#oc - suri

[rock-a-noodle]

An emo child

[pavus]

Suri. 🖤

[flingza-roller]

firefly squids or something idk

[psychomusic]

oc time again! + her town & culture (heavily inspired by pre-roman italic populations)

she is suri sauthon (later suri laran, after her marriage). her story is linked to my swtor imperial agent, but most of her life for like. the one year away where she meets him, is spent in a town in the mountains of mirial.

despite mirial being cold and desert, and many cities developing underground, her town flourishes thanks to a force nexus, venerated in the form of an ancient, sacred, alive crystal. the ecosystem of that mountain depended on what "the horned crystal" was capable of giving them, but mirialans couldn't live off of that alone, so they developed trade and some rudimental technology, even if oftentimes it was bought thanks to the highly profitable trade of a plant used to make medicines that slowed down aging and had overall healing properties.

note: everything that's generated by this nexus has these healing properties BUT they have to be processed, except for those who bathed in the waters of the cavity under the crystal - the "real" nexus, but not the worshipped one. the waters were sacred but they were not thought to be miraculous, unlike the crystal, who instead was thought of as the keystone of the ecosystem: without it, everything would fall apart (and that is partially true: the cavity was the "real" nexus but thanks to the crystal, also strong in the force, the properties were spread all over the mountains). those who bathed in the cavity's waters - so, all of the town, who had a sort of baptism there - could eat the plant, make whatever food with it, and not only that plant, but everything generated by the nexus, that, again, had similar properties. this allowed people to live up to normal life-spans without advanced medicines or, much, really. to those who didn't live there, though, after the processing, had incredible effects, slowing down aging - for those who took it regularly - and making people able to live up to half a century more than the average]

originally, there were four tribes of nomads that lived thanks to horned farm animals that decided to settle down into one bigger town and other smaller settlements, to live off of transhumance. this division of the tribes stayed into the political and social organization: every person belonged to one tribe specifically, and had slightly different rituals and culture. for examples, each tribe had their own priests and healers, with different techniques and traditions. the town, tho, was guided by a group of people in the high priesthood, a position you could reach only by having earned the trust of all tribes. those high priests had many roles: they guided the people into sacred processions common to all the tribes, they managed the trading with outsiders, they did the maintenance of the temple of the summit (the one that functioned as casket to the crystal) and created a special liquid to offer the crystal that helps it grow.

this particular temple was important because 1. it was very visible, from every angle of the town, and it became an important identity symbol; 2. it stored the venerated horned crystal; 3. it had the altar where sacrifices were made for the crystals. that altar had a hole connected to the cavity, that allowed the liquids to reach the underground; 4. it had various symbols: statues representing each tribe + the high priesthood, and typical mirialan tattoos carved into the wood of the trees that served as columns for the temple, symbolizing 8 values that who dared to enter HAD to have; 5. it was on the way to an important lake (called "mother lake" because the lake the town was built around to depended on the waters of that other lake) where they traveled to in important processions; 6. it was said that a the wizard who unified the tribes made it with its magic, making the plant grow to hold the temple's roof. this wizard was, actually, a force user, obv.

BACK TO HER THOUGH: she's daughter of one of the high priests, who was in charge of managing the trades with outsiders, and lives in a house on the mountains with her mother and him. her parents are from different tribes (that's one of the things that earned him trust from the 4 tribes): when a child is born from two different tribes, they don't pick one to allign to, but they're usually linked automatically to the one with more relatives in it (in her case, the father's tribe: she had many uncles and aunts on his side while her mom only had one sister).

later, though, she got quite tied to her mother's tribe due to a mysterious illness that only her mother's tribe healer was able to cure. she spent 4 years (from 10 to 14 years old) living with the healer and learned her secrets. to better study, she wrote them down. when she returned home, she studied to become a priestess with her father. at 22 (the average age: you can't become priest before your 20s), she was supposed to take a test and become a priestess, but the healer of her mother's tribe died and the tribe asked her to take her place. she couldn't technically do that, but both tribes estimated both her and her parents and she was allowed to become both. she then decided to try to become a high priestess, and became one at 25 (a quite young age). being part of the council, she tried to convince the various tribe healers to unite their knowledges and write them down, and eventually made it. healers still remained tribe based but they now had an "upper, inter-tribe level" similar to high priesthood.

years later, the sacred horned crystal is stolen from the temple by some Hutt mercenaries looking for a profit. given the trust she has earned from all the tribes and the fact that her father is the high priest that deals with outsiders (and she's been hearing stories and advice about it since she was little), she is the one tasked with getting it back. without the growing crystal, the keystone to their ecosystem, the village would have lasted only a few years. in hrr quest, she meets imperial intelligence agent tar'x laran and, as they "solve the mystery" and fight to have it back, they get closer. they'll get married and have a daughter, Vegoia (who's the only one who actually will get to the plot of my story. this was all background)

[fan-surs]

My KH x BLLK designs!!!

