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Before I say anything, please let me first inform you that this page is really best viewed in the Firefox web browser (as you've likely already realized if you're using Internet Explorer). Also, if the end of the page seems to be broken (as in, it doesn't look like the rest of the application) then please simply refresh the page and that should repair the problem. Now then, let's get started...
Hey there! Thanks for taking the time out to come and view my application for the amazing pet Evil_Kila, but more fondly known as the beautiful and of course, evil, Keyra. This application is assuming that you are either A) Zaner, Keyra's current owner, or B) Akky, Zaner's friend who is assisting Zaner with the hard decisions she faces while judging all of the applicants she receives for Keyra. If you are not either of these people, then thanks for reading my application and whether you are Zaner, Akky or otherwise, I hope you truly enjoy reading through this page!
Now, before you head into the rest of this page, I must give credit to my two AMAZING teachers, without whom I would never have been able to even attempt to complete this page. Emma , who taught me how to code (thus why the site doesn't crash your computer when you click a link =D), and Vicky, who taught me how to draw in Photoshop (thus the nifty layout and sword banners I was able to make). Any fanart that you see in this application is properly credited in the "Fan Art" section of this page
Now then, that's enough of my ramblings! Let's get on with the application! =D
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As you requested, I have in fact made a VERY custom (and hopefully very unique) design for Keyra; both physically and mentally. I'll start out this portion with her personality, followed by a brief history of her life, and finally ending with her visual design.
Personality
Keyra's personality is very simple, and yet very complex at the same time. That may seem odd, or possibly just like filler text, but I can assure you thaYYY it is, in fact, true.
She's an assassin by trade, and her trade is her life. She thinks of nothing but locating her next mark and takes a sick kind of pleasure from the entire process. Deeply sadistic at heart, Keyra is a natural for her line of work since she has no attachment to any living creature. Any creature but her Horus, Minion.
Yes, Minion is her singular companion and a skilled tracking bird. Trained by Keyra herself, the duo is always together unless the falcon-like bird is unneeded for her current mission. Minion is too important to her to lose, seeing as she has no real family.
History
Orphaned from her childhood, Keyra never knew her parents or much of anything about them. She only knew that at least one of them was a Darigan pet, and only even that because of her own coloring. Presumably they were both killed in the war, and Keyra was placed in one of the orphanages around Meridell by someone who apparently cared enough about her not to leave her in one of the Darigan Citadel's poor excuses for buildings they called orphanages.
Keyra's poor upbringing is most assuredly the main factor for how she is now. Being Darigan in Meridell isn't easy you see, especially with other "normal" children all around just to mock you. Every prospective parent overlooked her simply because of her color, and she heard many times the reason why. Darigan pets were evil without discretion, or so they said. Sadly, Keyra listened to them and turned her loneliness and sadness into aggression and hatred for all things living.
So how, you ask, did she end up with Minion? It's simple, really. While still an orphan Keyra found him fallen to the ground after some of the boys there had destroyed it's nest for fun. This was before she had decided to harden herself to the world, so she took the chick in and nourished it daily. By the time she'd taken so much scorn that she decided to be every awful thing she'd ever been called, Minion was already with her, playing the role of her only friend.
Design
Quad
This adoptable (provided by my loving guild) is my basic premise for Keyra's Quad design until I can learn how to draw better. As you can see she doesn't quite look like a normal Darigan pet, which causes her to wonder if both of her parents were Darigan or not from time to time.
Her fur is mostly dark purple, with her underbelly being a striking magenta which stretches along the underside of her legs to the base of her sharp claws. Her second set of ears are a deep shade of burgundy which stretches all the way down into a point on pitch-black, dagger like points. Her hair, which is moderately long as it comes just past her shoulders, is a soft clay like color in an odd contrast to the rest of her body.
The blue ribbon she wears is made of a deep blue satin which she takes great care to keep clean, while the golden star pendant is simply the symbol of her currently exclusive employer, Knowle.
Anthro
This is Keyra's anthropomorphic, more commonly know as "Anthro", form. I apologize for the poor quality of it as I did draw it myself, by hand, before scanning it into the computer and cleaning it up a little bit. If you'd like to you can simply drag the image to your address bar to see the full size of the image. This is actually the first thing i did with this application and sadly now that I've changed a few things her hair color is incorrect, thankfully everything else is right. =)
As you can see she is still wearing the blue satin, only it's a bit more than a simple ribbon now as it wraps around her body. She is also wearing a pair of clawed leather gloves and some custom made leather boots which both assist on her missions as an assassin.
As you can hopefully tell her secondary ears braid together behind her neck and over her hair. They do this in her quad form as well, but the adoptable wouldn't allow me to show you. Her primary ears are catlike, but in the picture her hair hides them from view (because I TOTALLY didn't forget to draw them -shifty eyes-).
She also wield two powerful weapons, most of the time. The dagger slides into a sideways sheath located at the small of her back, and the sword's sheath is simply on her back - though she doesn't always bring the larger blade with her on her missions.
