First off, I only focused on her lekku, face and montrals markings, and eyes for this drawing, so I didn't draw details like clothes and proper autonomy.
Now on to the character description!
Species: Togruta, Twi'lek, Mirialan, Zabrak, and Kage hybrid (I'll explain later ((but probably not in this post)). Like I said, It's complicated).
Autonomy: Her montrals and body, including the montrals and lekku markings, come from togruta DNA. Golden eyes come from Kage DNA. Face and body markings (excluding the lekku and montrals) are Zabrak. The lekku autonomy is a bit complicated. They're shaped and marked like togruta head tails but function like Twi'lek lekku. You'll need to understand the difference between lekku and head tails, so check out the second picture up top. Because the lekku are built like and function like a twi'lek's, they're not stiff and inflexible like a togruta's head tails. They are made of strong muscle just like a twi'lek and are almost always suspended out and around her to feel what's around her.
Her blindness: My original train of thought that led to this character design was the random thought of "What would happen if you kept your eyes open during carbon freezing?" If you notice, everyone we've ever seen frozen in carbon has their eyes shut tight, probably as a natural reflex. But what would happen if you kept your eyes open? We know carbon sickness leaves you temporarily blind, but getting your eyeballs frozen would surely leave some pretty severe permanent damage. Well, Moko put it to the test (not on purpose of course). Coming out of hibernation, she was completely blind, but after the carbon sickness wore off, her sight did not return. She can see differences in light and shadow, so she can tell when the lights have been turned on or off, but that's pretty much it. But, all hope is not lost! And before you say, "I bet she's force sensitive or has Force sight like Kanan and Chirrut," no. No, she is not Force sensitive. That whole super-powered blind person trope is overdone, no matter how much I enjoy it.
Montrals use:
"...Montrals were hollow, cone-like horns that sprouted from the top of the Togruta's skulls. They formed an extrasensory organ capable of sensing the movement of physical objects around them within a scope of up to 25 meters (82 feet)." "Togruta had the ability to sense the proximity and movement of physical objects around them by means of their hollow montrals, which detected space ultrasonically."
Lekku use:
Lekku are very sensitive to touch, so I was thinking she would keep them suspended around her, feeling for obstacles and such while her hands were free to do whatever, so they kinda looked like these cool tentacles floating around her, ya know. And yeah, she could use a cane, but where is the fun in that (no offense to anyone who uses a cane, ya'll are still cool)? We don't see this very often, if at all, but lekku are prehensile, which means "(chiefly of an animal's limb or tail) capable of grasping." So I plan to use that to its full extent with this character.
Extra details:
We know montrals can pick up movement, but can they pick up stationary objects? If so, that's fine, but if not, I think she would make some sort of clicking sound, probably with her tongue, to make sounds bounce off objects, echolocation style. And because her montrals are specifically for echolocation, I think she's got a pretty dang good view of things using this method. Point is, nature has well equipped her to deal with being blind.
Communication with Osha:
Spoilers, Moko and Osha meet! But we run into some problems. Moko can't see what Osha is signing, and Osha can't hear what Moko is saying. Osha can write stuff down on her speech pad, and Moko can understand her that way, but Moko can't write a response, so communication is pretty one-sided. And before ya'll say lip-reading: #1 Lip reading is only about 45% accurate and hella exhausting for the person doing the reading. #2 Osha was raised learning Ryl, not basic. Ryle has some lekku movement and hand sign elements and Osha can lip-read some Ryle, and even speak some since she grew up with it, but she can't speak or lip-read basic or really anything else. But Bhay, being the beautiful bay that he is, does his best to translate for Osha.
Yay! You read this far! Wow, you must be bored if you made it all the way down here. Well, I hope you are intrigued by this character and want to know more about Moko and her backstory, but if not, I hope at least you learned something new!
Thanks!
