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Description After the war
(Here is a piece on what happens to Berra after the war.) I will update this ref sheet, or do a new one with her current appearance. Until then, just use 'Ablutions ', and do not worry about being finicky with scar placement and whatnot.

My second character for ! Get involved, so much fun! My other character is Skerry .

Name: Berraluth / Berra / Ra

Gender: Female

Species: Palm nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) / serval (Leptailurus serval)

Aerie: Skrekrill

Clan: Oisean

Rank: Adult

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Berra is an intelligent gryphon above all else. She is not particularly strong, so she does not often fight or otherwise rely on strength. She is deceptively tall though, taller than an average lion at the shoulder, and her long neck and ears make her seem even taller. Her long legs also make her a good runner. She has large wings and is a strong flyer.

Her parents grew up in Grandesque, but moved to Skrekrill before she was hatched. They were too ambitious for the life that was generally led among most Grandesque griffs, so they left to lead a more exciting life in Skrekrill. Berra grows up in Skrekrill, taking advantage of her scheming mind to get the most out of her friends. She has great powers of persuasion, and somehow everything she says seems to make perfect sense, to whomever she is saying it, even if it is to their detriment. It is not unusual to see some hapless Gunna scrambling around, doing her bidding, because she has convinced them they should.

Berra loves power, and loves using it to her advantage. She is not really a true Skrekrill bad apple however. Her biddings were usually to get others to bring her food or comfortable things. A pretty stone here, a rare juicy rodent there, that kind of thing. She had never gone in for the dark politics, deception, and murky underbelly of the truly ruthless parts of Skrekrill. She is happy enough to live and let live, as long as she can get somebody else to bring her some fresh bedding!

She had always turned a blind eye on the frightening stories of murder and mayhem she had heard growing up. But she will have to grow up sometime...

Now that she is an adult, she is going to have to face the darker side of Skrekrill. She avoids most of this by becoming Oisean, and removing herself as much as possible from the fighting soldiery.

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Young gryphon 1 (S)
Young gryphon 2 (S)
Young gryphon 3 (S)

Adult 1 (not completed yet)
Adult 2 (not completed yet)
Adult 3 (not completed yet)

Final stage 1 (not completed yet)
Final stage 2 (not completed yet)

Turtle festival challenge
War event part one , part two , (part three , not pictured), after effects
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Comments: 41

nekonotaishou [2013-06-04 17:14:24 +0000 UTC]

How's Berra doing these days? Last I heard she was in Grandesque; how'd that turn out?

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rydicanubis In reply to nekonotaishou [2013-06-10 03:56:18 +0000 UTC]

Hey Neko! Unfortunately I have not been doing much art lately, Berra (and Sker!) have been on hold...
Hopefully soon I'll get her new ref and story up. (But actually I never elaborated exactly where she would end up, was going to put that in the new ref whenever I do that...)

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Kumlay [2012-02-03 06:23:12 +0000 UTC]

probably one of the coolest characters I've ever seen.

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rydicanubis In reply to Kumlay [2012-02-03 17:23:30 +0000 UTC]

Aawwww, thanks! :'}

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Marbletoast [2011-05-31 22:15:03 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE those ears! She is a magnificent design! :3 All the Skrekrill dudes, they notice her.

Tanq: *waggles eyebrows. . .except, he hasn't got any eyebrows. . .curses!*

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rydicanubis In reply to Marbletoast [2011-06-13 05:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Hahahah! Tank waggle eyebrows are now stuck in my head!
Thanks!

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Arkatrine [2011-04-01 04:26:30 +0000 UTC]

What a pretty lady!

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rydicanubis In reply to Arkatrine [2011-04-01 05:25:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, and for the favorite! :}

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ErithacusCreations [2011-03-31 23:06:12 +0000 UTC]

BEAUTIFULLLLLL. Upon seeing this I instantly had an urge to go finish some challenges and move my boy to Skrekrill. But DANG she is pretty.

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rydicanubis In reply to ErithacusCreations [2011-03-31 23:52:08 +0000 UTC]

Draw more Roooc, draw more Roooooooc!
Heheh, thanks! :}

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ErithacusCreations In reply to rydicanubis [2011-04-01 01:40:08 +0000 UTC]

:'D No problem!

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Maxrunn [2011-03-31 22:07:34 +0000 UTC]

great combo!

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rydicanubis In reply to Maxrunn [2011-03-31 22:25:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, and for the watch! :}

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Ranya-Ni [2011-03-31 19:48:25 +0000 UTC]

Oh my! I am so excited by her! She is very pretty. I really love the design.

I'm sorry for my Keilos because I think he'd be exactly the type of person to get bossed around by her. XD
I can't wait to see more of her!

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rydicanubis In reply to Ranya-Ni [2011-03-31 20:37:19 +0000 UTC]

Awwww Keilos! I luffs him, he is so adorable!

'Hey Keilos, I bet you can't get me any of Val's buffalo he just took down!'
'YA HUH I COULD!'
'Pffft, I will believe it when I see it.'
*gets buffalo haunch barely escaping with life and limb*
'Hunh, not bad, guess I will have to set you a harder challenge next time. *eats buffalo*'

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Ranya-Ni In reply to rydicanubis [2011-04-01 21:53:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. And yes, I think something very akin to that would happen. All. The. Time. XD I can't wait to see your missions with her.

