#urzhug

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JUST IN TIME for the final day of @bladesappreciationweek

I commissioned the immensely talented @kriskukko to draw my Blades MC Boaz and her sister Urzhug and sure, I knew it was gonna be great because he’s so damn good at orc art in particular but like, I got the email and I just stared because it came out so amazing. Like his attention to detail is freaking unmatched

Bo and Urzhug have been through a lot and even though they absolutely kick ass on the field together and love fighting side by side, the time they value the most is when they can just kick back and relax with one another. Bo will play her lute (which Kade totally taught her to play) and hum while Urzhug carves a totem or lays back to soak in the sun and they can just be sisters, at peace, in silence. Heaven knows, all Urzhug wants is to just...be

Also, I’ll still be doing pieces of them and Auzaria! They’re just going to come later

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I have so many comics that I wanna share with ya’ll but I don’t have the energy to polish them so here’s a compromise XD

MC interviews!

Urzhug is a sweetheart

Bo is an asshole to Mal

Auzaria is tired

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If this motherfucker doesn’t get his tiny ass out of my way...

Can you tell I’m bored?

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The lore tablet said Orcs sometimes ride sharks so of course I had to do some ridiculous roughs of Urzhug on a shark which turned into Urzhug and Aquatic Friends™

The Shark is named Nugget, the Manta Ray is Daisy and the goldfish is Killer ❤️

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Decided to polish a few of my old sketches and ended up lumping them together with some scraps for a Blades of Light and Shadow weekend art dump!

Featuring a Boaz cuddle puddle, Zari sleeping in a tree like the basket case she is, Urzhug sleeping in the nude on her own bedroll with Threep, headshots of two of the most gorgeous elves in the game (Adrina and Duchess Xenia), a doodle of Killer living up to his namesake and Urzhug falling in love with yet another animal/creature

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“Toss a coin to my sisters~“

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I just...ya’ll it’s only been one chapter and I Urzhug would die for Threep

Maybe I’ll add some color to these one day...

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Character Sheet: Urzhug

Also featuring human!Urzhug, whose name is Ursula

Character Chart

Character’s full name: Urzhug

Reason or meaning of name: “A name that sounds like a belch”

Character’s nickname: Urzhy and The Tank

Reason for nickname: Urzhy is courtesy of Kade and The Tank was given by the party

Birth date: 2/19

Rest under the cut

Physical appearance

Age: 20

How old does he/she appear: 30s

Weight: 253 lbs.

Height: 7’ 3”

Body build: Mesomorph - High athletic

Shape of face: Square

Eye color: Amber

Glasses or contacts: N/A

Skin tone: Green-Grey

Distinguishing marks: Right eye scar, throat scar, back tattoo, stretched ear lobes, freckles and liver spots

Predominant features: Intense eyes

Hair color: Red

Type of hair: Coarse

Hairstyle: Long, partially braided, shaved on the sides and back, either up in high ponytail or hanging to one side

Voice: N/A

Overall attractiveness: 3/10

Physical disabilities: Mute and missing three fingers

Usual fashion of dress: Belted crop top, trousers, bracers and wrappings

Favorite outfit: War outfit (dragon skull and waist shield)

Jewelry or accessories: Several earrings, septum piercing, and labret piercing

Personality

Good personality traits: Dependable, protective, gentle

Bad personality traits: Impulsive, stoic, highly aggressive when angered

Mood character is most often in: Chill

Sense of humor: Childish; high amused by body humor

Character’s greatest joy in life: Finding her long lost elder sister

Character’s greatest fear: Losing her new family and having to return to the Flotilla

Why? She never felt truly welcomed there and left it behind just like her mother

What single event would most throw this character’s life into complete turmoil? The loss of Boaz

Character is most at ease when: She’s taking care of creatures

Most ill at ease when: She’s near the Flotilla

Enraged when: Her friends get hurt

Depressed or sad when: Secrets are kept from her

Priorities: Reuniting her family and providing for them

Life philosophy: Kiss the ones you love everyday for you never know when they’ll be gone

If granted one wish, it would be: To have been raised in Riverbend with Boaz

Why? Her childhood wouldn’t have been so violent

Character’s soft spot: Creatures

Is this soft spot obvious to others? Yes

Greatest strength: Physical strength

Greatest vulnerability or weakness: Balance, magic and she’s embarrassingly ticklish

