#gumsi

[itisbop]

Late night Rayman 3 hcs for the soul since that's the 3D game I know more about-

- King Lum, otherwise known to many as King Lumine, is not only the king and father of all lums (no duh) but is the one and only André. He's somewhat in the same situation as Ales, but he chose not to take Jano's offer of the spell "The Great Splitening". Unlike Ales, having two separate versions of himself could be catastrophic for the Glade of Dreams.

- King Lum is the only lum who is able to shift their own form. He can shift into the form of a tiny fairy. André never knew about this form until Mr. Dark, with the help of Razorbeard and The Mechanic, revived him in Legends (that's another for another day).

- Speaking of Dark... he's the reason why André exists. While he was preparing his massive takeover of the Glade and Canva, he began experimenting with the "Jitterbug" or better known as the power of the nightmares. His big break came when he decided to test his magic on someone... that someone being King Lum. While it is certainly true that scaring a lum can dim their light, it is the combination of mental torture that drives them mad and turly turns them into a black lum. This is the process Mr. Dark put Lumine through, and as we all know, it proved successful... perhaps a little bit TOO successful...

- There are two big roles and comes to ruling the Center Kingdom (where the Fairy Council is). The role of Grand Minimus, who is the king of not only the Center Kingdom, but second-in-command of the Fairy Council, and overall ruler of the ENTIRE Glade. And the role of Grand Maximus, the messenger of the Bubble Dreamer. You become the Maximus after you have served as the Minimus.

- Minimus and Otto are childhood friends! Otto had to usually take care of many, MANY of Minimus' injuries and wounds...

- Speaking of which, I want Minimus and Murfy to have a bit of bigger role in the story so the build-up towards their roles and Origins and Legends feels good. Thus, Minimus and Murfy drive the ship that takes you to where Reflux and André go at the end of the game! It'd be cool if they'd help in the shoot-em-up section; Murfy carries Minimus as he shoots the people in the front with cool magic, and Rayman shoots the people in the back!

- Speaking of Murfy, wanna learn some cool things about the Greenbottle species? In the world of Rayman, fairies are basically the angels of the world. They look upon the Glade above the clouds, but only a few have the honor of living with the people themselves. The highest honor a fairy can have (besides being part of the almighty Fairy Council) is getting their wings, which is earned through trial, tribulations, and hard work. Greenbottles are basically high-ranking angels (think archangels, perhaps?). They are the closest servants to Polokus, being the ones who send messages from him to the Grand Maximus and heroes when danger lurks. Some are also royal right-hands/royal advisors of the Grand Minimus and Maximus, which is basically like being second-in-command of the entire Glade. They are born with their wings, though they can "ascend" and gain new ones if they prove themselves worthy to Polokus.

- Murfy comes from a very lucky family of greenbottles who get to serve the teensy ruler. He is the royal advisor for Minimus (although he tends to piss him off a lot). Murfy has a very strong desire to ascend and prove his worthiness to the Glade (and Minimus, especially Minimus).

- Murfy is smart, but also, too, a smartass.

- Listen I like Minimus x Murfy okay-

- Polokus, wanting to help in Murfy's goal, gifted him with the Book of Prosperity after the events of Rayman 2 (a.k.a, the manual). The Book of Prosperity holds all the knowledge of the Glade now, then, and soon-to-be. The book tends to have signals when something new has been added or danger will soon add a whole new chapter to the world's story (which is code for "go get Rayman cause shits about to go down"). Murfy treats that thing like his child and enjoys the present dearly.

Though he could've sworn it said something about him dying pretty soon.

- Little bit of a change for Art to avoid stinky stereotypes. I like to imagine that the Knarren are the next-door neighbors of the Dijiridoos. Wind magic is of common use for the two. When the three doctors do group therapy, there's some flute in there that none of them pays, so Art is gonna play some type of medical flute now. He still focuses on head stuff; he uses the wind magic and the music of the flute to go through the head cavity and have the music lead anything that's not supposed to be in there out. He's one of the very few people who BOTH the Knarren and the Dijiridoos fw. He is usually the doc on duty for many of the battles there (that is, if Relux doesn't kill everybody). The rest I'd probably have to explain once I make a proper design for him, but I hope that makes sense for now! 👍👍👍

- Gumsi fucking HATES Mockingbird. Turns out, Gumsi main way of combat is through biting people like the gremlin child he is (seriously, where are your parents man?)

