#redacted character design

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@carrion-v

Got a lil carried away with this one—

decided Luna would have a pet black and white rabbit named Oreo

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Vega and Warden (Vulpecula) my beloveds <3. Some of my favourite designs and my all time favourite Redacted couple <3 (Vega and Pet are not as high because Pet is not immortal).

- Vega I have already posted my design for way back, when I did my Redacted rainbow series! So those of you who've seen it know this design well. :) He's like... 240ish cm (about 7ft10) with his horns, and 215cm (7ft) without because size difference with his partners is important to me. His star, Vega, is on the neck, and he tends to wear very seethrough fabrics in styles somewhat mixing modern and old greek fashion, with all the drapery and such. His horn jewellery shows off all his horns (which represent all the knowledge and power he has gained throughout his life), and also holds them together when they heal. Also, his 6 horns represent Seraphim wings, because I see him very much as a 'fallen angel' figure. And his horns are also meant to blend how I think Sadism, Strife, and Fear demon horns look because those are the main emotions he had been surrounded by for so long.

- Vulpecula (It/Its, open to He/She) takes a lot from Vega. Intentionally. It learned a lot from Vega and tries to imitate him in a few ways, such as in its jewellery and outfit choice. Though it is a little more feminine. Also, it has a necklace that represents Vega's neck marking (which I have irl :3). It lost a piece of its tail and still has impaired mobility from it since it used to be way larger and heavier at the end. Its primary pair of horns is curly and somewhat sharp, akin to a mix of Empathy Daemons (ram horns) mixed with Strife Demons (Horns always point outward), in my headcanon. And its second pair of horns growing in mimic Vega's main set <3. Also, it responds to the nickname 'little fox', which used to be used to degrade it for being small and weak, but now is moreso used by Vega to represent its cunning and smart, even if it is relatively young and naive, as well as its tenacity.

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Doc (D'Angelo) and Hush are here <3 <3.

- D'Angelo (He/Him) is African American, and just generally very tired, overworked and... not having the best time. He works specifically as a Healer and Warder, and spends most of his free time just laying at home. He doesn't eat very well even though he can probably afford to. He just... has that 'burnt out college student' lifestyle well out of college. He's doing his best :,). Also often ends up coming home late due to his coworkers wanting to get drinks with him. Does not help things.

- Hush is such a creature I love him so so much. I had a few important things I wanted to show in his design, and I think I did. Firstly was his being a bit Android... like. Since D'Angelo asked if he was one during their first meeting. All those markings and lines on the skin pass well enough :). Also, he has a lot of Daemonic appearance, with horns and such, but no tail, and the horns are instead supposed to look like a Halo. This brings me to the third thing, which is I wanted him to look like... an angel. Specifically a humanoid Throne (the many-eyed wheels.) He has a few... extra eyes on his horns, which he usually keps shut but very well can open. Still deciding how many. And he has 5 on his face, and maybe more on his hands or other areas. And his outfit is a play on how I dress Vega, just in lighter colours. Specifically Teal and Pink to represent... Min'Ara and E'Laetum. Because I think THEY made him. He is just... such a guy. I loved designing him so much. Hope y'all like him even though I would not say this is a terribly... common interpretation.

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And now, introducing the newest member of the Shaw Pack, Samuel Collins, and his darlin' Darlin' (Beau).

- Sam Collin's is White/Hispanic, from Louisiana. He speaks Spanish, English and French fluently due to the area he lived in, and has quite the few leather jackets from family that he quite likes. They remind him of his family a lot, and it means everything to him... he was always a family man, and not seeing them tears him up inside.

- Beau's (She/Her) Indigenous from up north in Washington State, with part of her family up in Canada and part in the US. She's very strong and quite athletic, duh, and shows off her scars often as marks of her strength and bravery. A lot of them, from cigar burns to scratches she got from Quinn, but they don't scare her as much as they used to. Though they have none from Sam. He insists on healing her if he ever even so much as bumps her. Also she is quite the gamer, and decided to dye her hair red recently after learning about Karlach from Baldur's gate 3. She loves that girl to death, and relates to her so much. It was actually the first time she dyed her hair (With Angel's help and a lot of freaking out.)

