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Preferred Pronouns: He/him are the most commonly used for him, but he doesn't care about whatever pronoun.
Occupation: Shrimp farmer, fisherman, sea warlock's helper.
S.O.: Demisexual pansexual.
Nationality: French.
Weight: 300+ kg / growth indeterminate (in the future)
Length: 642 cm at first appearance / growth indeterminate
Physical Structure: Elegant, compact, the majority of body (especially the tail) is ribbon-like.
Smells of: Seaweed, shrimp.
Sangreal is a Pistrix, the co-protagonist of "Fish Don't Cry," the first book in the OdysSea saga, and also of the eponymous comic.
Appearance
Sangreal is a relatively large Pistrix for its age, with a total length of six meters and forty-two centimeters. However, he's still young and could reach a length of thirteen meters. He has clear blue eyes, with an exceptionally high-performance tapetum lucidum that makes them highly reflective and gives it the characteristic "shiny" effect in dim light, even when the ambient light is very dim.
His body has an articulated, human-like torso, which is grafted onto a body that could be compared to that of an oarfish: very long, laterally compressed, and with a red dorsal fin that starts from the middle of its shoulder blades and ends just before the tip of its tail. Of the approximately 400 rays of the dorsal fin, the first six are elongated to varying degrees, forming a crest with diamond-shaped flaps of skin at the tips of the rays.
His mane is semi-stiff, with the tips always tending to point upward.
His skin is scaleless, and his body is covered with a layer of guanine that gives it a silvery, reflective appearance, almost mirror-like in its smoother areas.
Sangreal initially appears as a typical male pistrix, with a slender body and a thick, carmine-red beard, pigmented very similarly to its fins. Like all pistrix, he can change sex if its chosen mate is of the same sex and if it is the larger of the pair (it is always the larger individual that becomes, or remains, female, to maximize egg production), which is why his appearance changes slightly in the second half of his life.
He is fortunate enough to enjoy a plentiful, high-quality diet, so even during his female phase, he retains his full beard (which is generally minimal or almost absent in females), even as he grows in size and his muscles become more prominent, while his lower body becomes capable of storing fat.
The pistrix's face, although resembling that of a human, is not structured the same, having evolved from a skeleton completely different from that of mammals. The mouth can be opened and protruded, becoming much larger than it appears, a small jewel of evolutionary engineering that can fold in on itself with highly refined mechanisms. When not used for predatory acts, a pistrix's mouth appears, at a casual glance, indistinguishable from a human's.
"Human form"
When Seras Alkahest uses her metamorphic magic on him to transform him into a "terrestrial" being, Sangreal appears human, though not exactly ordinary.
Standing over two meters tall, with broad shoulders, a thick red mane, and medium-long, slightly wavy hair, Sangreal often draws the gaze of others.
He loves wearing tailored suits, and Seras is particularly happy to be able to pay for them so she can show off such a "jewel": his clothes are often made of fine and/or delicate materials, silk (sometimes even spider silk) and velvet, with discreet decorations around the pockets or on the lapels of his jackets, woven from precious metals.
His patent leather shoes are rarely dirty, as Sangreal doesn't move his legs much, thus having no opportunity to get them dirty or dusty.
Sangreal's human skeleton is identical in shape to that of a human, except for two details: the hyperossification of the spinous processes of its vertebrae, which are taller and bulkier than those of an average human, but difficult to spot for the untrained eye, and some vestigial pieces of cartilage on its face.
The skeleton of pistrix, like the one of oarfish, contains distinct areas of hyperostosis, or hyperossified bones, along the back, and it is these that have been transposed into hyperossification of the spinous processes.
As for the skull of fish, it is extremely complex. When transforming him into a human skull, Seras decided it would be more convenient to leave some pieces of cartilage in their original form, rather than transforming them into other parts of the skull, which might give Sangreal's face a strange appearance.
Sangreal's cheeks are therefore very well defined, and can even make a slight clicking sound when gently tapped. The somewhat abnormal shape of these cheeks is hidden by his thick beard.
There is also a small layer of extra cartilage, left over from his gills, on the back of his skull, but it is very thin and also hidden by his hair.
Sangreal is not as strong as he seems, despite his unusual height and beautifully sculpted body. He doesn't have great balance and prefers to sit, with his legs elegantly crossed. Another thing that doesn't seem obvious is his extreme flexibility: he can bend double, touching his knees to his forehead, and he has no problem reaching any part of his back with his hands. Sangreal's bones are less mineralized than those of a human, giving him almost contortionist-like abilities.
And speaking of hands: his are unusually large, even for his size, and help him swim efficiently. Although he is clumsy on land, especially when he has to run (though not when he stands still, tending to maintain a nice, elegant posture), in the water he is very agile.
Personality
Sangreal almost always appears calm, with a proud and elegant bearing, so much so that humans who encounter him often fail to understand his true nature.
In reality, Sangreal is enthusiastic about new things and full of joy over the little things in life, but the way he speaks and moves is influenced by his need to conserve energy, typical of his species that lives in the cold depths of the sea.
Like other specimens in his community, Sangreal speaks fluent French.
Despite his enthusiastic personality, his desire to be kind to everyone and meet new people, Sangreal feels terribly lonely, useless, and lacking in qualities. His species prioritizes pairing, but he has never been chosen by another individual, and at his age, it seems difficult, even impossible, to find someone to share the rest of his long life with.
Pistrix do not live in family groups, nor do they form lasting bonds of friendship beyond that of a pair. Instead, they begin testing each other from childhood, choosing a mate as soon as they reach adulthood, usually confirming the "special relationship" they began to form years earlier.
