#magineer turo

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Had this funny mental image of Arona holding a work meeting discussing her plans etc and all of a sudden she's interrupted by light snoring. The camera pans across and Cole's nodded off to sleep on one of the other agent's shoulders whilst Kincaid has to nudge him back awake. Geel rolls his eyes uninterested as he's picking at the weird questionable red colour only he seems to be able to see under his nails and climbing up his arm. Arona pauses a moment to give everyone the ^-^ look And Turo... just Turos.

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Consumed by Turo thoughts cause reasons and I just realized there's something I've never really asked before because my stupid ass brain has only thought about this week but uh... How capable is Turo in a fight like obviously he tinkers with magic stuff but like can he actually like fight with magic if need be in the same way the dragons or the Fae can defend themselves with magic if need be? I only say this because I'm thinking back on the pie slice image and it only just occured to me he may be magic blasting someone in the face. Is Turo more of a badass than I originally thought? I know there are spoiler reasons which may lead to this answer but the shortened version of this question is : Could Turo blast a goon in the face if he needed to?

short answer: nope!

long and cooler answer: "a workman is only as good as his tools" and he happens to make very powerful enchanted tools for a living.

physically, Turo is functionally just a regular human man. he can be injured and he's only as strong as the regular human body. however, he is decked out wearing the most heavily enchanted gold accessories of his own making.

it's probably important to know how he works as an enchanter: he takes gold that was already soaked in magic (magic rings and swords and etc), and melts it down. then he cuts it with some mythical beast's blood or spit or hair or something during the forging process to add certain desirable properties (or to make certain species deathly allergic to the thing), and adds layers upon layers of incantation and/or somatic gesturing. then he spends long hours inscribing absolutely tiny runes or markings or power-words taken from here-there-and-everywhere to bind and enhance and add extra properties.

it's a long process, and it takes work and finesse. it's not something he can just Do in the middle of a fight, he has to prepare in advance and it helps to know exactly what his agents will be up against so he can craft something specially designed to harm that exact thing

his gold claw jewellery is especially nasty, by the way. the edges are honed to be sharp enough to cut with very little effort (what's the word? a microplane or something? i forget) and every finger piece has some bonus specialty or other. some of them are specialised right down to the species. he also has replacements with slightly different specialties just in case.

in short, if you can prevent a grown man from clawing you, you're probably fine. but if he comes anywhere near you with a knife or a blade or you let him keep his earrings or a pendant or a ring or anything else gold, you're making a mistake.

it may be worth noting that every gold item on his person has been enchanted heavily, to some purpose or other. everything is an enhancement intended to either protect him or repel something or to damage something etc etc.

the trick is in preparation, and he's a very prepared man - but he is just a man. (right?)

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So, Modern day AU with your OC's. How different is their fashion attire compared to what they'd usually wear in their story?

i can't manage to draw everybody so you just get The Boyz for the moment!

other characters may be overdue for a redesign honestly but i can tell you that Kincaid the vampire looks way fruitier and enjoys synthetic leather trousers so much. string vests. hot topic goth chokers. he has definitely been out in jorts and fishnets also. at the same time, i mean. he enjoys modern fashion immensely but does not necessarily make good choices

Magineer Turo looks exactly the same (as the redesign i'm working on because he is long overdue one) but the things he makes changes: it is no longer fantasy weaponry/armour and is now inconspicuous jewellery, watches, rings, pin badges, bedazzled smartphone cases, shoelace aglets, belt buckles, etc. this is so his craft blends in with the technology of the time. unfortunately he still works in solid gold so it has the tendency to make you look like a jeff bezos tier showoff

my brain is frazzled today so that's all i got for now, though i will likely stow further probing asks like a squirrel during winter and eventually answer them

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some moody pieces i still really like.... all of these are OCs, though the guy with the gold arm in the first one belongs to saftabi13 on twitter :^) warning for emetophobia / what looks like blood vom but actually isn’t blood vom