Kalon Mass Readopt

[☆ star child]

Kal #7 - Neier (nee-air)

My kals currently exist in 3 worlds. Neier, if she were to join them, would join the ANTEROS storyline, which would place her as the personification of the sea backfired. And also very, very old.
The main antagonist of the story is Antheia (whos profile and literature breaks down what ANTEROS is much better), a witch who was cursed for killing a gods lover, and decided to begin stealing "god-force" to bring concepts and material. - rainbows, thunderstorms, roses, the act of painting, etc - to life. I've never really decided how she learned to do this but after seeing Neier, I think it'd make a lot of sense for something like this to have happened before, and for it to be scarcely documented enough that Antheia finds it and can get away with doing it.

Neier would be an ancient kalon from the original period of concepts being turned into constructs. She'd be the ocean itself, grand and ancient and spending her time in the waters enjoying watching mortal kalons both enjoy spending time in and be consumed by her vastness. She's likely worshipped as a God despite not being one, simply because her age has given her time to master being the ocean in a physical body. The actual God's of the world probably see her as an oddity but close enough to a God that they've never bothered instilling an actual ocean God in place of her. She's fine as the ocean guardian.

Neier I think would be a classic and fun foil for Uisce Bandia - whose name translates to "water, rain god" - as a similar personification of water but opposite. Uisce is a storm itself, the lightning, thunder, rain, roaring wind. She's a very new construct - called ANTEROS kalons in this world - who is struggling to learn to be in a body. She's also the kalon who tips the gods off that someone is creating constructs again which I think would tie her in nicely to Neier as the gods would likely contact her for help in stopping this again. Uisce would struggle where Neier has risen - the water of the sky vs the water of the earth. They share many similarities but are ultimately a little too different to be the same.

She will be able to join the main cast, which will merge the Homebodies AU with the ANTEROS Project, which Uisce also sort of does, having gone back in time to escape Antheia. It would be really fun to have Neier be present in both, and for her and Uisce to interact to help Uisce learn what she is better, and for Neiers actual nature to be revealed through time travel shenanigans instead of it being stated outright!

Personality wise, Neier is overall very calm. The ocean never chooses to hurt anyone after all, it's just a force of nature that cannot be controlled. Whatever the ocean does is totally morally neutral. She doesn't feel sorrow or guilt the same way others do and similarly wouldn't exactly feel joy or anger the same way either. People like to personify the ocean as greedy and cruel, or flip it to be warm and kind (albeit usually via manipulation), but Neier as the ocean is just there. She exists and she is. She could be cruel if she wanted, she could be kind of she wanted, but she's been here for so long she doesn't really care anymore. It'd be nice to develop a character who has to learn to care again and realise that she does affect the world and what she does raises the stakes for everyone. She'll never fully be mortal or understanding of their kind again but she can still learn, still feel, still reconnect with what it means to be alive instead of sinking to the ocean every day of her existence.

She finds fascination in what the land has to offer having been away from it for so long but will struggle to learn to be on land again. A wave rising to the land is called a tsunami for a reason. She's a walking natural disaster, but can you blame her for it? Can you really force her to give up what she has just learned to love again, learned is new and exciting, simply because she was forced to be something she was never really supposed to be?

There's so many layers you can apply to "ocean becomes a living being" that it's a little overwhelming. That's what ANTEROS aims to explore - how the world would shift and cope if these inanimate ideas suddenly became things that could think and feel and how everything would be forced to change and adapt to such mass upheaval of the natural order. It also aims to explore "what happens if you fall in love with a rainbow :)" but that's another side to the AUs coin, lol.

i ran out of time to finish the art ive been so busy BUT this is what i have so far 👌 there's a good few errors but that's what happens when you overachieve 💪



"my, my, little sky girl. i don't see many of you down this deep any more. aren't you a little out of your depth, this deep down?"

google docs with some snippets??
+ tiny playlist

whoever wins, im happy to change uisce in the art above to one of your kalons and clean the piece up a little!

