Cuoqet Character Bios
Ayu
Ayu is among my absolute oldest concepts that has survived by undergoing many revisions and transformations. The inspiration is rather boring and lacking much substance, just being a female epic action RPG hero. Her name and plain features is based off of Ayumu Kasuga, also known as Osaka from the Azumanga Daioh series. Because of this, she actually started off with pale skin, but I had eventually given her a tan and toned her down to a very unassuming color scheme.
- Height:5'10" (177.8 cm)
- Appears In: Beyond, Eversol, Mother Base
- Experience: Varies by story. Prior and extensive military service (equivalent of eight years); ten years of trade, but no academic honors.
- Ayu Fact!: In stories where she possesses supernatural abilities, Ayu can fire powerful plasma bolts through simple hand gestures.
Anne
Anne is a contender for the oldest concepts that has survived by revision and transformation. I had been a fan of the virtual pet site, Neopets, since a young age, and I would always make a blue Aisha. Her original name was Adept Forces, and while it is a profoundly stupid name, it reveals some of the ambitions of her character which I was formulating. I had planned for Anne and three of her siblings to be involved in a story of estrangement and sordid reconnection. Anne always got the most thought put into her being and how she would become involved with her siblings, and her prestige acts as a means for me to eventually develop the others.
- Height:4'0" (121.9 cm)
- Appears In: Beyond, Eversol, Mother Base
- Experience: Varies by story. Six years of academic honors, four years of professional honors.
- Anne Fact!: Anne is an arsonist. In most stories this will never be an important detail.
Song
One day I wanted to make a joke Sonic character. Song is a decent enough name and resembles someone struggling to say 'Sonic'. At the time, Sonic using swords was the hottest joke, so I made it her very serious hobby. To drill the joke home, she collects cut gems and metal rings, usually simple bracelets. Despite owning a lot of swords, she actually is not a very skilled swordfighter. Her appearance is based on a plush toy I own. It is a black porcupine with bright yellow highlights for spines.
Song is a character who is better equipped for less serious stories, and I suspect having to adapt outfits around her quills led me into the habit of making her the victim of stupendous wardrobe malfunctions. Early in her inception, she suffered from severe hallucinations and was possessed by a black crow. This was to justify her going off on the types of impossible adventures that Sonic characters would.
- Height:5'5" (165.1 cm)
- Experience: Five years of trade, two years of academic honors.
- Song Fact!: Song is always dating new people and has frequent one-night stands.
Charm
Charms name comes from the names of species and classes that I once established for the world of Lans. Charmers were Lansfolk capable of commanding corrupted biology, known as Creep. The only reason Charm is a human is because one of my goals for that story was to have a more diverse cast.
- Height:5'10" (177.8 cm)
- Appears In: Echoes, Mother Base
- Experience: Prior military service (four years); six years of trade, two years of academic honors.
- Charm Fact!: Charm lied about her age in order to enlist with her classmates. She despises military life and spent all of it trying various ways to convince her comrades to do something else, or to get them and herself dishonorably discharged together.
Echo
I attended college with a short, heavy, army gal in most of my classes. She was bubbly, but also mindful and determined. She would become the inspiration for Echo, who like most of the characters in the stories they are in, is named after the species and classes once established for the World of Lans.
- Height:6'0" (182.9 cm)
- Appears In: Echoes
- Experience: Prior military service (four years); five years of trade, two years of academic honors.
- Echo Fact!: Echo once made a living tending to hornet Vermin.
Nyx
Nyx may be the most overtly sexualized major character to star in a story of my own. Among her inspirations is the similarly idyllic and capable Fujiko Mine from the Lupin III series. She belongs to the Blood Con species in Lans, possessing an affinity for certain supernatural abilities. In her case, Nyx has the ability to camouflage and render herself invisible. Her very public lifestyle at the point she is introduced is not conducive to using these abiltiies, however.
- Height:6'10" (208.3 cm)
- Appears In: Mother Base
- Experience: Non-military uniformed service (five years); eight years of professional honors.
- Nyx Fact!: Most Blood Con who lose tails and retain an even number will elect to wear a prosthetic, and in extreme cases amputate another to achieve an odd number. Nyx does not elect to either after losing one, and prominently wears her two tails for reasons that aren't clear.
