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milkfroggo · 1 month ago

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(late)Day 18 of OC-tober: Swap!

I did a backstory swap of Mako and Ticid

More info under cut!

I choose these two because they both have magic infused backstorys. Ticid was raised as an assassin and his magic was shunned for being easy/cheating/able to backfire/ and a general clash in belief. After taking on a murder commission he chased down Charles in his home, pinning him against a wall and seeing his absolutely terrified face and prompting change(usually his victims are ambushed without time to react but Charles DOES NOT leave his house often)

Mako is great at blood magic which was historically used for crime and is considered unethical but, they used their own blood (often fainting) and continued until a close friend/lover used them, pinning the blame and landing them in jail. After their jail (and local village) burnt to the ground they escaped and got burn scars from their shackles and muzzle (sharp shark teeth so ya). Eventually they landed in the restaurant they currently live in and escaped The Horrors™ (I mean not forever but y'know).

Design notes

First big difference is the horn swap forcing ticid's to have been broken off

Ticid is missing a hand because canonly Mako did alot of struggling to get out of their shackles and burns don't show up well on exoskeletons but it is far easier to lose a joint due to the construction of Ticid's

Mako has a different weapon (kinda scythe like) instead of their halberd. To me I associate halberds as very protective due to their knight imagery while scythes are a practical tool use to cut things quickly.

Mako has a lost fin from a difficult victim who needed to be chased down (I don't think Charles would exist as he does in cannon so no terrified seamstress here)

Mako has no mostly washed out hair dye and Ticid's dreads are tied securely into a bun (mako usually has short hair so it can't be snatched up and grabbed while he keeps it up)

#bweirdoctober #bweirdoctober2024 #orginal character #swap au #traditional art #frogggo art #i didn't go over many clothing differences #i mean its a work uniform and simplistic identity covering clothes #i say identity covering because Ticid's trauma comes from his species and is culture so instead of bugs is sharks in the swap #Charles probably owns a small run down restaurant in this au while Mako's friends are running a big post office because they would not have-#- a taylor #also this allows ticid to meet Charles in a friendly manner even if backstory differences would cause a big personality shift #the personalitys would be different from the person they swapped with due to how people would perceive and treat them based on appearance -#-and voice mannerisms #(TO BE CLEAR I AM NOT RACIST BUT SOME COMMON FOLK IN MY STORY ARE VERY OUTDATED IN BELIEFS AS THIS HELPS MAKE THE WORLD FEEL REAL AND ADDS -#-DEPTH TO THE WORLD AND ITS PAST OF VIOLENCE. Because a dragonborn is kobold they will be treated differently #not to say that it's a good thing but the difference in how people perceive them is based on fear and not fact.)

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