Meri Greenleaf

I'm learning how to paint watercolor and was super excited when I saw that one of the lessons had us painting a sky with constellations! Concordia, the main country in the Unexpected Inspiration series, has a ton of history and mythology about their constellations, which they call the Muses.

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Scriven had previously been introduced in Piquant's moodboard under his real name of Daegan. Like many of Concordia's Muses, he was given a new name when history became myth. Scriven/Daegan is the Muse who ties together all the rest, although this is a role he never wanted.

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In the last post I began introducing Concordia's mythological figures with Mortise, the first and oldest of the Muses. Piquant is the youngest and, if prejudice had had its way, he never would have become one. This is all because Piquant is an imp, which meant he had to fight preconception and hatred to prove his innocence. This is ironic because imps are the epitome of innocence.

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Legend says that there were nine celestial beings who came down from their constellations to teach the first Concordians art and magic. This is partly true. There were beings who granted this knowledge, but they came from other worlds, not the sky.

Mortise is the oldest of the beings and isn’t technically a being at all.

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