#Summoner OC Eclair

[eriisaam]

Day 6 - Meet the Heroes

(Sharena's goal is to befriend all of the Heroes - help her do it!)

Part of @sharenaweek

What better way to introduce Sharena to as many heroes as possible than the built-in feature of summoner greetings? Every summoner trust their best and beloveds to take on the careful duty of passing along a gift to another summoner, and the chosen hero of their summoner sends out their own beloved hero likewise!

With Sharena being neither a slouch, nor an exception, she jumps at the task of being the designated delivery hero, and even went above and beyond adding a bit more flair in her efforts to package it ahead of time (it's a box full of heroic feathers but look, it's the thought that counts, she tried to giftwrap it really well!)

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A surprise cameo? With Summoner OCs? It's more likely than you think. Meet Xiliang (left, closer up) and Eclair (right, further away) acting as two examples of many summoners Sharena visits and shares gifts with.

Onward to the... next... Wait a minute.

The skrunklies breached containment?!

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Oh, fun fact by the way. During the course of Sharena Week prep month, Minecraft celebrated it's 15th anniversary, and yesterday just recently released their major update in 1.21 Tricky Trials. What better way to celebrate than for her to breach containment into a land of blocks too? Surprise!

With special thanks to @mdzs-tgcf-svsss-fanblog whom not only let me borrow Xiliang for this, but also played Sharena for the purpose of my nonsense.

Now back to our regularly scheduled event.

[itzmerun]

Amethyst dragon cookie: 

They was a followers of Pytita and tried to help during the attack on Hollyberry kingdom. During this he tried to kill Hollyberry but the soulstones formed into his gems. (Gems that form his main abilities and help him fly correctly) and he was cursed and in a way “Killed” he was hit into the jungle and his magic gem things reformed his soul into a new being. He was reformed into a small orphan girl from Parfadia who I might give a new name to. She has a simple design and looks like a npc. She is one of Eclair’s prized students because technically she witnessed events in history and remembers it. She is blind in one eye (the eye her dragon form has a gem in place of the eye). She isn’t good friends with Cream puff and Walnut but knows them and interacts with them so Latte and Espresso also teach her. 

She is technically a kid so when he acts older he gets out, annoying him. Oh and he also has a following of four members who are also my ocs and I love them. 

They are called “The cult of the geode dragon” the leader is an unknown cookie who hides from others his second in command is Jack fruit cookie (She/her). When Amethyst comes across a meeting she tries to join but they are hesitant and Amethyst can’t really prove that they're the dragon. Finally after convincing the four members to ask their leader she must steal some of Espresso’s work to join when they find out she is a student at parfida (she has to better befriend Cream puff to get close and she steals the research) the cult agrees to let Amethyst join. Usually the group hangs around and causes problems. They are like cookies of darkness but they try to summon dragons. Amethyst doesn't have a family and lives in a foster home so Devil Ivy (the youngest member) often picks Amethyst up from school and they just run around and cause more problems. 

Agave and Maple bread usually try to avoid the child cause like they don’t think that she should be playing around with their group but they listen to the leader and they think that Amethyst will back out eventually but Jackfruit and Devil ivy are very happy to have the younger generation interested in what they stand for.

This is all the story I got lol :,)

Members: (srry for bad quality to lazy for digital rn)

Devil Ivy cookie-(They/them)-17

Agave cookie-(He/him)-20

Jackfruit-(She/her)-25

Maple bread-(She/her)-20

Unknown leader-(Him/him pronouns)

Amethyst cookie (Amethyst dragon cookie) -Any pronouns (Mostly she/her when student form)

[sammiyafethings]

Sprite edits I did of four of @eriisaam Summoner OCs~ First up is a edit of Erin, Erii’s first summoner~ Next up is Sparrow~ Then Kyo (Stinky stinky man), and finally Teru~ (I still need to do one of her Eclair~)

[teefa85]

So since I’m bored, here’s the first ever OC Talk I’m gonna be doing on this blog!  It’s mostly me blabbing about various characters I’ve created for fics over the years, and how they’ve developed from simple to more complex (especially true for fandoms where I’ve revived or revised writing for them years later).

This time, I’m gonna talk about La Pucelle’s monsters.  Purifying creatures to fight by your side is a mechanic in-game.  Hell...Chapter 2 almost requires you to have at least one or two in the active battle party since it would be much harder for Prier and Alouette to take it all on themselves until you get Croix!  There’s even a tutorial that forces you to get a Tiny Bat, and a Big Zombie Prier insists you Purify later on.  Getting them also falls into the Item Combination mechanic at the Dark World Recruiter...

