Heavenbat’s vortian character, Donthar… he’s one of my favorites among Batty’s characters, so I figured he should get some praises. In the picture, Donthar is the little child vort following its uncle into a concentration camp/prison run by Irkens upon the conquest of their planet. Here’s a more recent picture of Donthar: http://fav.me/d7lvx5t
“Name: Donthar Duraboki
Species: Vortian
Age: 20
Gender/Sex: Male
Height: 4'9” (with horns. 4'2" without)
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Political Standing With The Empire: Former prisoner, currently a member of the Raiders
History: Donthar was the result of a one-night stand; his mother was an extremely unreliable person, and unfit to be a mother, so pretty much as soon as he was born his Uncle Julian (his mother’s brother) took him in out of frustration at his sister and concern for Donthar’s wellbeing. Donthar was raised by Uncle Julain, living a relatively happy life until Vort was taken over by the Irkens. He and his Uncle were sent to a prison where they were forced to work on mechanics for the Empire. Eventually Donthar managed to escape with the help of a crowbar and sheer determination–he’s no fighter, but desperation made up for that. He fled, stealing a ship and piloting it as far away as he could, where he finally found a planet full of refugees from the Empire. They took him in and he became a mechanic for them, living in hiding.
About a year or so later, another ship arrived at said planet, piloted by an Irken claiming to have been banished from the Empire.
Her name was Zef.
However, by this point the colony was so paranoid about Irkens that it believed her to be a spy or an Invader, so they imprisoned her. Donthar, who was slightly less anti-Irken than the others, was the only one who volunteered to feed her and stuff, and he ended up talking to her a lot, and ended up believing her story (mostly because of the sheer hatred in her voice whenever she talked about the Empire).
So, weeks later, when another Empire ship arrived and an Irken named Teivol demanded that they give Zef to him (and that in return he’d leave the colony alone) Donthar was the only one to protest. The colony handed her over to Teivol, and he left. After a brief shouting match with the other colonists, Donthar finally got in his own ship and took off after Teivol. There was a confrontation, and in the end Donthar managed to get Zef in return for NOT shooting down Teivol’s ship.
That was the start of Zef and Donthar’s friendship, which over time would turn into more of a sibling bond–Donthar knows all of Zef’s quirks and habits and how best to calm her down when she’s either raging or panicking, and vice versa. Together, they started the Raiders, and together they have been through hell and back.
Personality: Rather laid-back, jovial, can be incredibly derpy at times. Stubborn. Takes a lot to get him angry, but once he does get angry he tends to silently fume for a long time unless something calms him down, and he has a nasty habit of holding grudges. Is also pretty lazy… and clumsy. Not Bella Swan clumsy, but actually legitimately clumsy.
This is in part because of his goggles–they’re high-tech goggles that slow down the outside world slightly. This is because Donthar has epilepsy–there’s a certain frequency of flashing that will send him into seizures, and these goggles slow that down enough so that it doesn’t affect him. Without his goggles, he’s much more likely to get seizures–which is why he almost always wears them.
The scar on his horn is from one such incident of his clumsiness–he tripped and hit his head and it split his horn XD
The shackle on his leg is a leftover from the prison–he’s never been able to get it off, and he’s kind of stopped trying, since it’s become almost a part of who he is.
The necklace was a gift from his Uncle.
Likes: Watching TV, working on mechanics (he’s better at the larger-scale stuff–he really can’t do very good wiring), telling jokes and laughing, the Raiders |D
Dislikes: the Empire, Teivol, racism, wearing shirts (they bother him lol)
Phobias/fears: Darkness (somewhat as a result of his epilepsy–chances of having a seizure are heightened in darkness, even WITH his goggles), serpents
Strengths: Strength (frequently lifts heavy machines/parts, he’s muscular), perseverance/stubbornness
Weaknesses: Speed, intelligence, clumsiness, epilepsy
Other facts: He has a bit of a twangy accent, and tends to drop the “g” at the end of words, especially those ending in “-ing”
also tends to replace “you/your” with “ya/yer”
etc
And he also has a bit of an overbite, which contributes to his derpy looks |D"
Oh, my goodness, he’s quite the cutie. *o* Though I’m iffy on the whole “naturally-born” thing (but that’s just a headcanon, so I respect what other people believe as long as it’s done well, which it is here), the story is really, really cool! While being taken prisoner isn’t really a new thing, being taken prisoner by the actual canon enemy race from the show is something that I really don’t see a lot of. Also, being put in a concentration camp-type thing seems like something that the Irkens would definitely do, so thumbs up to that.
Normally, forbidden friendship/romance is stuck on to an OC to make them seem more edgy or give them more of a tragic backstory, but here, it works very well. It seems less forced and more believable, as if it were something that actually could have happened given Donthar’s story.
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