Sangreal, at the moment of his choice, was rejected by the young female with whom he had formed a special bond.
To avoid living alone, he was forced to live with his grandmother, a huge female pistrix who had lost her mate and who always encouraged him to stay home and help her. Although completely normal in other cultures, this coexistence caused Sangreal's reputation to plummet. He was unable to find another mate, mocked for his increasingly clumsy courtships. In fact, some females did find themselves interested in him, particularly because of his growing beauty, but by then Sangreal couldn't even perceive their advances, his self-esteem so shattered that he was convinced he was utterly repulsive and unworthy of the presence of other members of his species, and this believe was reinforced by his grandma.
Sangreal, no longer having to protect his offspring or spend time with his ideal partner, ended up focusing primarily on food, of which he became a connoisseur. Its ability to find high-quality krill, and even to farm some species of crustaceans with high nutritional and organoleptic value, has made him better fed than the average specimen of his species, resulting in his fins being particularly red (due to the carotenoids ingested and the general composition of its food) and his beard particularly developed, making it an aesthetically ideal specimen. I
His taste for food has only grown over time, but so has the "refinement" of his palate: Sangreal is particularly picky, unable to tolerate the taste of nutrient-poor foods, or those containing the wrong nutrients.
He likes to try everything, and is certainly interested in human food, but most cooked and/or fermented foods deeply disgust him.
He particularly loves foods rich in fat and protein, and his diet normally consists exclusively of highly nutritious crustaceans.
Sangreal also enjoys very much talking to open-minded, willing people who understand his complex and profound feelings, which to some humans can seem vaguely alien.
Sangreal, has a peculiar relationship with nudity. Among pistrix, being naked isn't seen as taboo, but sometimes, especially among those of "noble" lineage, as slightly inappropriate. Sangreal doesn't like to wear clothes when in the water, and tries to avoid it despite others seeing him as somewhat bizarre for it.
Outside the water, Sangreal loves beautiful clothes, and is often so covered that only his fingertips and part of his face (the rest of his beard being obscured) are visible. He wears layered suits, gloves (most often fingerless), and doesn't like to go around with bare arms or legs.
However, even out of the water, Sangreal has no problem stripping completely in front of those he trusts, and there's no malice in this behavior. In some situations, he can't even show the skin of a forearm; in others, when he feels comfortable and confident, he can go completely naked. The amount of exposed skin is closely linked to his feelings: sadness, anger, or fear cause him to cover up more, as if hiding under several layers of clothing to hide from his "enemies," even in extremely hot conditions. He's also extremely respectful of others' feelings, and if he even vaguely notices (or infers) that his nudity might make someone uncomfortable, Sangreal remains fully clothed.
Although Sangreal has a majestic and menacing appearance, both due to his often rigid pose and his "intense" expression, he actually does not have a quarrelsome attitude and prefers to avoid conflict when he can, also because his body is relatively fragile, especially if he is not in a very high-pressure environment.
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Trivia
- Sangreal has had a passion for "sea monkeys" (Artemia salina) ever since Professor Seraphin Panorme showed him videos of them being raised.
- Sangreal has difficulty telling male humans from female humans (although he is improving, he will probably never be able to tell 100% of the time).
- Sangreal has a strange relationship with bread, half fascination and half disgust.
The fact that bread is made from a "goo" of small seeds crushed with adedd water, that it is leavened by the waste products of microorganisms (their "farts") and that these microorganisms are then all killed by cooking, makes this food disgusting to him.
At the same time, he is delighted by the smell of baked goods, can't understand why his human body starts salivating when he smells the fragrance of freshly baked bread, and he likes the taste of bread. - Sangrealy has a very special pet: it's a Stylephorus chordatus, or tubefish, named "Anxiety You Get
When You Smell Ammonia in the Water," or "Ammonia" for short.
Gallery (click to enlarge)
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Do you want to draw a fanart of Sangreal? Do you want us to feature it in his official pages? Here's the rules! (click on the arrow to de-collapse or collapse this section!)
Wow. It's so absolutely cool that you decided to draw our long boi! Thank you, your work will be appreciated and loved and cherished.
There are only few (easily followable) rules if you want to draw him. It's almost like there are no rules, wow!
Following them will be easy:
ARTWORK (still or animated)
- SFW: allowed
- NSFW: allowed too! Canonically he would sexually interact ONLY with Seraphin, so if you want us to share your art (with links, of course) in his official page(s) he can be only with Seraphin Panorme! But since we don't care about canonicity, and like to leave people free of expressing themselves, you can draw art of him shipped with whoever you want, your own OCs included! Just keep in mind his anatomy: in his natural body (this means, unless he's being magically transformed into someone else, like a human being), Sangreal doesn't have a penis. He can be portrayed both as a male or a female, but he always has a beard. Yeah, the only hard rule is that he always has a beard XD
STORIES (written or illustrative)
- SFW: allowed
- NSFW: allowed too! Same rules as for artworks. Bla bla bla, he doesn't have a penis, bla bla bla, if it's not with his canonical partner we can't feature the story but you can still write it, bla bla bla the only important thing is that he has a beard.
OTHER
- Fan merchandise: not allowed for now, sorry! We're not that famous, and we're pretty much poor, so allowing other people to make money from our ideas sounds... ehm... a bit depressing to us. This stance can change in the future! But for now it's a big NO NO.
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All
the drawings on this page (and probably on the others too, unless
otherwise specified) were made by our artists, Furiarossa e Mimma.🌵🎨.
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