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BONUS MODELS: Akayuki No Clothes / Akayuki With Mask

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Akayuki

Species: (Snowy) Avastan (note: same species as Captain Vul)

Parents: None, she is an orphan.

Siblings: One older sister, named Mithra.

Current profession: Mercenary, expert spy, employed by Sir Meta Knight.

Main traits: Cold, blunt, quiet, kind to those who deserve it in her eyes, autoritarian, has a strong sense of leadership that makes her a great leader in her team.

Gender: Female.

Bio summary :

         Born in a demon-beast occupied city on the war-torn planet of Avasta Star, Akayuki had no one to take care of her but her older sister, Mithra. Her birth name was Kiyoi; a pure name for a pure girl. She never met her parents; her father had been taken by the war long before she was born, and her mother was killed shortly after laying her egg, Mithra was left alone to hatch and raise her sister. Kiyoi and Mithra, poor, with nothing to own but the clothes on their back, spent their younger years begging for money and stealing. It was a dangerous life, for if they were caught by demon-beast patrols, it would mean imminent death, and so they were forced to quickly learn how to be quiet and invisible to the public eye. Being twenty years older than her little sister, Mithra already had more experience than her and had more than one trick up her sleeves, but she only taught her the basics of what she knew, for fear of seeing her sister become nothing more than a lowly thief. Despite her protection, in the world they lived, it was inevitable.

         Some time later, the Galaxy Soldier Army arrived to Avasta Star, and the already blackened planet became a war zone, with each city and each country torn left and right by both sides as they fought to take it back. Food became scarce, the air itself polluted with poison, and each stranger on the street was an enemy. In order to survive, Kiyoi and Mithra had no other choice than to leave their home country and hope to find a liberated place. They held all of their hope on the Galaxy Soldier Army, and it was that hope that held them together as they fought against the harsh, poisoned climate of war.

         One day, while she was out hunting by herself in the dense woods while her sister rested, Kiyoi came upon a group of demon-beasts, who threatened to take her life if she did not give them everything she had. Afraid that they would starve if she abandoned the food she had found, a young, scared yet bold Kiyoi tried to run away and lose them in the woods, but alas, they caught her quickly and would have killed her on the spot, had it not been for their leader, an eccentric Kibble Blade who enjoyed keeping prisoners for himself, who ordered them to stop. Instead of killing her, they tied her up and took her with them, thus separating her from her sister.

         Back at the demons' military camp, Kiyoi served as a slave for no more than a month. They simply gave up trying to keep her in chains; she was too rebellious, she wouldn't do as ordered and no matter what method of torture they used to tame her, Kiyoi's spirit never flinched. Seeing this, the Kibble Blade commander decided to take advantage of that spirit and gave her a sword; she had never held a weapon other than a bow before that, so she found herself at a loss. She was put through a rough and harsh physical training, and was treated just like any other trainee and rookie; like an ant, ready to be crushed by the bigger demons. When asked what her name was, she lied and invented a new name, so as to not stain the name her sister gave her, and called herself Akayuki. It became her new name from this day on.

         For many months, she remained at that military camp, hidden away in the mountains; as time went by, her body hardened, her skills with a blade heightened, her mind became numb to the pain and the killing, and in a matter of weeks, she became the favourite of the commander, who had many plans in mind for her.

         However, it wasn't long before the camp received news that GSA soldiers had been spotted scouting around the mountains. The situation was bad for the demon-beasts; rumours were going around the camp that Holy Nightmare Co. had stopped sending troups to the star, and they were left with only those who remained. Why they had abandoned so soon, they didn't know… but Akayuki kept this information close to her, fueling her hopes of freedom. As the months passed, it became harder to remember her real name…

         One night, in the middle of a harsh and cold winter, after a particular event, Akayuki's spirit shattered before her; that night, she roamed around the camp, murdering each and every demon she found, murdering those who had taken everything from her and those who had stained her, until there remained no one else but her, and the blood on the snow… After that, she fled to the mountains, having nowhere else to go, and she wandered for a long time, injured and broken… until she came upon a monastery, hidden away in a crook in the mountain range, and she collapsed in front of their door. The Kiridan monks that lived there took her in and healed her, both of mind and body, but Akayuki suddenly became terribly ill… She remembers very little of that period.

