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Original Character Bio #9: Azure

Creation and Details:

In one of my last bios, I mentioned Azure. Azure is a character who I created along with that very close friend of mine. She is what is known as a shifter. She can shift into a Wyvern Dragon and has the powers of ice and wind imbued in her. She can be adventurous and cheeky which gets her into trouble a number of times.

Before I get into the story of Azure, I need to explain some context behind the location I will be mentioning. Azure, more specifically her father, is from OtherWorld. This is a location created by my friend and his friend in where magic and all mythological things exist. I’m still learning about it’s history to this day as they expand on it more and more.

Her Story: 

Azure was born on Earth. Her father, however, came from OtherWorld. He was a powerful dragon shifter, who could control ice and wind. Upon hearing that his wife was pregnant. He was worried that the magic he tried to keep hidden would be revealed by this baby. A few days after she was born, her father took her and returned to OtherWorld, leaving her at an orphanage, never to be seen again.

Around a few weeks after being left there, little baby Azure was noticed by a certain pair of females, Jordan and Abi. They were looking to adopt a child from OtherWorld to raise, and Abi’s eye fell to Azure. She was soon very attached to the small dragon shifter and also won Jordan’s heart. After a good few weeks of paperwork, the two brought Azure home, where they found out she was more of a handful than they had bargained for. As a small baby, Azure had trouble controlling her wildly crazy powers. A sneeze could set off a windstorm or freeze anything nearby. It got so bad, Abi reached out to her mother, who in turn gifted her a headband, which would dampen Azure’s powers so they weren’t as destructive.

A good few years later, Azure had grown a little older and had gotten more of an understanding of how her powers worked. So much that she had even started keeping her fangs in her human form. She had grown very attached to both Jugar and Patch, seeing them as both a friend/guardian and brother respectively, along with Maxwell. Jordan and Abi were very proud of their family and how well they’ve grown, though Azure was still a minor handful.

During a trip to OtherWorld, Azure had gone out exploring and found an old, dilapidated lab. Walls were crumbling with vines running up and down them. Azure stepped inside, looking in awe at the place when she suddenly tripped over a cord. Looking back, she found it ripped from its spot on the wall, when she looked back, there was a figure sitting and staring at her. It had blonde hair with golden highlights, purplish sunset eyes, and nodes sticking out of its neck and back, along with a pair of pointy ears. Trying to pull itself from the wall, Azure ran over to help. Upon freeing the creature, Azure saw a nameplate sitting on the floor reading “Elpis”. Azure had found out very quickly that Elpis was something other than an Elf. More of a creation that had no idea how to live. She could only make small grunting noises, and didn’t know much about her surroundings. Azure happily brought her new friend back home, much to the surprise of Abi and Jordan, but allowed her to stay regardless of how strange she was.

After finding Elpis, Azure and her family hadn’t realized that Arjun had his eye on them for a while. He had kept tabs on the families ever since his past defeat. He ended up kidnapping Azure, prompting Abi, Jordan, their fathers, and Elpis to go and get her back and finally end Arjun’s terrorizing once and for all. However, Arjun didn’t calculate for one other to show. Azure’s biological mother, which turned out to be Reina. She had crossed paths with Jordan and Abi in public with Azure and had a suspicion of her identity. Upon realizing it, she figured it would be best not to interfere with their lives. When she heard what Arjun had done, she quickly leapt into action, pulling out all her old stops to help defeat the madman, and nearly killed him in the process. After Arjun was dealt with, Reina quickly explained the situation about Azure. Jordan and Abi figured it’d be alright for Reina to remain in Azure’s life, seeing how much she had changed in the years, so she became an Aunt figure to the little girl.

It was only after many years that Azure had questions about Reina’s true relation to her. After a good explanation, Azure was happy to finally hear the truth. She still considered Reina an aunt figure, but was happy she was still in her life regardless. Azure in her teens, found she took much from both Reina and Jordan. She loved to tinker and even started combining both tech and magic. She, along with her family, fixed the old lab where she found Elpis and made it her own where she would work whenever she got the chance.

