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Published: 2015-10-16 09:01:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 2115; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 0
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When I was a child the Empire took everything from me, they burned our homes and slaughtered us, we were once many but now few of us remain, Mus is a dead world... But still, it's my home, and I will take it back-- I can't hide in a hole whilst others fight and die for me, I refuse, I want to fight too! Not for revenge, but for justice, and not just for me, but for everyone they've wronged, I want to do what's right, and make *them proud! ~Hafu of the Warrens**, voicing her Rebel's resolve.-
By *them, she is refering to the brave band of aid-workers turned Rebels that saved her during the Empire's extermination of her people, specifically Isabelle and Chase.
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**"of the Warrens" is a title, her people traditionally don't take surnames (with the exception of interspeciese partnerships, like with humans for example), and instead take their home as a title, originally Hafu's title name would have reflected either the city/town/village she was born in, or as with the rare case of off-worlders it would be "of Mus" (her people rarely traveled beyond their world), however she changed it to "of the Warrens" due to the significance of the Warrens purge.
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Yay! Seems little Hafu's become quite popular, though here she's not quite so little anymore! Well, she is short, but that's besides the point! XD
Hafu initially started out as a character in a one-shot comic page, and basically served to put a face on the people the Empire persecutes, and the catalyst for Isabelle's transition from leading an aid organization to leading a rebel cell, however I really liked little Hafu, and ended up resolving to use her in the future, fast forward to now (the future, though you're probably reading this in the present... XD) and tadah!
This was inspired by SW: The Choices We Make , by SlingBlade87 , who as ever works wonders with my characters, and he's also discussed perhaps some writing focusing on Hafu, as years later, inspired by Isabelle and her group, joins the New Republic military, so yeah, ya'll might be seeing more of Hafu in the future!
Art wise, this was also heavily inspired by my time playing the Battlefront Beta, which I loved, for context the forces she's attached to are attempting to liberate another world from the Empire, and the ship that they were stationed on took heavy damage, so they were forced to evacuate via it's escape pods, she and her squadmates are now dodging enemy fire whilst they try to rendezvous with the New Republic ground forces, meanwhile the ship they were in, whilst going down, accelerates into the enemy Star Destroyer, sacrificing itself to swing the aerial battle in the Republic's favor. On the ground the battle is just as grueling, and a blaster-bolt nearly takes Hafu out, luckily it just hit her helmet, but the force of it snaps the strap, knocking it clean off!
Having lost her helmet Hafu is at once both terrified by how close she was to death, but also relieved, as her ears are no longer being crushed by it, her species have very sensitive ears, both to sound and touch (so much so that she can sense changes in the air and determine enemy movement through that), so having them folded tightly down under her helmet was both very painful and disorientating, at this point she's only recently joined the Republic, and still just a low ranking recruit, she hasn't had time to modify her gear outside of quickly cutting a hole in her trousers for her tail, later she properly modifies a helmet to allow her ears to poke through.
As ever this was really fun to draw, lots of ships, stars, and explosions!
Star Wars (c) Disney
Hafu of the Warrens (c) MidoriNoHonoo
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Comments: 63
SithPostsArt In reply to ??? [2015-10-18 10:27:05 +0000 UTC]
Yup, that was the ship she was stationed on, she's very lucky!
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MarcusStarkiller In reply to SithPostsArt [2015-10-18 15:58:50 +0000 UTC]
Indeed. The Force provides for her, it seems.
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b-312 [2015-10-16 12:55:12 +0000 UTC]
Even as an adult she's still cute! Excellent work Mike.
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SithPostsArt In reply to b-312 [2015-10-18 10:25:22 +0000 UTC]
Heheheh! "Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline."
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b-312 In reply to SithPostsArt [2015-10-18 12:06:35 +0000 UTC]
Well whatever it is i hope shes alright. She could have a concussion.
