In the yokai watch games if you have two or more yokai of the same tribe out in battle they create a unity bond plus a stat boost and that concept was (still is) really cool to me so I tried to portray it if it was in the show. When yokai of the same tribe would give a bit of their essence to another yokai of the same tribe it would give that yokai a unity form and the more yokai of said tribe giving essence to that yokai, that certain yokai gets stronger and after battle the essences would be given back to the yokai that gave it to that one yokai. Yet there is another way of obtaining a Unity form and that is by the Unity Relic(s)
A special relic that has the concentrated energy of every yokai of each tribe in it. Created by Ancient Enma and the virtues, this was so that in case of emergencies a yokai can easily enter this form without major assistance. However there was a chance for the relic parts to be in the wrong hands and giving it to the virtues would just make them an easy target, so Ancient Enma casted a spell to the relics for having the choice of choosing who from each respective tribe would be the wielder(s). When a wielder is chosen the relic would be accustomed to them yet keeping a similar shape as its origin. Now these relics can be given to another yokai if in dire need and in their Unity form their stats are higher than the wielders but after the situation or fight that yokai has to give the relic back. Not only that but they can also be connected to create fusions as well, these fusions would be in the Enma tribe and the two yokai created for the fusion can unfuse yet there will be a cool down in when using that fusion again.
Wielding Duo 1: Noruka and Soruka
Short backstory: After being freed from the book they were locked away in, Noruka and Soruka stay in the Enma palace to help around and have a place to stay.
I did redesign this duo just a bit to make their outfits a bit more suitable with the culture they are in
Soruka was in quite denial when the Shady relic chose him to be the wielder, after causing the reason for him and Noruka to be in the book he felt like this was all fake when being reassured by Lord Enma it wasn’t the case he still had a longer time accepting the fact but still held onto it just for safety. In this form his movement is fast and sharp, his wings can send blizzards to mountain’s worth of ice to an opponent.
Noruka on the other hand was quite ecstatic hearing that he was chosen to be the wielder of the Tough relic. His form his a bit similar to the Chinese dancing dragons/lions, with his fire magic being in more control and can burn almost anything if his heart sparks the same passion, his hair and back of ears are black to help him blend in more when running on all fours.
Now this next duo is actually @shimp-the-not-understanding’s Yin and Yang ocs (and referencing their awaken forms) so I haven’t thought of how they became wielders and their Unity functions, instead I can talk about the process of think of these forms for them.
The first of the two I drew was Yin, because his awaken form was a bit easier to convert into a Unity form. He is the wielder of the Eerie relic so I wanted to try and add a bit of a ‘creepy’ or unsettling aspect to this forms and with the amount of dots/circles I decided on eyes. The cats eye flower now has shifted to the back of his head and some leafy fabric now emerges from his right eye, for the leafy fabric I rearranged them from his ‘whiskers’? in his awaken form.
Yang is the wielder of the Mysteriosu relic and honestly, she was a bit harder for most of her design. I knew I wanted to make her braids like two tails Nekomatas have in actual Japanese mythology but that was about it, until I thought of her being a bit angelic but still keeping her personality and gave her left eye more ‘thorns’ to show how she’s not hiding that (michivious?) side to her.
And yeah, that’s pretty much it. Part 2 might give more insight on each specific relic and what stat buff they give but right now I just wanted to show these four. Have a lovely day/noon/evening/night
