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The character I had in mind is a bit of an odd one. I guess it'd be easiest to call her a nature spirit, but due to being created incomplete, she's missing parts of herself. As such, although one side of her body looks human, the other half is just kind of shriveled and ruined, covered in seemingly empty black "voids" crisscrossing it like cracks across her flesh. Think sort of like Hanako from Katawa Shoujo, but with weird "voids" instead of burn scars.

She usually wears rather concealing garments like robes and such, so they're not really very visible. Wherever they might be seen, she usually covers them with bandages, so since that'd probably be easier than portal-like holes in her skin, it might be easier to do that instead. The part of her face that's scarred is usually covered by a half-mask with only a tiny slit rather than a full-blown eye hole, with perhaps some kind of spooky glow or fog beneath in lieu of an eye. After all, that part of her face is missing.

Her hair is black, and her visible eye should be a pale blue - kinda like this color. She's also fairly pale and kinda tired-looking, so an overall sort of expression - or what you can see of it - that might be good for her would be something like this lady here. Stature-wise, she's probably of average height, maybe a little on the taller side.

For hairstyle, something like this would be nice, with short hair that's longer on the sides, and a long, thin ponytail in the back.

For her personality, she's very quiet and demure. She's an incredible perfectionist, as being incomplete herself has made her loathe leaving anything she attempts unfinished. It also doesn't help that she's obsessed with being of use to other people, as to vindicate herself despite her imperfect nature. As such, she's a bit of a doormat, taking any criticism very personally, and being unable to say no when someone asks her to do something. She's also very socially awkward and thus a bit of a shut-in, as she tends to avoid contact with other people if at all possible, largely due to her "scars" and her somewhat terrifying true appearance, which she tries her best to hide. She doesn't trust other people easily, largely because she's not used to receiving any kind of praise or assistance, and thus finds it unfathomably strange that anyone would willingly choose to be near her despite her monstrous deformity. In conclusion, she's a shy little precious cinnamon roll with a lot of problems, but who internalizes them and doesn't open up to anyone easily.

As a final reference for her general overall aesthetic, something like this would be good as an inspiration - albeit with more of a softer blue color palette than that harsher red. For accessories, either jewelry or a little more nature-y kinds of ornaments like feathers or such would be best, if you want to add any.

Sorry if this is a bit scatterbrained. ^^; I wish I could draw a picture to demonstrate how I envision her, but, well, if I could do that much, I wouldn't be here. XD

Here's the closest photo to my ideal thought of Nefertari's face that I could find. She is a masculine egyptian woman with unruly, flowing white hair. Think broad shoulders, a chiseled chin, but with the curves and disposition of a woman. She's currently in a England setting, so her attire would be an old-styled three-piece suit and tie; even her dress is going to be masculine. Color-scheme for her suit, however, is going to be electric blues on the outer coat, white on the inner shirt, and gold buttons/watch chains (her tan skin tone sort of compliments this color scheme). Here's a reference for the attire:



Also, don't be scared to still give her feminine traits, even though I really want Nefertari to be rather masculine; She should still be identifiable as a woman.

I have both a CS, and a reference picture for this one!



Other than following the CS's description, I would like you to make White Wedding a lot more chiseled and muscular; I would also like you to make the art a lot less suggestive and BDSM-ish than the reference, but instead have the strait jacket be the main center of constrainment. I really do like the hood and color-scheme part, so please keep that aspect in the final product.

I would be ecstatic if you could compose a group shot of both Nefetari and White Wedding in this sort of pose; both of them lounging in a set of chairs, maybe Nefertari playing the harp as Wedding just looks creepily into the distance. It would make me soooo happy.

official faceclaim || various images || fancy outfit
completed char sheet
Basically, Zt's a little ball of anger and far more dangerous than she appears. She's got explosive magic and that makes her pretty deadly. She's looking for meaning in her life.

album of references, including a close-up of her emblem in both color schemes
Istara has been around a while (she's a spirit, and long lifespan comes with that). She was only recently freed from a very long captivity, and before that she was a wartime general, and a fearsome warrior. But she's a bit tired of the fighting, and currently feeling out of place in a world that moved on without her. Any moderately composed standing sort of pose, a drawing sword pose, or an attacking sword pose, would suit her. She has dark eyes on the violet side of blue, strawberrish-blonde hair, and deeply bronzed skin.
She actually wears something more like a sleeveless duster than a scarf, for her casual wear, even though the pic my friend drew has her in a scarf. She's never without that leather upper armor and her gauntlets/vambraces, unless she's wearing a metal breastplate and vambraces instead. This includes for her casual attire. She also carries her sword most of the time, a gently curved blade with a simple hand guard in the shape of a D. She keeps her hair tied up, usually with beads woven into it, and nearly always has some sort of circlet. a bunch of poses (should be noted she's right handed, and that lady drawing the sword in the first set is left handed -- but that's the best idea of her sword I've seen in my files.)

several references, art someone did and she has a char sheet here. ^.^ Also some half-done doodles of my own: Shiara || Ainel || Ainel's head
She's young -- only fourteen at most, could be done a few years younger. Best done in some sort of active stance, like climbing or perching or running or balancing or leaping. The curtsey in her reference images would work, or I have a few other ideas. general ref 1 || general ref 2 || general ref 3 || general ref 3

sketch, pic, and fans concept
in-depth description
Any decently dancy pose works for her. If you look up Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao from Destiny Warriors, you can probably find some pose refs for her fans, though she's more of a caster than a fighter. Kitana from...uh...mortal combat? soul caliber? >.< might also work, though she shows a bit more skin than Elian generally likes to. Not that she won't show any, but I remember seeing Kitana in basically nothing and that's a bit /too/ much. She likes it to stay on, thanks. general ref 1