But over the years...I’ve put some of them into my writing.  One of whom has basically reached mascot status, and is probably the most developed of any non-vocal monster character I’ve ever written!

Under cut for length...

So, first off, I’d better mention the naming scheme!  All of them follow the way a La Pucelle monster would be named, and could possibly be named!  I actually listed out monsters I saw or suffix/prefixes I thought were funny with a certain base name on my website back in the day, and took several names from there.  The ones I chose were definitely highlights, though...

CHAPTER 1 RECRUITMENT Bit Jr.:  This is the Tiny Bat from the tutorial.  Name chosen since Bits are smaller versions of the actual bat monsters.

Mrs. Bat:  Prier also got this one in the sewers...because Culotte thought Bit Jr. was lonely and needed a friend.  Thus...this name since it’s almost like she’s Bit Jr.’s mother!

Bones Knight:  The Big Zombie Prier suggested to Purify.  Name was chosen since all of the Zombies in Chapter 1 were former knights of Montblanc Castle prior to the coup.

CHAPTER 2 RECRUITMENT Bear Socks:  After Culotte ran off, Prier suggested getting this strong looking bear to help them find him.  His name comes from an actual bear I had on my first ever romp through La Pucelle!  Also, the most consistently appearing Monster character, usually for comedy due to his tendency to steal food.  My Creative Writing teacher sure loved him and his little companions (who are mentioned later), and it made me change a simple fishing trip chapter of Bloody Hands, Healing Arms into another romp with the bears just for her!

CHAPTER 4 RECRUITMENT Turbo Ghost:  With advanced warning about the Dragonshrooms on Mt. Champignon, the team decided that Purifying an Apparition to blast them with magic from afar was a good idea.  I just picked a random name for this one...it seemed like it worked!

CHAPTER 6 RECRUITMENT Burning Fire:  A Salamander that begins the joke trend of monsters being recruited via Baptism Attack!  This particular one was from Eclair’s Heart and was Culotte’s fault.  Honestly...I’m still laughing about how this is a possible name thanks to the game’s naming algorithm!  It’s been 14 years even!  Funny thing...as a Salamander he uses Wind!  Blame What Not to do When Lost for the reason my wil-o-wisp type monster is a wind user!

CHAPTER 8 RECRUITMENT Surprise Shroom:  A joke between Prier and Croix in getting a pet mushroom led to everyone who could using Baptism Attack repeatedly during their jungle adventure until SOMEONE got one!  Thus the name!

Admiral Fish:  Honestly, the name comes from naval admirals and it being a mermaid (an Undine, specifically).  Was an accidental combined effort by Prier and Alouette during their attempt to get the Gargoyle away from the tile that would weaken the Giant Thing!

These were the only two monsters that weren’t mentioned in fics.  And were more or less based on the stupid jokes from recent leveling sessions.

OTHER MONSTERS Cub Prince and Cub Princess:  A pair of Beartrom siblings mentioned in passing during the description of Marjorly’s botched Hellhound summoning in The Royal Wedding.  In the end, I expanded upon them during a chapter of Bloody Hands, Healing Arms (the one I mentioned above).  Just as mischievous as Bear Socks, but smaller with all the advantages and disadvantages it entails.

Hound Buster:  No...Hellhounds aren’t a real La Pucelle monster.  But this is the aforementioned botched summoning mentioned above.  Instead of getting a vicious beast, Marjorly summoned a Hellhound puppy.  Prier Purified her and her three-year-old daughter knocked the creature on the head once to get it to Convert!  Naturally...Hound Buster is mostly Angie’s pet and companion during next generation stories.  The name comes from the suffix that happened to be on yet another one of my bears over the years!

Queen Pumpkin:  This one was specifically mentioned as belonging to Angie’s teammate, Simone.  Specifically, she is a Pumpkin King.  No joke...during a run through the game with my Ex, we discovered a Pumpkin King named Queen Pumpkin and actually used her as a minor party member for the novelty factor alone.  Thus, I used the name for a fic!

If any other stupidity happens later on during the game, they might get immortalized as a monster (even if I don’t use the EXACT name...I don’t remember what the Undine I Purified the other day was really called).

[eriisaam]

I finally made FEH sprites of my summoners!

But all of them are hats.

It's Erin! You hold the power of the elements, including feeling static on every other thing you touch.

It's Sparrow! Fast healing, and now even more portable! Side effects include being haunted by foxes.

