Der Lindwurm
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So, I've always taken a pretty minimalistic approach when designing characters. In particular, every time I mess around with patterns I end up deciding that solid colors look better. I've also gravitated towards black since that actually makes them stand out pretty well against all the brighter colors you usually see on the canon characters and other created characters.
Dusty
Style: Siegfried
Homeland: England
Age: 28
Dusty left her home in the English countryside to seek fame and fortune when she was 14. She fell in with mercenary fighters and quickly became a ruthless, black-hearted killer. She actually has no idea how she survived so many years of fighting, killing, and recklessly indulging in whatever carnal pleasures were readily available. Now older and wiser, she has tried to re-invent herself as a foe of tyrants, defender of the weak, and protector of the young. She has also discovered that she is strangely cursed: any man who makes love to her will shortly afterward die a horrible, violent death. It took her a while to realize what was happening when mostly she kept the company of mercenaries who die gruesome, bloody deaths all the time anyway, but now she finds herself having to rebuff the advances of anyone she actually likes. She has traveled widely in Asia seeking a way to either free herself from the curse or find out what particularly evil act from her youth put her under the curse so she can atone for it.
Maaike
Style: Leixia
Homeland: Dutch Republic
Age: 21
Maaike never knew her father, the man who seduced her mother, impregnated her, and continued on his merry way. What little she did know was enough to convince her that this was the kind of life for her as well - travel, adventure, and no responsibilities beyond simply fending for herself! She took to the seas and served under many pirate captains until she had attained sufficient renown to captain a ship herself, though this was ill-fated. For all her wit and cunning, she was still inexperienced very impulsive, and her ship was quickly sunk during a ridiculously brazen attack on an English frigate that she hoped to capture. Since then she has mostly slinked around Asia, hoping to assemble a new crew and obtain a new ship, and enjoying herself however possible in the mean time. She still has some problems with other seadogs not always taking her seriously. Dusty has tried to explain to her that it's in part because of her attitude but also just because she's way too cute to be a dread pirate captain like Cervantes.
Mia
Style: Astaroth
Homeland: Somewhere up north...
Age: She once mentioned that it was her 25th birthday.
No one really knows who Mia is or where she comes from. But, when an isolated village is in some kind of distress - an evil ruler or bandits or monsters, Mia will mysteriously appear one night and proceed to wreak utter havoc on whatever has threatened the people. After the bad guys have scattered and fled in terror, Mia will then over the next few days imbibe every drop of every kind of alcoholic beverage there is to be found and completely devour the village's supply of food. She will then move on, mostly likely in order to seek out a another village well enough stocked on food that she can fill her guts anew now that the current well has run dry. The villagers are usually left debating whether her arrival was ultimately bane or boon. Those who know of her suppose that she returns to her presumably remote homeland in the winter, as she is most often seen in other parts of the world in the summer and early autumn.
Fafnir
Style: Astaroth
Homeland: Thuringia, Germany
Age: 26
This boring guy? I won't waste much time talking about him. He's actually pretty reasonable and often puzzled by the mania, bright colors, and outright strangeness of many of the fighters he encounters from one job to the next. That being said, he learned quite a bit about fighting with an axe and using his size to his advantage in battle from a really bizarre girl from somewhere up north named Mia. During their brief encounter, Mia also showed him how to play a totally new kind of music on his guitar. He has no idea who might actually like this kind of music with lots of chords played a very fast tempos, however.
Dusty
Style: Siegfried
Homeland: England
Age: 28
Dusty left her home in the English countryside to seek fame and fortune when she was 14. She fell in with mercenary fighters and quickly became a ruthless, black-hearted killer. She actually has no idea how she survived so many years of fighting, killing, and recklessly indulging in whatever carnal pleasures were readily available. Now older and wiser, she has tried to re-invent herself as a foe of tyrants, defender of the weak, and protector of the young. She has also discovered that she is strangely cursed: any man who makes love to her will shortly afterward die a horrible, violent death. It took her a while to realize what was happening when mostly she kept the company of mercenaries who die gruesome, bloody deaths all the time anyway, but now she finds herself having to rebuff the advances of anyone she actually likes. She has traveled widely in Asia seeking a way to either free herself from the curse or find out what particularly evil act from her youth put her under the curse so she can atone for it.
Maaike
Style: Leixia
Homeland: Dutch Republic
Age: 21
Maaike never knew her father, the man who seduced her mother, impregnated her, and continued on his merry way. What little she did know was enough to convince her that this was the kind of life for her as well - travel, adventure, and no responsibilities beyond simply fending for herself! She took to the seas and served under many pirate captains until she had attained sufficient renown to captain a ship herself, though this was ill-fated. For all her wit and cunning, she was still inexperienced very impulsive, and her ship was quickly sunk during a ridiculously brazen attack on an English frigate that she hoped to capture. Since then she has mostly slinked around Asia, hoping to assemble a new crew and obtain a new ship, and enjoying herself however possible in the mean time. She still has some problems with other seadogs not always taking her seriously. Dusty has tried to explain to her that it's in part because of her attitude but also just because she's way too cute to be a dread pirate captain like Cervantes.
Mia
Style: Astaroth
Homeland: Somewhere up north...
Age: She once mentioned that it was her 25th birthday.
No one really knows who Mia is or where she comes from. But, when an isolated village is in some kind of distress - an evil ruler or bandits or monsters, Mia will mysteriously appear one night and proceed to wreak utter havoc on whatever has threatened the people. After the bad guys have scattered and fled in terror, Mia will then over the next few days imbibe every drop of every kind of alcoholic beverage there is to be found and completely devour the village's supply of food. She will then move on, mostly likely in order to seek out a another village well enough stocked on food that she can fill her guts anew now that the current well has run dry. The villagers are usually left debating whether her arrival was ultimately bane or boon. Those who know of her suppose that she returns to her presumably remote homeland in the winter, as she is most often seen in other parts of the world in the summer and early autumn.
Fafnir
Style: Astaroth
Homeland: Thuringia, Germany
Age: 26
This boring guy? I won't waste much time talking about him. He's actually pretty reasonable and often puzzled by the mania, bright colors, and outright strangeness of many of the fighters he encounters from one job to the next. That being said, he learned quite a bit about fighting with an axe and using his size to his advantage in battle from a really bizarre girl from somewhere up north named Mia. During their brief encounter, Mia also showed him how to play a totally new kind of music on his guitar. He has no idea who might actually like this kind of music with lots of chords played a very fast tempos, however.
