[ID: A digital drawing of an AU version of Belos, showing him from roughly the hips up. His scar is different, looking like a normal claw mark, stretching from his forehead to his left cheek. His left eye is more droopy than his right. He's wearing a round black stud earring in his right ear, gray sweatpants with pink drawstrings, and a black pullover with a large print that says "world's okayest agender person". The first two words are purely white, while in the other two, the letters alternate between gray, green and white, in that order. On the right side of his chest, near the W, he's wearing two round pins, one with the demiromantic flag and the other with the ocean gay flag. His fingernails are painted in the colors of the ace flag. He's standing upright, with his left arm relaxed, while in his right hand he's holding an off-white paper cup with a brown cap and a wide brown stripe in the middle. He has a calm expression on his face, and he's looking directly ahead, somewhere off-screen. In the top right of the image are several pastel yellow sparkles of varying sizes, in the top left is large handwritten black text saying "Happy Pride!", and in the bottom left is the six-stripe rainbow pride flag. The background is white. End ID]

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Happy Pride! (ft. AU Belos)

Retired Leaders AU falls under the genre of Good Uncle Belos AUs, where Belos is a good parental figure to Hunter. Belos (then known was Philip) was successfully deradicalized back in the 1600s, and he grew to love the Boiling Isles. He was becoming interested in the idea of uniting the realms, and became more serious and insistent on pursuing it after Caleb died in an accident. He distanced himself from the Clawthornes out of guilt about Caleb's death, even though Evelyn didn't blame him, and eventually they lost contact. Over the following decades, he did extensive research into magic, including forbidden and/or lost magic. Luz and Lilith's visit to the past helped him acquire ancient texts from the Skull (no space child in this version). He started consuming palismen, though he felt guilty about that, and he was also cursed in a similar way to Eda, but with a different beast. The curses often acted up simultaneously and overlapped. They caused several alterations to his body, which included making him bigger and giving him sharp fangs. Once he eventually took power, he attempted to unite the realms on the Day of Unity, but it went horribly wrong. The spell was stopped when his staff, through which the spell was channeled, exploded. The Hexsquad, Hunter and a weakened Belos barely made it out through the portal door in time to escape the blast. They were stuck in the Human Realm for a while, before they managed to return. After this, Belos admitted to his wrongdoings, apologized and resigned. The rest of the top leadership - Hunter, Kiki and Seb - resigned as well. The Coven System was abolished, and the government was restructured. Belos is now a palisman carver, Hunter and Kiki are pursuing their passions in engineering/tech and history, respectively, and Seb is a P.E. teacher at Hexside, and also Belos's husband.

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Now that I've started TOH posting again, I've also started posting about my AU again, so I made a relatively short bare-bones summary of the AU for new people or those who had seen the AU before, but needed a refresher.

[ID: A cropped screenshot of a sketch of Belos, shown from the neck up. It's an AU version, so his nose isn't broken, and his scar is different, being a claw mark. His hair is tied into a bun at the back, and he's wearing an earring in his right ear. He's smiling sweetly while looking at something off screen. End ID]

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Working on updated AU designs.

[ID: A digital sketch of Hunter and Luz. They are shown from the knees up. They are both in their outfits from 'Hunting Palismen', with Hunter wearing an elbow-length shirt, a brigandine, pants and gloves, and Luz wearing her pajamas and cloak. Hunter is about half a head taller than Luz, he has longer hair than in canon, is wearing stud earrings, has a smaller scar on his right cheek instead of his jaw, and has a bit of facial hair above his lips. He has his arms crossed and is looking at Luz with his brows furrowed. Luz is looking back at him with a smile, while her right hand is placed on her hip and her left arm is extended off screen, where she is holding Hunter's staff. End ID]

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Screenshot redraw wip.

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Also, I went through with the name change, so the character formerly known as Steven Bellamy is now Sebastian Steven Tholomule, or Seb for short.

He's a year older than in canon, so he's 17 during the alternate version of the show's events. He also looks a bit ambiguous visually, where although he's clearly young, he could be read as anywhere between 16 and early 20s. Now, about his personality. Due to growing up with not just one, but two loving father figures, he's more stable and confident. He does still have insecurities, but they developed out of wanting to live up to Anthony's (previous Golden Guard's) legacy, worrying that he can't, and feeling like Belos thinks he's weak - an impression he got from Belos's protectiveness. Rather than trying to broadly prove his worth, he was specifically trying to prove his strength. He believed that he was being underestimated due to his lack of natural magic, and he wanted to prove that he was capable. As the Golden Guard, while he did have some amount of ego and believed he should be treated with a certain level of respect, he also believed that it was his responsibility to serve the best interests of the Boiling Isles. He cared about the well-being of the people, which is why he ran away to join the rebellion after he learned that Belos was lying about speaking to the Titan and that his plan to unite the realms was extremely dangerous and likely not going to work. He was more performative when wearing the Golden Guard mask and playing that role. He was more sassy and snarky, and he tended to show off more. Without the mask/as his normal self, he's typically more reserved and pragmatic, not bothering with theatrics. While he's clever and well-trained, this does not mean he's not susceptible to provocation and to making ill-advised decisions as a result. He tends to correct people's mistakes when it's related to a subject he knows a lot about. His interests include mechanical engineering and tech, which he has been studying for a while, inspired by Belos, and the more recent additions of wolves and Cosmic Frontier.

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A bit about Hunter in this AU.

THE BASICS: It's a "Good Uncle" kind of AU, where Belos is a better person. He actually tried to unite the realms, because he believed it would be beneficial for both, but it was doomed from the start and went horribly wrong. He has publicly admitted to and apologized for his wrongdoings and resigned from his position, and the Coven System was abolished. His family occupied leadership positions within his Coven and also left those roles behind, hence the AU's title. I refer to the family as the Wolf Fam. It consists of Belos, Steven, Hunter and Kiki, along with their palismen. They all live together in a newly built house.

