Maria Ochoa

Turak the Bone Collector

Added 2025-09-26 08:23:28 +0000 UTC

Those who know my mass effect OCs might recognize Turak's name. I've been wanting to design my krogan into various races in the zelda universe and I thought a rito would suit Turak well. I went with a bearded vulture because it went with some themes I had for him. He's an anthropologist, and he studies and collects bones. Bearded vultures look so badass but I wanted to do the opposite and make him look like the friendliest, dorkiest bird you'd possibly meet. He just wants to enjoy doing science, you know?

His armor is inspired by the Oseram from Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West, but the metal studs are replaced with carved bone. In his pack are the following items:

His journal where he keeps notes on all his discoveries; things like burial sites, old temples/ruins, villages. He has a lot of sketches of the places hes been to as well as sketches of skeletal finds.
A writing pen carved from bone! The pen tip is carved in the shape of his clan symbol, and the other end also serves as a handy toothpick (he chews on the end a lot when he's in thought)
A bag of seasonings from his homeland. Hyrule has plenty of amazing dishes and he has no reason to complain, but he often misses the taste of home.
A bottle of ink he keeps on hand. Gotta be ready when he finds something interesting to write about! It's a rich brown ink that's waterproof. A must during traveling!
Two daggers made out of animal bone, with leather wrappings and intricate carvings. They're mainly used as digging tools but if Turak is ever in a situation that requires him to fight, they come in handy (and so do his massive talons)