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dire-musaera — Endzone Entry: Mal vs Big Bad

Published: 2007-06-13 05:23:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 10364; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 0
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Description My entry into =Endling 's OC tournament.

details here
decided to leave it without text.
Part 2

also a bit of scrap related to this comic, a bit i edited out.

And Omake

Reference sheet

bah might as well put this down, my apologies if she sounds god modish, ill write in the drawbacks/limitations if you notice anything that sounds bad.

Mal's Specs

Full Name: Malory Egan Grey
Age: For the contest I've got her at about 10/11 years old (hope it shows)

Abilities: Mal is a lightning elemental, however she cant just shoot the stuff out her hands, shes got about as much power as an electric eel, maybe more, so you dont have to be afraid unless you're a fish itll still hurt like hell and probably incapacitate you if she gets a direct hit to your head or your chest. Though she has to make contact to get you.
she can also absorb electrical or heat based attacks to a degree though her clothes might get a bit singed because she hasnt quite got that part down yet.

Being from the Grey devourer Clan she is a wolf in human skin. This isnt really a useful skill though unless she needs to run on all fours. No strength or healing advantages are gained in this form. also shed have no where to put her clothes. The plus side though is a keen sense of smell and hearing.

She favours Krav maga as a combat style, since its designed for disarming and disabling, though knows a bit of soft style martial arts to suplement that.

Equipment: Mal is always well prepared, and keeps a decent assortment of tools to do what she has to do.

Element Tokens: these are used to summon a great deal of elemental fatae , but they are to be used sparingly, there are like 8 rounds to geth thru after all.... (fatae are the force on which the vellian world is based. They are a kind of extremofile bacteria present in all living things and natural surrounds)

fire tokens: will discharge a great deal of heat, causing things to melt/combust/react in whatever manner they are supposed to.

electric tokens: usually as a boost to her own ability, definitely meant to be used sparingly as over use is life threatening. Most common use of electric tokens is as a power boost to use her plasma cannon technique , she needs 2, one for the boost, and one to recharge because shes terribly weak afterwards.

(you get the idea for other element tokens, others available to her are: wind, water, wood and stone)

Spell token: Feather weight: Though she can perform a featherweight spell without the tokens, these have their uses, like trying to move a large obstacle etc. The spell mainly involves invoking the force of the Vell, which makes you seem lighter, and thus can jump high/further and land gently. The drawback is trying to use any force, after all force is mass x accelleration. An experienced vellian will be able to time the intensity of the spell so they can still hit fairly hard or run as fast. (mal cant do this yet)

Token Pins: throwing needles with token strings attatched, used to extend or constrain the area affected by a token.

Drawbacks to token items: Tokens primarilly work by gathering the local Fatae in the air around them, in heavily industrialised areas tokens wil have little effect.

Weapons: Mal usually uses twin daggers , both made of a conductive alloy designed with her powers in mind. They cauterise as they cut.

Weaknesses: Firstly she has issues with silver, being the most conductive metal it messes with her element control, and damages her nervous system if she attempts to use her abilities while caught by a silver chain for example. it will stun the part it touches and cause it to loose sensation for possibly a day at most.

Malory is also a mild athsmatic. it doesnt hinder her too much so long as she isnt exerting herself too badly. up against a speedy oponent, she'll have to end the fight quickly or loose.
A way to counter this is by jaunting using circles and ley lines (natural paths of energy derived from fatae.) this again is limited by industrialisation. roads, an underground works uproot and breach these natural pathways.

ach, good enough for now, let me know if theres anything that needs more explaining.

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Comments: 46

philho [2007-09-20 19:37:08 +0000 UTC]

Veeery nice, plus I like what I see in your gallery. This Endzone tournament is getting me more people to watch than ever!
BTW, the most conductive metal is gold, but of course silver as bad metal is more appropriate to a wolfwere.

