Jan 11, 2020
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“Things were different then for us... Very different.”
Been awhile since I’ve done a line up but since I’m working on designs as of late got a kick to finish up the “original explorers” as it were of the Survive the Shadows series. Robert Wagstaff, Percival Higgsbury, Melinda Wickerbottom and Sebastian as they appeared in Dark Knowledge from Book of Shadows.
Robert’s old design is still canon in regards to that’s what he looked like when he was a young man and by extension what he looked like in Dark Knowledge, which he was around 18-19 years of age, being a student and apprentice to Percival.
Percival, good heavens he’s gotten some upgrades since the last time I drew him in his prime. Hair is more refined and his build is more solid. I’m just rolling around laughing at how short he is compared to Robert. X;D I honestly didn’t mean to make Robert one of the freakishly tall ones but it happened.
Melinda, not much change. Just color tweaks.
Sebastian has never really had a proper ref sheet so this is his debut. Mr. future terrorbeak before everything went so wrong.
More line ups to come but I just wanted to get these guys up since I’ve really wanted to share some designs. Meaning there are other characters from Dark Knowledge who will appear but on other line ups. Also, Robert will appear again with his older look in a different line up and probably his own portrait like I did with Edward and Cecelia. (Though honestly it’s not that much different from what we see here, just different hair cut and he’s older.)
And that about does it. Catch ya next time.
Two gems together this time since Percival and Melinda are a package deal. Kind of weird seeing Percival with lighter colored hair and Melinda without her glasses but eh, tis the nature of turning characters into gems. Alright, story bio time! Hit ‘em up Storm!
Peridot/Percival
Bio:
Peridot was an era 1 Peridot without enhancers and full abilities. He was skilled with programming Diamond ships and creating star charts of the cosmos. He was created long before the Earth had been chosen as Purple Diamond’s colony. When it was announced, he volunteered to act as one of her personal gems for navigation as well as programming when time came.
He worked closely with a Snowflake Obsidian whom assisted him with her future vision coming in handy. They were a close team. Always seen together and always together even when they weren’t seen. They had been together for a long time in secret, Earth provided a way for them to be together even under the watch of a Diamond.
They still focused on work, but there was so much about Earth, he couldn’t even begin to categorize it all.
Though, not all of his work had to do with what he was created for. He was also tasked with mentoring a Red Beryl who emerged to be an entertainer but still needed a few directions.
Namely, making sure nothing happened during his first few months out of the ground. They became close friends and Peridot gave him a few nudges in the right direction when it came to catching the eye of the gem he was to work with.
“What if she doesn’t like me?”
“Young gem, I’m going to do you a favor.”
“What?”
“GET OVER THERE!”
During the war, he was tasked with cloaking bases and manning remote weapons. It was his technology embedded in the underground that protected those who survived the blast.
He now works closely with Black Zirconia to document the corrupted gems captured and working towards finding a cure for them.
As for his name, he didn’t receive one right away from either girl. It took a bit until he was letting them play with a few projections he had conjured up.
“You’re kind of like a grandpa!”
“A grandparent unit, huh?”
“Ahuh… So you need a name to go with that. Hm… Percival!”
“Grandpa Percival, huh? I could get used to that.”
Snowflake Obsidian/Wickerbottom
Bio:
Like Percival/Peridot, she had been created long before Earth was colonized. She was gifted with the ability to see the future and possible results of actions.
Though, there had been one gem that had baffled even her own future vision. A Peridot who was always looking to the stars and never seemed satisfied with just what he was doing.
She found him intriguing in that his future never seemed to be set in stone. It was always changing and he was as well. Eventually, she decided her best future was to be with him, no matter what.
Even if they had to keep it quiet under the watch of the Diamonds. Even if it meant volunteering for what she personally thought would be a task he wouldn’t be interested in.
If she was with her Peridot, she was content.
Earth had been another surprise. So many creatures and plants, everything seemed to have infinite possibilities. It had overwhelmed her at first until Peridot was able to help her get past that and to look at it one thing at a time.
She grew to love the planet and wanted to try to change the future that was planned for it initially. She was ever so relieved when their Diamond had declared that the planet would not be destroyed.
During the war, she was able to pick the best strategy based off what her visions told her but even she couldn’t stop the vision about the final strike from coming to fruition.
She could only give a warning and an estimation of how quickly it would be coming. Long enough for the survivors to be able to hide. She wished all of them could’ve been saved but even she couldn’t predict the corruption. Only that the strike would be devastating.
Afterwards, she grieved privately for her comrades before trying to move on and help the others with caring for their new home.
Unlike the others, she hadn’t been given a nickname by the girls, rather by Peridot after he started going by Percival.
“You know, they say I’m the grandfather of the group.”
“That so?”
“And a grandfather could use a grandmother… Maybe a full name at that…”
“Peridot…”
“How about… Melinda Wickerbottom?”
“Hm… I rather like that… Percival.”
And that’s it for these two. Only a few gems left to be discovered. I think you guys can start taking guesses about who Red Beryl might be. He’s next by the way along with another gem. >w>
Catch you then!
“The knowledge of the stars is beyond the written word.”
Wickerbottom is here and she has become the Solar Mage. Her magical abilities have been heightened as has her knowledge of many things. There’s nothing in the cosmos that’s outside her understanding.
Blessed by the powers bestowed to one who is deemed a Sun Celestial, Wickerbottom’s pursuit of knowledge and use of magic have become something quite out of this world.
Even if the most we get everday is an hour to be together every minute is a moment in heaven with you.
It’s Teacher’s Day, so some love for two of Wilson’s best teachers.
Wickerbottom and Percival