- Betilla is the current head of the Fairy Council! The other siblings are too part of the council and are the representatives of each of their respective lands.

- Okay one more hear me out Reflux x André

[slightly-gay-pogohammer]

for the requests, if you want too ! I would like to see your version of human!Gumsi ! (ᵒᵕᵒ)/

i THINK i drew him already but i couldnt find it anywhere and its GOOD bc i didnt like my first ideas for his design so

the king is a terrible spoiled brat who likes seeing ppl kill eachother a lot and also has connections with the leptys so. sparkly

[nausinoisette]

Reflux is my champion, and no Knaaren has ever beaten him ! >:D

[itisbop]

Good morning! Let's talk about André and Reflux (and some stuff about Hoodlums, Black Lums, and Knarren in General)

(Lil' filler image to fill the wall of text)

• While the Lums didn't originally have a king, they did have someone known as "The Father of All Lums" and a god of life. That person was André former known as Lumine. He and Great Spirit Palmito-god of death-were in charge of the cycle of life.

• They came into conflict over mortals. Palmito became apathetic over time after seeing constant life cycles come and go. Lumine, however, would still mourn and cry over the death of mortals, especially his own lums. This annoyed Palmito to no end as he couldn't understand how Lumine hadn't gotten used to the process despite being a god.

• Eventually, this all came to a climax when Palmito decided that the only way to shut up the Griskins was to kill them all. Lumine fought to protect the Griskins, but unfortunately, he was "murdered" in an act of blind rage.

• In reality, Lumine had survived. He had decided within that battle-growing tired of Palmito's treatment of him and the negligence of the other gods-he would not return to the heavens. He lived by his lonesome self in complete and utter isolation alongside his broken mind. The thoughts in his head grew more and more twisted by the day until... he snapped and went manic. Once a warm embrace to all became a cold chill, reeking of fear. He isolation led him to believe that he nor his lums deserved a world that gave them no remorse, and they would be promptly punished for it and reminded their place amoung the cycle of life. I mean, if they are going to harm God and his angels, they shouldn't be surprised when punishment arrives.

• André's "cheese touch" ability was originally a healing touch! Once he turned into a black lum, this ability corrupted along with him, now tainting and affecting all who come in contact.

• André also USED TO be able to create lums freely and infinitely. However, he found that he had somehow lost the ability when becoming a black lum, hence why he had to target other lums and focus his operations on the Heart of the World and the Specter of Leptys. I wonder why...

• Lums have fairy forms, which they can change between at will. For black lums, this brings great advantages. They use their fairy forms to pilot their hoodlum forms, and when their uniform takes too much damage, they revert back to a tiny little lum and fly away.

• As a defense mechanism, black lums can become like parasites. Let's say, somehow, someway, a black lum finds themselves in the body of an unfortunate victim; well, they can use that victim as a host and slowly take over them bit by bit. It starts with unquenchable thirst or everlasting hunger, with the host constantly needing to eat or drink for the black lum. Then, the host's skin will begin to rot, with splotches of the skin growing moldy and fuzzy. Finally, the lum's disease reaches the brain, causing drastic and violent mood changes and eventually the brain death of the host, which they will then be taken control of by the lum or the lum will leave the body and leave the host left for dead! This also raises the stakes of Rayman needing to get Globox to the doctor's office.

Onto the Reflux and the Knarren!

• Reflux and Gumsi are brothers! Their mother was the previously ruler of the Knarren who "mysteriously" passed away one day.

• Reflux used to be quite loyal to the Leptys (and I mean way back then, by the events of Rayman 3, he is not loyal in the slightest). Though that faith began to waver over time.