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SithPostsArt In reply to b-312 [2015-10-18 12:12:39 +0000 UTC]
It's just a scratch, walk it off soldier!
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b-312 In reply to SithPostsArt [2015-10-18 12:47:42 +0000 UTC]
Hahahaha. At least here cute ears are okay!
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SlingBlade87 [2015-10-16 11:09:28 +0000 UTC]
And now for some demonstrative fun.
Hafu let out a squeaking shriek of distress as her helmet was shot clean off, the heat of the blaster bolt singing her ears as she kept running forwards.
"Hafu!" she heard Daden shout from behind her.
"I'm alright!" Hafu yelped, partially rejoicing in the freedom that her ears now felt, free of the confines of her helmet.
She and the blue twi'lek Daden Dryx jumped behind cover as more blasterfire peppered the ruins around them.
"We're going to get pinned!" Daden protested.
Hafu's ears twitched as she pinpointed the noises around her, focusing on them before she popped out and took her shot. The Stormtrooper jerked back as her bolt caught him in the head and he collapsed back onto the roof he'd been firing down from.
"There," Hafu said with a sigh of relief. "That should buy us some time."
Both women jumped, their weapons aimed instantly as Sergeant Iyoto came skidding in besides them, planting his back against the ruins as he grinned at them.
"Hello Privates," he remarked. "Fancy seeing you here."
"Idiot!" Daden snapped, forgetting her rank for a moment. "We could have shot you!"
"Well at least then it would have been an accident," Sergeant Iyoto remarked, his silvery eyes flashing in his pale purple face as he looked at Hafu. "You know you really should wear a helmet."
She frowned sheepishly. "Sorry, lost it."
"I saw," he took his own helmet off and handed it to her. "Take mine, it'll probably work better for you anyways."
She took the helmet, glancing at the two holes in the top for his horns and frowned.
"Do I have to?"
He produced a second helmet, this one with a scorch mark across its surface and Hafu realized it was the one she had lost.
"Try it, if it works we can get some more special issued for you so your ears aren't flattened." as he spoke he took out a long metal cylinder and depressed an activation stud on it.
Hafu jumped as a blue beam shot out of the cylinder, her rich brown eyes igniting in wonder.
"Is that a--?" she asked in awe as Sergeant Iyoto used the saber to poke two new holes in her former helmet.
"Lightsaber, yeah." he grinned. "Call it a family tradition." he added as he placed the newly customized helmet on his head, testing the holes he'd just made as his small horns slipped through them. "There we go." he smirked at her. "Come on Private, try yours."
Hafu was still rather overwhelmed by his display but she did as she was told and tried slipping her ears through the two holes in the helmet he'd given her. Her ears slipped through the holes with small effort and she couldn't help but smile as they twitched happily. It was still tight but it was better than no holes at all.
"There we go," Sergeant Iyoto said as he patted her on the shoulder. "Now we can--"
His words were cut off as heavy blasterfire slammed into their cover.
"Some people have no manners," he remarked as he stood and reignited his saber, holding his carbine in the other hand. "Come on then, time we showed the bucket-heads that it's rude to interrupt a conversation!"
Hafu watched as he charged out into the open, wielding his blue saber in one hand to deflect incoming fire as he aimed and fired back with his carbine.
"I--I think I'm in love," Daden said from besides her.
Hafu scowled at her friend. "Come on! We can't just sit here all day!"
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SithPostsArt In reply to SlingBlade87 [2015-10-16 11:48:10 +0000 UTC]
Oh wow, this is awesome! I love how you're able to put these little stories together, and in so little time too, I wish I were so talented at writing! ;w; Excellent word, this comment has easily earned it's feature, I'd definitely like to see more from these characters! XD
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SlingBlade87 In reply to SithPostsArt [2015-10-16 12:21:02 +0000 UTC]
Heh, well I don't know about awesome but it was certainly fun (albeit silly) to write.
I'm going to give you a better reaction when I have some free time.
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