Where did your characters come from?
Posted On: Sept 1, 2014 3:08:53 GMT
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Post by Shain on Sept 1, 2014 3:08:53 GMT
Lets talk about the cooliest of the cool characters we have! I'll start with Keshimora!
Fun Fact: Keshimora's name was always pronounced "KEY-she-more-ah" until my friend mispronounced it as "KEH-she-more-ah". I loved it and have pronounced it this way ever since!
Also, Keshimora's name was inspired by the name "Himura Kenshin" which is the main character of the Anime "Rurouni Kenshin".
Keshimora was the second character I ever created — which was sometime back between 2003-2004 (The first image is 2004, the second is 2005)! At this time she was a fox demon who battled with a sword and black fire (because that is way more badass, I guess)! She also had the whole animal ear/tail thing going on, and paws! She was pretty cliche, but that happens! She was way too "pity me" and had a tragic past (which I have pretty much kept and built upon). She was also as much a jerk then as she is now. Her story didn't involve a fighting ring at this point. She was abducted by Tspy and injected with the aura of a powerful demon named "Gaikotsu". She was testing the procedure to see how her body would react to the surge of power (because the demon scientist, Tspy, behind it all wanted to use it on himself if it was successful). It caused her to enrage and go on a murderous rampage. That's what was up! | |
She had a lot of revamps over the years, especially with clothing because I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CLOTHES (I STILL DON'T) This picture is from 2006. I suppose this must have been the year I removed the animal parts! Through the years I'd messed with her a bit, but I'd really thought about ditching her, revamping her ENTIRELY or moving on to new characters. And that's a little bit on how she has come to be the bundle of joy she is today! Her history now involves having run away from home and ending up finding a friend in a boy named Aeska. They ended up joining a dog fighting ring with the promise of them learning how to fight and becoming stronger, but ending up being trapped there and forced to fight for profit. Keshimora was small and weak and ended up acting as bait/training fodder for more promising warriors. She found comfort in her friend initially, until he became far too "lost" in the violence and became more aggressive. She was also pretty weirded out that he was enjoying it. They spend a lot of time there and I'd like to work on everything that happened in detail, but basically she was the chew toy for a long time (the plan was until she was eventually killed) until she snapped and began to fight back. It was unsuccessful initially, but she improved here and there until she landed some fatal blows on opponents and "graduated" to become a fighter. She ended up killing a number of other dogs before she eventually escaped. She still did pretty rotten things upon escaping until she was made to realize what she was doing and remember where she started in the ring. Truth was, every fighting dog began as a terrified and broken down bait fodder and climbed up the ranks like she did (if they survived at all). She regretting hurting and killing them — they were essentially innocent. She enters into a dark place emotionally — how do you live with what you'd done? She is eventually inspired by some children by their dreams and goals and decides to dedicate herself to protecting those ideas and helping them, rather than forfeiting her life. :( I hope to continue working this story! Please tell me about yours!! |
Fun Fact: Keshimora's name was always pronounced "KEY-she-more-ah" until my friend mispronounced it as "KEH-she-more-ah". I loved it and have pronounced it this way ever since!
Also, Keshimora's name was inspired by the name "Himura Kenshin" which is the main character of the Anime "Rurouni Kenshin".