Doodles: Shadow

Hey! Emma here again with another doodle from my TROUF sketchbook! Doodling characters from TROUF is something I did during our youth, mostly during idle time during the school day. I did this from memory and without really asking the person who created the character (bad form probably) or really looking at descriptions. I go off the idea of the character that I have in my head from our years together.

This time, I’ve drawn a rather sketchy (THOUGH DYNAMIC) drawing of Shadow. She is a wolf who was cursed to take a mostly human form! She was Kirsty’s character, along with the still-wolf sister, Kael. Kirsty is such a busy lady, she hasn’t been able to participate in this project with Shey, Lauren, Rachel and me, so she didn’t really get any input in this drawing. Not that I ask for input anyway. *wink*

I figured I should probably give you a bit of an explanation for the doodle, so you see where I am coming from here. Fair Warning: Shadow and the human-wolf curse were created by Kirsty. My headcanon could be completely wrong.

Notes on Shadow (Taeyel)

    Shadow is a wolf cursed to human form, so many of her mannerisms are still rather wolfish. She had issues walking on two legs at the beginning, though she eventually gets the hang of it, she will always be more comfortable on all fours. Her clothing is sparse, at best, and either stolen or created out of the furs of some of her and Kael’s kills. She doesn’t really know how to sew, so most of it is tied together with sturdy leather string. She carries a fur pack, which mostly holds bits of leather and string that she hasn’t figured out how to add to her wardrobe yet. She prefers to go barefoot, and does not understand why humans want or need shoes. Feeling the ground with your feet can tell you much about your surroundings.

When Shadow was cursed, she managed to keep her ears and tail as well as some of her wolf senses. Her ears perk like a dog when she is interested in something, and they can swivel about her head to help hear better. Her tail wags when she is happy, and the fur raises when she is angry or scared. She can still smell better than other humans, if not as well as when she was a wolf.

Consider this, when looking at my particularly sketchy doodle of Shadow!

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