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Character Reference (Grym)
14 years ago
GRYM
species: winged direwolf
gender: female
body style: much more werewolf than traditional anthro; heavier, stockier, more muscular; digitigrade; winged.
colors: dark black, fading to silver at the edges, especially where there is longer fur such as her cheeks, neck ruff, elbows and ankles, and shoulder cape. While her muzzle is still dark black, the silvering at her cheeks and ruff is getting significant.
eyes: bright yellow-gold
basic body details: Grym is almost saber-toothed, with large visible fang teeth. Large, black claws on all paws. Huge feathered wings that are longer (folded) than she is tall and wider than her height when open. Her fur is thicker and longer than you might expect, especially her ruff and the backs of forearms, thighs, ankles, as if ready for a frigid prehistoric winter. She doesn't have head "hair," but her ruff is dense and distinct. [Her shape should be more animal than human, even though she's bipedal -- especially with regards to breasts. They may give her a little bit of shape, but they are largely hidden under fur and fluff.]
clothing: Sometimes she's just in fur, werewolf style. When clothed, she is most often in a long dark rugged leather coat with some flare at the bottom (a "hero coat" -- ala. Harry Dresden, Jack Harkness, 10th Doctor. Gothic drama! Belts and buckles!). If the light hits it right, it might show magical runes engraved in its surface. Beneath the coat, she may wear a wool and/or leather vest and leggings -- her style more masculine than feminine, and a bit steampunk/gothic. When more appropriate, she may instead wear a heavy dark, hooded cloak with ragged edges.
Feral form? Yes. Not as commonly used.
temperament: Grym most often comes across as wry and grumbly (in a mostly good-natured sort of way). She can be intensely serious, reserved, and dignified. She can be warm, affectionate, and gentle. Or she can turn fiercely protective, even savage, if so moved.
magic: She is a magical creature -- largely shamanic, a summoner of shadow and fire. Her magic often takes the form of shadowy creatures, most often a ghostly gryphon, or a group of lions or wolves.
optional accessories: She often carries a heavy, gnarled wooden staff with her. It looks almost fossilized, with vines winding from its knotted top end and down. Rarely, her longer ruff fur is sometimes braided in one or two thin braids, both on the same side. She may weave feathers from her gryphon form (black and white) into her ruff.
MAIN VISUAL REFERENCES:
http://imgur.com/VhUEF6r [body]
https://imgur.com/cuTSux3 [face only]
OTHER VISUALS / INTERPRETATIONS:
https://imgur.com/MLZzRCC [Mage/long black coat costume]
https://imgur.com/OngEu4t [Mazikeen cosplay]
https://imgur.com/eD6zlRC [Hogwarts Professor]
https://imgur.com/Fzycb4P [wings]
https://imgur.com/HRmvbbK [firemage/attitude]
https://imgur.com/bgM7BVh [fang size/length reference]
https://imgur.com/vJFaW94 [stylized - toothy beast]
https://imgur.com/7dDIjAB [toony - regular day ;)]
wing scale reference (not mine!!): http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8006298/
And just storing this old thhing here. Not applicable at the moment:
SHAPESHIFTER OPTION
(Yeah, another form, leftover from my early FurryMuck days. I'm such a greymuzzle.)
GRYPHON GRYM (a rare shapeshift)
body: feral only; draft horse-sized, but heavier
colors: predominantly black, with white and grey markings (white belly, underjaw, white and grey stripes in wing feathers, etc.). The spiraling, tribal markings of her magic-wielding wolf form show up in the curves of white that intersect into her darker colors at shoulder, hip, and face. White streaks highlight her eyes. Her heavy beak is black.
eyes: bright yellow-gold; they glow faintly in the dark
basic body details: leonine body and paws, including forepaws; eagle head, neck, and wings. A feather and fur crest runs from the top of her head down her shoulders. Her neck is as much fur as feather, a thick ruff that isn't quite as heavy as a mane. Her ears are tall triangles that prick upwards and have long tufts at the tips. Her thick tail is leonine and the tail tuft is massive, flowing almost halfway up the length of the tail on the underside.
optional accessories: she may wear a thick braided leather "chain" around her neck, strung with a small collection of charms -- a round, flat stone engraved with a white wolf, a silver-filigreed vial of black and silver fur, a single tiger claw, etc.
