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senashenta) wrote2005-07-29 09:03 pm
senashenta) wrote2005-07-29 09:03 pm
A Kirin
I've started tinkering with the outline/basics of a new character for the IM RPG. The plan is for her not to actually show up in play until later on, but who knows? Sometimes characters just decide things randomly for themselves. ^^;
Anyway! Malloren is a Kirin; a Kirin being a Japanese take on a Chinese mythology. The picture that spawned the idea to use a Kirin character is here. Yay for random devART skimming. >^-^;; That's a very stylized one, though...
Basically, you're looking at an Eastern unicorn. The Japanese version is covered in scales, with a horn that's curved backward, cloven hooves, and the "mane" of a lion. (I think that's about it...) So that's a general idea. They represent luck and prosperity, etc. Mal is going to be a bit more individual than just your average Kirin, but whatever.
Mal is supposed to bring good luck to people, but can't actually actively hand it over. When she does manage to bring someone luck, it seems to draw from her own luck, so she'll spend a time afterward being supremely unlucky herself, until she manages to build up said luck again. What that means is that she's pretty much clumsy and bumbling, but only half the time. ^^;; The other half the time she's graceful and magestic, just like she's supposed to be.
That's about all I've decided so far, but I figure I'm going to be rather pleased with Mal in the end. >^-^
Anyway! Malloren is a Kirin; a Kirin being a Japanese take on a Chinese mythology. The picture that spawned the idea to use a Kirin character is here. Yay for random devART skimming. >^-^;; That's a very stylized one, though...
Basically, you're looking at an Eastern unicorn. The Japanese version is covered in scales, with a horn that's curved backward, cloven hooves, and the "mane" of a lion. (I think that's about it...) So that's a general idea. They represent luck and prosperity, etc. Mal is going to be a bit more individual than just your average Kirin, but whatever.
Mal is supposed to bring good luck to people, but can't actually actively hand it over. When she does manage to bring someone luck, it seems to draw from her own luck, so she'll spend a time afterward being supremely unlucky herself, until she manages to build up said luck again. What that means is that she's pretty much clumsy and bumbling, but only half the time. ^^;; The other half the time she's graceful and magestic, just like she's supposed to be.
That's about all I've decided so far, but I figure I'm going to be rather pleased with Mal in the end. >^-^