Your Main Party

(Everyone besides the Protag (Travis) and your friend (Zeke) are gargoyles) Gargoyles, in universe, are reptilian, yet have some elements of local animal species. Your friends are from around the world (most of them being international studies) thus leading to some... phenotypically unique individuals. Most animals are normally colored here (no neon ass fursonas, more realistic and chill) but some of the gargoyles are a bit more colorful)

For starters, click here to see a pinterest lookboard of the overall "aesthetic" I'd love to go for, but not quite... kind of a lineless soft/paint blended art style. These pics are kind of too... dark? I dont want edgy dark furry art but also not the bright stereotypical stuff either. Just imagine soft blended art but a bit brighter/friendlier/more colorful. They are friends at the beach during the summer, after all.

THIS one shows a bit of the fun pops of color/highlights/design elements I'd want in battle menus, during combat, etc. (excuse the anime photos they were the only ones I could find)

Travis (Protagonist): Gray wolf [Italian American 5'8"] Weapon: Baseball bat. Pinterest Lookboard. Aimless and bored, Travis is dreading the coming summer research program. Feeling the increasing (self-inflected) pressure to discover who he is, he code switches frequently to try and get to know every one of the students in the program. A master of "fake it 'til you make it", he actually does a good job fitting into any situation and getting along with everyone. Ultimately afraid of being found out for not being genuine, he is simultanouesly an average, "boring-simple" protagonist that doubts his own abilities. In the end, his insecurities begin eating him up and he has no goals, aspirations, or hobbies - not realizing his potential. His arc is about accepting where you are in life, and recognizing the potential for change. His Resonance Form manifests as a 1920's masquerade party host, representing his tendency to wear several different masks and wants to hide his true self - aimless and scared, yet simultaneously showy with a snazzy blue suit all glittered up, reminiscent not only of the vibrant parties of the Prohibition era but also elaborate outfits some athletes wear during a draft, "the most important time of one's career". Symbolizing his fear of being unknown and ultimate goal to be chosen, recognized. His masquerade mask is a royal blue lobster mask - also representing how his inner self subconsciously wants to be "1 in a million", like the odds of a wild blue lobster. The chapter/dungeon uses a heavy jazz/Americana aesthetic. His chapter, the final one, you are not playable - instead, Zeke and the rest of the team work to save you from falling deeper into your disillusion.
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Zeke ("Runner Up", always losing, best friend): Bald eagle. [Polish American, 6'0"] Weapon: Fights with Krav Maga. Pinterest Lookboard. At home, his mother and father have recently separated due to religious differences, although also general marital difficulties. While he is often correct about things, he comes off fairly immature and crass, and can't keep his mouth shut sometimes. Tries very hard to be liked by others, and looks up to the protagonist for his abilities in being able to get along with everyone. Tries TOO hard, and is often the punching bag from the other characters. Though, he does deserve it occasionally - and often comes off offensive or annoying. Also one of those weird guys you knew from high school that was really into collecting knives and """into history""". But really a gem of a character that becomes selfless fighting to save the main character after their enormous fight. Fights with his mom a lot, and ultimately learns to be a better son. Realizes that many things he bitched at his mom about as a child were things out of her control during the divorce. Themes of differences in interpreting religion and also subtle classism within certain sects, his mother being quiet poor without his father. Internal debate/realization of his father providing a lot of income, while abusing his mom - so, she endured it while raising him until she couldn't take it, only for him to be a little bitch over it unknowingly. His mom wasn't a total angel though, and often took her anger out on her. Lessons in communication. His Resonance Form manifests as a rock-Apocolypse, "Mad-Max"-esque... fashion. Due to his constant anxiety/"this is the end of the world" mindset, he overcompensates with the... er, rock like/punk aesthetic in the desert town. For some reason, has a magical red keytar/keyboard with recorded soundbytes he plays in reaction to things. In the end adopts his full name Ezekiel as a means of reaching a middle ground and accepting more of his background/connection with his mother.
