the kind eyed killer
i was inspired by @voidbison to have a little fun with the colors (and body hair) on this one. if i had it my way, sora simply wouldn’t wear clothes ever but that’s mostly an excuse because i don’t know how to draw clothes. i slapped some pants on him to preserve what little decency he possesses.
not green skin version + little bit of lore under the cut
i’ve finally come up with a name for this hairy fucker
sora “owl eyes” mogura
“sora” i think came from his hair, he got that from his dad
“owl eyes” was his anbu code name before shit hit the fan. he used to have this huge dark eyes that betrayed all the emotions the rest of him were trained to hide. he was scouted by danzo’s cronies when he was really young, so he was pulled out of the academy, and was trained to be an assassin (hence the epithet of the “kind eyed killer”). this may be a bit ooc but considering sora was a wartime kid, danzo took his liberties with sora’s rank in the paperwork, so by the time he got his genin rank he was already carrying out assassinations and other dangerous missions. i’ll draw and write about that whole mess at a later date.
though his parents strongly opposed danzo using their baby as such, they were in a vulnerable situation as they are immigrants. sora’s dad (village undetermined as of yet) fled from his duty as a shinobi (much to the chagrin of his village, they placed a bounty on his head for defecting) and eloped with sora’s mother (much to the chagrin of her family, though they did warm up to him once sora was born). danzo knew about sora’s father’s past, and held that over their head to force them to comply with whatever fucked shit he made sora do.
“mogura” is sora’s mother’s clan name, idk where they’re from but it’s not konoha. it translates to “mole.” her family lore is somewhat toph from atla inspired. their clan name comes from a specific type of earth-style fighting they pass on from generation to generation. it’s akin to earthbending, it is NOT a kekkei genkai. it basically involves fucking with your chakra reserves to an insane degree to keep a constant well in use that allows for recognition of chakra signatures through the earth, as well as control over the earth itself. i was kind of inspired by this action done in both bharatanatyam and bhangra (south and north indian traditional dance, respectively) where one touches the ground before and after dancing as a sort of prayer/apology/expression of gratitude for letting mother earth be trampled upon as such (i think it’s called bhoomi namaskar? idk my mom used to teach bharatanatyam she would know better). basically, the mogura clan teaches those who wish to learn these skills to become really connected with the earth and really kind to it. i also just like the idea of elements of nature being inherently sentient. sora’s a gentle being already, so once he undergoes this training and starts learning to treat the earth with utmost respect, she helps him in return.
anyways if anyone is interested in more of his lore my inbox/dms are open, i’ll probably leave little bits of lore under any future posts (hopefully not as long as this lore drop lmfao)
