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The Ossari

Skin shifts color with every feeling. The Dominion trains children to hold it flat gray.

ON THE ORCHARD: Vesk Mirat

Veshtal from orbit

Veshtal from orbit. Development art.

HomeworldVeshtal
RegionThe Dun
CultureThe Quiet Dominion is a rigid empire that raises children as weapons that never show emotion.
ReputationSilent, loyal, and frightening to anyone who can read skin.
If you visitVeshtal is gray, orderly, and silent. Sign language fills every street.
Story hookThe Dominion's grip on its people is the show's quietest horror.
Abigail's notebookOssari, Belo. Not Vesk. Vesk would never.
Ossari body study: front, side and back views
Ossari body study. Development art; bodies are still in review, so a picture may not match every word yet.

Six possible individuals

How different can one people look?

Every person in a people has a body of their own. These are painted studies of how far the Ossari can stretch: tall, tiny, wide, long-limbed, odd. Explorations, not final designs.

Painted design studies of Vesk Mirat, labeled with option letters. Exploratory art.
Exploratory · not canon Vesk Mirat, six radical bodies. A Whisper, B Bloom, C Cradle, D Lantern, E Arch, F Thicket. Full size ▸

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