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Calcitra, the Unarmed Snake Fighter

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This is a design for a character that I've wanted to do for some time. It's essentially my own take on the "Handicapped Badass"-trope. I thought that there were too many characters that had "easy" handicaps that didn't really affect their lives too much, like an eye-patch or something, for example. Now, while being one-eye is indeed a grave handicap, it's so common in media that it's sorta takes it's edge off, especially when it doesn't really provide any real downside for a certain character. No, I wanted to try designing a character with a relatively grave handicap yet still able to be badass.

Since I don't know what to do with her right now (maybe I'll put her in my JRPG-verse), I won't go too deep into her story. I might retcon it later.

Anyway, I decided that her name would be Calcitra. She's a heavily skilled martial artist and lethal hand-to-hand combatant.
Years ago, when she was still young, she lost both her arms in an accident (which I haven't really decided on yet, see above). Everyone thought she was going to need help with everything through her life, but she started training, developing her dexterity and acrobatic skills (not to mention her unusually large tail) to the point that she could not only function and do most thing by herself, but she also became an extremely capable fighter. The fact that some people underestimate her because of her handicap is just a bonus, just makes it that much sweeter when she kicks some teeth out of their smug faces.

That's all I got so far. Sorry if she seems a bit flat, as I said, I might expand on this later.
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N-b-c-s-t's avatar

A tail...

Those are a good replacement for one arm.


Pretty good character design in any case. One you will probably not use again.