Character Design - Monica Niels

CHARACTER DESIGNING

Backstory:-

MONICA AND THE MAGIC OF MOON

Monica Neils was born with a special ability. she realized it first time when she was 11. That was a beautifull sunday evening. The Neils family was enjoying the evening at their home backyard. Monica was teaching her little brother Nathan to ride a bike. Her mother Jessica, who is a botanist, was in her backyard garden watering her flowers and enjoying the love of their children. And their father Jonathan, who was a history teacher, was helping Jessica. Suddenly, Monica had a headache. In her inner mind, she heard her mother screaming "Monica.........." and saw an uncontrolled truck rushing towards her crashing the fences. After became conscious, she just ignored it and continued her activity. But in the very next minute, a truck lost control and crashed into their backyard and rushed towards the little sibling. Monica narrowly survived the accident But she lost her left leg. Unfortunately, Nathan passed away. seeing her son's tragic death, Jessica fell completely paralyzed.

Years passed. No medicine healed Jessica from that trajedy. Monica replaced her left leg with a prosthetic one and she was used to it. She is 21 now and she knows more about her special ability. But she kept it as a secret. One day, Monica was sitting near her mother and feeding her. Then, she noticed a strange book under the table. After finish feeding her mother, she took the book and observed it. It was titled as 'A little book of flowers - by Jessica Neils'. Monica started turning the pages. Each page was titled with the name of a flower and below that, there was a preserved sample of the flower. And below that, there was the flower's description. She went through the book. There was a page titled with 'The Moonshine'. But there was no sample of the flower in it. The description says, "It just heals the hearts of all". and there was a small scribble done by Jessica that says "especially mine". Monica showed it to her paralyzed mother. By seeing that, her eyes became brighter and she tried to move her fingers. Monica became so surprised and happy seeing her mother moved her finger after almost 10 years.

Monica thought that the flowers could heal her mother’s mind and bring her back to normal life. she researched for the flower on the internet, no clue. She searched through all the floral shops she can find. Even no one heard of it. On the next day, while she going through the pages of the book, Suddenly, a piece of paper fell out of it. Monica unfolded it. It looked like a treasure map. she looked it carefully. There was a marking looked like a flower, and on top of it, there was a bright full moon. She was definite that it’s a map leads towards ‘moonshine’ flower. She figured out the location. The map is a deep inside part of Amazon Rainforest. She remembered about her special ability that helps to sense dangers. With that she was feared about nothing. She would do anything to bring back her mother’s life.

With determination and dedication, she trained hard for almost one year preparing for her journey. After Mastering various defending, attacking, and Climbing skills, she was completely prepared. finally she packed her belongings and started the great treasure hunt. There, at that moment ,’A New Survivor was Born’.

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