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Original Character Bio #8: Reina Pt. 2

Creation and Details:

Back again with our good ol’ friend, Reina Gearshift. I will be talking about everything that happened to her after the scuffle with Arjun Sammohan. I’d recommend you read that first part if you haven’t already! Check it out here: https://at.tumblr.com/penguin4studios/the-characters-behind-the-collide/l3jtxrvn36gx

Her Story (Cont.): 

After the battle with Arjun, Reina took a step back to get her life in order, taking some therapy sessions. However, she never decided to get back in touch with her family. She ran off and did what she did, which was most likely all publicly televised, seeing as she did more of her chaotic rampages in the middle of cities. She figured it wasn’t worth getting pushed away more and spent her life living in her lab seeing as it provided a good home. She spent several years working on herself and her public image. At least to where people don’t either run away or side-eye her everytime she goes into public. It took her a good number of years for her reputation to be repaired, however, once she had begun to feel better and people had begun to understand that she was more than what she was beforehand. Reina had decided to put her knowledge to a more beneficial use, enrolling into school to become a technical professor to teach shop and computer science courses. She graduated and became hired at a local college, working with students and showing them her expertise. Some had recognized her name and asked her about her past. Reina took most of it in stride, but it did put stress on her, having recalled all those memories. She was able to keep them suppressed, but then something happened. 

Before the beginning of one year, Reina was overlooking her class list when a last name caught her eye: “Haddick”. She brushed the familiar feeling aside as she knew that there were several other people who had such a name. However, her new student happened to be Jordan, the daughter of Jorgen. As Jordan entered the room, Reina froze. Her mind could only recall those memories of her battles with Jorgen, all the destruction she had caused. Managing to make it through her day, Reina staggered home and collapsed onto her bed. The memories surrounding her were too much to bear and that’s when it happened. A grin spread across her face as she cackled, she got up and threw open a door leading to her old lab. She had lost her mind once more.

After dusting off most of her workbench and computer, Reina took the time to pull out some old blueprints of hers and get the work, the old memories being the only thing fueling her new found insanity. After finishing, she took it for a test run and tried to attack Jorgen’s home only to be stopped by Jorgen’s friends and family once again. She left in shame, returning home, realizing what she had just done. This wasn’t her, at least not anymore. She took a leave from her job to work once more on herself. She had to make sure she wasn’t bogged down by her older memories so that wouldn’t happen again. During this time, she met a gentleman whom she took a liking to.  Reina found a lot of comfort in having someone who slightly understood what she was going through in her life. The two soon formed a relationship, even getting married to one point. Skipping ahead a few years, Reina and Her Husband had borne a child of their own. Reina finally felt a sense of peace and happiness washing over her life. It felt like years since she had felt a feeling similar, finally having a family of her own. However, this wasn’t to last long.

During the night, Reina’s husband took the child and fled with no trace or note left behind. Reina awoke to find both of them gone. That feeling of peace was instantly shattered. She felt anger, she felt sadness, she felt the feeling of loneliness washing over her again. She wanted to snap and lose it again, however, depression washed over her mind. She was tired of losing her mind, she was tired of losing the ones she found special in her life. She became more and more secluded over the passing days.

However this would not be her ending just yet…

– Hello again! Thank you for reading Reina’s Pt. 2! I know it seems like I have more to say, however, I will be wrapping up her story in my next bio as I don’t want to spoil more of the next character’s bio!

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Original Character Bio #7: Jordan

Creation and Details:

Jordan is a very interesting case as she is the first character who isn’t directly based/inspired by anyone and is generally my first original character. She is also one of my most fleshed out characters to date, having more stories than even most of the characters that I’ve posted about before barring Reina. Jordan here is definitely a tomboy by heart. She likes exploring and generally getting into some trouble with her friends. In her later years, she got more into mechanical and technical things. Creating many weapons and tools on her own.

Her Story: 

Jordan was born during a winter day to parents,  Jorgen and Shanti. She was instantly loved by everyone in the family. Spending most of her baby years around the house with both Shanti and Jugar, by the time she was four, she was soon proving to be quite a handful. Her curious and explorative nature combined with sharing her father’s love for locomotives made looking after her a bit of a challenge. It was around this time that she got sent to school and there she met a new friend, Abi. These two hit it off with Abi’s love of mischief and Jordan’s love of exploration combining beautifully. It was during one of their adventures that the two met a brand new friend, Patch the poltergeist. All in all, Jordan’s cast of friends was very interesting, along with meeting both Teraya and Monrovia as well. A few months after meeting her new friends, she also became a big sister when Aja was born. She leaned very much into her big sister role, comforting and watching her smaller brother.

Skip ahead a few years, Jordan, along with her brother and friends had gotten into the stride of being a very adventurous group, exploring many locations they would read about in Abi’s many books. However, that stride was interrupted when a strange man named Arjun appeared at their home. Very quickly, Jordan and the gang found out from her parents that Arjun had hindered their lives in the past and now, he certainly was back. The gang was very critical in helping to beat the dastardly man, helping to distract him whilst Jorgen and his friends were busy dealing with Arjun’s henchmen. Near the end, they had been found out and captured, but luckily Jorgen and the gang had shown up to finish things off, leaving things off as normal once again.