Baph
Baph is based off of the Trader seen in the first-person shooter, Killing Floor. I needed a merchant character, and because of the questionable circumstances Ayu would encounter them, arms trading with Baph was painted as an unsavory necessity, especially during extended emergencies. Baph's origins are to be explored in a new story, pitting her devil-may-care attitude with Ayu. Both characters would be clones with very similar appearances to the other, but Baph would elect to transform her appearance into a caricature of sin and pleasures as they grow successful together.
- Height:Varies by form. 5'10" (177.8 cm; minimum height)
- Appears In: Beyond, Eversol, Mother Base
- Experience: Prior military service (four years); five years of trade, but no academic honors.
- Baph Fact!: Baph was successful convincing a few clients to order new weapons with severed heads as payment.
Lua
Lua's design came from when I really didnt feel like drawing and would end up sketching out a wasp-waisted, curvaceous white fox with 'Agent Honeydew' hair. The design of the vault suits is heavily based off the space suits featured in the Space Patrol Luluco anime, which beckons to the spandex of that sort of cheesy superhero fiction of Agent Honeydew. It's all a very nice coincidence.
- Height:5'5" (165.1 cm)
- Appears In: Mother Base
- Experience: Prior and extensive military service (eight years); six years of trade, four years of academic honors.
- Lua Fact!: Lua used to do public weapon shows while wearing extremely revealing outfits, most frequently with handguns.
Cowqet
At a time when I was very unhappy with things, I began working on the design for an excitable sexpot that would represent my online presence. She is not to be taken seriously at all, and it's best to not think too hard about anything concerning her. I naturally give Cowqet a very airheaded and sexually presenting nature for no good reason except they are characteristics that I personally indulge in from a character.
- Height:6'3" (190.5 cm)
- Experience: Not applicable. Four years of trade, two years of academic honors, two years of professional honors.
- Cowqet Fact!: Cowqet can change her colors very quickly. Normally, her blood is a deep magenta color (#CC0064), and her blush is an unnaturally bright pink as a result.
Rottel
Rottel's design was created after the talking cat, Ame, in 'Pixel' Daisuke Amaya's 4-panel manga collection. Her character was adjusted for an appearance in an early game concept of mine where she would meet people as a figure made of light on a desolate planet under a silent, alien oppression. The name comes from the Beatmania IIDX song titled rottel-the-Mercury. Despite her powerful state in Constellation, she is airheaded and lascivious. Those traits would persist, minus the supernatural aspects. She's just a horny, assistant tinker now. I have very little care for keeping her character reasonable any more, giving Rottel exaggerated sexual features to be played with her airheadedness and providing an obvious outlet for her lusting.
- Height:5'5" (165.1 cm)
- Appears In: Constellation
- Experience: Varies by story. Four years of trade, but no academic honors.
- Rottel Fact!: The shiny version of Rottel is orange.
Ruy
Ruy was my first attempt at making a partially cybernetic character. He has a robotic arm, and an impressive knowledge of robotics. His more frequently relevant traits is ostentatious makeup, feminine fashion choices, and a flirtatious, womanizing attitude. I often plan for future, transhuman forms of my characters that possess significant technological affinity. Ruy is one such candidate, and will undoubtedly find a way to continue flirting with women after converting himself into an insufferable artificial intelligence.
- Height:5'7" (170.2 cm)
- Appears In: Mother Base
- Experience: Varies by story. Five years of trade, eight years of academic honors, three years of professional honors.
- Ruy Fact!: Ruy is a terrible music composer, dancer, and singer.
Foxy
Foxy first debuted in Beyond, with the nickname of 'Foxtits'. As a bit of inadvisable and ironic writing, her most defining trait at the point of her introduction is having noticably larger breasts than her cohorts. Foxy, and the characters in Beyond all had a very brief creation process. If the name was any indication, I had not exactly expected her to become a major character. I would end up developing Foxy and revising both her design and character many times.
- Height:6'10" (208.3 cm)
- Appears In: Beyond, Eversol, Mother Base
- Experience: Varies by story. Prior military service (four years); six years of trade, two years of academic honors, two years of professional honors.
- Foxy Fact!: Despite being a capable mechanic, Foxy has terrible aim.
Chance
Chance was first conceived for Everse and was originally a Blood Con, like the titular protagonist. The names of the main characters in Everse are action-nouns. To diversify the cast, Chance was changed into a human, and her appearance would be based on Kitsune superstition. Her slender features and pronounced beauty would lead the design to becoming another of the clone varieties, alongside Ayu's design. While Chance was the patriotic shelter mechanic in Everse, she plays the role of a shameless spiritual hack in Mother Base.
