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Updated to include his transformation item/feather.
Please download for full size, dA won't let me set the view size above 1024 x)
EDIT: It has been pointed out to me that he looks and sounds like Black Butler's character Sebastian. I honestly didn't intend for him to be even remotely similar. I assure you that when I write him he is probably going to feel a bit different. I hope he does anyway. Thank you to @Twisted0Muse0 for being kind enough to let me know that there are a lot of similarities. Please scroll down in the comments (I don't know how to link to them T__T) to find my responses to why they aren't as similar as they may appear on first look. I am open to suggestions on what I can do to make him less Sebastian-y. x)
Thanks to and for helping me name him!! The title of his form here is from Rose and I got his last name from fencergirl. I appreciate your input ladies!
Senshi Name: Shadow Servant
Civilian Name: Anscom Noctis (true name Tenebris)
Team: Astral Plane
Level: Basic "Senshi/Tuxedo Mask" style (Battle Butler)
Species: Humanoid (Angelic creature born from shadows in human form)
Gender: Male
Birthday: December 31
Age: Unknown (he is thousands of years old) - appears to be in his mid twenties
Height: 6'4" (193 centimeters)
Special abilities: Shadow blending (can stand in shadows unnoticed by most people who are in Basic form or lower. Will become stronger as he gains more power); minor shadow manipulation; impeccable manners and excellent taste in tea and cake pairings (it's a gift, he swears)
Backstory: Anscom started his existence as Tenebris, the Angel of Shadows and Forbidden Knowledge (Secrets). He was tricked into obtaining dark knowledge that his own nature, and a push from a third party, lead him to obsessively seek. He attacked and murdered his lover, Illuminis, tearing out her heart to form a sword of evil, Dark Legion. In his attempt to create the sword, he stalked her through many mortal lives before she finally faced him as Kage no Shi, Shadow's Death, under the control of Queen Metallia.
After his "death", his soul was thrown into the Galaxy Cauldron. At the time that Sailor White Cosmos and Sailor Illumina entered the cauldron together to defeat Chaos, Cosmos found his star seed. Seeing the truth behind his actions and feeling his intense regret and need to undo the wrongs he had committed, she asked the Cauldron to consider making him into a guardian of his plane, Tenebrae, when it restored him along with everyone else Chaos had displaced.
He found himself alive again in Tenebrae, the Archive of Shadows, and, determined to set things right, has decided to come to SMV to find his lover, Illuminis, reborn as Teruko. He will protect her with his life. But is his natural desire for knowledge and obsession with light going to cause problems...?
Personality: Cool and polite, with a dry sense of humor. Anscom can appear chivalrous - unless it's to another male, or someone who is getting between himself and Teruko. He has a very secretive nature, so the persona he presents may not be his true self.
Physical Description: Anscom is tall and wiry. Although his facial features are effeminate, he is decidedly male in energy and spirit. His eyes are a medium gray with silvery highlights.
Anscom has a tattoo of black angel wings on his back. This is actually the shadowy formation of his true wings, which he has no intention to reveal in SMV.
Henshin Item and Description: Anscom carries a single black feather from his natural Angelic form on himself at all times. Due to its nature it cannot be destroyed, creased, bent, etc. so it can be stashed anywhere, really. Usually though it's tucked into one of the many pockets on his person.
Henshin Phrase: To the Dark Archive, I pledge my Servitude - Shadows, Coalesce.
Henshin Description: The feather in his hand glows purple-black, and multiply into thousands of the same feather. They latch onto him and form his uniform - a butler's uniform, including coat tails, a server's vest, and gloves. He bows, one hand over his chest, smiling indulgently at his opponent.
Weapon and Description: Shadow Servant has no physical weapons other than himself. He is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter. He is also a highly skilled swordsman, and a sword should technically manifest when he transforms, but he rejects it. Too many bad memories...
Attack Names and Descriptions:
Shadow Whirlwind Sickles - Small bursts of air tinted with shadows form crescent-shaped blades that slice the enemy. They are formed in the air around his hands, so depending on how he angles the movement of his arm, the speed and strength change. Though they are useless and don't do anything, a pair of shadow wings formed of purplish energy appear on him when he is attacking or enraged, for intimidation purposes.