Biggest regret: Not leaving her ship sooner

Minor regret: Thievery that led to her throat getting slashed

Biggest accomplishment: Finding Boaz

Minor accomplishment: Learning sign language

Past failures he/she would be embarrassed to have people know about: Not learning to swim until she was ten

Why? Most orcs are strong swimmers

Character’s darkest secret: She murdered a human while enraged after she escaped her ship

Does anyone else know? No

Goals

Drives and motivations: To provide for and protect her friends and family

Immediate goals: Destroying the Shadow Court

Long term goals: Building a home in Riverbend with her own two hands

How the character plans to accomplish these goals: By giving the party every last bit of her strength

How other characters will be affected: Everyone will be better for it if the Shadow Court is destroyed

Past

Hometown: The Marlenos Fleet

Type of childhood: Rough and violent

Pets: Nugget the shark, Daisy the manta ray and Killer the goldfish

First memory: Getting her nose broken by another orc��

Most important childhood memory: Making it quite far in the gauntlet of strength

Why: She was highly underestimated due to her age but she was surprisingly strong and fast

Childhood hero: She really looked up to Ventra as a child

Dream job: N/A

Education: N/A

Religion: Nature, primarily the wind

Finances: N/A

Present 

Current location: Riverbend

Currently living with: Boaz and Kade

Pets: Nugget, Daisy and Killer

Religion: Nature, primarily the wind

Occupation: Hunter

Finances: She trades her kills for gold

Family

Mother: Hestia

Relationship with her: Barely knew her

Father: Raging Ram

Relationship with him: Never met

Siblings: Several half siblings by Raging Ram that she’s never met and Boaz and Kade

Relationship with them: Very close with Boaz and Kade

Spouse: N/A

Relationship with him/her: N/A

Children: N/A

Relationship with them: N/A

Other important family members: N/A

Favorites 

Color: Brown

Least favorite color: Blood red

Music: Human music

Food: Meat

Literature: She can’t read very well

Form of entertainment: Playing with creatures

Expressions: “I will break you”

Mode of transportation: Moose-back

Most prized possession: Her greataxe

Habits

Hobbies: Animal taming

Plays a musical instrument? No

Plays a sport? No

How he/she would spend a rainy day: Dressing meat or whittling

Spending habits: She’s very frugal

Smokes: No

Drinks: Yes; she certainly look old enough

Other drugs: No

What does he/she do too much of? Looking over her shoulder

What does he/she do too little of? Relaxing and sleeping

Extremely skilled at: Hunting, swimming and animal taming

Extremely unskilled at: Keeping her balance, defending against magic, being stealthy and communication

Nervous tics: She wrings her hands together and tugs on her hair when she’s upset

Usual body posture: Slightly hunched as she’s constantly looking down

Mannerisms: Quick but careful

Peculiarities: She can’t sleep if she’s wearing any kind of clothing

Traits 

Optimist or pessimist? Optimist

Introvert or extrovert? Introvert

Daredevil or cautious? Daredevil in combat, cautious with people

Logical or emotional? Emotional

Disorderly and messy or methodical and neat? A bit messy due to her size

Prefers working or relaxing? Working

Confident or unsure of himself/herself? Very confident

Animal lover? Extremely

Self-perception 

How he/she feels about himself/herself: She’s learning to love the way that she is now

One word the character would use to describe self: Misunderstood

What does the character consider his/her best personality trait? Empathetic

What does the character consider his/her worst personality trait? Impulsiveness

What does the character consider his/her best physical characteristic? Her arms

What does the character consider his/her worst physical characteristic? Her fingers

How does the character think others perceive him/her: Intimidating

What would the character most like to change about himself/herself: She wished she could speak again

Relationships with others

Opinion of other people in general: Guarded with strangers but she can be won over easily

Does the character hide his/her true opinions and emotions from others? Yes though it is usually because they can’t understand her

Person character most hates: Duke Erthax

Best friend(s): Particularly Boaz, Kade, and Imtura

Love interest(s): The blacksmith, Tyril, the mermaid, Vantissa, so on (Urzhug is surprisingly casually flirtatious)

Person character goes to for advice: Kade

Person character feels responsible for or takes care of: Boaz 

Person character feels shy or awkward around: Tyril

Person character openly admires: Imtura

Person character secretly admires: Mal (for his sneakiness)

Most important person in character’s life before story starts: Boaz and Kade 

After story starts: The whole friend group

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So...Urzhug is gonna snatch Solerne’s soul out of his asshole tomorrow for wanting to sacrifice those prisoners 🙃🔪

