Time to brainstorm a bit of the true form idea about Gracie!
First thing first, her true alt form she did take on for some time.
Her lore states that she doesn’t like to talk about her past, especially when her past is connected to the scar. (It was actually a placeholder cuz I didn’t have any GOOD ideas why she had the scar on her left part of the face yet. I still don’t yet. Haha..)
On her world, there is humans so she did still pick up the human traits and look like a human just so she can blend in a bit better and not be easily identified that she is a literal royal princess from House of Kokuryuu and pretty much everyone knows who that is. Despite being oddly familiar, her human appearance was enough for her to hide herself and technically is running away.
The real reason why she ran away is because the fact that her adoptive mother has passed but her father wants her to take on the responsibility but also still help her and teach her and all. She is young, even she has technically trained majority of her life.
Secondly, her lore ALSO states that she is quite literally a fallen star from the sky. That part is true and will remain true. Hence the name, Celestial Dragon Queen, which will be given to her once she accepts the role as a Queen.
The reason why she finally accepted the title is because of the celestial beast, Tsuki. They bonded during the travels and ended up sticking through many many tough times afterwards.
So her human form isn’t a permanent form but rather is a comfort side she takes on to relax. It’s her familiar identity and body she knows for a while. While human, she still does come around humans she has helped out and still teaches at a school she partaken the job at. Which she had to work her teachings into her full time Queen responsibilities and all haha. Eventually, she did had to stop teacher duties and moved on after a few years. She visits still. :3c
I’m REALLY debating on her wings tho. Since I really like the idea of those wings, I may either make another design on the base line or keep the wings cuz it’s debatable rn. The wings doesn’t seem to fit into her character yet? (It might be cuz I haven’t colored in the wings but I do wanna add markings and stuff that makes her recognizable as Queen Shiro that she is. Like anyone can take one look at her wings and say “yep, that’s Shiro alright!”
I definitely will work on the brown markings and may add more depth and details to her body base colors and tail. I’m keeping the crystal tail tip idea.
Her name is Shiro Grace Kokuryuu..
“Shiro” was the name I really liked and wanted to use for a while (thinking about Voltron from Netflix and Shiro was the name I really liked. I liked his character! So I do feel inspired by the name and his character traits.) I think I’m probably gonna change her first name later on so it’s debatable whether if it sticks or not.
Grace is from a funny story. I think I said something about this before on here. I was giving my IRL name but I was too quiet so it ended up being “Grace” instead of my irl name. So, that’s the nickname she went by. :3c
Her last name, “Kokuryuu” means black dragon. By all means, she is only white dragon among House of Kokuryuu and she is adopted. Thankfully, her family is a loving family and doesn’t push away others like they are a “black sheep” of the family. It is reserved for royal family members and can only be given or passed down so that last name holds power.
So, over all that, the design and the idea of her running away from responsibility as Queen is fitting for her. She’s acting “human” and doesn’t want that responsibility. She has a destiny as a Celestial being along with another being. Her first name is kinda questionable so I’m thinking on that still. Shiro in my opinion sounds more masculine but she is a female but does have a bit of a muscular body. Buuut idk yet.
Then, some of her details like wings is currently debatable so I’m definitely gonna just sleep on that and let my brain run some ideas. :,Dc And ramble some more. (I am open to some suggestions tho? Maybe idk????)