Guardian Name and Description: None
Other Information:
Tenebrae has no individual symbol, so he chose the rune Ansuz in its place and draws power from that. It is the rune of knowledge.
Anscom has a near-photographic memory, and is very good at learning your secrets. Also at keeping them.
He has only mild interest in easy to obtain knowledge.
Although his main color scheme are very dark blue and a dark teal color, his energy is purple and black.
Team Astral Plane:
Sailor Illumina
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Comments: 67
nickyflamingo In reply to Jeishii [2014-03-16 00:40:26 +0000 UTC]
Maybe there's an alternative universe somewhere? XD
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Jeishii In reply to nickyflamingo [2014-03-16 04:32:26 +0000 UTC]
Yes. There is an alternative universe where Anscom uses his charming abilities and builds a beautiful harem of naughtiness.
And I'm sure one where it's just Al because really, who needs more than that? She has everything you may want in a sexy layday. *___*
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RoseSongstress [2014-01-04 06:10:43 +0000 UTC]
Man, all I keep thinking about is how I totally want Alex to call him cute, like i just even have this little scene in my head with the two of them.
Alex: You're really cute. Reminds me of an ex of mine.
Anscom: I hope you know I'm a guy
Alex: *grins wildly* So is my ex. *walks away*
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Jeishii In reply to RoseSongstress [2014-01-04 06:22:15 +0000 UTC]
xD Awww adding fuel to the fire yyeeaaayaaaah.
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RoseSongstress In reply to Jeishii [2014-01-04 06:24:57 +0000 UTC]
lol of course he would probably be walking back over to Josie and then proceed to make it clear in his body language that even if he finds Anscom cute he's still only really interested in Josie.
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Jeishii In reply to RoseSongstress [2014-01-04 19:51:28 +0000 UTC]
Anscom: This place is going to give me a complex...
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NeonGlitterTrash [2013-12-01 00:54:33 +0000 UTC]
Can I just say, that Titus is going to have a crush on him. Funnily enough as Shiloh is drawn to light, Titus is drawn to darkness and shadows. Hopefully that doesn't make Anscom too uncomfortable, your poor characters have the insect aliens following them.
By the way I really do like his profile. Such a suave, devilishly handsome man!
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Jeishii In reply to NeonGlitterTrash [2013-12-02 05:53:56 +0000 UTC]
Naaaah he should be totally fine with it. He would probably be disinterested but would be flattered, and would just be happy if there was one less person he has to identify as a potential rival. XD
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NeonGlitterTrash In reply to Jeishii [2013-12-02 15:48:47 +0000 UTC]
Hahaha oh Anscom you little scamp you, though I am curious (I think everyone is) how he will play into the marvelous OT3.
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Jeishii In reply to NeonGlitterTrash [2013-12-03 05:53:20 +0000 UTC]
Two words.
Butt. Monkey.
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NeonGlitterTrash In reply to Jeishii [2013-12-03 20:19:15 +0000 UTC]
Butt monkey, oh my gosh I giggled like a crazy lady!
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Zarbonite [2013-11-29 22:17:31 +0000 UTC]
oops he's hot
his henshin phrase is just too cool!
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Jeishii In reply to Zarbonite [2013-11-30 19:19:26 +0000 UTC]
Too cool for school. lawl
I'm glad you liked it!
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j-champ [2013-11-29 16:52:51 +0000 UTC]
Hotness overload ?
He is so handsome !
I Love the idea of the Tuxedo-reverse-butler-thing!
So creative !
Awesome Work !
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Jeishii In reply to j-champ [2013-11-30 19:20:55 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
I am not going to lie, I have been watching Kuroshitsuji, but I don't want him to be a Sebastian copy. He's not supposed to be, I just really like battle butlers. xD Like Alfred.
I'm glad you like him
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CrownFoxStar [2013-11-29 12:55:14 +0000 UTC]
Ummm.. I don't mean to nitpick but this guy looks like Sebastian from Black Butler and you even kept the same name. Again just for creativity sake I would recommend maybe changing the name Shadow Servant.
www.google.com/search?q=black+…
I'm sorry love, I love your work but this looks like a straight rip from Black Butler down to his personality, looks, color scheme, and raven feather. I can even give you the link for his Character Profile and you wrote word for word the same thing.
