A line up of Team ELMT!
It's always nice getting the chance to draw the whole team together again.
(Also happened to be an Art Fight attack :3)
Team Members and their Creators (left to right):
Enya Flint: jiggle.jiggle.skin (Instagram)
Lou Chiffon: u/mishchief_arts
Marsh Drake: u/cyantise
Nix Tovar: roguish.art (Instagram)
What's one moment that made your OC trust their team completely?
Not gonna lie, Deltarune has had me in a chokehold lately, so the more complicated piece I had planned is taking a little longer than expected .w."
In the meantime, here's a collection of some of Lou's outfits throughout his KELT and ELMT eras!
He's been through a lot over the years, and his appearance has changed alongside him, but no matter how much time passes or what life throws at him... he's still Lou.
Which Lou outfit is your favourite? :D
Do your OCs have multiple outfits or designs throughout their story? If so, what's your favourite version of them?
>"You has always have a habit of stepping in where you shouldn’t."
>"I’ve seen you do it more times than I can count. Earlier this week, you ended up defending a older Faunus student when no one else bothered to. You spoke up against a professor who let his authority and ego run wild. And now... placing yourself between me and someone who doesn’t understand the word “no” when it’s not convenient for them."
>"You don’t even hesitate. Words first, then fists if need be. Like the boundary itself matters more than what it costs you."
>"I don’t need someone to protect me. I’ve lived my entire life surrounded by people who questioned me, tested me, tried to corner me with expectations and insults dressed up as etiquette. I learned how to handle myself a long time ago."
>"But, I won’t pretend I don’t notice when you step in anyway. When you put yourself out there, like it’s the most natural thing in the world to stand between me and whatever nonsense someone thinks they’re entitled to."
>"When we first met, I couldn’t stand you. Now I’m starting to wonder how many more fights you will pick in our time together..."
- Kiera Jade, Leader of Team KELT, about Lou Chiffon
Does your OC like being protected or does it frustrate them when someone steps in without asking?
>The world can be loud.
>Missions. Expectations. Deadlines. Responsibilities.
>But every now and then, there are places where all of that feels distant. Places where the water is calm, the air is fresh, and the biggest concern of the day is whether the fish are biting.
>Lou caught a fish.
>Talon also caught a fish.
>According to Talon, they're equally impressive accomplishments.
>Kiera and Eden watch from afar.
Who caught the bigger fish?-
Just kidding, here's the actual question:
What's your OC's favourite way to spend a day off?
>For years, Lou convinced himself he could handle everything alone.
>Eventually, that belief slowly starts to break under the weight of everything he has endured... The grief, the trauma, the memories he can’t outrun, and the feeling that he has to keep going for everyone else even when he’s falling apart inside.
>So, he does something he never thought he would have to:
>He admits he needs help to his dad...
>Malion Chiffon, the man who found him as a baby and raised him with quiet, steady love, the one Lou proudly calls his dad. Mal doesn’t try to fix everything with words. He doesn’t tell his son to be strength or try offer easy answers. He just listens and opens his arms.
>And for the first time in a long time, Lou lets himself be held.
It won't solve everything, not right away, but it's a step towards recovery.
Who's the person your OC knows they can always go to?
>"I used to know what he was thinking."
>"He'd walk through that door talking about some new drawing, some appliance he wanted to fix, some recipe he's trying to make it better with what little we had. You couldn't get him to stop talking... Now he barely leaves his room..."
>"His hair had to be cut for surgery. Funny thing is, I don't think he'd notice if it grew down to his shoulders now. He doesn't even comb it anymore. The shirts stay unbuttoned. The curtains stay closed. His journal stays untouched. Maybe that's asking too much of him given his current condition. But he sleeps more than he's awake. Doesn't eat unless I remind him. Doesn't draw. Doesn't cook. Doesn't fix things. Just... exists."
>"And every now and then I catch myself wondering if the boy I raised is still in there. And I hate that thought. Because I know he is. He's just carrying something too heavy for one person."
>"So I'll give him time. I'll make sure there's food on the table, even if I don't get to eat. I'll leave his door unlocked. I'll be here when he decides he's ready to talk about what happened..."
>"I wish I knew what else to do..."
- Journal Entry of Malion Chiffon, Lou's father.
Tell me about an OC of yours who came back changed. Positive and negative changes are welcome.
What event caused such a change?
[In case you missed it, here's last week's Kiera animation! All but 1 secret has been found]
Urgent: Blood Warning
>"I used to think my life had already been decided for me."
>"The heir to Jade Nexus. The daughter of a woman whose name could move entire kingdoms. A legacy built long before I was born, one I never truly wanted to inherit."
>"But when I watched my mother die, I understood something."
>"Some people are not given the luxury of choosing who they become."