         When she recovered, she requested of the monks to become an apprentice and learn of their peaceful ways, and they accepted. The head monk, a Kiridan older than Avasta Star itself, took her under his wing, and she remained at the monastery for many years, healing her mind and learning all that she could of all that they had to teach. Not only did she learn their peaceful ways, but she was also taught how to properly fight; before that, she would fight like a demon with the stance of an angered and savage beast, but the monks taught her the ways of the shadows, a much more preferable approach to what she already could do.

         Many years later, a group of travelers coming to the monastery brought them news that the war was still going strong in the mainland, with the GSA fighting to take the star back from the demons, and hearing this, Akayuki was reminded of her sister… and of her real name. She decided to leave the monks, and travelled back down the mountain range to the mainland, now a completely different person and a grown woman. As expected, she found the mainland torn apart by war, but her years amongst the monks allowed her to cast a peaceful gaze upon this tragedy; instead of crying in rage, she lent her help where it was needed, and used her skills to free small villages of demon occupation.

         Eventually, she found herself in larger cities, and she decided to offer her services to the Galaxy Soldier Army. She finally learned the reason why HN Co. wouldn't send more troups to this star; it was all because of one of the soldiers stationed here, a young Kiridan knight who bore the name Meta Knight. Looking upon him, she recalled the monks speaking to her about a child sent to them from the stars, a child who would stand up to face the Nightmare… and following her instincts, she offered her services to him.

         Following the knight wherever he went, she travelled the star along with the army, working hand in hand with the local resistances of Avastans, until came the day that the last commander fell by the knight's sword, thus dispatching the remaining demon-beast troups and freeing the planet for good. The war was over, but the only thing that truly brought happiness to Akayuki's heart was when the troups went back to the planet's capital; there, in the resistance, she saw her sister, Mithra. She had never felt such relief in her life before that, and though they were overjoyed to be reunited once again, they would need to be separated once more, for Akayuki wished to join the GSA's forces and leave Avasta Star. Mithra accepted this, finding peacefulness in knowing that her sister was alive after so long, and while Akayuki went away, she stayed on the planet, to help bring it back to its former glory.

         Meta Knight's commanders had been very impressed by Akayuki's show of talents on the planet, so as soon as she joined the GSA, she was recommended to the Ninja Special Forces, where, after some time climbing up the ladder from a trainee to a full grown ninja, she became part of the Blue Moon Shadows, a small division of the NSF devoted to offering protection to the Star Warriors. Meta Knight, impressed with what he had seen on Avasta Star, personally requested that she be assigned to him, and she served him for many years after this promotion. Eventually, she was given permanent team members, ninjas that she chose herself amongst the rising stars of the NSF; two Kiridan twins, Laï and Kaï, a Kiridan hybrid who called himself Hailan, and a married couple, Bürra and Makü (note: they are the same species as Tac from the Kirby games, I don't have a name for it yet). Together, they formed Team Gekkou, a team with tight bonds that would be hard to break.

         (Read Hailan's bio for more information about what happened with Team Gekkou.)

         When Yamikage, the master ninja who commanded the Blue Moons, betrayed the Star Warriors and sent an army of Dark Matter upon his own students, Akayuki fought against him valiantly, and though she came close to disarming him, a Dark Matter caught her from the back, sending her into a perpetual nightmare that lasted for months. In that nightmare, Akayuki kept coming back to the demon-beast camp in the mountains; her fear of being chained and shattered kept her captive to the Dark Matter's influence, so much so that when she and the other Blue Moons were freed of the evil beings, she could still feel the chains around her neck, tightening at night, when she was alone… Like all the others, she suffered from Dark Matter sickness, even long after the incident was gone, and she felt shameful. Yamikage had stained her, like the demons had done on Avasta Star, and for that, she swore vengeance.