"Cool and polite, with a dry sense of humor."
You could at least acknowledge that your character had a major influence from Sebastian from Black Butler, anyone who is a clear fan of this anime will know off the bat you were influenced by it.
Again I say this with love,
<3
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Jeishii In reply to CrownFoxStar [2013-11-30 20:45:53 +0000 UTC]
My reasons for his being a battle butler besides the fact that I just love butlers (if anyone was my inspiration it was Walter and Alfred, not Sebastian), and other elements that are integral to his story development that I don't want to share. They could change. This is like, long blonde pigtails in a design or bangs like Usagi's is immediately decried as a Sailor Moon rip-off if they are a magical girl of any kind.
I don't want to lace my comments with spoilers, so here's all I can give you:
He's not based off of Sebastian and isn't intended to look like him. Anscom has always looked like this. Anscom's non-Kage no Shi form, the non-Tainted form, has always had black hair in this style, even when I wrote him as Yoruno Kage, parading as a normal student in the fanfiction where he first appeared going on 14 years go (oh my god I'm old).
Their color scheme actually isn't the same; and if you're going to say that, then Sebastian is totally stealing Alfred Pennyworth and Walter's styles and needs to change HIS color scheme. Also, Alucard wants his hair style and eye color back. (Alfred from Batman and Walter from Hellsing, also Alucard from Hellsing. Look at Alucard with his hat off when he has his hair short next to Sebastian - Sebby looks like a bishoujo-style biseinen version of Alucard.)
I honestly don't know the significance of the feather in Black Butler. I've only seen about 14? episodes of the show so far. I don't remember birds being significant. I thought he liked cats. O_o And Anscom's feather isn't supposed to be or even look like a raven feather. It's an angel feather he pulled from his own wings.
Looking at designs for Sebastian, yes, there are some similarities (as there will be with any coat-and-tails butler uniform), but overall they are not the same. The shirt isn't the same, Anscom doesn't wear shoulder pads under his jacket (the floofs on Sebastian's shoulders), Sebastian's coat tails are really really pointy (seriously why are they so pointy?), Anscom has large silver buttons engraved with Ansuz, their hair is totally different (*coughalucardcough*)... I think the only part that is the same is the server vest's fastener. The reason for this is the only image I could find of the back of a server's vest that didn't use ties was Sebastian's vest. So I can add that. His vest is based off of the back of Sebastian's vest. xD
The name of his Senshi form is also "Shadow Servant" because he is one (he serves the Archive in Tenebrae) - though you do remind me that I need to add a thanks to and for helping me name him if I haven't yet. I didn't even think about if it was similar to Black Butler.
If I take away his coat, he looks too much like Soldier Orcus, or like Walter from Hellsing.
If I change his hair color I'm changing who and what he fundamentally is.
If I add a cape or make his uniform more tuxedo-like he's just another Tuxedo Kamen, only with gray eyes and hippie hair.
The darker blue and dark teal color scheme are deliberate. They are Sailor Illumina's colors, darkened. So I don't know how to go about changing that.
If you have specific complaints about the design not tied into anything I listed above that I could try to change I can look into it, but honestly I really, really don't want to. I can change how his vest ties in back. But not his color scheme or his personality. He is who he is and changing that isn't fair to him as my character.
It is kind of like... I go by Lilium on Gaia and in other places. EEEVERYONE assumes it's because of Elfin Leid. No, I have been using Lilium since I was 13. It means lily. I like lilies. xD Similarity end.
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CrownFoxStar In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-30 21:07:17 +0000 UTC]
I wasn't telling you to change him, I was just letting you know what I saw. Again I hope you didn't get upset with me pointing it out, but if it wasn't me it would be someone else and at the very least I was very kind with my words. Hey he is your character and you can do with him what you will. I know what you mean, if someone said my Circinus looks like a rip of Neptune, which they have, but I take it in stride knowing the only thing they had in common was their hair color.