[spirit • daydream]

♦ kalon seven | Murchadh [sea battle] | deep sea monster


♣ a major enemy for the pirate crew ♦
♣ future relations with sirius ♥
♣ one of the "bad guys"
♣ powers - compulsion & elemental [weather / water]
♣ words
Murchadh loves causing chaos. They are quite similar to the stories of sirens that lure sailors to their deaths. They have a running beef with the pirate crew that sails the world because the crew gets in their way a lot. A year after the beast-mage queen's prison break, the queen's apprentice, Sirius, was sent to recruit them. The two definitely didn't get along at first because Murchadh was extremely independent, and Sirius had a crazy obsession with his grandmother, the beast-mage queen, but over time, they became closer. Especially after Sirius helped release Murchadh from the hands of the pirate crew after they were able to capture them in hopes of stopping their reign of chaos throughout the ocean.

------------------------- ♠ -------------------------

♦ kalon nine | Kekāula [the prophet / seer] | vessel of the gods


♣ due to being a vessel of the gods, Kekāula is able to receive prophecies
♣ powers - healing, theriopathy & elemental [ice]
♣ psychic - a vessel for the gods
♣ lives in the queendom of mirheas
♣ is considered a "neutral" character
♣ words
Kekāula works as a priestess at the main temple dedicated to the gods in the queendom of Mirheas. She was born with an enormous amount of mana and could tap into it much quicker than her peers growing up. Due to that, the people of her village brought her to the temple to see if she'd be more successful working for the temple. She didn't mind because she felt as though she was being pulled somewhere away from her village and couldn't help feeling like she didn't belong until she arrived at the temple. The god she is most connected to is Hala, the goddess of the moon. She can speak with other gods, but her conversations with Hala are easier and hold a much stronger connection spiritually. With the release of the beast-mage queen, Kekāula knows that she must stay safe in the temple until a prophecy is given. She knows it may take some time for one to arrive since Iah, the god of chaos, and Hala's other half, is always at the center of chaos.

------------------------- ♠ -------------------------

Notes

♣ beast-mages are the "bad guys" led by Hisui ♦, they mainly use alchemy and creatures to do their bidding. Most often they are those outcast from society because they use chaos magic.

♣ chaos magic is thought to originate from Iah, the god of chaos. Due to the "hatred" towards Iah, those who use chaos magic are ostracized and discriminated against. Though the queendoms of Antares and Mirheas are working on ways to help relieve the hatred.

♣ antares and mirheas are the two main queendoms of my au. Antares is run by Astrid ♦, the daughter of the beast-mage queen, and Mirheas is run by Eleanor ♦, the warrior queen. Surprisingly the symbol for the queendom of Mirheas is a flower.

♣ the relationships between all my kals for my au are completely wild, but if you'd like to see the bare minimum you can look here.

♣ more information on the "higher powers" and magic can be found here.

[Lex.]

Entering for 3, 5 and 6!

I forgot the name of 3, but I really love their design and will include them in my Dark Fantasy AU!

Same with Eden, I might make her some sort of Fae deity alongside another kalon of mine, and honestly I'll probably make them the cutest little power couple.

As for Ajax, he will most likely be a knight in the Dark Fantasy AU!! He gives off courteous and chivalrous vibes to me :))

On that note I'll enter for 2 as well, I think he would fit in well with the underworld legion of kals in my Dark Fantasy AU.

Thank you so much for this chance!

[Glitchatopia]

#3, #4, and #9.
I'm new to the Kalon community and want to build up a story with Kalons. #3 is an interesting design that I would love to be able to draw more and add to a story. I would take either 4 or 9, I want experience aging up a Kalon and I don't want to apply for the babies yet. I would also just generally love more Kalons so I can start making more art and start worldbuilding!

