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@elmushterri posted about a story of theirs called The Knight's Handbook, and they reblogged it to say this

I took that as a personal challenge.

So, in that case, meet Da'xia or Dixie (they/them)!

yes, their design and motifs are inspired by Ne'zha(specifically the lmk version)

So, a few things to know about them!

They are the current successor of the Captain of the Royal Guard, having been so after dying around the time of the Qing Dynasty in China. They haven't been to the mortal realm in a very long time, being very sheltered to what humans are like considering how they spend the majority of their time training with their mentor, so they aren't as much of a "guardian angel" as most knights are. Think of Hunter from TOH. They're hopelessly devoted to their work and have a no-nonsense attitude, but once they start to realize just how screwed up the whole empire is (courtesy of Sidra), they question if they really are as good of a person as they believed themself to be.

The character is from the song Taxidermy Girl by @weevildoing (they're so talented omga go listen to their music PLEEEAASEEE) and there were a couple details i forgor about because i didn't have any references but still!!!!

And I, being myself, immediately wanted to make my own oc for the au they came up with because I latch onto new hyperfixations like a parasite, so now im posting the art I made of them!