Jordan’s teen years were not very eventful, however, her college years gave her some of the biggest adventures she had. Both her and Abi had joined the same college and would end up rooming in a house together. Since the two shared so much time together, a relationship soon began to bloom. Their relationship had been challenged when Shanti showed much disdain for it, however she soon saw the error of their ways and the two were happy again. Jordan also had to help deal with the return of Reina when she snapped once again. On top of dealing with these, Jordan had also been showing her more mechanical and technical side, making arm cannons, different devices, even restoring an old steam locomotive. 

Another few more years down the line, Jordan and Abi would end up marrying, and having 4 different children making one big happy family for the two of them.

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Original Character Bio #6: Aja

Creation and Details:

Aja is a very curious case of me creating an OC for more so of creating one and also expanding more of the lore. Jordan I had already previously created with her having no other sibling in mind however during the middle of 2019, I came up with the idea of giving her a sibling and Aja was born. Funnily enough he was called Aiden at first because I have no skill in coming up with names however very recently I had it switch to Aja, to give my cast list a little diversity in naming. I have not done very much with Aja since his creation, but a few ideas have struck me along with the help of a very close partner of mine. Aja is very much the opposite to Jordan’s tomboyish and adventurous attitude, when things seem too dangerous or extreme for him, he will usually be the voice of concern. However though they may be opposite, Jordan and Aja have a very powerful connection with each other just like any brother and sister.

His Story: 

Aja’s story hasn’t been as well fleshed out as Jordan or Reina’s, he was essentially along for the ride for most of Jordan’s adventures. So for his story, I’m going to share more of the small ideas that I’ve had for Aja and what I’ve done while creating him.

First of all, his design. Whilst designing him, I realized that I didn’t want to make an opposite to Jordan’s design (boy, blonde hair, tan skin, brown eyes,) so I came with a small compromise as giving him a small slice of blonde hair mixed with black, and even then later on the idea of giving him some form of heterochromia. Outside of much of these I haven’t come up with an older design for him in his three years of existence. Aja was also going to have some form of powers that Jorgen would have (super speed) however it would be very hard for him to bring out that power and also take a large toll on his own body. The idea is that it would come out after a burst of rage of being stuck in Jordan’s shadow as she would be doing more of the amazing adventures. This was a fun idea I came up with while talking with friends about. It was then expanded more on with another very close friend of mine and became a kind of bonding experience between Jordan and Aja. It would also flair up but only whenever he would get angry, it would take a number of years before he would get a good hang of his powers

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Despite being very chaotic and bad in nature, Reina does have her more sane moments such as when she helped Jorgen and Jumeirah fight Arjun, but also saved Jumeirah a number of times. She'd much rather beat the duo with her own hands rather than team up with someone else, which is very evident by her early disdain for Arjun when he first appeared.

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Original Character Bio #5: Shanti

Creation and Details:

Shanti is another example of an existing character being a big inspiration for making an OC. Over the years, Shanti had turned from being more of a damsel, to more of a gal who can get in over her head sometimes and doesn’t realize it until the danger has fully revealed itself, her attitude and curiosity sometimes getting the better of her, usually prompting a rescue or assistance from one of her friends

Her Story: 

Shanti had been raised in a small, secluded village in India. There, she spent most of her life doing chores and playing with the other children. Later on, in her mid teen years, she had found life in the village to be a little too quiet than how things were when she was a child. Many of the boys in the village had also been getting on her nerves as well. Suffice to say that life in the village had grown very stale for her.

However, one day, Shanti was just getting the water from the river, when suddenly a streak caught her eye as something sailed through the sky and crashed into the village. Shocked, Shanti ran in and saw a cloud of dust starting to settle. She turned, only to be grabbed by a blue metallic creature with spikes on its head. The villagers all turned to face the strange creature, but it just made remarks about how it wanted an emerald. Shanti tried to escape its grasp but it was far too strong for the girl. Then, it suddenly let go and Shanti fell to the ground. Looking upwards, she saw her savior. A boy with blonde hair, looking no more than around her age, standing to face the robot. Referring to the creature as “Metal”, Shanti watched in surprise as the boy faced the metallic creature and won. After the battle, the boy gave a short wave before disappearing into the vast jungle surrounding the village. Shanti could only stare at the gate, wondering about what she had just witnessed. 

