#cryptid shadow

In my au, there are a few different ways that our heroes can be moved around. Most commonly would be portals! There are two very distinct types of portal, and the one featured in the animatic was a Dark Portal.

Dark Portals are chaotic in nature, and usually pose more of a risk to the Cryptids. They tend to scramble Four’s head up the most and split the group up more often than not. In contrast, Light Portals are usually much more gentle. While they might give Four a headache, it’s nothing compared to the sickness of the Darkness. And Light Portals tend to be only for transportation- the group will realize that monsters never come out of Light Portals, only Dark ones.

Everyone theorizes that the different portals have different sources. They believe that the Unknowable- or some other evil entity- is creating the Dark ones, trying to weaken them or surprise them. They haven’t quite come to an agreement about the Light Portals, but a few of them are adamant that they must be the product of the Goddesses.

The animatic is a canon story, in which Four is separated from the rest of the Cryptids after a nasty Dark Portal broke the group apart. And a fun thing about Dark Portals is that they almost always drop monsters.

Almost always.

This time… it dropped a familiar face, all but on top of them.

Again, it’s so funny to me that this is how I’m introducing new characters. I guess I have to reveal the real design now, don’t I? That’s only fair.