masterdave311
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I have seen this idea for a possessed puppet as a character design on this forum a few times which I think would work great with the occult theme of Deadlock. The inspiration of this idea for the Magician to be a puppet is based on the bio for the character and the current placeholder model over Sevens body and rig causing the animations to be very uncanny in certain angles and actions. This current design immediately reminded me of the puppets in Lies of P which has a similar occult feeling in atmosphere and setting.
This led me back to the character bio the character soul being bound to their spouse in death by soul bind magic from a blood mystic. Maybe their souls were bound to some item for this ritual and in death they are bound to the item which has magical properties. My idea for this is a small Rejuvenator crystal that could hold the souls and bind them together in death. Since they did practical magic, maybe its attached to the wand they used for the magic acts or something like that as it could be a part of the character design or the weapon to throw/shoot the cards. Wanting to end the soul bind in death as ghost, they decide to haunt a puppet to use as a physical body for completing the patron's ritual. I think this is a great way to add a cool story to the characters bio and translate that to a character design instead of being a ghost returning like Vindicta.
This led me back to the character bio the character soul being bound to their spouse in death by soul bind magic from a blood mystic. Maybe their souls were bound to some item for this ritual and in death they are bound to the item which has magical properties. My idea for this is a small Rejuvenator crystal that could hold the souls and bind them together in death. Since they did practical magic, maybe its attached to the wand they used for the magic acts or something like that as it could be a part of the character design or the weapon to throw/shoot the cards. Wanting to end the soul bind in death as ghost, they decide to haunt a puppet to use as a physical body for completing the patron's ritual. I think this is a great way to add a cool story to the characters bio and translate that to a character design instead of being a ghost returning like Vindicta.
