Emperor's Coven - Blog Posts

My boy Finley in civilian attire! (Their first free day since joining the coven)

An on-duty coven scout was trying to catch someone with an abomination but it exploded allll over Finley XD

Sorry I haven't posted anything lately, i just couldn't be bothered and had no motivation even for writing, Also, I'm in a different country now! I'm visiting my grandparents in Poland so i should be able to post more because their internet is not broken :D

Finley Ferox, He/They (seen in post)

Mila Speculor, She/Her (mentioned in post)

Fun fact: Finley actually has a few of Mila's old things, including clothes and family is suspicious because her clothes are different from what Finley normally wears, says he just wants to try a new style. And no, he has not grown much since 16 so they fit almost perfectly into Mila's clothes. She's tall as hell now, around like 6'5 while Finley is about 5'9-5'11.

Finley actually sees Mila almost every day but isn't aware because she is masked, same for him, they only reunite properly 2 days before the day of unity.

"Some witches did better in the mountain trial than others"

Love how this turned out!

Finley post-mountain trial, they were the last to make it down and still qualify and it is very obvious that they barely made it down, because i mean, look at him, he's badly hurt, lost their mask somewhere in the woods and it took them almost 4 days to get down.

As mentioned, Finley was the last to make it down and still qualify, only one came down after him and 3 didn't make it down, 2 were found alive but the last has been missing since (she is later found near the top of the mountain, alive but badly injured and in a trance-like state)

by the time they sustained most of his injuries, it had already been multiple days and they were way to tired to properly heal themselves and still actually have a scar on their stomach.

And yes! He used to have longer hair but it just became way too high maintenance once they were accepted into the coven so he cut it quite short and just let it grow out a bit.

Finley Ferox, He/They

([Wild witch girlfriend], She/Her)

(not so) Fun fact: Finley's wild witch girlfriend did get captured but she is alive even if not so well herself, I'm currently working on a drawing of her, expect to see it soon :)

Before disappearing, wild witch girlfriend stole his palisman and hid it away, he doesn't know where but he misses the little Armadillo and is glad she hid them away upon learning what the emperor does with the palismen.

Miscellaneous, to lighten the mood: Finley has eaten sand before and admits he does like the texture, will occasionally just scoop a handful of sand up during missions and crunch on it, much to the dismay of the other coven guards.

Lee's coven scout sibling, Finley!

Finley uses He/They pronouns and he is 19 years old.

They specialize in abomination magic mostly but are also quite skilled in healing and illusions, courtesy of their parents as all Ferox children are expected to be able to perform these kinds of magic even if they do not specialize in it or use it often. It is a requirement .

Finley is only home about once a year due to their position, which means that he has only been home about 2 times, this does not includes seeing family, Finley sees their younger sibling pretty frequently and messages them through pennstagram.

Despite being in the emperor's coven, he does not want Lee, Ronan, or Leigh to join at any point in their lives for any reason, even if they are forced to join, Finley wants them to stand their ground and refuse.

Out of his three younger siblings, Leigh seems to be the most determined to join despite Finley's warnings, she is the only Ferox child to take one track and only show interest in that one type of magic, which is Healing magic.

Finley uses abomination and healing, as mentioned.

Lee uses most magics apart from abomination. They are not as good at oracle or illusion.

Ronan takes illusions but has a special interest in beastkeeping and the creatures of the isles

Finley Ferox, He/They

Lee Ferox,They/Them

Leigh Ferox, She/Her

Ronan Ferox, He/Him

My favorite picture is the first, with his hair up and in uniform, because I'm not that good at designing clothes or fantasy clothes for that matter

Sorry for the large amount of text, there was a lot of information i wanted to get out, expect to see Ronan and Leigh soon (btw they are twins and are both 14 years old.)

I doubt Mr. And Mrs Ferox will be seen soon as u am not good at drawing older characters and they don't even have names yet sooooo yeah.

No "fun fact" today, this post is already much longer than i wanted it to be and the fun facts sections is usually quite long by itself.

“Failed assassination attempt”

Cw, Blood

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I’d imagine there was all sorts of assassination attempts in the emperors coven, including on the Golden Guard, but our boy is very much alive by the end of the series, so that means he came out alive in the end, victorious. Too bad victory can be quite messy.

I’ve basically become the Hunter angst artist at this point lol. I love torturing this boy. (I’ve been watching invincible and I’m crafting all sorts of ideas ^u^)

This was timed very weirdly

AU where the coven heads actually get along…sort of.

They’re all still awful people but they realize they get more out of working together rather than against. They don’t quite like each other but theirs no bad blood. They all hang out and be lil bitches together.

They even let Hunter hang out with them due to the fact that he’s so good at acting like an adult (as sad as that is), a ‘bratty’ one but he does know a lot.

Rather then just brushing Hunter off as some brat like in canon, they see the potential in him and think ‘yeah we can make this kid into an absolute beast’

It’s mainly to have him do their dirty or difficult work for them but they also grow fond of him.

