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rah-t — The Magda ref sheet (open species)
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There's nothing I love more than designing creatures and coming up with their function and place in the world.And i figured I had pretty much half-assed that latest attempt at revampin gmy open species, so here is me trying my best to compensate for that unfortunate experiment.
Behold, the new and completely revamped Magda.
Please read everything below, as well as the text on the ref sheet, before creating your own magda, for the simple reason that if you're not interested in the entire species, why make one?
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Origin: Magda were created to be "living pots" by nymphs in very ancient times. Nymphs had a strong love for elks, so they tried making their creations similar to these animals. The first magda were all very similar, were very calm and lacked any need. They obediently followed the nymphs around and provided companionship and entertainment. Their skin was like fertile soil, and any seed planted in their fur could grow into a plant. The nymphs kept these animals as pets and sometimes used their magic to transform them into nymph-like creatures. They were pretty much objects for the nymphs and were beign treated that way, but since their creation had been for that purpose, no Magda felt unhappy. But Nymphs underwent a mass extinction at some point in ancient times, and Magda, who could not die and had no other need than to serve their creators, were left alone. THe magic with which they were created ran wild in them, with nothing to rein it in, and soon enough, Magda started reproducing by themselves. The magic and the way the magda were built, resulted in offspring with great variation in appearance, which continues to be the case for magda to this day. Through the ages, their personalities hanged as well. Most modern magda are wild and vicious, and they have little regard for anything other than themselves. They now live in every corner of the world.
AppearanceMagda are elk-sized creatures that do not belong in any known animal family, since they did not evolve from anything. They are almost always covered in thick fur, that can range from extremely short, to so long that their legs are not visible. The fur can be of any type, and their coat can be any colour as long as it's dull (not very saturated).
Their markings are usually like the ones that can be found in the animal kingdom (gradients, spots, stripes, etc etc) (no specific imagery like stars, flowers, skulls etc as markings ).
They can have horns, spikes, wings, fins, scaly parts, and anything else you can think of to put on them. They cannot have human-like arms, unless they are royal magdas (see restricted features for info on royal magdas)
Their faces always have the same structure: slightly elk or horse-like, the holes at the very front of their snout are actually their eyes. the eyes are always bright coloured and lightly saturated. The slits at the top of their skull are their nosetrills, because they had to accompany the nymphs as they swam in rivers and lakes, and therefore needed to be able to breath while submerged in water. further at the back of their skull there are their ears, which can either be simple holes or have an external structure like a horse, wolf, elk or other animal.
Their tail can be any length, and so can the fur that grows on it.
Their front legs may be hooved or end in paws, their back legs are always hooved.
Body types may vary a little bit, in terms or proportions, fat and muscle.
Their hooves are awlays a natural yellowish or brownish colour.
Plant growingSeeds that are either planted on, or get tangled naturally in a Magdas fur, will grow into plants because Magda skin acts as fertile soil. Usually, it's just grass, weeds and small flowers that grow onto a magda, because Magda may scratch them off or they may get uprooted in another way. Larger plants, such as bushes can only grow on magdas that are tended to by a keeper (see what a keeper is below). A magda cannot support a tree of any kind, so they usally scratch off anything that starts to grow too big. Succulents and slow-growing plants are even rarer on magdas and again only appear on those who are taken care of by a keeper.
All the above means that usually a magda only has very few plants on them, and any time you draw your magda, it's okay to place different plants at different places on them because they do change. Also, barren magda do exist, and it's usually those who move about or run a lot.
behavior, diet and reproductionAll magdas give birth to one egg every other spring. they tend to their young for about three months, which is how long it takes them to reach their full size. Magdas do not mate, they do not have reproductive organs, and there are no sexes in the species.
Magdas eat only dead organisms. They are also full of diseases.
