#oc: sphinx

[bishipsaremyships]

(ref) OOO tell us tell us!!

Hehehehehehehe *cracks knuckles* this is gonna be a long one :3

Phoenix is the main OC of all her siblings, she’s half self insert and half Mary Sue but I can do whatever I want because it’s my OC universe :3

Phoenix and her siblings are from a world known as Ciborto’s Moon and the native species of that world is known as “the Descendants of Beauty”. Quite literally, they are descended from the bloodline of Idrila the Beauty.

Biology tangent: Descendants of Beauty mostly look like regular human beings. The only physical differentiator is that almost all Descendants have long thin tails tipped with either a spade shape or a heart shape. Very rarely, a Descendant may also have small horns that appear at their hairline. Descendants of Beauty also have evolved to be able to “taste” and “feed” on emotions, rather than needing to eat regular food.

Because Descendants of Beauty are literally descended from an Aeon, they are somewhat revered on Ciborto’s Moon. Essentially, they are considered the “royal family” of the planet and they rule over the planet in Idrila’s stead since THEY have disappeared. Most Descendants still believe Idrila is alive and simply in hiding. What evidence do they have for this? The fact that Phoenix is an Emanator of Beauty.

Phoenix became an Emanator of Beauty shortly after she was exiled from Ciborto’s Moon and she joined the Astral Express. The Express had taken a pit stop at Ciborto’s Moon and Phoenix stowed away on the train. It wasn’t until they were three star systems away from Ciborto’s Moon that Pom-Pom realized that there was an unaccounted for passenger. This was even before Welt had joined the Express, so it was just Himeko and Phoenix navigating the stars together for a little bit.

Backstory tangent: Phoenix was exiled from Ciborto’s Moon because she had gotten herself involved with some really shady people. She would often get into trouble with her friends and, due to her status, she would usually get away with just a slap on the wrist in the eyes of the law. That is, until all their antics ended up with someone dead. The laws of Ciborto’s Moon are very ‘an eye for an eye’ type beat, but Phoenix’s mother pulled as many strings as she could to lower the sentence on her daughter as she could. It ended up with Phoenix exiled rather than killed in retaliation. It’s better than nothing.

Phoenix would travel with the Express for several years. It was only after March was rescued that Phoenix disembarked from the Express. She still considers herself a Nameless and she still very much follows the Path of the Trailblaze, but… She felt the need to explore the universe on her own. To forge her own path in life. Phoenix will still come by and visit her family on the Express and she’s still part of the Express Family groupchat, but she has her own things to do in life now.

Phoenix would travel the universe on her own for a good while until she would arrive on a world that was currently under occupation of the IPC. It was a fairly modernized planet with very much a lot of “big city” type vibes. Think kinda like the Golden Hour on Penacony. It was on this planet that Phoenix would meet Aventurine as well as Aventurine’s boyfriend, a Masked Fool and Emanator of Elation named Early Autumn (referred to as Emilio for here on out as that is his real name). Emilio belongs to my brother, @oliver2twist :3

Phoenix and Aventurine end up not getting along very well for a long time, but for some reason, they continue to run into each other on different planets. Slowly, *very* slowly, their relationship eventually warms to each other and Phoenix basically gets to have an enemies-to-lovers arc with Aventurine and her and Emilio also end up having feeling for each other.

As far as canon interactions with the Trailblazer goes, Phoenix would not be introduced into the storyline until Penacony. She received an invitation from the Watchmaker due to her numerous connections with the Descendants of Beauty, the Nameless, the IPC, and the Knights of Beauty (Ciborto’s Moon had been the original home world where the Knights had originated from before they began to wander the cosmos).

Phoenix does have this one really important moment when Aventurine’s boss fight comes in to play. When the second phase of the fight starts, a cutscene would play of her rushing towards Aventurine and shifting into her Emanator form. One of her powers as an Emanator of Beauty is that she is able to shapeshift a little bit, shrinking and growing to whatever her desired size is. She uses that power to shrink very small and perches on Aventurine’s shoulder for the second phase of the fight to provide buffs during the boss fight. She did this because she could “taste” the desperation on Aventurine for his plan to work and she made that decision to jump in despite her not knowing the plan or understanding what Aventurine was doing.

Phoenix does not get sent to the Event Horizon of the Nihility when Acheron draws her blade because Aventurine throws her to the side once he sees Acheron stepping into the battle. Instead, she’d go to Dreamflux Reef with the rest of the Express Crew and the story mostly goes on a normal from there. She and Firefly become close during the events of the story and Phoenix also almost mauls Sunday when Sunday tells the crew that Welt and Robin were imprisoned.