>"From that moment onward, my life stopped belonging entirely to me."
>"There were expectations. Responsibilities. Sacrifices I learned to carry because I thought I had to."
>"And for a long time... I hated it."
>"Then I met my team."
>"For the first time in my life, I had people who saw me as more than a surname. More than a future seat at the head of a company."
>"With them, I found something dangerously close to peace."
>"But peace is fragile."
>"And deep down, I think I always knew good things do not last forever."
Thank you all so much for the support lately. Waking up to people theorising about the story of KELT has been a wonderful experience. I hope this animation keeps you all up at night.
But to ensure you all don't go on a wild goose chase, I will leave you all with the following: There are hidden secrets.
>!3 Codes. 1 Symbol.!<
As to where those are, I leave that up to you (unless you ask me, I'll tell you TTOTT)
As for the animation itself, this is my first time animating on Clip Studio EX. If you guys are interested in more animations like this, I hope to improve enough to meet your expectations.
Thank you all >W<
It's been a year since I dropped KELT onto this subreddit and 3 years since I first started working on them. I figured I’d open up a proper Q&A for anyone curious about KELT, the characters or the worldbuilding behind it 😄
You don’t need to have seen everything or pieced anything together to ask questions. Anything is fine, whether it’s about lore, timelines, character decisions, symbolism, weapons, or just general curiosity.
I’ll try to answer as much as I can without completely spoiling everything (despite my latest post)… emphasis on try 😭
Kindly avoid RP-type questions though. Unfortunately, the mods closed the Phantom post I did a few months ago because of that, so let’s avoid repeating history.
Ask away >W<
Kelt.
A salmon that survived the journey.
Barely.
Most do not make it back.
>"People love talking about strength like it’s something simple."
>"Hit harder. Move faster. Win the fight."
>"And sure... being strong matters. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t. There were plenty of times my team survived because I was strong enough."
>"But eventually you learn strength alone doesn’t rebuild homes. It doesn’t calm frightened people. It doesn’t put food back on someone’s table after everything they had gets torn apart."
>"I grew up around places people stopped caring about. Towns barely holding together. People surviving one bad day at a time, barely scraping through Winters."
>"You learn pretty quickly that nobody’s coming to save those places. Especially now, with the Crisis and everything going on. There are a lot of places like that scattered across Anima..."
>"I guess that’s why the Academy [Haven Academy] sent all of us out there in the first place... and honestly? I couldn’t be happier about it. We’re actually there. We’re helping."
>"If something breaks, we help rebuild it. If someone falls behind, we help carry them forward. And if people are scared, then we give them something solid enough to stand behind."
>"It isn’t just about killing Grimm... even if I’m pretty damn good at it, hah."
>"My time in KELT taught me that strength means very little if it only serves you."
>"The strongest people aren’t the ones who leave destruction behind them."
>"It’s the ones who-"
>"Hey! Don’t go acting too strong! Let me help ya there, kid-"
(transcript ends abruptly)
- Talon 'Rusty' Steel, Former Member of Team KELT
When things fell apart, did your OC help rebuild them?
Places, people, relationships...? Or were they the ones who broke them in the first place?
(Bonus fluffy Talon, should he keep the beard?)
>"A lot of people have this idea that bravery is standing tall. Looking unshaken. Facing danger without fear..."
>"But bravery was never about fearlessness..."
>"It is fear. The kind that tightens your chest... and makes your hands shake... The kind that tells you to run, to survive, to save yourself... and choosing not to."
>"I was never the strongest on my team... not the fastest. Not the one who could break through every obstacle with force."
>"But my time in KELT taught me that strength was never the point."
>"There will always be moments where you are afraid. Moments where you know you might fail. Moments when standing your ground hurts more than giving in."
>"But if someone behind you is counting on you, then sometimes bravery means becoming the wall between them and what would hurt them."
>"Even if it means facing death in their place."
>- Eden Valor, Former Member of Team KELT (service concluded)
What does bravery mean to your OC?
>"Leadership isn’t glory. It isn’t being the strongest, or the loudest, or the one standing tallest when the fight is over."
>"To lead is to carry what others cannot: fear, loss, responsibility... the cost of every choice, and every life placed in your hands."
>"No one teaches you how heavy that becomes..."
>"I was born into a name that carried weight long before I understood it. A legacy built by hands stronger and crueler than mine, one that shaped the world around me before I ever had a say in it. People see the name Jade and expect certainty... strength... answers..."
>"But leadership is not certainty. The crisis taught me that leading means accepting there will be wounds you cannot prevent, losses you cannot undo, and choices that will stay with you long after the battle is over."
>"Sometimes, all you can do is carry them and keep fighting."
>- Kiera Jade, Former Leader of Team KELT (file closed)
What does leadership mean to your OC?