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AnkhWL

PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:14 pm


Feel free to post now. :3
PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:23 pm


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AnkhWL


AnkhWL

PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:24 pm


Felicia -- Ursari concept


Name: Felicia
Family: Luminista
Gender: Female
Stage: Apprentice
Seller of: Telling fortunes (tarot cards)
Eyes: Chocolate brown
Horns: Curled and wavy backwards
Skin colour: A dark mocha brown. Comparible to the colour of female mallard ducks.
Hairstyle: Darker brown, long and very wavy (almost curly)

Personality: A calm personality, with a bit of optimism, although this may be counterintuitive for someone who can see the futures for people. However something taught to her by her Master is that fate is what you make of it, and even Felicia's fortunes can be changed if the querent truely desires to change their future. Which is of course the reason why Felicia chose her cards. It is this knowledge that gives Felicia's mind a bit of peace, and something she tries to impart on her clients.

With Felicia's friends, she finds herself comfortable around them. They live their lives in reckless abandon (at least to her), and choose to make their own fates. This gives a balance to Felicia's life, and a view of the world where it can show her there is more than black and white with the cards.

With the Veduni beginning their strict limitations against the Luminista in the caravan, this bit of optimism seems to be failing. While marriages are most often within families, Felicia has seen some worrisome things in the cards, and has a secret fear of the Veduni becoming so powerful that her entire family is reabsorbed into the dark magic clan. She doesn't dislike the Veduni outright, nor has she actually seen herself marrying a Veduni in her cards (that is almost too specific for the cards to tell), but she knows of the long-standing feud between the Luminista and the Veduni and fears what the Veduni might do to her clan, especially knowing that some of them seek to assimilate the Luminista again. She does have a friendly acquaintance with a younger Veduni, although nothing more than that.

Most of the other families, Felicia has little problem with. Even though she has not been apprenticed, ursari from other families, most young although some are old, come to have her tell their futures with her cards. She has a friendly relationship with regulars who come back to her, but she makes sure that they do not come back very often. The cards will not dictate your life for you.


Position/Expression: Holding or dealing out cards with a faint smile.
Outfit: Head: A primarily green and brown handkerchief wrapped as a bandana on her head.
Face: Nothing.
Torso: White ruffled shirt showing off her neck and shoulders, ends just before her elbows. Needs something else here, like a black corset or a sleeveless vest. Up to the artist.
Arms: Three bangles on each wrist, and one on each arm has a pendant dangling from it.
Legs: A long skirt, two or three layers, natural earthy colours with a splash of bright green and possibly yellow. Two or three "chains" or links of gold coins wrapped loosely around her waist. A scarf underneath the gold coins is also wrapped around her waist and kind of acts as a belt.
Items?: Fortune cards, bones
Etc:
References: If applicable. Hair concept, except way darker brown -- Horns concept, although a bit longer and has a bigger "curl" on the end part -- Tarot cards, although what is normally white or lighter toned border would be browner, more faded


Added: Nov 1st/08
Edited: Nov 3rd/08
Edited again: Nov 6th/08
PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:31 pm


Concept art from strangers and friends

Amy D drew Felicia! Will be up soon! :3

AnkhWL


AnkhWL

PostPosted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:32 pm


Critique and what I need to know



-- What do you want to know more about?
-- Can you imagine her visually? Whats missing that you need to know?
-- What do you think is missing?
-- Does she fit in with your perception of the ursari?



* This is entirely optional. I was just trying to get some questions you guys may want to ask of me. Think of it like prompts. smile
PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:35 pm


Raaar, crit. :3 I assume it's okay to post here, if it's not, I'll delete my post. sweatdrop

I'm not Natsu, so I can't be 100% sure on this, but you might want to check with her about if 'fortunes' is too broad of a category, because I think it might be. I would get more specific. Maybe she uses just one tool or has a very specific method of divination? What kinds of fortune can she tell, and how detailed are they? I would dial down to one tool and one kind, personally, but yeah, check with Natsu. XD

Her personality is a little vague right now - which is something I have a problem with too, I find it challenging for me to really write out a personality for a character until I've written or RPed them. wink You might want to expand on it, especially regarding why her optimism doesn't extend to her fears about marriage and such. Does she only have optimism for others and not for herself? Things like that.

Sosiqui

Enduring Muse


thefancycakes

PostPosted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:43 pm


you
-- What do you want to know more about?

Her profession. She sells fortunes, but what kind? Does she specify in a certain type of fortune-telling, like tea leaf, or palm reading? Is Felicia a jack-of-all-trades fortune teller? Specify on her profession, methinks. "fortunes" just sounds very... broad?

you
-- Do you like her profession?

I like it just fine, although like previously stated, her trade needs to be elaborated on. Give her a creative type of fortune-telling!

you
-- Can you imagine her visually? Whats missing that you need to know?

Haha, yeah, I can imagine her just fine. Although I don't really think too much about physical appearances of a character so much as I do their personality and things like that.

you
-- Personality: Do you think it fits her?

Hmm, well, I can't really imagine a fortune-teller being optimistic. Is she always optimistic, when nobody's around, or just when she's in front of customers? Is it a facade she puts up? And, judging by this, I'm guessing she can see the future? I couldn't imagine someone who could see the future being optimistic, cause they'd be worried about bad things going to take place. Or, is this the part of the trade that comes into play? Are they trained to keep calm, and not worry about such things? Either way, is she a naturally calm and optimistic person? I also noticed a little contradiction, since you state that she's an optimistic person, yet she gets upset when she thinks of marriage? The personality needs to be elaborated on. She's a calm optimistic person who doesn't want to marry into something bad. Okay. What else?
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:36 pm


Thank you guys for the crit! *goes to work*

EDIT: Updated! Anyone is free to critique Felicia. :3 Hopefully I solved a few things?

AnkhWL



PrincessEv


Magical Hobo

PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:16 pm


AnkhWL
-- Can you imagine her visually? Whats missing that you need to know?
-- What do you think is missing?


I think she would make a great Ursari, but I have a question. Though Felicia is optimistic (but starting to change slightly), and seems that her recent fortunes have made her start to worry, does she still have the ability for her fortune to "be changed if the querent truely desires to change their future"?

Also, Nat may ask you to specify her skin color (ranges from like tan to ebony, I believe).

Otherwise, I love her! Good luck. =3
PostPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:00 pm


Oooh, nice!

Yes, I can imagine her visually quite well.

I would like to know a bit more about her personality. I feel you're only scratching the surface, giving us her opinions on her fortunes and on the Veduni/marriage. What's she like when she's not working? Are her close friends going to see a different Felicia than her customers? What she's seen in the cards about the Veduni is just a fact - how does it affect her attitude, especially to/around the Veduni themselves?

I love what's there so far, but I'm left wanting more ^_~

kalindara


AnkhWL

PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:35 pm


Updated again! Any help is really appreciated! Only and hour and a half left! :3

Although I may just go ahead and post it. I don't want to accidentally get the times wrong.
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