It feels like you have a lot of anger directed at me with what you wrote, so I'm going to leave this like this.
Take care,
Muse
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Jeishii In reply to CrownFoxStar [2013-11-30 21:32:18 +0000 UTC]
Nah, wasn't angry at you at all and I'm sorry it came across that way. If any frustration came across it was for three reasons: I felt like it was assumed I knew more about Black Butler than I do (raven feather???), IRL I'm dealing with a lot on my plate (dog with broken leg among other things) so I am under a bit of duress, and I got mad at myself for not making the comment shorter. I spent a monstrous amount of time editing it and rewriting it but I am doomed with being a wordy person. I have the same problem at work. xD If you ever see a wall of text from me please don't think I'm angry or anything else. I am just a monstrously wordy person. >w> So is Anscom. Doing comics with him is going to be a nightmare. How do I fit his rants into talk bubbles?
I broke it down in a lot of detail because I wanted a single place where I can refer to later if someone asks why he looks the way he does or accuses me of just having a Sebastian clone. I didn't want to muddy my description of the ref sheet with the information, but I don't mind muddying up the comments.
I did realize you were trying to be kind and let me know that it was similar without being critical, but there isn't a lot I can change (so thank you for your taking the time to let me know). And it was a serious question - if there is anything not integral to him that you think I can change from the long comment I wrote out, please let me know and I can see about updating it. I just couldn't think of any besides the vest. x) I wasn't being flippant, when I have time I will probably change it. Maybe make it a tie. Put a little bow on it. xD
For example on other possible changes, his suit was originally a lot lighter but it honestly looked really bad. >w< So I darkened it. Maybe I should go back to the lighter color? Make the highlights on the suit more blue toned?
Maybe I should lighten the piped trim on his jacket? It is hard to see against the darker coloring of the pants and jacket themselves. Or change it to teal so it stands out?
Maybe I can make the jacket a slightly lighter color to break up the dark look?
Again, I apologize if any frustration seemed directed at you - it's more with the general process of character design. And I'm definitely not angry. I was a bit defensive because it felt like I should have known more about Sebastian than I did, like the raven feather. I honestly don't know what the significance is for Sebastian. TTwTT I'm sorry.
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CrownFoxStar In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-30 21:58:17 +0000 UTC]
It's okay Love!!^^ *Muse slowly creeps put of the corner she presumed she was punished to*
I admit I'm a bit more sensitive than I should be as a person, hence why I read a lot into what people write. So I just pretty much go to a corner and cry thinking I'm such a horrible person, till either myself or someone else points out that I was reading too much into it.
I can see where you say if you did it lighter it would look it weird, but what about a dark matter gray? Technically speaking shadows aren't absolute darkness, they are a mixture of tones ranging from the lightest gray to the darkest color of midnight.
The piped trim if you change the suit to a very dark grey, should remain the same tone. If you don't go lighter with the suit, a teal trim would look at lot nicer and stand out more.
Let me know if this was helpful in any way, or if you need any more help.
Again so sorry if I offended or took anything the wrong way, overly sensitive Muse is overly sensitive Muse.
*crawls back to corner*
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Jeishii In reply to CrownFoxStar [2013-11-30 22:00:02 +0000 UTC]
Haha I understand. I'm the same way.
*hugs* Thank you for the input! I'll play with it a little in Photoshop. If I find a better combo I will use it; or I can use it for his next powerup.
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CrownFoxStar In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-30 22:04:18 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!!^^ *glomps*
You have no idea how nervous I felt writing it, I was like oh man she just might hate me for this!
I'm so happy now that you are not! Sending you a note now love! <3
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QuixoticApricot [2013-11-27 16:22:58 +0000 UTC]
He looks so classy! ERMAHGERD this is going to be so much fun.
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Jeishii In reply to QuixoticApricot [2013-11-27 16:52:55 +0000 UTC]
Have his entrance general submission ready to go. Going to submit it to dA then to smv tonight. You get a look at what he was, and his behavior now.
Chaska is having none of his smarminess. XD
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QuixoticApricot In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-28 14:44:39 +0000 UTC]
Awesome! I can't wait to see it. I'm excited to see how this all plays out.