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So, as I'll explain later on, I have some mild experience in the writing and roleplaying of various different characters. Because of this, I'd like to give you an example to see Keyra in action via my personal writing abilities. Any specific characters I use in these stories that are not obviously known by Neopets are others pet characters that I own already. Please read and enjoy! =D
The Hunt
Keyra pressed herself against the cold, hard stone wall she'd been stalking along in the dead of night as the moon came out from behind the clouds to kill her only advantage on this job. The Shadows. As the light came forth in an eerie glow, the darkness surrounding her disappeared in but a few moments. Thankfully for Keyra, the guards that patrolled this section of the castle paid no attention to this change as they trudged along, some of them obviously weary from the long night.
Hearing a guard's clanking armor coming towards her, Keyra grimaced at the thought of losing her secrecy. In a single, fluid motion, Keyra pulled on her gloves tightly, turned towards the wall and dug the claw-like spikes on her fingers into the gridded cracks. Quickly she climbed the surface with the agility and subtlety of a spider. Making it to the top in a matter of moments, she flipped over the edge with a silent flourish, crouching low to the ground as she practically slid along it down the path.
This is what she lived for; the thrill of it; the strategy of it; the everything of the hunt. Her job was her soul, her essence, her being; and it didn't get much better than this night. Her job was simple, in concept. In action, however, it was proving to be quite a challenge. When Knowle had charged Keyra to kill Roberta, one of Brightvale's most esteemed champions - not to mention King Hagan's niece, the assassin hadn't thought anything of it at all; but this was being fun.
Moving quickly, Keyra darted this way and that, thankful that once again the pale moon was covered by thick, dark clouds. Finally reaching the door to what should be Roberta's room of the castle, Keyra smirked as she saw a lone guard standing there; half asleep no less!
Walking up to the man, Keyra made sure each individual step was planned and silent. "Hey there," She said in a low voice as she placed her hand on the soldier's chest. Watching his face with muted amusement as he looked puzzled as to how to respond. Smiling enticingly, Keyra grasped his mail shirt and pulled him away from the door as her free hand moved to his face. Leaning forward, Keyra laughed inside her mind about how easy some men were to control and, kissing him for but a moment, the man collapsed to the ground unconsciously.
Smirking to herself as the guard hit the ground, Keyra stepped over him, shaking her head to straighten her slightly mussed hair from the trek to this destination. Touching a finger to the edge of her lips, Keyra wiped away a smear of her sleeping-potion lipstick before adjusting her braided ears on the back of her head. Keyra may have been an assassin there to eliminate her target, but she always believed that the last thing someone sees should at least be of a respectable image.
Stepping through the door, Keyra was slightly stunned to see Jeran there in full armor, clapping from his chair across the room from the door. "I didn't think you'd take this long," The knight said while getting up from the chair and taking a step forwards. Keyra looked around quickly, no princess in sight. "Were you really expecting to get past my men so easily? I'm afraid the night is over and it's time for me to take you in once and for all" The knight spoke again; this time Keyra smiled slightly. Did the man really think that he could catch her by himself?
Just then the door burst open and three elite knights ran in. The first lunged at Keyra, which she easily avoided by jumping over. The second was taken care of easily in sequence as Keyra pushed off of the first's back for momentum and leaped forward - taking both men in the single action. Quickly, Keyra continued her dive as her hands pushed off the floored man's chest and she sent her feet flying into the final warrior's torso. Jumping into a front flip from there, Keyra then proceeded to dart into a full run once her feet hit the ground. "Maybe some other night, Jeran!" She shouted with a laugh as she disappeared into the darkness of night.
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If I am chosen as Keyra's owner there are two things I would begin immediately: 1) Die straight away from excitement, and 2) Begin on working her into my neopets family. The second is actually many, many different steps as I have so much I'd like to do, especially now that I'm learning how to draw in Photoshop and how to do basic coding.
First, I would most likely start on creating her lookup as I have many ideas for it's look, and my good friend Emma has given me permission to look at the coding of a layout she made me as a gift so that I can figure out how to do pet lookups as well. Sadly I got this permission at the same time I was starting this application, and I decided the application took precedence over my practicing-for now, at least-and thus I've not started working on my other pets lookups yet.
Either after or before that, I'm not quite sure which yet, I would set up her petpage (using the layout I have on this page).
Next I would proceed on working her own personal bedroom into my blossoming neohome. I actually need to finish the first and second floor buildings first, for all of my female pets are going on the third floor, simply because there's less of them. Once all the rooms in my Neohome are built I'll begin actually filling them up! =D
My ultimate goal on Neopets is to complete a very,very long story I've been writing (about 14 parts is whaYYY it's looking to be so far), and yes, before you even ask, Keyra would have a huge role in it. As one of my 8 evil pets, Keyra would be one of the main villains, specifically featured as Driftine's (one of my three primary hero pets) arch nemesis.
Fighting on many occasions, Keyra's various abilities would be displayed very adequately in her role. Don't worry though, even though ultimately the Heroes win, none of my pets are killed, they simply go off to plot a new evil plan; Keyra swearing her vengeance on Driftine for besting her.
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Some of my friends are far more talented than I am in the realm of art. A few of them were kind enough to use their skills to create lovely fan art for Keyra so that I can sit and gawk aYYY it even if you don't decide to choose me as her new owner. Each images will have the artist's name next to it linking to their Neopets lookup. (drag the images to your address bar to see them in full size.)
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