         After the GSA disbanded and Sir Meta Knight ordered them to go their own way, the remaining members of Team Gekkou travelled across the stars, helping those in need of their services, until they came upon Hailan's star, Arranza Star. They found it in a poor state, a state similar to what Avasta Star had suffered all those years back, and so it was Akayuki who decided that they would go there. For years, they fought back against the demon invasion, bringing the people together and freeing them of their chains; and like on Avasta Star, after the last demon fell, a sense of relief washed over them. Except this time, they did not have to go anywhere else. Team Gekkou travelled back to Hailan's little hometown in the mountains, a place that reminded Akayuki greatly of her own time at the monastery, and they helped rebuild it, bringing back its former grandeur.

         Now, Akayuki has set her weapons down, and opened a dojo in the small village, welcoming all who wish to learn. She and Team Gekkou are at peace, finally, and yet… when she looks at the sky, she feels the chains around her neck rattling… She watches with worry as Hailan responds to Sir Meta Knight's letter asking him for his services and leaves Arranza Star. What could be happening out there, now that Nightmare was gone…? She prays that her friend Hailan would be alright in this rising darkness…

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For the first time ever, allow me to introduce you a new character of mine (except I've been working on her for some time now); Akayuki!
Out of all my characters, she has to be the one with the most depressing past. I just feel the idea of there being a huge war across the Universe isn't explored quite enough as to what it did to many worlds out there, so Avasta Star is a good example of how a situation can turn to shit real quick for everyone involved. War is a horrible thing, and it can mess with someone in many ways, and I suppose that's what I want to explore with Akayuki. Her story is still a work in progress, as some things are definitely bound to change.

As a side note as to her design, I know very well that Captain Vul, the species she's based on, has potato feet. But let me make something clear. Potato feet on tall characters look stupid. Period. Ain't no way I'm giving them potato feet, Captain Vul included. That's all I have to say on the matter. Being used to making more realistic anthro birds with my Ikrouk species, I tried to go with a more cartoony look for the Avastans, but not too much, as with this particular character I feel it would take away from what makes her her. But that's just me. I have another Avastan character who is next on my to-do list for reference sheet, Valken, and you'll see what I mean when I do him.

I hope you like her! I'll definitely be making drawings with her soon.

Read Hailan's bio here: Hailan Reference Sheet

Description

BONUS MODELS: Akayuki No Clothes / Akayuki With Mask

___________________________________________________________

Akayuki

Species: (Snowy) Avastan (note: same species as Captain Vul)

Parents: None, she is an orphan.

Siblings: One older sister, named Mithra.

Current profession: Mercenary, expert spy, employed by Sir Meta Knight.

Main traits: Cold, blunt, quiet, kind to those who deserve it in her eyes, autoritarian, has a strong sense of leadership that makes her a great leader in her team.

Gender: Female.

Bio summary :

         Born in a demon-beast occupied city on the war-torn planet of Avasta Star, Akayuki had no one to take care of her but her older sister, Mithra. Her birth name was Kiyoi; a pure name for a pure girl. She never met her parents; her father had been taken by the war long before she was born, and her mother was killed shortly after laying her egg, Mithra was left alone to hatch and raise her sister. Kiyoi and Mithra, poor, with nothing to own but the clothes on their back, spent their younger years begging for money and stealing. It was a dangerous life, for if they were caught by demon-beast patrols, it would mean imminent death, and so they were forced to quickly learn how to be quiet and invisible to the public eye. Being twenty years older than her little sister, Mithra already had more experience than her and had more than one trick up her sleeves, but she only taught her the basics of what she knew, for fear of seeing her sister become nothing more than a lowly thief. Despite her protection, in the world they lived, it was inevitable.

         Some time later, the Galaxy Soldier Army arrived to Avasta Star, and the already blackened planet became a war zone, with each city and each country torn left and right by both sides as they fought to take it back. Food became scarce, the air itself polluted with poison, and each stranger on the street was an enemy. In order to survive, Kiyoi and Mithra had no other choice than to leave their home country and hope to find a liberated place. They held all of their hope on the Galaxy Soldier Army, and it was that hope that held them together as they fought against the harsh, poisoned climate of war.

