Sun & Moon & Rock & Roll

quick concept art! FB has celebrities just like our world and it’s about time they made an appearance. :3

-Balthazar Baast: The self-proclaimed god of rock & roll, Balthazar presently is one of the most famous musicians in the world. He owes his fame immensely to the vicious parental pushback against his albums in the 80s, with good humble pearl-clutching families terrified Bal was a horned agent of the devil, come to bathe in blood by moonlight and give their children frightening ideas about anarchy and gender. A panicked parental movement to ban Balthazar’s brand of heavy metal/hard rock albums had the accidental affect of placing a spotlight on the man, leading to a rapid boom in popularity among the country’s rebellious and frustrated youth. Present day Balthazar is in his late sixties, but despite his arthritic fingers he can still shred a guitar hard enough to wake the dead.

Balthazar is a jacob’s sheep! And a proud trans man. In contrast to his wicked stage presence, Bal is a playful guy in his day to day life, with a soft spot for kids. He is Topher’s personal hero, with Topher owing much of his own punk rock music style to Bal’s influence. Merry hates Balthazar so, so much.

Bal is inspired by a couple irl rockstars, but most notably Ozzy Osborne and Dio~

-Neith: I think I mentioned a couple times that Mal is a biiiiig Lenny Kravitz fan, buuuut that was me being lazy with my worldbuilding. Kravitz doesn’t exist in FB (no irl human does) but that won’t stop me from shoveling a ton of his essence into a furry design. Anyway, meet Neith!

Neith has worked very hard to make a name for herself in the music industry, carving out a genre space with her own claws. She is the patron saint of funk rock, though she’s known to dabble in soul as well. Neith is known for her exquisite vocals, psychedelic rock, love for pyrotechnics in her shows, and proclivity for leather and plunging necklines.

Neith is a jaguar and a butch stud lesbian. Sapphic love is a verrrry common theme in Neith’s music, yet somehow the media keeps dismissing her various lovers as friends or gal pals, so Neith makes a point to tongue-wrestle a lady at almost every performance. This has had a similar effect on the public as Balthazar, with families regularly raging that she be banned, and rebellious young folk routinely flocking to her concerts. Neith informs me that she is not cis, but won’t elaborate further.

Listening to Neith’s music for the first time made Mal experience a rush of foreign emotion so strong that she had fumble to sit down. Besides being obsessed with Neith’s sound, Mal has a huuuuuuge celebrity crush on her, with Neith being perhaps the only creature in existence that can turn unflappable cool cat Mal into a giggly hair-twirling schoolgirl. Mal hopes to meet her in person someday, and perhaps have Neith’s babies- er, get a signed poster.