The 5th Annual Original Character Open Begins.

Since I posted this a day late, I'm going to give all of you the dubious distinction of having an extra week to work on your contest entries, meaning that you'll have until May 23rd, 2018 to draw, write out, finish and submit your entries with either #TheSkulls2018OCOpen or #TheSkullHostsTwoContestsIn2018 (or even both of the above, if necessary) in the description of each entry you submit, be it separately or as a whole. As promised, I plan to draw more than 1,100 points in art requests and commishes of whatever kind, as described by my previous journal, which you will find at the end of this journal alongside a link to my OC Open participants status update; also mentioned in the link provided at the end of this journal is a set of rules, commish rules and regulations, and the prizes for all those who participate, including those that place. That being said, you all know what to do: create an original character and subsequent reference sheet, biography and seven-page-plus minicomic or 600-word-minimum short story; submit your entries to your gallery with either or both hashtags mentioned and automatically highlighted in navy blue alongside their number signs (or hashtags -- some call them sharps in music, though). Best of luck to all!

Examples, stage-left!       <da:thumb id="418765028"/>  <da:thumb id="425583988"/>   OC 2017Name: Collin Sphereward
Nickname: Guardian
Age: 25
Height: 6.2
Weight: 193 lbs - muscle
Hair Color: Ginger - Short, scruffy hair
Eye Color: Brown eyes
Skin Color: Tanned
Race: Wardman - A humanoid person with four ears, Glowing rune marks on his body, 6 fingers per hand instead of 5, ability to shift eyes for dark vision and possesses a large, thick alien tail  
Body type and markings: muscular but toned, 3 claw marks on his shoulder, three on the left side of stomach, Bite mark on tail and missing three fingers on left hand.
Personal Weaknesses:
1. Lack of knowledge
2. Lack of understanding
3. Aggressive nature
4. only knows alien language
5. Shadow or dark magics
6. High amounts of radiation
7. Slow running speed
Personal Strengths:
1. Dedicated To Loyalty
2. Enhanced hearing
3. Advanced Sphere Craft
4. Terranian Shape - Turns into a War Scarred human.
5. Heavy constitution training and mass.
6. Contract locked with summoner.
Likes:
1. Mistress Luna
2. Beaches
3. Battle
4. Shell   OC 2017 - Collin's Story: Too late to say goodbye.Sunderhall - 9/28/XXXX
As the night descended upon the crystal falls, the last lights of twilight started the process of making the gems glow. The glowing of the gems would light up the night since the Crystal falls never saw the light of the moon in several decades. Collin appeared as though a flash, materializing in his normal monstrous form. Turning his head to see the ancient crystals and hearing the soothing sounds of the waterfall in this ill kept place, The creature of 4 eyes and its massive frame began his work into cleaning the lost city of the ancients. Several thousand years ago, the ancients were the only ones living in the world… but they were betrayed by the humans that they had created. This made him hate humanity, but it seemed that time had made them weaker. That he was pleased about, he was ready to attack the human race until he finally was contacted by one of the ancients… While not ancient or even full-blooded, he was devoted to her. Sighing and growlin   OC 2017 - Cullen's story: part 2Walking back into the portal room that he had been cleaning before, Collin’s ears were filled with the soothing sounds of the waterfall again. The crystals that had started glowing thanks to the light of sun fall were finally in bloom, lighting up the ruins as the sky turned to night with red and blue like solar clouds that danced in the heavens. The stars they had created still shined like eternal diamonds, still in the same places that the ancients had left them to be. It was a reassuring sight to see for him, they had created the universe after all, as well as all life on them. So pure, the ancients were. They lived here just to be their own people, like humans and other races, freedom was every living being right… including himself. But he personally hated their creations, the same creations that had killed them all. Shaking his head with a snarling growl, this place has always whispered to him in the past since that day. The whispers were that of the dead, the children      Gwin's StoryGwin’s parents were King Aldor the Fifth of Zephyr and Selena, a common girl from Taternia, King Aldor was going to marry Princess Henrietta, (later Queen Uedaka) but refused to marry her, saying he would only marry for love. He took the beautiful Selena to be his bride instead; everything was going alright until Princess Henrietta barges in, furious that King Aldor has chosen Selena, a commoner, over her. She told the two kingdoms would not live in harmony as one, and that she alone would rule the Woods of the Dark Heart. As months passed, the kingdoms where finding a way to reunite, until one day, a miracle happen. King Aldor was running up the stairs, excited that he is finally a father. He races to his child’s room and finds his wife, Queen Selena, with a baby boy. He asks Selena is this is his child and she reveals that the second baby, who was a girl, is also his child. Aldor tells Selena they were the most beautiful children she ever bore. They give the royal twins n