Haven't really done any full-body SRB2 stuff for super Flare/Chaos Narlare in a long time (the OST vid art comes close ig?), and I wanted to give him something akin to the art in the credits.
Flare finally has a ref sheet for his new Sonicverse design! Took me long enough.
Since I haven't really talked about... well, anything regarding who my ocs actually are, I should start with this guy. Wall of text under the cut.
(The bio for the most part applies just fine to his nonsonic version, just with a few details changed.)
A young dino who ended up exiled from his village as a child after coming across and accidentally merging the spirit of a disgraced deity, Narlok, into himself, Flare is a ball of anxiety, and (when stressed out) very clingy to anyone he considers family or friend, heavily anxious and paranoid about things going wrong in his new location (though these fears have eased quite a bit now that he's met Ryder and they consider each other brothers).
When he's (somewhat) calm, though, he's a sweet-hearted (and somewhat goofy) rex who loves hugs and his friends/family (especially his big brother Ryder) and is always willing to help out when prompted. He does have quite the appetite, though that's to be expected - even ignoring the whole 'trying to survive on his own in the wild for years' thing, he is still a growing T.rex after all.
After the soul acquirement, Flare requires a special inhibitor to regulate the deity's seal's output and keep it close to him at all times (if it's over 10ft away from him, he suffers severe pains). Years after leaving his village and finding refuge at Apotos, he was kidnapped in his sleep and forced into a (failed) experiment to try and separate the two souls. This 'woke' Narlok up, unlocking a primal, rampaging kaiju transformation, triggered under extreme stress, making the inhibitor more important than ever.
As a tyrannosaur, Flare's legs are stronger than the majority of other reptiles, especially at his age, allowing him enhanced acceleration and jump strength, besides just being able to do more damage with them. But his most stand-out (natural) ability comes from his back plating, which is able to reflect just about all kinetic force that makes impact with it. Projectiles, melee attacks, the ground, anything. While this makes him a good shield (and particularly bouncy when ramming into a wall or floor), he's also very slippery when on his back.
On the other hand, Narlok's presence allows for some more interesting feats, and arguably the most well-known ones Flare has. The deity's power grants the tyrannosaur pyrokinesis, though at his current skill level it's not anything really devastating. It's commonly used through his flamethrower breath, though Flare's also capable of spewing flames from any other part of his body, though in these cases usually through his palms or the end of his tail.
Under enough stress, however, Flare's inhibitor overloads, forcing his body to mutate into an 80+ft tall monster, boasting physical strength capable of leveling cities, flames as searing as a small star and near-invulnerability - Narlare.
Normally, Flare loses control over himself when transformed, and only reverts back once Narlare exhausts himself and passes out (it's still Flare's body after all). With training, however, he can learn to take back control and even trigger the transformation manually.