[☼ morgana]

Entering for # 4, 5, 7, 8, 9.

resing for now as i need to rush off to do irl things

[Columbina]

Entering for 10 and 2! I love 2 and 10, I’d just make a lot of lore for them and draw them and if finally own at least one kalon which is a species I’ve liked for a while but can’t seem to get one

[SilhouetteStation]

#6 !!

• I'm vibing with the name Drake for him, and placing him in my modern world
• He'd be Juno's half-brother! I've no idea if this lad came from a nursery batch or not, but he gives off enough Doberman energy to make me think they could be genuinely related somehow if so, or - if not - pass for siblings of some sort nevertheless :>
• Juno's development has sort of stagnated (he was the first kal I ever won, so I've had him for YEARS) and being able to give him a sibling would really help to get things flowing again! They could be genuine half-brothers, there could be a whole storyline where maybe Drake is his biological cousin but was adopted by Juno's parents for Plot Purposes and raised as a sibling...buzzing with the possibilities
• Juno's the more dramatic of the two (theatre kid, what do you expect smh /pos) and Drake would be the more calming influence; he would've soothed him before each high school performance, and would've snuck back into the school to watch him even after he'd left. They both share a passion for film, although Drake prefers the more cutting-edge, HD style of cinema, while Juno has a huge soft spot for VHS tapes and bad special effects
• He's actually learning how to do practical effects for films/TV! As much as today CGI's is mightily impressive - when companies actually fork out enough to pay for it - he will fiercely defend the use of practical effects as being a necessity, not an option. He refuses to let it become another art form slowly being phased out by technology. Practical effects make what you're watching seem more real, and believes that it's something that needs to be preserved and cherished because of the type of magic it brings to whatever it's being showcased in
• He's lactose intolerant and desperately misses being able to eat cheese (but has learnt to like almond milk, which is something). He's not too huge on regular tea, but iced peach is one of his favorites. He's very much a sandwich man - loves a good sammie, even if sometimes he chooses to have a tummy ache by eating the cheese anyway - and usually has a little stash of sour cream + onion crackers in his backpack at all times
• Juno and his husband Shannon have twin daughters, so Drake is an uncle!! Athena and Jasmine love him dearly (Shannon is an only child, so there are no other aunts/uncles for them) and he constantly straddles the line between not wanting to spoil them and wanting to dote on them every chance he gets. He's the type of uncle who likes to give gifts in the form of experiences; taking them to nature parks, live performances, secondhand bookstores, etc. It's a great bonding experience for them, but he also knows it's nice for Juno and Shannon to have a little break from the kids
  
