#zihun

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Valentino Feng, my courier, who is undergoing something of a rework (and rename)

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Faux Tiime (double i intentional) magazine for Zihun, my courier six, for artfight

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Quick comic based on the Forecaster’s dialogue when he thinks about ‘You’, more below the cut + some details i wanted to ramble about

page 1.

- wanted to give the Forecaster’s psyker abilities some kind of representation, and ultimately landed on a snake skeleton for the vibes and symbolisms

page 2.

- trying to use this page to represent the massive, overall concept and ideas at stake in the weeks surrounding the second battle for Hoover Dam, contrasted with the small, moving parts that keep it going and ultimately shift the overall outcome

page 3.

- trying to tell something of a story posture and expression-wise with House, Kimball, and Caesar: Kimball and Caeser leaning in, invested in the game, with House leaning back and merely watching, with his cards facedown on the table instead of in his hand, as they’ve been long since memorised

- the chips form important areas in the game overtop a faint road map of the mojave on tha table. These places being Camp McCarran, the Strip, Hoover Dam, and the Fort, with the platinum chip sitting alone in the Goodsprings area

- the four handguns are the ones you get in the DLCs - Police Pistol from DM, Sonic Emitter from OWB, Light Shining in Darkness from HH, and Laser Detonator from LW

- the symbols at the bottom in the shadows represent some of the factions the Courier can ally with/help in the game (from left to right: Chairmen, Boomers, White Glove Society, Remnants, Omertas, Followers of the Apocalyse, and the Great Khans)

page 4.

- the symbols on the cards further goes into the metaphor, with the ‘hand’ the Courier is holding containing the factions who can help them in the final battle - the Mk 2. Securitrons, the Remnants, the Boomers, the Khans, the Strip

- My courier, Zihun, has a glass eye modelled after a Nightstalker, hence the reptillian eye in the last panel

page 5.

- storm clouds. augh. agonies.

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more of Him (derogatory), where the Courier kills House only to end up taking his place, despite an Independent ending (gotta protect his investment, the entire mojave, i guess...)

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Figuring out how to draw my Courier Six - Zihun. He's a bit of a schemer and manipulator but by god does he get results 💅

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1, 2, 3, 8, 14, 26 for Zihun? :3c

Zihun!! Gruncle crimes against humanity and concerning voter policy <3

1) Does your OC have a voice claim, if so who?

I don't have a good ear for voice-claims, so can't think of one off the top of my head. pensive emoji.

2) Who's your OCs best friend? How did they become best friends?

Arcade!! two gay besties. They both know each other way too well to want to kiss at this point. sad! Zihun convinced him it was a better use of Arcade's time to travel with him, which then lead to both of them playing key roles in the future of Vegas (and Freeside) after the dam was won, including Arcade being the one to convince Zihun to distribute power to the whole grid and not localised to the Strip, which had a knock-on effect of Zihun investing in infrastructure development throughout the Mojave territory. Arcade likes Zihun because the fucker knows how to convince a crowd, and get real work done. Zihun thinks Arcade is good for the banter, but doesn't like when the guy provides real, substantial criticisms to his leadership choices. (but it's by vitrue of their shared experiences travelling the wastes that he at least considers listening)

Veronica also used to be very close with Zihun, them having something of a brother-sister (from Zihun's persepective, happy to have a sister after not seeing his own for many years) slash mentor-mentee (Veronica only really knows hierarchy, and with how Zihun as a person functions, natural leader with scary amibitions and all, this created a neat and tidy dynamic for the two of them to get along)(until the bunker was destroyed, and freshly-banished Veronica knowing exactly who did it).

She probably would've forgiven him if Zihun hadn't justified the brotherhood deaths as 'insurance'. After a loud argument, Veronica stormed out of Vegas. Out of spite, Zihun never told her about Christine's story and fate (still alive, but at the Sierra Madre) - nor that part of his choice to destroy the bunker instead of brokering some kind of treaty between the BOS and Vegas was due to his suffering by Elijah's hands in Blood Money.

3) What song describes your OC?

'Back to the Barracks' by the Zipheads feels quinessentially a FNV/Courier 6 song (despite being so underrated), but for Zihun specifically I would also put forward 'Through the Valley' by Shawn James :}

8) What hobbies does your OC have? What do they do to unwind?

Zihun smokes and whittles to get his nerves in check while out on the road, but he's also big on tinkering with ammo and figuring out what fucked up pre-apocalypse foods might work well with his morning coffee. It has not been fruitful.

14) Who's a character your OC cannot stand! It's on sight when they see them!

Oh god who isn't. If we're talking physically violent 'on-sight', then it'd be characters like BOS Paladins (for the pain Veronica went through with those people). Benny (shot him :/). The Think Tank (Little Yangtze.). As well as Fiend head honchos like Motor Runner, who wasn't killed in this universe, as Zihun is terrified of subterranean, enclosed spaces, and the thought of a gunfight with fiends in that vault wasn't very pretty to mister '4 endurance'.

For the Fiends, Zihun sees them as a very current and real threat. If anything, they're the last smudge of 'dirt' on his plans to effectively take over the Mojave in House's stead (the Omertas were effectively castrated when Nero was killed in the shootout, and then Zihun shot Cachino in order to take over the Gomorrah on his own). The Fiends mess with his nascent trade routes and terrorise Vegas settlements. They're damn thorns in his side and if he likes to take the occasional potshot at them from the Lucky 38... God forbid gay people do anything??

If it's more verbal jabs/seething but not breaking the peace, then General Oliver (asshole), Joshua Graham (mormon)(blue eyes), Daniel (mormon)(mansplains midwifery to the midwife).

26) What flower do you associate your OC with?

The flowers of the coyote tobacco plant :} perhaps on the nose, but a hardy desert species that nonetheless is beautiful

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3 for your courier? 👀

Zihun my questionable middle aged politician!!

3. How did your OC feel the first time they left home? Why did they leave?

Zihun originates from a tribe descended from Chinese and Chinese-Americans prisoners who were being transported to Big Mt. when the bombs fell, whom, after escaping, gradually adopted nomadic lifestyle, following the seasons in a circuitous route across west and central America, as well as northern Mexico.

He had home ranges he was familiar with, but leaving home for Zihun (or, not 'Zihun' at the time. He adopted the name after Benny shot him.) meant fully leaving the family unit for long periods of time to hunt, trade, and/or scavenge. He was sent on his first solo hunting trip at 14, with enough water and ammunition to not immediately evaporate in the wasteland.

He was excited, Zihun is and always will be an ambitious person, and as a teen (and, let's be honest, an Old teenager in wasteland standards) was eager to prove himself in both being able to survive, and provide for the family. He bragged nonstop about how well he was going to do, to everyone's bemused annoyance.

Unfortunately Zihun also had the gotdamn skills to back up his big mouth because he did GREAT!! Bagged fire geckos!! Unfortunately FOR Zihun that meant he was now the assigned sharpshooter and now had a bunch of responsibilities, instead of dicking around with his friends. Whack. And formative to the leader he would become.