;; He was born in the forest a long time ago and his deer form hasn't aged past his early thirties, and even though his human form is quite a bit older than that now, he still looks unnaturally young due to being a 'true' endless forest deer, devoted to the Gods. He is by no means immortal, but his physical form does seem to be stuck in time.
Rutilus has his eyes, as you can see, but apart from that neither Rut nor Taliene really look that much like their father. Really, Rutilus doesn't look like either of his parents, though I suppose his and Amicus' faces are vaguely similar. But seriously, where did the golden pelt and blonde hair come from? |8 Rut is all kinds of magical.
ANYWAY.
Amicus didn't actually venture out of the forest until his adolescence, when he could no longer ignore his wanderlust, at which point he met Enya. They grew very close very quickly, and Amicus took the risk of introducing her to the forest, which of course went swimmingly. He was almost a priest of sorts; devoted to the Gods, putting all of his faith and trust in them. Amicus taught Enya the ways of the forest, I guess, and it didn't take that long for them to fall for eachother.
But after Rutilus was born and they started to raise him primarily in the human world, Amicus started to wander, and Enya could never find him in the forest when he did. He'd started to travel to other realms, claiming the gods were guiding him, that it was a mission he had to complete.
In the process, he met another doe, whose name we don't know. In the process, he fell in love with her. In the process, she bore his child - Apollo.
Amicus would return to Enya over and over again after long disappearances, hardly contributing to the upbringing of his golden son, though the time they did spend together was always very special to both father and son. He led a double life; raising one son in the human world and the endless forest, and another son far, far away from there.
After Taliene was born, Amicus outright left. Vanished, disappeared, to live with the second woman that had captured his heart and given birth to his second son. A long time later (a few years ago, really) this unnamed doe passed away, leaving a young-adult Apollo without a mother and Amicus without a mate.
As mentioned on Enya's reference, I might actually play Amicus sometime. I love him. |:
"Rut is all kinds of
yes.
Also, Amicus's design is gorgeous and his ponytail is the most amazing thing in the world ok