About Deus

Born in 2020, DEUS is a deeply personal project, feelings and thoughts shaped and bottled into a symbolic little world. Its core theme is based on and revolves around death, loss, grief and creation in many of its forms.Overall, it's an alternative universe of my main personal project, Collinsworth, as it features and follows the journey of its main characters in a different, dark sci-fi dystopia mixed with gothic elements.The story is set in a grim desert that buried the Ruins of Old. Endless, grey sand, a memory of ashes and bones of the Past and the silent, lingering presence of peacefully, slowly fading Life. It is merely referred to as the Uknown—a wast, ever-changing land of mysteries, a place dreaded from within the safety of the well-fortified, glorified and golden cities. Only a few dare to venture out into the Unknown and face the secrets it so rightfully guards.

Hana

NICKNAME
DahliaGENDER
nonbinary (they/she)AGE
adult (27—35)HEIGHT
173 cm

ACT 1: the dahlia—a False authority addicted to the illusion of control

"The Moon who wanted to shine like the Sun."Hana is a stoic, reserved yet kind-hearted and sensitive soul whose strong appearance asks for respect. She is intelligent and restlessly analytical, always thinking, planning and observing from behind her unshakable, guarding walls.On top of the corporate ladder and once an esteemed engineer and scientist—ever the overachiever, never able to stand still and silence her mind—, she ended up choosing a life in quiet solitude and keeps a safe distance from society. She's a hermit who ventured out into the Unknown and prefers to surround herself with her constructions, the Obsidian—an army of various, elegantly and meticulously built robots in black and gold. She takes pride and joy in her creations and their company, cares for and builds them with utmost precision, love and passion. They serve as a protective wall between her and society and offer her a sense of safety, stability and control in the overall Chaos. She lives according to her own rules and keeps building her own system, her own little reality that she can predict and control.She lives in her own little world and has a strong faith in her capabilities, believing she can achieve beyond what society considers unimaginable. Besides her relentless curiosity and fascination with the human brain, she harbours a morbid obsession with and a deep fear of death, and she spends a great deal of time pushing her own limits and boundaries of possibility with her creations.

Appearance

Hana is a fairly tall person with soft brown skin and straight, ash-blonde hair with deep black ends. She's slim and slightly athletic in build with an hourglass body shape. Her sleek face has sharp, characteristic features, a long, slightly crooked nose and narrow, tired eyes. Her right eye is coffee-brown (later golden/amber), and her left (once damaged and blind) is replaced with an advanced mechanical eye in metallic gold—this, she tends to hide under her hair. She prefers to enhance her piercing, typically scornful look with deep black eyeliner and strong, smoky eyeshadow.Hana values practicality and perceives clothing as a barrier between herself and the world. She tends to wear thick fabrics and nothing but black with the occasional golden detail. Due to her need to feel safe and keep her distance, she wears gloves most of the time.As her story progresses, Hana undergoes top surgery, and her body will become littered with deep, golden scarring resembling kintsugi. While this decision has also been practical to remove parts of her body she considers unnecessary and bothersome, Hana is a neutral-grounded, non-binary soul, a delicate balance between feminine and masculine energy while being both and neither, everything and nothing at the same time.

ACT 2: The Shattered Dahlia

Becoming one with her very own creations, Hana is a marvel of her Obsidian constructions. Her sleek, augmented cybernetic body is the most significant alteration Hana has put herself through. Driven by her ever-growing delusions and mania disguised as relentless curiosity and constant desire for creation and advancement, she has forsaken her human flesh to become a cyborg. Now, partially free from her physical shackles, her bodily vessel allows her mind to thrive with fewer distractions and limitations—but all comes at a price.

Trivia

  • Hana's cybernetic Dahlia—especially her Shattered Dahlia—body was heavily inspired by Viktor's Herald form from Arcane, as well as my interest in robotics and deep-running love for the philosophy behind kintsugi.

  • Hana's identification with the black dahlia flower comes from floriography. The "black" dahlia—deep burgundy in color—is associated with sadness and betrayal, but also finding beauty in challenging circumstances and overcoming negativity. Its dramatic beauty also represents strength, mystery and elegance.

  • Hana's overall character is built around how a deep-running sense of loneliness, betrayal, lack of self-actualisation, and slowly developing depression may consume and alter one's soul—and if a point of return still remains.

  • Hana is my oldest and dearest OC, my mascot character, who has accompanied me for more than 15 years. Due to what she represents, this particular version of hers is the most meaningful to me.

  • She's an exceptional violinist and likes to play hauntingly soft melodies on her black violin while humming.

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Jayde

NICKNAME
Jayde, JayGENDER
nonbinary (they/she)AGE
adultHEIGHT
165 cm

The White Lotus

Jayde is a calm, kind-hearted, selfless soul who always strives to keep a positive mindset. The act of contributing her knowledge and skills for the greater good is what she needs and constantly seeks.She is a passionate medic and knowledgeable scientist who dedicated her life to helping people in need and doing her part in ensuring a better future—at least, this is what she dearly hopes. Besides being employed as one of the lead doctors in the capital—and working alongside Hana for several years—, she is a biomechanics researcher on how prosthetics and various implants may be advanced to be safer and improve human health along with the overall quality of life.

Appearance

Jayde is a young person of middle height. She has soft, milk-white skin and bright, ash-blonde hair that she keeps in two layers: a diagonally cut top layer and a longer bottom layer tied together in a ponytail.Her mechanical eyes are hazel-coloured and can glow in golden colour. They have a strong red tone around them, and she prefers to enhance her look with dark eyeliner. Her facial features are soft-ish, her nose long and crooked.

AUN

NICKNAME
AunGENDER
nonbinary (they/she)AGE
adultHEIGHT
170 cm

the desert runner

Aun is a quick and strong-witted, tenacious person who's quiet and calm in nature. She has an overall careless, sarcastic and cynical attitude towards life and most people, and she's never afraid to speak what's on her mind.She's one of the Runners hired to deliver secret information and various valuable packages outside the protective city walls. Members of this organisation of messengers dare to venture out into the dreaded desert to run great lengths between the cities to fulfil their job with utmost discretion and deafening silence. They remain quiet and unseen at all costs, like swift shadows of the Unknown, the Dark Desert—and this comes at a price.

Appearance

Aun has white skin and diagonally cut, shoulder-length, deep blueish-black hair. Both her eyes are replaced with advanced mechanical prosthetics in an ice blue colour, and she prefers to enhance her cold, sharp look with elegant, black eyeliner and strong, smokey eyeshadow. There are also two sleek black titanium rings pierced into her right ear.A huge amount of bigger and smaller scars decorate both her face and her slim, athletic body fit for a Desert Runner. A remarkable, deep cut runs up the left side of her mouth, allowing a glimpse of her teeth to peek through. It continues up on her cheek and across the bridge of her nose, and there is another deep cut across her right eyebrow along with some smaller ones on the right side of her cheek and chin.Aun's left arm is replaced by a prosthetic, one of Hana's Obsidian constructions—a sleek, light deep black arm its material varying between shiny metallic and matte. It was designed and made by her specifically for Aun.

Aun
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