#oc: Isaz Mano

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Isaz Mano - The mentor who got a sad backstory

An entry in my WOA art series aka Wu's Oc Academy. Were I take all my OCs and try fitting/reimagine them all existing in the same made up fantasy setting.

Who was this Oc originally?

Keeping it short: Do you know what Adventure Quest is and Artix Entertainment? One of the franchise's game is named DragonFable. Well that's the origin point on Isaz Mano. His name literally just means Ice Moon, dangerously close to Moon Moon ngl. Okay so in DragonFable there is a class known as Soulweaver, that I mostly mained, and in that storyline your 'main' elemental dmg kinda defaults to ice. That's the tl;dr.

As the story goes- I've reused and recycled this Oc and funnily over time he aged. Like I think Isaz is the only one of my Oc that I've imagined/drawn visibly older as time passes. So naturally he takes an mentor role in my Oc crossover universe, as he is one of the first character consciously I fitted into several fictional universe.

Wu's Oc Academy ver.

Introduction:

Working for WOA as a teacher, Isaz teaches History magic and Elemental evocation.

From a young age, Isaz was surrounded by the beauty of snow and ice, learning the ways of the cold and its power. His brother and sister-in-law were skilled practitioners of elemental magic. The brother specializing in wind magic and his sister in-law being a descendants of the elemental sister who had the gift of the air. Eventually Isaz's brother would have a child named Mara.

Their family was beloved. They were known for their compassion and their talents, helping their coven's nearby villagers to survive the most brutal winters. Unfortunately one night a terrible fire was set ablaze on the their home, with the perpetrator being unknown. At the time Isaz was away and wasn't present to act. In the aftermath of the disaster, his niece managed to escape with nothing but her familiar in her arms. The coven and home was destroyed and so much was lost. Two of them being his brother and his sister in-law. Despite a deep part of him seeking justice for the fire that claimed his family, he still had to care for his niece, Mara and his job at WOA.

Carrying a deep guilt for not being present for the incident, today Isaz lives with a dual purpose: to protect and guide the young as overseer of the Winters Blessed at WOA, and to seek the truth behind the fire that took almost everything from him.

He doesn’t believe that some form of vengeance will fully heal him, but he knows that seeking answers and using his power to protect the next generation, is what gives him  purpose. The cold is his constant companion, figuratively and literally, but with each spell he casts, he hopes that one day, he will find warmth again. If not for himself, then for those he vows to protect.

Fun facts:

Isaz familiar is an ice elemental he's know since his childhood. Yes, the desing it's just Aegis from DF but smol.

Due to his mastery of the element of ice, the spirits of wind and ice follow his, thus always lowering his body temperature. (He is always 'cold'.)

So Dragonfable kinda defaults your characters personality to be a bit of a quippy meme lord. This is just the tone of the game and Artix games in general, no biggie. But it never really matched with who I imagined Isaz to be, so I decided to do a write up on what I imagine his personality being.

...It ended up begin very long. Not sure if I will post it, but I'm suprised on how much Isaz is my blorbo lol.

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Wu's Oc Academy - Masterlist

This is a Masterlist dedicated to my art project were I collect all my original characters (OCs) across the multifandom universe, and try drawing them all existing together in a magical academy-esk setting called WOA.

They are all drawn in a chibi artstyle cause that's the style I mostly drawn in and also the essence of the art style is to exaggerate the features that makes a up character, which i feel kinda fit this project.

Currently a work in progress and I will be constantly update this post.

Warning: Cringy names of certain characters and lore dumps all over the place.

Characters Links

Students

Mara Ward - The main character(?)

Hector Florentem - The fae touched sidekick™

(WIP)

Teachers / Staff at WOA

Erza Revrykal - The PE teacher

Isaz Mano - The one with a sad backstory

Exchange students - Other artists Oc(s).

Haniver "Hani" of Alos by @unaarista - The whimsical classmate

Worldbuilding

Mostly just fun background lore for the setting to make more sense.

The Seasonal Blessings

Wand/Scepter/Staff system

The Academy: WOA (WIP)

Talse of The six sisters (WIP?)