THE STORY: Back in the 1600s, Philip did not kill Caleb, and reluctantly gave the Boiling Isles a chance. Though resisting it at every turn, he ultimately fell in love with it. He developed the belief that uniting the two realms would be beneficial for both, combining the less dangerous climate of Earth with the more open and progressive culture of the Isles. After Caleb died in an accident during the search for one of the ingredients for the portal door, Philip only became more committed to the idea. He began to do extensive research into magic, digging for as much information as he could find, which included looking into lost and forbidden magic. The latter is how he discovered both Grimwalkers and a way to extend one's life by consuming palismen. As he formed a coherent plan for how to enact his goal, he began trying out his messaging on small groups of witches to see what works, as well as testing out Coven sigils on the earliest ones until they worked as intended. He also took the name Belos and began to wear a mask. Slightly over 50 years ago he took power as the Lord of the Boiling Isles, becoming the chief religious figure and a sort of constitutional monarch, with his fourth Grimwalker nephew, Anthony, by his side as the Golden Guard. There was an elected government responsible for things like deciding on budgets and passing legislation unrelated to the Coven System, however Belos had ultimate authority and could override any decision. He largely stayed out of their affairs unless he thought what they were doing would undermine his ultimate goal.

However, his plan to unite the realms was doomed from the start. When he attempted to do it on the Day of Unity, it went horribly wrong and shattered his hopes. The Unification Spell didn't work and was simply draining people of magic. It ended abruptly once Belos's staff, through which the spell was channeled, exploded. He, Hunter and the Hexsquad barely escaped the blast by leaving through the portal door. They ended up stuck in the Human Realm for a time, before finding the same way back as they did in canon. Belos publicly admitted that he had lied about speaking to the Titan, and that the plan to unite the realms was his own doomed idea. He apologized and resigned, with Steven, Hunter and Kiki following him. The Coven System was abolished, and the Isles became more of an actual democracy, without a single individual with ultimate authority being able to override the decisions of the elected government, which also became more transparent. Belos helped with restoration efforts where damage had been caused on the Day of Unity, and he later took up palisman carving and caring for palismen in general to make up for consuming them to extend his own life. He also released many palismen souls that were previously trapped inside him, and is now aging at a more regular pace. Though some remain, in part because they have fused with his curse - he was cursed long ago, in a similar way to Eda, and his curse is a wolfcat. Both conditions have physically affected him, giving him scars, catlike pupils, sharp fangs, ability to purr, and making him much bigger than he was originally.

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Character limit be damned, I'm gonna yap through screenshots. Here's some info about my TOH AU. It's called Retired Leaders AU, and here are the basics and a summary of its story.

More info further in the thread.

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[ID: Digital art of an AU version of Belos. In a more detailed drawing on the left, he's shown from roughly the thighs up. He has his left hand on his cheek, and he's smiling while averting his gaze. In a smaller, simplified full body drawing on the right, he's standing upright, and his face is left blank. His scar is a claw mark, starting on the right side of his forehead and ending on his left cheek. His hair is tied into a bun at the back, he's wearing a silver earring in his right ear, and his nails are painted black. He's wearing a white shirt with blue crescents on the lower halves of the sleeves and a horizontal blue rhombus pattern on the upper halves. He's also wearing a long black sleeveless dress with blue straps, a thin blue waistband, and white, blue, dark blue, and blue stripes at the bottom. He is also wearing black boots with blue high heels. Next to the simplified drawing of him is his palisman, Crescent, in staff form. They are a snow leopard with blue eyes, and the staff is dark blue. In the remaining space is handwritten text and hand-drawn pride flags. In large letters in the top right, it says "Belos", which is underlined. Below that is an agender pride flag and "he/him" in smaller letters. Between the staff and the more detailed drawing of Belos are the asexual, demiromantic and ocean gay flags. End ID]

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And finally, a drawing from only a week ago.

I changed Belos's AU design and also finally drew his palisman, Crescent (they/them). They're a snow leopard, and they have the ability to float. They were created recently (in-universe).

[ID: A digital drawing of Waffles. She is a winged wolf. The fur beginning at her forehead and going along her spine and the upper side of her tail is brown; her eyebrows, chest, belly, paws, the inner sides of her legs and the lower half of her face are cream-colored; the inner sides of her ears and the feathers on her wings are red; her nose is black; and the rest of her body is light brown. Her eyes are orange. She is drawn mid-walk, with her wings closed at her sides. Her head is turned and she is looking somewhere off camera. In the top right portion of the image is her name and pronouns "Waffles [she/they]", and beneath that are six circles, each being a different color used in her design. Next to the circles is text labeling which parts they were used for. End ID]

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Another old drawing. This is my AU's version of Waffles. I made her a winged wolf.

(Also, I know it's supposed to be Waffle, but I prefer Waffles, and I have even more freedom to call her that in an AU)

[ID: A pen drawing of canon Hunter and an AU Hunter. They are drawn from the shoulders up. Canon Hunter has his post-possession design, with severe scars on his face. AU Hunter only has a small horizontal scar on his right cheek, though he still has a notch in his left ear. AU Hunter also has freckles, long hair that's tied into a bun, and is wearing round stud earrings, a shirt and overalls. The two Hunters are looking at each other. Canon Hunter looks calm, while AU Hunter has a deeply concerned expression. End ID]

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An old pen doodle from all the way back in April 2023.

Canon Hunter meets my AU Hunter, and my AU Hunter is concerned.