May Rewards - Ishqara The Thorned Temptress

7 Deadly Sin Series - Lust - Creature

Ishqara, The Thorned Temptress

As the first in the Seven Deadly Sins series, I'm tackling what I consider to be the hardest of the seven: LUST. From the very start, I already struggled with how to portray Lust for this creature. Even after a lengthy discussion with some of you on our Discord server, I am still unable to find the right design. Then I stumbled upon the phrase, 'Mistaking lust for love', which gave me the idea to make a fallen deity. A being that's so pure that it only knows to love and to be loved, what if everything that it ever loved and ever loved her were to be destroyed, and she became locked in the darkness alone for eons? What if the mourn, desperation, isolation, and corruption twist their nature to the extreme?

Thus, from that concept, was born Ishqara: The Thorned Temptress, The Bleeding Bride, The Loveless Aria, The Archfiend of Love.

Her design is a mix between the typical succubus / temptress demon visual, western bridal gown, and a mythical creature from Bali culture, Rangda. Although I think Rangda is more often associated with 'Wrath' and 'Envy', the visual is just stuck in my head, which also allow me to 'hide' the nudity XD

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Next, I'm gonna make an item based on the prompt 'Lust' and perhaps related to Ishqara and her concept. Technically, there's already one such item which is Lustful Lure which color I use as a reference to make Ishqara.

Honestly, I'm really tempted to make the Great Wyrm of her realm.. (in the setting, during the creation of each realm, the Elder Scribe create a celestial as the 'Gardener', a dragon / great wyrm as the 'Guardian', and a Dragunaut as the 'Scribe')

(PS: All the files have been added to the Vault )