#untitled asks

How do the ROs look like? - anon

AAAAAAAAA I'm so enamored with this concept and its characters!!! May I ask for a description of the ROs appearance? Thank you ╰(*°▽°*)╯ - anon

Can we have some physical descriptions of the ROs please? Thanks!!  - anon

Sorry this took a little while, but here you go!

My descriptions are rather simplistic at the moment, but please also note that this isn’t everything yet since we’ll be getting into more detail of their appearances in the actual game! 

Base Skin Tones: 

The Paragon (K)

6′1. Toned build. Long, dark hair tied to a braided crown-like hairstyle. Brown eyes with a silver ring around the irises. Has a white, ceramic mask (Think of those masquerade masks). Elegant facial features.

The Spymaster (A)

5′11. Willowy frame. Wavy auburn hair that reaches the chin. Teal eyes. Dimples. Slight gap between their front teeth. Fingers often stained with ink and wax. Sharp facial features. 

The Calamity (Vahnis)

7′5. Broad-shouldered, heavy but well-built.  Amber eyes. Dark blond hair in a tight bun. Covered in scars. Undecipherable tattoos run down their left arm. Rugged facial features.

The Runaway (Oz)

5′5. Mousy. Short, curly black hair. Hazel eyes. Freckles all over. Sand caught in his clothes. Hands that haven't yet seen a day of physical work. Delicate facial features.

The Phantasm (Maise)

5′7 in her human form (mostly used for disguises).  5′10 when in her banshee form (Plus an additional feet or so off the ground). Curvy frame. Skin has a light bluish-gray tinge to it. Light-gray hair the floats freely around her. Wine-red eyes. Steely facial features.   

The Weaver (Briar) 

5′4. Petite. Shoulder-length white hair. Violet eyes with slitted pupils. Deer-like antlers coming out from their head. A pair of feathery wings on their back. Ageless facial features.

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I love how the snail is getting more (if not all) asks about them compared to literally the ROs themselves lmaooo. You go you funky little snail~

Anyways, a surprise but, I actually found an old design sketch for the fantasy snail species that I conceptualized a couple years ago! (The idea lived rent-free in my head even longer)

I called the species 'Wicker Snails'!

And what you see here is the base of what our pet snail would look like! There will be some minor tweaks for them in the final though, because our companion is a bit more unique compared to the ones found in the wild.

Glad you’re enjoying their character so far, I’m also pretty excited to flesh them out even more once I get the ball rolling for this IF!

Some ‘fun facts’ about The Spymaster (Aero/Aera), let me see...

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- Fiercely loyal to K (The Paragon) ever since they started working for the kingdom. Even though there’s this professional distance that has to be kept when around other people, the two consider each other as close confidants.  

- They surprisingly have a teasing and playful personality despite the secretive, and sometimes ruthless, line of work they’re in. Don't mistake it for weakness, however, like the ones who thought they could take advantage of them in order to get to K....Those people were never heard from again.

- Aero/Aera is also the only person in the entire kingdom who can attempt to prank K, and get away with their lives intact.  

- A bit on the cliche side, but they do rely on using birds to send and recieve messages as a Spymaster. Not the typical crows or ravens as one might expect, but rather a trained species similar to mynas of our world. (Giving bonus points if anyone can guess which fictional character I'm taking inspo from with this lol)

- Has a major sweet tooth, and is rumored to accept a bag of pastries in place of money if you need a favour from them. Offer only available to those they are close to, of course.

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Hmm, that’s a good question...I’ll say that when you start the game and when arriving in the fantasy world, MC is still just a normal person like the rest of us.

Whether that changes as the story goes on remains to be seen. 

Thank you! I'm so glad that the premise is interesting to so many people!

Now as for your question...hmm, I'd say that the inspiration came from a mix of old childhood writings and being an isekai fan?

Like, when I was 13 or so, I had a few drafts written for a couple fantasy stories. One was about a character that got transported to another world, and the other was about...something I don't remember anymore, but it did have the og versions of The Paragon and The Spymaster.

So of course, I recently looked back at those two and decided: "Why not combine them and make it an IF?"

Not very climactic I know haha, but yeah that's basically what what happened! The rest is what you see now.

As of right now I'm leaning on towards having the snail's foods to be things that can help keep it's flame alight like dried leaves and cooking oil. (They're basically decomposers in nature)

Haha, I'm glad you're liking them so much!