It's Ephrel! For some reason you're suddenly filled with determination to see your tasks through.

It's Kyo! If you bribe him with snack treats, you may touch the toe beans… Once.

It's Eclair! Phenomenal summoning luck! Itty bitty noodle friend. He's rooting for you!

It's Teru! For some reason, your foes seem far less eager to approach you now…

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The context for the how's and why's are individually long, but a lot of it dealt in AU-specific happenings, and the shortest explanation is that some how, some way, every single one of these summoners got hit by the furry beam.

Every one of them has a much more elaborate form, and some found these forms sooner than others. These specific forms are what I call Team No Spoons, as while all of them can willingly take on these forms at any time, usually they're the result of them burning themselves out of energy that they lose their human forms, or when sick or out of it and using them to retreat in tucked off places their supports can't get to them. Other times, they're not above taking on these forms and letting their supports hug them like sentient plushies otherwise, especially certain summoners who expresses themselves more on physical touch and cuddling (ex: Kyo to Kamui or Eclair).

I might add more to their fully realized forms or other in-between alts, but for now? Hat buddies.

[eriisaam]

So for a while now I was working on my summoner OCs again and playing with a theme that's near and dear to my heart: Pop Idol alts. The theme held a lot of impact to two of the summoners in particular in pioneering a lot of their design decisions, and I thought it'll go well with the yearly theme of some flavor of dancer/performer/entertainer alt banner.

And then Real Life Issues crashed in with all the subtlety of a truck ramming through the wall, so instead of do the aforementioned alts for the aforementioned two I meant, I did this instead.

One of these days I'll get back to the earlier two and flesh out these two alts with them, but until then is a lot of catching up to do, so here's these nerds instead.

[eriisaam]

Fun fact: When I drew two of my summoner OCs with popstar alts earlier, the LED decals in Eclair and Erin were stealth practice for future paradox fakemons.

...So leave it to me to use absolutely nothing of what I learned when the first paradox mon I make is one of the few (if not only) future mons who don't have LEDs to them.

🙃

[eriisaam]

Finally got around to drawing all the summoners, but this time in their robes. This ended up being something they seldom do because (other than Eclair), they all tend to cycle through different clothing sets that tend to retire their robes for one reason or another. For various reasons it’s both for the first and last time they all have their robes on.

[eriisaam]

Growing army of tiny kitty-shaped summoners. (Or how I finally got around to cleaning up an old scribble I found in the back shelf.)

[eriisaam]

Hell hath no fury like a vengeful chef scorned.

[eriisaam]

“The least you can do is prove to me that my time and efforts weren’t misplaced in creating you...”

[eriisaam]

He learned a bit too well.

[eriisaam]

Old scrapped concept of Eclair, the forma summoner. 

There’s not a lot of changes of his design so much as just redrawing him in a pose I think could do him better justice than this. While I’ve been kinda off about consistency of his body patches, his wings, and clumsily took a while to learn to draw his hair properly, he’s among the half who is more finalized in design overall.

Character details under the cut.

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Originally born as an incomplete forma modelled after The First Summoner, Kiran, he was later fully realized with a forma soul due to the combined efforts of the Order of Heroes. He was created specifically by Thorr and Loki (moreso Thorr than Loki) as a means to harness and exploit the power of summoners. It was decided to model him after The First Summoner when the existing summoners proved too unruly and unpredictable to clone otherwise. However, forma creation is normally Alfador’s role rather than Thorr’s or Loki’s, and Kiran’s appearance in totality remained lost to history, leading to major faults and disfigurements in his creation in trying to fill in the blanks so to speak. Some of these issues lingered even after Kamui and Kyo helped fully realize him as his own living entity. Among his more unusual features being his hollow, glass-eyed/soulless eyes, patches of discolored skin, a gem-like crest on his upper chest, and what can only be described as “magic hair”, all of which contributed to his earlier insecurities to hide his appearance in his hood and robes, especially early on, and makes him the only one of my summoner OCs who retains the signature OG clothes, consequently also making many threats immediately focus on him for being a very obvious summoner..

Initially, he completely lacked any abilities, even standard ones such as contracts, and his Breidablik proved completely useless in his time spent with Thorr and Loki, ruling him initially as a failure expected to fade when his uniquely-opened realm in the Hall of Forms expires. However, over time, his unusual creation, as well as further realization he seemed heavily capable of imprinting on the abilities of others, led to him to develop into his own genuine threat far too late for Loki or Thorr to stop. In attempts to exploit his naive nature and wishes of a familial bond with either gods (despite knowing this isn’t healthy for him or his found family), Thorr and Loki constantly compare him as Thorr’s “son” and (sometimes) Loki’s “nephew”, all while completely disregarding Kamui’s name for him in favor of calling him “Magni” instead.