Forget love triangle, we have a love dodecahderon.
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Jeishii In reply to QuixoticApricot [2013-11-29 08:40:14 +0000 UTC]
Haha I never got around to updating it and submitting ... hopefully will get that done soon. x)
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Jeishii [2013-11-27 04:32:51 +0000 UTC]
Holy crap, this hasn't even been accepted yet and there are a tonne of comments xD Awesome.
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hiddengardenia [2013-11-25 23:04:27 +0000 UTC]
Oh a new guy...this is good we needed new guys. I believe that a certain silver senshi will have fun teasing such a cutie even if just to tease....or something else.
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Jeishii In reply to hiddengardenia [2013-11-26 06:02:59 +0000 UTC]
XD I am looking forward to seeing how everyone interacts with him!
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hiddengardenia In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-29 22:56:59 +0000 UTC]
I want to see the deal with the OT3 facing a 4th member.
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Jeishii In reply to hiddengardenia [2013-11-30 19:16:43 +0000 UTC]
xD It is going to be fabulous, I promise.
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fencergirl00 [2013-11-25 21:36:36 +0000 UTC]
Like I said yesterday, hellooooooo Anscom~ lol
Heh this is going to make things very interesting!!! XD (ps please have Maeve show him around the village for Teruko'a reaction alone? :3)
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Jeishii In reply to fencergirl00 [2013-11-25 22:52:50 +0000 UTC]
Oh naturaly. I think this confirms that he won't show up when Maeve is there at first. He will meet Maeve without Teruko even knowing at first.
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fencergirl00 In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-26 01:10:25 +0000 UTC]
Heheh let the fun begin!!
(Psst I kinda did something I think you'll like :3 fencergirl00.deviantart.com/ar…
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Jeishii In reply to fencergirl00 [2013-11-26 21:30:55 +0000 UTC]
Lol well, it will begin once his sheet is accepted. They may have changes they want. Unfortunately that will change the end of my dec prompts if I can't get him approved in time and since I am hoping to do comic format... eep.
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fencergirl00 In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-26 22:05:20 +0000 UTC]
Heh true, fair enough. You can do eet!!
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Jeishii In reply to fencergirl00 [2013-11-26 22:36:09 +0000 UTC]
So what WOULD Maeve's reaction be to finding a half-finished doll of her in Teruko's home? XD
And actually what would Maeve do if in her apartment and slightly inebriated? XD
Oh, vodka.
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fencergirl00 In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-27 00:20:33 +0000 UTC]
Also, fun fact: Maeve can't lie when she's drunk :3
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fencergirl00 In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-27 03:54:26 +0000 UTC]
Kinda! XD (in all of the Irish lore I've read, the Fae are not physically capable of lying, but they're masters of wordplay so they get around it. Maeve is half-Fae, so that little detail is usually overpowered by her human nature. When she's drunk, that all goes out the window XD)
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fencergirl00 In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-26 22:42:48 +0000 UTC]
Hmmm... her initial reaction would be "Awww cute its a widdle doll! ... that looks loike me... *insert massive blushing here*" after that she'd probably get over it after a bout of "What are these FEELS?!?!?!" XD
And Maeve is very much a happy drunk, so she'd probably plop onto the couch next to Teruko and snuggle after crashing into everything that isn't bolted down XD
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Jeishii In reply to fencergirl00 [2013-11-27 16:50:23 +0000 UTC]
Accidental boob grabbing you say?!
Teruko: This woman hears what she wants....
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fencergirl00 In reply to Jeishii [2013-11-27 18:12:04 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely!!!! XD
Maeve: Wait wot...
Siobhan: Just like that time after the show in Dublin...? *grin*
Maeve: Don' give her ideas Sib!!!
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MistressLegato [2013-11-25 18:14:49 +0000 UTC]
He is very handsome! I wouldn't mistake him as a girl :3
I hope he treats Illi right this time around!
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Jeishii In reply to MistressLegato [2013-11-25 22:49:22 +0000 UTC]
Oh Teruko may not even give him the chance. Muahaha.
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