The next day, Shanti was still thinking about what happened yesterday. She kept staring into the jungle and at the gate, thoughtfully. Finishing her chores for the day, curiosity bit her and she soon walked out the gate and into the dangerous jungle. Soon getting lost, Shanti soon realized that she had been lost, then was soon attacked by a wild animal. Thankfully, the boy from the other day soon came from her rescue. After introducing herself, the boy introduced himself as Jorgen. He told her he was looking for a special kind of gem. Shanti asked if she could join in, Jorgen agreed, much to Shanti’s delight. Over the course of their little journey, the two got to know each other very well, and Shanti appreciated Jorgen’s balance of maturity along with his more jokeful side that came out every now and again. The two had soon found the gem that Jorgen was looking for, but on their way back, one of the boys from the village who had his eyes on Shanti intercepted them and got into a small fight with Jorgen. The fight ended with the boy shoving Jorgen into a portal to some random location. Shanti watched in fear as electricity shot out from the portal, and all that was left behind was a small ring. Shanti picked it up, and walked back to her home sadly.

Shanti was grounded by her mother for her actions and was left in her room to wonder just what would happen now. She had only known Jorgen for a brief few moments, but she wanted to see him again. Upon stating that she wanted to see where his home is, and dropping the ring to the ground. The ring suddenly opened up, revealing a portal to a different land. Shanti, once again having curiosity biting her, stepped through to the other side discovering an entirely different world compared to the one she had known. One with several towns and small cities connected by a vast network of steam engines. Upon meeting one of the crews, Shanti finally reunited with Jorgen. She decided to stay with him for a little while, to learn more about the land he lives in, as well as helping him care for Jumeirah, upon hearing what happened to her grandfather. However, after her first encounter with the wintry weather that happens where Jorgen lives, Shanti decided that maybe her place at the moment would be in the village. Leaving him, Jumeirah, and their new companion Jugar, the four share a big group hug before departing for home.

5 years later, Shanti had still been living in her village, helping to take care of her home with her mother, but there was a looming sense of dread surrounding her life at that moment. A man named Arjun had somehow roped Shanti into an arranged marriage. Shanti wasn’t on board with the idea, however there was not much she could do to stop it. However, when things did look bleak, Jorgen and Jumeirah returned to visit her, and brought her back to Jorgen’s home to try and think of ways to deal with the problem of Arjun. Much to Shanti’s surprise, Jorgen’s long time rival, Reina Gearshift, had also been wanting to help upon hearing of their predicament. With her help, Jorgen and Jumeirah were able to put a stop to Arjun’s devious plan and with that, Shanti decided that she would want to stay with Jorgen.

Several years later, much had happened in their lives. Shant had been married to Jorgen, and the two now bore two children, Jordan and Aja. Whilst Shanti wanted to teach her daughter more about what she had known as a child, Jordan seemed to have more interest in her father’s line of work. Aja filled the spot when Jordan began to show more independence at her young age. Despite finally seeming like they were settling down, Arjun reared his head one last time, trying to get the chance to marry Shanti. Though, once again, Jorgen and several of his companions, including Jordan, Aiden, and their friends, managed to stop his plan once and for all, leading their lives to settle down for several years onwards.

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Original Character Bio #4: Jugar

Creation and Details:

Jugar was created back during early 2018. I had always had a small interest in snakes and one day, I wanted to make a character of my own. Seeing as snakes are generally seen as more of the evil, deceitful characters in some media, I elected to make something more of the opposite, someone who was more playful and friendly. Naming him was difficult as well, I spent around an hour thinking before coming up with Jugar, the Spanish word for “To Play”. That’s pretty much his personality as well. He loves to play and he loves his friends and family. Taking care of some of them on many occasions.

His Story: 

Jugar was hatched as a genetic experiment conducted by a biologist, studying ways to make reptiles with exotic scale patterns along with some form of consciousness. He had a shade of blue scales, a light gray stripe, and yellow chips along near his belly. Upon his hatching, the biologist’s daughter took a big liking to Jugar and cared for him, making the two great friends. She brought out his very playful nature and upon this, dubbed him with the name “Jugar”, making the snake very happy. This wasn’t to last for too long, however. Only around 6 months after his hatching, a group of men stormed the small lab and ended up killing both the biologist and his daughter. Before she died, the girl managed to sneak Jugar outside of the lab, giving him the chance to escape. After watching both his home and friends ripped from him, Jugar sadly retreated into the jungle.