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Silver-Sundog [2011-03-31 18:39:56 +0000 UTC]

Ooohhhh man, she is just plain awesome. Look at that sassy face!

Your griffs are always top percentage.

And holy moly, Ryd, you have seriously mastered those scruffy brushes. ... I still suck with them, but this is downright inspiring to see.

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rydicanubis In reply to Silver-Sundog [2011-03-31 19:40:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Kisooo! C: <3
I rather enjoyed doing her design, she has COLOUR in her!
Those brushes are such fun, they are kind of difficult to work with, but I enjoy them a lot!

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khyterra [2011-03-31 17:58:45 +0000 UTC]

SERVAL/VULTURE GRYPHS REPRESENT!


Haha, she's gorgeous. I absolutely adore the colors on her face, and she is just the right amount of lanky. Looking forward to seeing more of her later!

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rydicanubis In reply to khyterra [2011-03-31 19:22:27 +0000 UTC]

THEY ARE LIKE LONG LOST SISTERS! 8D Maybe they are second cousins... ;}

Hehe, thanks! :} She is not quite as colourful as your girl, but I like her. She is definitely more colourful than Skerry anyways... P:

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khyterra In reply to rydicanubis [2011-03-31 20:16:04 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I could totally see them being related in some fashion or another! There'd probably be some kind of rivalry going on in that case, especially since Rakhamat is all "SKREKRILL DOES NOTHING WRONG EVER AND WHOEVER THINKS OTHERWISE IS GONNA GET THEIR BUTTS KICKED BY A VERY ANGRY SQUAWKY THING" and Berra is kinda "Uh yeah there's some weird things going on around here :< "

/rambleramble

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rydicanubis In reply to khyterra [2011-03-31 20:30:30 +0000 UTC]

Hehehehehe x}
That is EXACTLY it!

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Bailiwick [2011-03-31 15:31:30 +0000 UTC]

Oh man I dunno what program you did the headshot in (ArtRage?) but I looooooooooooooooove it.

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rydicanubis In reply to Bailiwick [2011-03-31 16:15:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Ket! :}
That is just good ol' Photoshop, using the same funkysexy brushes I used for this one , this one , this one , and this one , among a few others.

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SophieDragon [2011-03-31 14:38:25 +0000 UTC]

I love this design. She's so fluid looking Great choice of animals to compose her of!

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rydicanubis In reply to SophieDragon [2011-03-31 16:10:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I picked serval right away, because I wanted somethig tall, with long legs. Took a while to get the bird side though, I had to browse through a bunch of candidates. I was not familiar with the Palm nut vulture, but I liked the way it looked, so I chose it!

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WerewolfStripclub [2011-03-31 12:30:27 +0000 UTC]

Eheeeeee her EARS
She has a really pretty design Ryd! I can't wait to see what you do with her in the challenges!

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rydicanubis In reply to WerewolfStripclub [2011-03-31 16:09:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Syk! (I like her enormous ears too...)
Should be fun getting to do the Skrek challenges. I need to make sure I finish up Sker too though!

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caligis [2011-03-31 11:15:16 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous character! I love her portrait on the right, and.. well I also love the fullview on the left xD Good to have you join us!

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rydicanubis In reply to caligis [2011-03-31 16:07:14 +0000 UTC]

Skrekrill. Skrekrill. SKREKRILL! SKREKRILLLLL!

Heheh, thanks! :}

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shootin-mockers [2011-03-31 08:04:41 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOSH, I just ADORE this gryph! So much personality and so elegant! x3 Must drawww~

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rydicanubis In reply to shootin-mockers [2011-03-31 16:06:02 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you! I had fun designing her! :}

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SageKorppi [2011-03-31 05:21:08 +0000 UTC]

LOOOOVEEEE!!!!!!

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rydicanubis In reply to SageKorppi [2011-03-31 16:05:38 +0000 UTC]

<3! :'D

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Squizilla [2011-03-31 04:30:27 +0000 UTC]

Gosh, she's such a gorgeous and interesting character. It will be interesting to see her develop.THE WAITING HAS PAID OFF.
also this is like Bizarro!Tiberius, in terms of height/leg length at least

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rydicanubis In reply to Squizilla [2011-03-31 04:54:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Squiz! :}
I just want to make sure I do not neglect Sker for her. I will DRAW THEM BOTH MAHARR HARR HUrrrrrrrr.

(and yes, she is a leggy girl. she got dem long legs bring all da boyz in da yard.)

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Squizilla In reply to rydicanubis [2011-03-31 05:21:34 +0000 UTC]

(AWWWW YEAH GENTLEMEN YOU WANT DIS)

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Libberachi [2011-03-31 04:27:13 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I saw this being draaaaawed. XD

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rydicanubis In reply to Libberachi [2011-03-31 04:52:33 +0000 UTC]

Heheh, does that make it better, or worse? ;}

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Ciameth [2011-03-31 04:25:36 +0000 UTC]

This design rocks. Exciting to see another awesome vulturegryph join Skrekrill! I wonder if she'll accept the murder and mayhem as she grows up, try to keep ignoring it, or move out, since I don't think someone vocally critical would last long in that aerie. It will be neat to see both her (and Skerry's continuing) challenges.

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rydicanubis In reply to Ciameth [2011-03-31 04:52:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I like doing her colourful face! Yay another lady vulturegryph for Val! ;}

And yes, she will definitely have to face a decision about her aery eventually...

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