species: winged direwolf
gender: female
body style: much more werewolf than traditional anthro; heavier, stockier, more muscular; digitigrade; winged.
colors: dark black, fading to silver at the edges, especially where there is longer fur such as her cheeks, neck ruff, elbows and ankles, and shoulder cape. While her muzzle is still dark black, the silvering at her cheeks and ruff is getting significant.
eyes: bright yellow-gold
basic body details: Grym is almost saber-toothed, with large visible fang teeth. Large, black claws on all paws. Huge feathered wings that are longer (folded) than she is tall and wider than her height when open. Her fur is thicker and longer than you might expect, especially her ruff and the backs of forearms, thighs, ankles, as if ready for a frigid prehistoric winter. She doesn't have head "hair," but her ruff is dense and distinct. [Her shape should be more animal than human, even though she's bipedal -- especially with regards to breasts. They may give her a little bit of shape, but they are largely hidden under fur and fluff.]
clothing: Sometimes she's just in fur, werewolf style. When clothed, she is most often in a long dark rugged leather coat with some flare at the bottom (a "hero coat" -- ala. Harry Dresden, Jack Harkness, 10th Doctor. Gothic drama! Belts and buckles!). If the light hits it right, it might show magical runes engraved in its surface. Beneath the coat, she may wear a wool and/or leather vest and leggings -- her style more masculine than feminine, and a bit steampunk/gothic. When more appropriate, she may instead wear a heavy dark, hooded cloak with ragged edges.
Feral form? Yes. Not as commonly used.
temperament: Grym most often comes across as wry and grumbly (in a mostly good-natured sort of way). She can be intensely serious, reserved, and dignified. She can be warm, affectionate, and gentle. Or she can turn fiercely protective, even savage, if so moved.
magic: She is a magical creature -- largely shamanic, a summoner of shadow and fire. Her magic often takes the form of shadowy creatures, most often a ghostly gryphon, or a group of lions or wolves.
optional accessories: She often carries a heavy, gnarled wooden staff with her. It looks almost fossilized, with vines winding from its knotted top end and down. Rarely, her longer ruff fur is sometimes braided in one or two thin braids, both on the same side. She may weave feathers from her gryphon form (black and white) into her ruff.
MAIN VISUAL REFERENCES:
http://imgur.com/VhUEF6r [body]
https://imgur.com/cuTSux3 [face only]
OTHER VISUALS / INTERPRETATIONS:
https://imgur.com/MLZzRCC [Mage/long black coat costume]
https://imgur.com/OngEu4t [Mazikeen cosplay]
https://imgur.com/eD6zlRC [Hogwarts Professor]
https://imgur.com/Fzycb4P [wings]
https://imgur.com/HRmvbbK [firemage/attitude]
https://imgur.com/bgM7BVh [fang size/length reference]
https://imgur.com/vJFaW94 [stylized - toothy beast]
https://imgur.com/7dDIjAB [toony - regular day ;)]
wing scale reference (not mine!!): http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8006298/
And just storing this old thhing here. Not applicable at the moment:
SHAPESHIFTER OPTION
(Yeah, another form, leftover from my early FurryMuck days. I'm such a greymuzzle.)
GRYPHON GRYM (a rare shapeshift)
body: feral only; draft horse-sized, but heavier
colors: predominantly black, with white and grey markings (white belly, underjaw, white and grey stripes in wing feathers, etc.). The spiraling, tribal markings of her magic-wielding wolf form show up in the curves of white that intersect into her darker colors at shoulder, hip, and face. White streaks highlight her eyes. Her heavy beak is black.
eyes: bright yellow-gold; they glow faintly in the dark
basic body details: leonine body and paws, including forepaws; eagle head, neck, and wings. A feather and fur crest runs from the top of her head down her shoulders. Her neck is as much fur as feather, a thick ruff that isn't quite as heavy as a mane. Her ears are tall triangles that prick upwards and have long tufts at the tips. Her thick tail is leonine and the tail tuft is massive, flowing almost halfway up the length of the tail on the underside.
optional accessories: she may wear a thick braided leather "chain" around her neck, strung with a small collection of charms -- a round, flat stone engraved with a white wolf, a silver-filigreed vial of black and silver fur, a single tiger claw, etc.