• Between the two brothers, it always seemed Reflux got the bad end of the stick, with Gumsi being chosen and preferred by Leptys for almost EVERYTHING. Reflux tried EVERYTHING to please the Leptys and get at least a little recognition out of him, but all to no avail. Eventually, this led to a fight between him and his god, where he said something that made Leptys ENRAGED to the point of sentencing him to death.

• If it's not the traditional battle against prisoners, the Knarren fight in the Destiny Arena for honor, or in this case, their lives. It is here that Reflux faced the former feared champion, and to the surprise of everyone, even the Leptys himself, it is here he won and proved him wrong.

• From then on, Reflux became a respected figure across the tribe, serving as the right-hand and enforcer for his brother. He also gained notoriety across the Glade as a pit fighter and warrior. Many times at Council meetings, he was met with fairies, teensies, and all other people in the castle with their praise and adoration. Look at all he was able to achieve without the aid of a god! A god who was willing to persecute and punish his people for the slightest inconvenience! A god who could care less about his own people! Who needs him anyway?!

• In every battle Reflux fought, there were always stakes, a reason to keep fighting. He had a reputation to maintain, a point to prove, and pride to fuel. When Rayman managed to best him, he went back to those fleeting moments when he was younger, second rate, nothing, and constantly at the feet of someone who never cared. To hell he'd go back to a place like that! He would prove his worth and strength, even if it met crossing the line towards the point of no return.

• The Leptys is a very morally grey character, not necessarily bad, but he isn't helping the good guys until times get REAL tough. He is quick to be suspicious and slow to trust.

• The Knarrens and Birds of the Dijiridoos (Mimics as I like to call them) are fairly close in relation. Leptys and the creator of the Mimics are brothers!

• Speaking of birds, the Knarren are flightless birds with bodies made out of Fluorescent Moon Crystal (the stuff Reflux shatters into at the end of the final fight) the sturdiest structure in the entire Glade, only being breakable by Leptys himself. The blood they bleed is cold and blue. I promise this'll make more sense when I draw Reflux and Gumsi.

• It is uncommon for Knarren to be born with enough wings to fly, but there have been cases of it.

• It is also uncommon for Knarren to be skilled in both magic and physical combat. It is usually one or the other. Reflux can do both.

Finally, we have some general hcs for the cast of Rayman 3!

• In my AU, the doctors don't immediately know how to deal with Black Lums (this is more of a nitpick, but it's always confused me on how the doctors know how to deal with the black lums already as it mean that this isn't the first time black lums have existed in the Glade and it's never explained if that's the case) they are learning on the spot, but by the time Rayman, Globox, and Murfy get to Art, they've figured a way to cure Globox. They're fast thinkers.

• Speaking of Murfy, Murfy is staying for the ENTIRE adventure because I want him to :) In the U.S. version of the manual, they explain how Murfy is able to zip into Hoodlum camps undetected and bring back information like spy. I wanna see him do that, so he's gonna do that.

• André is a master manipulator. When it became more evident that he was gonna be stuck with the trio for longer than he thought, he began whispering sweet nothings into Globox's ear to get the upper hand. When he saw that Leptys gave him the ability to purify, he realized that he had to get as far away from him AS POSSIBLE and made Globox believe that the other two thought he was a burden and was planning to get rid of him.

• He is a very clever devil on a certain Knarren's shoulder, taking advantage of their wavering mental state.

And that's all I'll go over for now! Once I finish André and Reflux's references, I'll go deeper into their relationship cause I have a LOT to say, but this post is already long enough.

[nausinoisette]

He stole it... he stole my scepter... Reflux stole my scepter... he'll kill him... it hurts... He's in pain... it hurts... He's so scared... He'll die... he'll kill Him, Reflux will kill HIM... !

[nausinoisette]

ok I don't know why but I dreamt of teenage Gumsi who had to escape from a stone temple and he had a motherfucking skull on his head and it was cool so here's a sketch of my boy escaping

[nausinoisette]

IT’S MY BOY HE’S MY SON GOD BLESS THIS LITTLE KING i love him and protect him ( ☌ᴗ☌)

[nausinoisette]

Gumsi teenager / young adult !  (•̀ᴗ•́)و