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Character Portraits 2021

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CHARACTER PORTRAITS 2021
Kugbu, Head of the Wintertooth Clan

A long tooth orc, Kugbu immediately rose as a clan head. Possessing the traits of the prophecy, Kugbu's teeth already paved the rest of his life.

But Kugbu had a different opinion on how he should live his life and the same with all other long tooth orcs that have lived.

Even with great promise, he refused to be boxed by his look. He wanted them to acknowledge him through his capabilities.

As a sign of protest, he broke his teeth. Everyone was in shock as an omen was expected upon breaking the prophecy. A winter storm destroyed the clan leaving a few to tell the tale of the omen that is Kugbu himself.
The Mater

Eons back, a woman bore the first two humans. She's the only existence to have perfected independent procreation, a link to our origin to a single point. Having shared a womb and blood, humanity should've learned to treat anyone as their own. But with all the war and chaos, no stories or rumors convinced the world leaders in a single interest.

All the tremors and destruction woke up The Mater from a deep slumber. She resurfaced only to face a false utopia. The Mater set forth to devour all her child. Once again, she will bring them all back to her womb and restart the cycle of our kind.
Carmill, the Maroon Vampire

Born on the outskirt of a corrupted continent, Carmill was a subject to a life of no bliss. Hunger forced her to sell her own body, stripping her off of her pride, leashed to a life of a carnal worker.

On the night of the full moon, she accommodated a relic of the past— a vampire. Told of the stories of the oldest of creatures, she begged to be reborn under the darkness of the night. In a single bite, she was relieved of her misery. 

She became indifferent, insatiable to anything that carries the red elixir — blood. Fearing neither human nor vampire, she devoured every single existence in a drop of a dark. But what she thought would take away emptiness led her to hunger for more. A century of starvation taught her that night is just half of humanity. Wanting for more, she gradually built a kingdom to scavenge more and more. 

As the emperor of  the Red Empire, Carmill sought the blood of the whole Strevor Continent. She ventures out to conquer and feast on million lives to ascend on daylight.
Sam
Sam is a sunny girl, a pure bliss. She's all the raved men of culture revere. 

Hidden in a four-corner dimension, she had influenced many in the three-dimensional world. A charm and power that transcends the physical world.
Known to binges the colors that arc the sky, she was depicted as a beauty no one could hold.

But the reality is that she neither wanted the beauty nor fame, definitely neither the rainbow.
Vesper
Vesper is a creature of human and fox descent. She's a red-accented black-furred feline thought to be a prayer granted. Having parents of a different kind, she was an impossible fruit of love. Her birth, albeit an evening beauty, crossed a line. Neither humanity nor the felines knew of the repercussions of cross amalgamation. All they know is that there's no race in love.
Zeus, the false Deity

Under the guise of lightning, Zeus traverses clouds faster than sound. Almost everywhere, he met beauts all over the world.

Spreading seeds like raindrops, he had populated the world with half-breed creating an imbalance in the power structure of every continent. In just a few years, the world had already succumbed to chaos.

Half deities sought more power leading them to the sky. Mid-race to the clouds, lightning hit all Zeus' sons and daughters, ending his mistake.
Ella Arcangel 

A Filipina mambabarang of descent, Ella hailed from a small barrio feasted by supernatural beings. Learned sorcerer, she faces the dangers of her home and the struggles of its people. Threats loom in every nooks and cranny of Barangay Masikip, forcing her to take action to every activity the concerns the supernatural reality.
Rika, the Dodo bird
Although an avian descent, Rika blends with humans easily. Her feathers, tucked away discreetly, enabled her to avoid poachers.
Rika was an integral ingredient in reviving an extinct avian— Dodos. But her kind, having almost eradicated from Earth, have luckily persisted in small numbers. In the right hands, The Dodo lineage could one day summon the legendary Dodo, akin to a phoenix rebirth.
Caiman, the Eternal Kingsguard

The Kingdom of Fortificare is a dominant empire residing in the north. Led by the Fortiors, a royal family believing in strength arising from trust beyond origin and appearance. Such is the case with Caiman, a Kingsguard serving the royal family for centuries.

Born with crimson skin and green scales, people, including his parents, feared Caiman. They used to call the young Lizardkin blighted, blaming him for any misfortune that comes to them and abandoning him. It led Caiman to learn to live on his own at a very young age. One day, Caiman went to the woods to catch some Applepigs to contribute to the upcoming festival. When he got back, the townsfolk saw the Applepigs he carries and accused him of stealing baits. They then brought him to the palace to face trial in front of King Caru Fortior. When asked by the King for an explanation, the young Caiman told him that he did use any bait and just imitated the Applepig's sound to call its attention. Caru asked for the Applepig to be brought into the palace to see if Caiman can catch its attention by imitating its sound, and he did. The King found Caiman not guilty and asked him what punishment should the accusers receive. Caiman told the King that he wants them to confess their wrongdoings to their sons and daughters. The bewildered King asked why, and he answered by saying that it's so that the children from the Kingdom will learn of this and not grow up like their parents.

The palace went silent, with the townspeople humbled by his answer. King Caru was astounded, and at the same time, sees kindness in Caiman despite everything that happened. After the trial, the King declared that Caiman will now live and serve in the palace, where he will be under his protection. Caiman asked why, and Caru just answered that despite some of the citizens being wicked at times, they are still under the protection of his Kingdom, and he knows that Caiman understands it, too. Since then, Caiman protected the Fortiors from all kinds of enemies. He has taken care of Caru and all his successors for centuries.
Character Portraits 2021
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Character Portraits 2021

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