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Description My Mael'kai character Ariea, from the Chitra Hindu zodiac.
Design: Since her sign is the most mystical of all (and psychic), i decided to create her using 2 colours which are very important in Mysticism and in use of Chakra alignment as a base for her design. Her skin colour is a light purple blue....i guess its called indigo(third eye or brow chakra), and her hair white (crown chakra). These are the 2 chakra colours which reflect her character the most. At each chakra point there is a stone or gem with the corresponding colour of those points. If you look to Ariea's brow, you may notice there is no chakra gem, instead there is the "gem or pearl mark" signifying that she is a zodiac god! Since the brow chalkra symbolizes insight, psychicabilties, and wisdom, i thought it would be cool if she didn't actually need a gem !^^
The gems also appear on her staff which is drawn at its regular size. It should be a foot and a half taller then Ariea!

* i know that chakras and such arn't used in the Mael'kai world, but i wanted to use them anyway....even though they have no real tie into the world. Ariea LOVES gems and shiny things.....she just choose to wear them like that! ^^

Personality and history

She was found as a child in a distroyed monastery by Adustum (kritta zodiac), who fought off an ES'VA'EN that was attacking her. He was surprised to find that she knew who he was and that he was a zodiac god. He was confused at first by how much she knew about him, but he soon relized that she possessed a strong mind and that she also suffered from precognitive dreams. Adustum was also shocked to find that she could channel her mind into magic barriers and energy forces (like a blast from a saff weapon from stargate only more see through and it comes out of her staff). From that day on, Adustum took care of Ariea and raised her as a magic warrior....showing her only slight fatherly affection , but instead acted as her teacher.

Hundreds of years later the two fight side by side and Arieas powers have become exceptionally powerful! She is also very intuitive, knowing where an enemy will hit , while being able to dodge quickly out of the way or place a barrier between them. This also makes her very quick, and agile, and also good backup for Adustum.
She does have minimal abilities of healing, but for the most part she can only use mind magic (ie, charm, mind magic ,channeling of mental energy into staff, can shove back appoint by invesible force! )She is also a quick thinker and is an amazing strategist coming up with excellent strategies at a seconds notice! She also has an afenity with the stars and gems, and often feels they call to her, although she doesn't understand why!

While her mind is powerful, she comes off as stuck off because of it. She doesn't talk , unless there is something worth while to talk about and when she does, many surround her to listen to what she has to say. She likes extravagant and shiny things, and it is reflected in her clothing. She is also a very kind hearted an compassionate being, even hen it seems she is being selfish, shes just trying toohelp others! She's kinda like Tamahome from Fushigi yugi in that sense (he wants alot of money, but only to help his family!). she trys to give to those who have had there lives distroyed by the enemy.

She also had a short affair with Adustum (she fell for when she was younger) , but it was short lived.....only about 20 years.....

other stuff!

Her "wisdom" also tends to get on Adustum's nerves!

she suffers from insomnia due to dreams

she can also hold her own in hand to hand combat.

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Well, this is all i have for now....if the mystical/spiritual/magical thing isn't allowed, i completely understand....tryed to go by zodiac....but she would have to many gifts and i think to have gift of insight or seeing ablities she needs to be a priestess.....not a warrior....meh, if it needs to be changed i will do so!



This file was HUGE at one point, but then i screwed it over when i saved the large image as this smaller jpg....ERG....luckly i still have the large lineart so i can do her god form!
Body drawn on lined paper, inks and clothing done in painter, coloured in photoshop!


Ariea (c) Me, Melanie Tranchemontagne, nefgoddess
Mael'Kai race (c)
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Comments: 24

Acenes [2008-02-01 17:35:35 +0000 UTC]

I love the bg behind the design of the character. The use a chakra points to add certain detail. I'm honestly loving all your work, though it may seem like I'm a spammer at this point.

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nefgoddess In reply to Acenes [2008-02-02 01:42:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks....yeah for the meal'kai characters i wanted to focus on the Chakras....i really like chakras ><.

nawww spammer you are not! Your comments have been pretty insightfull and observant ( in ways i don't even notice lol)!

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Acenes In reply to nefgoddess [2008-02-02 01:48:15 +0000 UTC]

I like the actual chakras myself....not the Naruto stuff though it is interesting. I found out there's way more points than I can count the other day...depending on what culture your looking at...and I just noticed you put in the "3rd Eye" Chakra with the hairpiece...nice

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nefgoddess In reply to Acenes [2008-02-02 07:32:31 +0000 UTC]

yeah, i like the non - naruto chakras to...there are 7 as far as i know which started in India and i believe its the same in buddhism (buddhism was started by a hindu ).

i kinda hate tho how anime has kind of ruined some ideas and then they become "naruto based" even though they've been atound for hundreds of years ...

as for the several chalkras...what other cultures have them?...curious now .