  - - - - -
  
  #7 !!
• Renais !!
• He's being placed into my fantasy world!
• So first, some context. Sprites exist within this world - they are magical nonhuman beings who often take human shape (and are depicted as such), and are sort of in charge of keeping the balance of nature in check. The Sacred Three are the 'originals', in that they were here for the beginning of the world. There is some debate about whether or not they actually created the world through their existence, but no one can be truly sure. Galifeira is known for their wings, and took to the skies. Oruzia is known for their vines and flowers, and became one with the earth. Neirissa found a home amongst the sea and had a tail similar to that of a fish. From there the world grew and blossomed and evolved - more sprites were made, humans came to be - and thousands of years have gone by since then, but this bit of lore is important because - once again - sprites are magic, and nonhuman. There's a difference between the magic that a witch is able to wield, and the magic that a sprite is inherently 'born' with. It became a sort of 'rule' (created by the sprites themselves) that they cannot not have a child with a human. If that child grew to have powers, it could upset the balance they work so hard to achieve. Of course, this happened anyway. Half-sprites have popped up here and there throughout the centuries, occasionally making their way into history books, but - on the whole - they learn to keep their heads down if possible. Not necessarily an easy task, as those children often take on physical traits from the sprite side of the family, as well as toned-down 'versions' of their abilities. A child from an earth sprite may have flowers bloom in their hair, for example, and a child of a sky sprite may have wings (although it's by chance whether or not they'll be functional)
• NOW. Enter Renais. They are not a half-sprite, but their grandmother was - and she was from an ocean sprite, very evident by the fact that she could shapeshift to have an aquatic tail. Renais's mother inherited some of that magic to a lesser degree, having the ability to breathe underwater. Renais has also been born with some magic, although it's been even more watered down now. He is able to hold his breath for a remarkably long time - ten to fifteen minutes, depending on what depth - and was quite literally born with stars in his eyes, and a sort of built-in navigation system in that he has a natural instinct for using the stars to guide him (which is how sailors make their way across the seas)
• It hasn't been too hard hiding this magic - he credits strong lungs and a knack with remembering starmaps for his ability - but lately he's been having these...these visions...of constellations that he doesn't recognize. Through a complicated grapevine, this has reached the ears of Mauriste
• Mauriste is an ocean explorer, a sailor with many years experience, and when he first began his adventure it was to vanquish his fear of how big the world was. As a small boy, of course a map that large made him feel rather small and afraid. Now - as a grown man - he's conquered the map, and he's ironically grown afraid all over again that he will never be able to discover something new at sea. The ocean is his home, and he loves it dearly, but something inside of him aches to think that there is nothing new, nothing exciting to find beyond the horizon. He's a little bit desperate, admittedly, but if this stranger he's come to find is seeing visions of unknown stars...and he suspects that there's more to him than meets the eye, some sort of magic at play that he's unfamiliar with...well, he's got to wonder if there's another adventure to have. A blip on the map that he's missed, a place beyond the borders that they know. If Renais is willing, there's a place on board for him - food for their belly, adventure for their soul - but Mauriste is almost asking the impossible; to lead him to a land that might not exist
• Trivia !! His favorite berry is the strawberry. His large hands sometimes mean that he's a bit clumsy when it comes to fiddly tasks, but they're great for paddling through water. He likes dogs, but he'd describe himself as a cat person. As a child, his favorite thing to do - besides getting up to mischief - was listen to his grandmother tell stories about the things she saw out in the deep, open ocean. He likes the rain - both listening to and standing in it - but it tends to make his hair curl more than usual. He's got quite a good singing voice, and - unsurprisingly - a soft spot for sea shanties
  
  
  

[fuiuki]

Kalon #1 plans:

Background: This AU was created based off of the #1200 main adopt kalon competition, where Cyborgs and Aliens are at war. I built off of this, and started with my kalon Amadeus. She's an android who was artificially created by and for the cyborg government, she was supposed to only be a tool but broke free, became a diplomat between aliens and cyborgs, and now has a spaceship and crew. Amadeus was far from the first android, but she was the first prototype to break free and become independent, and was eventually joined by an earlier prototype, Coronus (now part of her crew), and a much later prototype from a different company, Connor.

The adopt plans: I figured kal #1 would fit perfectly as another artificially created android, either as a crew member or as an independent ally. Perhaps even an antagonist! I'm leaning towards crew member however. She would probably start as another weapons expert, with a very excentric personality and LOTS of energy. The blue nodes on her skin allows her to interact with the relatively new cyborg tech, such as mech suits and exoskeletons, and this is something the other crew cannot do. This gives her a unique position within the crew and makes her invaluable. The crew doesn't need to use weapons most of the time, though, so she'd likely take up some other role, perhaps as chef! The crew all have different dietary needs, and captain Amadeus may have downloaded a large portion of the internet back when she was captive, but she didn't care about downloading food information. Kalon #1 absolutely did though, and likely enjoys cooking as a way to break free from the expectations placed on her by her creators. She is not just a tool, only good for death and destruction, and to be used by others... but also a kind soul who can create things, especially food which nurtures life and health.

Also, consider a cooking mech suit for ultimate cool cooking montages. Lots of fire and explosion.

Kalon #1 is easy to like and make friends with, but her upbeat exterior hides hidden thoughts and motives, and she's not as trustworthy as she may seem at first glance. A "friend to all, close with none" kind of person.