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Yvonne: [French-Italian 5'7"] pinterest lookboard here. Brighter yellow gargoyle with orange accents... maybe orange whiskers or crows feet-esque markings. Film industry, theatre...? Meta, comedy themed "trapped in a musical". Edit: Thought going an "extreme sports" route was more interesting. She's a famous actress involved with several in-universe franchises that's recently left the entertainment industry after being managed by her mother. Although she is supposedly stunning in all of her photoshoots and magazine appearances, and your friends comment on how excited they are to meet her, the expectation drops quickly as she's actually extremely oblivious to what normal people are like. Not in a snobby way, but in a... she doesn't quite understand emotions and social interactions way. ...and because she's famous and rich... of course. That factors into it. Her bow she uses to fight with is actually a movie prop, as she was the lead in a super successful hunger games-like movie franchise. Her half-life is displayed as "extreme sports" as her favorite movie she acted in was a super campy snowboard romcom, but it's kind of a broad xgames like mix in general. Her Resonance Form is sort of like... Think a bicycling spandex shirt covered in sponsors with orange snowboarding goggles, along with extreme high energy action poses, running through the narrow old streets of a resort in Monaco. Also maybe she can have sticky fingers kind of like a gecko? idk. Also, she eventually decides she wants to go back into the industry to protect kids that used to be like her from being taken advantage of on set.
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Rhys: [Welsh-Canadian 6'1"] pinterest lookboard here! Darker blue/steel with black accents, sort of a shaved sides/fade on his longer mane? Purple accents/splashes for his movements/attacks. Lives in a small aging smaller suburban town in the Canadian midwest/plains(?). Was one of the best players on his high school football team (lacrosse? Lacrosse is more fun but football is more stereotypically rural/motivational underdog story), until an injury ruined his chances for a scholarship. During his senior year he had to confront realizing that people only respected him for his physical ability, but the injury made him realize that he was finally free, in a sense, to explore things at his own rate while recovering, and opened the door for exploring his identity, especially coming from a relatively conservative area. In his Resonance Form this ultimately goes too far in the other direction - in trying to find himself, errr.... something with the more corrupt side of the music industry, hazing, a bit of the idea of wanting attention, wanting to be respected but understanding how to achieve it incorrectly. Put some elements of the Lavender Scare (wrong era but whatever) and the Satanic Panic into things with growing up sheltered and going too far in the other direction of being wild and crazy and finding a healthy middle ground, being confident in your own expression. Discusses the ideas of queerness, shame, and masculinity. Uses two super soaker water guns as his weapons. A bit more quiet and shy despite being so big but ultimately makes friends with Yvonne, who bond a bit more over how theatre can "let you explore expressing different emotions even if you can't be who you are at home".
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Levy: 5'8" Sky blue with fish-like fins/webbed whiskers along the face. pinterest lookboard here.German Chilean (1950s) Cryptids/paranormal, "el cuero", Aliens/folklore, winter (swapped hemisphere)
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Selia: 5'11" White/pale gargoyle with... er, general "cat" whiskers or gazelle horns? Very punk/emo/scene.... woman in stem. We stan. pinterest lookboard here.French Moroccan 1990s, Y2K Early Computers/Pop Culture w/ "Sex" Robotics/Desert Insects
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Dawn: 5'10" Salmon/pinkish colored gargoyle + the long ears of a mountain hare. pinterest lookboard here.Finnish 1970s, Midsummer Festival X American Hippie Culture, or Nordic death metal. Dawn has seen the worst in people as her family is notoriously politically powerful.

Albini "Allie" Okazaki Abe Adam

The game begins mid May, and ends the first week of September. That gives us roughly... 115 days. That's generous. If 90 days: Ideally this is 8 dungeons. Plus say an extra for the final final boss. Enemies/monsters are based on local culture, native and current folklore, history, local plants and animals, and also specific Abrahamic religious sects across the countries. 16 weeks. May Week 3 May Week 4 June Week 1 June Week 2 June Week 3 June Week 4: (Midsummer. Fit Dawn's story here.) July Week 1 July Week 2 July Week 3 July Week 4 August Week 1 August Week 2 August Week 3 August Week 4 September Week 1 September Week 2

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