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An explanation towards the non-canonical design:-= She covers her eye with her hair due to it being blind; an accident caused it to be permanently damaged. It isn't because she's "emo" or "depressed," she's actually high-spirited.
-= Ear/gills follows her being a hybrid between land and water dweller. Since it wasn't really determined whether the troll blood spectrum was the set colors given to us or a gradient from red to purple, I assumed it to be a gradient. Since there has to be a color between indigo and purple, land-dwellers and sea-dwellers, I see it as more of a transition rather than an instant "oh, I'm this shade of purple I must live in the sea."
-= Sierra is escaping her past. I realize that relationships and families are very non-canon but in my imaginary world there are isolated troll societies that live in a hierarchical society with a king and queen at the top. Sierra would happen to be a part of one of those communities.
-= Thus, her having purple blood yet refusing to be a part of the "Subjuggulators" is part of that escape from her past. She dresses in brown and orange to somewhat hide her blood-color as she does not want to be associated with her past.
-= Her being a thief, a "low-blooded" occupation, is yet again part of her escape. She wants to assimilate herself with the lower-blooded trolls as this would surely dissipate her past self.
-= Being a high-blood, she has the power of telekinesis, however it only pertains to her knives. She can control them with her mind, send down rain of blades, project them at high speeds, etc.
-= Her attire used to be plain upon leaving her home but due to her newfound occupation as a thief she's developed a slight knack for steampunk fashion. Thus the belts and goggles.
If there's anything I haven't answered please leave a comment and I'll try to clarify.
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Name: Sierra Ryderr.
Title: Thief of Blades.
Chumhandle: kunaiEscapist.
Gender: Female.
Age: 19 Human Years.
Blood: Indigo-Purple.
Strife Paribus: Dagger-kind.
Sylladex Fetch Modus: Bracelet Structure. They can't be taken off until needed. Color reflects the color of what it holds, generally.
Hobbies: Sierra spends most her time performing heists, stealing various artifacts for herself. Other sources of enjoyment include parkour as well as practicing her blade-work. She's into steampunk fashion but can't wear such clothing as it limits her mobility. She settles for just wearing her goggles and belt.
Personality: Quick-thinking and spunky, she comes off as slightly sarcastic towards others. While she may appear very independent and self-driven, she is still a girl at heart and has a soft spot for trollcats.
Speech Paribus: "-= " in front representing an open butterfly knife. Add's "B" in front of smilies.
"-= Who're you lookin' at? B;]"
The offspring of land and ocean dwellers, she has a unique hybrid circulatory system that allows her underwater for extended periods of time, but not indefinitely.
Bio: Due to her part land, part ocean physical makeup, she was decided upon settling into her newly constructed hive above land that she'd marry into ocean royalty, inheriting princess status in order to quell heightened tension between the two types of trolls. Upon her enlightenment to such an arrangement on her 8th solar sweep, she fled her hive to dodge her marriage.
During her escape she sustained permanent injury to her right eye. Half blind and weak, she went in search of somewhere to call home under the radar. Without money or food, her legacy as a thief began, a legacy that remained unbroken till this day.
Due to her light, nimble body Sierra swiftly swipes whatever catches her interest, usually ancient artifacts and maps in efforts of locating the "Land of Rust and Steam," a floating, copper civilization over an ocean of oil. The center of booming economy and thieves' hideouts, it would serve as her perfect niche. It's location has long been lost, rendering the city as a fleeting fairy-tale but it serves as Sierra's only true safe-haven from her past.
And so she searches.
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I think my right hand has arthritis now. owo;; My tedious, snail-pace, perfectionist methodology of drawing made just this so far take almost 7.5 hours.
Edit: Transferred colors from the original sprite of Sierra. I don't like how the color scheme appears in this picture so I'll be rehauling Sierra's colors soon. Expect changes.
Edit 2: Orange pants had to go. Looked good in the symbolic version of Sierra, but it was just too much orange for the full-sized version. Since she was a thief I gave her a black color-scheme but added the orange pants designs to pay homage to her original orange pants. Changed color of shoes as well; again, too much orange.
She's now fully shaded so I would call her complete. :3
Edit 3: Added the old and new sprite versions of her.
Sierra Ryderr (c)
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Comments: 8
XingXangXenith [2011-08-12 13:01:07 +0000 UTC]
This drawing is amazing! And i love how the symbol incorporates her name.
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thisolddeviantart [2011-07-12 13:28:38 +0000 UTC]
I love her
or do I pity her? troll romance sure is weird.
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xAsOfYetUnnamedx [2011-07-11 14:49:29 +0000 UTC]
In complete honesty, she is probably, more than likely one of the best fan trolls that I have seen.
I come across a lot that are half-assed, and it's pretty annoying.
But I can tell that you put a lot of effort into just about every detail, And she came out really well because of it. Obviously, his took you a whole lot more than just fifteen or something minutes to finish!
That is what a lot of characters are missing. Effort. Even some of mine!
Well done.
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