Even though Amadeus, Coronus, and Connor are artificially created life forms just like kal #1, she does not trust them or feel any immediate kinship right away. Quite the opposite, she's wary and somewhat resentful at first, aand she struggles with her own identity and self-image. Being around other androids who (seemingly) have no issue with this is difficult for her to stomach.

Kalon #7 plans:

Background: Same setting and crew. Despite the crew of Amadeus's ship becoming quite large, there are no aliens on it yet which is odd, as Amadeus spent the start of her free life as a spy and ally to the aliens, sabotauging cyborg operations. She realised eventually that both the aliens and the cyborgs were equally to blame for the war, and thus becomes a diplomat in the end. Despite her long time working with the aliens, and her efforts to create peace between the different factions, aliens tend to not trust any cyborg, including Amadeus and her crew.

The adopt plans: Enter kalon #7, a somber soul with insatiable wanderlust. She was not satisfied with her peaceful and simple life on her home planet, and sought to explore the cosmos. She is an artist, has depression (lol mood) and seeks to find some sort of cosmic peace or meaning, something that helps her feel like even a small being like her has meaning in the vast universe. Awareness of reality weighs heavily on her mind. In truth, she's a quite naive and spoiled individual, living on a peaceful and comfortable planet, and her journey through the stars will teach her a lot about hardship and struggles, giving her a new appreciation for being alive and well.

Kalon #7 likely meets Amadeus's crew on one of the many stops they make to restock and refuel, look for work, and generally rest. She absolutely could NOT resist the opportunity to leave the world she was so used to, and explore distant planets and societies. She has never quite felt at home in her own world and with her own species, something which perplexes her. She doesn't fill a vital role on the ship, as the rest of the crew does, but her presence has undeniably made the ship a nicer place to live as she fills it with her artistic touch. She is also a good listener, and her philosophical musings have helped several of the crew reach some measure of inner peace or enlightment of their own. She's also given some existential dread. Oops.

Kal #7 is kind and helpful, with a strong desire for acceptance and socialisation. Despite this, she's often withdrawn and distant, before she's opened up to the crew and come to trust them all. Surprisingly, she has a mean streak as well when frustrated, and she can be quite petty and full of herself.

Kal #7 and kalon #1 are the first to truly bond and open up to each other on the crew, both being the newest members on the ship and being surprisingly similar in personality, once you get past the masks they both put up. Despite their respective species, they end up becoming very close and able to relate to each other.
(Yes they are definitely lesbians)

[kaisisles]

no.7 | nahanni, vessel of the sea

the lore for liberty city & this segment of universe runs really deep but i've tried to contain it to just the sea-born and what happened to them for this pitch!! if you're curious about the rest of the world, i have some writing uploaded on other characters' profiles
enjoy :D




i've seen her once before, at the abyssal chapel.
the undercurrents were strong that day
it was so deep...so dark on the sea floor
but from above her there came an indescribable light
i remember it so clearly


you have no idea.








> liberty city. one | two

a seaside harbor city that has made incredible advancements over the past century due to the sudden discovery of an infinite energy source; in short, a victorian society that has abruptly been launched into the steampunk era since the problem of generating & containing energy had been solved overnight

this same energy source is also responsible for the collapse of an undersea empire, whose struggles and suffering faded into obscurity while humanity underwent a century of innovation and discovery.

most of liberty city is written in the present time, but nahanni and seine's story starts over a century ago at the time the source was stolen.