Magdas are spitefull, arrogant and untameable creatures. They are difficult to aproach, please and understand. They easily form close bonds with their own kind but they despise everything else. They cannot be trained and they are often cruel and violent. THey do not have any kind of social structure other than close freidnships in small groups (herds under a keeper are the only exception to that, but even then, all magdas in a herd are equal)
MagicMagdas do possess various types of magic at varying degrees. THey do posess life-related powers (healing, creating small animals, killing on will etc)
Magdas can commucate with the souls of pther beings.
magdas can shift into their nymph form for short periods of time.
KeepersA magda keeper is someone who for some reason has been touched by a magda tongue, and the magda deemed their soul nice. The magda will then stick around this person, because deep down all magdas long to have the nymphs at their side and humans are the closest they can have to nymphs. A magda bonded to a keeper will be much calmer and nicer than an independant magda. The calmness and security attracts other magdas to the keeper, which leads to keepers being responsible for herds of magdas. A keeper can be anyone, so long as their innermost self is someone a Magda would choose to live with. A keeper doesn't have to own a piece of land, since even bonded magda cannot be kept in cages or fences. the keeper simply has to stay close to where his herd lives (the woods, a plain, a valley) and devote themselves to carign for the magdas, by brushing them and providing them with companionship. Magdas love listeing to songs and being petted. Magdas who belong to a keeper often have accesories on them. ( "free" magdas cannot have any accessories, braids or anything that would require hands to be put on because they do not have hands and they do not care for their appearance that much).
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Magdas are an open species! This means that you can create your own Magda/s.
- You can make as many as you like.
- You can sell or trade them.
- You can add any feature you want on them, except for thing forbidden by the species description above, as well as the things listed below in the "restricted features" list.
- You can make your magdas have offspring
- you can make your own magda keeper
But before you create your own Magda, there are a couple of rules you have to agree to follow:
- -Always credit rah-t (me) when uploading any image of a Magda anywhere on the web, with a link back to my deviantart page.
- -Do not claim the speices as yours
- -Take care while making your Magdas. I want to see characters that are well thought out, that have backstories, that make sense. Have fun with your magda and don't just half-ass a bunchof them to sell them for profit (do go ahead and make adoptables if you want, but please make them with care and love!)
- -Follow the species guidelines when creating a magda
- -Reply with a link to your character to get them aproved, whenever you make a new one, under this comment:comments.deviantart.com/1/7416… All magdas must be aproved by me before they can be counted as official (you cannot trade/sell unaproved magdas)
- -Reply with links to any magdas you are selling/trading under this comment: comments.deviantart.com/1/7416…
(these can only be used by rah-t , for adoptables, customs or personal characters)
Black, dark or completely white eyes.
unnaturally bright coloured hooves (blue, red etc)
Dwarf and giant magda (mutations)
Royal Magda (magda with a human-like face, intellectually superior to other magdas, front paws resemble hands)
Important note on restricted features: Magdas with restricted features still give birth to regular Madras without these features. Restricted features are given to a madra by dipping the newly born egg into Raht's special mutation juice that I may or may not mke available to the public in the future *wink wink*
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Pheww that should be everything I think!
no questions yet!
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Magdas and art are © rah-t
magdas are an open species!
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Comments: 64
I love these giant friend-shaped things
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OMG it is just such a beautiful concept art, i just wish that kind of art gain more space here in deviantart
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Could I make one that grows mushrooms?
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Sure! anything with seeds can grow on them, but for mushrooms to grow it would probably need to live in a humid area, and not go out in the sun for too long. But then again, magdas do have life powers, so if it really likes mushrooms I guess it could make them grow under any circumstances! (i'm just throwing ideas, feel free to make one with mushrooms even without an explanation XD)
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I finally came around drawing my first Magda and I already love them x3
I'm sorry for the front claws tho I didn't saw there are only dog paws allowed x/
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I made a few, but I wanted to show you my first rough idea to make sure it was going in the right direction
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It's perfect, I love her personality and her relationship with her family! ^^
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I was a bit worried about the purple, but i think I made it dull enough. I'll post the others when I actually finish drawing them.
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