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Originally seen here: saffireprowler.deviantart.com/β¦Some touch-ups have been made, and the GIF was doubled in scale so it wouldn't be so compact. It was an animation that I made about a year ago in my free time but never submitted, so here you go.
Just Ney-Ney taking a breather...
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Ruff! Ruff! XD
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I might as well caution everyone that Neya Shiqaw is one of the few characters of mine that actually gets along well with Humans but still has killed them before (with good reason of course).
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Did they attack her first or what?
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If you follow the link on the deviation page, the story on the "back cover" of the box art explains the story in brief.
Basically, she was subject to their cruelty in a not-so-new way.
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Wow. If I date her I'll help her forget those memories of cruelty! I'm so nice!
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Currently she is deceased, but in her life she never dated of married. She did love a man once.
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She's dead?! Damn it! Why must you ruin my dreams?! XD
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Because I give tragedy to my universe.
In fact, she loved Lius, the bird man that I told you about. The ONLY scene in which their relationship was completely defined is the very end scene of Chronicle of the Size Shifter.
Phantoms can love non-Phantoms after all.
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Cool! I also add tragedy but only if it fits the arc and if it develops a story/character in any way. I also use tragic flashbacks, evidenced in Yoshioppo Eye.
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Tragedy should be used sparingly, but I defy that because my universe is full of tragedy, and the biggest one is yet to occur.
That being said...
Flashbacks are something I rarely if ever use. Chronicle of the Size Shifter is one big flashback, a story being retold by Neya, but as far as I can tell that is the only time I've fully utilized a flashback, unless you count Selena and Zazu: In Charge with the accounts that are narrated. I think flashbacks are a bit tricky to use sometimes.
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Trust me they can be, but learning about a character's past helps us answer difficult questions and help us learn more about the characters, attaching us to them better.Β
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That's the truth for sure, but I try to let my characters be enough of a mystery to the audience to let them understand how alone or independent they really are. Only a few of my characters are truly the social type, able to socialize or come to terms with anyone. Neya is, but she is also aloof, like the Light Queen.
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The funny thing is, my universe is the polar opposite XD I try to have my audience learn about my OCs and their histories. This gives them emotional attachment to the characters. It's smart of you to hide some of the Lights' pasts due to the fact that most humans don't know about Lights. 
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They are a "true myth", once believed to be fabled, but are actually real even if many don't believe in them still.
The ONLY character of mine that we will all get to know is Gala Itgan. Virgo Nostras introduces us to her character, her nature, and her downfall. Virgo Mea will take us all on an adventure with her to prove the Light Queen wrong, and to show us that for folly in Nostras, Gala has perhaps the biggest heart of my entire universe. Of course, the devil is in the details as always.
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(Gala= Smexy and a big heart XD)
I will introduce much more characters and even SOME of the villains are proven to have hearts or at least did at one point, like Boas, Robbit, and Vein for example.Β
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Once again, our universes have much in common!
Lius, Platinumus, Roxanne, they all have either had hearts or will have hearts. When will the parallels end?
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Yay for character development!
I have a character that I'd like to introduce in the next arc. Care to know about him? It won't affect the story of Arc 5 at all.
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His name is Atoji, the world's laziest swordsman. His is first seen laying asleep on a rock when his nap is accidentaly interrupted by Equinox. He decides to tag along with them for the adventure and again for Jucoi's Temple. He is a traveling swordsman looking for ways to break his boredom. He may be the embodiement of lazy but his stength as a swordsman can shatter steel and speed to challenge light.
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For a second there I was thinking he was going to be a heavy sleeper.
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Oh ya! He IS! He knocked an enemy through numerous buildings with one strike for interrupting his nap. XDΒ
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Rip van Winkle on steroids?
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Maybe. But even though Atoji is too lazy to work like Rip, his heart is as big as Russell's, and is not too lazy to protect innocent people.
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Dammit he wants his sleep!
Needs a do not disturb sign.
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Atoji's swordsmanship is a big enough sign! XD
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Now that I think of it, none of my characters have or wield swords of any kind.