Also, after coming up with her backstory and drawing her dad, Raging Ram, I decided that while she doesn’t have magic like her sister, when she’s angry her eyes turn red like her father’s

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I’ve been drawing a lot of the extended family of some of my MCs and I just polished the ones for Blades

Urzhug and Boaz’s parents: Raging Ram, Hestia and Killian Corsair

Hestia was a rather talented healer that had grown tired of the violent life she lived on a pirate ship. Craving a simpler life, when her ship docked for supplies at Port Parnassus, she got off under the guise of shopping and simply never went back. She made money by fixing up poultices for humans and providing first aid and eventually settled in a small human town. It took them years to truly warm up to her but Hestia had steady hands, an easy demeanor and was a fine cook. Eventually she met a nomadic wizard named Killian that stopped in town to offer his services and fill up on supplies. He was intrigued by both Hestia’s temperament and work and the two of them sparked an easy friendship. Killian never stayed in one place for more than a few weeks however so as quick as they’d become friends, they were strangers again. He left her with one hell of a parting gift though; her pregnancy with Boaz

A year later, Raging Ram the head hunter was enlisted by Hestia’s former fleet to locate and bring her back to the flotilla and he’d finally caught a lead. When he found her, Raging Ram caused quite the scene but Hestia sent him back to the Flotilla the very next morning. Ever charming and unerringly diplomatic, Hestia managed to convince him to report that she was dead and then later, coaxed him into her bed. When he left the next day, she was free to live as she pleased and pregnant with Urzhug

Auzaria’s parents: Serana Everbloom and Faustus Nightheart

Serana was the third born heir of the illustrious Everbloom line. Her two elder sisters were powerful mages and she was expected to follow in their footsteps but to her family’s dismay, she had no magic. Cast out of the Undermount at ten and left to fend for herself, Serana was hardened. A number of atrocities were committed against the girl but she learned to survive and later, she learned to flourish, always striking first and never leaving roots. She was in her forties when she met Faustus foraging in the forest for herbs. She of course robbed him but Faustus managed to snag her pendant, the one her eldest sister pressed into her hands the day their parents cast her out into Morella. By time she realized it was gone, she was miles away from him. Serana was forced to track him down to get it back but this time, he was waiting for her. She would find him, get the jump on him and yet every time, Faustus would slip just out of reach. They played their game of cat and mouse for months, Serana growing more frustrated and Faustus more amused. One day, Serana finally gave up attacking him, stormed into his camp and demanded it back. To her surprise, Faustus retrieved it from around his neck with little fanfare and placed it in her palm.

“All you had to do was ask”

Serana never traveled alone again and Faustus never returned to the Undermount

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So like...it’s safe to say that Urzhug, the orc whose name “sounds like the noise you make when you burp”, is my new favorite thing

She’s 7′ 3″ tall, 253 lbs., she’s mute due to an injury, missing a couple fingers, is bi, is a two-handed tank, is a leftie and she’s ready for anything

The actual orc MC that I’m gonna make for Blades is gonna be named Boaz. She’ll be Urzhug’s elder half-sister lmao

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Listen, l i s t e n I'm 5'4" and I'd climb Urzhug like a  tree damn

...What are you waiting for, anon?

Side note: Urzhug uses sign language

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FUCK IT, I’M TRYING AGAIN ANYWAY!

So I studied the fuck out of the run cycle in this cool action animation last night after the blundered walk cycle and I put down the frames today

Perhaps you’ll see a finished animation out of me yet

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I did a character study on Urzhug...I’m obsessed

Signing can get tough when missing fingers but she usually gets her point across. She has the orc sign as a tattoo, her body is very scarred and calloused from years of labor and fighting and she got a tooth knocked out in a fight but a little gold fixed that right up 

I also included her elder sister, Boaz (my in-game MC), and Kade

Boaz and Kade are four years older than Urzhug and she was born just before they were orphaned. Boaz and Urzhug’s mother managed to save Urzhug. They lived apart for eighteen years and Urzhug has only recently reconnected with her elder sister. Kade was delighted to get a little sister, even if she’s over a foot taller than him and could break every bone in his body with a pinky

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Started this...probably won’t finish it

Head and shoulders are too bouncy and stance is too wide lol

That’s what I get for not using proper reference

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What do Urzhug's eyes really look like?

Like dis

Lmao it’s a lot less threatening, huh

She uses her large brow and height difference to her advantage, keeping them shadowed. Does wonders for her intimidation lol