Idk I just want to give Hunter a dysfunctional family out of the Coven heads

Extra:

Hettie teaches Hunter anatomy so he knows where to hit his enemies and healing spells to heal himself and scouts he works with.

Darius teaches Hunter how to sew like in canon but sooner and teaches him all sorts of abomination magic like the translocation.

Vitimir teaches him all sorts of potions and how to incorporate them in fighting. He also teaches Hunter potion tolerance and how to resist certain ones and mithridatism

Adrian teaches him some illusions and even acting skills so Hunter becomes a better liar.

Eberwolf brings him out to catch and train with beasts. They bring him all sorts of bugs and little critters. Hunter often goes on retrieval missions to bring Eber stuff for the beasts he keeps.

Terra let’s him hang out at the garden and green house and teaches him all sorts of Botany and plant magic. She likes info dumping on him.

The previous Bard and Riane teach him Bard magic. Hunter summons his own violin.

Orsan teaches oracle magic to him but mainly likes to teach Hunter mind games

Mason teaches Hunter construction magic and how to use to use it to fight and fix damage done after a fight.

Lilith though jealous and annoyed, still recommends him all sorts of book and in good moments they info dump on each other

A lot of theses skills I think Hunter would have in canon like the anatomy and potion thing but he had to learn those on his own. In this Au the Coven heads are actually bothered to teach him.

Due to these changes Hunter is more comfortable with doing all sorts of combo magic like how we see Lilith does in the shows. He also carries a belt of potions with him. Certain stuff in the show goes different as well since he does form a bond sooner with Darius and Adrian.

The coven heads aren’t aware he doesn’t have a bile sac they just think he has a weak one. They help him learn how to translate their spells into his staff spells.

They all still can be cruel to Hunter like Adrain’s and Darius cruel jabs at him or Terra giving him plants that can harm him (like tea that makes him hallucinate ). They still do some back stabbing but overall they are less worse then in canon.

Though any signs abuse from Belos they chalk up to being from missions or reckless.

I think this gives them some fun depth. Like yeah they are all messed up but they are messed up together.

(Sorry if any grammar issues )

Hunter head canon #2

I feel like we need to remember that Hunter was treated like an adult and was around adults his whole life. Not just any adults but adults in the emperors coven and coven heads themselves. Who are shown to be, to put it nicely, catty. In result, Hunter himself can be very catty even if he doesn’t mean to be. The lack of knowledge to certain social cues and his overall sass can make him seem pretty mean even if he doesn’t mean to be.

I also imagine him being a young emperor coven head (for goodness sake he’s 16 and already the golden guard when we meet him) he was frequently the butt of the joke among other coven heads. So of course he needed to be just as harsh back to not let himself put down like that.

Like the hexsquad will be messing with each other for fun as friends do and he will just insult them and their whole existence and when the others tell him like bro that enough he’s like “oh no, did I do something wrong. Im sorry :(“ and the other have show him a difference between a joke and insult and the limits to a joke. He quickly learns and is understanding of course cause he does genuinely love his friends.

However with that being said, when he does start attending Hexside like he said he was he runs into some issues. For starters, I imagine him being ex golden guard and being a bit different (obvious scarring, weird personality, etc) many aren’t very kind to him. But what makes him hard to bully is that he can easily rebuttal back and do it meaner. He was surrounded by rude, powerful adults, he can handle some measly rude teens easily. Of course he still does get emotionally effected, he’s not a robot obviously. But he can defend himself and has others to help him

I also imagine he knows how to “professionally” insult people. Making his insults sound polite or be very passive aggressive. Like. “Just a friendly reminder…” or “we can’t all have winning ideas, we need people like you to help fill the roster” or “There’s no reason to be so humble, it’s quite indifferent” and other things.

Idk theses are just my thoughts as I feel alot of people make him seem idk… weaker I guess or a ‘pure soft boy’. He can be both soft n sweet but still a sassy lil shit. Their must be balance people

So I watched the owl house and it is amazing (and now I am back to shipping again . I decided to change their outfits up a bit , Luz’s is pretty close to the original though .

I designed another The Owl House oc >:D

Kari has been a member of the emperor’s coven since they were 9 years old. They were initiated so early, not because of their magic, but due to their skill in hand to hand combat and other things such as sword fighting and spearmanship. The Emperor’s assistant (Kikimora) hand selected them to help the Golden Guard in training by being his sparring partner. It was easy at first but Kari eventually was little more than a punching bag as the Golden Guard learned to fight without his staff. They never spent time together outside of training or reporting and focused on excelling at their positions rather than socializing. Kari knows his name and face but is far too scared to tell anyone. They’re sure it’s kept secret for a reason and they aren’t one to question the Emperor’s will.

Hunter applying his human knowledge

i really just spent a few hours editing this Hunter scene with Hanna instead of Hunter huh

My hands need rest but i don't want to stop drawing lol ;^;

 Soooo emperor belos face was revealed and i’m in love already

Be prepared because many drawings of him and my TOH OC are coming.