If I have to tell you all about my OCs, I have to tell you the Context of the World they live in.
So the World they live in is VERY similar to ours except there is Magic World the people don't know based on the Myths, Legends, Superstitions and Culture they are born in.
The story takes place mostly in Southeast and South Asia, so 4 of my OCs come from Singapore, 2 from the Magic World and 2 Mundane World.Here are the Characters:
Okazaki Takeo
Guardian of the Syonan Chureito Shrine, which is commonly known today as Bukit Batok Memorial, paired with his Grandfather, Okazaki Tsuki, a Japanese Rebel from WW2.He is from the Magic World and given position by the King of Singapura to fight Ghosts and Spirits as an Exorcist to prevent Magic Leakage to the Mundane World, to extend his work, he acts as a Vigilante in the Mundane World, he also speaks in a Okinawan Dialect or accent.
Aisyah d/o Atheer
The Naval Commander of the Kingdom of Singapura, an Orang Laut Warrior and Fisherman that guard the Magic Waters of Singapore from Invasions, she is the Daughter of a Famous General and Buginese Shaman Father, she is also a Childhood Friend of Takeo.Though Not only is she a Commander of the Navy, but also the King's secret Bodyguard and so she secretly works as Palace Maid to cut down Usurpers to the Throne.
Puli s/o Parashara
He is from Mundane World and lives in Siglap and a Expert on the Indian Silambam Martial Art .His father is a Police Officer and his mother runs an Indian Food Stall on the Ground Floor of their Flat.He is also 20 years old and about to Head into BMT, after skipping it with Nitec and Higher Nitec, but before he could even head to White Sands a Magic Incident happened and it dragged him and his Childhood friend into the Magic World.....litterally.If you hadn't guess right now he is Indian specifically Chetti Malaka, so he speaks Tamil and Chetti Malay.
Jade Mei
She is a Peranakan Chinese girl that lives in a Peranakan Shophouse, her Deceased Father was an Air Pilot and was Malay while her Mother was a Combat Medic and Chinese.She also have a Grandparents but doesn't really like talking to them, but will communicate with her Great Grandmother in Baba Malay to not let anyone know their Conversations while learning how to do Batik.She is still in School, specifically ITE College and currently studying Fashion Design, she is also Puli's Childhood Friend and while seeing him off to BMT in White sands, a Magic Incident happened and they are dragged into the Magic World.
So here are some Terms that if you are not Singaporean or Southeast Asian in general you probably won't Get but will be explained:
BMT
-The Dreaded Acronym of every Male in Singapore, BMT stands for 'Basic Military Training' the right age to enter BMT is 18 and above and it's Mandatory, sometimes when you're 16 as well but idk how that one works, Puli is 20 years old so he basically decided that he will persue a Higher Education first before entering the Army however you are only allow to do that up to a Polytechnic Diploma.
ITE college(Nitec and Higher Nitec)
-Basically College, except you have no Dorm Rooms and they mostly teach you Technical Skills that is require of the Industry that you choose to Study, so Jade is in ITE and studying in the Nitec of Fashion Apparel Production & Design, because she wants to become a Fashion Designer and so if she wants she could go to Higher Nitec where things become a little Harder but it's the Higher Chance of getting a Job in her field of expertise so she would probably enter either Visual Merchandising or Retail & Online Business.
Orang Laut, Buginese, Chetti Malaka and Peranakan Chinese
Orang Laut are basically the Indigenous people of Johor Malaysia and Singapore, historically they are fierce warriors that guard Singapore's Waters to the Straits of Johor, they mostly lives in Boats and if they do build a home it's mostly for short amount of time.These Days you don't see them alot, the last time that they were thriving were the 1970s, in Pulau Semakau, an Island but nowadays it's a Landfill but however unlike America putting their Natives in Reservations we actually give them a home on the Mainland, and they can actually visit the Island whenever they feel like it.
Buginese people are a Ethnic group that mostly lives in South Sulawesi of Indonesia, in Singapore we don't have alot nowadays BUT we have Bugis Street back then in 1960s to 1980s, that place was basically a playground for Trans people and Cross dressers, however that didn't last to today because Singapore wanted to lower sexual Explicity, which is Understandable because it was considered a Red Light District and Crime during those time were ALOT.
Chetti Malaka, an Ethnic group that is
S L O W L Y Dying, they are basically Descendants of South Indian and Sri Lankan people mix with Malay people and Chinese, they live in Malacca, Malaysia, mostly but Puli's family lives in Singapore, I don't know much about the Chetti Malaka, but I do know that most of their culture is based on Malay and Indian Culture with Chinese, Dutch and Portuguese influences, they also speak a type of Malay dialect, called Chetti Malay.
Peranakan Chinese
Exactly like Chetti Malaka, but it's just Chinese and Malay, most of the Chinese that came to Singapore were MOSTLY from the South so like,Fujian, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong and Guangxi, that came and then married Malay men and Women and then the Peranakan Chinese were Born just the Chetti Malaka we have our own form of Malay, which I very much would like to learn, it's called Baba Malay, every Baba Malay could be Different cause the Provinces we come in have different Dialects so the way say things might be Different.
Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong speak Cantonese just differently, one is unfiltered Cantonese, the other two have British and Portuguese influences.
Hainan speak Hainanese and Hakka.
Guangxi speaks Zhuang and Cantonese.
Fujian speaks Min Chinese or Hokkien, this one is the most Common these days despite Younger Generation not knowing how to speak Hokkien.So if you mix them with Malay you do get Baba Malay but it all depends on the Family and how they speak it.
Syonan Chureito Shrine/Bukit batok memorial
Okay this is Simple, a WW2 memorial it used to be a Japanese Shrine built by Australian P.O.W during the Japanese Occupation but they burnt it down leaving only but the Stairs of the shrine Behind, this only exist in the story because Magic.
Story terms:
Mundane Singapore
So the story going to take place in Singapore first but later I will Branch out further.So mundane Singapore, is the Late 90s and Early 2000s, so the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the Financial crisis of 2007–2008 go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.So my two Characters would be wearing 90s and 2000s clothes, but don't be alarmed when you see something 70s and 80s inspired, because Asian Fashion from 90s and 2000s were different from America and Europe.
Magic Singapore
Based on the Legendary Kingdom of Singapura, that we are very Uncertain if it existed or not as the only relics and evidence are Myths, Tall Tales, Excavated Ruins and Jewelry, ruled by a King descended from the not dead Ahmad Shah of Malacca.There is the freedom of Religion but Hinduism and Buddhism would be common, the land is would be Magic Wuxia/Xianxia like fantasy world with Hills, Rivers and anything from the 1200s to the 1960s, with Magic Swords, Guns, Weapons based on Taoism, Hinduism, Shintoism and Buddhism.
Yeah thank you for reading this long post about my characters that I am going to draw and the world in general!☺️