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dire-musaera In reply to philho [2007-09-24 03:43:44 +0000 UTC]

yeh i did get some sources telling me gold was the most conductive, after all dont they make computer chips from it? but in the end more sources told me silver. i figured id go with silver coz of the were wolf thing, but im thinking i should say silver and gold.

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philho In reply to dire-musaera [2007-09-24 05:16:47 +0000 UTC]

Indeed, they use gold to make connexions from the chip to the pins. But being curious, I searched exact figures: [link] and it seems you were right (and I am wrong...) Perhaps they use gold for other qualities (resistance to heat or something).

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dire-musaera In reply to philho [2007-09-24 06:18:43 +0000 UTC]

well whadya know?

it worked out after all ^__^

maybe gold is softer and easier to work with?

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Foltzy [2007-06-28 02:03:19 +0000 UTC]

Wow!! Very nice! Mueep, I love your coloring, it really pops out at you and the anatomy!! *gasps* It's perfect!! your character sorta reminds me of Hinata from Naruto, so thats kewl best of luck to you!

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Hunter-Wolf [2007-06-27 20:42:03 +0000 UTC]

I didn't comment on this yet .. i really need to pay more attention .. bad memory .. sigh

Love the Dynamicness, the Coloring and the paneling .... i see you are more towards manga style paneling than western comics here ( cause i noticed western comics like Marvel & DC ones usually use rectangular panels only .. no inclined panel borders or panels without borders .. to my humble knowladge of course )

You will surely be a fearsome enemy in the tournament ... pity those who will stand in the way of Mal

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dire-musaera In reply to Hunter-Wolf [2007-07-03 04:22:19 +0000 UTC]

i mix it up a little, usually western as it tends to be simpler, but the places where i can make it work i try to break it up a bit.

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cleverdarkelve [2007-06-25 12:42:34 +0000 UTC]

Top entry! Soo good! Best of luck!

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Coffee-Brown [2007-06-23 22:13:42 +0000 UTC]

The rest of us dont stand a chance.........! lol nice entry!

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dire-musaera In reply to Coffee-Brown [2007-06-25 06:33:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks, you know thats what i thought when i heard gunner romantic was entering.

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Chiara-christina [2007-06-23 06:56:09 +0000 UTC]

the girls looks llike hinata....

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aimee5 [2007-06-18 16:38:13 +0000 UTC]

Wow, cool, that competition looks like fun.

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dire-musaera In reply to aimee5 [2007-06-19 08:13:46 +0000 UTC]

it is, try entering aimes! you have a number of characters, perhaps seir and dipity?

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aimee5 In reply to dire-musaera [2007-06-23 16:45:19 +0000 UTC]

:onder :: ...

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aimee5 In reply to aimee5 [2007-06-23 16:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Which in laymen's terms, translates to --ponder--

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dire-musaera In reply to aimee5 [2007-06-25 06:36:28 +0000 UTC]

you only got 5 days left, better hurry!

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aimee5 In reply to dire-musaera [2007-06-28 19:53:29 +0000 UTC]

Done!

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Oi1Bob [2007-06-18 04:44:38 +0000 UTC]

omigoodness! funfunfun!

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dire-musaera In reply to Oi1Bob [2007-06-19 08:14:03 +0000 UTC]

oh yes it isisis!

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Milly-Fox [2007-06-14 17:06:26 +0000 UTC]

Mal looks to be quite tough, great job carrying the action from panel to panel. I love the concept of a wolf in human skin... just overall a really cool character design Good luck making it into the 64!

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dire-musaera In reply to Milly-Fox [2007-06-15 04:07:40 +0000 UTC]

thanks!
i got my fingers crossed for myself and quite a few others.

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CapnFidelMorgan [2007-06-14 14:22:49 +0000 UTC]

Not only is your art top notch, but what really caught my eye is the organization of your description of the character, you even added weaknesses, a very rare find indeed. Most people don't want to reviel weaknesses for fear of getting their asses handed to, but good art is what wins these kinds of competitions, and you definitly have good art.