His power is heavily reflective on how he presents. The more power he draws in himself, the more his body drastically changes in build and height, and thus, he fluctuates constantly on how he presents, with his fully realized state as “Magni” being unexpectedly tall and beefy. Consequently, in his weakest and frail state, he completely loses his ability to remain human, instead, taking the form of a tiny, harmless-looking winged snake creature as hints to the shapeshifting powers he inherited (but didn’t fully grasp for a long time) from Thorr and Loki.

Another power he eventually realized is related to the power that led to his existence in the first place, forma-creation and stone crafting. Like Thorr and Alfador, he is able to create fully-realized formas, but due to his passive nature and limited focus, his formas all tend to focus - not on fully-realized heroes or clones thereof - but on small critters akin to pokemon, especially pokemon spoken of in old, lost mythos whom Kyo and Teru tell him of, yet no longer seemingly exist in the present. He is also able to craft gemstones, yet over time and practice, the gemstones later held the properties of proper dragon stones and beast stones, that he later uses to help ground beast and dragon units who struggle with their forms or need their original stones repaired or recharged otherwise. One key example, Cronos, was able to control his phoenix form directly due to Eclair’s stone for him, albeit the stones Eclair makes has a side-effect of appearing to fuse in some place on the resulting beast form when used. Thus far, the only exception to this side effect had been Spectabilis, Ephrel’s suppressed dokkalfarian form, but it isn’t known where the exception came from between Lyon’s experimentations to the stone, Ephrel being a dokkalfar and not entirely beast or dragon esque, or perhaps Eclair’s will resonating with Lyon’s to help give Ephrel some sense of quality of life to become human with the stone (or the reverse use compared to other dragon and beast stones being used to transform otherwise).

[eriisaam]

Best Girl off to the festival with her squad of girlfriends, but not before making sure her worse-off brothers are doing ok first before joining the rest of her family.

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Since the festival emphasized on how the crowns were made by loved ones of the wearer gets gifted with to wear over the course of the festival, the thought came up of the sheer combination of flowers Erin’s Lif and Kyo and Eclair’s Lifonse wore in comparison to the Lif duo-paired with Thrasir or the OG Alfonse who went off with Bruno.

For Lif, his crown consisted of a lot of different varieties of flowers each as an addition for every support he got, all woven into the same crown. Even if all his spouses love each other equally, they knew how much weight the festival had on him for sentimental reasons, so his crown had the most love poured into it collectively (even incorporating flowers from their home countries like Nifl or both Hoshido and Nohr...) compared to them all farting about with less crowded arrangements for the others. For how deep the Day of Devotion meant to Lif, elements of the Askran variant for the holiday were later incorporated in Lif’s and Erin’s wedding alts alongside Nifl (compared to Ryoma and Camilla who had two alts, one like this, the other more Hoshidan-based).

For Lifonse, not only did he carry the same sentimental weight as Lif, but it also brought about another big step for him. Due to his disfigurements, there was the added insecurities brought about of him exposing himself too much and making his curse much more outwardly known. It was only due to his supports that he eased into enough level of comfort not to try to make efforts to hide himself, let alone skip such an important festival he once loved, all while Eclair and Kyo in particular had showered him in love (and Kyo behaved himself and not be stinky for the most part).

To go one step further, Kyo went all out. He left no summoner un-harased and no pokemon un-rattled to go through all manner of effort to find various very significant flowers to craft an arrangement with a lot of meaning: Gracideas were easy to come by thanks to Papri and Teru, but he also picked the amahibisc arumganium (the meganium blossom) for rejuvenated spirits, fairy flowers (floette and flabebe’s favorites) to enhance the blessings of the whole boquet, and finished off with a shiny variant of the maiden’s crown/garland (lilligant’s garlands, also sometimes nicknamed the “ficklelily” for its overly difficult way of cultivating them) whose rarity, difficult-to-find-or-cultivate bloom is a testament to how much Lifonse was worth hell to love and treasure and totally isn’t shiny due to Kyo cheating with his powers to get one on such short notice.

[eriisaam]

“He may be as powerful as he is stupid but he’s also still my summoner! Not yours!”

[eriisaam]

The middle-point between what is, and what used to be.

Or how Eclair started with the wisp-like beta version of an arceus, and ended with one gradually earning its golden ornaments.