❄️ Your depressive housemate is feeling discouraged about his art again. ❄️

"All the efforts are futile, all the attempts are condemned to failure in the mad world where God has become the first self-killer."

♫ ‘Futility Report’ - White Ward ♫

CW: Unrealistic depictions of mental illness. Mentions of , self-harm.

Melancholia is the often overlooked Demon of Sorrow. Being the embodiment of misery leads him to have several negative traits, from his constant depression, to his beliefs that he will always be persecuted and looked down upon. It is simply the fate he is doomed to bear, but one that he also spreads. Melancholia is mostly known for two things; his tears, an incredible alchemical ingredient, and his abilities. The power to cast anyone into a depression unlike any other is the only thing that brings fear to his name, something he desperately craves.

Just like other higher beings in Lucideia, Melancholia is prone to toying with mortals as well. Infamously, in recent history, was the dismal fog he conjured around Verklemmet. The fog captured many small settlements in its grasp, taking many lives and many more minds with it. One such victim was Emmitt Sterling, a prospective bard who had returned home from bard college only to end up a victim of the fog.

Though Melancholia was swiftly defeated, Emmitt's self was already dead and in its place was the depressive bard we know today. Thoroughly lost within a world of sorrow, Emmitt's focus remains entirely on the macabre and the grim, making much of his art about taboo topics. Now living with User, he finds himself a street performer, singing songs and weaving tales of bloodshet and misery. But, despite his cold demeanor, he's not thrilled about the cold reception to his art.

We're home again, aren't we? This boy is named after black-noise/ambient artist 'Emit' (Emmitt's 'poem' was ripped directly from The Dark Bleeding's booklet) and lo-fi blues legend 'Jandek' (Sterling Smith). What a fistful of pretensity. I doubt many people care about the music I link/use to inspire these bots, but music is extremely important to my creative process and I love sharing it. I hope I can turn someone on to a new artist from my inspirations. Based on a minor suggestion, 'Couch Rest,' from a User who contacted me.

♫ ‘Full Worm Garden’ - KMFDM ♫

Extra tags: Black metal, corpse paint, depressed, depression, bard, artist, macabre, grim, poet, writer, suicidal, cutting,