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Carcharodon Family Tree
🕑 Added 2019-04-04 23:17:07 +0000 UTCThe completed tree of my favorite convoluted horse family, I hope it's easy enough to read and follow
I'm not 100% finished fiddling with the backstory, but here's the gist of what i have so far
A long time ago, a young mare named Coral decided to run away from home. Coral wanted to be a seafarer, like in the stories her grandmother old! What actually ended up happening was Coral falling into a gang of pirates, a rotten crew of the very worst scum and villainy....and she ended up liking it just fine. She especially liked the captain, a wicked and cunning stallion by the name of Morgan Maelstrom. Their story was a fantastic tale of grand romance, robbery, and riches beyond belief.
.....Right up until Coral violently double-crossed him, then fled to retire comfortably by the seaside. In tow with her was a heavy chest of gold, her young son Ishmael, and the foal growing in her belly (her main reason for leaving, really. The pirate life doesn't lend itself well to raising children.)
For a while, life was good. Coral hid away her wealth, and lovingly raised her two sons. Ishmael in particular found a best friend in his little brother, Buck.
Unfortunately, one night, during a howling thunderstorm, dear old daddy comes knocking.
Little Ishmael and teeny Buck answer the door. Morgan greets them with a warm, fatherly embrace.....that could become a lot tighter, should Coral refuses to come with him.
On the condition her children remain unharmed, Coral begrudgingly accompanies the captain. She kissed both her boys and told them to be brave.
A few days later, Morgan reappears to his sons, sadly reporting that their mother had been lost to a storm.
The children barely have time to process what this means- little Buck fearfully asks his brother what'll happen to them now- when Morgan merrily bundles them up and says they'll be coming to work for him, of course! It's really the least he can do, lads.
What followed was a very lonely few years out at sea, performing endless back-breaking labor, cleaning up after a crew of drunken criminals, forever under the watchful, unsettling eyes of the captain. But the boys have each other, and that makes it bearable. At the very least, they have each other to hide away bits of food, to help weasel the other out of punishments, to cry quietly when the thoughts of Mum won't go away. At the very least, they have each other.
You can imagine, then, Ishmael's terror when he hears Morgan playing poker with another captain- and Morgan, unwillingly to part with his gold, bets Buck. Morgan is a clever gambler, but this captain is more clever still- and he wins.
Buck will be given away in the morning. Ishmael has to act tonight.
Buck never did find out what happened that night. He only remembers his big brother shaking him awake that morning, and the two of them making their escape. If he strains his mind hard enough, he can remember Ishmael's wild eyes and trembling hooves, and a very faint smell of blood.
Ishmael vows to leave the past behind him, and the boys somehow make their way back home, among Coral's old family. Ishmael is determined to find a safer, quieter life for him and his brother both- something traditional, and sensible. Boring, if need be. To keep himself and his little brother out of trouble forever. Something like.....fishing.
And the rest is history~
Comments
Lopoddity
Nah, I don't erase my outlines- I don't do outlines at all. I do a sketch, then just color on top very carefully, working in layers. Imagine it like a paper doll. First you do the base of the head and neck, then draw on the hair on another layer, the eyes on another layer, and so on, adding more detail until finished. I utilize clipping layers to do things like streaks in the mane, the stripes on Radhi and Eliza, etc. I think this family tree was made on something like112 layers, with each character having their own layer folder. :>
Angsty Ram
It’s very small to make out but above Bruce’s name it says Ripple. Is Bruce a middle name? Or just one he prefers? Cause I could totally see Cutthroat calling him Bruce while Fey called him Ripple.
KaeWolfe
Hello! This is what I'm thinking. The "circles" are rings meaning they're married and the hearts mean they're also in love. With Fey and Cuttroat, they're married but not in love.
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Also, what do the circles/hearts mean? Sorry to ask, but I googled it and couldn’t find an explanation
D
I absolutely adore the art style you use for your family trees! If you don’t mind me asking, how do you get such nice, clean, lineless art? Do you just delete your outlines when you’re done..? I’m curious because lineless art is always a struggle for me
Maile Greenwell
Does Fey ever lovingly refer to Bruce as her little Ripple when cutthroats not around?
And the bleeps of Radhi and Finn are also super cute! Wonderful work!
Sooo... Captain Morgan. I like it. May need to request he be drawn full-body in a certain raised-leg pose.
KaeWolfe
You know. For some strange reason. The more I look at Eliza, the more she reminds me of Michonne from the walking dead XD
DenVH
Ripple????
Heather
*ahem* Before I go to bed, one more lil headcanon~ The Carcharodons get their family name from Coral, not Morgan. As previously established, it’s tradtion for Carcharodon stallions to give their sons strange, humaney names. However, after her father sired a whooping thirteen daughters and no sons, he finally waves the white flag and gives his youngest daughter Coral his last name to carry on. Coral happily continued this tradition with her sons
Lopoddity
KEEP SPINNIN THAT GOLD BEETCH
Heather
And last one I'm totally not suddenly DYING at the thought of Finnie being able to grow a beard-mane like his great grandfather pffff
Heather
And Eliza is so fucking gorgeous holy crud
Heather
I looooove them!!!!! (except Morgan. Fuck Morgan). And send help I'm in love with Coral. Finnie is so much like his great grandmum, devious little adventure seekers with hearts of gold (well...Coral's might be a wee bit on the bronze side but she had her good moments) and flirt game strong enough to get them out of most trouble. And Wavey and Butch have the same smile ;-; And young Ishmel and Buck whhhhhhhy *dies whimpering cause of you ho*
Lopoddity
Their relationship worked out fine, until it didn't. "Ripple" is what Fey named Bruce shortly after giving birth to him. Cutthroat later changed it to something tougher.
Lopoddity
She was lost. To a storm. Morgan insists.
MissMele
I'm...I'm in awe of this family tree! Dat poofy beard though! I honestly really do like Morgan and Coral as a couple, despite the obvious. Wish it could ha e worked for them, but I guess it's just not in this family. Does the "Ripple" above Bruce's name mean something?
KaeWolfe
So did Morgan kill Coral (at least thats what I kind of interpreted) or am I reading too much into it? Lol This is so good!!
ApofisNecros
Holy crap! That made me drop my spoon of ice cream in stunned awe. Truely great stuff. Although I have to ask... Ripple?
