Same Character, Different Universe

One eventful day about three to four months ago, I drew my first-ever male OC, Marcus. I have been drawing and developing my own art style since the ripe age of 7, and never once since then have I made a male OC that has truly stuck with me. However, ever since I drew Marcus (which was in a random jam, by the way), I couldn’t stop. Since then, I’ve actually learned, shout out Pinterest, how to draw males and masculine-portraying characters! In a way, I’ve been so caught up in drawing masc characters that I forgot how to draw fem ones. So, I have my little baby boy Marcus to thank for that!! The only problem with my OC Marcus is… well… I de-OC-ified him. He has no magic, no trauma, both parents, healthy relationships with both of them, is a college student, and is a regular human that you would see every other day. This is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE!!! So, I just put him in a different setting. I put him in West Throgh, as the fortune teller of Manibus.

As a young adult, Marcus Sanches grew up around fairy tales from all over Throgh. His parents owned a small bookshop that collected stories from everywhere, even the surrounding countries like Lekindor or Aribeilul. Magical creatures, wizards, monsters, evil fae, and sea nymphs. However, his favorite stories weren’t the ones that happened on the ground or in the sea, but those of the sky. He loved hearing about the stars and their mystical ways of telling people if they should be in love, what the past held, and what the future might hold. One day, as a small child, he was reading a mystical story from Reialania of an interdimention that gives you another chance at life and helps you sustain your life through magical gifts. So, when his family’s bookshop caught fire, he knew exactly what to do, praying to the reach that the stories were true. And while the reach did grant him the ability to see the future, because he was prepared for when he was going to die, they took away his ability to see the present, feeling that he was too prepared and in a way cheated death.