Silly

Regalia

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I Couldn't agree more! I was hoping we would have characters who subvert the expectation. Like yes, a big burly man can absolutely transform into a hot bodied Goddess. It's cool lol

@Aeolian

Your comment inspired me to dread there will be "Only Regalia" accounts on the net.

On a side note, I am deep into Nibelheim lore. In the middle of a version 2. Just incase anyone was thinking of any connections there so we can align up. I have spoken to Aeolian who said about their character being from there originally, so expanded the mythos!

Short version is Gaelic-Norse inspired with some very old and deep traditions. This has a duality with its capital, which is become like a mini-Hollywood with the commercialisation of the mythology and culture with movies and tv series, bringing around a new way. So Pagan and Neo-Paganism within the land, as it were.

Regalia

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This is beautiful Silly. Nicely done capturing the essence of a devout proselyte. Is Nyx the name of your character? *pushes glasses up on nose*

@Aeolian

I couldn't resist when Mirandae said about me being "deep in that Bahamut life", I had a moment of inspiration based on thoughts I had for the character and their relationship with the Void.

Yes, Nyx is their Bahamut pseudonym (or real name?). I was a little creative with their name, which you should hopefully see this evening.

Regalia

"Brothers and Sisters, I ask you to pause... and listen.

What is it that you hear? Silence. Have you ever thought the space between sound, the absence, gives meaning to presence. This is the foundation upon that all things rest on. Silence, nothingness... this is the voice of the Void. It is older than time, before how creation itself stirred, and even before light sought to shine. All that is, comes from nothing.

Everything you see before you, are all but brief flickers of form emerging from the Void. We are often taught to fear the Void, but this belief is a misunderstanding. The endless expanse of the Void is not a force of chaos, or a place of death. The Void is the mother of all beginnings, the first element, primordial and pure. In it lies the infinite potential of creation and destruction.

The true path of Ascension is not found in chasing power, wealth, or glory. It is recognising that we too, are of this nothingness. In embracing the Void, we come to recognise our place within its grand tapestry, to recognise we are fleeting, transient, and yet, in our insignificance, we can become the infinite."

- Nyx

Regalia

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I only ask because a Bahamut Regalia might not want to turn into a 85 foot dragon. In scenarios like fighting in an office building it might get cramped to get so big, for example.

@Sanity43217

What do you mean that you don't want Godzilla mauling the entire office space?!

Regalia

These are some choices!

I will have to think about some character concepts I would pair with them, and then select what interests me the most.

My gut is between Ultima and Bahamut. I have an idea which could be one or the other, depending on how it is played, For example, an outward Utima facing worshipper but actually a Bahamut one.

Edit: Settled on Bahamut.

Regalia

I love the art you used.