Amelia

Amelia is the second-oldest daughter of the Mech-anic, Hollow, who looks up to her father for his guidance, determination, and wisdom. She is a caring, open-minded, adventurous girl who is tough-as-nails in the face of danger and is fiercely protective of her family and those who are loyal to her even if a higher power threatens them. She scarcely has difficulty making new friends because she connects easily with individuals who are not afraid of magic and science and they accept both phenomena as a natural part of life, though she does show signs of weariness on occasion when questioning the intentions of those who she interacts with. Amelia is fond of cards games and spends much of her time playing by herself whenever she is bored to keep her intellect sharp and usually takes a deck of them with her wherever she goes. She harbors a small trace of shadow magic due to an unlikely encounter with Voidstar at a young age, allowing her to retract blades of dark energy from her cards to aid her in hand-to-hand combat. Her most formidable weapon, however, is her signature mallet that includes a rare type of wood found in the Elemental Foothills that absorbs magic like a sponge for safekeeping. Forged by her father as a gift to help the family fend off a hoard of zardbies from Bootware City on Mogloween 2011, Amelia uses that mallet to pulverize heavy armor entirely and deflect enemy projectiles in order to use their own attacks against them. The more magic that the mallet absorbs, the deadlier the deflection becomes once she returns it. Unfortunately, Amelia could only contend with one enemy at a time when she uses this tactic, which is why she must rely on her excellent agility, and use her enchanted cards as a backup plan for her ability to dodge melee and ranged strikes effectively and her superhuman strength inherited from her father compensates for her weak defense.

At the beginning of last November when AdventureQuest ran a contest where a random player is given Amelia’s Mallet every day when they play for the duration of the month, I became intrigued enough to want to design my take on Amelia as a DragonFable NPC. To start off, I took screenshots of the cards that are seen in the interior of Ellial’s Card Shop in Ravenloss and replicated them before I decreased their brightness while raising the saturation and contrast to give these cards a bright red color. Afterward, I took a couple screenshots in MechQuest of the Wave hairstyle and a gradient-shading shield that was used as a shoulder plate for the Ace NSC Series before I replicated and recolored both of them. I didn’t want to design a half-baked copy of Amelia’s costume so I gave the attire a contemporary, gothic-styled twist so I can balance out the tomfoolery theme with a serious tonality. The entire red and black color scheme on the outfit that I vectored from my sketches remained cohesive until I colored the hiking shoes green to increase the outfit’s authenticity. In the late design process, before I designed the jester hat, I weaponized the cards that Amelia is holding in her left hand by adding darkness-based e-blades so the cards aren’t used as simple props. The inclusion also indicates that she has some degree of dark magic, but not a huge amount of it per se. Designing my interpretation of Amelia based on Hollow’s preferences and the contemporary theme gave me a chance to improve on some of my weak points and become more comfortable with designing clothing and accessories, even though the belt took some trial and error to perfect for a couple of nights. I'd also like to thank Ergotth for a couple of minor anatomy pointers as well. I hope you all enjoy it.