         One day, while she was out hunting by herself in the dense woods while her sister rested, Kiyoi came upon a group of demon-beasts, who threatened to take her life if she did not give them everything she had. Afraid that they would starve if she abandoned the food she had found, a young, scared yet bold Kiyoi tried to run away and lose them in the woods, but alas, they caught her quickly and would have killed her on the spot, had it not been for their leader, an eccentric Kibble Blade who enjoyed keeping prisoners for himself, who ordered them to stop. Instead of killing her, they tied her up and took her with them, thus separating her from her sister.

         Back at the demons' military camp, Kiyoi served as a slave for no more than a month. They simply gave up trying to keep her in chains; she was too rebellious, she wouldn't do as ordered and no matter what method of torture they used to tame her, Kiyoi's spirit never flinched. Seeing this, the Kibble Blade commander decided to take advantage of that spirit and gave her a sword; she had never held a weapon other than a bow before that, so she found herself at a loss. She was put through a rough and harsh physical training, and was treated just like any other trainee and rookie; like an ant, ready to be crushed by the bigger demons. When asked what her name was, she lied and invented a new name, so as to not stain the name her sister gave her, and called herself Akayuki. It became her new name from this day on.

         For many months, she remained at that military camp, hidden away in the mountains; as time went by, her body hardened, her skills with a blade heightened, her mind became numb to the pain and the killing, and in a matter of weeks, she became the favourite of the commander, who had many plans in mind for her.

         However, it wasn't long before the camp received news that GSA soldiers had been spotted scouting around the mountains. The situation was bad for the demon-beasts; rumours were going around the camp that Holy Nightmare Co. had stopped sending troups to the star, and they were left with only those who remained. Why they had abandoned so soon, they didn't know… but Akayuki kept this information close to her, fueling her hopes of freedom. As the months passed, it became harder to remember her real name…

         One night, in the middle of a harsh and cold winter, after a particular event, Akayuki's spirit shattered before her; that night, she roamed around the camp, murdering each and every demon she found, murdering those who had taken everything from her and those who had stained her, until there remained no one else but her, and the blood on the snow… After that, she fled to the mountains, having nowhere else to go, and she wandered for a long time, injured and broken… until she came upon a monastery, hidden away in a crook in the mountain range, and she collapsed in front of their door. The Kiridan monks that lived there took her in and healed her, both of mind and body, but Akayuki suddenly became terribly ill… She remembers very little of that period.

         When she recovered, she requested of the monks to become an apprentice and learn of their peaceful ways, and they accepted. The head monk, a Kiridan older than Avasta Star itself, took her under his wing, and she remained at the monastery for many years, healing her mind and learning all that she could of all that they had to teach. Not only did she learn their peaceful ways, but she was also taught how to properly fight; before that, she would fight like a demon with the stance of an angered and savage beast, but the monks taught her the ways of the shadows, a much more preferable approach to what she already could do.

         Many years later, a group of travelers coming to the monastery brought them news that the war was still going strong in the mainland, with the GSA fighting to take the star back from the demons, and hearing this, Akayuki was reminded of her sister… and of her real name. She decided to leave the monks, and travelled back down the mountain range to the mainland, now a completely different person and a grown woman. As expected, she found the mainland torn apart by war, but her years amongst the monks allowed her to cast a peaceful gaze upon this tragedy; instead of crying in rage, she lent her help where it was needed, and used her skills to free small villages of demon occupation.

         Eventually, she found herself in larger cities, and she decided to offer her services to the Galaxy Soldier Army. She finally learned the reason why HN Co. wouldn't send more troups to this star; it was all because of one of the soldiers stationed here, a young Kiridan knight who bore the name Meta Knight. Looking upon him, she recalled the monks speaking to her about a child sent to them from the stars, a child who would stand up to face the Nightmare… and following her instincts, she offered her services to him.

         Following the knight wherever he went, she travelled the star along with the army, working hand in hand with the local resistances of Avastans, until came the day that the last commander fell by the knight's sword, thus dispatching the remaining demon-beast troups and freeing the planet for good. The war was over, but the only thing that truly brought happiness to Akayuki's heart was when the troups went back to the planet's capital; there, in the resistance, she saw her sister, Mithra. She had never felt such relief in her life before that, and though they were overjoyed to be reunited once again, they would need to be separated once more, for Akayuki wished to join the GSA's forces and leave Avasta Star. Mithra accepted this, finding peacefulness in knowing that her sister was alive after so long, and while Akayuki went away, she stayed on the planet, to help bring it back to its former glory.

