Mood Board
Before creating my character, I was first based on the image of the character I envisioned in my head from the Internet to collect some images to serve as a reference for my design, I was inspired by the game Titanfall II and the image of the pilot in the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, wearing a combat helmet and a tight-fitting combat suit.
Backstory Setting
I started to create the backstory of the character after the initial character image was decided.
World background: In the future world, the world is divided into several camps due to the conflict of interests and resources between countries, Rin’s camp is the “Free Alliance”, which advocates individual freedom and equality, and is committed to maintaining peace and security in the world.
However, there is another powerful camp, called the “Unity Empire”, which has great technological and military power and tries to unify the world by force. Tensions between the Freedom Alliance and the Empire of Unity escalate and fierce battles break out from time to time.Mecha technology has become the focus of competition among the major powers. Mecha is a kind of robot made of high-tech materials, with strong combat ability and defense, and has become an indispensable combat force in the armies of various countries.
Character background: Rin is a 19-year-old girl born into an engineer family. She has been dealing with machines since she was young, even assembling robots with the materials her father used at work. Due to the outbreak of war, Rin was called to join the military academy after graduating from high school. Later, thanks to her outstanding mechanical skills, she was recruited into the mecha training camp. Due to the urgency of the war, Rin was sent to the front line as a second lieutenant and mecha pilot after only half a year of training. Like many new soldiers on the battlefield, Rin was full of passion for war. She won overwhelming victories with her mecha many times, until she encountered that blood-red imperial mecha in a chance encounter battle. Her entire unit was wiped out, and her mecha was destroyed. Fortunately, the life support system in the cockpit saved her life. It was then that she realized that as an inexperienced pilot, she was no match for the imperial pilots, who may have been small in numbers but were rich in experience. Since then, Rin has become silent and taciturn, a true warrior.
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