#solaroctournament

[solarsavoy]

I was going to wait to announce it, but whatever. Now I'm hyperfixated on it instead. 😅 So I'm gonna host my own tournament. I'm not making another blog for it and no submissions are accepted. Why's that?

Because it's a tournament of my Krystar OCs.

I decided that I really should sit down and design all my characters so I'm going to draw a headshot of everyone and then post a little information about them. If you like them and want to learn more about them, vote for them and I'll do an additional picture with even more information on their background. They're all characters in the Krystar series but could probably all use a little more fleshing out, so this is what I'm doing! (Because I don't have enough stuff I'm behind on already. What? No, my list isn't reaching the 700's. Psshhh!) So anyway, it'll obviously take a while since I have to draw everyone and write something up for them, but I'm hoping it also gets more people interested in all the characters I have for the story. (And pushes me to actually continue working on it.) Without further ado, here's the bracket I plan on doing.

[King Solara v. Meck, Master Key v. Panko, Meela v. Trance, Lannamay v. Celeste, Xacks v. Stag, unnamed pet v. Alara, Izzy v. Lord Carroll, Rick v. Varmik, Rozemery v. Nanyt, Astor v. Taki, Master Diette v. Axle, Mave v. Mynti, Sasaki v. Mythren, Deshi v. Sera, Rom v. Gerit, Lady Lambeth v. Roxin]

No idea when I'll be able to start doing it, but I'll be posting one poll every day lasting a single day until we get through all of them. (Doing this so in case I get most of them done in a speedy enough time, I can start posting polls even if not all the pictures are done yet.) Looking forward to sharing all my characters with you, big and small! Oh, also, the information that will automatically be included this first round will be approximate age in Earth years, approximate height in imperial, and the book they first appear in (avoiding spoilers). Let me know if you want other basic info added. Not including birthdays except for the main three as those are the only ones I've picked them for.

Random easter egg: Rom v. Gerit actually happened in ASR Round 1! This was totally randomized. And, uh, Gerit totally wiped the floor with Rom.... 😅 We'll see how he fares this time. Hope to have this up soon!

[solarsavoy]

As I slowly make progress on my pictures and profiles (I've barely made a dent, but I have made a dent!), here are some things to keep in mind when voting.

It's not just about who you like more, it's about who you want to know more about (sorry Stag). If there are particular things you'd like to know about someone, make sure to comment on their poll post so that if they win, I can include that in the additional lore on them in the next one.

As a warning, some characters I've not thought of things like favorite food, favorite color, birthday, etc, but I'm happy to answer more questions like what they prefer to do, their job/ideal job, familial questions (nonspoilerous of course), and the kind of people they get along with/other characters they tend to hang out with. And the more obscure they are, the less I know about them (in most cases. I know a fair amount about Meck and Rom despite them being obscure characters. They remind me of platonic MaeIso tbh.)

And here's the list of what kind of characters they are (and how I determine those types of characters).

Main characters: they either have a POV or they appear in at least 70% of a book/story at some point. Deshi, Stag, Alara, Taki, Trance, Gerit, Mythren, Mynti Secondary characters: frequent appearances throughout at least one book Master Key, Panko, Izzy, Lord Carroll, Rozemery, Astor, Master Diette, Mave Minor characters: a handful of appearances or one or two dedicated chapters with them in it (throughout the series) King Solara, Lannamay, Celeste, Rick, Axle, Sasaki, Roxin Obscure characters: they appear randomly and have little to no screen time unless it's important to the plot Meck, Meela, Xacks (will change to minor when I've written more), unnamed pet (will change to either minor or secondary when I've written more), Varmik, Nanyt, Sera, Rom, Lady Lambeth

Additional rules: If there is a tie, I will be redoing the poll after the last round (and all repeats will be on that day as well) because winning means I have to draw another picture of the character and come up with more stuff, and sixteen additional pictures after this first round is already a lot. And if they tie a second time, I will do a third round. If they still tie after that, I'll just give up and suffer the addition of extra content. 😅

I'll be editing my master post so that all contest updates are easily accessible and when I start the contest, I won't be reblogging anything or posting anything outside of the contest. (At least while the polls are running.) Let me know if you have other questions! And also, I post links to all my updates on my Discord server for ease of access. Let me know if you'd like an invite to my server via Discord, username SolarSavoy with my universal pfp. Have a good day!