Kyrian Silverwind

 

Kyrian Silver, my second favorite detective from the Matachilli RP, acted by a friend.

Name: Kyrian Siverwind (just Silver on most occasion unless he uses the full combo name of his mothers and fathers last name together, an after thought concept. I personally like the sound of Silverwind, so I kept that first idea as a jingle). The actor changed it to just being silver since not many ice types would have the last name of wind.

Race: Toa

Age: 40

Element: Ice/air, a combo element that makes him a blizzard type. He can use the elements individually, but when combined can make a blizzard on a whim. Color combination of white and minty teal are the results of this mixed element. His glass blue eyes inherited from the ice side.

Mask: Kanohi Volipar (combo of agility and acrobatics, a custom mask that's of stealth and fast reflexes, the name being based off the mask of stealth Volitak, combined with the word parkour). Gives the user cat like reflexes. Designs can vary.

Weapons: Twin elemental swords(both air and ice) and pistol with custom ammo (like sleep dart rounds).

Traits: Mellowed out Air type who loves, and is skilled at solving puzzles. When angered comes down on the person who angered him like an unrelenting blizzard.

Bio:  Misunderstood for not being as hyper as the other air types and decided to move to a place where his nature would be accepted so he could use his skills at solving mysteries and puzzles to good use. Kyrian joined the Ta Koro Guard as their replacement detective and in the end has become great friends with Sicline. Ky is from a Ko-Le border, grew up in a small village with his parents and little brother. Was a standard detective for small town matters in his village, but wanted to try something bigger which would test his puzzle solving skills. He was accepted at Ta guard as a replacement for the former PI Rus who died from lung cancer.

Weaknesses: Low defensive qualities, over thinks things at times.

Strengths: Sharp eye for important details, agile, puzzle solver being able to see the end of a case before even having the evidence to prove it.

Back story

The invention of Kyrian came about to add a spin on storyline in the Matachilli RP. Rus was a former figure acted by another person who killed him off when he shouldn't have.

I started noticing that the law aspect of the story could really pick up pace and add action to the RP, so I discussed the idea with KyC (I'll leave their true name out), and settled on creating a second detective that my character Sicline could interact with.

I helped with inventing Ky's back history and simple reasons for becoming part of the Ta guard as the new detective, there to learn under the skilled Sicline Orvel, who he becomes good friends with seeing their job gives them common ground.

The name Kyrian Silver (wind) was KyC's name choice seeing he would be acting him. Then we discussed element ability, and decided a mix of air and ice would be interesting, resulting in a rather intriguing mix we called the blizzard type. 

The color scheme and attitude of this young, puzzle solving detective ended up becoming a great concept, and his character grew and became likeable very quickly.

 

Here we have the pencil base of Kyrian. Left is the original sketch, the paper wasn't big enough and his legs seemed too short, so I fixed that digitally and stretched his legs and blade out in PSE (right). From there I outlined and colored him.

Note, the final form is of his future self in the RP, and holds details that gives him character traits. The odd ball in his right hand which he looks at with contentment is a puzzle sphere. I also included his double blades, one out of holster and the other not. The blades, and his color scheme with additional metallic paint accents are something that came later in story when he had get new armor after his old set was damaged, and his father got him those blades as a birthday gift.

  

Above is the line of mask designs I went through for Ky. First design was my own idea, and then after the second design I tried to find ways of making a custom Calix, the original mask Ky wore in story before it too got damaged during an explosion. The fourth design going from left to right, is the design that would have been used for Ky when he wore a custom Calix. The actor himself though liked the first design in the row, so we had Ky's mask changed in the story and he ended up with what we call the mask of stealth.

Like Sicline, I found a painting on DA that struck my imagination and made me think of Ky if he were Human, minus the stubble. This painting done by the highly skilled  mckadesinsanity  is called Without a Word .

I imagined this being exactly what Ky would look like, just make the eyes glass blue.

Embarrassing trivia, I'm captivated by this particular picture. When I saw it for the first time, I just kept looking at it, the gaze of the eyes drew me in. For a moment and even through the days I almost wished this person were real (amazing this isn't a real person).

So yes, I willingly do admit that I found this face attractive, even laughed when I imagined him to be someone who lives near the docks of New England or something like that. :P

Ky also has chibi forms made in the chibi maker on DollDivine. Left is Ky on duty, right is Ky off duty.

I'll note that the coloration placement in the main drawing at the top of this post was partially inspired off the chibi form of Ky off duty.

Trivia: Sonja, who works in the morgue of Ta station, has a slight crush on Ky and calls him a dreamy eyed stick of gum. Ky's nick names range from minty, to Mr mint, or gum stick. The puzzle spheres Ky likes to solve are gifts from his mother which she fills with different kinds of candies, chocolates, and treats, the tumblers resetting themselves every time the sphere is closed. Ky has a highly sensitive sense of taste, and doesn't do well with strong foods.