Are they set in stone.. maybe,,, I like them for now and that's all that matters :)

also if any artist wanna draw them I'd be happy to see it <3

I have no idea what to call this au,, I'm open to suggestions

[scrunkly-cherry]

Grand Festival has begun! Wishing everyone good luck and much fun! 🥹❤️💜💚

[agentnatesewell]

I love how fashionable Suri is!!!! Do you have a set aesthetic/style for how your other detectives dress? (No pressure, just curious!! :) )

Hello, hello PD! You are so sweet, and thank you so much for asking!

Thank you! I love Suri’s aesthetic and sense of style. It’s generally more feminine, more revealing, still elegant. Short dresses and short skirts with low cut blouses and three inch heels (to which, I think she’ll have even more wardrobe freedom as she joins the Agency, which will be fun!)

I do have general aesthetics for the others. There was an ummmandy doll divine tag game going around a while back, and I made one for each, trying to fit their general style

(Going left to right; layla, dinah on top and penny, suri on bottom)

Layla - her signature look includes her glasses (round), large hoop earrings, and a black denim jacket. generally pairs with a pretty blouse and either black denim pants or a skirt. in a more formal setting, she’ll swap out the denim jacket for a blazer

Dinah - despite her more (and very) sarcastic demeanor, she does try to appear approachable (which would be more of a boon to her former career as a detective). it’s not pictured here, but she wears sundresses and cardigans, or more muted skirts with a more muted top. tries to come off as cheerful, which is sort of a mood brightener for her. Looking at her Pinterest board (only a few pins!), blouses with large buttery prints, skirts with large floral prints, etc

Penelope (Penny) - still developing her! her face claim is hannah dodd (bridgerton), but i don’t know yet if they’ll have a similar sense of style. but like in the divine doll up there, a little more equipped for the more rural, forested setting of wayhaven, the fanny pack very key to her wardrobe (she doesn’t wear it all the time but it’s handy to have in the woods!)

I picked a style from the book character creator and went from there! Thank you for asking about them 🥹 this was fun to answer!

[ocmakerofcanada]

Suri redesign

[glitterliver07]

actual oc content from me!

[yzomiris]

Fankid time!! This is Suri Salinas, a 18 year old girl from Oaxaca who enjoys fashion, cooking, play with his dog (and guardian) Acalán and hang out in her family's graveyard.

[antlerqueer]

Poker Face (2023-). Dead Man’s Hand.

Guest Stars

[pavus]

Everything you've heard? Completely true.

[scribbly-bear]

Some Krudunia Zrea and Look into the Fog text posts no one asked for.

[psychomusic]

my star wars story

I'm writing and plotting a series of stories about people who managed to see/visit mortis before tcw. they're told through the lens of a jedi who, after the disaster trio have told their experience to the council, is tasked to do some research on the subject. so it's actually that story + the stories that he discovers.

here I'll post some of those characters' stories and designs. writing them down coherently for someone else helps me pinning down the main elements and clear my mind better. i started writing it during quarantine with a friend, but we lost touch and i didn't want to keep writing it without him and his ocs. i ended up changing the whole thing multiple times and now it's very different from the original idea, but it's still very messy. it helps me clear up my mind.

in the tags I'll add the oc tags so you can find all the other posts!

my ocs:

suri sauthon

kalusna

note: my brother has some ocs who will be relevant to the story! if you wanna check them out he might post them on his blog @utskushii-hito. he's super talented and you can like. speak 100 different languages with him because he's just amazing <3

[garbagechocolate]

Silly characters

[scrunkly-cherry]

Sury and Mel Icons dropped

(idk if I ever mentioned this, but their bandname is Reef Rockers now! I'll be tagging my past posts of them accordingly :D)

Alternate one of Mel where he geeks all over the place