         Meta Knight's commanders had been very impressed by Akayuki's show of talents on the planet, so as soon as she joined the GSA, she was recommended to the Ninja Special Forces, where, after some time climbing up the ladder from a trainee to a full grown ninja, she became part of the Blue Moon Shadows, a small division of the NSF devoted to offering protection to the Star Warriors. Meta Knight, impressed with what he had seen on Avasta Star, personally requested that she be assigned to him, and she served him for many years after this promotion. Eventually, she was given permanent team members, ninjas that she chose herself amongst the rising stars of the NSF; two Kiridan twins, Laï and Kaï, a Kiridan hybrid who called himself Hailan, and a married couple, Bürra and Makü (note: they are the same species as Tac from the Kirby games, I don't have a name for it yet). Together, they formed Team Gekkou, a team with tight bonds that would be hard to break.

         (Read Hailan's bio for more information about what happened with Team Gekkou.)

         When Yamikage, the master ninja who commanded the Blue Moons, betrayed the Star Warriors and sent an army of Dark Matter upon his own students, Akayuki fought against him valiantly, and though she came close to disarming him, a Dark Matter caught her from the back, sending her into a perpetual nightmare that lasted for months. In that nightmare, Akayuki kept coming back to the demon-beast camp in the mountains; her fear of being chained and shattered kept her captive to the Dark Matter's influence, so much so that when she and the other Blue Moons were freed of the evil beings, she could still feel the chains around her neck, tightening at night, when she was alone… Like all the others, she suffered from Dark Matter sickness, even long after the incident was gone, and she felt shameful. Yamikage had stained her, like the demons had done on Avasta Star, and for that, she swore vengeance.

         After the GSA disbanded and Sir Meta Knight ordered them to go their own way, the remaining members of Team Gekkou travelled across the stars, helping those in need of their services, until they came upon Hailan's star, Arranza Star. They found it in a poor state, a state similar to what Avasta Star had suffered all those years back, and so it was Akayuki who decided that they would go there. For years, they fought back against the demon invasion, bringing the people together and freeing them of their chains; and like on Avasta Star, after the last demon fell, a sense of relief washed over them. Except this time, they did not have to go anywhere else. Team Gekkou travelled back to Hailan's little hometown in the mountains, a place that reminded Akayuki greatly of her own time at the monastery, and they helped rebuild it, bringing back its former grandeur.

         Now, Akayuki has set her weapons down, and opened a dojo in the small village, welcoming all who wish to learn. She and Team Gekkou are at peace, finally, and yet… when she looks at the sky, she feels the chains around her neck rattling… She watches with worry as Hailan responds to Sir Meta Knight's letter asking him for his services and leaves Arranza Star. What could be happening out there, now that Nightmare was gone…? She prays that her friend Hailan would be alright in this rising darkness…

___________________________________

For the first time ever, allow me to introduce you a new character of mine (except I've been working on her for some time now); Akayuki!
Out of all my characters, she has to be the one with the most depressing past. I just feel the idea of there being a huge war across the Universe isn't explored quite enough as to what it did to many worlds out there, so Avasta Star is a good example of how a situation can turn to shit real quick for everyone involved. War is a horrible thing, and it can mess with someone in many ways, and I suppose that's what I want to explore with Akayuki. Her story is still a work in progress, as some things are definitely bound to change.

As a side note as to her design, I know very well that Captain Vul, the species she's based on, has potato feet. But let me make something clear. Potato feet on tall characters look stupid. Period. Ain't no way I'm giving them potato feet, Captain Vul included. That's all I have to say on the matter. Being used to making more realistic anthro birds with my Ikrouk species, I tried to go with a more cartoony look for the Avastans, but not too much, as with this particular character I feel it would take away from what makes her her. But that's just me. I have another Avastan character who is next on my to-do list for reference sheet, Valken, and you'll see what I mean when I do him.

I hope you like her! I'll definitely be making drawings with her soon.

Read Hailan's bio here: Hailan Reference Sheet