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Acenes In reply to nefgoddess [2008-02-03 22:34:45 +0000 UTC]

Well many eastern cultures had some form of the Chakra's (correct spelling is really Cakra but due to pronunciation the words spelling as evolved to Chakra). Chi could also be considered a form of a Cakra believe but I'm sure I'll get some arguments on that (just my opinion people ^__^). The number of Cakra points mainly depends of the particular theory your viewing at the time. It could range from 4 to 10 easily. In some beliefs, there's another set of Cakra positioned above the ones pertaining to the body that represent a connection not only to yourself but to those around you and the spirits of those passed. But anyway I think I've rambled enough for this post.

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Acenes In reply to Acenes [2008-02-04 13:19:24 +0000 UTC]

Realizing I didn't answer the question you asked...Most of the Cakra belief came from India. It progressed to the Himalaya's as well and I think Tibet had a part in it somewhere. And of course the New Age which comes from people studying the Cakra belief and evolving it to the mindset of today's generations....I hope that makes sense.

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Acenes In reply to Acenes [2008-02-02 01:52:49 +0000 UTC]

Edit:not the "3rd Eye".....it's actually the Thousand Petaled Lotus...sorry

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ppgrainbow [2006-12-18 01:36:59 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful design on the outfit. Her pink and grayish hair is so pretty.

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artqueen23 [2006-12-16 00:58:01 +0000 UTC]

love her shoes

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nefgoddess In reply to artqueen23 [2006-12-19 05:00:07 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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sketch-m [2006-11-02 23:54:57 +0000 UTC]

Nice lineart, insane colouring going on with the patterns on her skin, awesome design!
Sweet stuff.

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woefulinfinity [2005-11-06 04:01:30 +0000 UTC]

Very cool character sheet. The design is totally hot. I love the textures and the cool colors. She looks very elegant, too. Mm. I really like that tail and weapon.

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nefgoddess In reply to woefulinfinity [2005-11-14 02:40:14 +0000 UTC]

hey thanks woe!^^

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Maremist [2005-08-05 22:25:31 +0000 UTC]

What a beautiful design!! I love her clothing and the color scheme. The symbolism is particularly interesting, and I admire how much research you put into this character. It looks like you put a lot of work into her!
Gorgeous work!

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Mayonaka-neko [2005-07-29 18:58:28 +0000 UTC]

Wow! That is really beautiful.. the colors are great. Awesome work!

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Sayda [2005-07-23 13:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Wow! She's just gorgeous! ^.^ One of the coolest designs I've seen so far She is just lovely indeed! I love the colors and the idea behind the chakras that you gave her, fits very well and is a nice approach to her color scheme and personality ^.^ I think you really did a wonderful job on this, I love seeing when people put a huge level of thought and detail into their characters for my race! And The background information really is cool as well! Deffinatly a favorite of mine ^o^ SO PRETTY!

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nefgoddess In reply to Sayda [2005-07-23 18:20:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!....but honestly your bg story for the race(and the race alone) writes itself! It kinda inspired me to write and think up a better story for the character......

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Sayda In reply to nefgoddess [2005-07-28 00:04:06 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm very glad ^__^

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drgnelf [2005-07-22 14:56:32 +0000 UTC]

Woooooooah! She's gorgeous! Love the design and nice in-depth story/backround. Absolutely adore the clothing design. ^.^ You did a wonderful job in developing her.

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nefgoddess In reply to drgnelf [2005-07-26 19:36:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, she was fun to do^^! Thanks again for the comment/compliment! ^^

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alienfirst [2005-07-22 04:50:09 +0000 UTC]

Her design is beautiful! I really love the colors and her costume design. ^_^ Also, that whole thing you have with the chakras is quite interesting.

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kuro-rakuen [2005-07-22 01:34:30 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!

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nefgoddess In reply to kuro-rakuen [2005-07-22 01:43:24 +0000 UTC]

why thank you! ^^

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kuro-rakuen In reply to nefgoddess [2005-07-22 02:36:52 +0000 UTC]

Gah, where did the rest of my message go? It was supposed to say "Very cool"....Is it really just showing up as "V"?

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