#zaahen

So I have a couple gripes with the zaahen leaked design that’s been going around

First, zaahen is a darkin, and by lore, darkin are essentially corrupted ascendeds. They’re were then sealed into weapons. Zaahen was also sealed and it was stated that he could not resist the corruption that also took over the others. So, assuming in game, he has been unsealed from his weapon and taken over a host, there’s no reason why he should be so human. (Not considering varus because he’s old) xolaani and Joraal are darkins with known singular human hosts. Joraal is only visibly human through his proportions and xolaani, what can be considered the most ‘human’ darkin also does not have a fully human face. Zaahen having a completely human face is jarring, it’s too far from the modern design philosophy of darkin that riot previously established in lor and with naafiri

Second I think the armour itself (when you look past the colours) adheres mostly to the darkin design philosophy, the lines are very similar to naafiri. However, it’s too symmetrical, this might be a thing for zaahen because he was ‘good’ but this could also be a riot was lazy kind of thing. All of the other darkin have a mix of inorganic and organic shapes in their design and zaahen’s mostly just looks like armour… it’s missing the layered flesh look