Naka

Naka
5'5" (165 cm)
Half-Elf

Naka, Goddess of Destruction (and later also capital G God of Rutania), is perhaps one of the most central and developed characters I've ever written. To say she is near and dear to me is kind of selling it short. Naturally, as the writer's favorite character, she's also suffered greatly, but let's save getting into that for later.

In broad strokes, Naka is a now-divine half-elf serving as her world's Goddess of Destruction; she is generally a snarky, if otherwise friendly individual, and generally tries to project an air of confidence and drama, hence her outfits tending towards the elaborate. Part of this is an attempt to hide the fact that she's Kind Of A Mess emotionally, having a history of chronic depression, and part of it is just because she really likes being dramatic. Especially in combat. She, uh. She has some excessively flashy attacks.

As a divine being in her world, Naka has historically been associated with a few other things besides destruction- as far as Rutania's pantheon goes, she is widely thought to be a force of good, and is also commonly associated with the element of light, in no small part because of her history with fellow god and basically-archnemesis Noctus. Her partiality towards massive lasers also helps in that department.

One particularly noteworthy aspect of Naka is her unwavering morals- she's a person who staunchly refuses to hurt innocent people, and will not hesitate to kick the ass of anyone who would. She'd sooner blow herself up than allows innocents to come to harm, to the detriment of her own health, of course. This is, of course, not completely a virtue- Naka has an extreme tendency to put her own safety... well, I'd say at the bottom of her list of priorities, but that's kind of implying that it's on the list at all. Her casual disregard for her own well-being tends to be something of a frustration for those around her, though it is thankfully something that she's getting better with.

Quick References

Just here looking for references and not really interested in doing a bunch of reading? Here you go!

This is Naka's main reference sheet, courtesy of Anini; broadly it can be considered the most completely accurate reference for her, and it's completely acceptable to work off it and only it. The only asterisk to be attached to it is two notes regarding the eyes, one of which is a matter of personal preference with respect to coloration, and the other is a technicality:

1. Her right eye's a little pink here; I typically prefer going with a full red. (This is, however, an extremely minor distinction, even to a color snob like me.)
2. Red/Blue eye coloration is specifically associated with Nakas in the relative future of her timeline; there's nothing wrong with it in this case, but it is worth noting that red for both eyes is also a valid choice.

If you're looking for other images to work off of, I also have an assortment of other images pretty much entirely created in varying character creators that can be useful references for particular things:

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  V-Katsu front view

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  V-Katsu side view

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  V-Katsu back view

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  Older character creator output; mostly an alternate outfit idea

The V-Katsu renders are currently technically the most accurate references I have with regards to Naka's proportions, though they're quite outdated at this point. I'll most likely be replacing them with ones from Koikatsu at a later date.

History

This is mostly just a placeholder for the moment!

See Also

This is also a placeholder. Really, I'm trying to figure out how the fuck the table of contents works.