- Height:5'10" (177.8 cm)
- Appears In: Everse, Mother Base
- Experience: Varies by story. Ten years of trade, but no academic honors.
- Chance Fact!: At a young age, Chance wanted to serve in the military but many times did not qualify for service and washed out of basic training when she finally did qualify.
Sterling
Sterling is a mighty generic dog man who first debuted in Beyond, alongside Ayu. He lacks compassion for his fellow man, is opportunistic and sleazy at times. Despite this, people want to see him naked and I can't fathom why. He remains about the same when returning in Mother Base, just a lot more independent and powerful this time. A running joke is that he dated Ayu in the past, or that he will date Ayu in Mother Base, but that they minimize contact with each other because it wasn't meant to be.
- Height:6'0" (182.9 cm)
- Appears In: Beyond, Mother Base
- Experience: Varies by story. Extensive military service (eight years); three years of trade, five years of professional honors.
- Sterling Fact!:
Casper
Casper's character was based on Kunihiko Maeda from the 1998 video game, Parasite Eve. In Beyond, Casper is a transhuman who arrives from a world away to investigate the major supernatural incident there. He would employ suicidal bravery and thoughtful investigation to deal with cultural barriers and his own social meekness similar to Maeda's exploits. While I've mostly retired Casper as a major character, the spirit of his being is the template for potential transhuman characters in Lans, such as Ruy. Ayu and Casper are ancient concepts, created around the same time as practical deuteragonists, though his design has been totally transformed throughout.
- Height:Varies by form. 5'5" (165.1 cm; minimum height)
- Appears In: Beyond, Mother Base
- Experience: Varies by story. Four years of trade, eight years of academic honors, five years of professional honors.
- Casper Fact!: Casper prefers to assume synthetic forms with abstract designs, and avoids life-like aesthetics.
Castle
Castle occupies the role of the highly capable and solitary fighter exploring an obliterated world, or at least one where few people can be found. I would normally have a suited-up, future form of Ayu for this role, but I was inspired by the NieR Automata video game to make a new character with the gratuitous sexiness and style at its center. Castle's visual design is a meshwork of 2B from NieR Automata, Nono from Gunbuster 2, and Aigis from Persona 3. The design is a step closer to showcasing the uncomfortable vanity and technological overconfidence of the precursor civilization in Lans.
Castle was previously the character name given to a female Vapora military commander who would battle practically alone through various cataclysms set in Lans. The naming scheme is a result of the latin alphabet code names of Pacific nuclear weapon tests, Able, which became Eibera, Baker, which became Bakera, and Castle. Other fighters of Castle's type follow in this way, with names such as Ivy and Argus.
- Height:6'3" (190.5 cm)
- Experience: Varies by story. Ten years of trade, ten years of academic honors.
- Castle Fact!: Castle's limbs can detach, and the bulk of her special abilities comes from the group of large rings attached to her back. Greatly enhanced beings like Castle can have up to their entire body disintegrated, leaving behind masses of light in the shape of what parts were destroyed.
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- Height:X'X" (X.X cm)
- Experience: 9001 years of ninja special forces honors, with over 300 confirmed kills, but no academic honors.
- Placeholder Fact!: Placeholder is a grayed out silhouette of Ayu that is mirrored and crossed out.
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Heunginjimun
Heunginjimun can be a mouthful of a name, but she is often referred to as Yoon for brevity. She is a yellow Aisha Neopet that exists as an instructor figure, and sometimes is seen with robotic arms and legs.
Clubs
Clubs is a Gelert Neopet, but is based on a type of 'Laboratory Ray' pet that frequently changes forms. He is Anne's brother and has the cunning and cruelty to take advantage of his frequent shape-shifting to enact vigilantism and evade identification.
Yuki
Yuki is a Shoyru Neopet, and Anne's sister. She is based on Valentine Wiggin from the Ender's Game novels, being highly compassionate and sensitive to others.
Empress
Empress is a dimunitive wasp-lady with an enormous checkbook. She has more money than sense, often outdoors with far too little security detail and is infamous for her brash, hands-on negotiations.
Bacon
I created Bacon in order to have an average-height male character to 'play with'. His namesake and visual design was chosen as a pairing for Cowqet, who is supposed to resemble fried egg. Bacon and eggs.
Zangeki
Zangeki is a Mienshao Pokemon that was created to play in a homebrew roleplay as part of a gang of thieves. She would garner a reputation for declothing people and takes plenty pride in her marriage of clothes-based mischief and beauty. I am certainly not immune to hopeless gag characters.