After the events of Penacony, Phoenix and Emilio go with the IPC back to Pier Point to make sure Aventurine is really safe. Phoenix gets really clingy and she does *not* trust Boothill in the slightest whenever Aventurine is talking with him. Eventually, Aventurine gets a little sick of the clinginess, so he pulls some strings and has her set up with a modeling contract to distract her. It ends up working and now she’s also kinda a famous model. I told you she’s a Mary Sue, but also, I have so much fun with Phoenix’s lore.

More shit will be added to her lore as the game continues, but I do not think that Phoenix will have a part to play in the next world that the Express goes to from what information we have now.

As far as Phoenix’s siblings go, she comes from a fairly large family. She has one older sister, a young half-sister, and two younger brothers.

Sphinx is the eldest daughter of the family at age 25. She is the heir apparent of Ciborto’s Moon and she’s basically the stereotypical big sister character. Very sweet, very loving, very maternal. She *does* have a small alcoholism problem, but other than that, she’s a pretty good person.

I should state, Phoenix is 22 for reference.

The half-sister to the family is Wyvern. She was the product of Ciborto’s Moon’s king (Phoenix and the rest of the siblings’ father) having an affair with a random woman. Wyvern was brought into the family at age 10 when the queen found out about the affair and she’s treated very well. Wyvern is now 21 years old.

The first brother is Basilisk at 19 years old. He’s not a very social person and he doesn’t tend to make public appearances on Ciborto’s Moon. Out of all the siblings, he and Phoenix were surprisingly the closest. As children and young teenagers, the two would sneak out together to go to the arcade together or do other things that regular kids got to do. Basilisk is the most resentful of being born into the family he was, wishing he was a “normal kid”.

The youngest sibling is Selkie at 14. He was *very* much an oopsies baby as their mother didn’t think she was able to still get pregnant. Nonetheless, he was still a very welcome addition to the family. Though, Phoenix couldn’t tell you much more about her youngest sibling anymore. She was exiled when Selkie was about 9 years old. Things change pretty quickly in just a few years.

[sennamaticart]

A shy sphinx

[spicymancer]

Monster Researcher Eclair and the Riddle of the Sphinx.

[walrus-tusk-615bc]

A buncha ideas for the ancient’s parents and what they would have been like. Also adds a bit of an explanation as why my Golden Cheese is half sphinx.

If you’re wondering why Pure Vanilla and White Lily don’t have pages for their parents, I am of the firm belief that they just spawned in as orphans.

[ophanstears]

My ENA-OC, "SHREDD-A". She is a sphinx. :] (more info in text and images below) Some kind of freakish ENA. The Trickster is her dominant side, a more mischievous and snarky personality that is always plotting and scheming, usually to the detriment of others. The Guide on the other hand is more soothing and kind, usually helpful and always tells the truth. Both are the same person, but the faces switch as SHREDD-A is generally a very capricious, fickle & enigmatic creature.

Generally just a nuisance, she likes to camp near doors or other popular points of interest… When she isn't hungry or messing with others for the fun of it, she sends entities on complicated fetch quests for items she is too lazy to get herself - in exchange for letting them pass through whatever path she is blocking. Typical ENA. 🙄

(redid the video a little...)

[insomni-frog]

When your kingdoms are so far apart its a good idea to have some way of sending eachother correspondence.

Although its easy to forget how different the wildlife can be-

[sakrafka]

I wish I was beautiful, just for one day

[meloboye]

Aska

I can't post in prime time anymore because I found out sleeping in prime time is much better This is Aska, I drew her in May (maybe...) She will charge your marine battery, because contains and produces electricity inside her body ⚡

[chiruzzah]

me, as sphinx

[bishipsaremyships]

I have The Urge to talk about Phoenix and her family, these fuckers make me insane

[spicymancer]

Does the Big Gorgon Lady have a name? ...or a height? 👉👈

Honestly she SHOULD get a name at some point but I've been really indecisive. I do think she'd probably be a good character to join the actual Gingerwood staff, but then she'd need some kind of pastry/sweet name to match the theme and I've been indecisive.

Oh and her lower body is serpentine so her "height" is kinda tricky, but head to tail-tip she's probably about 8 meters long?

[eritiacoli]

Sphinx meets Manticore

[ophanstears]

New ENA OC!

brainrot won again...

[mushpuppies]

Some personal art for a sci-fi adjacent setting I've been developing-- meet Charlie!

Though he was created to be a cuddly therapy pet, there's a few kinks in the algorithm which controls his brain... Well, it's probably fine, right?

Here's a close-up of his face!

[starbluethunder]

sphinx sphinx

[steakcy]