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And here is my “OC” Lord Forbidden. 

There is a reason why i put “” around the OC. Well, he is a very complex character/story that i wrote/am writing around the character Milo from Alfred the Hedgehog. (The show is on Qubo).

So basically, after a day of getting bullied from the neighborhood bullies, led by Cynthia, Milo finds a mask somewhere deep in the forest. 

This mask is styled an oni mask, (I did not base it this on Japanese Culture, but I liked the visual Japanese aesthetic of the oni mask.), originally made to be worn by people who wanted to do something bad to someone else, but just didn't have the will to go through with it, (or someone in the war didn't want to fight the other side to the point that they would kill someone), however, when Milo puts it on, due to curiosity, it doesn't exactly do the same, due to Milo’s... innocentness. (Kind of like when Bilbo put on the one ring, described by Gandalf).

But it also gives the mask itself sentience. (Its voice is female when normal, male when angry)

Overall, what happens is very similar to the transition from Ron in the Kim Possible episode known as Bad Boy, when Ron and Drakken get their Good and evilness swapped. 

However, instead of turning into the kind of supervillain that builds complex machines, (not that Lord Forbidden doesn't do that at all, he’s just not known for it), he is the kind of villain that mirrors Cynthia’s bad habits. Except on a more serious, evil villain scale, not really worrying about if anyone gets hurt. 

Cynthia is a child who doesn't know what she’s doing, and would more than likely stop if someone were to get seriously injured by her bullying, however, Lord Forbidden knows exactly what he is doing, and wants revenge on her for how he was treated as Milo. (Or just to get back at her, like a little “game”, but which would knowingly, on his side, will go wrong). However, this is kind of like mind control, as if he was entirely sane and normal Milo, he wouldn't do many of the things that he does in the story.

He is as much as an emotional child underneath everything though, he just doesn't like showing it out in public, or to his victims. (Or, like he might let it slip if he knows that the person he is interacting with is going to die soon, so they don't tell others about his emotional weakness).

He also mirrors Cynthia in the way that he is excruciatingly pompous, except he actually has stuff to show for it. A big mansion, money, “guests”. The guests may or may not be living mannequins designed to look like guests. 

The reason why he looks like an adult, while the rest of the cast still look like kids? Or the one adult still looks like a young adult? 

The mask’s magic slowly, but surely, (over a few weeks, to months time) transformed him into the same age as the individual who made the mask in the first place. (When that person made it. He probably is ancient by that point, if he was still alive somehow) He doesn't need to keep the mask on to keep the magic going, only if HE breaks it, accidentally or on purpose, does the mask lose its semi control on him. 

(Yes, it isn't entirely mind control, it is warping his will, and exaggerating his memories, to the point that he is semi in control of what he is doing... complicated, i know).

Why does he look like a human? I couldn't design him otherwise, also it would make him more a mysterious specie oddity to those in Gnarly Woods and that universe in general. (Although he still retains his tail. It was a necessity. And it is excruciatingly soft. Kind of like one of Wigglytuff’s pokedex entries to be honest).

Anyway, on the topic of this picture in general, i am planning to do an animatic some time in the future, if everything goes according to plan, for Lord Forbidden and Cynthia to sing the song “The Mind Electric”. 

Although it doesn't directly link with the lyrics, when it comes to their character, or ORDER that the lyrics play, the deeper and “weirder” voice seems pompous enough and brought Lord Forbidden to mind.