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Really? Well that isn't really a bad thing but I haven't noticed that XD
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In a world where the Lights, Phantoms, and the Humans rule the roost, mystical abilities and guns are king on the battlefield yet. It is notable that Xendra is known for natural metals that puts steel to shame in shear strength and practicality. The sort of steel used to design swords, so that renders them practically useless here. Battle axes are common for some too, but are still no match for more modern weaponry.
Light weapons are something else however.
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Atoji is capable of slashing steel like paper but I'm not sure what his sword is made of 
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The best swords today are made of steel, last I checked. He must have a diamond edged sword or something, because I can't imagine steel slashing through steel too easily. That's just me though.
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Then again, it is a fantasy series! XD I won't specify the sword's metal because it makes it a fun mystery! I mean, what could be a funner mystery than one the freakin creator doesn't know the answer to? XD
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That's a part of our genius. Keep things unspoken about, and try not to look back.
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Many have done it. Β Eiichiro Oda, creator of the series, One Piece, has a swordsman named Roronoro Zoro. Zoro at one point fights a Pacifista (A machine designed to attack high bounty pirates such as himself) which is stronger than steel. Zoro wields regular katanas but was capable of destroying a Pacifista in ONE SLASH after lots of training. Some things are better unexplained.Β
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Many things are best left unexplained or unlearned in my opinion.
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Exactly! Atoji can nap and save the day at e me time XD
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Getting back to this animation, what do you think about this lady? This animation?
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Hot and hot! (Drools)
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Hahahaha. Have seen much of Neya before?
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I have but I haven't read the story of her yet.
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She doesn't have an updated Insight yet. She's the classic hero of my universe, the first Gluff to actually forge a working relationship between the other world and the Humans. A truly decent person, there isn't anybody that doesn't like her personally.
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She seems very charismatic. It's sad that she died. I bet her and Russell would've worked well together.
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Perhaps so. She died with old age and what appeared to be a heart attack. She was charismatic, but only to a certain point. She has sort of a colorless outward appearance to some.
Here, check this piece out.
saffireprowler.deviantart.com/β¦
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That brings tears to your eyes.Β
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Neya's life is literally one long odyssey, an epic. From living with Humans, serving in the Human Navy, being the first non-Light to be given the highest military award by Humans, and by the Light Queen, to befriending the Lights, fighting a handful of wars, being the Prime General in the Xendran World War, having an odyssey through the Phantom Realm, and even becoming the Empress of her kind for a short while. She is extremely accomplished by the end of her time.
The end of Chronicle of the Size Shifter is the most powerful ending I've written yet, One Last Adventure also had an emotional ending. If you ever get around to it, Chronicle of the Size Shifter is my best written work and you may want to read it sometime.
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That only makes her death even sadder, but her legendary torch will always burn.
Some arcs in the future will be very emotional and powerful (Probably not as powerful as this though) but the end of my "big war" one will be one of my most emotional due to there being heavy hitting death and an epic battle between Russell in his strongest form and a god. After the battle Russell gets seperated from his friends and they believe that he died, driving the emotions from his teammates, his true friends, his family...
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I think the best way to endear the audience to a character is to make a strong emotional impact on them after they get to know them. It's cruel in a way, but that's how story telling goes.
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That only makes your characters more powerful in a way. It is cruel, without a doubt, but it strengthens the story and the characters in them.
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I don't know if you plan to do this or not, but I killed off Nana in one of the last stories and it actually saddened me to have to do so. Here I took the most loveable, most friendly character of mine at the time- that all seemed to really enjoy seeing, and she gets picked off. Yeah, it was painful to type but it had to be done...
Imagine Sozuni developing more and becoming one of your most popular characters, and suddenly she is out of the picture, that's like with me and the Nan. It's tough to imagine I guess...
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That would honestly bring me to tears to write. Sozuni is a sweet and (Somewhat) innocent kitten of a girl. She brings what is rarely seen in painful situations in Sight Seeing, happiness. She has grown far too attachted to me to kill. Deaths in Sight Seeing will always serve an important purpose, but that would be too painful. It would be like you having Gala die, ya know?Β
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