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please talk about your ocs! (i totally didn't run to your ask box after I saw the reblog)
Will do! I've also talked about these guys and discussed a lot of their story with my buddies @eemoo1o-animoo & @sebastian-ciel-mutual-bullying (Thanks so much you two, ya'll are awesome ^^)
(Bear with me folks this is still a WIP work)
The OCs in question are a trio of demon OCs—Tobias Gourmand, Napoleon Salver, and Maria DeVarre—who all serve the owner of an inn. (Adam Sinclair is his name. And his wife is named Evangeline. "Evie" or "Eve" for short. 😉)
The Sinclair Servants are basically meant to be foils of some sort to the Phantomhive servants (Finny, Mey-Rin, and Baldroy) but they're also basically the triplet demon servants from Black Butler II if they each had their own separate personality (also if one of them was a girl lmao)
Tobias is quite chatty with whoever decided to visit the inn, but is also considered to be the one with the least "tact" out of the three. Compared to his two companions, he's quite a bit more childish and less-levelheaded, and isn't usually seen without a mug of liquor in hand. That being said, he's a tad bit more of a flirt compared to the others, very smug and savvy.
Despite my personal preference to say his name second in order, Napoleon is actually the "ringleader" of the trio. He's the one that does most of the talking when other characters (such as Ciel, Sebastian, and/or Adam) are speaking to the trio as a whole. Napoleon is especially the one who has the most interaction with Sebastian in the story (in fact part of me feels like he's at least 45% gay for Sebastian but I digress). He's also considered the most manipulative of the three, but he's usually the one letting Tobias and Maria do most of the messier work.
Maria is without a doubt the most stoic of the three (in fact most of the time she rarely says anything), and since she's a kitchen maid she's usually barely seen ever interacting with the inn guests. Despite physically appearing to be the youngest of the three (looking no older than Ciel himself) Maria is actually far more mature and level-headed than one may think (second only to Napoleon but moreso than Tobias). She's also quite skilled with knives (more specifically the bigger and heavier butcher's cleavers to contrast with Sebastian's fancy dinner cutlery), in fact if anyone were to try and act creepy with this girl, she would no doubt threaten to stab that person.
Some may interpret these three as a "weird little demon family" and they're not wrong. Me personally I interpret their relationship with each other as "roomates/siblings who are usually on the same page, have the same thoughts and mindsets, and do a lot of the same things but occasionally get on each other's nerves". Sometimes I even think of them as a silly little "clique" of demons. Above all else, however, they're partners in crime.
Now, here's how they would play into the rest of the Kuroshitsuji world (specifically how Ciel, Sebastian, & the rest of the gang would come into play).
It basically goes out like this; Ciel and Sebastian are sent by the queen to investigate this inn. The reasoning is rather to-the-point; many people who have visited this inn are usually never seen walking back out.
There's a lot of your typical Kuro arc shenanigans, but there's also a lot of interaction with Sebastian and the Sinclair servants. A lot of "demon-to-demon" interactions.
Their relationship with Sebastian is... rather complicated. I'm still unsure whether or not these three would be able to tell if Sebastian is a demon or if Seb himself even knows that they're demons yet. If so, then chances are these three see Sebastian as, well, weird.
Like, "you're telling me that guy over there fawning over a litter of kittens is a member of our species? As if." They even make a few occasional mocking jabs at his expense (much to Seb's annoyance)
Anyway, there's a planned B plot with the reapers (specifically Grell, Ron, & Will) where they see that many souls have been strangely going missing. And they are, in fact, rather pissed. Will especially is rather triggered and believes Sebastian is the one at fault here (which Sebastian himself knows is absolute bullshit because he's been dieting fasting for what? Three years straight?)
Gee I wonder if the demons who are working at the inn know about this.
I could keep going on and on, but I think it's best that I stop there for now. This story has a looooooot going on, and that's far from even the tip of the iceberg.
Either way, thank you so much for the ask! And for those who were patient enough to get to the end of my bad storytelling and infodumping, thank you for reading 👋
So I’ve talked a bit about my Black Butler OCs, the Sinclair Inn Servants in the past, but I thought maybe I’d go a bit deeper into them.
Like Sebastian, Napoleon is the usual typical soul-eating contract-making demon we’ve seen in the Black Butler world. Unlike Sebastian, he couldn’t really give any less of a damn about this “fasting” nonsense. A demon’s gotta eat after all, otherwise they’ll basically go absolutely mad.
As for Tobias and Maria? They’re demons too, of course. But they’re wired a bit differently. A “subspecies”of demon, if you will.
Let me explain.
First and foremost, they don’t survive on human souls, but on human flesh and blood. I don’t exactly have a name for these kinds of demons, but for the sake of this post we’ll call them “flesh-eaters”. (And for soul-consuming demons like Sebastian, Hannah, Claude, etc. we’ll refer to them as “soul-eaters”.)
In Hell’s hierarchy (if that even exists in Black Butler) flesh-eaters are ranked lower than the soul-eaters, which leads to my next point.
When a soul-eater makes a contract with a human, the demon is considered a “servant”, obeying the human’s orders until the contract is complete, devouring the human’s soul as a reward.
These flesh-eating demons are considered “servants” to soul-eating ones. (Think like the demon triplets from Kuroshitsuji II, who were Hannah’s subordinates. In fact, I actually headcanon that they’re flesh-eaters.)
The flesh-eater(s) accompanies the soul-eater demon (who “hires” them as subordinates) and often assist them in completing whatever contract the soul-eater makes with a human. They obey the soul-eater’s orders and are required to be at his or her side at almost all times.
As for their reward? Soul-eaters eat the human contractor’s souls (obviously) while flesh-eaters feed on the soulless bodies left over. So at the end of each completed contract, they both get a nice meal. (If they’re ordered to kill someone, they feast off the corpse of that too.)