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And now, for my grand finale to this grand series, I would like to show off Precious (Sara) and Regulus <3. In all their fucked up glory <3 <3 <3

- Sara (She/Her) is Korean, and is... not exactly the best off mentally. And Regulus is not helping things let's just say that. I chose to put her in her pajamas because she doesn't leave the house anymore. She barely has the sense to match her socks honestly. She's just... very much suffering due to Regulus. And it's tragic too. She had such a good life. She had a strong start to her career as an actor before Regulus fell into her life, and he's well-known in Dahlia for some of his indie projects. She's hardworking, and has a lot of artistic talent, all ripped away by an obsessive Dae-... demon. And now her name is slowly being lost as new actors come into the field.

- Regulus is... weird. Definitely doesn't bother with dressing up much since why would he? Not like anyone would see him. His star marking is on his thigh, and fortunately hasn't been effected by his deterioration yet... and.... about that. All the cracks on his face and horns are marks of deterioration. He has been slowly ripping himself apart, replacing himself more and more with Precious, trying to make himself more and more human while not having NEARLY enough to feed off of. His face and his chest are growing thin, barely able to keep his magic inside, and just going clear, like a cracking glass statue, filled with stardust. It's reached all the way down to his hips, but has not yet hit his star mark so he has retained some of himself, though his appearance... suffered. And also this makes it harder for him to assume a human shape, because the parts of him that are seethrough he can't... really change anymore. Not unless he were to feed a LOT. And just like glass, it would only take a small sharp hit to shatter it at this point... take this as a lesson, daemonkind. Do not try this at home. It doesn't end well....

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Camelopardalis beloved <3 <3 <3. I love him so.

Cam, as it is probably obvious to see, is based on a deer. He keeps his white freckles in his human form, and they look like deer spots and it's cute. He also has some white face tattoos, which are inspired some of the markings and scars of his stewart. He also has a deer tail I just NEEDED to show in his design. <3. He keeps his human look without the horns and tail basically always, since he works so much with humans, but he keeps his star marking always visible through his pants or on them. :3. Also his necklace has 1 bead for every person who has finished his treatment and been healed by him, which he constantly tries to add to. It means the world to him that he can help others... it's what he wants to spend all his life doing.

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And the final part of the DAMN crew- this fucking bastard. Who I am very biased towards thank you.

- Kody's Korean, and, well... a bastard, as we all know. He has some punk and goth style inspirations and listens to a lot of heavier music but never engages with the subculture beyond that. He's also got some very abstract tattoos all over his arms as you can see, and a decent number of piercings.

He's also... unwell. I personally interpret a lot of his behaviour as NPD, with a clear level of self-destructive ideation on top of that which... he does try to hide to preserve his very fragile mental state and what little positive reputation he has. I don't say this lightly too. I don't think his NPD makes him a bad person, nor excuses what he did. Just that the way he is written really makes me interpret him as struggling with it :P. I love analyzing him, and explaining why I see him this way would take all day so :P. Plus I doubt most people would read this far anyway soooo- uh-

Deck Kody 2024. <3 And also I wish him a very get help.

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Dear (Kiyoko) and Lasko!! <3 <3 Sweethearts.

- Lasko's just a soft-hearted american guy. He's trying his best. <3 And he is very sentimental, so he has a bunch of little callbacks to all his friends in his jewelry. I dunno I just think he would. Also he's got some stubble and acne because he gets stressed and does not take the best care of himself. He's greying because of it too. But yknow. He tries his best.

- Kiyoko (They/She) is just... so tired. But they try to be quite nice, even at the expense of themself. They're Japanese, work as a teacher, duh, and have a bit of history with self harm due to severe anxiety. But they're doing much better nowadays and have found confidence to wear more revealing clothes without worry about it. They have a more formal style generally, though a bit more exposed than may be allowed at your average office.