P.S. you don't mind if I use the basic structure of you description format on my audition piece, do you?

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dire-musaera In reply to CapnFidelMorgan [2007-06-15 04:07:05 +0000 UTC]

thanks Cap'n!

weaknesses are important if you wanna be able to write a good fight. a struggle is about overcoming an obstacle, not just pwning people after all.

i dont mind at all, to be honest i just bolded things as i felt they needed to be separated.

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b-jAi [2007-06-14 12:15:22 +0000 UTC]

rar, holy shit that's awesome. i'd hate to be matched-up against Mal...
all the best with the entry!!

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dire-musaera In reply to b-jAi [2007-06-15 04:05:08 +0000 UTC]

thanks B! im looking forward to this.

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Twiztid-in-the-Head [2007-06-14 06:58:19 +0000 UTC]

Near the end when you get a good look at her face, the way the hair is depicted along with the expression, it looks like a pissed off Hinata -_^

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dire-musaera In reply to Twiztid-in-the-Head [2007-06-15 04:04:36 +0000 UTC]

yeah

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DeadXCross [2007-06-14 04:33:35 +0000 UTC]

very nice dude. very nice~

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dire-musaera In reply to DeadXCross [2007-06-14 06:08:28 +0000 UTC]

thanks man, also i updated with info just incase you were one of those interested.

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uke-sama [2007-06-14 03:28:30 +0000 UTC]

Whoaaa!!

I love the action! Very nice panel layout, and the coloring is awesome! It must have taken a while hahaha but it turned out great!

Very interesting. It really grabs you.

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dire-musaera In reply to uke-sama [2007-06-14 06:07:52 +0000 UTC]

it took a little while, but not as long as it would have if i wasnt so keen on getting it done. i worked on it on and off for about 2 or 3 days.

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IsawaFunaki [2007-06-13 22:38:10 +0000 UTC]

Nice thud. I -felt- that. XD

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dire-musaera In reply to IsawaFunaki [2007-06-14 06:05:48 +0000 UTC]

im sure she felt it too, thanks ^^

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Serain [2007-06-13 21:45:56 +0000 UTC]

Oh cool. I love your paneling and motion, and the colors! Awesome.

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dire-musaera In reply to Serain [2007-06-14 06:05:20 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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gracie80 [2007-06-13 11:57:37 +0000 UTC]

Ouch!!

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dire-musaera In reply to gracie80 [2007-06-14 06:05:05 +0000 UTC]

indeed!

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croovman [2007-06-13 11:44:40 +0000 UTC]

fucking LOVE that fall haha. good stuff

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dire-musaera In reply to croovman [2007-06-14 06:04:39 +0000 UTC]

everyone loves a good beat down. thanks man

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shielsy [2007-06-13 11:43:04 +0000 UTC]

Never seen you do action.

You do it well.

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dire-musaera In reply to shielsy [2007-06-14 02:34:50 +0000 UTC]

i dont do action often... as im not very good at writing/envisioning it, i try though, thank you ^_^

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KyT3m [2007-06-13 05:43:34 +0000 UTC]

wow. really good job giving the panels 'feeling' (i don't know a less stupid way of saying this ) good luck on your audition!

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dire-musaera In reply to KyT3m [2007-06-14 02:28:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you ^_^

you mean breaking out of panels and the use different shapes to make it more dynamic?

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KyT3m In reply to dire-musaera [2007-06-14 02:44:54 +0000 UTC]

that and also the body language of your characters. it makes it seem more real. am i making any sense..? o.o

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dire-musaera In reply to KyT3m [2007-06-14 06:17:16 +0000 UTC]

*nods* why all the worry though? you speak english right?

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KyT3m In reply to dire-musaera [2007-06-14 21:02:53 +0000 UTC]

oh yes. but speaking english doesn't make one less strange. haha

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