NPC 004: Kerli
Added 2024-03-01 07:13:50 +0000 UTCDidn't think it would take me as long as it did, though this time it was more a conceptual issue. How exactly does one make a character occult oriented if it's normal in that particular character's race to practice dark abyssal rituals? The filimuri are naturally from the abyss and even have their loosely followed laws from several ancient tablets referred to as 'the abyss tablets'.
However, I also didn't want to just make her some holy priestess with awkward views either. That would feel like a cop out. So I went for something more directly related to what occultism actually is. More of a mystic or witchy type character who uses magic that is not well understood and not related to gods or religion. I did add her tablet influence though, but added it in an esoteric mannerism. (Attached to her back) The filimuri don't actually carry tablets like this to cast spells, but we'll say that she carries it as part of her beliefs and how she works rituals. It should feel 'strange enough' for other races, but also foreign enough to her own race. And then this is also a story that Illaria is telling so having her be unusual should fit.
Though since I also felt there would be the expectation that she would be 'cult-like' or 'spooky' I got some help from a few friends and decided on adding a hood and the kind of spooky shadow face with glowing eyes as well. In order to see her pretty face, you'll need to knock her hood off. (By transforming her) Or, well, you can just see her here too.
Finally, her transformation is just her being enhanced by her beliefs which will be in the next post for patrons on a limited release.
