If you are picking Daemons for Blue Dragon characters the most obvious thing might be to pick the animal already associated with the characters. Their Shadows. There multiple reasons I don't think this is the best approach it's still fun to do.
Shu - Dragon
The Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest lizard alive around 2.3m long and 70kg.
Jiro - Minotaur
The Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) a massive, dark bovine with impressive horns that seems like a good match to Minotaur's Corporeal form.
Kluke - Phoenix
Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri) is a beautiful bird that bears a mildly resembles to Phoenix's Corporeal form.
Marumaro - Saber-Tooth
The Tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat, looks fairly similar to his Shadow's Corporeal form and even shares part of the name.
Zola - Killer Bat
The Spectral Bat (Vampyrum spectrum) is the largest carnivorous bat with a wing span of 70-100cm and a dangerous bite force.
Suggestions are welcome if you know an animal you think more closely resembles a character's Corporeal Shadow then the ones I have listed here.
We are witnesses of a world changing, hopefully, for the better. But ours is the path of humility and we do not pretend to burn bright, like a shining beacon of hope; we are the Phoenix shadow. A simple whisper to the right ear can change the course of history, though sometimes a dagger to the back might be needed. Obviously, everything has a price, even us, and we’ll sell information to the highest bidder, or extinguish a life in the same manner.
We are not children of the Light, shining flames of righteousness, nor of the Dark, plotting against humanity. We keep to that thin line between right and wrong - even if those serving the Law would label us as criminals - because we believe in balance above anything else.
“Only in silence the word, Only in dark the light, Only in dying life: Bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky.”
Who are we? (OOC)
The Fèng Huáng Yǐng syndicate has obvious Doman origins and its founding can be traced back to a few generations. Though the organization’s structure is family oriented, the leadership was never handed down from biological parent to their son or daughter, but rather to one the current leader would have designated as the next leader, not only for their skills or devotion to the syndicate, but because of their bond, which could be considered as strong as parent-child. Thus the Fèng Huáng Yǐng has passed into the hands of many of all gender, race or origin. It was recently believed the organization had died after their bloody fight against another syndicate - The Cursed Hand - leaving the few surviving members scattered around the world and forced into hiding. Yet the current leader - Ujitoshi Hagane - managed to escape with his life, fleeing the land of Hingashi, to slowly rebuild the syndicate from the ground up. Fate would have that the Cursed Hand was scattered to the winds at the hand of yet another syndicate, the Red Dragon, giving Ujitoshi the opportunity to finally expand the reaches of the Phoenix and regain its past influence.
The syndicate has always walked on the dangerous line between “good and evil”. But truly, what is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’? What is Justice but a man-made set of laws that can drastically change from one City-State to the other? Thus the Phoenix aims to keep the balance, to nudge events or peoples in certain directions, buying and selling information, or even ending a few lives if necessary in the grand scheme of things. They keep to the shadows, or hide in plain sight, observing and acting only when needed. Their other ‘activities’, also semi-legitimate, help funds the syndicate and pay its members and workers.
Needless to say, to walk such a fine line means that its members follow a certain code of honor that other common gangs of misfits and criminals may lack. Loyalty, obedience and fidelity are qualities most will have among the syndicate. This is often paired with their own sense of ‘justice’, that disregard the justice of the different nations of the world, in favor of keeping balance; For have we not all heard that tale about the Warriors of Darkness, hailing from a world on the brink of destruction because Light completely extinguished the Dark?
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This is a really cool piece of fanart revolving around anime Kluke. Though, personally, I think it suits video game Kluke just as well. The monochrome colour scheme with only the eyes being coloured as a bold red looks so good. Also, the general pose and anatomy is great.
I saw a post about how the Darkside is cold which led me to think about Shadow-Wielders' Corporeal Attacks. Corporeal Attacks are one of the few things about the Party's Shadows that are absolutely canon barring debate on if they happen the way they appear or if they are just a game mechanic. So what if you sorted the Party's Force-Alignment by how cold their Corporeal Attack is?
The Corporeal Attack of Kluke's Phoenix is burning hot. She's got flames and magma and raw, pure heat. If you judging the Darkside by the presence of cold, then Kluke's the furthest from it.
The Corporeal Attack of Shu's Dragon is more forceful but still hot. A little bit of clouds and dust but the outright attacking part is heat and kinetic force, resulting in some lava.
The Corporeal Attack of Marumaro's Saber-Tooth is the most physical. Claw swipes, the wind and the earth ending with minor golden coloured lightning calling.
The Corporeal Attack of Jiro's Minotaur is electric. Some smashing the ground into spikes but mostly he calls on lightning, bright, blue-white strikes.
The Corporeal Attack of Zola's Killer-Bat is chilling and electric. She's got the icy landscape and lonely wind and balls of white lightning to rain down. So if cold is the Darkside, then Zola is touching it but she's not immersed in it.
If Darksiders are cold then Kluke is untouchable by the Darkside and Shu's pretty far away from it too. Marumaro and Jiro don't really have temperature as part of their Corporeal Attacks, yes they have lightning which is hot but lightning is also associated with the Darkside, so I'm going to go with their force alignment being fairly neutral. Meanwhile Zola is brushing against the Darkside but hasn't given into it which makes sense because she's the most morally ambiguous member of the party but still on their side at the end of the day.
Blue Dragon Party Members Light to Dark Force Alignment as determined by their Corporeal Attacks on a temperature scale of Hot to Cold. Ridiculous idea, but some times you get ridiculous ideas and decide to just run with them.