> the sea-born.

the sea-born were a developed deep-sea loose theocracy of merpeople who inhabited the entire ocean. they possess magic and incredible durability/physique by nature due to their harsh living conditions. they outclass humanity in just about every way, but have never shown interest in expansion (they don't have a use for dry land)

their faith was centered around the 'artifact'- an otherworldly lantern that emits light and life. the sea-borns' reliance on this lantern and their faith was mostly dependent on where they lived

- sea-born from the abyssal zones of the ocean held the strongest faith, because the divine energy of the artifact was the primary source of their life force- it kept the abyss zone habitable with light and warmth and kept their natural powers from imploding.
- sea-born populations of the photic zones of the ocean were usually not religious at all because they are not dependent on the artifact for life.
- theoretically, sea-born have the ability to go on land- but most never do because it is a hassle and not nearly as comfortable as being at sea

> the visitor.

nahanni was a young priestess at the time, and seine was one of the many sea-born that the artifact she prayed to protected.

the sea-born were not hostile to humans, but some saw lesser beings with contempt or wariness.

so when a young and empathic adventurer knocks on their door wanting to learn more, they are apprehensive but grow to accept him, giving him the gift of being able to travel between the two worlds freely. it was clear his reasons for being there were genuine, and that he had no ulterior motive.

but being human, he was just as susceptible as the others to his own pride, ego, and ultimately hubris. the adventurer questioned the sea-born faith to the artifact and insisted that they were being shackled by a belief implanted by another, maybe higher being in order to control them. they would be so much stronger if they thought and acted for themselves, or formed a society less corrupt than that on land. the humans had learned the same way, after all.


"it could be you. it should be you, nahanni. humans know greed and power, but you are righteous and see past all of the superficial reasons. you could be the type of monarch we could never have, and lead your people with your own light."

nahanni disagreed and asked him to leave, because this type of heresy would result in an end for him that not even she could prevent. in his own hubris, the adventurer stole the artifact from the sea-born and fled back to land, thinking even if he could never return, at least the sea-born would realize that they never needed it anyway.


> the fallout.

it was immediate and disastrous.

as soon as the artifact broke the water, the anchoring life-source it provided disappeared as well. in panic, shock, and pitch-darkness they scrambled to escape the abyss.

the ones who fled too quickly, through too many ocean pressure level changes, perished

some who didn't, eventually slowed and froze still on the sea floor

but worst of all were the ones who had fighting spirit and resisted the cold end, contorting and corrupting from their innate unstable magic, now uninhibited.

and young seine who resisted her silent end found her helpless rage turn inwards on herself, accidentally containing the spread of her own magical corruption. she survived just to watch everything she had ever known turn into unrecognizable versions of themselves.


> seine's revenge & nahanni's paradox.

nahanni's 'light' suppressed her sea-born 'darkness'. her divine faith countered her twisted corruption. as if the sea itself didn't know what to do with her, the priestess is frozen in between life and death.

seine, the only true 'survivor', has set herself on a path of revenge to return the artifact to its place- to both hunt down the perpetrator and have a chance at bringing back the only other survivor of his crimes. but when she makes it to land, she realizes that humanity does not live nearly as long as she, and that the adventurer had most likely already gone.

***

[Zentropy]

Zentropy + 75749
Entry for #3
________________

Overview:
Juncea is perfect to be the hidden leader of the resistance group in my cyberpunk world, where she will be joined by Static and Hyato. Her shine reminds me of mustard seeds, which are synonymous with resilience and rapid growth and happen to be the core values of the resistance group. They fight against the oppressive hierarchy and seek their own growth and freedom in a new world. Her natural color palette also stands stark against the techno-heavy environment, further isolating Juncea as a bastion of ages past. She has a love for all things nature, and tends to a hidden garden, trying to preserve what little plants still live on the planet. She is much older than the other Kal's and speaks in a strange dialect. She is tough and determined, and wiling to sacrifice anything to secure the future she envisions.

Relationships:
I'll be adding some resistance members to aid as Juncea's left and right hands. Static's Speakeasy/Club is sponsored through Juncea by anonymous donations. He understands that the resistance is funding him, but doesn't know specifics. Hyato has run encrypted messages for resistance members, but also is clueless to the identities of the higher-ups [he prefers it that way though]. The majority of the resistance group also knows very little about their leader, or where her ideas and funding comes from. Juncea likes to keep herself hidden away, concerned about spies and moles from the city leaders.