10 years later, Jugar had grown to a much bigger size than when he was a little hatchling. He was living in his own little tree in the jungle, still by his lonesome. He tried to make friends, but because of who he was, most usually ran away from him. He had nearly given up on trying, when suddenly he heard sounds of someone walking on the jungle floor. He traversed through the canopy into a clearing, where he saw a girl wandering the jungle. Curious about this, Jugar went in for a closer look. Introducing himself, he surprised the girl, making her a little scared. After the shock had died down, the girl introduced herself as Jumeirah. The two soon got to talking and Jugar had told her his story and she took pity upon the poor python. After a quick game of Hide ‘N Seek, Jumeirah soon had to leave Jugar behind, however she visited him quite frequently afterwards.

During one of these visits, Jugar tells her that he noticed a number of hunters walking the area and that he had been scared that they were searching for him. Jumeirah thought for a while and decided that she would bring him back home with her, much to the slight annoyance of Jorgen and Shanti. At first the two were slightly unnerved by the presence of such a big snake roaming about their home, however, eventually the two had begun to enjoy his company as well, surprised at how tame he was. Jugar was very much enjoying his new family, loving the company.

Many years later, Jorgen’s daughter, Jordan was born. At first, Jugar was on edge about being around the small child, however he warmed up to her so much that he would regularly be around watching her. Over the years, the two grew very close, becoming the best of friends. Apart from one of Jordan’s friends not being used to being around him, his life was very uneventful. Usually taking care of or hanging around most in both Jorgen and Jordan’s families. In his later years, his playful nature had calmed down to be more settled than usual, but he still took care of any younger kiddos that were in his family, happily being the gentle, playful noodle he was.

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Original Character Bio #3: Jumeirah

Creation and Details:

Jumeirah’s creation began near the same time as Jorgen’s. Using inspiration from another character. She is the younger sister figure to Jorgen, often pairing up with him on several of his adventures. Wherever you see Jorgen, you’ll also see her. She is a very kind and very curious child, who can often be seen riding along with Jorgen whenever they go on adventures, typically riding in the red backpack he carries. When she got a few years older, she would be seen toting the titular backpack on many adventures to come

Example of how Jorgen & Jumeirah are usually seen together

Her Story: 

Jumeirah was raised in a small home that sat in a clearing in the Jungles of India. She lived with her Mother, Father, and Grandfather for many years before her parents passed away due to a fever and it was just her and her grandfather left to live in their small home. Things settled to some normalcy, until one individual entered her life.

While she was out collecting fruit, Jumeirah suddenly heard the sounds of someone screaming for help. She rushed to where she could hear the screams and found someone dangling off the edge of a cliff, trying to get back up. After helping him out of his situation, the stranger introduced himself as Jorgen and Jumeirah followed suit. As a thanks for helping him. Jumeirah smiled as the two walked back into the jungles. After picking up her basket, both of them were suddenly attacked by wild dogs. Jorgen ended up with a bad scratch on his arm, but the two were saved by Jumeirah’s grandfather before Jorgen passed out from his injury.

The two brought Jorgen back to their home, where they patched up his arm and let him stay there while it healed. During his stay, Jorgen told Jumeirah about his life, how he worked on a railway, and his different adventures. As well as some stories of those who worked on the railway. Jumeirah was fascinated by his stories and the two formed a very close bond together. After a few days, when Jorgen tried to leave in the middle of the night, Jumeirah followed him through a warp ring to his home. Jorgen was annoyed she did so, but had no time to get her back home as work was calling. So, he ended up looking after her, making their bond even closer as he taught her about the technology of his home and then some. 

After nearly a week, Jorgen was able to bring Jumeirah back to her home. It was saddening for the two, however, sadness turned to shock when the two returned to Jumeirah’s home to find the place deserted. Jorgen takes the charge of discovering just what happened to her family, using help from his friends. They soon discovered that her grandfather had been worried about her disappearance and traveled to several villages to look for her. It took a toll on him and soon, he couldn’t travel anymore. He soon passed away, leaving Jumeirah with no family to live with. Devastated, Jorgen took Jumeirah back to his home, where he made the decision to have her live with him, essentially adopting her.

After this, the two began their stride of adventuring with each other. The duo were quite a force to be reckoned with as Jumeirah would appear from the red backpack Jorgen would wear and either bop someone on the head with a hammer or throw projectiles. Together, she and Jorgen fought the forces of Reina Gearshift and even much later, she would help Jorgen and Reina defeat Arjun. Her later life consisted of working on the railway as both a driver and stoker and being an aunt figure to Jorgen’s two children as well.