“Curses Dark and Fair” Character Introduction - Fenris Bähr
Son. Huntsman. Shapeshifter. Fenris is content with staying quiet and in the shadows of his peers. The son of two Chieftains—one for the Bähr Tribe and the other for the Volk Tribe—his loyalty is both split and strained between his parents. Leaving his life as a Chief’s son behind, he eagerly left for the Apfel Kingdom to join the Huntsmen Army. There, he thrived as a knight and quickly ascended through the ranks to become part of the Commander’s—heir apparent Rose Red—inner circle.
His prowess and stamina has also helped Fenris grow as a shapeshifter, taking on his mother’s form—a wolf. Although as a wolf, he is far more larger and intimidating than his brethren, traits he has inherited from his father.
Fenris keeps to himself either by reading in the orchards, or training outside of schedule. His duality as a Huntsman and an heir to his parents’s tribes has Fenris unsure of his future—or where he belongs in the world.
For @yourocsbackstory Week 1: Introduction
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“Thorne & Perri” Character Moodboard - Professor Feathers
“Do you not grasp the consequences of what I—we’ve accomplished?” his voice carried through the leather and metal of his avian mask, seductive and articulate as he curled his splayed fingers into a tight fist of triumph.
He smirked and his eyes continued to glow as he waved his arms across the expanse of his laboratory, one she was intimately familiar with.
“You—but a sickly dying girl,” the Professor reminded her. “But I rescued you from Death’s boney grasp, didn’t I girl? I accomplished with you what scholars and scientists spent centuries of their pathetic paltry lives trying to do.” He paced in short thoughtful strides, growing excited as he continued to recall his achievements against the mere man—against God.
“Of course I had a little help, but well...” Professor Feather had slits for eyes in his mask, and they focused on her, “I refused to share the power.” Suddenly he stomped up to her, cold leather fingers curled around her throat. “They could make all the Fool’s Gold with the philosopher’s stone all they wanted—if only it had just been that—they all might have survived that night of enlightenment.” His grip tightened on her, “but that wasn’t all we created that night.” Both his hands were around her throat now.
“I found immortality—the Elixir of Life. I am the one and true alchemist in this dreary world, and only I will choose who will live forever.”
“Curses Dark and Fair”* Character Moodboard - Snow White & Rose Red
The royal twins—one with the heart of a lion, the other a snake. As madness had devoured their mother, power now destroys the once inseparable sisters.
Snow White ascends to the glittering throne and dons the golden crown, her reign both prosperous and kind, as it was ruthless and terrifying. Commanding her armies, heir apparent Rose Red, sister and warrior. At the Queen’s side she stands, quiet and stoic, the warmth that once burned between these sisters has smothered and the embers gone cold. Rose Red’s idealism floats between blood and water, as she tries to decipher which is thicker: the undying loyalty she has always shown her sister, or the amounting injustice that weights heavily on her conscious?
For @homesteadhorner‘s moodboard Monday, a great way to get inspired!
A prophecy has been heard that not only threatens the gods of the Greek Pentheon, but all of mankind as well. In hopes of survival, the Olympians choose a champion, that would end up being Maggie Thea, a mostly average teenage girl. Or so she thought. After she is attacked at her private school, Maggie's life takes a dramatic turn as she is thrust into a world she believed to be only myth. Now she is being trained by Artemis, taught by Athena, and protected by the reincarnation of Hercules, but for what? Even as the gods bring her into their immortal light, Maggie finds herself in the dark of what is expected of her and her destiny.
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Maggie was spending gym class out in the hallway—again.
She had pelted a classmate in the face with a dodgeball. Problem was that today’s activity didn’t require a dodgeball, or any sport balls for that matter. Maggie had waywardly retrieved one from the gymnasium closet and then proceeded to willfully aim for Derek Smith’s complacent schnoz. He was trying his best not to cry in front of the others, instead redirecting their attention to Maggie’s so-called “man hands” as he leaned into his girlfriend trying to stop the bleeding with her shirt. Promptly she heard a harsh “Miss Thea” from the coach, and followed the shaking finger pointing at the door.
In her pocket, Maggie had her earphones and ipod especially for her times spent in the hallway. She chuckled every now and then through her shuffled playlist, remembering and relishing the look on Derek’s face when he saw that dodgeball coming for him. At the same time she looked down at her hands. They weren’t dainty, but they were no way near manly. Her fingers were long and delicate, perfect for piano or the harp, but also had a strength that even surprised her sometimes. I hope I didn’t break his nose.
Maggie started to worry about the repercussions of her hotheadedness the longer she sat in the hallway—which was suddenly moving beneath her. She yanked out her earphones to listen to the glass windows vibrating and a rumble grow louder as the shaking increased. Maggie got to her feet to test her equilibrium against the tremors, trying to decipher the origins of the roar that was now echoing through the school. This was in no way your average earthquake, if it was even that at all.
Then as suddenly as it had all started, it stopped. The roaring. The shaking. It all came to a dreadful stop, leaving the hallway to fall into a doomish silence. Maggie inhaled, stepping away from the wall as she breathed out. As soon as she stilled, an incredibly animalistic roar followed as the double doors down the hall was bashed through. The doors ripped off their hinges and flew away, concrete from the doorway crumbled like sand, and the entire wing shook at the sheer force of the entrance.
The dust began to settle. First she saw long bone horns, curving up at the ceiling tiles, sharp enough to have part of the door impaled on one and longer than Maggie’s arm. Then came the skull—a bull’s skull—where two orange orbs started back at her from beyond the hollows of the eye sockets, snorting through the elongated boney snout as it appeared to almost recognize her. The real terror struck when this monster stepped into the hallway, crouched over so his thorns wouldn’t skewer the ceiling. It had the body of a man, with thick dark hair covering it’s massive body, but his legs and feet were that of an ox, cracking the floor with each step he took.
“No way…” Maggie hissed as she began to step back, “No frickin’ way!”
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From Hell with Love - Characters ⋅ Creatures ⋅ Tag ⋅ WIP Page
Genre: Apocalyptic ⋅ Fantasy ⋅ Horror
Warnings: Language, Sexual Content, Violence
Synopsis
Hell has plagued the earth for more centuries. Demons ravage the land and their corrupt spawn scour for mortals to enslave to the Devil King himself, but humanity refuses to bow down. When a demoness is dethroned and being stripped entirely of her powers, a resistance group of mortals on the brink of escape capture her. Now, nearly powerless Beatrice is hellbent on revenge. Human, Mason, volunteers to strike a deal with the demon. In exchange for her help against the Devil King's empire and finding a way to end his reign, he will give her his soul. Now momentarily enslaved to a mortal master, Beatrice must protect the puny mortals, take back what the demons stole from her, and try to avoid regaining her humanity.
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