Another difference between soul-eaters and flesh-eaters is that soul-eaters move onto another human to form a contract with.
Flesh-eaters are required to always serve a soul-eater even after a contract is completed. (They get a lot more food this way.) The only way they can actually move onto someone else is if the soul-eater is killed by a reaper.
Also, quick thing about their physical appearances. Or rather, their “true demon” forms:
Soul-eaters are this constantly shifting black mist (we see this with Sebastian in the Blue Memory arc.)
Flesh-eaters are… well, more “human” but also kind of not?
Imagine something like the Rake; humanoid hairless creature with long appendages, extremely long sharp claws and teeth, and white eyes void of any pupils or irises. Their limbs and torso are also extremely thin and lanky. And they’re extremely tall. Like, at least a good few inches taller than the average adult human being.
Those are the true demon forms of flesh-eaters.
Of course, like soul-eaters, these guys can shapeshift into pretty much whatever form, and they can choose to take on a much more settling human form. (Sometimes their eyes or their teeth might slip out though. Sometimes.)
Honestly I can go on and on about this, but I think I’ve gone on long enough lmao. Hopefully that made sense.
If you guys have any questions about my OCs or their lore, feel free to send an ask! ^^
So I found this cute RPG chibi picrew and decided to make a few of my Kuro OCs + Ciel and Sebastian.
Take a look at them!
For those wondering what the Sinclair Inn Servants (aka Tobias, Napoleon, & Maria) look like, here's a basic idea!
The only thing that's most wildly inaccurate is Tobias' hair color (it was either this or making it bubblegum pink so lmao. Just pretend it's more of a dark red violet. Like a maroon almost.)
Link to picrew if ya'll wanna give it a try:
Okay guys real quick I'm just gonna dump about Napoleon's contract with Adam—
Y'know how in canon, Sebastian's contract with Ciel forbids him from ever lying to him? Well, a similar thing is happening here.
Napoleon's contract with Adam forbids him from physically touching any human.
Unfortunately, it's not really enough to stop him from feeding on the poor unfortunate souls of whoever stays at their inn.
Here's where things get kinda crazy: see, Napoleon can't touch or physically harm any humans. However, (and these are mostly his words) the contract never says that he can't order his subordinates (those being Tobias and Maria) to do it for him.
After all, Napoleon is the one that humans make the contracts with, not Tobias and Maria. Therefore, the latter two don't have to follow the humans orders.
So basically summed up as:
"I'm going to punch that bitch in the face"
"Nuh uh, Napoleon, no touching. Contract, remember?"
"Very well, my lord… Maria, I order you to go punch that bitch in the face."
"NO—"
Luckily for Napoleon he can touch Sebastian all he wants cause Sebastian isn't a human therefore he's not breaking the contract yaaaaaaaaaay
I have done it—
I am so sorry if some of the text is hard to read btw lmao—
So I found this reference earlier
And I thought it might be a fun challenge for some artists with ocs so I'm gonna tag a bunch of people with ocs in hopes that someone will do it with theirs!
Gimme your kids, I want to learn more about them
Of course anyone who sees this and also has ocs feel free to reblog and show me yours!
@oya-oya-okay @oyatochie @ekacucumber @bezierballad @weekend-whip @t3tch0
Super random Black Butler OC dump Part 1 (probably, maybe)
Feat. The 3D (that stands for “three demons”)
The dynamic of these three is basically “father raising two kids and he doesn’t restrict them like at all cause he likes when it pisses other people off” or some shit (it’s not two dads taking care of a kid, it’s a dad taking care of two kids btw lmao)
Adam is always panicking whenever he’s out with these three in public, like he’s always thinking about the three of them possibly blowing their cover as demons.
He’s especially like this with Maria the most. He’ll glance at her and go “oh her? That’s my daughter.”
“Sir, your daughter is biting someone’s arm off”
“SHIT—”
Maria will eat (almost) absolutely anything.
Even if it’s raw.
Or on the ground.
Or in the trash.
If someone drops a tray full of food she’ll just eat it anyway
She’s a demon she doesn’t have to worry about digestive issues.
And neither does Tobias
Man’s quite the drinker
And thankfully demons can’t get drunk either
At least, I don’t think we can
Idk I remember seeing somewhere a panel of Sebastian with a bunch of empty wine glasses and he’s just fine
Also it’s not always noticeable
But Tobias and Maria also have these sharp ass teeth (similar to Grell but maybe even sharper than that)
Just a subtle little hint to their true demon forms
Them:
Link to Picrew used for characters:
I really really like this idea. I feel like when they're not in a contract (where they're given names by their master(s) ) they refer to their demon peers as "that one" or "the other one" (I feel like demons don't have genders or pronouns unless they're playing the human facade)
Like, "Oi! You there! Where'd the other one go?" or something like that.
I just remembered an older hc of mine that demon don’t have given names.
So they just refer to each other by pronouns, but say them in specific tones to differentiate who their talking about.
Like “oh yes, her/him/them” (said neutrally)
Or “oh…her/him/them” (said like this emoji 😒)
Woooooow he looks great! :0
I LOVE that hand thingy he's doing, he looks like a lil shit /affectionate
You capture these characters' personalities in your art REALLY well. Thank you so much again for taking your time to do this!!
Hey! 👋 I really, really, really loved your art of Maria from Art fight (and I still love it right now.) I saw that your requests were open, and I'm curious to see your take on Tobias and/or Napoleon
Tobias is on the left, Napoleon is on the right. If you want to take this up (you don't have to if you don't want ^^), you can either draw one of them or both if you desire.
Take your time!
Hey hey! Glad to see you again!
I thought why not draw tobias since him and maria are the same type of being
Hope you like it!