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Trying to recall my initial notes. I think it was:

Designs are drawn by me, but I absolutely traced the character stock images for the poses bc I was not about to draw 8 full bodies from scratch in 2 days

I couldn't find a way to pop the wings in without them overlapping or looking kinda awkward. So I will include wing notes further down

Okie general note time:

I wanted to show the advancement of Alteans compared to the human characters, and since technology doesn't exist in the same way for this AU as it does in canon, I included fabric elements for Allura and Coran while the paladins have clothes from leaves and petals

Alteans have scaled wings like moths and butterflies. Galrans have transparent wings like dragonflies. Humans have single color wings, sometimes with a soft monochrome gradient

Okie answer time!

4: Pidge is a hacker, Lance is a sharpshooter; what are your character's special skills? What's their "thing?"

She is strong! In this AU, I play around with genetics. For Galrans, especially when mixed with non-Galra, gene expression tends to skip generations. So Ezor taking after grandpa Zarkon + Altean side = very strong lady. She is also a fast climber, but alas, there are no trees in space. (As a child, she often ended up in high places she was not supposed to be)

13: Who raised your character? What's their relationship like today?

She was raised by Lotor and the rest of the Sincline crew at first. It takes a while before Lotor feels comfortable enough letting her spend time on the Castle of Lions without him there, but eventually Allura and Coran are involved in her life as well. She gets along with her parents fine, but she's closest with her "aunties"

15: What does "home" mean to your character?

Ezor grew up in space, spending time between Galran Central Command and the Castle of lions. "Home" to her is not a place, but rather, wherever her family is

28: What is one thing you really want to tell us about your character?

She has scales like Lotor in this AU, but since she is only 1/4 Galran, they are soft, like a gecko

Bonus: How did she get her name?

Short version: Lotor lost a bet

Long version: The Sincline crew was experiencing one of the rare instances of things going well for more than a week. There came a battle they all thought would break the lucky streak, but against the odds, they ended up winning. They celebrate with some drinks and Lotor gets coaxed into letting loose. Silly games escalate to a serious (as serious as a bunch of drunk space cats and lizards can be) face-off between Ezor and Lotor. Loser has to grant any request of the winner. Ezor wins and for her prize tells Lotor he must name his first born after her. Lotor, with no plans of having children, goes with it. Fast forward many years and surprise! Lotor, does, in fact, have a baby. Except it's after he and Allura had their falling out and he's convinced she never wants to see him again. So, having no other ideas, he goes with what he promised and names his daughter after Ezor. (+ I was debating including this particular bit because it's slightly off topic, but I realize this sounds a little confusing without the context of my xenobio headcanons. So here goes: 1. Lotor gave birth to her 2. Alteans have many sexes. Think like how mushrooms have dozens to hundreds of sexes depending on the variety 3. Cold-blooded Galrans shift sexes 1-2 times a year, depending on where in the timeline we are. It's like a period; there's no control over it. Just a body thing that happens) (basically het mpreg but there are science reasons behind it - no magical booty birth here lol) (Why? I like to put this man in Situations)